Wednesday 17 July 2013

MSN TV: Sky Atlantic's RAY DONOVAN

Wednesday 17 July 2013

Over at MSN TV today: I've reviewed the UK premiere of Showtime's RAY DONOVAN on Sky Atlantic, starring Liev Schreiber as the head of a Boston family living in sunny Los Angeles, who works as a 'fixer' to the city's rich and famous. (This is an abridged version of my original review, when the show debuted on Showtime three weeks ago.)
Liev Schreiber is the latest big-screen actor to jump on the TV bandwagon; at the moment, there's still a feeling it's the best medium for character-based, ambitious storytelling. He plays the eponymous Ray Donovan, a so-called fixer for Tinseltown's moneyed clientele. I love a good pilot and Ray Donovan's passes muster, although it's a perhaps too familiar in its broader strokes.

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