MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: War Drama/ Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Guy Pearce, Evangeline Lilly/ Runtime: 131 minutes I feel it must be said that ever since movies became a medium both to entertain and educate the world around us, war has…
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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: Full Metal Jacket
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: War/ Stars: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard, Kevyn Major Howard, Ed O’Ross/ Runtime: 116 minutes Mr. Stanley Kubrick was not a prolific director. This is because in 71 years of being a part of the planet Earth he…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: They Shall Not Grow Old
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: Documentary/ Runtime: 99 or 129 minutes (depending on which cut of the film you are watching) I feel it is safe to say that the genre of motion picture known as the war documentary really truly has acquired a little hint of an image as a…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Dunkirk “2017”
MPAA Rating: PG-13/ Genre: War/ Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D’Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy/ Runtime: 106 minutes I wouldn’t have thought you could make a grand-scale war film with minimal ingredients at play, but that was…
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A House Divided Graphic Novel Review
A House Divided: The Accused Inheritance Of Henrietta Achilles is a story that ignites your imagination into a 4th of July firework display. You think you have an idea of what the story is, but will be is tossed aside once our star Henrietta enters that house for the first…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: Allied “2016”
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: War Romance-Thriller/ Stars: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Matthew Goode, Lizzy Caplan, August Piehl, Charlotte Hope, Simon McBurney/ Runtime: 124 minutes I feel it is safe to start this review off by saying that Allied truly is a very different film for post-2000 Robert Zemeckis.…
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At the Movies with Alan Gekko: 1917
MPAA Rating: R/ Genre: War Drama/ Stars: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch/ Runtime: 119 minutes I feel it is safe to say that in Hollywood there are few of the movie making department known as cinematography who you could…
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Thank You To The Ones That Served, We Salute You
Memorial Day is a day to remember the ones that have helped keep our dream of being free in our a country. The freedom we take for granted daily was only made possible by our soldiers that risk it all to keep this freedom in tact.