Gangsters, mobsters, thugs, and mugs. Organized crime holds the upper tier of the international cinematic commission. “Crime pays,” Edward G. Robinson, who played Rico Bandello in the seminal gangster film Little Caesar (1931), is famous for saying. “But only in the movies.” When a good mob movie is on the table, it is an offer no filmmaker can refuse. There is more intrigue, suspense, violence, mayhem, and madness to be found in the criminal element than any other genre.
“Gone are the days of the gangsters,” audiences heard for years, usually in movies about mobsters. They always rise up, even if they are splattered across the ornate fountains of their gangland mansions in the last frame, like Al Pacino’s Tony Montana in Brian DePalma’s Scarface (1983), or rolling down the steps of a church, dead from a hail of bullets. That’s how James Cagney’s Eddie Bartlett went out in The Roaring Twenties (1939). Now,...
“Gone are the days of the gangsters,” audiences heard for years, usually in movies about mobsters. They always rise up, even if they are splattered across the ornate fountains of their gangland mansions in the last frame, like Al Pacino’s Tony Montana in Brian DePalma’s Scarface (1983), or rolling down the steps of a church, dead from a hail of bullets. That’s how James Cagney’s Eddie Bartlett went out in The Roaring Twenties (1939). Now,...
- 9/16/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Fans eagerly await details regarding TLC’s Little People, Big World Season 25, as a lot has happened in the Roloff family since the last season aired. Matt Roloff and Caryn Chandler are engaged, and while Matt rented Roloff Farms out for short-term rental, he relisted the farm in August 2023. Here’s why Matt is back to selling Roloff Farms, according to Caryn Chandler’s son.
Why ‘Little People, Big World’ star Matt Roloff is selling Roloff Farms, according to Caryn Chandler’s son
The fate of Roloff Farms has been extensively discussed in Little People, Big World. In season 24, Zach Roloff expressed disappointment to Matt Roloff, as he hoped to own some of the farm property with Tori Roloff. Unfortunately, Zach and Matt couldn’t agree on a price, leaving Zach empty-handed. Matt then put 16 acres of Roloff Farms up for sale in May 2022. After the farm didn’t sell,...
Why ‘Little People, Big World’ star Matt Roloff is selling Roloff Farms, according to Caryn Chandler’s son
The fate of Roloff Farms has been extensively discussed in Little People, Big World. In season 24, Zach Roloff expressed disappointment to Matt Roloff, as he hoped to own some of the farm property with Tori Roloff. Unfortunately, Zach and Matt couldn’t agree on a price, leaving Zach empty-handed. Matt then put 16 acres of Roloff Farms up for sale in May 2022. After the farm didn’t sell,...
- 9/11/2023
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Kevin Costner‘s estranged wife has denied that a mutual friend is her boyfriend, a notion she refuted on the stand Thursday after the actor made the claim in his most recent court filing.
Christine Baumgartner appeared in a Santa Barbara County courtroom Thursday and testified that the former couple’s mutual friend, Josh Connor, is not her boyfriend. Though Costner never mentioned Connor by name in legal documents he filed Wednesday, the actor insinuated as much when he claimed that “her boyfriend recently gave her $20,000.”
While emotional at times on the stand at a hearing to determine what Costner should pay in child support for their three children, Baumgartner was asked about her and Connor’s July vacation in Hawaii. She was also asked if Connor was her boyfriend and she answered affirmatively, “No.”
Baumgartner, however, did concede — while wiping away tears — that Connor gave her $20,000. Baumgartner also testified...
Christine Baumgartner appeared in a Santa Barbara County courtroom Thursday and testified that the former couple’s mutual friend, Josh Connor, is not her boyfriend. Though Costner never mentioned Connor by name in legal documents he filed Wednesday, the actor insinuated as much when he claimed that “her boyfriend recently gave her $20,000.”
While emotional at times on the stand at a hearing to determine what Costner should pay in child support for their three children, Baumgartner was asked about her and Connor’s July vacation in Hawaii. She was also asked if Connor was her boyfriend and she answered affirmatively, “No.”
Baumgartner, however, did concede — while wiping away tears — that Connor gave her $20,000. Baumgartner also testified...
- 9/1/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Costner and his estranged wife are locked in a contentious fight over child support amid their bitter divorce.
Kevin Costner and his estranged wife appeared in a Santa Barbara, California courtroom on Thursday for a hearing over contested child support, and the showdown proved to be an emotional setting.
Christine Baumgartner took the stand and choked back tears when questioning shifted from the “Yellowstone” star’s beach club estate to his expansive ranch in Aspen, Colorado, where the kids have vacationed on numerous occasions and consider the estate a special place. An eyewitness tells Et that Baumgartner “started tearing up and reached for a tissue” when that portion of the questioning began. A 30-second pause ensued before the judge called for a five-minute break.
Costner and Baumgartner are in court to settle their bitter dispute over how much Costner should have to fork over in monthly child support for their three children — sons Cayden,...
Kevin Costner and his estranged wife appeared in a Santa Barbara, California courtroom on Thursday for a hearing over contested child support, and the showdown proved to be an emotional setting.
Christine Baumgartner took the stand and choked back tears when questioning shifted from the “Yellowstone” star’s beach club estate to his expansive ranch in Aspen, Colorado, where the kids have vacationed on numerous occasions and consider the estate a special place. An eyewitness tells Et that Baumgartner “started tearing up and reached for a tissue” when that portion of the questioning began. A 30-second pause ensued before the judge called for a five-minute break.
Costner and Baumgartner are in court to settle their bitter dispute over how much Costner should have to fork over in monthly child support for their three children — sons Cayden,...
- 8/31/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
The 28-year-old Connor Cruise, the eldest son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, shared a rare selfie with his golf friends on his Instagram story.
In the group picture that took place in Pelican Golf Club in Bellaire, Florida, Connor wore a casual golf outfit – a blue polo shirt and a black baseball hat, with sunglasses sat on top. The golf enthusiast offers a pleasant smile to his Instagram audience.
Although growing up with the celebrated actor and actress in the house, Connor himself as well as his sister Bella Kidman Cruise, a 30-year-old visual artist, rarely share their private life on social media.
The last activity on Connor’s Instagram is on April 29 and is also a golfing picture with his buddy at a country club with the simple caption “.” Most of his Instagram posts are about golfing, fishing, sports or food.
In recent years, Connor is occasionally spotted attending events with his dad,...
In the group picture that took place in Pelican Golf Club in Bellaire, Florida, Connor wore a casual golf outfit – a blue polo shirt and a black baseball hat, with sunglasses sat on top. The golf enthusiast offers a pleasant smile to his Instagram audience.
Although growing up with the celebrated actor and actress in the house, Connor himself as well as his sister Bella Kidman Cruise, a 30-year-old visual artist, rarely share their private life on social media.
The last activity on Connor’s Instagram is on April 29 and is also a golfing picture with his buddy at a country club with the simple caption “.” Most of his Instagram posts are about golfing, fishing, sports or food.
In recent years, Connor is occasionally spotted attending events with his dad,...
- 6/10/2023
- by River Zhang
- Uinterview
Abbot Elementary star Tyler James Williams recently addressed rumors that have been circulating online about his sexuality. He took his message on Instagram to clarify he is not gay but that he feels that these types of rumors can be very destructive and harmful.
“Usually I wouldn’t address stuff like this but I feel it as a conversation is bigger than me,” he wrote. “I’m not gay; but I think the culture of trying to “find” some kind of hidden trait or behavior that a closeted person “let slip” is very dangerous. Overanalyzing someone’s behavior in an attempt to “catch” them directly contributes to the anxiety a lot of queer and queer questioning people feel when they fear living in their truth. It makes the most pedestrian of conversations and interactions in spaces feel less safe for our gay brothers and sisters and those who may be questioning.
