{"id":7128,"date":"2015-04-07T13:53:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T18:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=7128"},"modified":"2015-04-07T13:53:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T18:53:20","slug":"movie-review-the-gambler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/7128","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: The Gambler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7129\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2015\/04\/The_Gambler_poster-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"The_Gambler_poster\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2015\/04\/The_Gambler_poster-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2015\/04\/The_Gambler_poster-256x400.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2015\/04\/The_Gambler_poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/>By Derek Krayenhagen\u2014<em>The Gambler<\/em> doesn\u2019t take your breath away but it won\u2019t bore you to death either. <em>The Gambler<\/em> is more about the storyline rather than the action. The banter and writing tries to stand alone while it doesn\u2019t do a bad job, a little more oomph could have done this movie some good.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Gambler<\/em> has been out of theaters so start looking for it in stores or you could probably watch it through select movie channels or PPV\u2019s. <em>The Gambler\u2019s<\/em> greatest strength is the plot\/style. Jim Bennet (Wahlberg) plays a college professor and avid gambler. When Jim gets in over his head he risks it all to repay his debts.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Gambler<\/em> shows a different cinematic style, it explores different angles and each scene is set up well. The director took the time to pay attention to the details.<\/p>\n<p>The weaknesses are evident as well. <em>The Gambler<\/em> isn\u2019t that entirely eye catching. If you aren\u2019t a huge movie person, it may not be for you, or it could be right up your alley. The movie in general is very hit or miss.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for something different then <em>The Gambler<\/em> could be a great movie to watch. The dialogue is strong and the movie\u2019s plot is solid, just don\u2019t expect to see something like you\u2019ve never seen before because this movie just isn\u2019t it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Derek Krayenhagen\u2014The Gambler doesn\u2019t take your breath away but it won\u2019t bore you to death either. The Gambler is more about the storyline rather than the action. The banter and writing tries to stand alone while it doesn\u2019t do a bad job, a little more oomph could have done this movie some good. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":7129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7130,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7128\/revisions\/7130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}