The Hustler

The '61 classic about pool shark Fast Eddie (Paul Newman) who wants one thing, and one thing only. To be the best. And to do that he has to beat the best, Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). Except becoming the best may cost him more than he ever thought he'd have to pay. Stellar work by Newman and Gleason as well as Piper Laurie and George C. Scott...

Shooter

This is a very oddly leftist Conspiracy/Vigilante movie. Or maybe Wahlberg's character is one of those rare Anarcho-Liberterian mix breeds. He's gut the gun collection to be a Lib anyway. As to the movie itself, not as good as the Bourne flicks, but better then the 16 versions of this Wesley Snipes has done in the last 10 years. Worth a look, though I could have done without the two scenes where women strip down to the sexy underwear for no real reason. Also why does Danny Glover have some weird speech impediment?