致命魔术

　　19世纪的纽约，上流阶层的人士有着一套自己的判断标准和生活规则，要求体面、得体。年轻律师纽伦（Daniel Day-Lewis 饰）也不例外，他将与门当户对的千金小姐梅（Winona Ryder 饰）订婚。然而在订婚前夕，他与梅的表姐、刚刚离婚自欧洲回到纽约的艾伦（米歇 尔·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer 饰）重逢，二人 一见如故，情愫顿生。然而艾伦的大胆行为和追求自我的作风是不被那个上流社会所接纳和允许的，在大家的眼中她是一个讨人厌的怪物。纽伦却意识到这种性格的可贵，并且被这种性格所折服，如果不能和所爱的人在一起，如果一生不是为自己而是为礼数为体面而活，人生将是多么的空虚和苍白。纽伦想和艾伦私奔，然而梅却怀孕了。虽然想追求属于自己的幸福，但是却同样不想伤害他人的这对爱人，最终选择了放手。纽伦和梅结婚了，脾气和顺的梅一直处于无辜的中心。然而直到梅的死去，他们才看见了事物的另一面……

　　一宗离奇的尸体失踪案一起轩然大波，嫌疑人疑似死者的丈夫。面对“嫌疑人”的异常沉默和深入案件后涌现的诸多疑点，律师决定为当事人做“无罪辩护”。然而，提起公诉的检查官则认定“嫌疑人”就是手刃自己妻子的凶手，双方在法庭上唇枪舌剑、针锋相对。迷雾缭绕的案情背后，真相竟超乎所有人的预料……

　　一场死亡车祸，重创了一个危机四伏的家庭。妻子过世后，深受打击的男子亲自调查并得知了令人震惊的真相，才终于了解配偶真正的痛苦和渴望。

　　影片描写刚从电影学院毕业的学生阿格涅什卡，雄心勃勃，立志拍一部以50年代劳动模范砖瓦工人布尔库特为主角的传记性记录片作为自己的毕业论文。为了弄清楚主人公是如何成为劳动模范，后来被控告判罪，而最终又恢复名誉的曲折传奇的一生，阿格涅什卡进行了大量的调查和资料的搜集，还访问了当时历史发生时的一些关键人物。最后她找到布尔科特的儿子，得知这位曾经被称为大理石人的英雄已经死了。就连公墓的墓碑上都没有留下布尔库特的名字。“在格但斯克造船厂工人骚动期间，布尔库特丧了命。人们再也找不到他的任何痕迹。从此，大理石人就成了一个幽灵。”
　　影片的题材颇为大胆，收场对主人公命运的说明曾遭剪刀伺候。旨在通过一个国家宣传机器制造模范工人的神话，揭露了压制自由的体制对人性的摧残和对纯真百姓的欺骗，用纪录片的风格展现了一个冷酷的现实，让人联想到70年代的状况。本片导致瓦依达多年被禁止拍片，但在数年后仍然拍出了续集（铁人）。

　　本片把中央情报局创始人之一的爱德华·威尔逊波澜壮阔的人生搬上银幕。
　　爱德华·威尔森(马特·达蒙Matt Damon 饰)因童年的悲剧在心底根植入荣誉的情愫。1939年，正在耶鲁大学就读的他被秘密社团“骷髅会”看中，将他招募为会员，随即他又加入了二战期间的战略情报局。威尔森成为了情报局的核心成员和创建者。然而，长期的尔虞我诈让他多疑的天性与日俱增，在冷战的进程中，威尔森青年时期的最初理想已经被消磨的面目全非。而职业惯性已经把威尔森推离了正常的生活轨道，他与妻子玛格丽特(安吉丽娜·朱莉Angelina Jolie 饰)之间的矛盾日益加深，两人的婚姻名存实亡。为了国家，威尔森不但牺牲了个人理想，连家庭和亲情也因他的蜕变而陷入绝境......

