I'm the Editor-in-Chief of Frame Rated; a freelance writer and erstwhile MSN TV critic, who's worked for Digital Spy, What Culture, AICN, and others. I also maintain a long-running personal blog, Dan's Media Digest, and can usually be found procrastinating on Twitter or podcasting at Vampire Videos.
A lot of The Leftovers is about ordinary people seeking explanations for extraordinary events, and the lure of accepting outlandish theories that avoid common...
It’s time for Reverend Matt Jamison (Christopher Eccleston) to have his turn in the limelight, and my expectations were high because a favourite episode...
It seems Jarden, Texas, may not be the idyllic, marvellous sanctuary Kevin (Justin Theroux) and Nora (Carrie Coon) needed it to be, as the disappearance...
One of this summer’s biggest box-office disappointments was Disney’s Tomorrowland, from director Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, Ratatouille). It made $208m worldwide, but cost...
Tobe Hooper’s original Poltergeist is a great film and the story of its production has become legend, so even a good remake’s doomed to sit in its shade....
Great Scott! To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Back to the Future—which technically happened last July, but is being celebrated more on 21 October...
The Jurassic Park franchise has always been looking back 65 million years (wondering how modern man would cope with the return of prehistoric animals),...