In this installment of the Spiraken Movie Review, Zorro deals some cards to Xan as they review the quintessential cult poker movie from 1998 , Rounders directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich, Martin Landau and a special cameo by Johnny Chan There is lots of poker slang in this movie, so you have been warned. Zorro also regals us with stories of what it takes to be a true poker player so sit back and enjoy Please send us any comments concerns and ideas on how to make this podcast better. Let us know so we can do something about it. Rate us on iTunes, check out the facebook fan group Spiraken Movie Review, purchase some stuff from our amazon store in order to fund this podcast and finally, listen to the primary podcast, The Spiraken Manga Review and check out Xan's sidekickery on the fightbait.com podcast. Hope you enjoy the episode. Music For Episode: Intro Music - Main Titles by Christopher Young ( Rounders OST), Background Music -Belly Buster by Christopher Young ( Rounders OST), Background Music - Glowing Glimmer by Christopher Young ( Rounders OST), Ending Music - I'm A Big Star Now by Christopher Young( Rounders OST) Our Website http://www.spiraken.com Our Email Spirakenmovie@gmail.com My Email xan@spiraken.com Guest Host's Email zorro@spiraken.com Our Twitter Spirakenmovie Our facebook fan group Spiraken Movie Review Our Amazon Store www.amazon.com/shops/Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Random Question of the Week: What was the winning hand in this movie?
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