FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs, and rock n' roll.
BAD EDUCATION (2019)
The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends, and relatives, become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in US history.
THE IRISHMAN (2019)
A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
THE BIG SICK (2017)
A Pakistan-born comedian and grad student fall in love, but their new relationship is dealt a blow when the latter contracts a mysterious illness...
VINYL, 1.10 – ‘Alibi’
The final episode of Vinyl’s first season was also the last to be written by co-creator Terence Winter, who will be replaced for the...
VINYL, 1.8-9 – ‘E.A.B’ & ‘Rock & Roll Queen’
I don’t know whether I’m suffering from full-blown Stockholm system, or whether Vinyl has improved tremendously over the course of its run, but I...
VINYL, 1.7 – ‘The King and I’
Stop the clocks, because, for the second week in a row, I enjoyed an episode of Vinyl. “The King and I” was a tightly-scripted...
VINYL, 1.6 – ‘Cyclone’
It’s only taken six weeks, but Vinyl finally produced an episode in which the good outweighed the bad. Yes, there were still problems—the Bowie...
VINYL, 1.5 – ‘He in Racist Fire’
Far too much of my time is spent wondering exactly why Vinyl doesn’t work for me. It looks wonderful, the pieces are in place,...
VINYL, 1.4 – ‘The Racket’
Whisper it quietly but this week’s episode of Vinyl was a lot less portentous and a lot more fun. Admittedly, much of that fun...
VINYL, 1.3 – ‘Whispered Secrets’
Sometimes when I’m watching Vinyl I wonder: ‘would it have been a better drama if we’d spent a bit of time with Richie before...
VINYL, 1.2 – ‘Yesterday Once More’
The basic problem with Vinyl is that it’s like a really good three-minute pop song trapped inside a prog rock monstrosity. While this week’s...