　　根据斯泰纳姆同名自传改编，将聚焦她如何从一名普通记者成为美国女权运动的先驱。

　　河南农村某公社的柿子沟生产队，因为缺水，缺大牲畜，给发展生产带来很大的困难。贫农出身的生产队委员韩芒种和副队长李十三，在物资交流会上遇到了一匹价钱便宜的瘦马。芒种认为，只要下功夫喂，这马准能喂好。经他再三坚持，说服了怕担责任的李十三，终于以120元的便宜价钱买下了这匹瘦马。队里的饲养员梁斗，是个自私自利思想严重的上中农。他本想自己买下瘦马，养肥了好倒卖赚钱。现在看芒种给队里买回来了就百般挑剔，故意刁难，拒绝承担喂养瘦马的任务。这时候，生产队长长水从公社开会回来，带来了会议提倡的自力更生、奋发图强的革命精神。他积极支持芒种喂养瘦马的要求，并提出了修渠引水，改造60亩旱地的建议。梁斗没有把马弄到手，不死心，他怂恿妻子刘翠香去挑唆芒种的妻子蔡秀真，叫她拉芒种的后腿。确实“买马容易，养马难”，芒种白天修水渠，夜里服侍瘦马，遭到秀真反对，加上芒种用了家里的香油和荞麦皮给马治病，秀真更是生气，和丈夫吵了一架回娘家去了。梁斗百般刁难，秀真吵架出走，使芒种的工作增加了很大阻力，但芒种并没有被困难吓倒，他仍然不辞辛苦地喂养瘦马。他认为喂好这匹马不仅仅是为了队里增加畜力的问题，而更重要的是“代表队里的一个志气，一个干劲，一个希望，一个精神”。他的行动得到长水和社员们的支持和鼓励。梁斗趁队里修水渠资金困难和李十三对喂养瘦马思想产生动摇的时机，又阴谋套购瘦马。芒种揭穿了他的诡计，并积极向长水建议，自己烧石灰，换修渠用的瓦管子，自力更生地克服困难。秀真从娘家回来以后，看见马已养肥，夫妻和好，但在刘翠香的唆使下，又自作主张地把马送到饲养室交给梁斗喂去了。芒种发现后，压制着内心的激愤和痛苦，对秀真进行耐心的启发教育，终于使其觉悟过来。为查清饲养室的问题，树立贫下中农在生产中的优势，芒种被队里派到饲养室。在长水等人的帮助下，终于揭露了梁斗偷饲料和其他损公利己的行为。在队领导和群众的共同努力下，水渠修成了，湍急的清流灌溉着干旱的土地，给柿子沟带来了丰收。芒种的瘦马也喂得膘肥体壮，拉着载满粮食的大车奔驰在通往公社的大道上。

　　12岁的萨拉·霍普金斯是家里最虔诚的一员。在一次去拜访祖父的旅行中，萨拉确信她看到耶稣在她祖父最喜欢的钓鱼点附近的河岸边。通过这一神示，她发现自己能够使死鸟复活。当然，家里没有人相信她。但随着时间的推移，他们发现萨拉能够治愈一些相信她能“看见”的人，很快，她的家人、当地人，甚至媒体都争相要更多地了解这个“能创造奇迹”的小女孩。

　　年轻漫画家费英雄，受到老板张鹏的打压，郁郁不得志。而他与张鹏却同时暗恋着公司女同事保儿。
　　机缘巧合之下，他正在执笔的新漫画《功夫联盟》中的四大武学宗师——黄师傅、霍大侠、陈阿真以及叶姓神秘人受到费英雄的召唤穿越时空来到了现代。
　　经历诸多磨难和命悬一线的对抗后，宗师们终于帮助英雄完成了梦想，而他们也都回到了属于自己的时代。

　　Based on a true story dating back to 1985 when two Polish boys, a teenager and his little brother, escaped from communist Poland all the way to Sweden, hidden under a truck. In the movie, their destination has been changed to Denmark.

