Boardwalk Empire: Season Three (2012)

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I never thought that I would review a TV show, but after seeing season 3 of Boardwalk Empire, I just had to.  To me, season three was a long ride.  Mostly because of the main protagonist.  It was like watching a heel that you hate in a wrestling promotion, having a long title reign.  You just wanted someone to beat him for the title.  Kind of like Gyp Rosetti.  I just wanted him dead in episode 3.  But of course, I had to wait for episode 12.

Now moving along, in season 3, we are introduced to Rosetti, standing in the beach, while his men change a flat tire.  A man pulls over and offers help.  He goes to his car to get some 1040.  Rosetti had no idea what that was.  The man tells Gyp that it's oil.  Rosetti now feels like a fool and bashes the man's face with the tire iron and takes his dog.

Meanwhile, Nucky is having these weird dreams where he sees a little boy.  We later find out that the whole thing with Jimmy in season two has been bothering him.  Anyways, Nucky is hosting a New Year's Eve party and is introduced to Rosetti.  Nucky discusses about who he sells his liquor to and Rosetti is not happy about it.  This of course has Gyp Rosetti stirring up some trouble for Nucky.

Then we have Gillian who is now running a whore house.  Richard Harrow meets a girl and tries to get Tommy (Jimmy's son) away from Gillian.  In the end, there's a awesome shot out with Richard.  Van Alden moved to Chicago with Sigrid and now is a door-to-door salesman.  Margret is involved with the hospital after seeing a woman miscarriage.  And then Eli is trying to get on Nucky's good side after he tried to get Nucky killed/imprisoned in season 2.  Al Capone is awesome in this season, too.  Really enjoyed him this season.

I really enjoyed episode 12.  I wished Rosetti had a much more brutal death.  But it was ok.  I laughed when he was doing his Nucky Thompson impression.  But glad it was all over with.  Bobby Cannavale did a great job at getting me to hate the Gyp Rosetti character.

And those are my thoughts on season three of Boardwalk Empire.  If you haven't seen this series, I highly recommend it.  It's really great to see Steve Buscemi in a lead role.  And for sure check out all the seasons.  Especially since it's been rumored that season five is the last season.  For sure this is one of my favorite tv shows along with Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Dexter.

Antibodies (2005)

I have to admit, when I read about this on Rue Morgue, it almost sound just like "Silence of the Lamb".  But being a fan of psycho-thrillers, I had to check it out.  And I have to say, it's better than I expected.

The movie is about a small town cop name Michael Martens, who lives in the country side of Germany.  The town folks caught news that police have caught killer who had murdered a little girl in their town.  So Michael is sent to the big city to interrogate serial killer Gabriel Engel, who had admitted to killing 12 boys.

Gabriel Engel is one sick individual.  Most of his victims are 13 yr old boys.  He paints portraits with his victims blood.  And in one scene, he gets turned on when talking about his killings.  He also plays mind games, which upsets the police department.

When Michael and Gabriel meet, Gabriel sets some rules for Michael if he expects him to get a answer.  Gabriel wants to know every detail about Michael's personal life.  But Michael refuses to play his game.  He asks Engel if he killed the little girl, but Engel denies it.  Gabriel then tries to give Michael some clues of who murderer was.

Back home, Michael dealing with some problems with his marriage and his son, who happens to be showing signs of a serial killer.  Michael is also haunted of the memories of when he found the dead body.  He's hoping to find some closure when he knows the killer has been captured.  He goes into Gabriel's apartment and found the underwear that belonged to the dead girl.  While the lab was looking for semen samples, Michael becomes shocked when he finds out about the result.

I really have to say that the ending was really heart-bumping.  A great performance by Andre Hennicke.  And the script by director Christian Alvert was greet, too.  Totally recommended if you're a fan of psycho-thrillers.  Believe me, this will have you glued to the screen.