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Podcast: FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
Episode: Friday Family Film Night: BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER review
Description: In which the Mister joins me in reviewing BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER (2025), from a screenplay by Roland Joffe, the film is directed by Edward Berger. Based on Lawrence Osbornel's novel, BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER follows "Lord Doyle" (an absolutely stunning performance by Colin Farrell), a high-stakes gambler in the neon-soaked underworld of Macau who is drowning in massive debt. His precarious existence is threatened when a relentless investigator from his past arrives to collect on his secrets, forcing him to seek a final, life-changing win at the baccarat tables to maintain his facade. Amidst the spiritual atmosphere of...