“Usually I wouldn’t address stuff like this but I feel it as a conversation is bigger than me,” he wrote. “I’m not gay; but I think the culture of trying to “find” some kind of hidden trait or behavior that a closeted person “let slip” is very dangerous. Overanalyzing someone’s behavior in an attempt to “catch” them directly contributes to the anxiety a lot of queer and queer questioning people feel when they fear living in their truth. It makes the most pedestrian of conversations and interactions in spaces feel less safe for our gay brothers and sisters and those who may be questioning.
- 6/10/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
As the only son from Logan’s first marriage and a non-entity in the business, Connor Roy was undoubtedly the black sheep of the Roy clan and constantly unsure where he fit in. This evidently bugged Succession sorta-star Alan Ruck quite a bit, as he wanted to have Connor killed off.
Speaking with The Daily Beast, Alan Ruck admitted he wasn’t entirely sure what Connor’s role was on Succession for a long time, even going to creator Jesse Armstrong to have his character knocked off in the second season. “For three episodes, I didn’t really do anything. And I actually wrote to Jesse and [director] Mark Mylod and I said, ‘What do you think about killing me off?’ And I’m grateful that they said, ‘No, no, no, no, no, we need you, we need you.’ And, ‘There’s not much right now, but there will be more later.
Speaking with The Daily Beast, Alan Ruck admitted he wasn’t entirely sure what Connor’s role was on Succession for a long time, even going to creator Jesse Armstrong to have his character knocked off in the second season. “For three episodes, I didn’t really do anything. And I actually wrote to Jesse and [director] Mark Mylod and I said, ‘What do you think about killing me off?’ And I’m grateful that they said, ‘No, no, no, no, no, we need you, we need you.’ And, ‘There’s not much right now, but there will be more later.
- 6/7/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
With an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards to her name, Nicole Kidman is no stranger to winning big, but it's safe to say that her children are her most prized possessions. In 2018, when Kidman took home a Golden Globe Award for best actress in a limited series or TV movie for her role in "Big Little Lies," she gave a moving speech about the power of women in light of the Time's Up movement to end sexual harassment and gender inequality. She also gave a sweet shout-out to her two daughters with husband Keith Urban, Sunday and Faith, joking that they can actually watch her since she won the first award of the night. "This means my daughters are still awake, so, Sunny and Faith, I love you," she said at the time. "I'm bringing this home to you, babies!"
In her speech, Kidman...
In her speech, Kidman...
- 6/5/2023
- by Caitlin Gallagher
- Popsugar.com
Awards strategists managing this season’s Emmy campaigns may have issued a collective gasp on the night of April 9 — at least those who were watching the third episode of Succession live as it aired that evening. With little warning, and off-camera, Logan Roy (played by Emmy winner Brian Cox, twice nominated for his role in the HBO drama) collapsed while traveling on a plane — leaving his children Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Roman (Kieran Culkin), trapped on a boat for their half-brother Connor’s wedding, struggling to come to terms with his sudden death and what it meant for the future of Waystar Royco.
Logan Roy, dead in episode three! A tragedy for some (and one that was inevitable given the entire premise of the series), but for those with stakes in the Emmy race, it raised questions of how Cox would be submitted for his role in...
Logan Roy, dead in episode three! A tragedy for some (and one that was inevitable given the entire premise of the series), but for those with stakes in the Emmy race, it raised questions of how Cox would be submitted for his role in...
- 6/5/2023
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Succession star Alan Ruck reveals in an exclusive with uInterview his thoughts on the show’s finale.
While he did enjoy acting on the show he noted that, “[creator] Jesse [Armstrong]’s right to end it now. I think we’ll go out on a real high. I think it’s the best season we’ve done, really, and then we’ve done some pretty good stuff, you know. But I think it’s our best season. I think he’s smart to end it now, we’ll go out on a high note. I’ll miss everybody but that’s how it goes.”
Ruck has played Connor Roy since the show started in 2018. His character is the eldest son of Logan Roy and Logan’s first wife, whom he divorced. Throughout the show, he and his siblings, Roman, Kendall and Shiv, fight for control of their father’s company, Waystar Royco.
While he did enjoy acting on the show he noted that, “[creator] Jesse [Armstrong]’s right to end it now. I think we’ll go out on a real high. I think it’s the best season we’ve done, really, and then we’ve done some pretty good stuff, you know. But I think it’s our best season. I think he’s smart to end it now, we’ll go out on a high note. I’ll miss everybody but that’s how it goes.”
Ruck has played Connor Roy since the show started in 2018. His character is the eldest son of Logan Roy and Logan’s first wife, whom he divorced. Throughout the show, he and his siblings, Roman, Kendall and Shiv, fight for control of their father’s company, Waystar Royco.
- 6/3/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Warning: contains spoilers for Succession Season 4 and the series finale
“I love you, but you’re not serious people,” were Logan Roy’s final words to his children as a group. “I love you, but I cannot stomach you,” is what Shiv Roy says to her brother Kendall, as she twists the knife in his back and casts one final vote that means he will never be in charge of Waystar Royco. Succession: we love you, but you haven’t half put us through the wringer over the past five years.
Jesse Armstrong’s cringingly comedic, dynastic drama has been a televisual dark horse; an ever-growing, word-of-mouth phenomenon that has become an obsession for many. An opaque, oddly-toned curio in its very first batch of episodes that needed a little time to get used to, it reached fever-pitch with Kendall’s damning press conference in the Season 2 finale, and has continued to fly ever since.
“I love you, but you’re not serious people,” were Logan Roy’s final words to his children as a group. “I love you, but I cannot stomach you,” is what Shiv Roy says to her brother Kendall, as she twists the knife in his back and casts one final vote that means he will never be in charge of Waystar Royco. Succession: we love you, but you haven’t half put us through the wringer over the past five years.
Jesse Armstrong’s cringingly comedic, dynastic drama has been a televisual dark horse; an ever-growing, word-of-mouth phenomenon that has become an obsession for many. An opaque, oddly-toned curio in its very first batch of episodes that needed a little time to get used to, it reached fever-pitch with Kendall’s damning press conference in the Season 2 finale, and has continued to fly ever since.
- 5/29/2023
- by Sophie Butcher
- Empire - TV
It's all over now, the big "Succession" question answered, and who can say it ended well? Well, maybe Tommy Boy can. You might not have seen the winner of the series finale coming from left field, outside of the family and the average fan's field of vision, but the biggest betrayal was hiding in plain sight. Even with silver spoons in their mouth, nepotism couldn't save the Roy siblings in the end. They failed to band together, and the boy from St. Paul took it all.
Despite the human foostooling and laughable public speaking, Tom still managed to retain a much better reputation as a boss than any of the Roy siblings. By realizing he was dispensable and presenting himself as such, he managed to become invaluable. But even though Tom ended up with the title, is he really on top?
The winners and losers might seem obvious in this one,...
Despite the human foostooling and laughable public speaking, Tom still managed to retain a much better reputation as a boss than any of the Roy siblings. By realizing he was dispensable and presenting himself as such, he managed to become invaluable. But even though Tom ended up with the title, is he really on top?
The winners and losers might seem obvious in this one,...
- 5/29/2023
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Succession Season 4, Episode 10, “With Open Eyes.”] After a rollercoaster fourth season, Succession finally closed the curtain on the Roy family’s fascinating story, answering the long-lingering question, which was, who would take over for Logan (Brian Cox), especially following his death earlier in the season. Well, it would seem that Season 2’s “thank you for the chicken” scene between the late patriarch and his son-in-law would have a greater symbolic resonance than anyone may have anticipated because it was Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) who came out on top. While the episode began with Shiv (Sarah Snook) believing she’d be named CEO following Matsson’s (Alexander Skarsgård) acquisition of Waystar, which ultimately did go through, she learned partway through the episode that the Gojo lead had a different boss in mind than her. (Credit: David M. Russell/HBO) It wasn’t until a family gathering at Logan’s house, where...
