The plot details are fuzzy every time, but they eventually come into focus-there are the bosses back east, Ace’s good luck and hard work, the lawlessness of the west, the skimming, the kickbacks-and when Nicky, played by Joe Pesci, arrives, I get nervous about what’s to come and about what can’t be sustained. It’s just the hypnotic way De Niro, as Ace, narrates the scenes from his life with a touch of tragedy and the slight sound of a shrug in his voice-none of it would be any different, he seems to imply, not the rise and fall of this Las Vegas empire, nor his love for Ginger, who, as played by Stone, is an irresistible and infuriatingly damaged woman.

I don’t know why it’s always available, because it really does seem to be playing all the time-I’m willing to believe we’re all in agreement it’s just that great of a film-but I do know that once it’s playing, I can’t stop watching, no matter if I have somewhere to be or someone to meet.

Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone and the chinchilla coat having a snuggle in CasinoĮvery time I aimlessly turn on the television, hoping to be entertained, I end up watching Casino, Martin Scorsese’s classic 1995 film starring Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone.

Plot of casino 1995 explained