April 24th, 2009 02:53pm

Disney’s Earth is amazing, Michael Caine is too

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 4/24/09 Earth (G)Director: Alastair Fothergill, Mark LinfieldIt is Walt Disney himself who fathered the anthropomorphic nature documentary (with 1948’s “Seal Island“), and Walt’s ghost still rules in this kid-friendly, mini-version of the TV mini-series, “Planet Earth.” Three animal families with cuddly cute babies are the stars and we watch in awe as Polar Bears, Elephants and Humpbacks live their lives. There are some cameos as well … Read More »
April 17th, 2009 12:32pm

Crowe & Affleck great in State of Play, Toni Collette shines in Black Balloon. Zac Effron OK as younger Matthew Perry in 17 Again

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 4/17/09 17 Again (PG-13)Starring: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Michelle TrachtenbergDirector: Burr SteersIn “Big,” it was Tom Hanks who became a young person in a grownup’s body, in “Peggy Sue Got Married,” Kathleen Turner became a teenager again. This time around, It’s Zac Efron as the teen version of 30-something Matthew Perry, but the tweens who will throng to this movie, … Read More »
April 10th, 2009 01:31pm

Hannah Montana uninteresting, Observe and Report too crude, Sin Nombre too “real”

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 4/10/09Dragonball: Evolution (PG)Starring: Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum, Jamie Chung, Chow Yun FatDirector: James WongBased on an immensely popular animated Japanese TV series, which is based on a video game, which is based on Manga comic books, the movie makers decided to cast live actors instead of animated ones. Bad decision. Unavailable for preview Hannah Montana The Movie (G)Starring: Miley Cyrus, Margo Martindale, … Read More »
April 3rd, 2009 02:06pm

Catch Kristen Stewart in Adventureland, Savor Swedish import Everlasting Moments, Fast and Furious has empty tank

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 4/03/09 Adventureland (R)Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Bill Hader, Kristen WiigDirector: Greg MottolaThe creators of “Superbad” avoid the excesses of that film and manage to create a super good coming of age comedy about what it was like to work at a theme park for your summer job way back in 1987. What makes this movie work so well is that the … Read More »