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 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: 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: 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: 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…