MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Sci-Fi Action/ Stars: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Zoe Kravitz, Maggie Q, Ray Stevenson, Daniel Dae Kim, Bill Skarsgard, Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts, Rebecca Pidgeon, Xander Berkeley/ Runtime: 121 minutes In the world of modern YA fiction film adaptations, it has…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Titanic “97”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Epic Romance-Disaster/ Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Victor Garber, Jason Barry, Eric Braeden, Bernard Fox, Jonathan Phillips, Ioan Gruffudd, Martin Jarvis, Danny Nucci, David Warner, Gloria Stuart, Suzy Amis, Bill Paxton/ Runtime: 195 minutes I would…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Girl on the Train “2016”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Mystery-Thriller/ Stars: Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Edgar Ramirez, Lisa Kudrow, Laura Prepon/Runtime: 112 minutes I feel I should start this off fellow movie goers by saying that it truly does go without saying that the entire time that…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Karate Kid “84”
MPAA Rating: PG/ Genre: Martial Arts Drama/ Stars: Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller, William Zabka, Chad McQueen, Ron Thomas, Rob Garrison, Tony O’Dell/ Runtime: 126 minutes It should be said that when a film manages to blend together a pair of the more visible genres…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre “74”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Horror/ Stars: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Allen Danziger, Teri McMinn, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow; Narrated by: John Larroquette/Runtime: 83 minutes I think it should be said that, in the long and storied history of the horror genre in cinema, The Texas…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Proposition “05”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Western/ Stars: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston, David Wenham, Richard Wilson, John Hurt, Tom E. Lewis, Leah Purcell, Tom Budge, Robert Morgan, David Gulpilil, Noah Taylor, Oliver Ackland/ Runtime: 104 minutes To start this review off, I propose the following proposition to the…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Firm “93”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Thriller/ Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Holly Hunter, Ed Harris, Hal Holbrook, Jerry Hardin, David Strathairn, Terry Kinney, Wilford Brimley, Sullivan Walker, Gary Busey, Steven Hill, Margo Martindale, Paul Sorvino, Jerry Weintraub, Tobin Bell, Dean Norris/ Runtime: 154 minutes I feel it must be…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Great Gatsby “74”
MPAA Rating: PG/ Genre: Romantic Drama/ Stars: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Sam Waterston, Karen Black, Scott Wilson, Lois Chiles, Edward Herrmann, Howard Da Silva, Regina Baff, Vincent Schiavelli, Roberts Blossom, Beth Porter, Patsy Kensit/ Runtime: 146 minutes I feel it should be said that it is quite a…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: 21 Jump Street “2012”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Action-Comedy/Stars: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Ice Cube, DeRay Davis, Chris Parnell, Ellie Kemper, Jake Johnson, Nick Offerman, Holly Robinson Peete, Dakota Johnson, Rye Rye, Valerie Tian, Johnny Simmons, and 2 surprise cameos/ Runtime: 109 minutes It should be noted that…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Capitalism: A Love Story
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Documentary/ Stars: Michael Moore, Wallace Shawn/ Runtime: 127 minutes In today’s rousing review of At the Movies, we are taking a look at noted documentary filmmaker Michael Moore as he once again takes a croquet mallet to some of society’s more complex issues in a documentary known…