MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Epic Historical Action/Stars: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Sir Derek Jacobi, Peter Mensah, Matt Lucas, Alexander Karim, Tim McInnerny, Rory McCann, Yuval Gonen, Alec Utgoff, Yann Gael/Runtime: 148 minutes If you were to ask me to name 7…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Heretic “2024”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Horror Thriller/Stars: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace, Elle Young/Runtime: 110 minutes If there is one thing I found myself witnessing quite a bit during my time wandering, even if it was fairly aimless the first few years of it by my own admission, the…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Twisters “2024”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Disaster/Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sasha Lane, Daryl McCormack, Kiernan Shipka, Nik Dodani, David Corenswet, Tunde Adebimpe, Katy O’Brian, Paul Scheer, James Paxton/Runtime: 122 minutes If there was ever a cinematic phenomenon that could claim to consistently cause a…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: MaXXXine “2024”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Slasher/Stars: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Bacon, Sophie Thatcher, Ned Vaughn, Chloe Farnworth, Simon Prast, Charley Rowan McCain/Runtime: 104 minutes If there is one thing that I have discovered during my tenure as a film writer…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: A Quiet Place: Day One “2024”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Apocalyptic Horror/Stars: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, Eliane Umuhire, and Frodo the Cat as himself/Runtime: 99 minutes Among the many lessons that I have had the privilege of being taught during my time as a film reviewer of some skill and talent, there is…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes “2024”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Sci-Fi Action/Stars: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, William H. Macy, Travis Jeffery, Lydia Peckham, Neil Sandilands, Eka Darville, Sara Wiseman, Dichen Lachman/Runtime: 145 minutes I think it can definitely be said that, among the cinematic achievements attained by the decade now known as the…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Fall Guy “2024”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Action Comedy/Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Winston Duke, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Lee Majors, Heather Thomas, Jason Momoa/Runtime: 126 minutes If you were to ask me dear reader what group of hardworking individuals on a motion picture set don’t get nearly as much…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare “2024”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Spy Action Comedy/Stars: Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary Elwes, Til Schweiger, Henrique Zaga, Rory Kinnear, Danny Sapani, Freddie Fox, Olaf Kayhan, Mert Dincer, Ethel von Brixham, Koray Tarman/Runtime: 120 minutes I think it might surprise you…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Abigail “2024”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Monster Horror/Stars: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir, Will Catlett, Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, Giancarlo Esposito, Matthew Goode/Runtime: 109 minutes Among the many things I never understood when I was growing up, there was one that (for the purposes of this review) proved to be…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Civil War “2024”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Dystopian War-Action/Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Nick Offerman, Nelson Lee, Evan Lai, Sonoya Mizuno, Jefferson White, Juani Feliz, Edmund Donovan, Karl Glusman, Jin Ha, Jojo T. Gibbs, Jesse Plemons, Jess Matney/Runtime: 109 minutes Among the many tricks that the land of movie…
