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.”
Read More“Best Gambling Movies of All Time” continues with #24. Each selection includes a new review as though I’m seeing the film for the first time.
Title and Year: Owning Mahowny (2003)
Director: Richard Kwietniowski
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt
Synopsis: True story of a Canadian bank manager whose gambling habits spin wildly out of control.
Read MoreThis new series began yesterday with “The Best Gambling Movies of All Time.” Meanwhile, let’s also examine “The Worst Gambling Movies of All Time.” Today, we begin with #25. Each selection includes a new review as though I’m seeing the film for the first time. Let the countdown begin!
Title and Year: My Daughter’s Secret Life (2001)
Network: Lifetime (Made-for-TV)
Actors: Elisha Cuthbert
Synopsis: A high school honors student becomes addicted to gambling then begins lying, stealing, robbing, and doing porn!
Read MoreThis is a new writing series. Title this — “The Best Gambling Movies of All Time.” Today, we begin with #25. Each selection will include a new review as though I’m seeing the film for the first time. Let the countdown begin!
Title and Year: House of Games (1987)
Director: David Mamet
Writer: David Mamet
Actors: Lindsay Crouse – Joe Mantegna – Ricky Jay
Synopsis: Con artists attempt to swindle a wealthy psychiatrist.
Read MoreHey, all you rip-roaring free-market conservatives and champions of supply-side economics:
How about admitting you were wrong about basically — EVERYTHING?
Let’s call this column a “teachable moment.”
Read MoreThere’s a serial arsonist burning down buildings on the west side of Las Vegas. This is plainly obvious to anyone who’s paying attention.
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