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: 1984 “84” (How appropriate)
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Sci-Fi Drama/ Stars: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, James Walker, Andrew Wilde/ Runtime: 113 minutes I have found that it seems to always be difficult for Hollywood to make a proper movie adaptation of a novel be it classic or recent.…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Planet of the Apes “68”
MPAA Rating: G/ Genre: Sci-Fi/ Stars: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, Linda Harrison, Robert Gunner, Jeff Burton/ Runtime: 112 minutes In hindsight, it really does seem that the far-gone year of 1968 really was something of a milestone year for cinematic science fiction.…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: 10 Cloverfield Lane
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller/ Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr.; Voice of Bradley Cooper/ Runtime: 103 minutes In 1971, a young filmmaker by the name of Steven Spielberg directed a film based on a Richard Matheson novel for ABC Television called Duel and to be…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Transformers: The Last Knight
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: Action/ Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Stanley Tucci, John Tuturro, Jerrod Carmichael, Santiago Cabrera, Glenn Morshower, Liam Garrigan, Mitch Pileggi/ Runtime: 149 minutes *sigh I feel I should start this review by asking you movie goers a question….How does…