Has anyone seen these movies yet?

1.) "Owning Marowny": the story of a Toronto banker who embezzles millions of dollars so he can gamble in Atlantic City.

2.) "Stuey": biography of champion poker player Stu Ungar

The first movie was released in May, but does not seem to be playing in Chicago anymore. Perhaps it's on video already. And "Stuey" was shown at CineVegas. How long before that's released?

I saw Owning Mahowney locally in Santa Barbara.

I saw Stuey at Cini-Vegas at the Palms last week.

Stuey was fabulous -- as good a film as I have ever seen in the genre. The boy actor who played young Ungar was the weak point, but everyone else was quite strong. The director was at the showing and gave a nice little intro, and there was a Q.A. session afterwards. I thanked him personally for not having any explicit violence in the movie (there is a lot that is implicit). Also, the Cinematographer was there ... a great job, huge contrasts -- for example between the wide open countryside of the desert outside L.V. and the small hotel room Ungar died in.

Owning Mahowney was a must see, but does not ultimately satisfy.

--Eliot

Great review Eliot! I look forward to seeing it now that you've recommended it. Must have been fun being at the Palms for that event.

I'm just getting over a bad case of Carpinteria. The best thing to take for it is a mixture of Milk of Magnesia and Vodka -- a Phillips Screwdriver.

Santa Barbara is a great town :)

Is a very good movie. But it's simply about an out of control gamblerholic. A simple tale, but not really applicable to us advantage players.