MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Drama/ Stars: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, Cliff Curtis, Mary Beth Hurt, Aida Turturro, Michael K. Williams; Voices of: Martin Scorsese, Queen Latifah/ Runtime: 121 minutes I feel it must be said that, out of a lot of the…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Avengers: Infinity War
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Superhero/ Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Karen Gillan, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Tom Hiddleston, Peter Dinklage, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Josh…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: American Beauty
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Drama/ Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher, Mena Suvari, Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper, Scott Bakula/ Runtime: 122 minutes I feel it must be said that Sam Mendes may in fact be that one terrific director out there who doesn’t normally come…
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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: Shutter Island “2010”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Psychological Thriller/ Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley, Ted Levine, John Carroll Lynch, Elias Koteas, Robin Bartlett, Christopher Denham/Runtime: 138 minutes I think “quirky yet captivating” might actually be a very well-thought out…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Escape Room “2019”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Thriller/ Stars: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani, Yorick van Wageningen/ Runtime: 100 minutes I feel it is safe to say that 2019 was a year that was quite filled up with an array of familiar looking movie faces. Indeed…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: 1408
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Horror/ Stars: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub, Len Cariou, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Jasmine Jessica Anthony/ Runtime: 104 or 112 minutes (depending on the cut of the film you are watching) I feel it must be said that in the process of doing my usual pre-movie…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Lincoln
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Historical Drama/ Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, Tim Blake Nelson, John Hawkes, Lee Pace, Peter McRobbie, Bruce McGill, Michael Stuhlbarg, Walton Goggins, Jared Harris, Jackie Earle Haley, Adam Driver, David Oyelowo, Lukas Haas, Dane DeHaan/…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Grey “2012”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Action-Thriller/ Stars: Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie, James Badge Dale, Ben Hernandez Bray, Anne Openshaw/ Runtime: 117 minutes Submit for your approval the following nightmarish scenario: You find yourself both lost and completely isolated on a snow-filled mountain located…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Coraline “09”
MPAA Rating: PG/ Genre: Animated Fantasy-Horror/ Voices of: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr., Ian McShane/ Runtime: 100 minutes I feel that it must be said that when it comes to creating quite the visual spectacle that will entrance audiences of…