So you've finished both the Sopranos and the Wire and you're after your next fix of brilliant stateside television? Well HBO might just have come to your rescue yet again. Boardwalk Empire is the brainchild of ex-Sopranos writer Terence Winter and cinema legend Martin Scorsese. Starting in Atlantic City on the eve of Prohibition, Steve Buscemi plays county treasurer Nucky Thompson - a Machiavellian figure who colludes with organised crime figures for his own personal gain. Other star turns are provided by Michael Shannon and in particular Stephen Graham, who excels as a young and extremely violent Al Capone.
I'm only four episodes in but this has the potential to be a great television programme. With gangsters, liquor and tits galore, what's not to like? Watch it.
I'm only four episodes in but this has the potential to be a great television programme. With gangsters, liquor and tits galore, what's not to like? Watch it.
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