Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

An intimate epic from Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance, weaving together a story of two fathers (Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper) and, 15 years later, their sons who find their lives tangled together. An unabashedly grand slice of blue collar Americana in which the intersection of characters' fates nods towards Greek tragedy, it skilfully dodges the mawkishness of comparable pictures (*cough* Crash) if never quite delivering the weightiness its thematic ambition ai find out more...