查尔斯(休•格兰特)虽是婚礼上的常客,却对结婚怀有莫名疑惧。某个乡村婚礼上,他对美国姑娘凯瑞(安迪•麦克道威尔)一见倾心,不顾朋友大嚼有关她的诸多是非,与她共度了美好的一夜,次日,凯莉不支一声回了美国,查尔斯被搞得心神不宁。两月过去,伦敦某个婚礼上,两人又遇,但凯瑞正准备结婚,不过在她的主动下,两人再次共度良宵。 又一月,查尔斯收到凯瑞的结婚请柬,挑礼物时,他再与凯莉相遇,对方向他讲起自己的风流韵史,搞得查尔斯很想开口同她求婚。垂头丧气地参加完凯瑞的婚礼后,查尔斯接受了他并不爱的女孩的表白,而直到某次葬礼的来临,“爱你在心口难开”的他才决定鼓足勇气向又一次遇见的凯瑞表白爱意。
本片根据英国作家狄更斯1838年的名著《雾都孤儿》改编。 孤儿奥利弗(巴尼•克拉克 Barney Clark 饰)由教会抚养长大,9岁时被送去童工厂拣填絮,后被卖给棺材铺当学徒,屡受欺侮。奥利弗从棺材铺逃跑,步行七十英里到达伦敦,遇见小偷“机灵鬼”(哈利•伊登 Harry Eden 饰),并被收入犹太老头费金(本•金斯利 Ben Kinsley 饰)的盗窃团伙。奥利弗第一次出徒便被诬陷偷窃布朗罗先生(爱德华•哈德威克 Edward Hardwicke饰)的丝帕,并被打昏在地。被好心的布朗罗先生带回家收养,却在替布朗罗先生跑差途中被费金的同僚比尔(杰米•福尔曼 Jamie Foreman饰)抓获。比尔逼迫奥利弗协助他与同伙托比(马克•斯特朗 Mark Strong 饰)入夜行窃布朗罗先生家。小奥利弗不从,眼看命在旦夕……
这部音乐剧DVD取材于耶稣的生平事迹,韦伯创新地将严肃的宗教故事和前卫的摇滚音乐联系起来,是一部艺术表现非常大胆、思想性也极为深刻的作品。如果说《约瑟夫与神奇彩衣》是对圣经故事的图解,那么《万世巨星》从表面上看简直就是对传统的颠覆与反动:上帝的儿子耶稣不再时刻带着圣哲的光环,他有软弱,有动摇,更多的人性代替了神性;犹大卖主也不是出自贪婪,而是出自上帝安排的命运,自杀后的犹大穿着白袍带领一个天使唱诗班向耶稣提出几个哲学问题,耶稣竟然也不知道答案。细心的读者不难看出这样的情节安排和电影《耶稣基督的最后诱惑》的相似之处,与后者一样,该剧刚一推出,便遭到了正统宗教人士的强烈抗议,这反而增加了它的知名度,其插曲《我不知如何爱他》(I don\'t know how to love Him)、《万世巨星》(Superstar)长时间徘徊在各大唱片排行榜上。 笔者感觉此剧的本意和《耶稣基督的最后诱惑》一样,并不在于离经叛道,而是通过曲折的形式表现殉道者对神的服从,因为在该剧的最后,耶稣依照神的安排为人类的罪舍身又复活,并在原谅了他的敌人后升天而去。如果你对基督教有较深了解的话,相信该剧还是能够给你一些不同角度的思考。当然,撇开背景不谈,即便单单作为一出摇滚音乐剧来欣赏,这盘DVD也是不容错过的。该剧的另一个版本是1973年由环球影片公司出品的同名电影。 式圣经片给人更亲切的感觉。安德鲁.莱特韦伯创作的插曲优美动听,全片摄影和剪接都具一流水准。
托尼亚(玛歌特·罗比 Margot Robbie 饰)成长在一个破碎的家庭之中,和母亲(阿丽森·詹尼 Allison Janney 饰)过着相依为命的日子。托尼亚的母亲是一个冷若冰霜而又独断专行的女人,她在年仅3岁的托尼亚身上看到了她成为一名花滑运动员的潜力,就这样,小小的女孩被送往了由戴安(朱丽安妮·尼科尔森 Julianne Nicholson 饰)执教的花滑队里,开始了训练。 托尼亚的全部童年几乎都是在冰上度过的,直到有一天她在溜冰场遇见了名为杰夫(塞巴斯蒂安·斯坦 Sebastian Stan 饰)的男子,两人很快就坠入了爱河。杰夫改变了托尼亚的人生,却也成为了她的灾难,从此托尼亚要面对的,除了日益艰巨的训练外,还有来自杰夫的拳脚。在一场比赛中,托尼亚完成了冰上三圈半的跳跃动作,成为了美国第一个完成了这个动作的运动员,托尼亚因此名声大噪。
David Petersen is passing through the Colorado Rockies. After saving a young diner waitress from her violent ex-husband during a break from driving, he hits the road again alone through a dangerous snow blizzard. One false move behind the wheel has him waking up inside a ravine, in the eye of the storm. But the cold is the least of his worries when a beast starts prowling outside. How will he survive?
