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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Point Break “91”

    MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Action/Stars: Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley, James LeGros, John Philbin, Bojesse Christopher, Lee Tergesen, Vincent Klyn, Chris Pedersen, Dave Olson, Anthony Kiedis, Galyn Gorg, Sydney Walsh, Anthony Mangano, Mike Genovese, Jack Kehler, Christopher Pettiet, Tom Sizemore/Runtime: 122 minutes If there is…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Taps “81”

    MPAA Rating: PG/Genre: Thriller Drama/Stars: George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise, Brendan Ward, Evan Handler, John P. Navin, Jr., Billy Van Zandt, Giancarlo Esposito, James Handy, Earl Hindman, Jeff Rochlin, Jess Osuna, Wayne Tippet/Runtime: 126 minutes I think it can safely be said that if…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Wall Street “87”

    MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Crime Drama/Stars: Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, John C. McGinley, Terence Stamp, James Karen, Hal Holbrook, Sean Young, James Spader, Saul Rubinek, John Capodice, Franklin Cover, Sylvia Miles, Millie Perkins, Josh Mostel, Paul Guilfoyle/Runtime: 126 minutes It might surprise you to learn this, but…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Name of the Rose “86”

    MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Historical Mystery/Stars: Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin, Michael Lonsdale, Volker Prechtel, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Habeck, Valentina Vargas, Ron Perlman, Leopoldo Trieste, Franco Valobra, Vernon Dobtcheff, Donal O’Brian, Andrew Birkin, Lucien Bodard, Peter Berling, Pete Lancaster, Urs Althaus, Lars…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Barton Fink “91”

    MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Period Dark Comedy/Stars: John Turturro, John Goodman, Michael Lerner, Judy Davis, John Mahoney, Tony Shalhoub, Jon Polito, Steve Buscemi, David Warrilow, Richard Portnow, Christopher Murney, Frances McDormand/Runtime: 116 minutes I think it can definitely be said that if you were asked to name some of the more…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Aliens “86”

    MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Sci-Fi Action/Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Ricco Ross, Al Matthews, Jenette Goldstein, Mark Rolston, Daniel Kash, Trevor Steedman, Cynthia Dale Scott, Colette Hiller, Paul Maxwell, Barbara Coles/Runtime: 137 minutes I think it can safely be argued that,…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Poseidon Adventure “72”

    MPAA Rating: PG/Genre: Disaster/Stars: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O’Connell, Eric Shea, Leslie Nielsen, Fred Sadoff, Byron Webster, Jan Arvan, Sheila Mathews, John Crawford, Bob Hastings, Erik Nelson, Charles Bateman, Ernie F. Orsatti/Runtime: 117 minutes…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The War of the Roses “89”

    MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Satirical Dark Comedy/Stars: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sägebrecht, Sean Astin, Trenton Teigen, Heather Fairfield, Bethany McKinney, G. D. Spradlin, Peter Donat, Dan Castellaneta, Peter Brocco, Philip Perlman, Shirley Mitchell, Ellen Crawford, Lisa Howard, Vickilyn Reynolds, Roy Brocksmith, Peter Hansen, Danitra Vance, David Wohl/Runtime: 116…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Independence Day “96”

    MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Sci-Fi Action Disaster/Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, Vivica A. Fox, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein, Adam Baldwin, Brent Spiner, James Duval, Bill Smitrovich, Kiersten Warren, Harry Connick Jr., Mae Whitman, Ross Bagley, Lisa Jakub, Giuseppe Andrews/Runtime:…