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　　Out of the fifties &♯39;B&♯39; Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It&♯39;s most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.
　　The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he&♯39;d have more provisions to survive; hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here: Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the "story" is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).
　　Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can&♯39;t prove it, and 50&♯39;s space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought, "unseen menace" may remind you of that highly "original" BLAIR WITCH).
　　As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him?) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futile "don&♯39;t go down there, you jerk!" pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim&♯39;s case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.
　　The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary, &♯39;IT!&♯39; also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn&♯39;s forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie&♯39;s suspense is blunt and right to the point: "IT!&♯39; has to kill them or starve, hence they have to kill "IT!" or die. Nothing like those "no two ways about it" choices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.
　　For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the characters&♯39; helpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot&♯39;s scary ambience. The black & white photography (Yes, it&♯39;s one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic: If the creature hadn&♯39;t stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.
　　The intelligent script (see what I mean about "rareity") was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone&♯39;s "It&♯39;s a Good Life")? The picture&♯39;s taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche? UNNECESSARY!!!)
　　Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio&♯39;s commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven&♯39;t claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.
　　This film&♯39;s story is not really totally original (what is?), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt&♯39;s "VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE." All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.
　　As long as you&♯39;re not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don&♯39;t expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.

　　一次偶然中，艾迪特（沙希德·卡泼尔 Shahid Kapoor 饰）在火车上遇见了名为吉特（卡琳娜·卡普 Kareena Kapoor 饰）的女子，通过交谈，艾迪特得知吉特有一个相恋已久的男友安舒曼（Tarun Arora 饰），于是帮助吉特离家出走，去和安舒曼双宿双飞，而自己也回到了家中，承担起了家族企业那沉重的负担。时间流逝，艾迪特的心中一直没有忘却勇敢坚强的吉特。
　　直到吉特的家人找到艾迪特之时，他才知道，吉特并没有能够和安舒曼在一起，他去找安舒曼，却发现此人是一个薄情寡义的混蛋，他对吉特避而不见，无处可去的吉特只能暂时在修道院中寄宿。艾迪特找到了吉特，说服她回到家人身边，然而，就在吉特答应之时，安舒曼却改变了态度，忽然出现在了吉特的眼前。

　　The history of Danish country church architecture is told by showing scenes of how the church was used by the congregation, beginning with the celebration of mass in a small and simple wooden church 800 years ago, and ending with the congregation singing in a village church of to-day. The development and the growth of the pattern of church architecture is shown.
　　Dreyer in this film shows a series of churches from different periods with churchgoers in period clothing. Each period is separated by a shot of a church bell double-exposed on the sky. Although the film has a vibrant and instructive way of communicating the different epochs and styles to students, it does not exhibit the artistic quality that usually distinguishes a Dreyer film, except perhaps in some of the costumes, which were originally made for Day of Wrath.
　　The board of Dansk Kulturfilm in autumn 1945 decided that their planned church film would exclusively be about village churches. Dreyer would rework the script that was written by editor and folk high-school principal Bernhard Jensen, aided by a committee of experts consisting of architect H. Lønborg-Jensen and Victor Hermansen, curator at the National Museum of Denmark. Dreyer had a first draft ready in mid-March, entitled Kirken er et gammelt Hus ("The Church Is an Old House"), which was distributed to the members of the committee for their comments.
　　In the last half of July, Dreyer and Victor Hermansen travelled the country to look at suitable churches. They researched the details and at Dreyer’s request a number of technical changes were made to the churches, including the removal of porcelain holders for electrical wiring in Tveje Merløse Church.
　　On 4 July, Dreyer went in advance to Ringkøbing. Shooting was set to start a few days later with the arrival of the director of photography, Preben Frank, who had fallen off a ladder and broken his leg, Fortunately, he was ready to cautiously start working again within a few days, with his leg in a cast.
　　Otherwise, the production went without a glitch. Everywhere, Dreyer said, they were well received at the vicarages and they had no problem getting enough extras. On 1 august, they returned to Copenhagen with almost all their footage in the can. They only needed to film the church in Skelby, where the weather had been against them, plus a Swedish wooden church in Hedared. The economy was distressed so soon after the war, especially when it came to foreign currency, but there were no real wooden churches left in Denmark and building an interior set in the studio would be too expensive.
　　The finished film was shown for the first time on 24 September 1947 to a small, closed circle, which included the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs. In December 1947, as was Dansk Kulturfilm’s standard practice, the film was presented to the press, politicians and others on a programme with four other short films.

　　一位乐团指挥，怀疑自己的妻子和男秘书有染，将愤怒和失落融进了自己的指挥中

　　40岁的警官丹尼尔因爆出暴力殴打新人被停职调查，此后他的网恋对象萨拉不再回复他的消息，他决定开车横跨巴西南北到北方寻找她。他把莎拉的照片打印成启事在萨拉的住处到处张贴，这显然是愚蠢的举动，但意外的是当地竟然没有人认识这个女人。直到最后，一个陌生人突然打来电话，说他知道萨拉的下落。

　　Millers in Marriage follows Eve Miller, the former lead singer-songwriter of an indie rock band, who finds herself drawn to a music journalist amid a toxic marriage. Meanwhile, Eve’s sister Maggie, a bestselling author, is encountering challenges in her marriage of 30 years as her career surpasses her husband’s. At the same time, Renee, a recently divorced successful fashion executive, is navigating a budding relationship with Andy Miller, an artist who is juggling his feelings for Renee and his recently separated wife Tina, Renee’s former colleague.

