MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Epic Sci-Fi/Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, Anya Taylor-Joy, Tim Blake Nelson/Runtime: 167 minutes I think it can easily be said that if you were to…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Mississippi Burning “88”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Crime Thriller/Stars: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Rooker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Badja Djola, Kevin Dunn, Tobin Bell, Frankie Faison/Runtime: 128 minutes Contrary to the tragic law of popular opinion that existed not only when I was…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Visit “2015”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Found Footage Horror/Stars: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, Kathryn Hahn, Patch Darragh, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Benjamin Kanes/Runtime: 94 minutes If you had to make a list of the directors in the land of movie magic that have had quite the rather intriguing career trajectory then…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The China Syndrome “79”
MPAA Rating: PG/Genre: Disaster Thriller/Stars: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Wilford Brimley, James Karen, Richard Herd, Daniel Valdez, Stan Bohrman/Runtime: 122 minutes I think it is no secret that a movie, if it revolves around a certain topic or is made by people…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The French Connection “71”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Neo-Noir Action Thriller/Stars: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, André Ernotte, Sonny Grosso, Randy Jurgensen, Alan Weeks/Runtime: 104 minutes If you really want to know how cinema can define…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Watcher “2022”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Psychological Thriller/Stars: Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman, Tudor Petruț, Mădălina Anea, Cristina Deleanu, Daniel Nuță/Runtime: 96 minutes About a million and a half (plus or minus 5) years ago in the long-ago time and era that was May of 2019 I decided to do something rather…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Bullitt “68”
MPAA Rating: PG/Genre: Neo-Noir Action Thriller/Stars: Steve McQueen, Don Gordon, Robert Vaughn, Simon Oakland, Felice Orlandi, Pat Renella, Jacqueline Bisset, Carl Reindel, Paul Genge, Bill Hickman, Robert Duvall, Norman Fell, Georg Stanford Brown, Justin Tarr, Al Checco, Victor Tayback, Robert Lipton, Ed Peck, John Aprea/Runtime: 113 minutes I think it…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Amityville Horror “79”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Supernatural Horror/Stars: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton, John Larch, Natasha Ryan, K. C. Martel, Meeno Peluce, Michael Sacks, Helen Shaver, Amy Wright, Val Avery, Elsa Raven, Irene Dailey, Marc Vahanian, Ellen Saland, Eddie Barth, James Tolkan/Runtime: 118 minutes In the long-ago year…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Crime Drama/Stars: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage, Abbie Cornish, Lucas Hedges, Željko Ivanek, Caleb Landry Jones, Clarke Peters, Samara Weaving, Kerry Condon, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Kathryn Newton, Brendan Sexton III, Sandy Martin/Runtime: 115 minutes I think it can safely be said that, when…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: A Most Violent Year “2015”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Crime Drama/Stars: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks, Robert Clohessy, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ashley Williams, Elyes Gabel, Jerry Adler, Christopher Abbott, Elizabeth Marvel, Peter Gerety, Glenn Fleshler, David Margulies, Annie Funke, Patrick Breen, Matthew Maher, Jason Ralph/Runtime: 125 minutes I think it is…