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Bloom ran an ongoing and illegal high - stakes poker game in Los Angeles and then New York in the first decade of the new millennium; she ultimately fell afoul of federal prosecutors, narrowly avoided jail, wrote a book, and here's the inevitable movie, not only scripted by Sorkin but directed by him in his behind - the - camera debut.
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A high stakes poker game in Montenegro, overseen by sexy Treasury official Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), sparks the rest of the plot, including a battle of wits with senior intelligence officer M (Dame Judi Dench).
All the bullets and fistfights eventually lead to a high - stakes poker game in which the super sleuth, with the backing of the UK government and the watchful eye of their beautiful treasury officer Vesper (Eva Green), puts taxpayers» money on the line in the hopes of breaking up Le Chiffre's evil network.
So they hit the road together, heading for a high - stakes poker game in New Orleans.
The directorial debut for famed writer Aaron Sorkin is Molly's Game, a riveting tale of a former almost Olympic skier, Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) who ran the biggest high - stakes poker game in both Los Angeles and New York.
Gerry, perceiving Curtis as a smiling good - luck charm, begs him to come along for a high - stakes poker game in New Orleans, for which the minimum buy - in is a cool $ 25 grand.
Synopsis: Convinced that his newfound friend (Ryan Reynolds) is a good - luck charm, a gambling addict (Ben Mendelsohn) takes the man on a road trip to a high - stakes poker game in New Orleans.
As they gamble their way down South toward a legendary high - stakes poker game in New Orleans, the trip's highs and lows unveil the duo's true character and motivation, and an undeniable bond forms between them.
You can practically smell the cigarette smoke and bourbon - soaked desperation wafting through «Mississippi Grind,» a nicely observed throwback of a road movie about a pair of gambling addicts en route from Dubuque, Iowa, to a high - stakes poker game in New Orleans.
His directorial debut Molly's Game covers the true story of «poker princess» Molly Bloom, who ran high - stakes poker games in Los Angeles and New York before running into trouble with the law.
Molly's Game is the true story of the rise, fall and redemption of Molly Bloom, who by the age of 26 was dubbed the «Poker Princess» for organizing high - stakes poker games in Los Angeles and New York for movie stars, athletes, and rich business men.
Not exact matches
The forthcoming film Molly's Game, which stars Jessica Chastain and arrives in theaters on Christmas Day, takes moviegoers on a high - stakes trip through the world of underground poker.
It asks those taking it to rate how likely it is that they would engage in a list of risky behaviors, such as wagering a day's income on a high - stakes poker game, choosing a ski run that's beyond their abilities, or driving without a seatbelt.
A look inside the true story of a high - stakes adventure in the world of underground poker Molly Bloom, Author, Molly's Game Interviewer: Pattie Sellers, Fortune
You are playing a high stakes poker game that your conscienciousness fades to black in the end or some special cool thing that doesn't take it to account anything you have done on earth happens when you die.
(He didn't want me walking in on the high - stakes poker game going on in there.)
The big gambling event for them is at a New Orleans casino, where they play in a high - stakes poker game.
Summary: MOLLY»S GAME is the true story of Molly Bloom a beautiful, young, Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapGAME is the true story of Molly Bloom a beautiful, young, Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapgame for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons.
Molly's Game is the true story of Molly Bloom a beautiful, young, Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapGame is the true story of Molly Bloom a beautiful, young, Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapgame for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons.
Aaron Sorkin makes his directorial debut with the script which he wrote, and it stars Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom, a onetime champion skier who eventually becomes a somewhat notorious poker madam running high - stakes games in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Molly's Game Jessica Chastain is superb in this fact - based account of a young woman who becomes rich by hosting high - stakes poker games.
Released: December 25 Cast: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera Director: Aaron Sorkin Why it's great: Sorkin, the writer of The West Wing, A Few Good Men, and The Social Network, makes his directorial debut with the true story of Molly Bloom, a failed Olympic skier who became one of the most cunning operators of high - stakes, celeb - filled, backroom poker games in the country.
Bloom was in the qualifying trials for freestyle skiing when she wiped out, a life - derailing accident that would send her down a very different path of hosting illegal high - stakes poker games, getting raided by the FBI, and writing a book about the whole affair.
The drama is based on the memoir Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High - Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker by Molly Bloom and sees Jessica Chastain leading the cast as Bloom alongside Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d'Arcy James, and Chris O'Dowd.
Molly Bloom a beautiful, young, Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons.
Based on Molly Bloom's memoir Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High - Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker, the film stars Jessica Chastain as the titular character alongside Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O'Dowd, and Bill Camp; watch it below after the official synopsis...
The drama is based on the memoir Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High - Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker by Molly Bloom and sees Jessica Chastain leading
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Molly's Game is at its best when it's wrapped up in the high - stakes poker games, the unexpected turns of fate, and the spirit of competition that drives Molly Bloom to take charge of the game and the playGame is at its best when it's wrapped up in the high - stakes poker games, the unexpected turns of fate, and the spirit of competition that drives Molly Bloom to take charge of the game and the playgame and the players.