1935年夏天,来自一个宽裕的英国小康家庭的13岁的少女布里奥妮(斯奥里兹•罗南 饰)刚刚开始尝试写作,想象力丰富。一天,她暗中发现仆人的儿子——罗比•特纳(詹姆斯•迈克沃伊 饰)和她姐姐塞西利亚(凯特•奈特莉 饰)之间有暧昧关系,而且发现他给她写了一封充满情色意味的情书。布里奥妮丰富的想象力虚构着各种可怕的事情,浮想联翩。当她的表姐罗拉被强奸后,布里奥妮相当肯定她看到是罗比做的,这次指证使罗比蒙冤入狱,留下伤心欲绝的塞西利亚。 第二次世界大战爆发了,出狱后的罗比和塞西利亚都投入了保卫祖国的战斗,布利奥妮放弃到剑桥升学成为一名军队医务人员。没有人能理解她的做法,只有她知道她怀揣着巨大的秘密和自责。她鼓起勇气,想把这秘密解开,能真正赎罪和得到宽恕。然而,世事幻变,出乎布利奥妮的预算。
凭借英剧《神探夏洛克》《伦敦生活》、话剧《哈姆雷特》《乐在当下》多次获得奥利弗奖、艾美奖、金球奖大奖及提名的英国演员安德鲁·斯科特(Andrew Scott)将再次挑战个人演艺生涯的又一高峰——一人分饰多角出演契诃夫名作的独角戏改编版《万尼亚》。无论是将原著中深沉阴险的莫里亚蒂演绎得狡黠而略带神经质,还是将禁欲的神父塑造得温柔又性感,安德鲁·斯科特尤善为人物赋予自己的思考和独特的气质,这次他将在万尼亚舅舅、索尼娅、教授、医生等九个角色间自如切换,期待值拉满! 《万尼亚》由凭借《深夜小狗离奇事件》获得奥利弗奖、托尼奖的西蒙·史蒂芬斯(Simon Stephens)操刀改编,在改编作品中,希望、梦想和遗憾都成为探索的焦点。导演萨姆·耶茨(Sam Yates)搭建出封闭的、生活化的舞台空间,让安德鲁·斯科特在其中塑造了众多栩栩如生的角色,带来一个被人类共通的情感包裹的夜晚。该剧在伦敦西区演出时场场爆满,备受好评,本次影像也摄于演出现场。
欧洲最优秀的橄榄球队通过一轮又一轮、一场又一场的比赛,在 2023 年六国锦标赛中争夺奖杯。
Anamika, whose mother is Indian and father is English, returns to care for her mother who is suffering from dementia. But the mother-daughter relationship is not an easy one. When her mother was younger she was a promising singer, but a series of unexpected situations, including a move to the United Kingdom, an unplanned pregnancy, and raising a daughter alone, have made her emotional and stubborn. White-skinned Anamika used to lie about being adopted, and the wounds she received from her mother after her father died when she was ten have become a trauma. The time left for them to shake off the long shadows and reconcile with each other is too short. As her mother’s illness worsens, Anamika must prepare herself for medical and legal issues as well as her career and what lies ahead. With a meticulously crafted script this film shows the change in their relationship through dialogue.
故事发生在一所英国学校之中,古典文学课教师哈里斯(阿尔伯特·芬尼 Albert Finney 饰)即将迎来自己的退休日。塔普洛(本·西尔弗斯通 Ben Silverstone 饰)是哈里斯非常喜欢的学生,然而,塔普洛却告诉哈里斯,自己决定放弃古典文学,转而学习理科。 之后,校长找到了哈里斯,告诉了他一个噩耗,那就是学校并不准备付给他退休金,当哈里斯的妻子劳拉(格列塔·斯卡奇 Greta Scacchi 饰)得知了这一消息后,和丈夫之间爆发了一场激烈的争吵。实际上,劳拉早已经背叛了哈里斯,她和名叫弗兰克(马修·莫迪恩 Matthew Modine 饰)的男子保持着不正当的关系。退休典礼即将临近,哈里斯的生活似乎再也回不去从前了。
An expert at sleight of hand and with a keen eye for identifying charlatans and tricksters, our story begins as Harry has fallen on hard times in recent years, professionally and ethically losing his way. He’s resorted to making his living as a fake medium and fraudulent ghost hunter, conducting séances for unsuspecting families who think their lives have been made a misery by ghostly mischief making. Harry’s duplicitous lifestyle has also had serious consequences when after leading a séance for a tragic soldier a young man commits suicide on the doorstep of Harry’s home. A couple of months later, Harry is offered the chance to investigate the haunting of a local MP’s home as the case threatens to ruin the politician’s reputation. With the prospects of leading his political party, Edward Curtis can ill-afford the scandal as his wife Grace begins to hallucinate and act bizarrely and very much out of character as she believes their family home to be haunted. There’s a possibility Grace may be committed to an asylum in scandalous circumstances if Harry doesn’t take on the investigation. Ghosts from Harry’s past influence his decision to take the case and he begins to think it might be time to take a new path. Together with the Curtis family maid, Sarah Grey, whose own mother has fallen prey to con artist mediums in the past, their detection and investigative skills complement one another and they make a formidable partnership. Smart, driven and open-minded, Sarah is a strong-minded woman who can handle herself when unravelling the mysteries behind the hauntings, which are seriously affecting Grace’s health and well-being. Harry also calls on the services of his old friend, Albert, during the investigation. An African pharmacist with a sideline in voodoo con-artistry, Albert has a keen interest in medical and scientific discoveries, which Harry exploits to the maximum. Journalist Vernon Wall also finds himself in Harry’s orbit. Cynical and hard-bitten, although clever at winning the trust of the people he’s interviewing, Vernon is keen to learn about Harry’s techniques and sensing a political scandal sets out to inveigle his way into his life by extracting information from Sarah.