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

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Watch the first official ‘Wonder Woman’ trailer from San Diego Comic Con

The first official trailer for Wonder Woman premiered today at San Diego Comic Con, and it really doesn’t get any better than this. Wonder Woman is directed by Patty Jenkins and written by Allan Heinberg and Geoff Johns. We’ve been getting pieces…

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TV Review: ‘Animal Kingdom’ (1×7) “Goddamn Animals”

There are some aspects of this episode I like, and some I don’t. What I like — Baz continues his manipulation of Paul. While Baz (as a character) I’m not overly fond of, watching him take control of this job…

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In Defense of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” Novel

I have read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix eight times. Anytime I’ve told someone this, I always get the same reaction. “Ugh, why?” they say. “That’s the worst one.” Or some variation of that. To be fair,…

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TV Review: Animal Kingdom (1×6) “Child Care”

Despite my reservations about the Craig/Renn story, it oddly had a nice resolution to it, one that wasn’t cased in melodrama and drawn out; until Renn found out the truth in some contrived way that ended up being convenient for…

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TV Review: ‘Animal Kingdom’ (1×5) “Flesh is Weak”

The first two episodes of Animal Kingdom seemed to set up a major police investigation into the death of a police officer during one of the Codys’ jobs, and subsequent episodes would be filled with the Codys constantly watching their…

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TV Review: ‘Animal Kingdom’ (1×4) “Dead to Me”

Two characters have largely been a mystery during the first three episodes of Animal Kingdom, but in the fourth episode, “Dead to Me,” Pope and J finally feel like real, concrete characters that I can’t wait to psychoanalyze. Disclaimer —…

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7 Best Survival Films

With the release of The Shallows this weekend, the latest survival thriller that features Blake Lively vs. Shark, we add one more film to the canon of other great survival films. Survival films feature ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary situations…