THE X-FILES – ‘Babylon’
Where to begin? I’ve perhaps been too kind to The X-Files this year, because it was a formative television show for me as a teenager,…
BETTER CALL SAUL, 2.1 – ‘Switch’
The shadow of Breaking Bad loomed heavy over Better Call Saul last year. I was quietly confident this spin-off would make for good television, and…
THE X-FILES – ‘Home Again’
When I first heard Glen Morgan would be writing an episode entitled “Home Again”, I envisioned an unexpected sequel to infamous season 4 episode “Home”,…
THE X-FILES – ‘Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster’
Darin Morgan may not be a household name, but he’s a writer every X-Phile knows. The younger brother of writer-producer Glen Morgan, Darin got his…
FEBRUARY 2016: The Best of TV & Film
February is less than 24-hours away, so below you’ll find Frame Rated’s pick of the best new/returning television shows, cinema releases, and video-on-demand exclusives debuting…
THE X-FILES – ‘My Struggle’ • ‘Founder’s Mutation’
For any millennials reading, it must be hard to appreciate just how much of a phenomenon The X-Files was in the 1990s. Here was a…
THE FINAL GIRLS (2015)
Forlorn teenager Max Cartwright (Taissa Farmiga) attends a special screening of Camp Bloodbath, on the third anniversary of her mother Nancy’s (Malin Åkerman) death—a ‘scream queen’ actress…
The 88th Academy Awards – 2016 Nominees
I stopped caring about the Oscars five years ago, once I admitted to myself they don’t mean a great deal and rarely reflect the absolute…
Interview: James Dormer, co-creator of ITV’s BEOWULF
James Dormer is a British screenwriter, who has worked on TV shows like Sky1’s Sinbad, the BBC’s Musketeers and Spooks, ITV’s The Fixer, and as…
2016: Winter Film Preview
I’ve already previewed 8 television shows to look forward to in early-2016, but now it’s the turn of the movies. Below are 10 films that…
2016: Television Preview
A new year brings fresh entertainment from the world of television. To help you get over the loss of 2015 to the mists of time,…
HOME ALONE • HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (1990/92)
To celebrate Christmas Day tomorrow, below are two retrospective reviews of the beloved Home Alone films from the early-1990s, directed by Chris Columbus, written by John Hughes,…