Posts Tagged ‘poker’

Casino Royale (2006)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Craig, Daniel | Green, Eva | Mikkelsen, Mads | Dench, Judi | Wright, Jeffrey | Giannini, Giancarlo | Caterina Murino | Abkarian, Simon | De Bankolé, Isaach | Christensen, Jesper | Milicevic, Ivana | Menzies, Tobias | Claudio Santamaria | Foucan, Sebastien | Sinclair, Malcolm
Directors: Campbell, Martin
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After receiving license to kill from the MI-6, the secret agent James Bond follows his leads and avoids the destruction of the greatest airplane in the world in Miami plotted by the evil banker Le Chiffre to crash the bonds in the stock market and break the air flight company. The banker loses the funds of international terrorist organizations and organizes a poker game in Casino Royale, in Montenegro, to raise the money of the investors. James Bond travels with the British accountant Vesper Lynd to bet and defeat La Chiffre and force him to look for protection with the MI-6, disclosing the names of the terrorists. James wins, but is double-crossed, in a game of betrayals and murders.

Great Raid, The (2005)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Bratt, Benjamin | Franco, James | Mammone, Robert | Martini, Max | Carpinello, James | Consuelos, Mark | McLachlan, Craig | Farnsworth, Freddie Joe | Macintosh, Laird | Callaghan, Jeremy | McLean, Scott | Montalban, Paolo | Crawford, Clayne | Worthington, Sam | Innes, Royston
Directors: Dahl, John
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Set in the Philippines in 1945 towards the end of WWII, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci and Captain Robert Prince, the 6th Ranger Battalion undertake a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling thirty miles behind enemy lines, they intend to liberate over 500 American Soldiers from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp in the most audacious rescue ever.

Eight Below (2006)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Walker, Paul | Greenwood, Bruce | Bloodgood, Moon | Biggs, Jason | Plunkett, Gerard | Schellenberg, August | Crewson, Wendy | Metz, Belinda | Levins, Connor Christopher | Fraser, Duncan | Ziskie, Dan | Simms, Michael David | Bacon, Daniel | Sadiq, Laara | Stewart, Malcolm
Directors: Marshall, Frank
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In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren (Bruce Greenwood), the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd (Paul Walker) has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission while his dogs fight for survival.

Erin Brockovich (2000)

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Roberts, Julia | Brisbin, David | Didawick, Dawn | Finney, Albert | Rodriguez, Valente | Ferrell, Conchata | Sullivan, George Rocky | Skipper, Pat | Gill, Jack | López, Irene Olga | Marks, Emily | Marks, Julie | Leavenworth, Scotty | de la Peña, Gemmenne | Brockovich-Ellis, Erin
Directors: Soderbergh, Steven
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Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.

Platoon (1986)

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Berenger, Tom | Dafoe, Willem | Sheen, Charlie | Whitaker, Forest | Quinn, Francesco | McGinley, John C. | Edson, Richard | Dillon, Kevin | Johnson, Reggie | David, Keith | Depp, Johnny | Neidorf, David | Moses, Mark | Pedersen, Chris | Todd, Tony
Directors: Stone, Oliver
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Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat. Chris has two commanding officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes (Tom Berenger) and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin (Willem Dafoe). A line is drawn between the two officers and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon.

Good Thief, The (2002)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: Canada | France | Ireland | UK
Actors: Kukhianidze, Nutsa | Embarek, Ouassini | Lavoine, Marc | Nolte, Nick | Karyo, Tchéky | Darmon, Gérard | Taghmaoui, Saïd | Kell, Patricia | Maurel, Julien | Kusturica, Emir | Munter, Roland | Zavatta, Warren | Trifard, Théo | Bridges, Sarah | Dromard, Nicolas
Directors: Jordan, Neil
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Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera, aging gambler Bob Montagnet is about to gamble it all on the casino heist of a lifetime; a spectatcular sleight of hand—two heists, one real, one not, but which is which? Under the watchful eye of Roger, a policeman who would as soon save his longtime opponent as arrest him, Montagnet assembles a team that consists of partners Paulo and Raoul, technical mastermind Vladimer, former-drug-dealer-turned-informant Said, Anne, a young Eastern girl Montagnet rescued from prostitution, and the perfect complement to a double theft—identical twins Albert and Bertram.

Goodfellas (1990)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Liotta, Ray | Pesci, Joe | Bracco, Lorraine | Sorvino, Paul | Low, Chuck | DiLeo, Frank | Sivero, Frank | Darrow, Tony | Starr, Mike | Vincent, Frank | Adonis, Frank | Scorsese, Catherine | Mastrogiacomo, Gina | Shepherd, Suzanne
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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This film views the mob lives of three pivotal figures in the 1960’s and 70’s New York. Ray Liotta plays Henry Hill, a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. Joe Pesci plays Tommy Devito, a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry’s best friend. Robert De Niro plays Jimmy Conway, the man who puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero, played by Paul Sorvino, to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive.

French Kiss (1995)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Ryan, Meg | Kline, Kevin | Hutton, Timothy | Reno, Jean | Cluzet, François | Anbeh, Susan | Humphrey, Renée | Riley, Michael | Spielvogel, Laurent | Garrivier, Victor | Commelin, Elisabeth | Leibowitch, Julie | Brown, Miquel | Deschamps, Louise | Curdy, Olivier
Directors: Kasdan, Lawrence
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Kate (Meg Ryan) and Charlie (Timothy Hutton) have a perfect life planned out before them: buying a house, marriage, kids, the whole works. Kate’s fear of flying keeps her in Canada while Charlie goes to Paris for a medical convention. While there Charlie is smitten by the lovely Juliette (Susan Anbeh). He calls off the wedding with Kate and she nervously boards a plane to get him back. She ends up sitting next to the petty French thief Luc Teyssier (Kevin Kline). He hides a stolen necklace and smuggled grape vine in her bag to get it through customs. Her bag is stolen, the necklace apparently lost, and Kate and Luc head to Cannes — Luc to find the necklace and Kate get Charlie back. Along the way, Kate and Luc begin having feelings for each other — which change the course of their lives.

Casino (1995)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: France | USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Stone, Sharon | Pesci, Joe | Woods, James | Vincent, Frank | Cajano, Pasquale | Rickles, Don | Pollak, Kevin | Vella, Vinny | King, Alan | Jones, L. Q. | Smothers, Dick | Rigano, Joseph | Bloom, John | Prophet, Melissa
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas—it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970’s and ’80’s are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw—Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence.

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Walker, Paul | Gibson, Tyrese | Mendes, Eva | Hauser, Cole | Ludacris | Barry, Thom | Remar, James | Aoki, Devon | Nolasco, Amaury | Ealy, Michael | Auyeung, Jin | Finlay, Edward | Boone Junior, Mark | Gallini, Matt | Sanchez, Roberto 'Sanz'
Directors: Singleton, John
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Former cop Brian O’Conner who teams up with his ex-con pal Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of ‘dirty’ money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone, while actually working with undercover agent Monica Clemente to bring Verone down.