Playing the long game in TV storytelling is tricky business. The general principle is that patience pays off eventually, but that doesn’t mean that the build-up to the payoff shouldn’t be involving too. Boardwalk Empire often walks that fine line,…
TV Review: Boardwalk Empire 5×05 – “King of Norway”
We’re just now winding down on Boardwalk Empire’s endgame, and as we’ve come to expect from all previous seasons of this show, things are about to get hairy for everyone. This week’s installment, “King of Norway,” moves all the pieces…
TV Review: Boardwalk Empire 5×02 – “The Good Listener”
“Cinematic” is a term that often gets thrown around in the television conversation. We praise how some shows are “so cinematic” because they remind us more of film than standard television fare. It’s true that television, even with the major…
Concert Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
The parking lot at Metlife Stadium (or as it will forever be known in my mind, Giants Stadium) was flooded with people drinking and eating. Car radios battled it out, creating a schizophrenic cacophony of noise that ruled over the…