The Card Counter, 2021. Written and Directed by Paul Schrader. Starring Oscar Isaac, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Tiffany Haddish, Billy Slaughter, Amye Gousset, Joel Michaely, Ekaterina Baker, and Alexander Babara. SYNOPSIS: Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter, a revenge thriller which tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler […]
Shaun’s Top 50 Films of 2021
Shaun Munro presents his top 50 films of 2021… And like that, 2021 has come to a close. While hardly heralding cinema’s great return at the box office, the past 12 months have seen the industry inch closer to something approaching “normality,” even as mid-budget films largely seemed to enjoy much greater success streaming at […]
Oscar Isaac is The Card Counter in trailer for Paul Schrader’s new film
Universal has released a UK trailer for the revenge thriller The Card Counter. Directed by Paul Schrader (First Reformed), the film stars Oscar Isaac as an ex-interrogator turned gambler who sees a chance at redemption from his past actions when he is approached by a young man seeking revenge against a military colonel. Watch the […]
Oscar Isaac revenge thriller The Card Counter sets September release date
One of many films caught up in the fallout from the global pandemic was Paul Schrader’s latest offering The Card Counter, which saw its production halted for months as the industry adjusted to new working practices. Now that Hollywood is starting to come-to-life Focus Features has set an Autumn date for the revenge thriller and […]
Oscar Isaac set for revenge thriller The Card Counter
Deadline is reporting that Oscar Isaac is set to star in The Card Counter, a revenge feature from Oscar-nominated writer-director Paul Schrader (First Reformed). The feature will see Isaac as William Tell, “a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past.” “Schrader […]
