‘Gambit’ movie review: Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz in a Coen Brothers-scripted caper
Gambit boasts a script by Joel and Ethan Coen, from the original 1966 Michael Caine caper movie of the same name.
March 20, 2013
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Gambit boasts a script by Joel and Ethan Coen, from the original 1966 Michael Caine caper movie of the same name.
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