Top Three Gambling Movies
Here are our picks for the top three gambling movies for today.Welcome to my page of the latest Feature Movie Reviews. This page will be constantly updated with three new movie descriptions for those of you who don't really know where to start when looking for a gambling movie. Here, you'll find three great gambling movies, picked from the extensive list of gambling movies on this site. Hopefully this short list will at least give you at starting point if you want to watch a gambling movie. On the other hand, you might just be looking for a new gambling movie to watch, and this page might just give you the title of one you've never watched before. Or you saw it long ago, and have forgotten about it until now, that is. So have a look at this list of gambling movies, and if you have a gambling movie in mind that you think should be featured on this page. I'll definitely take your suggestion into account when I'm renewing the information on this page. Enjoy!
| The Killing of a Chinese Bookie - 1976 | |
 | In order to pay off a gambling debt to the mob, Vitelli agrees to kill a Chinese unknown to him. Against all odds he succeeds in killing the man, but he gets severely wounded during his flight. But the gangsters turn against him as they had not expected him to survive the assassination and Vitelli is forced to kill these men too. Ben Gazzara delivered a lifelike impersonation of a simple man who found his happiness in running a third-rate strip bar and who gets caught in something that is much too big for him, sometimes he does not even seem to understand the whole meaning of it. |
| Howard Lederer - More Secrets Of No Limit Hold Em - 2005 | |
 | Howard Lederer finishes what he began in his first how-to video, SECRETS OF TEXAS NO-LIMIT HOLD 'EM, helping the ambitious poker player achieve the heights of his or her potential with true insider's tips. Learn how to spot your opponents' tells, bluffs, and strategies, and hear stories from real championship games. You'll hear about more advanced notions, like suited connectors and slow play, bringing you up to snuff for play in any context, whether at home, in a casino, or at a tournament. |
| Pool Hall Junkies - 2003 | |
 | Quoting from a score of tough-guy classics like THE HUSTLER, MEAN STREETS, and ON THE WATERFRONT, Mars Callahan writes, directs, and stars in this saga of pool and redemption. Johnny (Callahan) is a natural ace player held back from the pro circuit by his greedy mentor Joe (Chazz Palminteri), who wants to keep him hustling in smoky pool halls. At the encouragement of his law student girlfriend (Alison Eastwood), Johnny tries to go straight. Of course he has a kid brother (Michael Rosenbaum) who idealizes him in all the wrong ways; when he winds up in big trouble, only Johnny can bail him out by going back to the life he left behind. Christopher Walken shows up and steals the show as a strange lawyer who bankrolls Johnny against Joe in the big game climax. Rick Schroder plays the pro Johnny must beat to save the day; Rod Steiger is the hall's grizzled proprietor. POOLHALL JUNKIES is a lot of fun. Callahan's infectious love of the game shines through in every spectacular shot and Walken is at his bizzaro best. Fans of the films Callahan emulates should appreciate his heartfelt homage to cinematic coolness. |