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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Lego Movie “2014”

    MPAA Rating: PG/Genre: Animated Adventure-Comedy/Voices of: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Daniels, Keith Ferguson, Billy Dee Williams, Todd Hansen, Shaquille O’Neal, Will Forte (credited as Orville Forte), Dave Franco, Jake…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Lucy “2014”

    MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Sci-Fi Action/Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pilou Asbæk, Analeigh Tipton, Nicolas Phongpheth/Runtime: 90 minutes I think it can be safely said that in the aftermath of the year 2013 which saw her give a pair of fairly riveting and intriguing turns…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Wanted “08”

    MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Action-Thriller/ Stars: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Kretschmann, Common, Konstantin Khabensky, Marc Warren, Dato Bakhtadze, Terence Stamp, David O’Hara, Chris Pratt, Kristen Hager, Sophiya Haque, Lorna Scott/ Runtime: 110 minutes I think it’s safe to say that if you ever wanted to see what…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Olympus Has Fallen “2013”

    MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Action Thriller/Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Rick Yune, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Cole Hauser, Finley Jacobsen, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell, Sean O’Bryan, Lance Broadway, Tory Kittles, Keong Sim, Phil Austin, James Ingersoll, Freddy Bosche, Kevin Moon, Malana Lea, Sam Medina/Runtime: 119…

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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: RED “2010”

    MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Action-Comedy/ Stars: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, Mary-Louise Parker, Rebecca Pidgeon, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, James Remar/ Runtime: 111 minutes A question to start this review off for you dear reader: what do you get when you…

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    At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Hard Rain “98”

    MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Action-Thriller-Disaster/ Stars: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Edward Asner, Michael Goorjian, Dann Florek, Ricky Harris, Mark Rolston, Peter Murnik, Wayne Duvall, Richard Dysart, Betty White/ Runtime: 97 minutes I think it is safe to say that what qualifies as a “good film” does…