Movie Review | 'The Bet Collector': Down and Out and Running Numbers in the Rougher Precincts of Manila
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Much like manâs best friend, the rough-hewn Filipino movie âThe Bet Collectorâ chases its protagonist from step to step, misery to misery, all but nipping at her heels.
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With enough glitz, kitch and corporate sponsorships to make Las Vegas blush, welcome to the new and weird (yet weirdly underwhelming) epicenter of world boxing
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The odds aren't as long as you might think.
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When Ralph Klein fled from a first ministers&#39; dinner to a nearby casino he traded a sure bet for odds that ultimately ensure losers outnumber winners.
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Life is but a series of bets. Herewith, a guide to boosting the odds.
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CBSâs âCaneâ has sex, rum and salsa and still manages to be plodding. âDirty Sexy Moneyâ on ABC is set in the suit-and-tie world of New York City and is a lot more fun.
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Lifetimeâs two-hour movie is an uneasy combination of crime thriller, romantic melodrama and snuff film that doesnât ask us to suspend our disbelief so much as overcome our gag reflex.
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The fight for the Oscar is often a bloody one, metaphorically speaking. But this year an unusual amount of mayhem is showing up in the movies themselves.
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Dating, negotiating, fragging and making money.  Play and its consequences.
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They&#039;ve endured hurricanes and blizzards, labor strikes and a parking garage collapse. If there&#039;s one sure thing in a city of uncertain ones, it was always this: Casinos find a way to keep the dice rolling.
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The third roll of the dice for George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and their merry band of casino crooks is an almost certain winner for its makers, a break-even deal at best for audiences.
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The destruction of New York City in action films may not be appealing to many American moviegoers, but it plays well overseas.
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"Town Haul" does some trading spaces of its own: out of the suburban home and into the public realm.
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An Istanbul clerk finds  his simple, devout life turned upside down when an Islamic  group employs him as its debt collector in a Turkish film which  aims to show how religious devotion can be tainted by  hypocrisy.
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A considerable  improvement over his messy 2002 gangster drama, &quot;Empire,&quot;  Franc. Reyes&#39; &quot;Illegal Tender&quot; is quite an entertaining genre  piece boasting a terrifically sinewy lead performance from  Wanda De Jesus.
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'There Will Be Blood,' a story about the rise and fall of a robber baron, isn't the year's best film. But it's certainly the strangest â and compelling, at that.
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Americans will soon have the chance to bet on races from Hong Kong, and the size of the wagering will stun the thoroughbred industry, here and abroad.