MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Action Sci-Fi/ Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whitley, Riley Keough, Zoe Kravitz, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones, John Howard, Richard Carter/ Runtime: 120 minutes When a few years back renowned Australian director George Miller announced a new Mad…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Blade Runner 2049
BLADE RUNNER 2049 MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Science Fiction/ Stars: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto, Barkhad Abdi, David Dastmalchian/ Runtime: 163 minutes If you ask people what the biggest and best cult movie ever…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Hateful Eight “2015”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Mystery-Western/ Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, James Parks, Channing Tatum, Zoe Bell; Narrated by: Quentin Tarantino/ Runtime: 187 or 168 minutes (depends on what version you see) I would also like the…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Richard III “95”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Drama/ Stars: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, John Wood, Nigel Hawthorne, Adrian Dunbar, Edward Hardwicke, Tim McInnerny, Jim Carter, Dominic West, Roger Hammond, Donald Sumpter, Bill Paterson, Christopher Bowen, Matthew Groom, Marco Williamson/ Runtime: 104 minutes I…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Revenant “2015”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Adventure-Drama-Thriller/ Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleason, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Brendan Fletcher, Brad Carter, Lukas Haas/ Runtime: 156 minutes I have always felt that great films have the amazing power to convey to the audience the absolutely unimaginable or unthinkable. Indeed, how often do…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: 2001: A Space Odyssey
MPAA Rating: G/ Genre: Sci-Fi/ Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester; Voice of: Douglas Rain/ Runtime: 148 minutes To be put bluntly, 2001: A Space Odyssey truly is one of the best science-fiction films made to date, if not the very best ever made period. Indeed, Stanley Kubrick was…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Post “2017”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Historical Drama/ Stars: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Jesse Plemmons, David Cross, Pat Healy, Michael Stuhlbarg/ Runtime: 116 minutes I have felt movie goers that, in the past, there has always…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Rush “2013”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Sports Docudrama/ Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara, Pierfrancesco Favino, David Calder, Stephen Mangan, Natalie Dormer/ Runtime: 123 minutes From the theatrical trailer, it would appear that when Rush was released, Ron Howard’s first directorial project since 2011 at the time was…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Ford v. Ferrari
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Docudrama/ Stars: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Caitriona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone, Ray McKinnon/ Runtime: 152 minutes I feel that it must be said, but before he decided to take a couple of dips in the comic-book pond courtesy of…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Platoon
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: War/ Stars: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Reggie Johnson, Mark Moses, Corey Glover, Johnny Depp, Bob Orwig, Corkey Ford, Richard Edson, Tony Todd, Dale Dye/ Runtime: 120 minutes I feel that it goes without…