Katie Walsh, Author at The Playlist

‘Game Of Thrones’: Winter Is Here And The End Is Near [The Dragon & The Wolf]

August 28, 2017 1:12 am

Guys, if you had fully recovered from last week’s heartstopping dragon massacre, the season finale of “Game of Thrones” Season 7, “The Dragon and the Wolf,” could possibly assuage our nerves, but also cause a f...

‘Game of Thrones’: Fire Finally Meets Ice ‘Beyond The Wall’

Katie Walsh

August 20, 2017 10:20 pm

News, Television

I live. I die. I live again. Maybe? The patented “Game of Thrones” Penultimate Episode does it again, with “Beyond the Wall.” It’s possible ‘Thrones’ has descended into fan service, but as fan, I enjoy being se...

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It’s ‘The Expendables,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ Edition

Katie Walsh

August 14, 2017 12:39 am

News, Television

Season 7, Episode 5, "Eastwatch": Has everyone cooled down after last week’s Lannister BBQ? This Sunday’s fifth episode of ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7, “Eastwatch,” is decidedly less ablaze than last week (thoug...

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‘Game of Thrones’ Roasts ‘The Spoils of War’ [Season 7, Episode 4 Recap]

Katie Walsh

August 7, 2017 12:15 am

News, Television

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are giving us deep cuts and hot, hot dragon action in “Game of Thrones” Season 7, Episode 4, “The Spoils of War.” Journeyman TV director Matt Shakman (“Mad Men,” “Fargo,” “You’re th...

‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7, Episode 2 Enacts a Bloody ‘Queen’s Justice’ [Recap]

Katie Walsh

July 31, 2017 12:31 am

News, Television

It’s the third episode of the Season 7 of “Game of Thrones” and there’s been enough chess piece positioning—it’s time to just start making huge, sweeping moves across the board. This episode, written by Benioff...

‘Game of Thrones’: Season 7, Episode 2 Is ‘Stormborn’ [Recap]

Katie Walsh

July 24, 2017 12:21 am

News, Television

Sometimes it seems that it’s only called “Game of Thrones” since “Family Matters” was already taken. Family problems. We all got ‘em, they’re just a whole lot worse in Westeros. Marauding pirate uncles, undermi...

Brett Haley Delivers Another Winner With ‘The Hero’ Starring Sam Elliott [Sundance Review]

Katie Walsh

January 22, 2017 11:08 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Brett Haley’s “I’ll See You In My Dreams” became a Sundance sensation in 2015, a tender and sensitively realized portrait of romance in the golden years, anchored by performances from Blythe Danner and Martin S...

Katie Walsh’s Top 10 Films Of 2016

Katie Walsh

December 29, 2016 3:30 pm

Features

Every year when I do this, I try to find a theme among the films that stuck with me for the year. Sometimes it’s women directors or the American Dream or the triumph of the human spirit. I find that those theme...

‘First Girl I Loved’ Is A Sensitive Exploration Of Sexual Identity [Review]

Katie Walsh

October 21, 2016 4:45 pm

Reviews

In his third indie directorial effort, “First Girl I Loved,” which won the "Best of NEXT" audience award at Sundance 2016, writer/director Kerem Sanga tackles the complicated and high-stakes world of teenage se...

Despite Some Missteps, ‘The Free World’ Starring Elisabeth Moss & Boyd Holbrook Is An Admirable Indie Drama [Review]

Katie Walsh

September 23, 2016 3:39 pm

Reviews

This is a reprint of our review from the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Actor and writer Jason Lew, the screenwriter behind Gus Van Sant's "Restless," makes his feature directorial debut with “The Free World,”...

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