Read MoreMy writing series, “Worst Gambling Movies of All Time” continues with #23 — “The Cooler.”
Title and Year: The Cooler (2003)
Director: Wayne Kramer
Actors: William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin
Synopsis: A loser goes to work for a casino mobster and gets assigned to jinx the hot gamblers, but then he falls in love with a cocktail waitress and trouble ensues.
Read MoreWhat a difference 20 years makes! That was then, and this is now. Contrast the events and speakers and atmosphere two decades ago with what CPAC and the American conservative movement have devolved into today.
Read MoreMy new writing series, “Best Gambling Movies of All Time” continues with #23 — “Molly’s Game”
Title and Year: Molly’s Game (2017)
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Actors: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner
Synopsis: An ambitious and opportunistic young woman runs illegal high-stakes poker games and becomes increasingly absorbed in scandal and danger.
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Continuing with my new writing series, “Worst Gambling Movies of All Time,” here’s my choice for #24.
Title and Year: The Big Town (1987)
Director(s): Harold Becker / Ben Bolt
Actors: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones
Synopsis: A small-town “professional dice shooter” arrives in Chicago, plays craps for a living, and somehow never loses.
Read More“Genius isn’t a free gift — it’s a double-edged one that can sucker a man into an unhelpful projection of invincibility.”
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