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A cooler is when you are dealt a very strong hand only to have your opponent be dealt an even stronger hand. There usually is no way you can avoid losing all of your chips in instances like these. Most obvious example is being dealt KK when opponent is dealt AA. PokerNews App. About PokerNews. PokerNews.com is the world's leading poker website. Among other things, visitors will find a daily dose of articles with the latest poker news, live reporting from.

Cold Deck is a 2015 Canadian thriller film directed by Zack Bernbaum, written by Stéfano Gallo, Jason LaPeyre, Slater Jewell-Kempker, and starring Gallo, Robert Knepper, and Paul Sorvino. Gallo plays a compulsive gambler who, after a losing streak, accepts an offer by a local underworld figure (Sorvino) to rob a high stakes poker game hosted by a rich banker (Knepper).

Plot[edit]

Bobby, a compulsive gambler, lives with his invalid mother, Audrey, who disapproves of his gambling habit, as gambling was his father's ruin. Bobby dates Kim, a waitress at Chips' gaming hall, where he spends most of his time in poker games. As Audrey's bills pile up and Bobby's losing streak continues, Bobby's friend Ben suggests Bobby enter a high stakes poker game he has heard about and share the winnings. Convinced that the bankers will be easy prey, they steal a car to raise enough money for the buy-in. When this is not enough, Bobby steals his mother's life savings.

The game is hosted by a wealthy man known as Turk. Amused to see Bobby there, Chips vouches for him, though Bobby is frustrated to see that he will be competing against another skilled player. Chips and Bobby easily eliminate the bankers, and when they are the only ones left, Turk takes out a suitcase that contains $250,000. Chips wins the pot despite not looking at his cards, frustrating Bobby. When he returns home, Bobby's mother kicks him out as he apologizes. Desperate, he moves in with Kim, who makes him agree to get his life in order if they are to be serious.

Realizing that Turk keeps the game's pot poorly-guarded and in the open, Chips offers to hire Bobby to rob the next monthly game, which he will attend. Bobby initially refuses, but when he and Ben become depressed over their dead-end jobs at a factory floor, Ben talks him into it. Bobby and Ben storm the poker game with shotguns and tear gas. When Turk is reluctant to hand over the pot, they threaten his child. Although Chips is frustrated with their over-the-top entrance and lack of warning over the tear gas, he splits the take with them; both receive $50,000.

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Bobby repays his mother, settles his debts, and upgrades her care to include a new experimental drug. Chips provides an alibi for him, telling Turk that he has security footage of Bobby at the gaming hall. When Kim finds out how Bobby got the money, she makes him swear to go straight and avoid Chips. Bobby does so but asks why she hates Chips, guessing that she dated him. Kim confirms this and says that Chips once told her that he cheated Bobby's father out of a major win. Enraged, Bobby confronts Chips, who throws him out and turns in Ben to Turk.

After killing Ben, Turk goes to Bobby's house. Bobby offers to help Turk get to Chips. Though Turk at first refuses to believe Chips was responsible for the heist, he agrees to Bobby's plan. Kim, an aspiring actress, arranges a meeting between Chips and Bobby, pretending to set up Bobby. Bobby talks Chips into playing one final game of poker to settle their dispute. As Bobby wins, Turk enters the room and kills Chips and his henchmen. As Turk deliberates over whether to kill Bobby, the police enter and kill him. Bobby escapes the bloodbath and thanks Kim for her help in setting it up.

Cast[edit]

• Stéfano Gallo as Bobby
• Kjartan Hewit as Ben
• Jessica Sipos as Kim
• Kate Trotter as Audrey
• Robert Knepper as Turk
• Paul Sorvino as Chips

Production[edit]

Shooting began in Toronto, Ontario, in October 2014.^[1]

Release[edit]

Screen Media Films released it on video on demand on December 1, 2015, and it played theatrically in a limited release on December 4.^[2] It was released on DVD in April 2016.^[3]

Reception[edit]

Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter called it 'even less compelling than a game of gin rummy with grandma'.^[4] Peter Howell of The Toronto Star rated it 1.5/4 stars and said the film is too familiar and suspense-free.^[5] Susan G. Cole of Now rated it 2/5 stars and called it 'all set-up and no payoff'.^[6] Brad Wheeler of The Globe and Mail rated it 1/4 stars and described it as 'a poker-based heist film that deals in clichés'.^[7] The Los Angeles Times said the characters are 'as overly familiar as they are under-developed'.^[8]