- 5/29/2023
- TV Insider
The old Leo Tolstoy adage illuminates that "each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." In the span of its four seasons, "Succession" focused on a particular miserable American clan, the obscenely wealthy and influential Roys.
The show charted the schemes and (self-)sabotages of the Roy children as they warred over their potential inheritance: CEO control of the Waystar RoyCo media company, run by their (now-late) patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox). Across toxic intrigue and backstabbing, the three kids, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Shiv (Sarah Snook), fought tooth and nail for the throne.
In the wake of Logan's death and the series finale, the Roy family tree is still not doing all right. There are tantalizing questions about the third-generation Roys, the grandkids, who are more vulnerable under their family dysfunction and the world order that their Roy forebearers enabled. While the finale does not...
The show charted the schemes and (self-)sabotages of the Roy children as they warred over their potential inheritance: CEO control of the Waystar RoyCo media company, run by their (now-late) patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox). Across toxic intrigue and backstabbing, the three kids, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Shiv (Sarah Snook), fought tooth and nail for the throne.
In the wake of Logan's death and the series finale, the Roy family tree is still not doing all right. There are tantalizing questions about the third-generation Roys, the grandkids, who are more vulnerable under their family dysfunction and the world order that their Roy forebearers enabled. While the finale does not...
- 5/29/2023
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for the "Succession" series finale.
Do Shiv and Tom truly love each other? It's a complicated question. Early in the season, I attempted to answer this question in the affirmative, claiming Shiv's big problem is not that she doesn't love Tom, but that she doesn't know how to show love. Not only are insults her love language, but her upbringing in a sexist corporate world have made her afraid to show any vulnerability to any man who can potentially hurt her. She prefers a man she can take for granted because the alternative is a man who has control over her, and that's terrifying.
Meanwhile, Tom sure seems to love Shiv, except for the obvious signs over the years that he's mainly into her for the money and power. He basically outright admits this in "Living+," and the honesty is something Shiv appears to appreciate. The...
Do Shiv and Tom truly love each other? It's a complicated question. Early in the season, I attempted to answer this question in the affirmative, claiming Shiv's big problem is not that she doesn't love Tom, but that she doesn't know how to show love. Not only are insults her love language, but her upbringing in a sexist corporate world have made her afraid to show any vulnerability to any man who can potentially hurt her. She prefers a man she can take for granted because the alternative is a man who has control over her, and that's terrifying.
Meanwhile, Tom sure seems to love Shiv, except for the obvious signs over the years that he's mainly into her for the money and power. He basically outright admits this in "Living+," and the honesty is something Shiv appears to appreciate. The...
- 5/29/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for the "Succession" series finale.
"Succession" has never been a show with tidy, open-and-shut conclusions, and the series finale — "With Open Eyes" — wasn't any different. The last scene features Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong), having permanently lost his chance to run Waystar Royco, sitting in a park and unsure of what to do. The conclusions to these characters' journeys are as fitting as they are open-ended.
In the after-show featurette streaming on Max, series creator (and episode writer) Jesse Armstrong acknowledged these characters still have lives ahead of them. However, with no worries about spoilers, Armstrong was finally able to make his full case for why season 4 was the time to call it quits:
"I thought about all their stories. You know, they don't end. They will carry on, but it's sort of where this show loses interest in them because they've lost what they've wanted, which...
"Succession" has never been a show with tidy, open-and-shut conclusions, and the series finale — "With Open Eyes" — wasn't any different. The last scene features Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong), having permanently lost his chance to run Waystar Royco, sitting in a park and unsure of what to do. The conclusions to these characters' journeys are as fitting as they are open-ended.
In the after-show featurette streaming on Max, series creator (and episode writer) Jesse Armstrong acknowledged these characters still have lives ahead of them. However, with no worries about spoilers, Armstrong was finally able to make his full case for why season 4 was the time to call it quits:
"I thought about all their stories. You know, they don't end. They will carry on, but it's sort of where this show loses interest in them because they've lost what they've wanted, which...
- 5/29/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Spoiler Alert: This review contains spoilers from “With Open Eyes,” the series finale of HBO’s “Succession,” now streaming on Max.
“Succession” ends in a place it’s been countless times before: with Kendall Roy, alone and adrift by a body of water. “With Open Eyes,” the feature-length conclusion to the Roy family saga, has many such full-circle moments. Some series finales radically break from their show’s typical rhythm, flashing forward to show us the full span of the characters’ lives (“Six Feet Under”) or transforming into a different concept altogether (“Girls”). But despite its length, “With Open Eyes” is the distilled, concentrated essence of “Succession,” even as it builds to a decisive break between the Roys and the company that’s no longer theirs — a union that’s otherwise informed every second of the series’ events.
Like every season finale before it, “With Open Eyes” takes its name...
“Succession” ends in a place it’s been countless times before: with Kendall Roy, alone and adrift by a body of water. “With Open Eyes,” the feature-length conclusion to the Roy family saga, has many such full-circle moments. Some series finales radically break from their show’s typical rhythm, flashing forward to show us the full span of the characters’ lives (“Six Feet Under”) or transforming into a different concept altogether (“Girls”). But despite its length, “With Open Eyes” is the distilled, concentrated essence of “Succession,” even as it builds to a decisive break between the Roys and the company that’s no longer theirs — a union that’s otherwise informed every second of the series’ events.
Like every season finale before it, “With Open Eyes” takes its name...
- 5/29/2023
- by Alison Herman
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for the "Succession" series finale, "With Open Eyes."
The idea that Cousin Greg Hirsch (Nicholas Braun) would be the "winner" on "Succession" has been persistent, both as an earnest theory and a joke. I can understand why it took off during season 1; he was a naive outsider to the Roys' world, so the idea he'd climb the ladder and be corrupted along the way was plausible. However, as the show went on, it became clear that this wasn't Greg's story.
Greg has never been a player, he's a parasite. His Mo has always been to latch onto someone with power and money, such as Tom (Matthew Macfadyen), Logan, Ewan, Kendall, or Matsson. While Greg is definitely an empty suit in season 4, he never had much of a conscience. Even back in season 1, he destroyed the incriminating documents about the abuses at Waystar cruises and kept some...
The idea that Cousin Greg Hirsch (Nicholas Braun) would be the "winner" on "Succession" has been persistent, both as an earnest theory and a joke. I can understand why it took off during season 1; he was a naive outsider to the Roys' world, so the idea he'd climb the ladder and be corrupted along the way was plausible. However, as the show went on, it became clear that this wasn't Greg's story.
Greg has never been a player, he's a parasite. His Mo has always been to latch onto someone with power and money, such as Tom (Matthew Macfadyen), Logan, Ewan, Kendall, or Matsson. While Greg is definitely an empty suit in season 4, he never had much of a conscience. Even back in season 1, he destroyed the incriminating documents about the abuses at Waystar cruises and kept some...
- 5/29/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for the series finale of "Succession." It also contains references to child physical and sexual abuse.
"You are not serious people."
These are the five words patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) used to devastate his children, but he was definitely on the money. Each of the Roy kids has serious emotional damage from a lifetime of growing up Roy, enduring abuse and neglect at the hands of their parents. They were all forced to grow up too early in one way or another: eldest child Connor (Alan Ruck) had an angry father and mentally disturbed mother and watched the latter get taken away to an asylum; prodigal son Kendall (Jeremy Strong) was held to impossible standards by Logan starting when he was barely out of diapers; Siobhan (Sarah Snook) had a father who treated her like an object and a mother who resented her; and Roman...
"You are not serious people."
