The “Gangster Squad” movie, which finally opens Friday, initially got caught up in the furor surrounding the massacre in the Colorado movie theater. For good or ill, “Gangster Squad” is inextricably ...

Set in a Post-WWII world, GANGSTER SQUAD kick’s off in 1949, at a time when gangsters were running riot in Chicago and New York, but failing to gain a foothold in Los Angeles. Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) ...

A team of merciless cops go after a mob boss, by any means necessary. It’s the classic film noir premise, and in this time set in a moonlit 1949 Los Angeles. Director Ruben Fleischer’s biggest work ...

WASHINGTON – Try as they might, producers can never truly predict the climate in which their films will be released. The timing can work to a film’s advantage, as it did for “Argo,” where the attack ...

Gangster Squad,” a pulpy, violent tale of cops and mobsters in 1949 Los Angeles, rides an uncomfortable line between outlandishness and outright parody, and it’s difficult to tell which is director ...

Based on the cast alone, this movie was creeping up our "must see" list. Now that the official synopsis has been released...it's crept up another rung or two. The period drama "Gangster Squad" is a ...

Early in Gangster Squad, circa-1949 Los Angeles crime kingpin Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) tells a Mafia rival he's no longer beholden to the Italians in Chicago because he's got a new vision for doing ...

Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone star in disappointing gangster flick featuring Sean Penn's over-the-top turn as the villain. Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs ...