A Cooler Climate 1999  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: Sally Field, Judy Davis, Winston Rekert, Jerry Wasserman, Carly Pope, Jessalyn Gilsig, Gerard Plunkett, Alec Willows, Denalda Williams, Peter Yunker
Iris (Sally Field) is recently divorced and must seek work. She takes a job as housekeeper for bitter, wealthy Paula (Judy Davis), who takes her frustrations out on Iris. After Paula's marriage falls apart, a friendship with Iris develops. And now a word from our soapsuds sponsor.
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Finder's Fee 2001 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeff Probst
Cast: Erik Palladino, James Earl Jones, Matthew Lillard, Ryan Reynolds, Dash Mihok, Robert Forster, Frances Bay, Carly Pope, Colleen Wheeler, Louis Chirillo
"Survivor" host Jeff Probst makes his film directorial debut in this average thriller. Tepper (Erik Palladino) finds a wallet on the street and, being a good samaritan, calls the owner, Avery (James Earl Jones), to tell of his find. The wallet also contains a lottery ticket, which is a six million dollar winner. So Tepper swaps the winning ticket with his losing one. The problems begin when the regularly scheduled poker game takes place and lottery tickets are to be put up as the bet. To add to the problems, Avery arrives to claim his wallet and stays for the game. Good character development and gambling scenes.
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Two for the Money 2005 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cast: Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo, Jeremy Piven, Armand Assante, Jaime King, Kevin Chapman, Ralph Garman, Gedde Watanabe, Carly Pope, Charles Carroll, Gerard Plunkett
Bookie Walter Abrams (Al Pacino) mentors former college football star Brandon Lang (Matthew McConaughey) because of Brandon's unique ability to predict sporting events' wins and losses. Abrams changes Brandon's name to John Anthony and puts him on his TV show advising wheelers and dealers where to make their fortunes through sports bets.
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| 1. A Cooler Climate (1999)
2. Finder's Fee (2001)
3. Two for the Money (2005)
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