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

Supernatural, Death, and its Role in Season 15

On Supernatural, death isn’t the end. It’s a speed bump on the road to the next hunt, the next slice of pie, the next world-ending scenario. It also acts as a vicious cycle that brothers Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean…

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Review: The terror and beauty of words

Rumors are a common theme throughout Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. If not rumors, than half-truths which brings to the light the damage of what false stories, gossip, and fear can do to someone. In this film adaptation…

Midsommar Movie Review: Everything’s okay in the middle of summer

Major spoilers below. All hail the May Queen. In Ari Aster’s sophomore follow-up to last year’s brilliant Hereditary, the horror moves from the claustrophobic space of personal grief and madness to the brightly lit, never ending smiles of well-intentioned Swedish…

Men in Black International Review: Not quite out of this world

If Men in Black: International gets by on anything, it’s the likability of its two main cast members: Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth. But even their chemistry is hindered by lackluster dialogue and a plot that loses traction pretty quickly.…

Good Omens Review: David Tennant and Michael Sheen Are BFFs, Here to Save the World

In Amazon’s Good Omens, the concept of good and evil is flipped on its head. In fact, the original sin, when Eve bites into the apple in the Garden of Eden, might have actually been a good thing. Or so…

Always Be My Maybe Movie Review: No doubt for Ali Wong and Randall Park rom-com

Netflix continues their strong rom-com game with Ali Wong and Randall Park’s Always Be My Maybe, released on the streaming platform today. At a sweet hour and 40 minutes (including credits, and yes, you’ll want to sit through those), the…

The Perfection Movie Review: A dark and captivating tale of revenge

There are multiple times during Netflix’s The Perfection, from director Richard Shepard, where it seems it’s going in one very specific genre direction only to swerve right instead of left. And then throws in a U-turn for good measure. Ultimately,…