Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2026. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

Few actors ooze decadence as effortlessly as Jeremy Irons, and casting him as the patriarch of “The Borgias” — an amoral pope, no less, who bribes and bullies his way into the papacy — sounds like the ...

Though officially their uncle, Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia gathers his three children, but Juan's and Cesare's lack of control threaten his life's work. When a plot to poison the pope is baffled and the ...

Tom Fontana’s edgy costume drama “Borgia” beat all-time record ratings on Gaul’s Canal Plus when the first two episodes bowed in primetime on Monday. Passing records set by “Desperate Housewives” and ...

Jeremy Irons’ impressive gallery of distinctive historical characters includes his Oscar-winning portrait of chilly socialite Claus Van Bulow in “Reversal of Fortune” and Georgia O’Keeffe’s husband, ...

"The Tudors" having run its steamy 16th-century course last June, Showtime was in the market for another overheated historical drama. Let's see, the new family on the cable block would need to surpass ...

"The Borgias" fans are getting closure after all.More than two months after Showtime canceled the Jeremy Irons drama after three seasons, the premium cable network announced Monday that creator Neil ...

Similar to Sons of Anarchy at its best moments, the second season of The Borgias has done a fine job at showcasing both the outside and inside threats to its protagonistic family in concert. While ...

'THE BORGIAS' RECAP EPISODE THREE: The first ecumenical pope? If his intentions were right, Alexander VI (Jeremy Irons) would be a good candidate. On last night's episode of "The Borgias," he welcomed ...

After months of titillating ads, Showtime's latest prime-time drama "The Borgias" debuted last night, and while it has the potential to live up to its billing, it didn't quite do it -- yet. Developed ...

The second season of The Borgias is not taking its time out of the gates. Following last week’s exciting installment in which Juan figured out what was going on between Lucrezia and Paolo, and ...