The Monitor: A&E’s Bates Motel, Image Comic’s Revival, and Harmony Corrine’s Spring Breakers

Summary

In this article, we will discuss three exciting pop culture topics: A&E’s Bates Motel, Image Comic’s Revival, and Harmony Corrine’s Spring Breakers.

A&E’s Bates Motel: A Prequel to Psych
Image Comic’s Revival: A Slow Burn and Compelling Zombie Story
Harmony Corrine’s Spring Breakers: Investigating the Dead-eyed Bacchanalia Entitlement of Our Youth Today

A&E’s Bates Motel: A Prequel to Psych

A&E’s Bates Motel is a prequel series to Psych, following a young Norman Bates and his still-living mother, Norma Bates, as they start a new life and take over a motel. Vera Farmiga plays the mom and is fantastic, while Freddie Highmore plays a young Norman Bates. The show is slowly ratcheting up the creepy factor, and a mystery seems to be threading its way through the season. Overall, it’s a great start for A&E.

Image Comic’s Revival: A Slow Burn and Compelling Zombie Story

Revival takes place in a rural Wisconsin town where some members of the community have managed to go from being dead to not quite dead. They’re not exactly zombies, but there is something not quite right about them. The story follows a sheriff and a police officer who are investigating certain cases, a newspaper reporter, and the police officer’s sister who seems to be one of the newly undead people. It’s a slow burn and a really compelling story. Issue eight is out this week, but the trade paperback is also available for those who want to catch up.

Harmony Corrine’s Spring Breakers: Investigating the Dead-eyed Bacchanalia Entitlement of Our Youth Today

Director Harmony Corrine’s Spring Breakers is a bizarre investigation of the dead-eyed bacchanalia entitlement of our youth today. The film stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, and Ashley Benson as college best friends who rob a restaurant and then go to Spring Break in Florida and fall in with an insane drug dealer/rapper named Alien, played by James Franco. The film deals with crazy racial themes in a shrewder way than expected and is a lot of fun to watch. The cinematography is unreal, and the score by Cliff Martinez and Skrillex is great.

Conclusion

In this week’s edition of The Monitor, we discussed A&E’s Bates Motel, Image Comic’s Revival, and Harmony Corrine’s Spring Breakers. These three topics are all worth checking out for those who are fans of pop culture.