The biographical crime film is based on the life of the Irish-American gangster Danny Greene and tells the true story of ...

The biographical crime film is based on the true story of the rise and fall of the Irish-American gangster Danny Greene ...

He isn’t bad here, but he isn’t great. And neither is “American Gangster.” The movie opens with a scene that feels as if it has been tacked on to demonstrate Lucas’ ruthlessness ...

As the American film industry matured in the early 20th century, so too did organized crime. While violent gangs and criminal ...

Such films as “The Godfather” and “Serpico” contain iconic scenes and sequences. “American Gangster” contributes little. It’s workmanlike and engrossing, but what sticks in the mind ...

You'd expect a movie with that kind of pedigree to be nothing short of an instant classic. Alas, "American Gangster" fails to live up to its promise. And, even more damagingly, almost everyone ...

the film biz had its first honey of a frame in nearly two months. “American Gangster” grossed an estimated $46.3 million from 3,054 locations, according to Rentrak, outpacing expectations and ...

And then there is the late, great Ruby Dee, who portrayed Mahalee Lucas, Frank’s mom, in American Gangster. Prior to her death at the age of 91 in June 2014, Dee appeared in countless film ...

I have some thoughts as to why it remains a really enduring genre. From its beginnings, the gangster film is an American cinematic invention. Other national cinemas have adopted it and riffed on it, ...

“American Gangster” wants to be a great epic crime ... Memories of numerous classics hang over this film like banners commemorating past championship teams — “The Godfather,” “Serpico ...

But what might be the greatest gangster movies ever made? As the American film industry matured in the early 20th century, so too did organized crime. While violent gangs and criminal outlaws are ...

American Gangster is a movie with obvious gravitas and a familiar argument: Organized crime is outsider capitalism. As archetypal as its title, Ridley Scott's would-be epic aspires to enshrine ...