MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Adventure-Action-Fantasy/ Stars: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Evan Parke, Kyle Chandler, John Sumner, Lobo Chan, Craig Hall, Mark Hadlow/ Runtime: 187 minutes I feel it is safe to say that we as movie lovers have for a…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Fight Club
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Drama-Thriller/ Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helen Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier, Holt McCallany, Eion Bailey, Mark Fite/ Runtime: 139 minutes I think it is safe to say dear reader that the film-going community can be successfully split into a trio of distinct…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Unforgiven “92”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Western/ Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, Anna Thomson, Rob Campbell, Anthony James/ Runtime: 131 minutes I feel it is safe to say that Ford, Leone, and Peckinpah are all legendary filmmakers who all managed to bring…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Cloud Atlas “2012”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller Drama/ Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Zhou Xun, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Robert Fyfe, Alistair Petrie/ Runtime: 172 minutes I feel I must say that I didn’t finish…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Conjuring “2013”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Horror/ Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Shanley Caswell, Hayley McFarland, Joey King, Mackenzie Foy, Shannon Kook, John Brotherton, Sterling Jerins/ Runtime: 112 minutes I feel it must be said that, much in the same vein as comedy, a horror film can be…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Apocalypse Now
Note from the Author: Just a heads-up dear reader: This is a review for the Theatrical Cut for the movie Apocalypse Now NOT the Final Cut or Redux versions. Also, due to spoilers in the trailer there will not be a trailer attached to the bottom of this review. Thank…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Adaptation “02”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Comedy-Drama/ Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer, Bob Yerkes/ Runtime: 115 minutes In the aftermath of the absolutely wonderful success of the movie known as Being John Malkovich in that long-gone year 1999,…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: One Hour Photo
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Psychological Thriller/ Stars: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole, Eriq La Salle, Clark Gregg, Paul H. Kim, Erin Daniels/ Runtime: 96 minutes I feel it is safe to say that, on the surface, One Hour Photo might appear to be your typical psychological thriller,…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: A Nightmare on Elm Street “84”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Horror/ Stars: Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, Leslie Hoffman, Joe Unger, Charles Fleischer, Joseph Whipp, Lin Shaye/ Runtime: 91 minutes When it comes to the history of Horror in the 1980’s, there are a trio of individuals…
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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…