Sam Rothstein (Robert De Niro), a sports handicapper and Mafia associate, is sent to Las Vegas to run the Teamsters-funded Tangiers Casino on behalf of several Midwest Mob families. Taking advantage of lax gaming laws allowing him to work at the casino while his gaming license is still pending, Sam becomes the Tangiers’ boss and […]
Archives for November 2023
The Bob Newhart Show: The Series
In addition to inspiring a college drinking game that’s never gone out of style, The Bob Newhart Show gave one of America’s greatest stand-up comedians a perfect sitcom showcase. This wasn’t Newhart’s first TV show (following the success of his comedy albums, he hosted a short-lived variety show in 1961-62), but it was the first […]
Crash
Crash is a film that is set over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles. The film interweaves several people’s lives as they deal with the tense race relations throughout the city. The chief figures are Los Angeles detectives Graham Waters (Don Cheadle) and his partner Ria (Jennifer Esposito), Farhad (Shaun Toub), a Persian shop […]