MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Psychological Thriller/Stars: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, Jack Ging, Irene Hervey, James McEachin, Clarice Taylor, Donald Siegel, Duke Everts, Jack Kosslyn, Britt Lind, and Johnny Otis, Joe Zawinul, and Cannonball Adderley as themselves/Runtime: 102 minutes If there is a single lesson that people of…
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Blitz Review Apple TV Plus
Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Dirty Harry “71”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Neo-Noir Action Thriller/Stars: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, John Vernon, Andy Robinson, John Larch, John Mitchum, Mae Mercer, Lyn Edgington, Ruth Kobart, Woodrow Parfrey, Josef Sommer, William Paterson, James Nolan, Maurice S. Argent, Jo de Winter, Craig Kelly, Debralee Scott/Runtime: 102 minutes Among the numerous individuals…
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Silo Season 1 Apple TV Plus Review
“Silo” is the story of the last ten thousand people on earth, their mile-deep home protecting them from the toxic and deadly world outside. However, no one knows when or why the silo was built and those who try to find out face fatal consequences. Ferguson stars as Juliette, an…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Negotiator “98”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Crime Thriller/Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J. T. Walsh, Paul Guilfoyle, Siobhan Fallon, Paul Giamatti, Regina Taylor, Bruce Beatty, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Gómez, Tim Kelleher, Dean Norris, Nestor Serrano, Doug Spinuzza, Leonard Thomas, Stephen Lee, Robert David Hall, Tom Bower/Runtime:…
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Nick’s Cinema Verdict: Wicked (Review)
“Wicked” PG/Musical/160 Mins Directed by: Jon M. Chu Written by: Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox Starring: Cynthia Erivo (“Bad Times at the El Royale”), Ariana Grande-Butera (“Don’t Look Up”), Jonathan Bailey (“Bridgerton”), Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Jeff Goldblum (“Asteroid City”), Ethan Slater (“SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical”),…
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Hold Your Breath Hulu Review
In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region’s horrific dust storms, a woman (Sarah Paulson) is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family. I was able to check out this movie while scrolling on my Hulu account. I was reading the description of the movie and I’m like I’ve give…
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Dampyr Netflix Review
In the war-torn Balkans of the 1990s, a human with vampire blood harnesses his powers to confront a mighty entity threatening both mortals and immortals. I was scrolling on my Netflix front page and decided to check out this movie. I saw the trailer when you hover over the movie…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Gladiator II “2024”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Epic Historical Action/Stars: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Sir Derek Jacobi, Peter Mensah, Matt Lucas, Alexander Karim, Tim McInnerny, Rory McCann, Yuval Gonen, Alec Utgoff, Yann Gael/Runtime: 148 minutes If you were to ask me to name 7…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Black Hawk Down “01”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: War/Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Ewen Bremner, Gabriel Casseus, Hugh Dancy, Ioan Gruffudd, Tom Guiry, Charlie Hofheimer, Danny Hoch, Jason Isaacs, Brendan Sexton III, Brian Van Holt, Ian Virgo, Tom Hardy, Gregory Sporleder, Carmine Giovinazzo, Chris Beetem, Tac Fitzgerald, Matthew Marsden, Orlando Bloom, Enrique Murciano,…