Frank Collins, Author at Frame Rated • Page 7 of 12

Freelance writer and film and television researcher (for hire).

Recent work: The Black Archive 31: 'Warriors' Gate', a 2019 monograph on the classic 1980 Doctor Who story for Obverse Books, booklet essays for Powerhouse's Blu-ray of 'Birdy' and Arrow's 'Count Yorga Collection' and 'Woody Allen: Seven Films 1986-1991' Blu-ray releases.

Other books include I.B Tauris's 'Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour - A Critical Celebration of the Matt Smith and Steven Moffat Era' (2013) and 'Doctor Who - The Pandorica Opens' (2010).

TV Review

DOCTOR WHO, 10.3 – ‘Thin Ice’

I was half expecting Stevie Wonder to show up in “Thin Ice”, writer Sarah Dollard’s contribution to this year’s series of Doctor Who. Why?...

TV Review

DOCTOR WHO, 10.2 – ‘Smile’

If the theme of robots becoming sentient seems familiar in “Smile”, the second episode of the tenth series of Doctor Who, then look no...

TV Review

DOCTOR WHO, 10.1 – ‘The Pilot’

There’s a marvellous composition right at the start of this week’s Doctor Who that speaks volumes. As “The Pilot” begins and Bill Potts (Pearl...

Film Review

SOLARIS (1972)

A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.

Film Review

MULTIPLE MANIACS (1970)

Lady Divine becomes enraged when her boyfriend cheats on her, and descends into a life of murder and mayhem.

Film Review

MILDRED PIERCE (1945)

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

TV Review

THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, 2.10 – ‘Fallout’

A flashback sequence sums up where we’ve come from, and where we might be heading in “Fallout”, the season 2 finale of The Man...

TV Review

THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, 2.9 – ‘Detonation’

The final two episodes of The Man in the High Castle’s second season gather up all the ongoing subplots, as Japan and Germany hurtle...

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THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, 2.8 – ‘Loose Lips’

As we head to the season finale, “Loose Lips” re-arranges the furniture on The Man in the High Castle, and although it’s another slow-paced...

Features Film Television

John Hurt: Imagination’s Victim

I cannot say enough good things about John Hurt. What he did is just glorious. His character is so fantastic. It’s a human-being thing;...

TV Review

THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, 2.6 & 2.7 – ‘Kintsugi’ & ‘Land O’Smiles’

“Kintsugi” With episode 6 we enter the post-Frank Spotnitz version of The Man in the High Castle, where the showrunner baton has been handed...

TV Review

THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, 2.4 & 2.5 – ‘Escalation’ & ‘Duck and Cover’

“Escalation” Episode 4 is another packed instalment that leaps from subplot to subplot but, considering the title, it lacks something of the energy that kept the...