Digital Review – Succession: Season 1 – HBO

I am not, by any means, a Shakespeare scholar, but I know it when I see it, and Succession is a meal basted in the juices of King Lear. From the press release: Set in New York City, this witty drama follows the Roy family – headed by the aging patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox; […]

Digital Review – Barry

I remember the moment that I learned about the new HBO show, Barry. It is about a hitman, named Barry, who wants to become an actor, and his is portrayed by one of my favorite Saturday Night Live cast members, Bill Hader. The idea that Hader would play a want-to-be actor was fine, no doubt […]

Digital Review – Silicon Valley Season Five

I don’t often write about television shows, so let’s start with Season 5 of HBO’s Silicon Valley. When shows get to a fourth, or fifth, season they fall into a pocket where they can do one of two things, settle in and continue to tell jokes which begin to tend in the side of inside […]