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Boardwalk Empire
American period crime drama television series
Boardwalk Empire is an American periodcrime drama television series created by Terence Winter for the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s. The series stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Winter, a Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, created the show, inspired by Nelson Johnson's 2002 non-fiction book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, about the historical criminal kingpin Enoch L. Johnson.[1]
The pilot episode was directed by Martin Scorsese and produced at a cost of $18 million.[2] On September 1, 2009, HBO picked up the series for an additional 11 episodes.[3] The series premiered on September 19, 2010,[4] and its five-season run of 56 episodes ended on October 26, 2014.[5]
Boardwalk Empire received widespread
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‘The Accursed’ DVD Review
The Accursed opens with a text crawling across the screen telling us about groups of Croatian women who banded together into groups or Sisterhoods, of three to harness the elements. And how all of them moved to the USA and prospered, except for one such trio. I’m sure you can guess who this spelfilm is about. And probably how it all ends up for that matter.
After emigrating to amerika Aishe (Jena Carpenter; The Hatred) catches Hana with her husband. In the ensuing chaos, Hana kills Aishe before she can complete an epic curse on her and her family. Which means that Nadia has to cut off Hana’s hand and bury Aishe with it over her mouth to...
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- by Jim Morazzini
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The Top 5 Mob myths: Hollywood’s creative license drives misinformation
From The Godfather to Griselda, the Mob is firmly embedded in pop culture, which comes with a few drawbacks. In a medium that prioritizes entertainment over education, misconceptions are bound to spread, often becoming promoted to conventional wisdom. Budding mobsters have even been influenced by film and television in the way they see and conduct themselves.
Myths propagated by pop culture have built the image of the Mob into a powerful, yet honorable, organization, detached from its real-world counterpart. Hidden behind these false premises are kernels of truth, however, so let’s dive into the five most common Mob myths to distinguish fact from fiction.
5. The Mob doesn’t kill civilians
“You’ve got nothing to worry about, Del. We only kill each other.” — Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, Bugsy (1991)
When Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel took control of the Flamingo Hotel project in Las Vegas, he hired Del Webb