September 28th, 2007 01:16pm
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New Releases 9/28/07
Feast of Love (R)Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Jane Alexander, Selma Blair, Radha Mitchell Directed by Robert BentonEleven people in an Oregon college town fall in and out of love and marriage. Morgan Freeman and Jane Alexander are the old timers, the supposedly rock solid married folk the others look to for advice. There’s lots of nudity and sex as …
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September 21st, 2007 03:00pm
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New Releases 9/21/07
Eastern Promises (R)Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl Directed by: David CronenbergThink “Godfather” with Russians, in Britain instead of the U.S.A. and you’ll have a pretty fair assessment of what’s going on in this tautly crafted thriller. It starts with a teen hooker dying in childbirth and leaving a Russian language diary as the only secret to her identity. A …
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September 14th, 2007 01:06pm
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CHILDREN IN PERIL
byGil Mansergh
This column started in one direction and then abruptly changed course.
I was originally going to write a review of “Shoot Em Up” and it still begins that way:“A lone man named Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) is sitting on a bus stop bench, intently munching on a carrot. A whimpering, pregnant woman (Ramona Pringle) hurries past holding her belly and occasionally wincing in pain. She turns a corner …
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September 14th, 2007 12:33pm
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New Releases 9/14/07
The Brave One (R)Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews Directed by Neil JordanThis is a vigilante movie, the kind Charles Bronson repeated over and over again. Only this time, the angry man who takes the law into his own hands is (gasp) a woman. We’re supposed to be shocked that a mild-mannered radio host could react this way after she and her …
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September 7th, 2007 12:32pm
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New Releases 9/07/07
3:10 to Yuma (R)Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol Directed by James Mangold Way back in 1957 an Elmore Leonard short story was transformed by Delmer Daves into a minor classic starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. It also felt a lot like “High Noon.” with a ticking …
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September 1st, 2007 01:16pm
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PROGRAM NOTE: You can hear excerpts from Riane Eisler, Richard Rodriguez, Philip Zimbardo, and Peter Phillips on Gil’s “Word By Word “Interviews With Authors” radio show Wednesday, September 5 at 7:00 PM on KRCB-FM 91.1 or streamed online at krcb.org
MOVIES OR METAPHORS?byGil Mansergh
I was fortunate to be able to spend last weekend at the San Francisco Writing For Change Conference at Grace Cathedral. As a book doctor …
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September 1st, 2007 01:01pm
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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema ToastNew Releases 8/31/07
Balls of Fury (PG-13)Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken Directed by: Robert Ben GarantFeng is the name of the latest weird Christopher Walken character in this bad SNL skit about professional and amateur ping pong players who hone their skills by studying with a blind pinger and his hot daughter who makes your heart go pong “or maybe it’s the …
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