The New York Film Festival press screening of Joel Coen‘s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” (A24) happens on Friday morning. I will, hopefully, make the trek to the big Apple for the world premiere. Several public screenings will happen a few hours later.
Read more‘Tenet’ Lost Warner Bros $60+ Million
Last night I had a chat with a Warner Bros publicist. Some of the conversation revolved around Christopher Nolan leaving the studio and bringing his Oppenheimer/A-Bomb project to Universal:
Read moreTop TV Series About Bingo
Watching your favourite TV shows helps you to improve your daily mood and why not reduce your stress? With the heavy demand from the bingo aficionados and viewers, the television series involving bingo was released.
Read more‘Licorice Pizza’ Trailer Leaks Online …
This looks glorious. A dash of “Punch Drunk Love” mixed in with the character mosaic of “Boogie Nights.”
Read more‘House of Gucci’ Test Screening Set For Monday Night?
“The Last Duel” was met with mixed reviews in Venice. It’s the first of two releases for director Ridley Scott this year — the other being “The House of Gucci.”
Read more‘Belfast’ Wins TIFF 2021 People’s Choice Award; Becomes Oscar Frontrunner
Even before the Toronto International Film Festival had begun, we knew that the ultra-mainstream TIFF crowd would eat up the crowdpleasing quirks of Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” and, gulp, possibly reward it with the coveted People’s Choice Award. Well, that’s exactly what happened this evening as Branagh’s film took home the top prize.
Read more‘No Time to Die’ is Almost 3 Hours; Longest Bond Movie Ever
‘Petite Maman’: Céline Sciamma’s Mother-Daughter Fairy Tale is Imbued in Emotional Realism [TIFF]
Celine Sciamma follows-up her ambitious “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” with a scaled-down, pandemic-shot, fairy tale tackling mother-daughter bonds. “Petite Maman” is very much ingrained in our present-day world, but Sciamma adds magical realism to her highly personal tale.
Read more‘Succession’: The Best TV Show of the Last 5 Years Returns in October
Has there been a better, more thoroughly entertaining TV show these last five years? I went thought a slew of worthy titles (“Barry,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Leftovers,” “Atlanta”) and the concluding answer seems to be NO. “Succession” is the current best show on TV, a comedic and dramatic amalgam of 21st-century truth serum.
Read moreMartin Scorsese's ‘Killers of the Flower Moon' Has Wrapped Its Epic Seven-Month Shoot
Multiple sources are confirming that shooting has finally wrapped on Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Read moreBest Actress: Is Kristen Stewart the Oscar Frontrunner?
Are we right now in a position to call Kristen Stewart the Best Actress frontrunner? I am slightly inclined to think so. Despite my reservations for “Spencer,” there is no disputing the fact that Stewart gives it her all as Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s puzzling movie. It’s a script driven by her performance, through and through.
Read more‘Blue Bayou’: Deportation Tale Filled With Overwrought Melodrama [Review]
Here is a film so on-the-nose and full of mucky sentimentality that Justin Chon’s “Blue Bayou” (09.17.21) stars Alicia Vikander and Chon himself as a married couple in small-town Louisiana whose lives get thrown into chaos when Chon’s character, Antonio, is snatched up by ICE due to his previously unknown issues with immigration.
Read moreDenis Villeneuve Ponders if Marvel Movies Have ‘Turned Us Into Zombies’
Someone should make a list of all the A-list directors who have dunked on Marvel movies these past few years. Off the top of my head: Martin Scorsese, David Cronenberg, Bong Joon-ho, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Steven Spielberg, David Fincher, James Mangold, Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, Lucrecia Martel, Tim Burton … Am I missing anybody?
Read more‘West Side Story’: Is Spielberg Back?
I actually find Steven Spielberg became a better, more refined, filmmaker as he aged into his 60s. The craft and masterful storytelling between 1998 and 2006 ("Saving Private Ryan," "Munich," "Minority Report," "Lincoln," "AI," "Catch Me If You Can," and "War of the Worlds") at times exceeded his, mostly, brilliant work from the '70s and '80s.
Read more5 reasons why casino movies are so popular
With more and more online casino games and the unstoppable growth and popularity of this kind of entertainment, producers running the movie industry saw an amazing opportunity to profit on films dealing with both brick ‘n’ mortar and online gambling venues. An ever-increasing number of players of all experience levels, of which many are connoisseurs of quality films, the next logical step was to bond two ideas that brought so many to all of them. Being a popular guy in a local school is not so difficult but getting a cult status among tons of movies is hell of a task. We will guide you through five main points to consider when contemplating the popularity of this attractive subject.
Favorite Games Now on the Big Screen
Blackjack, poker, and roulette fans are thrilled for the opportunity to both play their favorite games and watch movies plotted around the playing table. Everything about casino movies started with Casablanca and occasional gambling twists and evolved with the famous James Bond scene in a classy casino where the 007 plays a few hands of craps.
Watchers will be at the edge of their seats while underground poker matches are staking millions of dollars. Politicians, businesspeople, and celebrities were eager to find their names on her invitation list. After reading the Lucky Nugget NZreview, you will get a better insight on gambling, stakes, and games.
Gamblers Fond of Movies Worth Binging
Recently, players that are deep into contemporary sorts of entertainment have an assortment of casino movies on Netflix that are very popular because of the acting crew, interesting themes, and even real-life stories behind the scenes. For example, the story of Molly Bloom, a Hollywood poker princess, served as a basis for the Molly’s Game film.
