MPAA Rating: PG/ Genre: Historical Drama/ Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey, Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels, Tate Donovan, Ray Wise, Alex Borstein, Grant Heslov/Runtime: 93 minutes It has long been said that the visual mediums that are television and film have always been seen as possessing…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Terminator: Dark Fate
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Sci-Fi Action/ Stars: Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, Diego Boneta, Alicia Borrachero, Enrique Arce, Steven Cree/Runtime: 128 minutes In recent years, I have started to observe a trend in the world of film that here lately has started to see surprisingly…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Dolemite Is My Name
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Comedy/ Stars: Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Titus Burgess, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Wesley Snipes, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Chris Rock, Ron Cephas Jones, Gerald Downey, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Snoop Dogg, Bob Odenkirk/Runtime: 118 minutes It may be depressing to start this review off so negatively,…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: 10 Cloverfield Lane
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller/ Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr.; Voice of Bradley Cooper/ Runtime: 103 minutes In 1971, a young filmmaker by the name of Steven Spielberg directed a film based on a Richard Matheson novel for ABC Television called Duel and to be…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Lighthouse
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Psychological Horror/ Stars: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe/ Runtime: 110 minutes Having seen the finished product, I think it is safe to confess to you that I am now of the steadfast, firm belief that Robert Eggers is either a genius or a brilliant sadist. I say…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Sausage Party “2016”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Animated Comedy/ Voices of: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton, Salma Hayek/ Runtime: 89 minutes I feel it is safe to start this review off by saying that…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Innocents “61”
MPAA Rating: NR/ Genre: Psychological Horror/ Stars: Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Clytie Jessop/ Runtime: 100 minutes “Sometimes one can’t help imagining things. Thus it is with this one line of dialogue that we find ourselves walking smack-dab into a horrific and bloodcurdling…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Masterminds “2016”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Heist Comedy/ Stars: Zach Galifanakis, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Ken Marino/ Runtime: 94 minutes Wow. I think it is safe to say movie goers that the last decade really truly hasn’t been kind in the least to…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Fantasia
MPAA Rating: G/ Genre: Animated-Family-Fantasy/ Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor/ Runtime: 125 minutes In 1940, long before the “billion-dollar phenomena” that supposedly is Frozen, Walt Disney released a movie called “Fantasia”, a movie that was only the third feature of his studio, but undoubtedly is still one of his most…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Falling Down “93”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Crime Drama-Thriller / Stars: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Tuesday Weld/ Runtime: 113 minutes Take the hottest day of the year, a traffic gridlock, cracked pavements, dirty streets, unwarranted hostility and a general feeling of being short changed. Then add the frustrations of…