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

Doctor Who: A Look Back at the Best Episodes Since 2005

This new era of Doctor Who can hardly be called “new” anymore. The reboot of the British sci-fi adventure drama from the ’60s is entering its 11th season, its 13th Doctor, and another new set of companions about to explore…

Review Roundup: LAFF 2018

The 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival covered a variety of rom-coms that embraced diversity and a slew of sci-fi and horror films that stretched the imaginations of the genre. The Wrong Todd is the standout, with its low-budget sci-fi examination…

Into the Dark: The Body Review | LAFF 2018

This review contains spoilers for Hulu’s The Body. Into the Dark has an interesting premise: a 12-month horror anthology series for every holiday. The Body is the Halloween installment, making its premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival and set…

The Wrong Todd Review | LAFF 2018

The Wrong Todd isn’t concerned with the hard and fast rules of parallel universe jumping. It doesn’t need to be. In its stripped down format, those big science fiction details are only the vehicle for telling a lovely story about friendship,…

Netflix Announces ‘Making a Murderer Part 2’ Premiere Date

Three years ago, the world was introduced to Steven Avery, a man once wrongfully convicted for sexual assault who became a key suspect of a murder investigation shortly after his release from prison. Making a Murderer told Avery’s story as…

Iron Fist Review: Season 2 Delivers One Hell of a Punch

This review contains spoilers for Iron Fist season two. Iron Fist is far from a struggle. There were signs of a better Danny Rand (Finn Jones) in last year’s The Defenders, but Iron Fist season two completely switches things up…

BlacKkKlansman Movie Review: Spike Lee delivers a powerful film for our time

Little subtlety can be found in BlacKkKlansman as Spike Lee draws harrowing parallels between the past and the here and now. In the 1970s, an African American detective of the Colorado Springs police department infiltrated the Colorado chapter of the KKK, stopping multiple…