MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Drama/ Stars: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds, Issey Ogata, Shinya Tsukamoto/ Runtime: 161 minutes I feel I should warn you movie goers that Silence may truly be a monumental achievement of a film, but it is also a punishing film as…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Transformers: The Last Knight
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Action/ Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Stanley Tucci, John Tuturro, Jerrod Carmichael, Santiago Cabrera, Glenn Morshower, Liam Garrigan, Mitch Pileggi/ Runtime: 149 minutes *sigh I feel I should start this review by asking you movie goers a question….How does…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: 12 Angry Men “57”
MPAA Rating: NR/ Genre: Crime Drama/ Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Jack Warden, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley, George Voskovec, Robert Webber/ Runtime: 96 minutes Take a classic film and strip it down to its bare necessities. Gone are the…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Se7en “1995”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Crime Thriller-Horror/ Stars: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee Ermey, John C. McGinley, Richard Roundtree, Reg. E Cathey, Richard Schiff/ Runtime: 127 minutes It is almost always raining in the city and Somerset, the veteran detective about to retire and walk away from the…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Alien: A 40th Anniversary Retrospective.
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Sci-Fi-Horror/ Stars: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto/ Runtime: 116 minutes As the credits of “Alien” open, the slowly paced opening titles and soft, eerie score give off a subtle hint of just what exactly the viewer…