References[edit]

1. ^Vlessing, Etan (2014-09-26). 'Paul Sorvino, Robert Knepper Join 'Cold Deck''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
2. ^Collis, Clark (2015-11-20). 'The chips are down in exclusive clip from gambling thriller Cold Deck'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
3. ^Howell, Peter (2016-04-07). 'Dirty Pretty Things and Cold Deck arrive on DVD'. The Toronto Star. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
4. ^Lowe, Justin (2015-12-04). ''Cold Deck': Film Review'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
5. ^Howell, Peter (2015-12-03). 'Reel Brief: Mini reviews of Cold Deck, Al Purdy Was Here and The Anniversary'. The Toronto Star. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
6. ^Cole, Susan G. (2015-12-02). 'Cold Deck'. Now. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
7. ^Wheeler, Brad (2015-12-04). 'Cold Deck: A deal of clichés in poker heist film'. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
8. ^'Review 'Cold Deck' can't catch a break'. Los Angeles Times. 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2016-04-23.

External links[edit]

• Cold Deck on IMDb
• Cold Deck at Rotten Tomatoes

The Cooler is a 2003 American romantic drama film directed by Wayne Kramer. The original screenplay was written by Kramer and Frank Hannah. In old-school gambling parlance, a casino 'cooler' is an unlucky individual, usually a casino employee, whose mere presence at the gambling tables usually results in a streak of bad luck for the other players.

Plot[edit]

Unlucky Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) has little positive going for him: he lives in a dreary place—a studio apartment in a run-down motel near the Las Vegas Strip; he can't recall the last time he had physical contact with a woman; he's indebted to the Shangri-La casino boss Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin), who years earlier cured him of a gambling habit by breaking his kneecap. Kaplow had also paid Lootz's casino debts, and Bernie has been working off that large debt to Shelly for several years and the debt is nearly paid off.

Lootz is weary of the casino business, and tells Kaplow he is leaving Las Vegas soon. His future success as a luck 'cooler' is changed when cocktail waitress Natalie Belisario (Maria Bello) seemingly takes an interest in him, and his luck—and that of those around him—takes a turn for the better. What Bernie doesn't know yet is that Shelly has paid Natalie to seduce him into staying and working at the Shangri-La. What Shelly doesn't know is that Natalie actually has fallen in love with Bernie, and vice versa. Additional complications arise when Shelly, a relative old-timer who resents the Disneyfication of Vegas, resists the efforts of new Shangri-La owner advisers, including Ivy League graduate and condescending upstart Larry Sokolov (Ron Livingston), to update the casino hotel property and bring it into the 21st century.

Lootz also learns his seldom-seen adult son is back in town, and, with his wife, is interfering with the operations at the Shangri-La. Though Shelly still has the backing of certain mob associates, such as gangster Nicky Fingers (Arthur J. Nascarella), the growing power of the new young Ivy League casino owners is lessening his power grip on the casino and the business he truly loves.

Cast[edit]

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• William H. Macy as Bernard 'Bernie' Lootz
• Alec Baldwin as Sheldon 'Shelly' Kaplow
• Maria Bello as Natalie Belisario
• Shawn Hatosy as Michael 'Mikey' Lootz
• Ron Livingston as Larry Sokolov
• Paul Sorvino as Buddy Stafford
• Estella Warren as Charlotte
• Arthur J. Nascarella as Nicky 'Fingers' Bonnatto
• Joey Fatone as Johnny Cappella
• Ellen Greene as Doris
• MC Gainey as Highway Patrol Officer
• Michelle Lopez as the Red Headed Craps Player 'cooled' by Bernie
• Timothy Landfield as The Player

Production[edit]

The film premiere was at the Sundance Film Festival. The Cooler was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Deauville Film Festival, among others, before going into limited release in the United States. During that limited release, The Cooler was primarily shown in Reno, Nevada.

In an episode of the Sundance Channel series Anatomy of a Scene, director Wayne Kramer and members of his cast and crew discussed various aspects of The Cooler. In order to show Bernie's evolution from loser to winner, costume designer Kristin M. Burke dressed him in suits and clothes that progressively became better fits. Early in the film, the character resembles a boy dressed in his father's oversized clothing. By the end, Bernie is not only wearing the right size suit, but he has accessorized it with a brightly colored shirt and tie that represent his sunnier disposition. Lighting schemes designed by cinematographer Jim Whitaker also contributed to documenting Bernie's progression. In early scenes, his face is kept in the shadows, but later he is filmed in a spotlight and backlit to make him stand out from everything behind him.

