Sentences with phrase «underground poker games»

«But [the] Iranian government is too busy dealing with more important things nowadays... there are a lot of underground poker games and no one is afraid of a crackdown... the government can not simply enforce the strict rules it once wanted.»

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.

Chastain plays Molly Bloom, the so - called real life «Poker Princess» who ran one of the most profitable underground poker games ever — and lost everything, partially because she protected the men who took her down.

The film is already set to star Jessica Chastain as the titular Molly Bloom, an Olympic would - be who finds her way into a high - stakes, underground poker game, eventually becoming the target of an FBI investigation.

The feature directorial debut of Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game is a slight biography, a rambling exposé of an underground poker game featuring plenty of rich and / or famous people, and a shallow psychological study of its main character.

The four - disc set features all 13 episodes as Carrie and her partner, Lt. Al Burns (Dylan Walsh), deal with an underground poker game, a murdered TV star and the death of a college dropout.

Bloom was a former skier who found herself running the world's biggest underground poker game at a young age.

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.

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

A fact - based story about the real - life poker - game operator Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), the drama follows the title character as she masterminds an underground game for the mega-rich and famous in Los Angeles and New York, trying to outmaneuver her enemies and avoid calling everyone out when she lands on the legal hot seat.

Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba star in «Molly's Game,» about the rise and fall of an underground poker empire.

Based on her memoir, «Molly's Game» tells the story of Molly Bloom, a one - time aspiring Olympic skier who found herself running a wildly successful series of underground high - stakes poker games before running afoul of law enforcement.

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.

A drug addict and criminal, Molly develops a brash, increasingly combative personality while running underground high - stakes poker games.

Weldon is one of two fiery feminist lead roles Chastain brought to this year's festival, also starring in Aaron Sorkin's biopic «Molly's Game» as underground poker madam Molly Bloom.

For much of Molly's Game, Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut about a real - life underground poker madame that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday night, I had no idea what anyone was talking about.

In Prominence Poker, players seek the thrill of high stakes poker as they visit the city of Prominence, a gambling utopia founded by crooked goons, in search of underground gPoker, players seek the thrill of high stakes poker as they visit the city of Prominence, a gambling utopia founded by crooked goons, in search of underground gpoker as they visit the city of Prominence, a gambling utopia founded by crooked goons, in search of underground games.