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Croupier (1998)

April 19, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Social critique from the back of the class

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1998, addiction, alex kingston, casino, clive owen, gambling, gina mckee, kate hardie, london, mike hodges, misanthropy, movie review, neo noir, nick reding, paul mayersberg, paul reynolds, thriller, writer

Pale Flower (1964)

March 24, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Too cool to be true

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960s, 1964, action, eijiro tono, film noir, gambling, gang violence, great cinmatography, japan, mariko kaga, masahiro shinoda, masaru baba, movie review, pale flower, ryo ikebe, yakuza

Heat Wave (1991)

September 9, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Jack of all trades, master of none

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1991, action, childhood trauma, gambling, heat wave, hideo gosha, japan, koji takada, masuro sato

California Split (1974)

September 7, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

The friends you make while gambling

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1970s, 1974, california split, comedy, elliot gould, gambling, gambling addiction, george segal, jeff goldblum, joseph walsh, male friendships, review, robert altman

The Card Counter (2021)

February 10, 2022December 27, 2023 Mikkel Frederiksen1 Comment

Heart of an anvil, body of a breeze

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2021, anti military, drama, gambling, misanthropy, oscar isaac, paul schrader, political, post 9/11, tye sheridan, willem dafoe

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