These are the five words patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) used to devastate his children, but he was definitely on the money. Each of the Roy kids has serious emotional damage from a lifetime of growing up Roy, enduring abuse and neglect at the hands of their parents. They were all forced to grow up too early in one way or another: eldest child Connor (Alan Ruck) had an angry father and mentally disturbed mother and watched the latter get taken away to an asylum; prodigal son Kendall (Jeremy Strong) was held to impossible standards by Logan starting when he was barely out of diapers; Siobhan (Sarah Snook) had a father who treated her like an object and a mother who resented her; and Roman...
- 5/29/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
With the HBO media empire tragicomedy "Succession," the damaged and destructive adult children of billionaire mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox) take center stage. For every shareholder meeting or tense bit of boardroom drama, the show spends much more time digging into the cyclical journeys of self-discovery or delusion that the children undergo. And none of them, not even megalomaniacal "#1 Boy" Kendall (Jeremy Strong), are as delusional as eldest son Connor (Alan Ruck).
If Alan Ruck's performance as Connor reflects anything, it's that against all odds he will find a way to dominate a given episode or storyline. For a character with a small role at the series' outset, he's become something of a fan favorite, whether it's rightfully fighting for his share of the pie as "the eldest son" or his Leonard Cohen karaoke choice. His romantic relationship and eventual marriage with former escort Willa (Justine Lupe) is as unsettling as it is surprisingly warm,...
If Alan Ruck's performance as Connor reflects anything, it's that against all odds he will find a way to dominate a given episode or storyline. For a character with a small role at the series' outset, he's become something of a fan favorite, whether it's rightfully fighting for his share of the pie as "the eldest son" or his Leonard Cohen karaoke choice. His romantic relationship and eventual marriage with former escort Willa (Justine Lupe) is as unsettling as it is surprisingly warm,...
- 5/29/2023
- by Anthony Crislip
- Slash Film
Spoiler warning: Here is a recap of the Succession season 4 And series finale, “With Open Eyes,” directed by Mark Mylod and written by creator Jesse Armstrong.
Succession, the Emmy-winning HBO family saga, about the Roys and their in-fighting for control of the media conglomerate, Waystar Royco, came to an end after four seasons — and in the process, finally revealed who would have a seat at the table as the company determined who would become CEO once and for all.
This comes after season 4 of Succession kicked off the Roy siblings — Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and the secretly pregnant Shiv (Sarah Snook) — determined to start their own media company following their failed coup to take out their father, Logan (Brian Cox), in the season 3 finale, when they were betrayed by Shiv’s husband, Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen), and their cousin, Greg Hirsch (Nicholas Braun).
Since then, the series took...
Succession, the Emmy-winning HBO family saga, about the Roys and their in-fighting for control of the media conglomerate, Waystar Royco, came to an end after four seasons — and in the process, finally revealed who would have a seat at the table as the company determined who would become CEO once and for all.
This comes after season 4 of Succession kicked off the Roy siblings — Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and the secretly pregnant Shiv (Sarah Snook) — determined to start their own media company following their failed coup to take out their father, Logan (Brian Cox), in the season 3 finale, when they were betrayed by Shiv’s husband, Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen), and their cousin, Greg Hirsch (Nicholas Braun).
Since then, the series took...
- 5/29/2023
- by Sarah Curran
- ET Canada
Note: This story contains spoilers from the series finale of “Succession.”
The series finale of “Succession” brought the story of the Roy family and the fate of their company to an end, placing a new and not entirely surprising heir at the helm of Waystar Royco.
The episode, titled “With Open Eyes,” dropped a satisfying — if not all that unpredictable — twist on viewers after Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) once again betrayed his wife, Siobhan Roy (Sarah Snook), and partnered with Swedish corporate shark Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) to become U.S. CEO of the company. A tense board meeting led to Matsson’s internet conglomerate GoJo’s acquisition of Logan Roy’s (Brian Cox) company right from under the Roy siblings’ grasp.
But that only happened because Shiv acted on her bone-deep knowledge of older brother Kendall’s (Jeremy Strong) personal and professional weaknesses — mixed, perhaps, with her own resentment...
The series finale of “Succession” brought the story of the Roy family and the fate of their company to an end, placing a new and not entirely surprising heir at the helm of Waystar Royco.
The episode, titled “With Open Eyes,” dropped a satisfying — if not all that unpredictable — twist on viewers after Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) once again betrayed his wife, Siobhan Roy (Sarah Snook), and partnered with Swedish corporate shark Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) to become U.S. CEO of the company. A tense board meeting led to Matsson’s internet conglomerate GoJo’s acquisition of Logan Roy’s (Brian Cox) company right from under the Roy siblings’ grasp.
But that only happened because Shiv acted on her bone-deep knowledge of older brother Kendall’s (Jeremy Strong) personal and professional weaknesses — mixed, perhaps, with her own resentment...
- 5/29/2023
- by Bob Strauss
- The Wrap
Amid the HBO Max rebrand, Succession is ending after four seasons on the premium cable network. The Roy family is at odds with each other and the drama is set to start at 9 p.m. Et and 6 p.m. Pt on HBO.
For viewers that streamed the show online through the HBO Max app up until a week ago, make sure to download the standalone Max app. With the rebrand, the HBO Max app stopped working for U.S.-based users and the only way to access HBO is through the new Max app. The same credentials used for HBO Max should give users access to Max.
Succession, created by Jesse Armstrong, has explored power and family dynamics seen through the eyes of Logan Roy, played by Brian Cox and his four adult children, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Siobhan (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Connor (Alan Ruck).
The show has...
For viewers that streamed the show online through the HBO Max app up until a week ago, make sure to download the standalone Max app. With the rebrand, the HBO Max app stopped working for U.S.-based users and the only way to access HBO is through the new Max app. The same credentials used for HBO Max should give users access to Max.
Succession, created by Jesse Armstrong, has explored power and family dynamics seen through the eyes of Logan Roy, played by Brian Cox and his four adult children, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Siobhan (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Connor (Alan Ruck).
The show has...
- 5/29/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Peter Friedman, who plays Waystar Royco vice chairman Frank Vernon on HBO’s drama Succession, isn’t sharing what will happen on Sunday night’s finale.
But he is revealing his own personal pick for Logan Roy’s (Brian Cox) successor: Lukas Matsson (played by Alexander Skarsgård), whose bid to take over the company has been the focus of this final season.
“I’m so enamored by what Alexander Skarsgård is doing,” Friedman told British outlet The Guardian. “His acting is so beautiful — blithe and confident yet anxious — I’d go for him. As a viewer I’d say: ‘These kids aren’t up to it.’ I think Frank wishes Kendall would quit and become a musician somewhere. Please, get out of here and go live a peaceful life! He just wants to see them happy, which probably isn’t going to happen.”
As the fourth — and final — season finale approaches,...
But he is revealing his own personal pick for Logan Roy’s (Brian Cox) successor: Lukas Matsson (played by Alexander Skarsgård), whose bid to take over the company has been the focus of this final season.
“I’m so enamored by what Alexander Skarsgård is doing,” Friedman told British outlet The Guardian. “His acting is so beautiful — blithe and confident yet anxious — I’d go for him. As a viewer I’d say: ‘These kids aren’t up to it.’ I think Frank wishes Kendall would quit and become a musician somewhere. Please, get out of here and go live a peaceful life! He just wants to see them happy, which probably isn’t going to happen.”
As the fourth — and final — season finale approaches,...
- 5/28/2023
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s the question every fan wants answered: who will seize control of media giant Waystar Royco in tonight’s finale of the hit HBO show?
“I’m fascinated to find out,” said Peter Friedman, who plays Frank Vernon, the Waystar Royco vice chairman and former consigliere to the late Logan Roy (Brian Cox). “I sometimes look at Reddit, and let me tell you, people are on the right track,” Friedman told the Guardian in an interview. “The darts are all over the board. But they’ve been narrowing it down to what’s actually going to happen.”
