In the end, the number one boy of Succession was the guy who had been willing – since the inception of the series – to put himself in just the right position to secure his continued success. He didn’t seek out power for himself; rather, he placed himself just close enough to the power centers […]
Tag: Alan Ruck
The Dropout Review
If you aren’t already at your streaming service presents a miniseries about a horrible person who duped many people limit after slogging through Netflix’s Inventing Anna, might I interest you in the story of Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes? The Dropout, an eight-episode miniseries from Hulu, is significantly better than Inventing Anna, but still feels about three […]
Freaky Review
Freaky is a horror-comedy that mashes up the slasher film with a body swap comedy. What was created was a wonderfully self-aware film that pays tribute to both genres. Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) is a quiet and bullied high school student. She lives in the small American town of Blissfield. But Blissfield has been plagued by […]
Succession: Television’s Most Relatable Unrelatable Series
Remember when Game of Thrones went off the air back in May and everyone wondered if HBO would ever have another hit show that captured the cultural zeitgeist? Well, who would have thought it would only take them a few months to clean-up once again? For those of us who fell in love (or fell […]
Why You Should Drop Everything and Watch HBO’s Succession
When HBO’s Succession premiered back in June, it didn’t get the best of reviews. Critics were relatively cold on the series, and like many, I decided I would skip it. After all, in the age of Peak TV, there’s barely enough time to watch the shows you love, much less add a new show, sight […]