June 19th, 2009 01:05pm

FOOD INC not for sqeemish, THE PROPOSAL and YEAR ONE lacking

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 6/19/09The Proposal (PG-13)Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Malin Akerman, Craig T. Nelson, Betty WhiteDirector: Anne FletcherIt can only be assumed that the filmmakers imagine the audience for this farce about a shrewish Canadian-born book editor to be 4th graders who laugh at falling-down sight gags, and Grandma’s bare body parts. But since they are too young to legally buy tickets, I advise all others that … Read More »

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June 12th, 2009 01:42pm

DEPARTURES is Japanese Six-Feet-Under, EASY VIRTUE is Noel Coward delovely

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 6/12/09 Imagine That (PG)Starring: Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Ronny Cox, Martin Sheen, Yara ShahidiDirector: Karey KirkpatrickIf you believe that you can be a good parent by spending “quality time” in a frenetic, twice as fast as the speed limit, mad dash to school to get your kid there on time, then this is the movie for you. For the rest of us, … Read More »

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June 5th, 2009 01:34pm

Nuanced Summer Hours and Perceptive Goodbye Solo are best bets. Hangover is nude, crude and funny

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Gil Mansergh’s Cinema Toast New Releases 6/05/09 Hangover (R)Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor, Heather GrahamDirector: Todd PhillipsTodd Phillips, the man who created the likeable guys in absurd situations genre with “Old School,” returns to his tried, true, and gross-out funny formula once again. The set up is that three guys trundle their soon to be married friend off to Vegas for the biggest, crudest bachelor party … Read More »

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June 1st, 2009 01:32pm

UP, UP and Away!

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Up, Up and AwayBy Gil Mansergh Pixar’s new film “Up,” is the first animated movie to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the first Pixar film presented in 3-D, the first major animated film to star a cranky old geezer (at least one who isn’t a dwarf), and the first that isn’t populated with cuddly animals, cars or robots to make into toys designed to lure kids (and their … Read More »

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