Capone Review: An Extremely Flawed and Grotesque Gangster Biopic

About 20 minutes into Capone, the newest film from Chronicle and Fantastic Four director Josh Trank, we see an aging Alphonse Capone (Tom Hardy) sitting in a chair munching on an old cigar. The house that he occupies is lavish…

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,…