MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Historical Biographical Drama/Stars: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Andrew Keir, Brian Cox, Brian McCardie, Gilbert Martin, Jason Flemyng, Ewan Stewart, David Hayman, Shirley Henderson, Vicki Masson/Runtime: 139 minutes So for this review, I’d like to start it off by doing something a…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Watership Down “78”
MPAA Rating: PG/Genre: Animated Adventure-Drama/Voices of: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham Cox, John Bennett, Ralph Richardson, Simon Cadell, Roy Kinnear, Terence Rigby, Mary Maddox, Richard O’Callaghan, Denholm Elliott, Zero Mostel, Harry Andrews, Hannah Gordon, Nigel Hawthorne, Lynn Farleigh, Clifton Jones, Derek Griffiths, Michael Hordern, Joss Ackland, Michelle Price; Narrated…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Midnight Express “78”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Prison Drama/Stars: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, John Hurt, Kevork Malikyan, Yashaw Adem, Mike Kellin, Franco Diogene, Michael Ensign, Gigi Ballista, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Giannatos/Runtime: 121 minutes A potent and riveting saga that tells of how…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Spaceballs “87”
MPAA Rating: PG/ Genre: Sci-Fi Comedy/ Stars: Bill Pullman, John Candy, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Michael Winslow, Ronny Graham, Jim J. Bullock, Leslie Bevis, Jim Jackman, Sandy Helberg, Brenda Strong, Rudy De Luca, John Hurt; Voices of: Joan Rivers, Dom DeLuise/ Runtime: 96…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Action/ Stars: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, Shia LaBeouf (oof)/ Runtime: 123 minutes In case you didn’t know, or were just living under a rock, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the fourth entry in…
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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: Snowpiercer “2013”
MPAA Rating: R / Genre: Sci-Fi Action/ Stars: Chris Evans, Song Kang Ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Ko Asung, John Hurt, Mr. X, Allison Pill/ Runtime: 126 minutes I feel I should start this off by letting you know movie goers that if you thought that…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: 1984 “84” (How appropriate)
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Sci-Fi Drama/ Stars: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, James Walker, Andrew Wilde/ Runtime: 113 minutes I have found that it seems to always be difficult for Hollywood to make a proper movie adaptation of a novel be it classic or recent.…
