Category: Review
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SXSW Review: Run This Town – March 12, 2019
Rob Ford Movie Run This Town is Funny, Furious and Surprisingly Accurate by Radheyan Simonpillai | Now Toronto | March 10, 2019 The fictionalized take on the former mayor’s crack-smoking scandal mostly sticks to the details and is a reminder – in more ways than one – that white male privilege rules. There are two…
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Looking for Clues in Billions Season 4 Official Trailer – Jan 21, 2019
Billions Season 4 Trailer: From Nemeses to Partners in Crime by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | January 21, 2019 My earlier “What to Expect When We are Expecting Billions Season 4†post was based on my own thoughts and a few hints from the  “You gotta pick sides†teaser for the new season.…
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Five Shows More People Should Be Watching – June 15, 2018
Billions: A Show With Great Scripts and a Fine Cast by Megan McArdle | Washington Post | June 15, 2018 The temptation of writing about culture is always to find something to pan. Critical reviews flow easily from the fingertips, while applause involves the hard labor of finding 16 synonyms for “good.†But I ate my…
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What the Rest of TV Can Learn from Billions – July 14, 2018
The Showtime Drama is Built for Speed – and All the Better For It by Alan Speinwall | RollingStone | June 14, 2018 The midpoint of Billions Season 3 featured a huge moment for the series to date: the Showtime drama’s arch-rivals, U.S. attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and hedge fund mogul Bobby “Axe†Axelrod…
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How Showtime’s Billions Went From Dull to Dazzling – June 12, 2018
Improbably, a series seemingly about rich white guys measuring their dicks is an essential show of our era. (Okay, maybe not that improbable) by Todd VanDerWerff | Vox |June 12, 2018 If you’ve been following the world of TV Twitter this spring, you probably know that a certain subset of this nation’s great, professionally paid…
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How Billions Became One of TV’s Sharpest Critiques of Power – June 11, 2018
“As a Saga of Glittering Financial Warfare, Billions is Seemingly Lab-Engineered to Appeal to the Very People it Claims to be About” by Helen Rosner | The New Yorker | June 11, 2018 For nearly three seasons, the Showtime drama “Billions†has been structured as a classic cat-and-mouse tale, a story of attack and defense between…