Friedman said the cast was kept largely in the dark on the finale’s storyline. Friedman said when Harriet Walter, who plays Logan’s ex-wife Lady Caroline, arrived for the big funeral scene, she wasn’t sure who died.
“She saw all the black clothes and said: ‘Who died?’ It had even been kept secret from her,...
“I’m fascinated to find out,” said Peter Friedman, who plays Frank Vernon, the Waystar Royco vice chairman and former consigliere to the late Logan Roy (Brian Cox). “I sometimes look at Reddit, and let me tell you, people are on the right track,” Friedman told the Guardian in an interview. “The darts are all over the board. But they’ve been narrowing it down to what’s actually going to happen.”
Friedman said the cast was kept largely in the dark on the finale’s storyline. Friedman said when Harriet Walter, who plays Logan’s ex-wife Lady Caroline, arrived for the big funeral scene, she wasn’t sure who died.
“She saw all the black clothes and said: ‘Who died?’ It had even been kept secret from her,...
- 5/28/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
My favorite moment from Succession is the last ten minutes of the season 2 finale, when Kendall Roy potentially declares war against his media mogul father, Logan. For the entirety of that season, Kendall had been his father’s trusted dog—doing Logan’s bidding without asking any question, following every instruction of his father to a T, and most essentially, who can forget “L to the Og”—Kendall’s iconic self-composed rap tribute to the big man on his birthday?
Not that the Little Lord Fauntleroy hadn’t tried to upend his father before. In fact, in the very first episode of Succession, his heart broke when Logan stomped on his dream of becoming the Wayster-Royco CEO by refusing to step down, which set the course of the entire show. So, Kendall tried his hand at winning the approval of his disapproving father while trying to ascend to the throne...
Not that the Little Lord Fauntleroy hadn’t tried to upend his father before. In fact, in the very first episode of Succession, his heart broke when Logan stomped on his dream of becoming the Wayster-Royco CEO by refusing to step down, which set the course of the entire show. So, Kendall tried his hand at winning the approval of his disapproving father while trying to ascend to the throne...
- 5/28/2023
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
In a way, “Succession” will never end. The Roy family’s wealth is too immense to be squelched in a single episode — even a finale that’s as long as a film. That kind of money isn’t even money anymore; it’s capital, power, and, as Kendall put it in his eulogy to Logan, “the lifeblood […] of this wonderful civilization we have built from the mud.” Whomever succeeds the Waystar Royco business titan will grab the reigns of an ecosystem that may not be too big to fail, but certainly protects its own. Barring an asteroid smashing into the planet or a significant time-jump into the post-apocalypse, “Succession’s” ending isn’t likely to halt the Roys’ destructive rampage across this planet. There will be survivors. There will be enterprise. There will be wealth.
But we won’t get to see any of it because “Succession” is still ending.
But we won’t get to see any of it because “Succession” is still ending.
- 5/28/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
There’s no Iron Throne, but the stakes feel just as high.
“Succession”, the critically acclaimed drama chronicling a Murdoch-esque feuding billionaire family, wraps its four-season run on Sunday May 28 with a highly anticipated 88-minute finale.
And just like another tentpole HBO show, “Game of Thrones”, there’s no shortage of theories over how the series will end and who will prevail. But instead of a throne, the Roy siblings are battling over the sprawling Waystar Royco media empire.
The Shakespearean-level intrigue has prompted speculation among fans looking for clues in past episodes, characters’ names and elsewhere. Even the final episode’s title, “With Open Eyes”, has critics poring through the John Berryman poem that has been used for each season finale’s title.
Here are some of the questions that remain as the finale nears.
Where Do Things Stand With The Roy Family?
“Succession” has been about who...
“Succession”, the critically acclaimed drama chronicling a Murdoch-esque feuding billionaire family, wraps its four-season run on Sunday May 28 with a highly anticipated 88-minute finale.
And just like another tentpole HBO show, “Game of Thrones”, there’s no shortage of theories over how the series will end and who will prevail. But instead of a throne, the Roy siblings are battling over the sprawling Waystar Royco media empire.
The Shakespearean-level intrigue has prompted speculation among fans looking for clues in past episodes, characters’ names and elsewhere. Even the final episode’s title, “With Open Eyes”, has critics poring through the John Berryman poem that has been used for each season finale’s title.
Here are some of the questions that remain as the finale nears.
Where Do Things Stand With The Roy Family?
“Succession” has been about who...
- 5/28/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
“Succession”-mania has reached the Major Leagues, with the MLB on Saturday acknowledging a viral fan theory about the HBO show’s finale that ties into a historic World Series play. As MLB.com writer Brian Murphy put it, “We’ll see if the conclusion does indeed tie back to a piece of baseball history from 103 years ago.”
Careful for “Succession” spoilers below.
The MLB shared Nameberry’s viral TikTok video connecting the “Succession” character Tom Wambsgans’ surname to an obscure MLB player whose sole memorable moment in the Majors came in Game 5 of the 1920 World Series. Bill Wambsganss, an infielder for Cleveland, is the only player in league history to turn an unassisted triple play in the postseason.
This theory about Tom in Succession is wild. pic.twitter.com/xoOXJV90iF
— Christina Garnett (@ThatChristinaG) May 25, 2023
For those that don’t follow baseball, a triple play means a team gets...
Careful for “Succession” spoilers below.
The MLB shared Nameberry’s viral TikTok video connecting the “Succession” character Tom Wambsgans’ surname to an obscure MLB player whose sole memorable moment in the Majors came in Game 5 of the 1920 World Series. Bill Wambsganss, an infielder for Cleveland, is the only player in league history to turn an unassisted triple play in the postseason.
This theory about Tom in Succession is wild. pic.twitter.com/xoOXJV90iF
— Christina Garnett (@ThatChristinaG) May 25, 2023
For those that don’t follow baseball, a triple play means a team gets...
- 5/27/2023
- by Mason Bissada
- The Wrap
“Succession” series creator Jesse Armstrong writes characters who aren’t equipped for their times – either their inflated egos make them see small slights as momentous personal challenges or their stunted emotional maturity and intellect make them exactly the wrong people to deal with an actual crisis. In the case of “Succession,” it’s often both, and the camera responds accordingly.
Director Mark Mylod and director of photography Patrick Capone have together helmed over 10 episodes of the series together — including Season 4’s Episode 1, “The Munsters,” Episode 3, “Connor’s Wedding,” and Episode 9, “Church and State” — and like to keep the audience just a couple seconds behind and constantly re-finding the characters and the shifting power dynamics of individual scenes. It makes “Succession” look the way it must feel for the Roy siblings: one giant clusterfuck after another.
The series’s 90-minute finale is nigh, and the boardroom battle between “the Roy boys...
Director Mark Mylod and director of photography Patrick Capone have together helmed over 10 episodes of the series together — including Season 4’s Episode 1, “The Munsters,” Episode 3, “Connor’s Wedding,” and Episode 9, “Church and State” — and like to keep the audience just a couple seconds behind and constantly re-finding the characters and the shifting power dynamics of individual scenes. It makes “Succession” look the way it must feel for the Roy siblings: one giant clusterfuck after another.
The series’s 90-minute finale is nigh, and the boardroom battle between “the Roy boys...
- 5/27/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Succession is in the home stretch and with it comes the question of who will come out on top? Without patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) at the helm of Waystar Royco, things are quickly fraying among siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook), and Roman (Kieran Culkin). While eldest Connor (Alan Ruck) appears more concerned about securing a future in the political landscape, Shiv, Roman, and Kendall are making power plays that have yet to really pay off. (Credit: HBO) After allowing Mencken (Justin Kirk) to become president and with Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) still pushing for his acquisition of the company, it seems like the game is anyone’s to take. Although no matter who “wins” the lead spot, there’s no sign that anyone in this series has a “happy” end in sight. Still, it’s interesting to ponder who will manage to snag the seat left behind by Logan,...