The answer to that question lies in Molly's Game, a biographical drama about Molly Bloom, who ran a high - stakes poker game for rich people, famous people, powerful people, and eventually dangerous criminGame, a biographical drama about Molly Bloom, who ran a high - stakes poker game for rich people, famous people, powerful people, and eventually dangerous crimingame for rich people, famous people, powerful people, and eventually dangerous criminals.
«In her latest film, Molly's Game, Chastain brings to life Molly Bloom's story of a determined woman who goes from being an Olympic skier to making millions running an exclusive high - stakes poker game.&raGame, Chastain brings to life Molly Bloom's story of a determined woman who goes from being an Olympic skier to making millions running an exclusive high - stakes poker game.&ragame.»
It's the real - life story of Olympic - level skier Molly Bloom (played by Jessica Chastain), who quit the sport after physical injury and then embarked on a new test of nerves, running a high - stakes poker game that eventually brought her up on mob and racketeering charges by the FBI in 2013.
The film stars Jessica Chastain as the real - life Olympic skier who ran afoul of the law after running a series of high - stakes, star - studded poker games in Los Angeles and New York.
STXfilms and The Mark Gordon Company's Molly's Game, written and directed by Sorkin, stars Chastain and Idris Elba set in the world of high - stakes underground poker games.
Joseph Gordon - Levitt appears in another vignette as Johnny, a reckless card shark, determined to infiltrate a high - stakes poker game run by a villainous senator (Powers Boothe, gloriously horrifying) with a shady past and a taste for cruelty.
This is Reynolds» seventh visit to the Park City, Utah fest, and this time around he's here in support of the latest film from the Half Nelson writing / directing team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, about two gamblers heading to New Orleans for a high - stakes poker game.
The real - life story of a high - stakes poker organizer who got mixed up in a world of celebrities, Wall Street thugs, and mafia goons, Molly's Game has a lot going for it, not to mention a few things going against.
In the role of Molly Bloom for the movie «Molly's Game,» Jessica Chastain plays a woman navigating her way through the male - dominated world of high - stakes underground poker.
Jessica Chastain on the other hand impresses in two vastly different roles: In Molly's Game she is a modern day woman who used to be a Olympic skier but starts to run a high stakes poker rinin two vastly different roles: In Molly's Game she is a modern day woman who used to be a Olympic skier but starts to run a high stakes poker rinIn Molly's Game she is a modern day woman who used to be a Olympic skier but starts to run a high stakes poker ring.
The always welcome Joseph Gordon - Levitt hits Sin City as Johnny, a young gambler who dares to take on Roark in a game of high stakes poker.
A crime drama starring the Golden Globe - nominated Jessica Chastain, «Molly's Game» was based upon «Molly's Game: The True Story of the 26 - Year - Old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High - Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World.»
Molly's Game (R for profanity, drug use and some violence) Jessica Chastain plays the title character in a biopic chronicling the rise and fall of Molly Bloom, the Olympic skier - turned - gambling operator who ran a high - stakes poker game for a decade until the FBI brought down the operatGame (R for profanity, drug use and some violence) Jessica Chastain plays the title character in a biopic chronicling the rise and fall of Molly Bloom, the Olympic skier - turned - gambling operator who ran a high - stakes poker game for a decade until the FBI brought down the operatgame for a decade until the FBI brought down the operation.
The film is based on the memoir Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High - Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker by Molly Bloom.
Molly's Game is the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapGame is the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapgame for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons.
And finally, there's a third plot which doesn't really seem to fit, starring Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Johnny, a cocky young gambler with a secret, who engages the corrupt Senator Roark (Powers Booth) in a game of high - stakes poker.
He beds the exotic, married Solange (Caterina Murino) and tracks down terrorist bankroller Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) before M asks him to use his skills in a high stakes, international poker game to trap the financially distressed villain.
The strong female character in Sorkin's first feature behind the camera is Molly Bloom, a remarkably determined woman who goes from being an Olympic skier to making millions running an exclusive high - stakes poker game, first in Los Angeles then in New York.
And after you put the kids to bed, you can watch Jessica Chastain deliver a quick and captivating performance in Aaron Sorkin's high - stakes poker crime film Molly's Game.
In November Brad Pitt was said to be negotiating for a role in Cogan's Trade, which will adapt the George V. Higgins novel about Jackie Cogan, «a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that takes place during a high stakes poker game under protection of the mob.&raquIn November Brad Pitt was said to be negotiating for a role in Cogan's Trade, which will adapt the George V. Higgins novel about Jackie Cogan, «a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that takes place during a high stakes poker game under protection of the mob.&raquin Cogan's Trade, which will adapt the George V. Higgins novel about Jackie Cogan, «a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that takes place during a high stakes poker game under protection of the mob.»
Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed this taught telling of a true tale about an Olympic hopeful that switched gears and ran an exclusive high - stakes poker game while still in her 20s.