Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 5/30/08 The Strangers (R)Starring: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Laura MargolisDirector: Bryan BertinoSince two Mormon missionaries discover the bloody ending in the opening scenes, there’s no suspense in this film of a yet another home invasion by axe-wielding young people. Liv Tyler should have known better.1/2 pieces of yukky toast Sex and the City: The Movie (R)Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, … Read More »

Indy’s Back! By Gil Mansergh Perhaps the cartoon in this week’s “New Yorker” magazine sums up “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” the best. A lone pedestrian is walking past a theater where the marquee reads: “Indiana Jones and the Aches and Pains Associated with Aging.” There are at least a hundred shots in this film where Indy’s trade mark fedora is pulled down low to shield the face of … Read More »

Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 5/22/08 Indiana Jones returns with the crack of his whip in theaters and DVDs Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (PG-13)Starring: Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Karen AllenDirector: Steven SpielbergStory: George Lucas, Jeff NathansonProducer: Frank MarshallIt’s the early fifties, and Indiana Jones is 20 years older than we last saw him “20 years older and suspected of having Communist sympathies … Read More »

Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 5/16/08 Battle-filled “Narnia,” make a movie “Rambow,” and “Garcia Girls” sexy summer The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (PG)Starring: Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Georgie HenleyDirector: Andrew AdamsonThere’s no wardrobe entrance to Narnia in this second installment of the C.S. Lewis classic tale. Instead, they travel to the fabled land by going to a subway station and almost everything is darker (and more … Read More »

Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 5/09/08 “Speed Racer” crashes, “Redbelt” is Mametized “Rocky” Speed Racer (PG)Starring: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Matthew FoxDirector: Larry Wachowski, Andy WachowskiThe reclusive brothers who brought us the “Matrix” trilogy, create a headache causing semi-live action pastiche of the popular animated TV series by the same name. Imagine that someone spilled the melted contents of the Crayola crayon factory in front of a class … Read More »

Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 5/02/08 Iron Man (PG-13)Starring: Robert Downey, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, Shaun Toub, Gwyneth PaltrowDirector: Jon FavreaWhen a billionaire weapons maker dons his company’s newly invented, powered battle armor, a great super hero is born. Taking time to build character and develop a real story, action junkies may get bored, but for those who appreciate thinking once in a while, Robert Downey’s stellar performance makes … Read More »