- 5/26/2023
- TV Insider
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “Succession” Season 4, through the ninth episode. It does not spoil the finale.]
Midway through a recent conversation about her new movie, “You Hurt My Feelings,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus just couldn’t wait any longer. She stopped her moderator, Frank Rich, and said, “God, what a season you’ve had on ‘Succession.'”
Rich, an executive producer on the HBO drama — who served the same role on “Veep” — nodded his thanks and started to ask the next question, but Louis-Dreyfus wasn’t done.
“I really do think that killing off Logan [when you did] was inspired,” she said. “Utterly inspired.”
Rich quickly gave credit to Jesse Armstrong, the “Succession” creator who also co-wrote the first season finale of “Veep” — “which I won an Emmy for,” Louis-Dreyfus playfully pointed out — and in doing so, he outlined why the timing of Logan’s death proved so pivotal.
“The typical way to do it with a character [that important] is...
Midway through a recent conversation about her new movie, “You Hurt My Feelings,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus just couldn’t wait any longer. She stopped her moderator, Frank Rich, and said, “God, what a season you’ve had on ‘Succession.'”
Rich, an executive producer on the HBO drama — who served the same role on “Veep” — nodded his thanks and started to ask the next question, but Louis-Dreyfus wasn’t done.
“I really do think that killing off Logan [when you did] was inspired,” she said. “Utterly inspired.”
Rich quickly gave credit to Jesse Armstrong, the “Succession” creator who also co-wrote the first season finale of “Veep” — “which I won an Emmy for,” Louis-Dreyfus playfully pointed out — and in doing so, he outlined why the timing of Logan’s death proved so pivotal.
“The typical way to do it with a character [that important] is...
- 5/26/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Almost a year has gone by since we heard that Well Go USA Entertainment had acquired the worldwide distribution rights to a Christmas horror film called A Creature Was Stirring, which stars Chrissy Metz (This Is Us) and Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween). Now it looks like they’re preparing to announce a release date for the film, as it has secured a rating from the Motion Picture Association ratings board. A Creature Was Stirring has earned an R rating for violence, bloody images, drug content, language and some sexual references.
Directed by Damien LeVeck (The Cleansing Hour) from a screenplay by first-time writer Shannon Wells, A Creature Was Stirring also stars Connor Paolo (Friend Request) and Annalise Basso (Oculus). The film centers on the overprotective mother and professional nurse Faith (Metz), who keeps her teenage daughter (Basso) locked securely in her room and subjected to constant methadone injections,...
Directed by Damien LeVeck (The Cleansing Hour) from a screenplay by first-time writer Shannon Wells, A Creature Was Stirring also stars Connor Paolo (Friend Request) and Annalise Basso (Oculus). The film centers on the overprotective mother and professional nurse Faith (Metz), who keeps her teenage daughter (Basso) locked securely in her room and subjected to constant methadone injections,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
At the close of its fourth and final season, “Succession” occupies a place eerily analogous to that of fearsome patriarch Logan Roy. After Logan’s sudden, shocking death in the third episode, his colleagues and children (who were also his colleagues) had to scramble for an answer to the question that’s haunted the entire series: What — or rather, who — now? “Succession” itself is set to leave a Logan-sized hole in the cultural landscape, with its fan base asking the same question.
The future is impossible to predict, as “Succession” so beautifully showed with its anticlimactic, out-of-nowhere take on Logan’s demise. Ahead of the May 28 series finale, however, we can look back on what made the show such an era-defining, Emmy-dominating hit. “Succession” is hardly the first to explore the inner lives of the ultrarich. But at the end of its run, it stands out as the least glamorous...
The future is impossible to predict, as “Succession” so beautifully showed with its anticlimactic, out-of-nowhere take on Logan’s demise. Ahead of the May 28 series finale, however, we can look back on what made the show such an era-defining, Emmy-dominating hit. “Succession” is hardly the first to explore the inner lives of the ultrarich. But at the end of its run, it stands out as the least glamorous...
- 5/26/2023
- by Alison Herman
- Variety Film + TV
Well Go USA Entertainment has picked up worldwide rights to the Christmas horror movie A Creature Was Stirring, and the official MPA rating has been turned in this week.
A Creature Was Stirring has been rated “R” for…
“Violence, bloody images, drug content, language and some sexual references.”
Chrissy Metz (“This Is Us”) stars alongside Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween).
A Creature Was Stirring “follows the overprotective mother and professional nurse Faith (Metz), who keeps her teenage daughter (Annalise Basso) locked securely in her room and subjected to constant methadone injections, their only means of sustaining a delicately balanced fever state that keeps a mysterious and terrifying affliction at bay.
“However, when a pair of strangers (Scout Taylor-Compton and Connor Paolo) breaks into the home while seeking shelter from the Christmas blizzard, they quickly discover that this mother-daughter relationship stretches the limits of both dysfunction and reality, and that the women are hiding a terrible secret — specifically,...
A Creature Was Stirring has been rated “R” for…
“Violence, bloody images, drug content, language and some sexual references.”
Chrissy Metz (“This Is Us”) stars alongside Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween).
A Creature Was Stirring “follows the overprotective mother and professional nurse Faith (Metz), who keeps her teenage daughter (Annalise Basso) locked securely in her room and subjected to constant methadone injections, their only means of sustaining a delicately balanced fever state that keeps a mysterious and terrifying affliction at bay.
“However, when a pair of strangers (Scout Taylor-Compton and Connor Paolo) breaks into the home while seeking shelter from the Christmas blizzard, they quickly discover that this mother-daughter relationship stretches the limits of both dysfunction and reality, and that the women are hiding a terrible secret — specifically,...
- 5/25/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Alexander Whitrow, Sarah Milde, Edward Boyd, Erik Strauts | Written and Directed by Alexander Whitrow
On a highway in rural Australia, Connor Shelby lies on top of his seemingly broken-down car while speaking with his girlfriend on the phone. As he promises they will escape their residence by the end of the month, Connor ends the call when he spots an oncoming car. Once a family arrives to offer help, it becomes apparent this is a trap to lure unsuspecting victims into a robbery, as this effectively shot opening offers an understanding of the protagonist and the lengths he is willing to take.
While unaware of how her beloved earns money, Lucy (Sarah Milde) has an inkling that he is being untruthful about working down the mines. All she asks is that he does not lie to her, yet she does not anticipate his determination to not die in Australia.
On a highway in rural Australia, Connor Shelby lies on top of his seemingly broken-down car while speaking with his girlfriend on the phone. As he promises they will escape their residence by the end of the month, Connor ends the call when he spots an oncoming car. Once a family arrives to offer help, it becomes apparent this is a trap to lure unsuspecting victims into a robbery, as this effectively shot opening offers an understanding of the protagonist and the lengths he is willing to take.
While unaware of how her beloved earns money, Lucy (Sarah Milde) has an inkling that he is being untruthful about working down the mines. All she asks is that he does not lie to her, yet she does not anticipate his determination to not die in Australia.
- 5/25/2023
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
The series finale of Succession is just a few days away. The story of the Roy dynasty will conclude, but that story came to an end for one character several weeks ago. While speaking with BBC’s Amol Rajan (via Deadline), Brian Cox commented on the surprise death of his character Logan Roy near the beginning of the final season of Succession.
Brian Cox feels as though Logan’s death was “ultimately too early,” and that it might have been more appropriate for that departure to happen later in the season. “I was fine with it ultimately, but I did feel a little bit rejected,” Cox said. “You know, I felt a little bit like all the work I’ve done and finally I’m going to, you know, end up as an ear on a carpet of a plane.”
Brian Cox added that he showed up to his character...
