Gil Mansergh’s Cinema ToastNew Releases 1/26/07 Seraphim Falls (R)Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Directed by: David Non AnckenIt’s an old-fashioned one-guy-chasing-another -guy western (with new-fashioned cursing and slo-mo bullets ripping through flesh and bone), until the last 20 minutes. Then we have something that makes a desert mirage seem real. Brosnan definitely breaks free of the suave and sophisticated tuxedo-wearing role. 2 and 1/2 pieces of shootout at the I’m … Read More »

Gil Mansergh’s Cinema ToastNew Releases 1/19/07 Pan’s Labyrinth (R)Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, , Doug Jones, Adriana Gil, Ivana BaqueroDirected by: Guillermo Del ToroEscaping from her sadistic stepfather as he revels in the savagery of rampant Fascism, a 10-year-old-girl consumed by fairy tales is offered an escape to a timeless underground realm. But she knows that traditional Fairy Tales (the pre-Disney ones), are full of savage evil and slimy things … Read More »

Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast NEW RELEASES 1/12/07 Curse of the Golden Flower (R)Chow, Yun Fat, Gong Li, Jay ChouDirected by: Zhang YimouIf you have ever watched one of those Chinese language soap operas on cable TV, you know that the melodramatic, silent-movie acting style keeps your atention even when the dialogue and subtitles are in languages you don’t understand. This film ratchets overactilng almost to the breaking … Read More »

Gil Mansergh’s Cinema ToastNEW RELEASES 1/05/07 Children of Men (R)Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael CaineDirected by: Alfonso CuaronIn a despairing, sterile future where no children have been born for 19 years, anarchy, nihilism, fascism and xenophobia rule as innocent (and guilty) victims stack up like firewood. Directed with flashes of brilliance and presented with an artistically realistic sensibility, it is unfortunately dragged down by Clive Owen’s wooden performance, … Read More »