MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Epic Biographical Thriller/Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, Benny Safdie, Dylan Arnold, Gustaf Skarsgård, David Krumholtz, Matthew Modine, David Dastmalchian, Tom Conti, Michael Angarano, Jack Quaid, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, Dane DeHaan, Danny…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Tenet “2020”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Sci-Fi Action Thriller/Stars: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, Kenneth Branagh, Martin Donovan, Fiona Dourif, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Himesh Patel, Clémence Poésy, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jefferson Hall, Andrew Howard, Wes Chatham, Denzil Smith, Jeremy Theobald, Laurie Shepherd, Jack Cutmore-Scott/Runtime: 150 minutes A million (or…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Inception “2010”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Sci-Fi Action/Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Marion Cotillard, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas, Talulah Riley/Runtime: 148 minutes I think it is a pretty safe statement to make that, in the aftermath of the absolutely…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Interstellar “2014”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Epic Sci-Fi/Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Michael Caine, David Gyasi, Wes Bentley, Casey Affleck, Timothée Chalamet, Dickie Greenleaf (Not the actor’s real name), Topher Grace, Leah Cairns, David Oyelowo, Collette Wolfe, William Devane, Elyes Gabel, Jeff Hephner, Russ Fega;…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Prestige “06”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Mystery Thriller/ Stars: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, David Bowie, Andy Serkis, Piper Perabo, Ricky Jay, Roger Rees, W. Morgan Sheppard, Samantha Mahurin, Daniel Davis/ Runtime: 130 minutes I think it can be safely said that a magic trick is a relatively…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Insomnia “02”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Psychological Thriller/ Stars: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt, Paul Dooley, Crystal Lowe, Jay Brazeau, Larry Holden, Kerry Sandomirsky, Lorne Cardinal, Katharine Isabelle, Jonathan Jackson, Paula Shaw/ Runtime: 118 minutes I think it is safe to start this review off…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Memento “00”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Neo-Noir Psychological Thriller/ Stars: Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano, Carrie-Anne Moss, Stephen Tobolowsky, Mark Boone Junior, Callum Keith Rennie, Larry Holden, Jorja Fox, Harriet Sansom Harris/Runtime: 113 minutes I feel it should be said that any film that manages to fit within the storied genre of film…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Dark Knight Rises
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Superhero/ Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Modine, Ben Mendelsohn, Burn Gorman, Juno Temple, Daniel Sunjata, Brett Cullen, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Aiden Gillen, Desmond Harrington, Josh Stewart, William Devane/ Runtime: 164 minutes I…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Batman Begins “05”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Action/ Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, Morgan Freeman, Mark Boone Junior, Linus Roache, Larry Holden, Colin McFarlane, Sara Stewart, Richard Brake/ Runtime: 140 minutes It really horrified me at one time to…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Dunkirk “2017”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: War/ Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D’Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy/ Runtime: 106 minutes I wouldn’t have thought you could make a grand-scale war film with minimal ingredients at play, but that was…