I just watched a great film today, The Cooler starring William H Macy, Alec Baldwin, and Maria Bello. It’s about a loser (Macy) who has such extremely bad luck in life that he is employed by a casino manager (Baldwin) to stroll around the tables spreading his bad luck to the patrons to win the casino more money. When he meets his lady luck (Bello) though, all bets are off.

Macy is of course a brilliant actor, and he really shines when he plays a loser character — and this role is no exception to that rule. I’m kind of confused as to why Baldwin got the Oscar nomination for this movie and not Bello or Macy, but I guess that is how things work sometimes eh? In any case, put this one in your queue, the acting is superb and the story is solid and entertaining.