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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Casino (1995) in Movies

Sep 19, 2020  
Casino (1995)
Casino (1995)
1995 | Drama
7
8.2 (16 Ratings)
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As expected this was thoroughly entertaining moment-to-moment, but as a whole this seems like small-risk doddle for Scorsese: simple characters with a not only a familiar story but an almost entirely predictable and hasty one that just doesn't feel fully rewarding enough to be three hours. For a film that's so long it feels like huge, important chunks of the story are just... gone. Though that being said, it's paced nearly to perfection - flowing steadily from one fun and confidently-crafted mob movie trope to the next. What almost explicitly saves this from otherwise total dime-a-dozen mediocrity is the fact that the three leads are some of the most engrossing actors alive and each of them are rip-roaringly astonishing in it even if they're playing characters they've already played before practically to a T. It's pretty much ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜บ with more of an edge. Far from great but also the sort of movie Scorsese could do in his sleep. Robert De Niro's suits are the clear highlight in all of this.
  
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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Molly's Game (2017) in Movies

Sep 25, 2019  
Molly's Game (2017)
Molly's Game (2017)
2017 | Drama
8
7.5 (25 Ratings)
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Based on the memoir Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker by Molly Bloom. The film follows Bloom, who becomes the target of an FBI investigation of her underground poker empire for Hollywood celebrities, athletes, business tycoons, and the Russian mob.

I guess I can take this off the list of films to see next year now thanks to this Secret Screening. It wasn't the film I thought they were going to put on, and a much later night than planned thanks to Cineworld listing it as an hour and a half long.

I enjoyed it, and it was a good watch, but I'd find it very difficult to rave about this one. Mainly it caught my interest because I love poker. The story flows well when it switches between the present and the past, and the narration worked well for me too. I'm not sure I'd have felt like I got my monies worth on a full priced ticket, but still an interesting film.