　　In the time of Counter-Reformation, a miller and his son come under investigation by a priest of the Inquisition, when rumors spread that their prosperity comes from working with the Devil.
　　The Devil's Trap is a film directed by František Vlá?il, based on a novel by Alfréd Technik, adapted by František A. Dvorák and Miloš Kratochvíl. It was the first of three historical dramas that Vlá?il made during the Czech New Wave (technically he isn't really a part of the New Wave, however these films were made during the same era of artistic freedom), preceding his more well known Marketa Lazarová (1967) and Valley of the Bees (1968).
　　Set in the late 16th Century during the Catholic Reformation, in the Moravian Karst, situated in what is now the Eastern Czech Republic, it tells the tale of a miller (Vítezslav Vejrazka), and his son Jan (Vít Olmer), who come under suspicion and are investigated by a Jesuit priest of the Inquisition (Miroslav Macháchek), when rumors of witchcraft are spread by the local regent (Cestmír Randa), who is jealous of the miller's prosperity and degree of respect among the local populace.
　　As expected from Vlá?il, this film is a stunning experience all the way through. From the opening shot, an ominous manipulation of perspective with a close up of a mangled figure of Christ dominating the foreground against a tiny figure in black walking along the horizon, to the breathtaking confrontational finale inside the vast stalactite filled Karst caverns, it is a wonderful display of visual mastery.
　　Maybe not quite as impressive as Marketa Lazarová, but still full of astonishing imagery. As seen from unique angles and distinct points of view which highlight the director's remarkable sense of awareness of framing, motion, and positioning on the emotional and dramatic tone of the scene. The most memorable being a repeated shot where the camera is suspended and launched with speed through the air towards the miller's door.
　　The story here is a simple one and I would say more accessible than his later works. With a conventional structure emphasized as much by its plot and characters, than by its expressionistic cinematography or authentic historical detail. The events play out without much surprise, and there is a strong underlying, almost supernatural, mysterious aspect that is left unresolved, in fact barely explored, which is slightly disappointing, but only because it's so fascinating that I wish there was more.
　　Acting is great all around. Particularly the villains: Miroslav Macháchek as the priest, casting a sinister and imposing shadow wherever he goes, and Cestmír Randa as the weasel like regent behind all the persecution. While Vít Olmer brings a charismatic leading man presence in his role as the miller's son Jan, in love with the lovely orphan girl Martina (Karla Chadimová), who becomes a dangerous object of rivalry between Jan and other young men of the village.
　　The film also features the evocative music of Zden?k Liška (perhaps the most prolific composer of the Czech New Wave). In this his second of eleven collaborations with Vlá?il, his compositions are used sparingly, but to great effect, complimenting but never overpowering a scene. The best example of which can be heard in an amazingly shot celebration and dance sequence at the end of the second act.
　　The Devil's Trap might not be a masterpiece, but it is still a strong effort, with a fascinating straightforward story and a glorious historical setting captured beautifully by Vlá?il's unmistakable visual prowess. A fine work that would also be the perfect starter plate to prepare yourself for the challenging feast of Marketa Lazarová or The Valley of the Bees. It even has an easy to digest running time. It's therefore puzzling why this gem remains largely overlooked and ignored.

　　作为一个电影公司的制片人，Griffin Mill（蒂姆·罗宾斯 Tim Robbins 饰）每天要从无数的剧本里面挑选极少的几部拍成电影。他最近的日子不太好过，先是Larry Levy（彼得·盖勒 Peter Gallagher饰）和他竞争日益激烈，然后又是不断收到匿名的恐吓信，让他忐忑不安。他怀疑是某个被他拒绝了的编剧所为。他把怀疑集中到一个叫David Kahane的编剧身上，于是他在电影院找到David并和他一起来到酒吧。后来两人竟争吵起来，在停车场甚至发展成打斗。在打斗中，David不慎摔下下水道身亡，Griffin只能将其伪装成是被抢劫身亡的样子。作为最后一个见到David的人，Griffin成了警方的嫌疑人，更让他恐惧的是，他还是收到匿名的恐吓信，甚至在他的车上发现了一条蛇......接下来，Griffin该怎么玩这个游戏？