THE AMERICANS, 4.8 – ‘The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears’
“The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears”, this week’s episode of The Americans, ends with its own sleight of hand, but...
LINE OF DUTY – Series Three
What exactly is BBC2’s police drama Line of Duty? A forensically detailed examination of corruption, stuffed full of pitch-perfect jargon-heavy dialogue, with a complex...
AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE v. O.J SIMPSON
This FX television drama—based on real events, duh—is created by screenwriting duo Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. They usually write films, most notably The People...
OUTLANDER, 2.4 – ‘La Dame Blanche’
Dinner parties. They don’t always go according to plan, and some of your guests never quite hit it off. Was it such a good...
GAME OF THRONES, 6.2 – ‘Home’
This week on Game of Thrones, the older generation came under threat from the younger generation, various people made plans to return home, there were no less...
MAY 2016: The Best of Film & TV
Summer's just around the corner, but the blockbusters are already here! Below, I've selected some of the most notable films and TV shows debuting in May 2016. If you think there’s anything missing, please mention in the comments below.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS (2016)
Ricky Gervais has been walking his own path since Life’s Too Short flopped in 2011 (his last collaboration with Stephen Merchant), but his first...
THE AMERICANS, 4.7 – ‘Travel Agents’
There’s a moment halfway through “Travel Agents” where Martha (Allison Wright), finally, simply asks “Clark” (Matthew Rhys) what his real name is. When he...
Win NOW TV with ‘Entertainment Pass’
It’s competition time at Frame Rated, to celebrate the site passing a milestone in articles we’ve published since launching last summer. We have a NOW...
THE ZERO BOYS (1986)
At its heart Arrow Films’ latest release, The Zero Boys, is just another straight-to-video slasher movie; of the type that dominated the 1980s home...
OUTLANDER, 2.3 – ‘Useful Occupations and Deceptions’
If an episode title could some up the contrary nature of Outlander—jumping from time travel romance to 18th-century espionage thriller—then “Useful Occupations and Deceptions”...
GAME OF THRONES, 6.1 – ‘The Red Woman’
Forget ‘Who Shot J.R?’, the question on people’s lips since last summer has been ‘Is Jon Snow really dead?’, as Game of Thrones delivered...