万家灯火

　　20世纪40年代，内战快结束之际，台湾医生严泽坤（金城武 饰）频繁往返于台湾通往大陆的邮轮“太平轮”上，以便购买药品。为了维持家庭生计，表面上他风平浪静，内心却一直没有停止思念因战争被迫分离的恋人雅子（长泽雅美 饰），而他的弟弟严泽明（杨佑宁 饰）则一心想去大陆搞革命，苦难家庭风雨飘摇。严泽坤偶遇有过一面之缘的将军雷义方（黄晓明 饰）夫人（宋慧乔 饰），雷将军的通信兵佟大庆（佟大为 饰）念念不忘底层女性于真（章子怡 饰），还有士官（王千源 饰）、夫人（俞飞鸿 饰），众人相逢在最后一班去台湾的“太平轮”上，书写了战乱年代的悲欢离合，命运的齿轮开启，大时代下的小人物该何去何从？

　　上世纪80年代初的西班牙正处于大变革之中，瓜达尔基维尔流域的沼泽地上有一座偏远小镇，一件极其残忍的少女凶杀案就发生于此。来自马德里的警探帕德罗（劳尔·阿雷瓦罗 Raúl Arévalo 饰）和搭档胡安（哈维尔·古铁雷斯 Javier Gutiérrez 饰）奉命来调查此事。然而凶杀案并不像封建保守的当地居民想的那样简单，两人逐渐发现这是一宗连环少女失踪案，他们面对的很可能不只是一个残忍的凶手，而是一个组织。随着受害者母亲（内瑞雅·巴德洛斯 Nerea Barros 饰）提供的关键线索，案件更加地扑朔迷离，而在调查过程中帕德罗也发现了胡安不为人知的过去，更让人不安的是社会的腐败，以及小镇人民的贫穷与冷漠，两人都面对着极大的挑战。

　　畅斯（彼得·塞勒斯 Peter Sellers饰），一位头脑简单的老园丁。他一直生活在华盛顿的一间老房子里，从未离开过。他全部的生活就是看电视，看电视成了他唯一与外界沟通的途径。在长期的累积之下，他的整个思想行为和世界观已完全电视化。然而他的雇主突然去世，畅斯一下子变得无处可去，孤苦无依。面对陌生而又新鲜的世界，他顿时乱了方寸。在一场突如其来的车祸后，畅斯居然成为富有的华盛顿商人伊芙（雪莉·麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine饰）和本（茂文·道格拉斯 Melvyn Douglas饰）的座上宾。他凭借在电视上学来的“广博”知识，技惊四座，甚至当上了政客们倚重的智囊。
　　本部享誉70年代末期影坛的政治讽刺喜剧《富贵逼人来》，是笑匠彼得·塞勒斯的最后遗作。本片荣获1980年第52届奥斯卡金像奖最佳男配角并获得最佳男主角提名，入围1980年第33届戛纳电影节主竞赛单元-金棕榈奖。

　　文革中，农村青年赵天佑，因家庭出身为地主，差点沦落为神经病，无奈中入赘山区柳沟河。改革开放后，当选为村委会主任。在爷爷帮助过的长工儿子的帮助下，做起了中药材生意，几年功夫，柳沟河人靠种植中药材发家致富，赵天佑也因此成为农民企业家。常务副市长王华林看到了其中的发展前景，把文阳县开发区升级为云水市中药材开发区，极力主张中药材深加工。王华林后来被冒牌港商茹丽华拉下水，帮助她在云水市玩“空手道”套取资金。农民企业家赵天佑中了茹丽华的美人计，茹丽华骗走了柳沟河农民的中药材，然后潜逃。赵天佑迫于道德压力与法律追问，大雪天跳崖自杀。

