American Gangster covers very little new ground in the gangster genre but it does all the old good bits well and is given to us by a superb director in a slow-building and easy to follow way.

American Gangster, an epic crime movie starring Denzel ... taking out anyone foolish enough to stand in his way while also building the empire that will eventually come crashing down on him.

But the building beckoned ... the ground floor apartment of 80 St. Mark’s Place into The Museum of the American Gangster, turning its two rooms into something that straddles the line between ...

CHICAGO -- A South Side Chicago two-flat that once belonged to infamous American gangster Al Capone has ... 2,820 square foot building located on South Prairie in the city's Park Manor ...

Gangsters are among the most compelling characters in America in part because they seem to be so distinctly American. If you’re looking for a great gangster epic and you’ve already checked out ...

But Lorcan Otway, co-founder and curator of the new Museum of the American ... Various gangster paraphernalia used to secure such funds were unearthed during the building’s renovations, and ...

Denzel Washington plays a renowned drug lord in Ridley Scott’s American Gangster. The biographical crime film is loosely based on the criminal activity of Frank Lucas, who smuggled heroin into ...

With American Gangster, Scott harkens back to the more measured style of filmmaking evidenced in his defining sci-fi document. The director’s world-building skills, never in doubt, are on full ...

CHICAGO -- A South Side Chicago two-flat that once belonged to infamous American gangster Al Capone has ... 2,820 square foot building located on South Prairie in the city's Park Manor ...