Along with films based on true stories, there are also movies showing a grim side of the gambling world. This is faithfully displayed in the Croupier, where Clive Owen is a low-paid long-hour-working dealer in a shady casino wheeling and dealing massive amounts of money. Movie fans will see an often-neglected aspect of casinos but is well-worth watching. Finally, there is a movie about turning a god-forbidden Nevada desert place into the City of Sins with casinos we know today. Oh, you’ll see more about notorious Bugsy Siegel too in one of the best gambling movies so far available on a streaming platform.
Feeling Like Elite
We're still into the movies and TV series about gambling since they surely inspire casino movie fans to chase for a better fortune. Also, we see gambling movies impacting their desires to be as close as possible to the elite.
As you probably know, filmmakers tend to set their releases in luxury resorts showing grand scenes inside a casino. Recording sessions are placed on the ground floor with so many slot machines and jackpots that watchers probably crave to try as soon as possible.
Moreover, people visiting such casinos are well-dressed, driving expensive cars, and hanging out with equally beautiful ladies. After playing a couple of hands, they usually move a floor up into a well-furnished suite. Sometimes we have a room designed as an ancient Greek palace, and sometimes you’ll see a room equipped with cutting-edge technology. Probably all players and wannabe high-rollers are tempted and they can at least watch a movie that can make them feel like they are in a casino. Inspired by your favorite pastime, such movies feature all you ever wanted - to be a part of high-society, to gamble in casinos with even more popular punters, to drink a bottle of an expensive champagne, and so much more.
Daydreams Coming True
To this day, we never met a person who didn’t want to enter a casino, play a low-stake hand, and all the sudden start counting shiny coins because of a jackpot big win. The same goes for extremely popular movie characters, no matter if villainous or good ones. People will always dream of setting into their shoes and turning their imagination into reality and those daydreams can show two-ways.
The first scenario was already elaborated – a recreational gambler turned overnight millionaire is a common fantasy. The other one includes famous movie heroes, for example James Bond in Casino Royale as one of the most popular gamblers we had a chance to see. So, again, you’re a casual punter now dressed as a secret service agent, surrounded by beautiful women, and playing at a high-stake table.
Combine two passions and the outcome will be fantastic for people who enjoy watching gambling movies. Thanks to online casinos, there is no need to visit a Monte Carlo or Las Vegas venue to make it all happen. Clearly, chances for becoming an agent are super small, as well as your travel budget, which ultimately leaves more than enough room to enter a site after watching a movie. Also, there are so many slots that combine two worlds helping you achieve any goal without having to leave the comfort of your home.
Thrill and Excitement
Let’s be honest – in a vast majority of films, you can guess the end after watching no more than ten minutes. In movies about casinos, thrill and excitement are the key elements. Remember “The Casino” with Robert de Niro? The movie starts with a scene that turns out to be one of the closing sequences, but at that point, you know nothing and can’t predict anything else to guess what happened. This is a very common feature in Hollywood, but gamblers add more depth and let you think about the reasons why this happened in the first place.
Of course, there is an entire list of films that keep you on the edge of your seat, but gambling scenes often bring more suspense than any other genre. Viewers start to imagine themselves in such situations, even though they haven’t planned so. Emotions start to boost, and movies based on casinos carve them so deep in our minds.
Before We Conclude
Casinos and film are a win-win combination. Playing casino games is a special kind of feeling, while gambling movies leave you breathless and thinking about what you have see for so long. Mat Damon's quotes in Rounders are legendary, just like Connery, De Niro, and other gamblers from iconic films. Diverse game types are also employed so that casinos are depicted faithfully. Streaming platforms also have a lot to offer, so just sit back and relax - watch those movies and the money will come soon after.
‘Cry Macho’ Disappointment
It pains me to say this, but Clint Eastwood’s “Cry Macho” is incredibly generic. It also features a terrible performance from teenage actor Eduardo Minett. This is all coming from someone who has loved many of Eastwood’s late-career films; I will defend the virtues of “The Mule,” “Richard Jewell,” and “Sully” to the death. Alas, this latest Eastwood, which is a script he polished from the ‘70s, belongs in the same nadir league as “Paris 15:17” and “Heareafter.”
‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’: High-Wire Acting From Jessica Chastain Saves This Otherwise Conventional Biopic [TIFF]
In “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” Jessica Chastain completely transforms herself to play popular and eccentric televangelist Tammy Faye.
Read moreThe best award-winning gambling and casino films
Gambling is one of the most popular themes in cinematography. In recent years, a large number of movies about casinos have been released. They all are about risk that results in big winnings and dramatic losses. If you are also interested in this topic, consider some of the best gambling films listed below.
Read moreThe 6 Biggies Left
I am watching Clint Eastwood’s “Cry Macho” this morning. That means that, according to my books, there are only six biggies left to be screened in 2021: Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza,” Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up,” Joel Coen’s “Tragedy of Macbeth,” and Cary Joji Fukunaga’ “No Time to Die.”
TIFF 2021: Oddest Edition of the Festival Coming to an End
I’m not entirely sure attending TIFF this year was worth it. Sure, there’s still a full two days of screenings left, but what the pandemic has done to this festival is devastating.
Read more