一个天气女人负责拯救她的本地电视台。但是,当她和一个单身父亲的玩具驱动器合作时,她发现她的心是她无法预测的。
距今一万年前的美洲,阿卡尼文明盛行一时,阿卡尼相信世界分为光明与黑暗两个世界,彼此间存在联络之门。有记载称阿卡尼曾打开两个世界间的门,使一些魔物肆虐世间,随后阿卡尼神秘灭亡。20世纪60年代,政府成立超自然研究部门713局,委派莱昂内尔•哈金斯博士(Matthew Walker 饰)研究阿卡尼文明,但他的研究随后被推翻。哈金斯躲在一个小岛,对儿童进行残酷的秘密试验,使他们和魔物融为一体。 21世纪初,各地接连发生儿童失踪案件,超自然现象调查员爱德华•卡比(Christian Slater 饰)受命前往小岛调查,但他才出机场,便遭到神秘之人的攻击。这一切注定他的旅程艰险无比……
A tenuously linked group of nobodies trudge through their woeful existence in dreary Winnipeg. A sickly middle-aged man in a failing marriage, a stand-up comedian whose sets are met by utter indifference, a stoner couple who share only trivial exchanges, and a young loner unsympathetic to his caring mother are each living lives lost in translation, detached from their surroundings and the people around them. -- from viff.org
中学生西蒙(Devon Bostick 饰)的父母在一次车祸中身亡,这些年一直同舅舅汤姆生活,在外公生命中最后的日子里,西蒙用影像记录下外公的回忆,拼贴出渐渐模糊的父母形象……西蒙的老师萨宾(Arsinée Khanjian 饰)布置下一篇翻译作业,内容是叙述者对父母卷入一次恐怖袭击的回忆,西蒙在完成作业的过程中与叙述者融为一体,使同学们误认他在当众讲述自己的私事,萨宾要求西蒙继续创作,同学们在网络视频中的互动讨论颇为热烈,一些教师和家长甚至陌生人也参与其中,纷纷对这位“恐怖份子”的儿子表达了看法。靠拖车为生的汤姆偶遇萨宾,一番接触之下,汤姆发现对方居然是死去姐夫的前妻,而汤姆的一段不愿揭开的心灵负担也被萨宾盘问了出来…… 本片获2008年东京电影节评审团票选最佳加拿大电影。
年过35的索菲亚(安妮·艾莉莎贝斯·博塞 Anne-Élisabeth Bossé 饰)丢掉了上一份工作,求职无门,差一点就要沦落到流落街头的境地,哥哥卡里姆(帕特里克·伊冯 Patrick Hivon 饰)的家成为了索菲亚最后的港湾。索菲亚和卡里姆之间的兄妹之情十分的深厚,两人几乎是无话不谈,而卡里姆也非常乐意将自己家的一部分和妹妹分享,就这样,索菲亚开始了和卡里姆住在同一屋檐下的生活。 然而,当一个名叫艾尔罗斯(伊夫林·布洛初 Evelyne Brochu 饰)的女人出现在卡里姆的生活之中后,一切都发生了改变,卡里姆人生第一次坠入了爱河之中。而索菲亚再也没有想到,自己竟然对哥哥所爱的女人产生了嫉妒之情。
格雷斯(萨玛拉·维文 Samara Weaving 饰)自幼失去双亲,成长在寄养家庭之中,这样的她再也没有想到自己竟然邂逅了豪门之子亚里克斯(马克·奥布莱恩 Mark O'Brien 饰),两人的恋爱顺利,通往婚姻的道路一路亮起绿灯。 终于,格雷斯满心期待的那一天到来了,然而,在新婚之夜,亚里克斯却告诉了格雷斯一个非常古怪的消息。原来,在亚里克斯的家族中流传着这样一个传统,每一位嫁进来的新娘都必须在结婚当晚完成一个游戏,而游戏的具体内容则由抽牌来决定。虽然对这样的规矩万分不理解,但格雷斯还是决定忍一时风平浪静。万万没想到,格雷斯抽到了最糟糕的那张牌——捉迷藏,格雷斯必须在天亮之前找到一个可以躲藏的地方,不能够被任何的人发现,否则就只有死路一条。
Here comes DEATH's probing and pulsing rock doc, DEATH BY METAL, pulling back the palm fronds of DEATH's origins in Altamonte Springs, Florida, and latching a narrative hook into the headstrong Chuck Schuldiner juggernaut for fifteen gratifying if sometimes frustrating years. As the baby steps become giant leaps, the stable of supporting players grows and continually shines in its own devious light. Excitement grows as Schuldiner, his band, and the world around him evolve, and the music grows ever-more outrageous and bombastic. DEATH's threat morphs from simple zombie attack to multi-headed mega-monster hellbent on absorbing entire planets. Then suddenly, Chuck is just gone, and the lights go out. The formula for movies about bands dictates that victory is seized from the jaws of mortality in the final act. This is where things get weird. Chuck Schuldiner perished during the moment of heavy metal's weakest ebb, and possibly the quietest moment of his own career. The drawling guitar ...
Jake Cornell devoted his life to running the Seattle basketball team he inherited from his father, but his neglected marriage broke down and now his kids Barton and Alexandra side with mother Frances, who is determined to sell the ailing club. Jake can't bully or persuade them, so the board puts Frances in charge, who is clueless about the sports but enjoys modernizing marketing and PR, to Jake's horror. His last shot is winning his family back, but is out of the courting game and she's more cynical then Barton and Alexandra, whose goals he can more easily support. A arbitrage court must settle the club's and family's fate.