With Halloween around the corner, there are very few options in films unless you’re the kind of parent that is fine taking your child to the latest slasher film. Not everyone is into potentially emotional scarring at such a young…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Time Out of Mind’
We’re all guilty of it at some point or another. Walking down the street and we either pass, ignore or even go completely out of our way to avoid the person up ahead asking for money. Especially in major cities…
TV Review: Boardwalk Empire 5×08 – “Eldorado”
In spite of the numerous colorful characters that have popped up on Boardwalk Empire and evolved over the years (and then died brutal deaths, usually), this Prohibition gangster story has always been about Nucky Thompson. Even when the show digressed…
TV Review: Boardwalk Empire 5×07 – “Friendless Child”
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 5×06 – “Devil You Know”
There’s no way to get around it. Yesterday’s episode of Boardwalk Empire, “Devil You Know,” pulled out all the stops in a way that the best late season Boardwalk episodes always do and then some. It’s become an expectation by…
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 5×04 – “Cuanto”
Al Capone has always been one of the key figures in the evolving saga of Boardwalk Empire, but he was never always the Al Capone of legend. He started out as a small fish in a big pond, maneuvered his…