Tag Archives: casino

In Cold Blood

IMDB Rating: 8.20
6242 votes

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Truman Capote wrote the 'non-fiction novel' from which the film is drawn, using the novelist's craft to render reality. The reality was that at two a.m. on November 15, 1959 in the rural town of Holcomb, Kansas, the four members of the Clutter family were roused from their sleep, bound and gagged, and then brutally murdered by two unknown assailants. After the latters' capture, sentencing and imprisonment prior to execution, Capote researched the case thoroughly, spent weeks talking with the prisoners, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, jurors, police, friends and neighbors, trying to unearth why such a senseless act was committed, and what society's response might have been.
Actors
Richard 'Dick' HickockScott Wilson
Perry SmithRobert Blake
Alvin DeweyJohn Forsythe
Also posted in 1967, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (1)

The Cooler

IMDB Rating: 7.00
12555 votes

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The Cooler is Bernie Lootz, and THE COOLER is a love story about the changing fortunes of this down-at-heels loser who has made a career out of spreading his virulent bad luck on the floor of Las Vegas' aging Shangri-La casino. When Bernie falls for a gorgeous cocktail waitress his bad luck is thrown into reverse.
Actors
Bernie LootzWilliam H. Macy
Shelly KaplowAlec Baldwin
Natalie BelisarioMaria Bello
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Intolerable Cruelty

IMDB Rating: 6.50
19416 votes

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Miles Massey, a prominent Los Angeles divorce attorney has everything—and in some cases, two of everything. Despite his impressive client list, a formidable win record, the respect of his peers and an ironclad contract (the Massey pre-nup) named after him, he's reached a crossroads in his life. Sated on success, boredom has set in and he's looking for new challenges. All that changes when Miles meets his match in the devastating Marylin Rexroth. Marylin is the soon-to-be ex-wife of his client Rex Rexroth, a wealthy real estate developer and habitual philanderer. With the help of hard charging private investigator Gus Petch, she has Rex nailed and is looking forward to the financial independence a successful divorce will bring. But thanks to Miles' considerable skills, she ends up with nothing. Not to be outdone, Marylin schemes to get even and as part of her plan, quickly marries oil tycoon Howard Doyle. Miles and his unflappable associate, Wrigley, unwittingly dig themselves in deeper and deeper as they go head-to-head with Marylin. Underhanded tactics, deceptions and an undeniable attraction escalate as Marylin and Miles square off in this classic battle of the sexes.
Actors
Miles MasseyGeorge Clooney
Marylin RexrothCatherine Zeta-Jones
Donovan DonalyGeoffrey Rush
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (4)

Next

IMDB Rating: 5.80
2835 votes

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Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.
Actors
Cris JohnsonNicolas Cage
Callie FerrisJulianne Moore
LizJessica Biel
Also posted in 2007, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Casino Royale

IMDB Rating: 7.90
72156 votes

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James Bond is a seductive British secret agent for M:I-6 who has achieved "007" status. After trying to capture a criminal in an embassy, by illegally entering the country, 007's boss 'M' is displeased with his efforts and is unsure if he is the right man for the job. As he continues to follow the trail, the trail leads Bond to the Bahmas to corrupt banker Le Chiffre who is funding international terrorists. After seducing Solange, the beautiful wife of criminal Alex Dimitrios. 007 takes part in a card game in Montengro called 'Casino Royale' where Le Chiffre plans on raising the prize money for terrorist activities. With help from the beautiful and mysterious British government agent Vesper Lynd who is supplying his betting money, field agent Rene Mathis and Undercover CIA agent Felix Leiter, 007 sets out to thwart the corrupt bankers efforts to raise the money, where if Le Chiffre looses, his organization will collapse. Where 007 must uses his instincts and wits as he also deals with attempts on his life, double agents and finds himself falling in love with Vesper.
Actors
James BondDaniel Craig
Vesper LyndEva Green
Le ChiffreMads Mikkelsen
Also posted in 2006, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (1)

The Pink Panther

IMDB Rating: 4.90
11747 votes

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When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Insp. Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) to the case. His intention is to give a diversion to the press, while he uses his best men to chase the killer and thief. He assigns Gendarme Gilbert Ponton (Jean Reno) to work with Closeau and inform each step of the investigation. When Clouseau is nominated with honor to the highest prize in France, Dreyfus decides to humiliate Clouseau and take him out of the case. However Clouseau has already solved the mystery.
Actors
ClouseauSteve Martin
DreyfusKevin Kline
PontonJean Reno
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, Crime, Mystery | Comments (1)

Last Holiday

IMDB Rating: 6.40
3328 votes

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In morte veritas. Georgia Byrd clerks at a New Orleans department store. She defers pleasure: cooks gourmet meals, eats Lean Cuisine; likes a co-worker in silence; has savings, but hasn't left Louisiana. All that changes when an MRI discloses she has three weeks to live. She cashes her savings and heads to Europe's Grandhotel Pupp, where Chef Didier presides. She checks into the Presidential Suite, orders everything on the menu, snowboards, and comes to the attention of the chef and the hotel's powerful American guests: a Congressman, a Senator, a retail magnate, and his mistress. She has nothing to lose, so she tells them what she thinks. Will the truth set them free?
Actors
Georgia ByrdQueen Latifah
Sean MatthewsLL Cool J
Matthew KragenTimothy Hutton
Also posted in 2006, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Domino

IMDB Rating: 5.90
14928 votes

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The daughter of an actor with a high-society woman, Domino Harvey, bored with her life, decides to join the team of Ed Mosley and becomes a bounty hunter. But she gets in trouble when the Mafia's money is stolen from an armored truck, while Mosley and his crew are in action participating of a reality show produced by Mark Heiss. The situation becomes out of control when the sons of a rival mobster are kidnapped while FBI is monitoring the two gangs of mobsters.
Actors
Domino HarveyKeira Knightley
Ed MosbeyMickey Rourke
ChocoEdgar Ramirez
Also posted in 2005, Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Revolver

IMDB Rating: 6.20
8546 votes

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Jake Green is a hotshot gambler, long on audacity and short on common sense. He's rarely allowed to play in any casino because he is a winner. Jake has taken in so much money over the years, he is the only client of his accountant and older brother Billy. One night, Jake, Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a private game, where Jake is expected to lose to Dorothy Macha, a crime boss and local casino owner who can't play for squat, but always wins because people are too scared to beat him. Jake isn't afraid of Macha, and not only beats Dorothy in a quick game of chance, but takes every possible opportunity to insult the man. Jake and his brothers leave the game, and Macha puts out the order for a hit on Jake, who ends up working for and being protected by a pair of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Macha down.
Actors
Jake GreenJason Statham
MachaRay Liotta
AviAndré Benjamin
Also posted in 2005, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Walking Tall

IMDB Rating: 5.90
9941 votes

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When a former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces returns to his small hometown in rural Washington State hoping to realise a childhood dream of working in the local lumber mill, he discovers that much has changed, as the normally tranquil town is now besieged by drugs, outbreaks of violence and a general feeling of malaise and terror, with many pointing a finger at the influence of a crooked casino where his ex-girlfriend now works as a dancer. Seeking to wreak vengeance, with a four-foot-long 4-by-4 in his hand, and righteousness in his heart, the highly-trained soldier, now the county's sheriff, and his deputy, realizes it's time to bust some heads with a very hard piece of wood.
Actors
Chris VaughnThe Rock
Ray TempletonJohnny Knoxville
Jay HamiltonNeal McDonough
Also posted in 2004, Action, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)