猫头鹰王国:守卫者传奇
艾米丽·巴克雷,艾比·考尼什,埃茜·戴维斯,安德林妮·德法莉亚,乔尔·埃哲顿,黛博拉-李·福奈丝,萨莎·霍勒,比尔·亨特,瑞恩·柯万腾,安东尼·拉帕格利亚,米瑞安·玛格莱斯,海伦·米伦,山姆·尼尔,巴里·奥托,理查德·劳斯伯格,杰弗里·拉什,安格斯·桑普森,吉姆·斯特吉斯,雨果·维文,大卫·文翰,雷·沃纳尔
在茂密宁静的仓鸮森林,猫头鹰诺克图斯和妻儿们生活在一棵参天大树的枝干上。她的儿子索伦(吉姆·斯特吉斯 Jim Sturgess 配音)无比迷恋“守护者”的传说。据说很久以前,佩戴着钢喙的邪恶“纯种者”(草鸮)国王压迫猫头鹰子民,关键时刻守护者挺身而出,打败了国王及其爪牙,但失败者从未放弃复仇的念头。憧憬古老传说的索伦令哥哥库鲁德(瑞恩·科万腾 Ryan Kwanten 配音)颇为气恼,以致于被哥哥从树上推下。两只还没学会自由飞翔的小家伙跌落到危机四伏的地面,他们躲避各种猛兽的袭击,却无法避免成为邪恶猎手捕获的目标。兄弟俩连同其他种类的猫头鹰被抓到神秘的圣鸮学校,他们在这里接受严格的训练,学到不同的技能,而猫头鹰王国沉寂已久的战火即将再次点燃…… 本片根据凯瑟琳·拉斯基的经典儿童文学作品改编。
难以置信的事实
安德林妮·夏莉,罗伯特·约翰·伯克,马特·马洛伊,凯莉·莱卡特
Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career. Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.) As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played. The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument). Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
女招待
凯丽·拉塞尔,内森·菲利安,切瑞·海恩斯,杰瑞米·西斯托,安迪·格里菲斯
吉娜(凯丽•拉塞尔 饰)擅长制作各种美味非常的馅饼,她把每天在生活中的经历都化为做馅饼的灵感。但实际上她的生活并不快乐,她被一段名存实亡的婚姻困扰多年。 她一心想参加馅饼比赛,得到足够多的钱之后离开丈夫厄尔(杰瑞米•西斯托 饰)现自己怀孕了,她知道自己的丈夫是个自私的人,无法养育孩子。她十分迷茫之际,遇到了妇产科医生波马特(内森•菲利安 饰)并且两人疯狂的恋上了,波马特也是个已婚之人。她知道自己的行为是错误的,但她还是不能控制的与波马特见面,受尽良心谴责的她从朋友身上得到了很多的启示。 就在女儿出生当天,她决意要与丈夫分开,也要好好处理与波马特的关系。
信任1990
安德林妮·夏莉,马丁·唐文,Rebecca Nelson,John MacKay,埃迪·法可,Gary Sauer,马特·马洛伊,Suzanne Costollos,Jeff Howard,凯伦·西拉斯,汤姆·森,汉娜·沙利文,Marko Hunt,Kathryn Mederos,比尔·萨奇,Julie Kessler,Pamela Stewart
1991年法国杜维尔电影节观众奖 1991年圣丹斯电影节荧幕特别奖 1991年圣保罗国际电影节观众奖 高中辍学生玛利亚告诉家人自己怀孕后,父亲倒毙地上,母亲把她踢出家门,男朋友弃她而去。于是她孤零零一个人无家可归。此时她遇上马修。他是个修理电子器械很有天分的高中毕业生,但他有个原则:质量至上,这使得他每份工作都做不长久。当玛利亚接受了马修的帮助,他们便展开一段令彼此发生转变的关系…… When high school dropout Maria Coughlin announces her pregnancy to her parents, her father drops dead on the floor. Her mother kicks her out of the house and her boyfriend dumps her, so Maria is left alone and homeless. This is when she meets Matthew Slaughter. Matthew is an educated high school graduate with a great talent for fixing electronic devices, but he can't hang on to a job because of his principled attitude towards quality. When Maria accepts Matthew's offer to help her, they begin to form a relationship with each other in which both of them begin to change.