Kristen Maldonado

Kristen Maldonado

Founder and editor-in-chief of Pop Culture Planet. TV/Film Critic + On-Camera Host. Rotten Tomatoes certified.

Favorite films

  • Back to the Future
  • Teen Witch
  • The Wedding Singer
  • 10 Things I Hate About You

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  • Boy Kills World

    ★★★★

  • Mean Girls

    ★★★★★

  • Mean Girls

    ★★★★★

  • Suncoast

    ★★★★★

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  • Mean Girls

    Mean Girls

    ★★★★★

    Get ready to be obsessed with Mean Girls all over again! This film is an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, which is an adaptation of the 2004 movie, which is actually an adaptation of the book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman. Yeah, that’s a mouthful!

    Now exactly 20 years later, a brand new cast comes in to usher in the Mean Girls legacy for a new generation… and this time it’s a musical! They update the…

  • Night Swim

    Night Swim

    ★★

    You’re going to want to stay away from swimming pools after watching Night Swim. It follows a family that moves into a new home with a huge pool that will be fun for the kids and help the father of the family with physical therapy. But a dark secret from the home’s past is waiting under the depths of the water.

    What holds Night Swim back is its tonal inconsistencies. Some parts of the film take themselves too seriously, while…

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  • Malcolm & Marie

    Malcolm & Marie

    Filmed in a beautiful black and white aesthetic, Malcolm and Marie is frustrating, exhausting, pretentious, and stressful as you follow this journey of an abusive relationship through the course of one night.

  • CODA

    CODA

    ★★★★★

    A heartwarming coming-of-age story, CODA tells a universal story of family, dreams, and music through the lens of a hearing teenager from a deaf family. Authentic performances and an incredibly solid script from top to bottom, this film hits all the right notes.

    10 Best Films Of Sundance 2021