July 25th, 2008 01:39pm

Step Brothers unfunny, X-Files unsurprising

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 7/25/08 Step Brothers (R)Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins, Adam ScottDirector: Adam McKayIn this week’s radio interview with Terry Gross, the two stars and the director studiously avoided talking about this film. Farrell talked about having bunk beds as a kid, and Reilly revealed that he would play his brother’s drum set whenever the brother was out of the house. … Read More »
July 18th, 2008 12:58pm

Batman is Godfatheresque, Mama Mia good for sing along, Tell No One Hitchcockian

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 7/18/08 The Dark Knight (PG-13)Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael CaineDirector: Christopher NolanBatman is pitted against The Joker and along the way the cape-wearing vigilante must descend into the darkness to thwart the sadistic terrorist who toys with politicians and criminals alike. So Batman turns for advice to one of the only sane people he can trust “Some men aren’t … Read More »
July 11th, 2008 02:55pm

“Hellboy II”: sizzles, 3-D “Center of the Earth” pops, Herzog’s “Encounters” cold and wacky

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 7/11/08 Hellboy II: The Golden Army (PG-13)Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke GossDirector: Guillermo Del ToroAn exiled elf prince discovers his rightful third of the magical Golden Crown is being sold at auction, and decides he just has to make a bid. Then he goes to retrieve the other two parts from his father and sister because when the three parts are … Read More »
July 4th, 2008 02:07pm

American Girl Doll movie great, “Hancock” fizzles

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 7/04/08 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (G)Starring: Abigail Breslin, Stanley Tucci, Julia Ormond, Joan Cusack, Glenne HeadlyDirector: Patricia RozemaThe child star du-jour, Abigail Breslin, plays an American Girl toy doll who is modeled after a fictional Cincinnati 9-year-old growing up during the Great Depression. Her parents try to cope with hard times and take in a number of colorful boarders to help pay the bills. But … Read More »