September 30th, 2008 08:51pm

Hitchcock Resources for ARTQUEST Students

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Gil is giving the keynote address for the Fall gathering of ARTQUEST, the award-winning public school program for Sonoma County’s students in the Visual and Performing Arts for whom creativity and artistic expression is of paramount importance. This is the continuation of a legacy Gil inherited when he was a 10th grader at Mills High School in Millbrae. In one student assembly, the film critic from the … Read More »

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September 26th, 2008 02:24pm

Rodanthe is tear-filled, St. Anna is no miracle, Towelhead is awful

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 9/26/08 Nights in Rodanthe (PG-13)Starring: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Scott Glenn, Christopher MeloniDirector: George C WolfeYet another Nicholas Sparks tearjerker is thrust at us with enough scenic sunsets and wave lapping sand dunes and romantic coincidences to choke even the most jaded of Hallmark card buyers. Diane Lane is gorgeous, and almost makes the move worth watching.2 pieces of you better bring the Kleenex toast Miracle at … Read More »

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September 19th, 2008 12:02pm

Catch Gil and Michael Krasny at Sonoma County Book Festival

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I invite you to stop by and say “Hello” Saturday, September 20th at several exciting events for the ninth annual Sonoma County Book Festival in downtown Santa Rosa. I’m hosting the panels at the City Council Chambers for the morning sessions including Gaye LeBaron’s panel on local history at 10:00 AM featuring George Rathmell (Realms of Gold), Mary Lynn Archibald (Accidental Cowgirl), and Tom Kendrick (Bluewater Gold Rush). At 11:00 … Read More »

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September 19th, 2008 11:41am

Gervais sees dead people in funny Ghost Town, avoid Igor

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 9/19/08 My Best Friend’s Girl (R)Starring: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Alec BaldwinDirector: Howard DeutchWill Dane Cook be the jinx of yet another film. with this comedy about the man who other guys send in to have devastating dates with their former girlfriends (hopefully sending them back to the old, familiar guy with way fewer issues)? Things don’t look good. The studio isn’t … Read More »

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September 12th, 2008 02:17pm

Catch the Coen’s comedy noir, let The Women pass by

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 9/12/08 Righteous Kill (R)Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Curtis Jackson, Brian Dennehy, John LeguizamoDirector: Jon AvnetWith the talent in this movie it’s not a good sign when they won’t screen it for critics. The press notes say its about two veteran New York City cops on the trail of a serial killer, but the scuttlebutt is that it’s a rip off of the TV drama … Read More »

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September 5th, 2008 01:36pm

Nicolas Cage film not shown to critics, Sing is Kinng entertains

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 9/05/08 Nicolas Cage film not shown to critics, Sing is Kinng entertains Bankok Dangerous (R)Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chakrit Yamnarm, , Charlie YeungDirector: Oxide Pang, Danny PangDarkness, wet streets, neon, and bloody violence punctuated the popular Hong Kong action film of the same name by the same filmmakers. Now they try for a bigger (and more luctrative) audience by casting Nicolas Cage as the hired assassin who travels … Read More »

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