• October 30, 2025
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Mystery

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone sweat in a movie as much as poor Colin Farrell in Ballad of a Small Player. Whether it’s from the constant, shirt-soaking...

• April 25, 2025
• At Home, Drama

Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Lee (Will Poulter) seem like the perfect 1950s young, attractive, white American couple. He’s returned from the Korean War, and after some unnamed hesitation, Muriel...

• November 4, 2017
• At Home, Comedy

Now there SHOULD be a funny movie in The House. The premise is relatively inspired: A suburban couple realizes that they need to make money, a lot of money,...

• January 16, 2014
• At Home, Drama, Thriller

Whenever I see pop-up ads for online poker, I just ignore their flashing relentlessness. Shoot, I never even thought that they were ever considered legit. But the thing is,...

• March 14, 2013
• At Home, Comedy

You would think that a gambling movie that kicks off with “Unskinny Bop” would be pretty fun, especially with smarmy favorites like Bruce Willis and Corbin Bernsen in the...

• March 28, 2008
• At Home, Crime, Drama

Con men,  expert thieves, scientific geniuses, whatever. If they’re able to somehow outsmart a system, I’m in. So the prospect of watching a movie about a bunch of college...

• August 21, 2000
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Croupier (n.) – One who collects and pays bets at a gaming table. Addiction (n.) – To surrender (oneself) habitually or compulsively to something. I have heard of different...