Film Review: ‘The Gambler’

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For you movie buffs. Out on Jan 2, 2015.

Mark Whalberg plays a <org style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.1599998474121px;">Harvard</org>-educated <location style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.1599998474121px;">New York</location> academic who finds himself increasingly at the mercy of his gambling addiction, alienating his nearest and dearest while seeking to evade and outwit all the bookies and collectors on his tail.

http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/movie_reviews/2014/11/film_review_mark_wahlberg_in_the_gambler

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Damn. That looks really good.

The black actor is one of my favorite actors ever. He's Omar in The Wire and Chalky in Boardwalk Empire.
 

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Do we really need the wives to see a movie like this ? Dammit !!
 

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Yet another movie with "Gimme Shelter" in the background. Certainly not original in their choice there but it is a great tune.
 

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Mark Whalberg plays a <org style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.1599998474121px;">Harvard</org>-educated <location style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.1599998474121px;">New York</location> academic who finds himself increasingly at the mercy of his gambling addiction, alienating his nearest and dearest while seeking to evade and outwit all the bookies and collectors on his tail.

Sounds a lot like Rounders.
 

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