Katey Stoetzel
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film/tv critic across the web. former podcaster. TV Editor for The Young Folks. member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC). find me @kateypretzel

House of the Dragon After Show S1 E2: “The Rogue Prince” [Podcast]

What’s that we hear? A Game of Thrones theme song? Episode 2 of House of the Dragon began with a title sequence; the new animation show’s the Targaryen family tree, but it’s set to the familiar theme song of its…

House of the Dragon After Show S1E1: ‘The Heirs of the Dragon’ [Podcast]

House of the Dragon is finally here (and managed to not crash HBO Max’s servers). In the show’s series premiere “The Heirs of the Dragon,” we meet the Targaryen family 172 years before Daenerys Targaryen is born. In a time…

House of the Dragon After Show: Preview [Podcast]

When a Targaryen is born, God flips a coin. When HBO releases a new Game of Thrones show, we all come running back. House of the Dragon, a prequel series about the Targaryen family based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire…

‘Roswell, New Mexico’ 4×05 review: “You Get What You Give” gives the best of the best

“You Get What You Give” is some top-tier Roswell, New Mexico. Like last year’s “Angels in the Silences,” 4×05 lets the characters drive the plot rather than the other way around. In this way, new developments are more organic and…

‘Roswell, New Mexico’ 4×04 review: “Dear Mama” offers the first decent episode of the show’s final season

Finally this final season of Roswell, New Mexico delivers a decent episode with “Dear Mama.” There have been some enjoyable things in the first three episodes, but the fourth episode is more coherent in its characterizations, and plot details, and…

‘Roswell, New Mexico’ 4×03 review: “Subterranean Homesick Alien” can’t make sense of its characters

Are the rose-tinted glasses finally off? I’m struggling with this season of Roswell, New Mexico. Despite last week’s improvement from the Season 4 premiere, Episode 3 “Subterranean Homesick Alien,” a nonsensical title if I’ve ever heard one, lacks the energy…

‘Roswell, New Mexico’ season four premiere review: “Steal My Sunshine” lives up to its name in this lackluster start to new season

So here we are, the beginning of the end for Roswell, New Mexico. I wish I could say it was a good start, but alas “Steal My Sunshine” hits odd emotional beats and saves its only interesting visuals for the…