91jYEVUzrVL._RI_.jpg — House of Games (1987)

**Directed by: David Mamet**
**Starring: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, William H Macy**
**Rated: R**
**Running Time: 1 h 42 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting**

House of Games (1987)

July 26, 2019

After a psychiatrist/bestselling author comes to the aid of one of her clients, a compulsive gambler, she finds herself led by a smooth-talking grifter into the world of con men.

MV5BMjMzNzkwNjEyOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY3Njc3NjE@._V1_.jpg — Boogie Nights (1997)

**Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson**
**Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Heather Graham, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Thomas Jane, Alfred Molina**
**Rated: R for Strong Sex Scenes with Explicit Dialogue, Nudity, Drug Use, Language and Violence**
**Running Time: 2 h 35 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting, Story**
**WEAKNESSES: Some Pacing Issues Towards the End**

Boogie Nights (1997)

September 12, 2018

Eddie Adams AKA Dirk Diggler, a teenager living in California in the late seventies and early eighties, gets wrapped up in the porn industry, for better or worse.

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