Tag: Boardwalk Empire
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Best ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Episodes of Every Season
HBO has made many great crime shows since The Sopranos, but Boardwalk Empire explored America’s mafia culture from a historical perspective. Set within Atlantic City during the prohibition era of the 1920s, the series starred Steve Buescemi as the political tycoon Nucky Thompson. Similar to Tony Sopranos, Breaking Bad’s Walter White, or Better Call Saul’s…
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The Sopranos Changed The Way Steve Buscemi Chooses Roles
Steve Buscemi has been in some of the best films and television series out there, from “Reservoir Dogs” to “Boardwalk Empire.” His work spans a multitude of genres, but many of his most notable roles have a single through-line: violence. Buscemi has been cast as many a villainous character in gritty crime dramas, but in…
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Nobody Is Having More Fun in ‘Dead Reckoning’ Than Shea Whigham
Shea Whigham is one of the best and most prominent “That Guys” in movies and TV today. If you know his name, congratulations on being well-informed and having excellent taste in actors. And if you don’t, you almost certainly know his face. Whigham has a whopping 102 acting credits on his IMDb page and has…
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This Is Still ‘Boardwalk Empire’s Most Compelling Character
Boardwalk Empire is stuffed full of fascinating, dangerous, and charismatic characters. They range from notorious real life gangsters to fictional scene stealers. But one character in particular manages to have the perfect blend of the most interesting real-life story and the ability to capture our attention among a room full of eccentric and violent personalities.…
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‘Boardwalk Empire’ Is the Best Show with a Bad Final Season
Nearly a decade ago, HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, an epic crime tale about Prohibition-era gangsters in Atlantic City, ended abruptly with an abbreviated fifth season. The network decided that the show’s good-but-not-great ratings couldn’t justify its budget, so the showrunners were forced to skip ahead seven years between the events of Seasons 4 and 5 in…
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‘Boardwalk Empire’ Never Topped Its Season 3 Villain
At the height of his career, Martin Scorsese delivered another masterpiece with the pilot episode of HBO’s new drama series Boardwalk Empire. Written by his future The Wolf of Wall Street scribe, Terrence Winter, the first episode of the new crime show introduced an anti-hero worthy of Goodfellas’ Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) with Steve Buscemi’s…
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‘The Last of Us’ Draws Over 4 Million Viewers for Its HBO Premiere
“The Last of Us” takes place in a nightmarish apocalypse, but its audience seems alive and plentiful. 4.7 million viewers tuned in to watch the video game adaptation’s premiere episode during its first day of availability, HBO announced Monday.The viewership data is based on Nielsen figures and HBO’s own internal figures, and includes both linear…
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How to Watch Tulsa King Starring Sylvester Stallone
The Italian Stallion is back on the small screen and making his scripted show debut with Tulsa King. The crime drama series comes from Academy Award-nominee Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water) and Emmy Award winner Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire), who also serves as the showrunner for the same. The plot of Tulsa King follows…
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I Came By Trailer: Basements Are Clearly For Monsters And Crime
Netflix has released a trailer for the upcoming film “I Came By,” starring Hugh Bonneville, George MacKay (“1917“), and Kelly Macdonald (“Boardwalk Empire“). It’s the story of a young graffiti artist (MacKay) who gets pulled into a dangerous situation when he sees the wrong thing at the home of a judge (Bonneville) while hiding in his…
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Issa López To Write/Direct HBO’s ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Pilot With Barry Jenkins Producing
While there was “Sopranos” and Martin Scorsese’s “Boardwalk Empire” before it, and David Fincher’s participation in “House Of Cards” that paved the way for the streaming age, it’s hard to argue that the show that launched the current era of streaming Peak TV with auteur directors involved was anything other than HBO’s “True Detective,” directed…