Tag: David Strathairn
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Billions Has Become TV’s Sharpest Critique Of Toxic Masculinity – April 16, 2018
Billions is the Best Show About the Worst Kind of Masculinity by Alison Willmore | BuzzFeed News | April 16, 2018 In its third season, Showtime’s Billions has snapped into focus from being a blurry series about power to an infinitely sharper one about gender. Spoilers through last night’s episode, “Hell of a Ride,” below. Dick is a…
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Billions on Showtime, Season 3 Episode 4: Hell of a Ride – April 16, 2018
Eventuality Bookends One Hell of a Ride by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | April 16, 2018 From a tragic death, to people trying to dig themselves out of their own grave, to those searching for the ultimate resting place, and to kiss of death, eventuality, literally and metaphorically, is at the heart…
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Billions Season 3, Episode 4 Recap: Sealed with a Kiss – April 15, 2018
“It’s Oedipus all the way down, folks.” by Sean T. Collins | New York Times | April 15, 2018 Hell of a Ride Chuck Rhoades Jr. and Charles Rhoades Sr. are at war. They have been since the last season of “Billions,†when son betrayed father as part of a plot by Chuck to ruin…
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Billions Season 3, Episode 4 Recap: I Learned It From Watching You, Dad! – April 15, 2018
Charles and Chuck Fathers-and-Sons Tour de Force by Nicole Cliffe | Vulture | April 15, 2018 Hell of a Ride Dust off your Harry Chapin albums, ditto Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill,†and get your dad feelings ready. This episode is the Charles and Chuck fathers-and-sons tour de force we’ve been waiting for. It’s done a…
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Billions Season 3, Episode 4 Recap: Venture Philanthropy & Space Colonization – April 15, 2018
“Wags knows that everybody in this world has a closet full of skeletons; all he has to do is channel his inner Randy Travis and get to digging up those bones.” by Kyle Fowle | Entertainment Weekly | April 15, 2018 Hell of a Ride Billions knows how to use time jumps and flashbacks better…
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From the Trader’s Desk: S3 E1 The King Without a Crown – March 30, 2018
Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown by Lady Trader | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | March 30, 2018 Greetings from the Trader’s Desk! Before I dive into the episode, I would like to thank the writers of this episode, Brian Koppleman and David Levien. As a New Yorker, kid of the 80’s…
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Billions Season 3 Episode 1 Review: For Pure Enjoyment, Nothing on TV Quite Touches This – March 29, 2018
“Sharp script, a terrific ensemble cast and admirable attention to food and rock music” by Ed Cumming | The Telegraph | March 29, 2018 When the finance drama Billions began, two seasons ago, the question was which of its two terrific protagonists would end up on top. Would Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis), the boy-done-good hedge fund billionaire,…
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Billions on Showtime, 3:01: Tie Goes to the Runner – March 28, 2018
Billions is dissecting the anatomy of self-interest, single-minded adherence to self-determination. All in the body and mind of Bobby Axelrod. by JaniaJania | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | March 28, 2018 Billions Season 3, episode 1, long time coming, eh? Let’s skip the pleasantries and get down to it, shall we?The nation has turned, so…