Rounders and Lessons for Modern Gamblers

Twenty years after Rounders’ release, the gambling narrative remains applicable in a world of post-20th-century hustlers. Written by the creative team behind Showtime’s Billions (Brian Koppelman and David Levien), John Dahl’s film captures the spirit of underground poker and the skillset needed for high stakes, face-to-face Texas Hold ‘Em competitions. In today’s world of FanDuel, […]

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Enjoy Small Things in Life

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REVIEW: Searching Cho’s Well But Can’t Avoid Messing Up

When teenage Margot (Michelle La) goes missing, her widowed father, David (John Cho), with whom she has always enjoyed a close relationship, realizes he doesn’t actually know any of her friends and has no idea where to start looking. Thus Searching is about a parent’s nightmare, made worse (like most things) by the internet, which proves to be […]

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Sanctioned Buffoonery: Cartoonish Action Comedies and the Masculinity Crisis of the 1990s

Anarchic cartoons like the old Warner Bros. and Fleischer Studios shorts are always popular with children (even if many of them were not originally written for them) because they appeal to the fantasy of control. Children are not in control of their day-to-day lives, and these cartoons allow them to fantasize about a world where […]

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