MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Road Thriller/ Stars: Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes, James Michael McDougal, Mars Callahan, Brett Rice/ Runtime: 117 minutes I feel it must be said at the beginning of this review that there are 2 distinct sides to the celebrated actor that is Brad…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Untouchables “89”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Crime Drama/ Stars: Kevin Costner, Andy Garcia, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Robert De Niro, Billy Drago, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Patricia Clarkson, Del Close/ Runtime: 119 minutes I feel it is only appropriate to start this review off with a little history lesson. In the…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Dog Soldiers “02”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Horror/ Stars: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham, Darren Morfitt, Chris Robson, Leslie Simpson, Thomas Lockyer, Craig Conway, Tina Landini/ Runtime: 105 minutes There are movies that are very much oriented for a male audience, and then there are films that are definite guy-centric…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: 300: Rise of an Empire
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Action/Stars: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro, Jack O’Connell, Hans Matheson, Callan Mulvey, David Wenham, Andrew Tiernan, Andrew Pleavin, Ben Turner, Gerard Butler, Michael Fassbender/Runtime: 102 minutes Well isn’t this just the loveliest sequel you ever saw…..that is if bigger, louder, gorier, more merciless, and…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The King’s Speech “2010”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Historical Drama/ Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon, Freya Wilson, Ramona Marquez, Patrick Ryecart, Simon Chandler, Claire Bloom/ Runtime: 118 minutes An ever-increasing amount of sweat, knees buckling in fear, skin tingling as if…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Sunset Boulevard “50”
MPAA Rating: NR/ Genre: Film Noir/ Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Franklyn Farnum, Larry J. Blake, Charles Dayton, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nilsson, H. B. Warner, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston/ Runtime: 110 minutes I…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Score “01”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Crime Thriller/ Stars: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, Marlon Brando, Gary Farmer, Jamie Harrold/ Runtime: 124 minutes It must be said that filling up a film with some legitimate movie stars is not a guarantee for both critical and commercial success that so many people…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Glory “89”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: War Drama/Stars: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher, Jihmi Kennedy, Cliff De Young, Alan North, John Finn, Bob Gunton, Jay O. Sanders, Raymond St. Jacques, Richard Riehle/ Runtime: 122 minutes I feel it is safe to start this review off by saying…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Sleepy Hollow “99”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Horror/ Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Marc Pickering, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Griffiths, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Christopher Walken, Claire Skinner, Lisa Marie, Peter Guinness, Christopher Lee, Martin Landau/ Runtime: 105 minutes When it comes to the timeless spook story…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Uninvited “09”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Horror-Thriller/ Stars: Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, Jesse Moss, Kevin McNulty, Don S. Davis, Heather Doerksen/ Runtime: 87 minutes I feel it must be said that there is a very narrow line when it comes to films which are concerned only with the…