Much of Poolhall Junkies illustrates what is wrong with Hollywood today. Like so many other films, it has this enthusiasm running through it, which seems to regard its salvage of tired, worn ideas and ...

Bursting into the room with a shock of black hair and a broad grin that nakedly betrays his cool, Mars Callahan–the writer, director, and star of Poolhall Junkies–looks like the winner of a trip to ...