Bates

About That Game Changing ‘Bates Motel’ Episode…

***This post contains MAJOR SPOILERS from last night’s Bates Motel.*** Last night’s penultimate episode of Bates Motel‘s fourth season is, quite honestly, the reason I watch television. After viewing the episode entitled, “Forever,” my mind raced. I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t pull away from Twitter. It was an episode that required processing and mourning before…

Bates Motel: When A Mother’s Love Becomes an Infatuation

Let’s get this straight right off the top: Bates Motel is one of the best shows that you probably aren’t watching. And it’s never been more on fire than it is right now. Bates Motel is (obviously) a prequel series to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. When it first began, we met Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga) and…

Bates Motel Season 2 Teaser Trailer

Usually I’m pretty leery of prequel stories, at least in terms of television. Sometimes they appear to be cheap ploys to jump-start an existing franchise or story to another medium without really having the story or creative direction to back it up. That said, I’m super happy I started watching Bates Motel right from the…

Happening Sh*t – April 26, 2013

This week: a superhero with a large hammer, a Pyscho and his even crazier mom, and a beloved cartoon that is sadly cancelled as it prepares for its final run. Let’s have it: Marvel seems to have done it again: The first Thor 2 trailer hit the web this week and it. looks. badass: The…

'Up in the Air': A rousing affair, but no Best Picture

Don’t get me wrong, I loved Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air”. But Best Picture? I think not. (Spoiler free! Be at ease!) Clooney stars as Ryan Bingham, a Career Transition Counselor who spends his time flying around the country firing people for other companies. His home life is nearly non-existent, and he likes it…