Brian Cox feels as though Logan’s death was “ultimately too early,” and that it might have been more appropriate for that departure to happen later in the season. “I was fine with it ultimately, but I did feel a little bit rejected,” Cox said. “You know, I felt a little bit like all the work I’ve done and finally I’m going to, you know, end up as an ear on a carpet of a plane.”
Brian Cox added that he showed up to his character...
- 5/25/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
We probably sound like a broken record at this point, but it is always worth pointing out when a TV show truly capitalizes on the fact that it’s a TV show. The concept of an episode has been diluted over the years, with so many shows seeing a runtime as a means to an end or just another hour to fill on the way to an ending. “Succession” has become one of the all-time TV greats by understanding that each individual piece of the puzzle can be a hand-crafted, standalone work of its own.
So picking out the best episodes of “Succession” is both a challenging and rewarding idea. They’re defined by moments in a “Friends”-esque way — The One Where Tom Throws Water Bottles; The One Where Tom Flips a Desk Over; The One Where Tom Steals Logan’s Chicken — or an “Always Sunny”-esque way — The...
So picking out the best episodes of “Succession” is both a challenging and rewarding idea. They’re defined by moments in a “Friends”-esque way — The One Where Tom Throws Water Bottles; The One Where Tom Flips a Desk Over; The One Where Tom Steals Logan’s Chicken — or an “Always Sunny”-esque way — The...
- 5/24/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
This article contains spoiler for Succession season 4 episode 9.
You ever lay on a bed, stare up at a whirring ceiling fan, and try to track one isolated blade’s journey? Yeah me neither. That would be weird. But if you or I hypothetically did, you might find some mundane poetry in witnessing how one element can operate independently within a larger mosaic to make a circular blur. Sometimes watching Succession reminds of that.
With only one episode to go in its remarkable four-season run, Succession is an inspiringly complete experience. Everyone involved from showrunner Jesse Armstrong and his writers to director Mark Mylod and his production team, to the ludicrously talented troupe of actors is perpetually on their A game. Watching a single episode of Succession is to let dramaturgical (to borrow a word from Jeremy Strong) greatness wash over you. But what if we were just keep our eye...
You ever lay on a bed, stare up at a whirring ceiling fan, and try to track one isolated blade’s journey? Yeah me neither. That would be weird. But if you or I hypothetically did, you might find some mundane poetry in witnessing how one element can operate independently within a larger mosaic to make a circular blur. Sometimes watching Succession reminds of that.
With only one episode to go in its remarkable four-season run, Succession is an inspiringly complete experience. Everyone involved from showrunner Jesse Armstrong and his writers to director Mark Mylod and his production team, to the ludicrously talented troupe of actors is perpetually on their A game. Watching a single episode of Succession is to let dramaturgical (to borrow a word from Jeremy Strong) greatness wash over you. But what if we were just keep our eye...
- 5/24/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Succession."
When Logan Roy's ex-wives and mistresses gathered in the pews of a New York City church to mourn the angry, powerful man they loved, it was a quietly powerful moment in a "Succession" episode full of them. Viewers knew three of the four women who made up the front row of funeral attendees: there was Marcia (Hiam Abbass), Logan's current wife who left on a permanent shopping trip, only to return to assert her dominance in the wake of his death. There was Kerry (Zoe Winters), Logan's assistant-turned-rumored lover who proved herself a terrible news anchor when he was alive and a genuinely emotional person once he died. And then there was Lady Caroline (Harriet Walter), the icy, aristocratic mother of Kendall, Shiv, and Roman.
It was Caroline who made the surprisingly sweet gesture to bring all the women together,...
When Logan Roy's ex-wives and mistresses gathered in the pews of a New York City church to mourn the angry, powerful man they loved, it was a quietly powerful moment in a "Succession" episode full of them. Viewers knew three of the four women who made up the front row of funeral attendees: there was Marcia (Hiam Abbass), Logan's current wife who left on a permanent shopping trip, only to return to assert her dominance in the wake of his death. There was Kerry (Zoe Winters), Logan's assistant-turned-rumored lover who proved herself a terrible news anchor when he was alive and a genuinely emotional person once he died. And then there was Lady Caroline (Harriet Walter), the icy, aristocratic mother of Kendall, Shiv, and Roman.
It was Caroline who made the surprisingly sweet gesture to bring all the women together,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Like father, like son: The race for Best Drama Supporting Actor has become a family affair.
Alexander Skarsgård, an Emmy winner for HBO’s limited-turned-ongoing-drama “Big Little Lies,” is facing off against his father, veteran actor Stellan Skarsgård, after the former’s increased presence in the final season of “Succession” necessitated a move from Best Drama Guest Actor — where he was nominated last year — to supporting actor.
The younger Skarsgård joined the two-time Emmy winner for Best Drama Series in Season 3 as Lukas Matsson, a shrewd Swedish tech giant who’s set his sights on acquiring Waystar Royco, a transaction that has become increasingly complicated and contentious in the wake of the death of family patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) in the third episode of the HBO show’s 10-episode fourth season. ASkars made his sixth appearance in “Church and State” and will be in seven episodes altogether. Emmy rules...
Alexander Skarsgård, an Emmy winner for HBO’s limited-turned-ongoing-drama “Big Little Lies,” is facing off against his father, veteran actor Stellan Skarsgård, after the former’s increased presence in the final season of “Succession” necessitated a move from Best Drama Guest Actor — where he was nominated last year — to supporting actor.
The younger Skarsgård joined the two-time Emmy winner for Best Drama Series in Season 3 as Lukas Matsson, a shrewd Swedish tech giant who’s set his sights on acquiring Waystar Royco, a transaction that has become increasingly complicated and contentious in the wake of the death of family patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) in the third episode of the HBO show’s 10-episode fourth season. ASkars made his sixth appearance in “Church and State” and will be in seven episodes altogether. Emmy rules...
- 5/23/2023
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
Barely a scene passes in the rarefied world of Succession without mention of money, the dollar amounts typically quite large. Connor Roy torches $100 million in his deluded presidential campaign. The other Roy siblings outmatch their father, Logan, in a bidding war for Pierce Global Media by offering $10 billion. (“Congratulations on saying the biggest number, you fucking morons,” Logan rages at them afterward.) But it is a far smaller sum mentioned toward the end of the HBO series’ second-to-last episode that packs the most emotional punch: $5 million.
That’s how much Logan,...
That’s how much Logan,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
Spoilers follow.
In "Succession" season 4, episode 9, "Church and State," any wild theories that patriarch billionaire Logan Roy faked his death as some kind of morbid corporate strategy can finally be put to rest. Logan's funeral brought a procession of powerful elites and influential politicians together for a star-studded event that made the coronation of King Charles look downright pedestrian. Bereaved siblings Connor (Alan Ruck), Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook), and Roman (Kieran Culkin) were also in attendance, and all of them somehow managed to avoid spontaneously combusting into flames the second they stepped inside the Upper East Side church to pay their respects and hurl a few insults.
In Sunday's penultimate episode, Roman has backslid into his previous state of obnoxious behavior as if he's completely forgotten the fact that he was actually trying to be a human being earlier on in the season. The Roman that saunters into...
In "Succession" season 4, episode 9, "Church and State," any wild theories that patriarch billionaire Logan Roy faked his death as some kind of morbid corporate strategy can finally be put to rest. Logan's funeral brought a procession of powerful elites and influential politicians together for a star-studded event that made the coronation of King Charles look downright pedestrian. Bereaved siblings Connor (Alan Ruck), Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook), and Roman (Kieran Culkin) were also in attendance, and all of them somehow managed to avoid spontaneously combusting into flames the second they stepped inside the Upper East Side church to pay their respects and hurl a few insults.
In Sunday's penultimate episode, Roman has backslid into his previous state of obnoxious behavior as if he's completely forgotten the fact that he was actually trying to be a human being earlier on in the season. The Roman that saunters into...
- 5/22/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "Succession" season 4, episode 9, "Church and State."
