Boardwalk Empire Review: "Paris Green" (1.11)
When Boardwalk Empire is doing badly, it’s usually because the show is too controlled. Its writers always know the direction each scene is taking and they play out so perfectly that it’s like watching a Merchant-Ivory film, and despite the gangsters, booze and whoring, the entire show begins to feel so prescribed that it pushes you out of the drama. That being said, when Boardwalk Empire maintains its control but has a bit more subtlety to it, there’s real power in how much direction its writing has. There’s no excess words or imagery, it’s all a unified whole layering one... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsBoardwalk Empire Review: "The Emerald City" (1.10)
A weird paradox about Boardwalk Empire that I can’t recall seeing in any other American television show is that even when a lot is going on it still tends to feel pretty slow. And a whole lot did happen in “Emerald City,” as the show’s pace has picked up in anticipation of its finale just two weeks away. A shooting, a beating, sex, betrayal—it had everything, with not a bad plotline to mar the show. Every one of the different threads it weaved, though, is still building, and there were no conclusions so as to leave us feeling that a... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsBoardwalk Empire Review: "Hold Me in Paradise" (1.8)
A lot has been said about the similarities between The Sopranos and Boarwalk Empire and for good reason, since the show’s promotional materials have actively requested that comparison. But the latter show is much more than an attempt at re-doing the earlier and one of the largest differences between the two is in scope. That isn’t to say that Sopranos wasn’t an epic show, it certainly was, but its cast never dreamed higher than their little community. If he could, Tony Soprano would’ve stayed in Jersey and never dealt with the New York families, things simply would’ve stayed with the... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsBoardwalk Empire Review: "Home" 1.7
There’s something very gratifying about how many viewers Boardwalk Empire still has given how slow and demanding the show is. Sure, there’s violence, sex, booze, gambling—all those big crowd-pleasing elements—but it’s also a series that has kept a consciously glacial pace and seems to delight in spending hours only hinting at the importance a character may eventually have or what a plotline may develop into. Not many people turn out for movies like this.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsHBO Renews Boardwalk Empire After One Episode
Following Sunday’s massive premiere, HBO has ordered a second season of Boardwalk Empire.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsMartin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire to Tap into Seedy, 1920s Atlantic City
Martin Scorsese is moving forward with his new series for HBO. The network has bought 12 episodes of Boardwalk Empire including the pilot, and Scorsese and his crew were seen filming recently in Brooklyn.... read more
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