MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller Drama/ Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Zhou Xun, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Robert Fyfe, Alistair Petrie/ Runtime: 172 minutes I feel I must say that I didn’t finish…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Conjuring “2013”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Horror/ Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Shanley Caswell, Hayley McFarland, Joey King, Mackenzie Foy, Shannon Kook, John Brotherton, Sterling Jerins/ Runtime: 112 minutes I feel it must be said that, much in the same vein as comedy, a horror film can be…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Apocalypse Now
Note from the Author: Just a heads-up dear reader: This is a review for the Theatrical Cut for the movie Apocalypse Now NOT the Final Cut or Redux versions. Also, due to spoilers in the trailer there will not be a trailer attached to the bottom of this review. Thank…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: A Nightmare on Elm Street “84”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Horror/ Stars: Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, Leslie Hoffman, Joe Unger, Charles Fleischer, Joseph Whipp, Lin Shaye/ Runtime: 91 minutes When it comes to the history of Horror in the 1980’s, there are a trio of individuals…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Dark Knight Rises
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Superhero/ Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Modine, Ben Mendelsohn, Burn Gorman, Juno Temple, Daniel Sunjata, Brett Cullen, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Aiden Gillen, Desmond Harrington, Josh Stewart, William Devane/ Runtime: 164 minutes I…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Avengers: Infinity War
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Superhero/ Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Karen Gillan, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Tom Hiddleston, Peter Dinklage, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Josh…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Batman Begins “05”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Action/ Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, Morgan Freeman, Mark Boone Junior, Linus Roache, Larry Holden, Colin McFarlane, Sara Stewart, Richard Brake/ Runtime: 140 minutes It really horrified me at one time to…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Shutter Island “2010”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Psychological Thriller/ Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley, Ted Levine, John Carroll Lynch, Elias Koteas, Robin Bartlett, Christopher Denham/Runtime: 138 minutes I think “quirky yet captivating” might actually be a very well-thought out…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Lincoln
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Historical Drama/ Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, Tim Blake Nelson, John Hawkes, Lee Pace, Peter McRobbie, Bruce McGill, Michael Stuhlbarg, Walton Goggins, Jared Harris, Jackie Earle Haley, Adam Driver, David Oyelowo, Lukas Haas, Dane DeHaan/…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Coraline “09”
MPAA Rating: PG/ Genre: Animated Fantasy-Horror/ Voices of: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr., Ian McShane/ Runtime: 100 minutes I feel that it must be said that when it comes to creating quite the visual spectacle that will entrance audiences of…