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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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Featurette: ‘A New Hero’

We learn a little more about JK Rowling’s newest protagonist Newt Scamander in the new Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them featurette “A New Hero.” The film takes place in New York, 1926, when a self-proclaimed magizoologist Newt Scamander…

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TV Review: ‘Animal Kingdom’ (1×3) “Stay Close, Stick Together”

Baz is cheating on his girlfriend with his girlfriend, Pope is trying to earn his spot within the family back, Craig survives his gunshot wound by getting high in Mexico, Daren passive aggressively tries to drown J right after denying…

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TV Review: ‘Animal Kingdom’ (1×01) “Welcome to the family”

The newest show to catch onto the idea of good-guys-who-do-bad-things is TNT’s Animal Kingdom, based off the 2010 Australian film of the same name (I’ll get to why I don’t think this is a good transition for the material later).…

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Watch trailer for Netflix’s new supernatural series “Stranger Things”

Netflix originals have always been more hit than miss, so I have no reason to doubt Netflix’s newest supernatural series Stranger Things just yet, especially based on its first trailer. Creepy music, creepy kids, and a whole lot of mystery…

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TV Review: ‘Bloodline’ Season 2

If there’s one thing that made the first season of Bloodline watchable it was the mystery John Rayburn (Kyle Chandler) narrates to us about what the three younger Rayburn siblings did to Danny (Ben Mendelsohn), the fourth sibling and black…