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Posted by on Feb 21, 2015 in Blog, Movie Reviews, Sports Betting | 0 comments

My 2015 Oscar Picks and Wagers

 

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It’s Oscar time!  The 87th annual Academy Awards will be shown on ABC Sunday night.  I haven’t missed an Oscar presentation since 1991.  So, this will keep my current streak alive at 24 straight years — and 43 shows out of the last 45 years.  I’m not really that old, but I can still recall my very first Academy Award memory — which was John Wayne winning Best Actor in 1970 for “True Grit.”

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Posted by on Feb 2, 2015 in Blog, Movie Reviews | 1 comment

A Most Violent Year (Movie Review)

 

A Most Violent Year

 

New York City’s masterful crime dramas of the 1970’s weren’t just epic battles between the forces of good and evil.  The very best movies of that genre were poetic morality tales played out on the big screen.  In between sporadic scenes of bloodshed — godfathers, gangsters, policemen, and prosecutors paused to soliloquize about personal honor and so-called sacred codes of conduct.  Cops weren’t always the good guys, and criminals were necessarily bad.  Perpetually clashing worlds were a murky shade of gray.  The clouds never cleared.

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Posted by on Jan 8, 2015 in Blog, General Poker | 3 comments

Deal Them In! James Woods, Richard Roeper, and Craig Carton Headline “Poker Night in America” at Atlantic City’s Golden Nugget

 

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James Woods says, “deal me in.”  The renowned actor and three-time Emmy winner will participate in “Poker Night in America’s” upcoming high-stakes cash game, taking place at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, January 16-19.

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