The Gambler

January / February, 2015

• Don't bet that The Gambler, a new drama starring Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange and John Goodman, will turn out to be exactly the movie you expect. Scripted by William Monahan, it's a remake of the gritty, well-remembered 1974 film—loosely based on a Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel—starring James Caan as a literature professor who goes to hell in a handbasket for his spiraling obsession with living on the edge. "It's not about gambling or addic­tion but about an overdog who wants to b...