On “The Black Donnellys,” kids kill -- and pummel, and conflagrate -- to music by Snow Patrol and Aimee Mann. [email protected] * ‘The Black Donnellys’ Where: NBC. When: 10 to 11 ...

Stories about Big City mob guys are just asking for comparisons, so here goes: The Black Donnellys ain't no Sopranos, ain't no Godfather and ain't no Goodfellas. But at least Episode 1 doesn't ...

If the Donnellys were Corleones, Tommy would be Michael. Tommy (Jonathan Tucker) is the sensitive Donnelly, with so many complicated feelings that he actually goes to art school on a union ...

Sure enough, subsequent hours of "The Black Donnellys" commit the unforgivable misstep of being violent, numbing and dull at the same time. That makes it a worse match with "Heroes" than "Studio 60." ...

'Donnellys' needs to lighten up. The large Irish brood in "The Black Donnellys" (10 p.m., NBC, TV-14) includes Kevin (Billy Lush), the gambler; the troubled Jimmy (Thomas Guiry); Sean (Michael ...

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An old adage cautions that every successful filmmaker has a highly personal dud in them, just yearning for the industry clout to set it free. Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco enjoyed precisely such ...

While watching NBC’s new drama “The Black Donnellys,” you get the feeling you’re watching something that’s bigger than television. It comes from Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, a duo that ...

The Black Donnellys. Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco ask us to invest time and emotion in characters that often are so obnoxious and self-centered that we can only wish, at times, that they get ...

A bit of patience is called for when you first encounter “The Black Donnellys.” The premise of this new NBC drama would seem simple: Four working-class Irish brothers in New ...