Tag: Gambling

Kakegurui XX (Season Two) [Sentai Filmworks Blu-ray]

Sentai Filmworks bets it all on a new blu-ray of the second season of Kakegurui. Did it payoff or did they sacrifice all their votes on a bluff? Let’s dig in and find out! Hyakkaou Private Academy is a weird place where social status is determined by gambling skill and the school is populated by…


The Cheat (1931) Blu-ray review

The Cheat is a 1931 American pre-code drama film directed by George Abbott and starring screen legend Tallulah Bankhead, Irving Pichel and Harvey Stephens. This is the remake of the 1915 film directed by Cecile B. DeMille and is just as good.   Elsa Carlyle (Tallulah Bankhead, Lifeboat) is a gambling addict and likes to…


Take Me Out to the Ball Game Blu-ray review

Take Me Out to the Ball Game, aka Everybody’s Cheering is a 1949 Technicolor musical comedy film starring the iconic singer-actor Frank Sinatra along with Gene Kelly and Ester Williams. The film is directed by Busby Berkeley, who was known for choreography in musicals and dance numbers such as 42nd Street and Footlight Parade. The…