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奇境
699There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, places personal ads, looking for love; Debbie, a single mom, entertains men at the hair salon after hours; her son spends part of the weekend with her ex, a man with a hair-trigger temper. Molly is expecting her first baby and its father acts as if the responsibility is too much for him. Eileen is bitter, complaining about her husband and the dog next door; Bill's a doormat. His West Indian neighbor offers him a drink; her own grown son locks himself in his room most of the time. Will anyone connect during this Guy Fawkes weekend? Written by <[email protected]> -
死神假期
144Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained. [Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration. To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming. More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching. (Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk) In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it. (Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net) I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts. (Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org) See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971) -
我心狂野1990
930因杀人而入狱的塞勒(尼古拉斯•凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰)终于熬过几年铁窗生涯获释了,心上人罗拉(劳拉•邓恩 Laura Dern 饰)迎接了他的出狱。有情人又得以团聚,但罗拉的母亲玛丽一直都不喜欢塞勒,一直在阻挠女儿和塞勒来往。两人只好相约私奔,来到了南方。 玛丽找来了侦探男友约翰尼追踪他们,企图将罗拉带回去。两人在私奔过程中,都向对方袒露了自己生活中曾经有过的阴暗岁月,那些岁月里都混杂着血腥、暴力和性,但他们都充分体谅了对方。塞勒此时正为一个毒品贩子桑托干活,桑托怕约翰尼因跟踪塞勒而发现他们的交易场所,因此将约翰尼干掉了。另一个毒贩鲍比为了除掉塞勒,设了一个圈套正等待着塞勒上钩。 -
披着娘皮的蜥蜴
460Florinda Bolkan plays the daughter of a prominant English politician who keeps having recurring "nightmares" in which she makes love to a bisexual nympho who lives downstairs and conducts all-night LSD orgies. When the nocturnal wet dreams become murderous, the neighbor turns up dead, and Florinda is the main suspect. Did she actually commit the murder she dreamt about? Is she being framed by her philandering husband? Did Florinda actually make nightly visits downstairs aside from borrowing the occasional cup of sugar? How DID Florinda's letter opener end up stuck in the dead neighbor's chest anyway? The complex plot unfolds amidst red herrings, outlandish dream sequences, lesbian hanky panky, and ominous close-ups of Florinda Bolkan's guilt-ridden facial expressions every time someone mentions the murder. All this takes place in swinging late-1960's London. -
羊急了也跳墙
573一群小鎮來的神經病人肉販子,恐嚇威脅兩位年輕女孩並凌虐折磨她們,還準備把她們賣掉。但這群歹徒有所不知的是,赤裸羔羊居然暗藏嗜血尖牙! -
暮光之墓
355Joseph isn't particularly happy, although he hides it rather well. The day his brother dies, the certainty sets in that life will pass him by. To ensure this doesn't happen, one evening, he gives in to his desire. -
午夜狼嚎
227吉姆(理查德·贝斯哈特 Richard Basehart 饰)是议员的儿子,亦是家里万贯财产的继承人。早年间,他和一个名叫桑德拉(芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰)的神秘女人结了婚,如今,桑德拉成为了吉姆唯一的财产继承人。为了交涉遗产事宜,桑德拉来到了吉姆家中,见到了吉姆的弟弟马克(埃罗尔·弗林 Errol Flynn 饰),这个行为怪异鬼鬼祟祟的男人带给了桑德拉极为深刻的印象。 吉姆的妹妹朱莉(杰拉尔丁·布鲁克斯 Geraldine Brooks 饰)对自己的哥哥也没有好话,这更加深了桑德拉对马克的怀疑,不久之后朱莉意外身亡,这更令桑德拉坚信,这个家庭里发生的一连串的悲剧都和马克有着千丝万缕的关联。 -
与狼共舞1990
189邓巴中尉(凯文•科斯特纳 Kevin Costner 饰)在南北战争中立了大功,政府为了褒奖他,给了他任意选择驻地的特权。邓巴渴望着一种全新的生活,于是选择了遥远偏僻的西部哨所塞克威克。这里住着大量的印第安苏族人。 一开始苏族人把他的到来有着抗拒,当邓巴主动接近和了解他们的生活,并搭救了一个从小在苏族长大的白人少女后,族人和他之间的关系开始回暖。他得到了一个印第安名字:与狼共舞。邓巴的骑术让族人惊叹,他的善良被大家称赞,和白人少女也日久生情。一次对抗外族入侵的战争中,邓巴更是被封为了苏族人的民族英雄。 然而马背文化的没落已成必然,白人士兵来到这片土地,驱赶苏族人,捕捉“叛徒”邓巴,这片朴实的土地慢慢改变了容颜…… -
激情2012
732克里斯蒂安(瑞秋·麦克亚当斯 Rachel McAdams 饰)与下属伊莎贝拉(劳米·拉佩斯 Noomi Rapace 饰)在工作之外还有不少私人接触,然而表面良好的关系之下,克里斯蒂安为获得事业发展不惜剽窃了伊莎贝拉的广告创意,将功劳揽在自己身上,心生罅隙的伊莎贝拉与克里斯蒂安的情人德克(保罗·安德森 Paul Anderson 饰)发生了关系,并试图挽回自己因克里斯蒂安遭受的职业挫折,结果遭到了克里斯蒂安更强烈的羞辱。伊莎贝拉发现克里斯蒂安掌握德克贪污的证据,并欲将之告发,伊莎贝拉随即将证据藏匿。不久,克里斯蒂安在自己家中被害,现场遗留的证据指向伊莎贝拉,然而她是真正的凶手么? -
左脚右脚
803Marie, 19, is attracted by easy money. Without really realizing it, she becomes involved in prostitution. She decides not to tell her friend, Vincent, a young, nonchalant, 21-year-old skater who owes everyone money and just can’t seem to grow up. The maelstrom of life seizes Marie and Vincent, caught up in a society where money, appearance and perpetual self-delusion are everything. Vincent’s mute, autistic brother, Mika, also gets caught in the trap. -
中产家庭第一季
120弗兰基(帕翠西亚·希顿 Patricia Heaton 饰)和迈克(尼尔·弗林 Neil Flynn 饰)居住在印第安纳州的一个名为贾斯珀的工业小镇上,弗兰基是一名二手车销售员,而迈克的工作地点则是镇上的采石场。这样一对平凡的夫妻,他们生命中的一切都只能用“比上不足比下有余”来形容 。 夫妻两人共有三个孩子——艾克索(查利·麦克德莫特 Charlie McDermott 饰)、休(爱登·舍尔 Eden Sher 饰)和布瑞克(阿蒂库斯·沙弗尔 Atticus Shaffer 饰),这三个年龄和个性迥异的孩子制造起麻烦来却不相上下,处于青春期的艾克索尔看啥都不顺眼,毫无存在感的休在寻找存在感的努力中屡屡败北,布瑞克小小年纪却是个没有朋友满脑子奇怪念头的怪咖。在这样一个“中不溜秋”的家庭中,会发生怎样有趣的故事呢?