gistfile1.rb

#encoding: utf-8
require 'mechanize'

class MechanizeEncodingHook
  def call(params)
    return if params[:response].nil? || params[:response_body].nil?

    response      = params[:response]
    content_type  = response['Content-Type']

    internal_encoding = (Encoding::default_internal || "utf-8").to_s.downcase

    charset = 'windows-1251'
    return if content_type.nil? || 
        (charset = content_type[/charset=(?<charset>.*)/, "charset"]).nil?

    content_type = content_type.sub(/charset=.*/,
                                    "charset=#{internal_encoding}")
    response['Content-Type'] = content_type

    response_body =  params[:response_body].
                    force_encoding(charset).
                    encode(internal_encoding)
    response_body[/#{charset}/] = internal_encoding
    params[:response_body] = response_body
  end
end

KINOPOISK_SEARCH_URL = "http://kinopoisk.ru/index.php?kp_query="
query = 'терминатор'

agent = Mechanize.new
agent.post_connect_hooks << MechanizeEncodingHook.new
agent.get  "#{KINOPOISK_SEARCH_URL}#{query.encode("windows-1251")}"

agent.page.search("td.news[width]").map do |section|
  puts section.at(".all").content
end