VINYL, 1.6 – ‘Cyclone’
[usr 3.5] It’s only taken six weeks, but Vinyl finally produced an episode in which the good outweighed the bad. Yes, there were still...
VINYL, 1.5 – ‘He in Racist Fire’
[usr 2.5] Far too much of my time is spent wondering exactly why Vinyl doesn’t work for me. It looks wonderful, the pieces are...
VINYL, 1.4 – ‘The Racket’
[usr 3.0] Whisper it quietly but this week’s episode of Vinyl was a lot less portentous and a lot more fun. Admittedly, much of...
VINYL, 1.3 – ‘Whispered Secrets’
[usr 2.5] Sometimes when I’m watching Vinyl I wonder: ‘would it have been a better drama if we’d spent a bit of time with...
VINYL, 1.2 – ‘Yesterday Once More’
[usr 2.5] The basic problem with Vinyl is that it’s like a really good three-minute pop song trapped inside a prog rock monstrosity. While...
VINYL, 1.1 – ‘Pilot’
[usr 3.0] How you respond to Vinyl will almost certainly depend on your tolerance for that great staple of cable television: the heavily conflicted...
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...
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...
2015: The Best Things We Saw This Year
It wouldn’t be late-December without an exhaustive number of end-of-year lists appearing online, looking back on the year’s great and terrible. It would be...
THE LEFTOVERS, 2.10 – ‘I Live Here Now’
[usr 4.5] Here ends one of television’s finest seasons, and a remarkable achievement in terms of The Leftovers transforming itself into a more inclusive drama without...
THE LEFTOVERS, 2.9 – ‘Ten Thirteen’
[usr 3.5] It’s the penultimate instalment of The Leftovers season 2, and no coincidence “Ten Thirteen” takes place on the eve of the Great Departure’s...
THE LEFTOVERS, 2.8 – ‘International Assassin’
[usr 5.0] I don’t think anybody expected The Leftovers to kill its protagonist, Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux), last week—after he drank poison at the...