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: The Hunt for Red October “90”
MPAA Rating: PG/Genre: Spy Thriller/Stars: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Joss Ackland, Tim Curry, Peter Firth, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Jeffrey Jones, Richard Jordan, Sam Neill, Stellan Skarsgård, Fred Dalton Thompson, Courtney B. Vance, Tomas Arana, Timothy Carhart, Daniel Davis, Anatoly Davydov, Michael Welden, Rick Ducommun, Larry Ferguson, Ronald Guttman,…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Internal Affairs “90”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Crime Thriller/Stars: Richard Gere, Andy García, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, Richard Bradford, William Baldwin, Michael Beach, John Capodice, Faye Grant, Annabella Sciorra, Katherine Borowitz, John Kapelos, Xander Berkeley/Runtime: 115 minutes If you were to make a list of the most difficult professions that a person could make…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: The Talented Mr. Ripley “99”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Psychological Thriller/Stars: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, James Rebhorn, Sergio Rubini, Philip Baker Hall, Celia Weston, Rosario Fiorello, Stefania Rocca, Ivano Marescotti, Lisa Eichhorn, Silvana Bosi/Runtime: 139 minutes Among the list of universal conflicts that we as human beings…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Primal Fear “96”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Legal Mystery Crime Thriller/Stars: Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand, Terry O’Quinn, Andre Braugher, Steven Bauer, Joe Spano, Tony Plana, Azalea Davila, Stanley Anderson, Maura Tierney, Jon Seda, Reg Rogers/Runtime: 130 minutes If there is one group of people who we…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: A Simple Plan “98”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Neo-Noir Crime Thriller/Stars: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe, Gary Cole, Jack Walsh, Chelcie Ross, Becky Ann Baker/Runtime: 121 minutes If there was ever a list made of the most comedically erroneous statements that we as people tend to say more often than we…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Killers of the Flower Moon “2023”
MPAA Rating: R/Genre: Epic Western Crime Drama/Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jezy Gray, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion, Jason Isbell, William Belleau, Louis Cancelmi, Scott Shepherd, Everett Waller, Talee Redcorn, Yancey Red Corn, Tatanka Means, Tommy Schultz,…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Arrival “2016”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/Genre: Sci-Fi Drama/Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mark O’Brien, Tzi Ma, Abigail Pniowsky, Julia Scarlett Dan, Jadyn Malone/Runtime: 116 minutes Among the various subgenres of that iconic genre in the land of cinema known as sci-fi, I think it can safely be said that…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Mission: Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part 1 “2023”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Action-Thriller/Stars: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Shea Whigham, Henry Czerny, Pom Klementieff, Frederick Schmidt, Charles Parnell, Cary Elwes, Rob Delaney, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, Greg Tarzan Davis, Mariela Garriga/Runtime: 163 minutes I think it’s safe to say…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Mission: Impossible- Rogue Nation “2015”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Action Thriller/Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Simon McBurney, Zhang Jingchu, Tom Hollander, Jens Hultén, Alec Baldwin, Hermione Corfield, Robert Maaser, Wolfgang Steigmann, Alec Utgoff, Mateo Rufino, Fernando Abadie, Rupert Wickham/Runtime: 131 minutes I think it’s safe to say…
