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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 vs. Larry Flynt (1996)—another biographical courtroom drama focused on a celebrity—so one has to wonder if they knew, back in the mid-’90s, that the recent O.J Simpson trial would become the grist for…
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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 idea to invite them in the first place? Claire (Caitriona Balfe) is certainly wondering why she bothered at the end of Outlander’s latest episode, “La Dame Blanche”. But before we get…
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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 than four murders (not including bystanders), the dragons were released, and you-know-who’s fate was finally resolved… In the North I didn’t expect another shocking death so early in the season, but the first…
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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.
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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 solo effort was 2012’s unremarkable sitcom Derek—which wasn’t well-received by British critics, yet found unexpected success as a ‘Netflix Original Series’ in the US. And it’s with Netflix that the comedian’s…
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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 responds, after a beat, that his name’s Philip, and Martha asks what his real real name is, I thought about just how layered The Americans has become. “Travel Agents” begins where last week’s…
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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 TV Box from Sky available to win, which comes with a free 14-day trial of the ‘Entertainment’, ‘Sports’, or ‘Movies’ packages. Read more about NOW TV here. In addition, by redeeming a…
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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 VHS revolution. However, dismissing it out of hand does it a disservice. It’s an interesting genre hybrid, morphing between action, teen romp, horror, and survival movie. The nature of the film…
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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” would fit the bill. The series can often frustrate the casual viewer with its tendency to swerve away from the action-adventure genre and instead indulge in the emotional doubts of its…
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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 one of its biggest shock-endings—with the Lord High Commander of the Night’s Watch knifed to death by some of his own men, then left for dead in a pool of blood.…