　　一位面目丑陋不堪的老妇生下了一个相貌标致、拥有天使面孔的男婴。然而男婴的姐姐（朱丽娅·奥蒙德Julia Ormond饰）却声称孩子是自己的。处女生子的荒唐前提一旦成立，一连串不可思议的玄虚之事便相继发生，整个世界的秩序将不复存在。她先是宣称男婴为神之附体的圣婴，后是以圣母玛利亚自称，靠圣婴赚取钱财。当姐姐与主教的儿子（拉尔夫·费因斯Ralph Fiennes饰）相恋时，却遭到了圣婴的阻碍，主教的儿子惨死在牛角之下。
　　姐姐为了报复，杀死了圣婴，闻讯赶来的人们要求严惩这个触犯天条的女人，于是她被判处了死刑，由于当时法律规定，处女是不能处死的，所以教皇命令208名士兵强奸她。姐姐在强暴中死去，人们欢快地将圣婴肢解后分掉，希望可以得到圣婴的庇佑。

　　一位偏执昆虫学家为我们讲述匍匐爬行昆虫是如何吞噬袭击人类的。

　　安托万是一个腰缠万贯但是头脑简单的男人，他爱上了名为帕特里夏（米蕾叶·达尔克 Mireille Darc 饰）的女子，对她展开了非常热情的攻势，这令帕特里夏感到十分困扰，于是花钱雇佣了一个名叫西蒙（菲利普·尼科 Philippe Nicaud 饰）的男人假扮自己的丈夫，以让安托万死心。
　　帕特里夏的生日快要到了，她的父母为了讨女儿的欢心，为她花重金买下了一块据说蕴藏着石油的地，哪知道这一切都是一场骗局，于是，将这块“烂尾地”转手卖出去就成为了当下的第一要务。要到哪里找一个有钱又呆呆傻傻的人来做接盘侠呢？很快，他们就将目标放在了安托万的身上。

　　21世纪末，人类的科技水平已高度发达，克隆人技术和宇宙航行早已实现，不再是梦想。与此同时，许多科学家仍孜孜不倦追索着人类起源的秘密与真相。通过对许多古老文明的考察与对比，科学家伊丽莎白·肖（Noomi Rapace 饰）和查理·赫洛维（Logan Marshall-Green 饰）发现，人类可能是来自一个遥远星系的外星人创造的。在Weyland公司资助下，他们乘坐维克丝（查理兹·塞隆 Charlize Theron 饰）所掌管的宇宙飞船普罗米修斯号前往那颗未知的星球。
　　经过对当地的考察，地球人的设想成功得到印证。可是他们贸然探查“神的秘密”的行为，也将自己引入万劫不复的深渊……

　　Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder aboard a floating casino.
　　Nick and Nora Charles are attending a charity benefit aboard a gambling ship.
　　After a murder occurs, suspicion falls on Phil Brant, who had argued with the victim earlier in the evening.
　　When Phil and his wife seek help from Nick and Nora, Nick refuses to get involved.
　　But when shots are fired outside his own apartment, Nick begins to investigate, and he soon finds himself in a confusing case with numerous suspects.
　　Nick and Nora Charles were the ultimate screen couple, husband and wife detectives, always in step and never missing an opportunity to outwit one another as they solved each crime, which they did just in time for the movie&♯39;s ending.
　　Myrna Loy was a fantastic Nora, the ideal wife and considering she made 14 movies with William Powell, she made it look like they were really married.
　　The Thin Man movies, all six of them, played more like sophisticated screwball comedies than murder mysteries, and their comic banter enhanced the proceedings.
　　Their little wire-haired terrier, Asta, quite often stole the scene as he helped sleuth out the guilty party.
　　He was a great little actor and rumor had it that away from the Thin Man movies, Asta was really Skippy.
　　However, the six Thin Man movies credit this cute pooch as "Asta."

　　本片根据真人真事改编。Bobby（瑞恩·凯利 Ryan Kelley 饰）是一个善良、虔诚的少年，有爱他的家人。但在他向家人坦白自己的性倾向后一切改变了。母亲Mary（西格妮·韦弗 Sigourney Weaver 饰）认为同性恋会下地狱的训诫，想尽办法矫正儿子。而Bobby的痛苦与日俱增。在满20岁生日前Bobby认识了开朗青年David，可Mary拒绝接受，并以有一个同性恋儿子为耻。Bobby伤心的离开家最后选择死亡来结束内心的折磨。他的死彻底唤醒了家人，尤其是Mary，她在无尽的悔恨中开始接触同性恋人群，参加PFLAG小组，与神职人员探讨圣经解释。在翻阅儿子的日记后，她开始直面自己认同儿子。失去儿子的母亲在倾盆大雨中失声痛哭，雨水和泪水将固执、偏见和不理解洗刷得一干二净。Mary此后将毕生投入到同志维权事业中，帮助那些和Bobby一样的少年。