Brandon Lang loves football: an injury keeps him from the pros, but his quarterback’s anticipation makes him a brilliant predictor of games’ outcomes. Needing money, he leaves Vegas for Manhattan to work for Walter Abrams advising gamblers. Walter has a doting wife, a young daughter, and a thriving business, but he has problems: a bum heart, a belief he’s a master manipulator, and addictions barely kept in check Read the rest of this entry »

Dreamer Max, ridiculed by his classmates, conjures up his perfect dreamworld.. Read the rest of this entry »

Three things you can do that would be less painful than sitting through Steven Seagal’s latest film “Half Past Dead”:

Cover your head in honey and stick it down an ant hole.

Go clothes shopping with the Olsen twins.

Sit through an IRS audit. Read the rest of this entry »