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...starring his wife, Madonna—Ritchie returns to his roots with “Revolver.” Unfortunately, it seems you can’t go home again. This “Revolver” is not loaded. In “Revolver,” gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) emerges from seven years in prison with the perfect winning strategy, learned in solitary from the two cell mates on either side of him. Green uses his method to quickly win mega-bucks from crime boss Dorothy Macha (Ray Liotta), who responds, not surprisingly, by ordering...
...industry took in $6.95 billion last year, vaulting Macau past Las Vegas as the city with the most total annual wagering revenue). But for a small proportion of Macanese like those at Tan's meeting, the gambling boom has been a curse that has fed their addiction. For habitual gamblers and those prone to developing the habit, "Macau is really dangerous nowadays," says Ava Chan, former counselor at the Yat On Pathological Gambler's Counselling Centre in Macau. "Next to your house, there are slot machines. Across the street, there are casinos. Society doesn't realize the problem. They just...
...ripple effect that the addiction has on the community may eventually force gambling towns (and soon-to-be gambling towns) to establish and fund treatment programs. A problem gambler can negatively affect 10 to 17 people by borrowing money, underperforming at work, straining family relations, stealing and committing suicide, according to Casino Watch, a U.S.-based antigambling group. A 2003 study conducted by the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention found that gambling-related financial problems were a factor in more than one out of four Hong Kong suicides...
...gets Coop. Then the father discovers Coop sleeping with Anna, and almost kills him. The characters split up, and so does the novel. One narrative strand follows the boy after he leaves the ranch. Longtime Ondaatje fans know they're in for a treat when Coop turns into a gambler. Ondaatje has a talent for mixing highbrow writing with lowbrow material, for serving caviar as street food; references to Kipling and Matisse sit alongside descriptions of hustlers, hookers and high rollers. Coop learns from a gambler who lives in the desert in an abandoned plane, pulls off a fabulous score...
...plausibility without ever quite weaving the slo-mo magic Wong brings to his homegrown fare. But then, just as the viewer's patience is being tried by the relentless despair Jones' character appears to live in, Natalie Portman shows up and injects a bolt of life as a gambler trying to wheedle her one big win. She's just the defibrillator this languishing movie needs, and we thank Portman for her saucy radiance...