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Movie Review: The Conjuring (2013)

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Finale Review: Bates Motel – 210 – “The Immutable Truth”

Posted on May 15, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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Last week Bates Motel closed the book on its second season in a character development-laden finale that proved me wrong on nearly all of my predictions. That’s not to say The Immutable Truth was a disappointment, though. Hardly. In fact, season 2 of Bates Motel closed on a note of promise for some of the key players and on an ever so heightened sense of foreboding for our main character.

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 209 – “The Box”

Posted on May 5, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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Once again, I am late to the party on getting a review written and posted for Bates Motel. I apologize to all of my loyal readers for that. Things have been hectic lately as we prepare to take The Obsessive Viewer Podcast to Indy PopCon later this month. If you’re in the area May 30th, by the way, check out the convention and come see us! For now, though, let’s get to the review of this season’s penultimate Bates Motel episode. Continue reading →

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 208 – “Meltdown”

Posted on April 27, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 207 – “Presumed Innocent”

Posted on April 18, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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How about that? For a change, I’m not posting this review on Monday, mere hours before the next episode airs. I’m kind of proud of that but that’s neither here nor there. Some big things happened this week that will usher in the end of the season in a few weeks. Read my thoughts below.

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 206 – “Plunge”

Posted on April 14, 2014 by | 1 comment

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Before I get to my (late again) review, I want to mention that Bates Motel was officially renewed by A&E for a third season. As with the first two seasons, I’ll probably review each episode. For now, let’s get to this week’s review.

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 205 – “The Escape Artist”

Posted on April 7, 2014 by | 1 comment

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I apologize for the lateness of this post. I’ve been on a tear rewatching Game of Thrones, watching/reviewing House of Cards and editing some recent (and future) podcast episodes. Nevertheless, I’m here now with my latest Bates Motel review and I’m just in time for tonight’s all new episode. Continue reading →

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 204 – “Check-Out”

Posted on March 27, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 203 – “Caleb”

Posted on March 20, 2014 by | 1 comment

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Television has long had a tradition of “water cooler moments.” They’re scenes or whole episodes where some big game changer happens and the audience is left in such a state of awe, they immediately discuss it at the water cooler at work the next day.

Even though DVR and Netflix, not to mention Internet communities and social media, have significantly decreased the prominence of “water cooler” discussions, television storytelling still has its share of shocking and twisted moments for the fans to go crazy about.

This week’s episode of Bates Motel delivered one such shock and I was not expecting it. Read on for my breakdown of season 2, episode 3: Caleb.

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 201 – “Gone But Not Forgotten”

Posted on March 8, 2014 by | 2 comments

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Welcome back to White Pine Bay and the mercurial world that surrounds the eventually infamous Bates Motel. Before I get started on my review, you can click here to check out my reviews from last season of A&E’s Psycho “pre-imagining” series.

When we last left teenage Norman Bates, he had just murdered his teacher and had a difficult time processing how close his brother was getting to Bradley, the hot girl in school who took Norman’s v-card. Continue reading →

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The Month in Movies: August 2013

Posted on September 2, 2013 by | Leave a comment

August was a slow month for me when it comes to my movie watching. Historically speaking, it’s a slow month for me anyways. In years past I had the start of school drastically cutting back my numbers. Not to mention, I also have the beginning of the fall TV season to vie for my attention.

So August is always a slow month. However, this year I managed to squeeze in 17 movies. I would say that the absence of school in my life may have contributed to it, but this was my best August since 2008. I think 2008 may have actually been the last August I was in school. I’m not sure.

In any case, here are the best and worst of my movies watched in August 2013. Continue reading →

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 110 – “Midnight”

Posted on May 27, 2013 by | 2 comments

So it’s been a week since the Bates Motel season finale. I’ve given it time to settle and I’m finally ready to post my thoughts. The episode was a nice mix of resolution and setup, as are all good season finales. Some things didn’t pan out the way I hoped or expected them to turn out. But overall it was a good end to a surprisingly good first season. (SPOILERS AHEAD…) Continue reading →

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 109 – “Underwater”

Posted on May 15, 2013 by | 1 comment

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This week Bates Motel aired its first season’s penultimate episode. “Underwater” set up next Monday’s finale nicely and provided a nice showcase for Vera Farmiga. (SPOILERS AHEAD) Continue reading →

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 108 – “A Boy and His Dog”

Posted on May 10, 2013 by | 1 comment

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“12 rooms, 12 vacancies.”

I meant to post this yesterday but, in all honesty, House of Cards has taken over my life the past few days. I guess this week I’ve lived up to my online persona.

This week Norman studied some taxidermy while a variation of a famous line from Psycho crept its way into the show. (SPOILERS AHEAD….) Continue reading →

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TV Review: Bates Motel – 107 – “The Man in Number 9”

Posted on May 1, 2013 by | 2 comments

After the Shelby mess is shoved under the rug, the motel gets its first (totally not shady) customer and we’re reminded that Norman is in high school. (SPOILERS AHEAD) Continue reading →

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