“Mamma Mia!” - Betsy Pickle reviews
The comedy and romance should appeal even to non-ABBA fans. Only those with the hardest of hearts will be able to resist “Mamma Mia!” Read more>>
Betsy Pickle
Betsy Pickle has been the film critic at the Knoxville News Sentinel since May 1985. A Knoxville native, she graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in communications.
In 1992, Betsy co-founded the Southeastern Film Critics Association, a group that has grown to more than 40 members in nine states. She served as SEFCA’s president 2001-2004. She is a past member of the advisory council of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission and has served as a judge at the Nashville Film Festival, the Asheville Film Festival and the late and lamented Valleyfest Film Festival. Her reviews and features are distributed by Scripps Howard News Service and appear in newspapers from Atlanta to Anchorage and Stuart, Fla., to Sacramento, Calif.
In addition to writing film reviews and interviewing actors and filmmakers for the print version of the News Sentinel, Betsy writes a blog called The Pickle Dish on knoxnews.com. She ”dishes” about movies, celebrities and her favorite reality-TV shows, including ”American Idol” and ”Survivor.”
Articles by Betsy Pickle
“How She Move” - Betsy Pickle reviews
“How She Move” does something that few other step-dancing/street-dancing/win-the-big-show hip-hop movies have managed to do. It surrounds its flashy moves with interesting, well-developed characters and a realistic story that should resonate with teens and adults alike. Read more>>
“Untraceable” - Betsy Pickle reviews
The thriller “Untraceable” doesn’t quite know who its villain is: the everyday technology that people assume is there to help; a society so numb to torture and degradation that it welcomes them as spectator sports; or the unbalanced youth who revels in watching his sadistic games become the latest sensation on the Internet. Read more>>