In the season 6 "Game of Thrones" episode "The Winds of Winter," Cersei Lannister plants explosives under the Sept of Baelor and blows it sky high with several of her biggest enemies trapped inside, radically reshaping the political playing field of Westeros in her favor. Last night's "Succession" episode (which also featured several of the show's key characters sharing a cavernous space) was explosive in a more metaphorical way, but the ripple effects of what happened at Logan Roy's funeral may end up being just as important to this show's characters as Cersei's masterstroke was to those who sought the Iron Throne.
Mark Mylod, the director of this "Succession" episode, also happened to be a "Game of Thrones" director. But in order to film the emotional, dynamic, and sometimes nail-biting funeral of Logan Roy, he went further back in his...
In the season 6 "Game of Thrones" episode "The Winds of Winter," Cersei Lannister plants explosives under the Sept of Baelor and blows it sky high with several of her biggest enemies trapped inside, radically reshaping the political playing field of Westeros in her favor. Last night's "Succession" episode (which also featured several of the show's key characters sharing a cavernous space) was explosive in a more metaphorical way, but the ripple effects of what happened at Logan Roy's funeral may end up being just as important to this show's characters as Cersei's masterstroke was to those who sought the Iron Throne.
Mark Mylod, the director of this "Succession" episode, also happened to be a "Game of Thrones" director. But in order to film the emotional, dynamic, and sometimes nail-biting funeral of Logan Roy, he went further back in his...
- 5/22/2023
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
[This story contains major spoilers from the penultimate episode of Succession, “Church and State.”]
At last, Succession said goodbye to its “dear, dear world of a father,” as the HBO drama’s various players gathered together for the funeral of Logan Roy (Brian Cox). Filmed in New York City’s Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on the Upper East Side, the funeral sequence at the heart of the series’ penultimate episode, “Church and State,” stands out as one of the most opulent scenes in this most opulent series, with hundreds on hand to witness siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Connor (Alan Ruck) bid their father farewell.
Leading the procession was Mark Mylod, the longtime Succession director and executive producer responsible for bringing some of the Emmy-winning series’ most important episodes to life, not the least of which was Logan’s death episode, “Connor’s Wedding.” The stakes raise ever higher in “Church and State,...
At last, Succession said goodbye to its “dear, dear world of a father,” as the HBO drama’s various players gathered together for the funeral of Logan Roy (Brian Cox). Filmed in New York City’s Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on the Upper East Side, the funeral sequence at the heart of the series’ penultimate episode, “Church and State,” stands out as one of the most opulent scenes in this most opulent series, with hundreds on hand to witness siblings Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Connor (Alan Ruck) bid their father farewell.
Leading the procession was Mark Mylod, the longtime Succession director and executive producer responsible for bringing some of the Emmy-winning series’ most important episodes to life, not the least of which was Logan’s death episode, “Connor’s Wedding.” The stakes raise ever higher in “Church and State,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Josh Wigler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This article contains spoilers for Succession season 4 episode 9.
Though they may not be conventionally intelligent (and in many cases they’re outright dumb), Logan Roy’s children sure are a well-educated bunch. Never has that been more apparent than in Succession‘s second-to-last episode “Church and State.”
Even as the Roy siblings gather at a church for their father’s funeral, they are each still able to conjure up some impressive deep cut real life factoids. When the politically-inclined Connor (Alan Ruck) meets with almost President-elect Mencken (Justin Kirk), he pitches him on a “Pan-Hapsburg American-led EU alternative,” which we’re pretty sure just means restoring the Hapsburg dynasty. Mencken, who isn’t Logan Roy’s son but might as well be, hits Shiv (Sarah Snook) with an equally obscure “kinder küche kirche” reference upon learning she’s pregnant. Naturally, that’s a phrase from the German Empire used to...
Though they may not be conventionally intelligent (and in many cases they’re outright dumb), Logan Roy’s children sure are a well-educated bunch. Never has that been more apparent than in Succession‘s second-to-last episode “Church and State.”
Even as the Roy siblings gather at a church for their father’s funeral, they are each still able to conjure up some impressive deep cut real life factoids. When the politically-inclined Connor (Alan Ruck) meets with almost President-elect Mencken (Justin Kirk), he pitches him on a “Pan-Hapsburg American-led EU alternative,” which we’re pretty sure just means restoring the Hapsburg dynasty. Mencken, who isn’t Logan Roy’s son but might as well be, hits Shiv (Sarah Snook) with an equally obscure “kinder küche kirche” reference upon learning she’s pregnant. Naturally, that’s a phrase from the German Empire used to...
- 5/22/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Logan Roy was many things — a media titan, the patriarch of the Roy family, and a business genius. He was a self-made man who grew up in difficult circumstances and yet made himself one of the most successful businessmen in the entire world. He was born on October 14, 1938 in Dundee, Scotland, and his father died when he was young, leaving his mother Helen alone to raise Logan, his older brother, Ewan, and his younger sister, Rose. Logan and his siblings were sent to be raised by their uncle Noah in Quebec, where they learned under their uncle's tough tutelage the importance of a good work ethic -- one that he would later impart on his own children. From these humble beginnings, Logan Roy ended up founding Waystar-Royco, one of the largest global media conglomerates, making him an incredibly powerful man who rubbed shoulders with presidents, prime ministers, and royalty. He...
- 5/22/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Succession‘s endgame is upon us, and it’s still anybody’s guess who will come out on top.
HBO has released a sneak peek at next Sunday’s series finale (9/8c), and it sets the stage for a final showdown for control of Waystar between siblings Kendall, Roman and Shiv. The penultimate episode ended with Kendall and Roman preparing to go up against Shiv (who’s aligned herself with GoJo CEO Lukas Matsson) at a Waystar board meeting to decide the fate of the GoJo deal. (Read our full recap here.) And in the preview, we see a concerned...
HBO has released a sneak peek at next Sunday’s series finale (9/8c), and it sets the stage for a final showdown for control of Waystar between siblings Kendall, Roman and Shiv. The penultimate episode ended with Kendall and Roman preparing to go up against Shiv (who’s aligned herself with GoJo CEO Lukas Matsson) at a Waystar board meeting to decide the fate of the GoJo deal. (Read our full recap here.) And in the preview, we see a concerned...
- 5/22/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Logan Roy’s funeral sent his children spiraling in different directions in Succession‘s penultimate episode. But as the series finale looms, who has the upper hand in the fight for control of Logan’s legacy?
On the morning of Logan’s funeral, Shiv sees angry protestors outside Atn headquarters on the news — the ballots are still being counted — while Roman rehearses his eulogy in the mirror with a cocky spring in his step. (“I am the King of Dong. Bow down to me.”) As police board up store windows, Rava tells Kendall she’s taking the kids upstate instead...
On the morning of Logan’s funeral, Shiv sees angry protestors outside Atn headquarters on the news — the ballots are still being counted — while Roman rehearses his eulogy in the mirror with a cocky spring in his step. (“I am the King of Dong. Bow down to me.”) As police board up store windows, Rava tells Kendall she’s taking the kids upstate instead...
- 5/22/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Succession, “Church and State.”
“Today is just about today,” Kendall Roy insists early in “Church and State.” He is trying to broker a truce among his siblings on the day of their father’s funeral — to push aside thoughts of the GoJo deal, of Roman getting a Nazi elected president, Shiv betraying her brothers, and all the other drama currently swirling around them. But today is never just about today, even for those of us without billions of dollars or...
“Today is just about today,” Kendall Roy insists early in “Church and State.” He is trying to broker a truce among his siblings on the day of their father’s funeral — to push aside thoughts of the GoJo deal, of Roman getting a Nazi elected president, Shiv betraying her brothers, and all the other drama currently swirling around them. But today is never just about today, even for those of us without billions of dollars or...
- 5/22/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
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