REVIEW: Peaky Blinders Season 6 (2022)
The highly acclaimed BBC and Netflix series Peaky Blinders recently released its 6th and final season, marking the beginning of the end for the story of Thomas Shelby. For those unaware, season 6 is not the end of Peaky Blinders. News has swirled for some time that a film will follow season 6, and now that news has been […]
Do We Need The Many Saints of Newark?
The Many Saints of Newark is coming at a serendipitous time for me. From late April into early May of this year, I finally watched The Sopranos. (I’m not sure how an Italian from Staten Island avoided it for so long, but here we are.) It was one of those rare instances where mountains of […]
New Mafia Series in the Works at Showtime
Showtime is getting into the gangster business. Deadline exclusively reports that Brian Grazer, Terence Winter, and Nicholas Pileggi are developing a crime series for the network, focusing on “Pileggi’s in-depth chronology of organized crime in America… as seen through the eyes of the mafia’s[sic] First Family.” The creatives behind this show are from good gangster […]
REVIEW: Capone (2020)
When Capone was initially announced, I was pretty excited. Ever since high school, the Prohibition era and the criminals who exploited the law, particularly Al Capone, have fascinated me. I’ve read his Crime Library entry far too many times to count and watched many of his portrayals on film and TV, like Robert De Niro’s […]
Capone Trailer Releases Online
A prohibition-era gangster is ready for his next close up as the first trailer for Capone (formerly known as Fonzo) has arrived online. The film is helmed by Chronicle and Fantastic Four director Josh Trank and stars Venom’s Tom Hardy. The Capone trailer opens amid brief shots of Al Capone’s violent life (such as the […]
Guy Richie’s The Gentlemen Trailer Arrives Online
Guy Ritchie is going back to his London crime roots as the first trailer for The Gentlemen has arrived online. The Gentlemen trailer opens with Hugh Grant’s Fletcher pouring himself a drink, insisting that Charlie Hunnam’s Raymond play a game with him. As Fletcher goes through the various players, we are introduced to both Henry […]