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Poor Guy Ritchie wannabe tells the thin story of gambling addict Laura (Hjejle, in an annoying one-note performance) hooking up with hard-nosed debt collector Claus (Bodnia, a bit more softhearted than usual, but on autopilot most of the time - he should definitely resume working with better directors).
Leary is a gambling cokehead car thief and works for Meaney's Irish crime boss.
Usually a title like this indicates that we will be able to view a fabulous collection of Chinese knick-knacks or see a group of our favourite uncredited Chinese actors and actresses milling around on a sound-stage, but, alas, "Shadows of the Orient" features only a short Chinese gambling sequence (fascinating but brief) and the ho-hum assortment of items in a rich man's collecion of orientalia, none of which are clearly seen on camera.
Andy's son, Dink, watches his father train, but Andy gives into his vices of gin and gambling, which constantly gets him in trouble.
"De Lawd" likes his ten-cents cigars, and a little liquor is OK, but He wants to see the folks in church on the Sabbath and not gambling or messing about!
Is Neve Campbell losing money in casino or gambling to accept participating and exposing herself in such garbage?
(Maybe he was gambling this film would be another "Porky's" and skyrocket him to fame.
What he discovers is a rather sophisticated operation of gambling and drug dealing.
Ms. Stone plays a woman with a gambling problem and drags along two kids with her that apparently have no father.
What more could you ask for than a handsome thief, two gorgeous women, a wimp of an FBI man, a bully of British cop, a super black Mercedes Coupe, a vintage motor cycle, gambling, a murder, bumbling Gestapo thugs and supporting actors that truly support the play that is in progress!
Also, what was Sydney's great professional gambling technique?
Also part way through there is a 10 minute scene where on his way to somewhere arnie pops into a casino to do a bit of gambling, it becomes apparent the craps table is rigged (including the line "magic or MAGNETS") he then immediately proceeds to smash up the casino, and for good measure, drive a truck through it.
Cosmo, played by Ben Gazzara, owes a fortune in gambling debts, and agrees to commit a murder to payoff the loan.
When he steals Janie's money to go gambling it's depicted as noble.
Janie just forgives him for gambling away their money and car and they go off to live in a village full of hippies.
The poorest Wisdom vehicle I've seen so far, despite being the only one with no pauses for song and even features the star in a dual role: Norman is a jeweller's assistant who, in order to buy a gift for his sweetheart, tries his hand at gambling on horse-races; his winnings keep piling up and the book-makers decide to outwit him and run off with the money themselves!
Or perhaps investors are gambling that the South has walked too far into the cement to get out.
More likely is a token across-the-board tax cut: the losers will be future generations, out-lobbied by today’s avaricious moguls, the greediest of whom include those who owe their fortunes to scummy activities, like gambling.
Excessive gambling, drinking, drug use, or eating are also illnesses.
The river, which links five countries, has been long famous as a setting for trans-national crimes such as drug trafficking, gambling, and smuggling.
Is he gambling on the chance of a Republican presidency in 2016?
Rather than accept a more pluralistic political regime, both the Colorados and Liberals flagrantly disregarded their responsibilities as democratically elected representatives, and are gambling with Paraguay’s economic and political stability at the expense of its citizens.
But China, which is gambling so recklessly on the sea-lanes’ security, depends on them more than any other country.
Likewise, state-sponsored demand should not take the form of subsidies to specific technologies or companies; the government has no business gambling taxpayer money on particular ventures.
During the 30 months he ruled his country, from mid-1998 to the start of 2001, Estrada accepted payoffs from gambling lords and orchestrated (with social security funds) sales of stocks, channeling much of the profits into his personal aliased account.
Mass advertising is contributing to many other consumer addictions that imply large public-health costs, including excessive TV watching, gambling, drug use, cigarette smoking, and alcoholism.
The final argument against basic income is that the poor will use the money to fund personally or socially detrimental activities, such as gambling and alcohol consumption.
Of course, the issue is broader: If you are a recovering alcoholic, make a pass at someone of the same gender, have a gambling problem, suffer from bipolar illness, or have had a conversation with your accountant about your taxes that skirted what was proper, are you ready to be “outed”?
It also induces us to save and invest as a prerequisite to indulging our love of gambling, and as a byproduct of it.
Moreover, for Keynes, “[t]he game of professional investment is intolerably boring and over-exacting to anyone who is entirely exempt from the gambling instinct; whilst he who has it must pay to this propensity the appropriate toll...”It is for these reasons that we have seemed frozen for the past generation or two whenever we have contemplated reforming our system of financial regulation.
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