Chicago's Unsolved Crimes & Mysteries
Book
Chicago, Illinois, is a historic city filled with mystery. In these pages, you will learn about some...
Gangster Land (2017)
Movie Watch
The story of America's most famous mobsters and their rise to power, GANGSTER LAND examines Al...
crime drama
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Untouchables (1987) in Movies
Dec 12, 2020
Glossy studio film-making at its most accomplished, with a smart script, strong performances, stylish direction, great action sequences and a fabulous Morricone soundtrack that effortlessly draws you in and leads you through the movie. One is tempted to knock a point off for Connery's attempt at an Irish accent, but this is one of his best performances, and deservedly got him his Oscar - but Costner is very nearly as good in a less showy role. Point added anyway for being a Hollywood action thriller that includes an homage to Sergei Eisenstein. Great stuff.
The Skinny and Houli Show
Podcast
This freewheeling talk radio dialogue features Chicago’s own James “Skinny” Sheahan and Mike...
The First Family: Terror, Extortion and the Birth of the American Mafia
Book
Before Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, there was the one-fingered, cunning Giuseppe Morello and his...
A Brief History of Gangsters
Book
The romanticised American gangster of the Prohibition era has proved an enduringly popular figure....
A Tiger Rose Out of Georgia: Tiger Flowers - Champion of the World
Book
Theodore 'Tiger' Flowers rose above the racist bigotry of the Deep South to become the first...