The Gambler, 2014. Directed by Rupert Wyatt. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange, Michael K. Williams and John Goodman. SYNOPSIS: Lit professor and gambler Jim Bennett’s debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk […]
Second Opinion – The Gambler (2014)
The Gambler, 2014. Directed by Rupert Wyatt Starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Michael K. Williams, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange and George Kennedy. SYNOPSIS: Lit professor and gambler Jim Bennett’s debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation is his relationship with one of his students. Will […]
Paramount identifies director shortlist for Star Trek 3
It seems that Paramount Pictures has wasted little time in the search for a new director on Star Trek 3 following Roberto Orci’s decision to step down from the helm, and despite the best efforts of a fan campaign to #BringRikerIn, Jonathan Frakes is absent from the shortlist… According to Deadline, the studio has already […]
Roberto Orci vacates the director’s chair on Star Trek 3, Edgar Wright said to be among the candidates to replace him
It looks like Paramount’s plans to have Star Trek 3 in cinemas for the 50th anniversary of the franchise in 2016 could be in turmoil, with Deadline revealing that Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness co-writer Roberto Oci has vacated the director’s chair on the threequel. Orci had stepped in as a replacement for […]
Movie Review – The Gambler (2014)
The Gambler. 2014 Directed by Rupert Wyatt Starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Michael K. Williams, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange, and George Kennedy Synopsis: A literature college professor and high stakes gambler runs afoul of a loan shark and his bodyguard-like gangsters while he has an affair with one of his students. There is such a […]
New TV spots for The Gambler
Ahead of its release next month, Paramount Pictures has released two new TV spots for director Rupert Wyatt’s (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) remake of the 1974 film The Gambler, which sees Mark Wahlberg (Transformers: Age of Extinction) starring alongside John Goodman (Inside Llewyn Davis), Brie Larson (Short Term 12), Jessica Lange (American […]