Hard Eight (1996)

Re-watch:  Just as great as ever.

Lookin' to Get Out (1982)

Directed by Hal Ashby and written by/starring Jon Voight, "Lookin' to Get Out" has all the makings of a forgotten gem, but in this case, there's a reason it's forgotten.  In some cases, when a movie has a deeply flawed character with few, if any, redeeming qualities, it is still possible to overcome the problem of having an unlikely lead.  In this movie though, it's just too hard.  Possibly due to the pacing which starts of cracklin' but quickly loses steam.  It's a catch-22, making a movie about a flawed character, but still investing the audience in that character. 

Positives:  cool opening credits, Burt Young, and the nice Vegas scenery.

Honeymoon In Vegas (1992)

We're getting ready to go to Vegas this weekend for our 4 year anniversary, so this week we've been watching movies set in Vegas.  I haven't watched this in about a decade.  Good stuff.