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Favorite Movies of All Time (2011 Edition) (1000 movies items)

"2010: 885 2009: 829 "

Slant’s 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time (100 movies items)

"In Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas), Ace in the Hole synonymizes interpersonal nastiness with an American’s ultimate right to do whatever the hell he or she wants, because whatever most anyone wants will almost certainly be bad for themselves and everyone else. That’s the great American riddle of freedom that Wilder’s unpacking. Wilder thrusts you headfirst into a frenzy of parasitic activity. You wait for a respite from the debauchery, for a character who testifies just a little to life’s pot"

Favorite Movies of All Time (2010 Edition) (1000 movies items)

"2009: 829 "

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1950's) (126 movies items)

" Notes: I haven't seen this one yet..."

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2020) (1001 movies items)

" Notes: I haven't seen this one yet..."

Movies Viewed in 2018 (361 movies items)

"Outstanding drama with Kirk Douglas as a disgraced newspaper reporter desperate to make his mark on the industry again by joining a small paper and giving them an exclusive; a man trapped down a collapsed cave. Only problem is, he will do anything to manipulate the situation to his own aims. Billy Wilder's superb film is a gripping tale with an unexpected turn of events. Quite possibly Douglas's finest hour as the deeply nasty reporter."

100 Greatest Golden Age Hollywood Films (100 movies items)

"Although it is one of Billy Wilder's lesser-known classics and was reviled by critics and audiences at the time of its release, 'Ace in the Hole' has latterly become one of the director's most respected films and a stand-out amongst an impressive catalogue. Wilder's first film after he split with his regular writing partner Charles Brackett (he would eventually forge a new and extremely successful partnership with I.A.L. Diamond), 'Ace in the Hole' gives free reign to the sort of unrelenting cyn"

Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)

" Rating iMDB: 8.2 (ca. 21 300 votes) My Rating: 10/10 Genre: Drama/Film-Noir The Plot: A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to re-jump start his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus. Source: iMDB.com "

Miika's Movie Diary - 2017 (250 movies items)

"17.8, PC Mies jää kalliosortumaan ansaan, ja Kirk Douglasin esittämän toimittajan pupillit muuttuvat dollarinmuotoisiksi. Mielenkiintoista huomata, miten "

Watched in 2017 (274 movies items)

"My Rating:9/10 "

Watched in 2017 (166 movies items)

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500 Essential Cult Movies (502 movies items)

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Films Watched in 2017 (225 movies items)

"5.1. Alussa Ace in the Hole vaikuttaa hollywoodilaisittain aika tyypilliseltä "kyyninen kovanaama oppii elämästä" -tarinalta, mutta minua ainakin henkilökohtaisesti ilahduttaa se, että oppia kertyy yllättävän vähän. Nykyään ainakin jo 132-vuotias Kirk Douglas vetää roolinsa kiitettävällä pieteetillä ja kokonaisuus on ehkä vähän laiskanpulskeaa lopetusta lukuun ottamatta erittäin hyvä. "

PopMatter's Essential Film Performances - 2012 (50 movies items)

"UNDER THE RADAR Kirk Douglas Journalists don’t come more cynical than Kirk Douglas’s Chuck Tatum, a big-city writer who lands in Albuquerque after drinking, womanizing, and otherwise sabotaging his career. Now he has to hustle up a job at the Albuquerque Sun-Bulletin, whose only distinction is that it’s the paper published nearest to where his car broke down. Yet Tatum manages to treat even his entrance into town like a royal procession, riding in his towed car as if he were a king touring"

Flashlight (21 movies items)

" Kirk Douglas"

Favorite Journalism Films (16 movies items)

" Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Frank Cady, Richard Benedict, Ray Teal, Gene Evans, Lewis Martin, John Berkes, Frances Dominguez, Frank Jaquet, Harry Harvey, Bob Bumpas and Geraldine Hall Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck reporter, takes a job with a small New Mexico newspaper. The job is pretty boring until he finds a man trapped in a mine. He jumps at the chance to make a name for himself by taking over and prolonging the rescue eff"