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Smokin' Aces

[2007, Movie]

Smokin' Aces: Review

Less a laddish lark a la LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS and more an existential howl of despair, writer-director Joe Carnahan's convoluted third feature sends a heavily armed swarm of cops, mercenaries and freaks bouncing off each other in a Lake Tahoe hotel, all in pursuit of a mob turncoat. Cocaine-addled sleaze Buddy "Aces" Israel (Jeremy Piven), a sweaty Las Vegas headliner with underworld connections and a criminally unconvincing hairpiece, is about to sell out ... read more

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Movies-on-TV: Ken Fox's Picks for the Week of Jan. 28 | TVGuide.com's Strike Recovery Guide | 1/28/2008
Monday, Jan. 28 at 9 pm/ETThe Monastery | SUND An old man who dreams of converting his crumbling Danish chateau into a Russian Orthodox monastery butts heads with a strong-willed nun. Could anything sound duller? But this wonderful documentary is actually a surprisingly complex and deeply poignant portrait of a stubborn and irascible loner who meets his match in the last person he ever expected.Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 10 pmFrances | FLX Jessica Lange took everyone by surprise with her shockingly raw portrayal of the troubled movie star Frances Farmer, a promising but difficult actress who went from Paramount costumes to a straightjacket in record time. On the short list of revelatory moments that suddenly redefine an actor’s career, this one’s close to the top.Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 9:30 pmOne, Two, Three | TCM When it came to comedies, Billy Wilder made some of the funniest (Some Like It Hot) and sharpest (The Apartment) ever. This underseen 1961 effort, in which a... read more
Short Cuts: L&O, Smokin' Aces and More! | Today's News: Our Take | 4/26/2007
Though a decision is still pending on the original Law & Order's fate, NBC has inked coexecutive producer Chris Levinson to a two-year deal, Variety reports.... Smokin' Aces and The Last King of Scotland last week laid claim to the top two spots on both the DVD sales and rental charts.... Season 7 of Style Network's Finola Hughes-fronted How Do I Look? premieres May 14 at 9 pm/ET.... At long last available for Xbox 360: the wildly popular Guitar Hero II. read more
Short Cuts: One Tree Hill, The View and More! | Today's News: Our Take | 3/19/2007
SOAPnet will begin airing One Tree Hill and The O.C. weeknights at 5 and 6 pm/ET, respectively, on April 9.... The View's spring coffee mug, to be unveiled on Tuesday's show and featuring the hosts in a Warhol-inspired design, is available for purchase at ABC.com.... Smokin' Aces arrives on DVD April 17. read more
Epic Spoof Tops Weekend Box Office | Today's News: Our Take | 1/29/2007
At a time when the best of the cinematic best are being celebrated, how ironic that a C-lister-studded piece of unscreened-for-critics fluff like Epic Movie emerged No. 1 at the weekend box office, with a $19.2 million haul. Rounding out the top five were Smokin' Aces (opening with $14.3 mil), Night at the Museum ($9.5 mil, now at $217 mil to-date), Jennifer Garner's Catch and Release (which, from what I have read, they should have done with the script; $8 mil) and Stomp the Yard ($7.8 mil). read more

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Year: 2007
Rated R

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Jeremy Piven: Buddy "Aces" Israel
Ryan Reynolds: Agent Richard Messner
Ray Liotta: Agent Donald Carruthers
Ben Affleck: Jack Dupree
Andy Garcia: Deputy Director Stanley Locke
Alicia Keys: Georgia Sykes

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