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In my intro to last year’s “Other TV Bests” category, I said, “if 2014 does even this half as well [as 2013], things should look pretty good.”  We have achieved it folks, and more than we could have asked for.  …

The 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations have been announced and, yet again, Birdman scored the most nods including Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Michael Keaton), Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting …

“Eldorado,” like most of Boardwalk Empire‘s final season, is an example of what it looks like when a TV show knows when it will end.  The whole season has been a long goodbye, but one that also took a side …

Now available on VOD and playing in select theaters is director Jake Paltrow’s Young Ones.  The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where water has become scarce and the only hope for a family becomes an irrigation pipeline that can revitalize their …

In many ways, Boardwalk Empire‘s penultimate episode, “Friendless Child,” was a capsule of the most essential elements of Nucky’s full story over the course of the series.  The waning hours of Nucky’s gangland battle with Lucky and Meyer mirror the …

The past is catching up with everyone on Boardwalk Empire, under dire circumstances.  Of course, these outcomes shouldn’t come as a surprise — this is a show about gangsters.  And as Justified‘s Boyd Crowder once said, that kind of chosen …

The woman who feared the bodies under the boardwalk said it all: there are “all manner of dark doings” happening on Boardwalk Empire.  “King of Norway” found all of its characters in deep turmoil, except perhaps Margaret.  Flashbacks to Nucky’s …

The past is coming alive on Boardwalk Empire, and not just through Nucky’s flashbacks.  As things begin to take a turn towards the end for the series, Nucky is confronted not only by how his experiences and choices as a …

Even for someone who likes Boardwalk Empire‘s slowest and most meditative episodes, “What Jesus Said” necessitated the use of caffeine to get through it.  The summation of its vignettes seemed to be that you can’t escape who you are.  In …