Tag Archives: Nucky Thompson

Oct
15
2011

YOU CAN’T BE HALF A GANGSTER ANYMORE, NUCKY.

by Mike Dennis

Good news, Nucky fans. Boardwalk Empire, the stunning HBO series centered around Atlantic City in the early 1920s, has been renewed for a third season. For the uninitiated, the story arc deals with the dawn of Prohibition and the resulting birth of nationally-organized crime. The birth, as we learn, was difficult. The gangsters groped around […]

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Sep
27
2010

BIG JIM, WE HARDLY KNEW YE (BUT I THINK WE’LL GET TO KNOW AL CAPONE A LITTLE BETTER)

by Mike Dennis

Episode 2 of HBO’s dazzling new series Boardwalk Empire opens in 1920 Chicago, as thousands gather for Big Jim Colosimo’s lavish funeral. Now, with Big Jim and his objections out of the way, the Chicago mob can turn their primary attention to selling booze, and you may be assured these ambitions will force themselves into the […]

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