MPAA Rating: Unrated/Genre: Southern Gothic Crime/Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon, Marc Macaulay/Runtime: 102 minutes I think it can safely be said that, if you were to ask me for a list of some of the more underrated directors of the past 5 decades…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Interstellar “2014”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Epic Sci-Fi/Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Michael Caine, David Gyasi, Wes Bentley, Casey Affleck, Timothée Chalamet, Dickie Greenleaf (Not the actor’s real name), Topher Grace, Leah Cairns, David Oyelowo, Collette Wolfe, William Devane, Elyes Gabel, Jeff Hephner, Russ Fega;…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Kubo and the Two Strings “2016”
MPAA Rating: PG/ Genre: Stop-Motion Animated Action Fantasy/Voices of: Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara, George Takei, Brenda Vaccaro, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa/Runtime: 102 minutes I think it can safely be said that, out of all of the animation studios in the land of movie magic, Laika Entertainment…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Amistad “97”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Historical Drama/ Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård, Razaaq Adoti, Abu Bakaar Fofanah, Anna Paquin, Tomas Milian, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Derrick Ashong, Geno Silva, John Ortiz, Kevin J. O’Connor, Ralph Brown, Darren E. Burrows, Allan Rich,…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Frailty “01”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Psychological Horror/ Stars: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O’Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Luke Askew, Levi Kreis, Derk Cheetwood, Missy “Melissa” Crider, Alan Davidson, Cynthia Ettinger, Vincent Chase, Gwen McGee, Edmond Scott Ratliff, Rebecca Tilney/ Runtime: 99 minutes I think it is safe to say that…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Dazed and Confused “92”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Comedy/ Stars: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Sasha Jenson, Michelle Burke, Christine Harnos, Rory Cochrane, Ben Affleck, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Marissa Ribisi, Matthew McConaughey, Shawn Andrews, Cole Hauser, Milla Jovovich, Joey Lauren Adams, Christin Hinojosa, Parker Posey, Nicky Katt, Esteban Powell, Renée Zellweger/ Runtime: 103 minutes…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Wolf of Wall Street
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Biographical Black Comedy Crime/ Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Matthew McConaughey, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, Joanna Lumley, Cristin Milioti, Aya Cash, Christine Ebersole, Shea Whigham, Stephanie Kurtzuba, P. J. Byrne, Kenneth Choi, Brian Sacca, Henry Zebrowski, Ethan Suplee,…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Dark Tower “2017”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Dark Fantasy-Western/ Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee, Katheryn Winnick, Jackie Earle Haley, Dennis Haysbert/ Runtime: 95 minutes I feel it is safe to say that if there was ever a phrase that had the potential to either elicit…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Gentlemen
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Crime-Action-Comedy/Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant, Jason Wong, Samuel West, Eliot Sumner, Chris Evangelou, Bugzy Malone, Tom Wu/ Runtime: 113 minutes I feel it isn’t wrong to say that before he decided to make such…