Katie Rife's posts

Don’t trust anyone who says it’s impossible to make a best movies list in 2020. There were plenty of films to like…

For one blissful month, it seemed like the defining moment of movie culture this year might be the most joyful one,…

Sundance 2021 will be—no surprises here—primarily a virtual event, the first in the festival’s 42-year history. And…

Note: The writer of this review watched Promising Young Woman on a digital screener from home. Before making the…

Is a Mandalorian in any other helmet just as righteous? That’s the question posed in the penultimate episode of The…

Anthony Bourdain’s sudden, shocking death in the summer of 2018 knocked the food world off of its feet, leaving a…

It’s mid-December, and for many people, that means the Christmas season is in full swing. Far be it from us at The…

Disney is throwing out plans for nostalgic sequels and live-action reboots like a divorced dad trying to buy his…

Disney is announcing a flurry of new Star Wars live-action TV projects this afternoon, among them an Obi-Wan Kenobi…

It may seem like a lifetime ago that Promising Young Woman debuted to intense buzz at the Sundance Film Festival,…

There are bad movies, and then there are the mystifyingly bad ones. These are the films that are stuck in the…

Any movie can achieve a moment of greatness. We’re talking about those few minutes that stick with you for a…

December 2020 has a lot of people thinking about Aubrey Plaza in a new way. Famous for her comedic portrayals of…

Parents, this is why you never leave your adopted magic baby unattended while he’s channeling the Force, even for a…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

There’s a point in many gangster dramas where the wife, whether she be a shining symbol of redemption, a…

Once upon a time, movies and television were mortal enemies, and pretty easy to tell apart, too. But the lines that…

Unless the political landscape changes significantly over the next few years, the number of Americans facing an old…

It’s the final month of 2020, and we’re not much closer than we were all year to getting back to the status quo of…

You don’t have to actively hate Christmas to be a Scrooge in a Lifetime movie. All you have to say is, “It’s not my…