Category: Review
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Billions Season 3: TV Review – March 24, 2018
“TV’s Most Successful Penis-Free Depiction of Non-Stop Penis-Measuring” by Daniel Feinberg | Hollywood Reporter | March 24, 2018 Showtime’s wonderfully acted, frequently repetitive game of Manhattan cat-and-mouse doesn’t take another qualitative leap in its third season, but the drama remains high. Skippable pre-credit filler on many shows, the “Previously on…” recap montage is mandatory viewing…
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What Billions Does Better Than Anybody Else – March 23, 2018
What Sets Billions Apart from a Lesser Show: The Performances & Characters by Wenlei Ma | NT News | March 23, 2018 IF YOU’VE seen Wall Street or The Wolf of Wall Street, then you know the world of New York high finance is full of bros forever engaged in some kind of pissing contest. And…
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Billions is Still TV’s Most Addictive Show – March 23, 2018
…And its Sharpest Critique of Donald Trump by Steven Hyden | Uproxx | March 23, 2018 What defines a great TV show? Acting, writing, cinematography — everybody knows you’re supposed to say those things, and each is undoubtedly important. But, on a practical level, what truly matters to the average viewer? I propose a simple metric: How…
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Billions Season 3 Finally Shows Real-World Consequences for What Its Bad People Do – March 23, 2018
“Billions Has Never Been Subtle” by Liam Mathews | TV Guide  | March 23, 2018 Warning: There are light spoilers for Billions Season 3 ahead. In its first two seasons, Billions — Showtime’s elevated soap opera about a crooked hedge fund billionaire and the U.S. Attorney determined to bring him down — was almost exclusively…
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Your Spoiler-Filled Preview of the New Season of Billions – March 23, 2018
Axelroad and Rhoades Take a Break, Sort Of by James Tarmy | Bloomberg | March 23, 2018 For filmmakers who want to dramatize the finance industry, one of Wall Street’s main appeals is that most people don’t understand how it works. In The Big Short, actress Margot Robbie explains subprime mortgages while sipping champagne in a…
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Showtime’s Billions Maintains Creative, Clever Energy – March 22, 2018
 The Intersection of Philanthropy, Politics, Finance and Family, and How They Can Poison and Enrich Each Other at the Same Time by Brian Tallerico | Roger Ebert.com | March 22, 2018 There’s a flow to “Billions†that’s not quite like anything else on television. The quick pace of the dialogue is often reminiscent of prime David…
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How Realistic is Billions? – March 22, 2018
For the Love of Trading by Tom Teodorczuk | Market Watch | March 21, 2018 We asked Anthony Scaramucci and other financiers: How realistic is Showtime’s hedge-fund drama ‘Billions’? Is the hit show on the money when it comes to Wall Street? This story contains some plot details about season 3 of “Billions.†Things have been…