MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Folk Horror/Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Archie Madekwe, Ellora Torchia, Gunnel Fred, Isabelle Grill, Lars Väringer, Henrik Norlén, Anders Beckman, Julia Ragnarsson, Anki Larsson, Anna Åström, Liv Mjönes, Mats Blomgren, Louise Peterhoff, Agnes Rase, Katarina Weidhagen, Björn Andrésen, Lennart R.…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Talk to Me “2022”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Supernatural Horror/Stars: Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, Miranda Otto, Zoe Terakes, Chris Alosio, Marcus Johnson, Alexandria Steffensen, Ari McCarthy, Sunny Johnson/Runtime: 95 minutes I think it best to start this review off dear reader by asking you a simple question. That being: what the…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Beau Is Afraid “2023”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Surrealist Dark Tragicomedy Horror/Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Armen Nahapetian, Patti LuPone, Zoe Lister-Jones, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane, Kylie Rogers, Denis Ménochet, Bill Hader, Parker Posey, Julia Antonelli, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Richard Kind, Hayley Squires, Julian Richings, Michael Gandolfini, Théodore Pellerin, Mike Taylor/Runtime: 179 minutes I think it is…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Good Time “2017”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Crime Thriller/Stars: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Buddy Duress, Taliah Lennice Webster, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barkhad Abdi, Necro, Peter Verby, Saida Mansoor, Gladys Mathon, Rose Gregorio, Eric Paykert, Astrid Corrales, Rachel Black, Hirakish Ranasaki, Maynard Nicholl, Ben Edelman, Robert Clohessy, Craig muMs Grant, Souléymane Sy Savané, Dorothi…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: It Comes at Night “2017”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Psychological Horror/Stars: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Griffin Robert Faulkner, David Pendleton, Chase Joliet, Mick O’Rourke, and Mickey the Dog/Runtime: 91 minutes I think it is safe to say that over a stretch of about two solid decades or so something…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Killing of a Sacred Deer “2017”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Psychological Horror Thriller/Stars: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Camp, Barry Bernson, Herb Caillouet, Denise Dal Vera, Drew Logan, Michael Trester, Ming Wang/Runtime: 121 minutes I guess since the film I am reviewing for you today dear reader is…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Pearl “2022”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Slasher/ Stars: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro, Alistair Sewell/Runtime: 102 minutes As a beautifully harmonious orchestra regales us with music that would feel right at home in a slice of cinema from the Old Hollywood era of movie magic, we see…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Hereditary “2018”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Psychological Horror/Stars: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, Mallory Bechtel/Runtime: 127 minutes I would just like to start this review off dear reader by sharing with you a long-held belief of mine. That being that, at its core, the realm of horror cinema…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Bodies Bodies Bodies “2022”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Black Comedy/Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders, Rachel Sennott, Lee Pace, Pete Davidson, Conner O’Malley/Runtime: 95 minutes I think it is fairly safe to say that a pattern of visceral human butchery with comedy inserted in for “good measure” is by no…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Men “2022”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Folk Horror/ Stars: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin/Runtime: 100 minutes I think it can easily be said that if you really take the time to dive into and then really ponder the first two slices of cinema that he was at the helm…