Posts Tagged ‘gambling’

The Spider Woman (1944)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Gale Sondergaard | Dennis Hoey | Vernon Downing | Alec Craig | Arthur Hohl | Mary Gordon | Teddy Infuhr | Wilson Benge | John Burton | Harry Cording | Stanley Logan | John Roche | John Rogers
Directors: Roy William Neill
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Alarmed by a series of baffling suicides of prominent gamblers popularly dubbed “The Pajama Murders” by the newspapers, Holmes fakes his own death and assumes the identity of Rajni Singh, a retired Indian military man with a paralyzed arm. After losing a large sum in a casino and writing a bad check to cover his losses, he appears to try to take his own life. He is prevented by the mysterious and sophisticated Andrea Spedding with an offer of a loan with his life insurance policy as collateral. Shortly thereafter, there is an attempt on his life with a rare but deadly spider with the only other clue a child’s footprint. A resurfaced Holmes consults arachniolgists in an effort to solve the mystery.

The Cooler (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: William H. Macy | Alec Baldwin | Maria Bello | Shawn Hatosy | Ron Livingston | Paul Sorvino | Estella Warren | Arthur J. Nascarella | Joey Fatone | M.C. Gainey | Ellen Greene | Don Scribner | Tony Longo | Richard Israel | Timothy Landfield
Directors: Wayne Kramer
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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.

Dodge City (1939)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Errol Flynn | Olivia de Havilland | Ann Sheridan | Bruce Cabot | Frank McHugh | Alan Hale | John Litel | Henry Travers | Henry O'Neill | Victor Jory | William Lundigan | Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | Bobs Watson | Gloria Holden | Douglas Fowley
Directors: Michael Curtiz
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In 1866, Kansas, the American civil war has just finished and the armies disbanded. The building of the West begins, and in 1872, the new city of Dodge City is ruled by violence and shootings. The Irishman Wade Hatton (Errol Flynn) is a man adapted to these days and presently is conducting a group of pioneers, including Abbie Irving (Olivia de Havilland) and her reckless brother, to Dodge City. Once in the city, Wade is invited to be the local sheriff, and an incident makes him accept the position. He tries to clean up the cattle town, ruled by the powerful outlaw Jeff Surrett (Bruce Cabot) and his gang, with the support of the decent local people.

Let It Ride (1989)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss | David Johansen | Teri Garr | Jennifer Tilly | Allen Garfield | Edward Walsh | Richard Edson | David Schramm | John Roselius | Joseph Walsh | Ralph Seymour | Cynthia Nixon | Richard Dimitri | Robert Towers | Michelle Phillips
Directors: Joe Pytka
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An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can’t lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | Orlando Bloom | Keira Knightley | Jack Davenport | Bill Nighy | Jonathan Pryce | Lee Arenberg | Mackenzie Crook | Kevin McNally | David Bailie | Stellan Skarsgård | Tom Hollander | Naomie Harris | Martin Klebba | David Schofield
Directors: Gore Verbinski
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Just before their wedding, Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner are arrested by Lord Cutler Beckett for helping the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, but Cutler proposes a deal to Will: their freedom per Jack’s compass. Meanwhile, Jack is afraid of the sea, because he owes his soul to the evil Davy Jones, the Captain of the Flying Dutchmen. When Will meets Jack, the pirate proposes to exchange his compass by a key owned by Davy Jones. Will goes to the Flying Dutchman without knowing how dangerous and diabolic Davy Jones and his crew are.

Marie Antoinette (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: France | Japan | USA
Actors: Kirsten Dunst | Jason Schwartzman | Judy Davis | Rip Torn | Rose Byrne | Asia Argento | Molly Shannon | Shirley Henderson | Danny Huston | Marianne Faithfull | Mary Nighy | Sebastian Armesto | Jamie Dornan | Aurore Clément | Guillaume Gallienne
Directors: Sofia Coppola
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Based on Antonia Fraser’s book about the ill-fated Archduchess of Austria and later Queen of France, ‘Marie Antoinette’ tells the story of the most misunderstood and abused woman in history, from her birth in Imperial Austria to her later life in France.

Next (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicolas Cage | Julianne Moore | Jessica Biel | Thomas Kretschmann | Tory Kittles | José Zúñiga | Jim Beaver | Jason Butler Harner | Michael Trucco | Enzo Cilenti | Laetitia Danielle | Nicolas Pajon | Sergej Trifunovic | Charles Chun | Patricia Prata
Directors: Lee Tamahori
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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.

Barnyard (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Kevin James | Courteney Cox | Sam Elliott | Danny Glover | Wanda Sykes | Andie MacDowell | David Koechner | Jeffrey Garcia | Cam Clarke | Rob Paulsen | Tino Insana | Dom Irrera | S. Scott Bullock | John DiMaggio | Maurice LaMarche
Directors: Steve Oedekerk
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Crime | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Paul Newman | Robert Redford | Katharine Ross | Strother Martin | Henry Jones | Jeff Corey | George Furth | Cloris Leachman | Ted Cassidy | Kenneth Mars | Donnelly Rhodes | Jody Gilbert | Timothy Scott | Don Keefer | Charles Dierkop
Directors: George Roy Hill
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Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, “Let’s go to Bolivia”. Based on the exploits of the historical characters.

Hazard of Hearts, A (1987)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Diana Rigg | Edward Fox | Helena Bonham Carter | Fiona Fullerton | Neil Dickson | Christopher Plummer | Stewart Granger | Anna Massey | Eileen Atkins | Gareth Hunt | Marcus Gilbert | Robert Addie | James Gaddas | Christopher Villiers | Ben Aris
Directors: John Hough
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Compulsive gambler, Sir Giles Staverley is tricked into gambling away his home by his old adversary Lord Harry Wrotham. As Staverley is distraught and desperate, Wrotham gives him one last chance - he will gamble everything Staverley has lost against Staverley’s daughter’s hand in marriage and her trust fund of 80,000 guineas. Staverley agress and loses once again, but unable to face his daughter, Serena, he kills himself. Lord Justin Vulcan, a notoriously cold, clear headed gambler challenges Wrotham for the house and the girl and, much to Wrotham’s disgust, wins. Justin now finds himself in possession of the house and Serena, but has no idea of what to do with them. After meeting Serena and realising that she is much younger and more beautiful than he had imagined, he installs her as a guest at Mandrake, his family home, despite the hatred of Justin’s mother, Lady Harriet Vulcan. As Lady Vulcan attempts to marry Serena off to anyone except her son, Serena and Justin become friends and he teaches her about Mandrake, the home he loves. A crisis forces Serena and Justin to confront their feelings for each other. Can the course of true love run smooth for them?