　　1965年是马丁·路德·金与黑豹党、披头士与越战、白人在篮球领域统治天下的时代。
　　高中女子篮球教练唐·哈金斯（Josh Lucas 饰）接到德州西部大学的聘用，虽然提供的待遇不高——一家人只能暂住男生宿舍，董事会的资助也不足以招揽高水平运动员，但由于将要执教的是一支NCAA(美国大学联盟锦标赛）第一赛区的球队，哈金斯还是承接下来并马上同助手展开范围广泛的定位在黑人选手上的球员搜寻。
　　教练组陆续找到了七位天赋优异的黑人球员，这些球员性格迥异，各有所长。在经历了一次热血对决之后，黑白球员很快打成一片，投入到哈金斯教练严酷的训练中去。球员偶尔的违规行为跟篮球理念的区别让教练与球员们逐渐成长着……
　　终于迎来了赛季开始的时刻。德州西部队一路凯歌，面对种族主义者的暴力威胁、部分舆论的轻视，哈金斯教练决定和他的黑人球员们一起冲向光荣之路的顶点……

　　翻拍自1957年Sidney Lumet的12 angry men。
　　一个车臣男孩被指控谋杀自己俄罗斯军官的养父，所有证人和证据均对他不利，12位陪审团成员对此展开了讨论，他们将决定男孩今后的命运。
　　12名陪审员来自不同的行业，不同的种族。刚开始的时候，每个人心不在焉， 对这起案件并不在乎，除了一个物理研究员之外，他们都认为男孩有罪。但是，物理研究员唤起了其他11个人对生命的尊重，他们开始认真讨论这起案件，讲述各自生活中的故事和经历，在决定男孩命运的同时，也审视自己的内心世界。
　　最终，当他们达成一致意见的时候，陪审团主持人（Nikita Mikhalkov 饰）的决定却出乎意料……

　　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.

　　查理（克里斯•奥唐纳 Chris O'Donnell  饰）是一个普通的中学生，他因为见证着一件恶作剧但又不想出卖朋友，于是面临着一道艰难的选择题——要么坦白，要么被学校勒退。而史法兰（阿尔•帕西诺 Al Pacino  饰）是一个退伍军官，因为意外失明，人生从顶点的辉煌滑落谷底。
　　自从两人的人生有了交集，命运的转折慢慢清晰。史法兰打算结束失去了意义的生活，于是在查理的陪伴下，尽情享受着人生最后一趟出行。他吃最美味的佳肴，买光鲜的汽车，在狭窄的街道上飚车，住在豪华的套房里，跟随陌生女子的袅袅香水味，跳一段优雅性感的探戈……极乐的疯狂后，他拿枪对准了自己的头颅。然而，查理声嘶力竭的劝阻改变了一切，曙光亦渐渐在这个老人心中重新升起，二人情深如父子。
　　史法兰在学校礼堂激昂演说，挽救了查理的前途，讽刺了学校的伪善。二人在互相鼓舞中得到重生。

　　在美国洛杉矶夜店工作的马克（马东石 饰），一直梦想在腕力比赛中成为世界冠军，被自认是他经纪人的晋基（权律 饰）说服，回到韩国参加全国腕力大赛。
　　除了比赛之外，晋基还送了从小被领养到美国的马克亲生母亲住家地址当做回国礼物。不过，马克只遇见从没见过面的妹妹秀珍（韩艺利 饰）和她的 一双儿女。在晋基牵线下，马克参加非法的腕力比赛。面对腕力怪物强敌环伺，在家人的支持下，马克能够一圆冠军梦吗？

　　Stuart Whitman is Shatter, an international hitman who is hiding out in Hong Kong after he has completed a contract out on an African leader. Shatter soon finds out that everyone wants him dead, including the crime syndicate, the cops and the brother of the African leader he killed. Shatter teams up with a kung fu expert (Ti Lung) to try to get the money that is owed to him. Various double crosses and fight scenes ensue.

　　一个魔术师与儿子简单而真实的故事。过气魔术师生活潦倒，为了生计连在夜总会中当清洁工人也在所不计。10岁的儿子懂事，只想酩酊的父亲生活好过点。为了成为好爸爸，父亲不惜一切誓言返回魔术的舞台上。受Cormac McCarthy小说《The Road》中的父子情所启发，两个迷失的灵魂，化成这部亲情与偿还的印度剧情片，新加坡电影先驱邱金海编导，真正的魔术师Bosco Francis更粉墨登场。