When it was announced that “Boardwalk Empire’s” fifth season would be set in 1931, the first thing that went through my mind was this was the year when Luciano and Lanksy built the Commission, the governing body of the American Cosa Nostra to regulate how business is done, and more ...
Book Review: Boardwalk Empire: Pleasure ground where politicians and racketeers ruled side by sideReview by Lee Randall
Boardwalk Empire: Created by Terence Winter. With Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham. An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
The pedigree ofBoardwalk Empirespeaks for itself. It also speaks to me. The Martin Scorsese-produced, Terrence Winters-created HBO drama, starring one of our finest actors (Steve Buscemi) as the Prohibition-era kingpin of Atlantic City, originally seemed poised to become the best show on televis...
Why haven’t we heard more about how great Boardwalk Empire has become? Three seasons in, and the prohibition-era gangster story has finally come good on all the potential it showed when it debuted back in 2010, yet this year it was pushed out of the Outstanding Drama Series category at ...
Music excites me. It always has since I was a little kid and on Sunday nights the music that excites me most comes out of my TV:The Simpsonstheme, the opening flute and percussion of Rome, the samples inThe Sopranostheme. The two chord vamp that opensBoardwalk Empireis the opening to “...
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And, as I said, the start of season two does feel more urgent and more in-the-moment than a lot of season one. It’s great to be back on the “Boardwalk.” ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ which airs on HBO, stars Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Wigham,...
Here are the release dates for each of the available seasons of Boardwalk Empire on Blu-Ray and DVD. We’ve also included links to the amazing soundtrack featuring music from Boardwalk Empire as well. Got a hankering for a hot toddy and a fine cigar? The amazing prohibition-era series fro...
This is what leads to one of the things that proves most fascinating about “Boardwalk Empire”: The fact that one of its greatest strengths — its large, compelling ensemble of actors — is also one of its primary weaknesses. It’s not that “Boardwalk” isn’t ruthless when it comes ...