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In He Said/She Said, critics Joe and Valeska dissect a film in a back and forth email exchange. Previously, we spent some time gazing at the moon with Verónica (2017) and her siblings. This time, we’re going the adoption route with Jaume Collet-Serra’s 2009 Orphan.
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It’s season finale time for A&E’s breakout drama, Bates Motel, a show we stopped covering early on. With the end of the season on hand, I figured I would check back in to see how the prequel finished up. Short version: calling this show a piece of garbage is a huge understatement.
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It seems like we get everything but the kitchen sink thrown in this week on Bates Motel as the series appears to go off the rails about what kind of show it wants to be. Confused? So are we.
Let’s bitch it out.
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After only three weeks into Bates Motel, the series delves right into the cracks forming in Norman’s (Freddie Highmore) psyche, questioning which of our two leads is the more unhinged. Is Norman’s descent into madness going to slowly unfold, or is he already a permanent resident of psycho-ville?
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There’s a new addition to the family as Bates Motel enters week two. As the series continues to explore the world of White Pine Bay, it appears that Bates Motel is looking to challenge Twin Peaks for supremacy of the “weird town with secrets” label.
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A&E’s ambitious prequel to Hitchcock’s 1960’s classic Psycho premiered with a stellar cast and impressive creative team. Did the pilot measure up to all the surrounding hype?
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