The Golden Phoenix Reno, which was already scheduled for a total condominium refurbishment, was used as the interior of the Shangri-La. The Golden Phoenix was finally closed for building rehab in 2006, and since then has been undergoing a conversion to condominiums, which are named The Montage. Golden Phoenix Reno casino employees were used extensively in the filming of The Cooler. The hotel buildings demolished during the closing credits are the Aladdin, the Sands, the Landmark, and the Dunes hotels.

The song 'Almost Like Being in Love', used to mark Bernie's transition from mournful sad sack to winner, was written by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner for the stage musicalBrigadoon.

According to the 2006 documentary filmThis Film Is Not Yet Rated, the MPAA originally rated the film NC-17 because of a glimpse of Maria Bello's pubic hair during a sex scene. An edited version rated R was released in theaters. A director's cut has been broadcast by the Independent Film Channel and Cinemax.

The Cooler, budgeted at under $4 million, grossed $8,291,572 in the United States and $2,173,216 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $10,464,788.^[1]The Cooler earned about $40 million more with DVD and online sales.

Critical reception[edit]

The film received generally positive reviews from critics with considerable praise for Alec Baldwin's performance. Writing for The New York Times, A. O. Scott said, 'The setting ... is a little tired, and the premise is pretty hokey. Mr. Kramer, rather than trying to discover anything new, is content to recycle familiar characters and story lines. The script ... and the direction are skillful, if occasionally gimmicky ... Luckily this picture is rescued from cliché by the quality of the acting, and Mr. Kramer wisely gives the actors room to work.'^[2]

Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 77% 'Certified Fresh' rating based on 173 reviews with a weighted average of 6.71/10. The site's consensus reads: 'A small movie elevated by superb performances.'^[3] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 69/100 based on 36 reviews indicating 'generally positive reviews'.^[4]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said the film 'has a strange way of being broad and twisted at the same time, so that while we surf the surface of the story, unexpected developments are stirring beneath ... This is a movie without gimmicks, hooks or flashy slickness ... The acting is on the money, the writing has substance, the direction knows when to evoke film noir and when ... to get fancy.'^[5]

In Rolling Stone, Peter Travers rated the film 3½ out of a possible four stars and added, 'Wayne Kramer, who co-wrote the scrappy script with Frank Hannah, makes a potent directing debut and strikes gold with the cast... Top of the line is Baldwin, whose revelatory portrayal of an old Vegas hard-liner in thrall to the town's faded allure is the stuff Oscars are made of. From James Whitaker's seductive camerawork to Mark Isham's lush score, The Cooler places all the smart bets and hits the jackpot.'^[6]

Mark Holcomb of The Village Voice said, 'Taking a page from the Sin City cinema revisionist's handbook, The Cooler mimics the Vegas insider's perspective of Casino (without Scorsese's fetishistic attention to detail), the seedy/saccharine insouciance of FX's Lucky (devoid of quirky chutzpah), and the couch-potato glitz of NBC's Las Vegas ... What's left never gels as fantasy, drama, or romantic comedy... [the] film never amounts to more than a cute idea stretched to poker-chip thinness.'^[7]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Wins

• National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor (Alec Baldwin, winner)
• Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture (Maria Bello, winner)
• Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor (Baldwin, winner)
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (Baldwin, winner)

Nominations

• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture (Baldwin, nominee)
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Baldwin, nominee)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture (Bello, nominee)
• Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama (William H. Macy, nominee)
• Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture (Baldwin, nominee)
• Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay (Frank Hannah and Wayne Kramer, nominees)
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture (Baldwin, nominee)
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture (Bello, nominee)

References[edit]

1. ^The Cooler at TheNumbers.com
2. ^New York Times review
3. ^The Cooler at Rotten Tomatoes
4. ^[1]
5. ^Chicago Sun-Times review
6. ^Rolling Stone review
7. ^Village Voice review

External links[edit]

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• The Cooler on IMDb
• The Cooler at AllMovie
• The Cooler at Box Office Mojo
• The Cooler at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Cooler at Metacritic

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