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Sylvester Stallone made his scripted TV debut with Taylor Sheridan’s comedy and crime drama Tulsa King. The show, premiering in 2022, the show recently returned with Season 2 and continues the story of Dwight ‘The General’ Manfredi’s story. While Tulsa King might seem like it’s based on real events, that’s not entirely the case.

Tulsa King | Credit: Paramount+

Sheridan’s drama follows a New York mafia capo, released from prison after 25 years, who is sent to build a new criminal empire in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Though not directly based on a true story, it appears closely inspired on one of the bloodiest periods in Sicilian mafia history with Dwight’s exile to Tulsa and his pursuit of a new criminal empire closely sharing some similarities with the Inzerillo crime family.

Tulsa King: Crime Drama Rooted in Real Mafia History

While not directly based on true stories, Taylor Sheridan’s comedy-crime drama,...

The third episode of How to Become a Mob Boss focuses on the life of Salvatore Riina and his quest to become the boss of bosses. The underworld kingpin had risen to prominence during the 1930s in Sicily and was well-known for the terror that he had spread there. The story of Riina’s life has been depicted in detail, starting from his crest to the end of his life. Violence has been the only way that Riina has known, making him one of the most notorious criminals of his time. What message does Riina want to give to his opponents? How does he manage to become the boss of bosses? Let’s find out!

How Did Riina Come To Prominence?

The way in which the mob bosses perceive emotions is different, as they know to be ruled by fear. The extreme violence caused by some of the mob bosses...

Recently, CBS released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 21 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Don't Fail," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff take place as a former client of Alicia's who's accused of killing someone, will get Alicia's legal assistance on the matter, and more. The episode is titled, "Don't Fail." In the new, 21st episode press release: Alicia Defends A Former Client Against A Murder Charge. Press release number 2: When a former client (Dorian Missick) calls Alicia after being charged with murder tied to a case from 2009, Alicia will review the old case, prompting memories of her early days as a lawyer. Guest stars feature: Kurt Fuller (Judge Peter Dunaway), Dorian Missick (Brett Tatro), Crystal Dickinson (Josie Tatro), Ian Unterman (Joel Kingsley-Weaver), Aya Cash (Amber Audrey), Lucy Owen (Daktoa), Timothy D. Stickney (Daniel Cain), Graham Winton (Det.

Recently, CBS released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Person Of Interest" episode 9 of season 4. The episode is entitled, "The Devil You Know," and it turns out that we're going to see things get pretty dramatic and action-filled as Reese and Finch go to war with each other for control of the city's gangs. Shaw questions Root on how to handle a new danger, and more. In the new, 9th episode press release: Reese and Finch are going to get caught in a power struggle for control of the city's gangs when Elias number comes up. Press release number 2: Reese and Finch will get caught in a power struggle for control of the city’s gangs when Elias is targeted by Dominic, the ambitious leader of the Brotherhood. In the meantime, Root and Shaw are going to disagree over how to handle a new threat from Samaritan.

Arts in the Armed Forces (Aitaf) will hold its 6th Annual Veterans Day event in honor of the United States Armed Forces on Monday night, Nov. 10, at Studio 54 in N.Y., with a reading of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Our Lady of 121st Street. Girls’ Adam Driver, Marine and Aitaf founder, and Listen Up Phillip’s Joanne Tucker, Aitaf artistic director, are hosting and producing the event. “From the moment I first read the play, I saw both the people I served with and the military community as a whole in its characters,” Driver wrote in an email. “It’s filled...

'Idol's Eye' production shut down: Robert De Niro, Robert Pattinson and Rachel Weisz to have starred in Olivier Assayas' action-thriller (photo: Robert Pattinson) Production on screenwriter-director Olivier Assayas' action-thriller Idol's Eye, which was to have starred two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro (The Godfather: Part II, Raging Bull), Robert Pattinson (the Twilight movies, The Rover), and Oscar winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), has been shut down, officially due to financing woes. Michael Benaroya's Beverly Hills-based Benaroya Pictures announced the bad news earlier today, November 3, 2014. “Due to the criteria for financing not being met by producers, Benaroya Pictures has formally decided to discontinue financing the motion picture titled Idol's Eye. The company cannot continue to put its investment at risk and has been forced to stop cash flowing [to] the production. “This is something all of us wanted to avoid, but due to the producers missing...

Chicago – There are few character actors in the history of cinema more mesmerizing and fearless than Philip Seymour Hoffman. He’s created some of the most memorable characters ever to grace the screen: from the sexually arrested Allen in “Happiness” and the obsessed playwright Caden Cotard in “Synecdoche, New York” to the electrifying title role in “Capote.”

His brilliant acting career obviously caused the excitement surrounding his feature filmmaking debut to be more than mildly palpable. Yet “Jack Goes Boating” is an unexpectedly benign morsel, with bittersweet tones reminiscent of Jeff Garlin’s equally “Marty”-like, “I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With.” Hoffman’s sweet, shy, schlubby-looking protagonist sports a nearly childlike naïveté that’s as lovable as it is disconcerting.

DVD Rating: 3.0/5.0

Based on Bob Glaudini’s play of the same name, the film centers on the hesitant romance that begins to blossom between two lost souls in New York City.

Jack Goes Boating humbly affirms itself as a lightweight tale of romance – one of two oddball peas in a pod that lack greatness and fascination. Inspired by the musings of his new girlfriend Connie (Amy Ryan), Jack (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) decides to learn how to swim so that in the summer he can take her for a boat ride in Central Park. He is obsessed with anything he puts his mind to, in contrast to the emptiness of his life. As a New York Limo driver, he loves positivity, Reggae and his only friendship is with Clyde (John Ortiz), whose relationship with his wife Lucy (Daphne Ruban-Vega) is slowly falling apart.

Directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and scripted by Bob Glaudini (based on his off-Broadway play), Jack Goes Boating is often aimless and unhurried. The film fails its plot, never quite fleshing out the blossoming romance of Jack and Connie.