A gay couple record themselves on tape on their 5th anniversary. They re-confirm their love for each other. However, the day goes by and there is a strange feeling that this day will be the end of their love.
Nina and Allen split everything in their lives after their break-up and must compete in a ridiculous custody battle for their prized watering hole in which lines will be drawn, sides will be chosen, and beers will be drunken.
Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far. The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939). The title music sets the tone a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff. The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man. Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'. Roger Philip Mellor
It's not just about sex. For Flavia Dos Santos, couples intimacy goes beyond an orgasm. The renowned sexologist breaks all the myths and taboos of eroticism. In the midst of laughter, you will learn the deepest secrets to becoming a tiger in bed and give your partner the most pleasant claws. Because when she talks to us about sex, Flavia doesn't mince words.
影片承接前作,银河护卫队成员们已经在不毛之地上安顿了下来。然而,由于火箭浣熊(布莱德利·库珀 Bradley Cooper 配音)的动荡往事的侵扰,他们的生活很快被打破。“星爵”彼得·奎尔(克里斯·帕拉特 Chris Pratt 饰)依然迷失在失去卡魔拉(佐伊·索尔达娜 Zoe Saldana 饰)的痛苦中,但是他必须团结起他的团队,前往执行一项危险的任务,只为营救火箭浣熊。如果这项任务失败,那么为人熟知的银河护卫队有可能就此走向终结。
Gary Busey plays Buck, a former Vietnam veteran/ex-con recently released from the state prison. He returns to the small Midwest town where he grew up only to discover the place overrun by a large motorcycle gang bent on causing trouble. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his young daughter, Busey, with the help from a fellow Vietnam vet, as well as his former cell-mate, a drug kingpin living in Miami, Buck arms himself to the teeth and wages a war against the motorcyclists to destroy them once and for all.
What do the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the Thirty Years’ War and the Renaissance have in common? For one, they were all starkly affected by extreme weather conditions. Indeed, if we take a fresh look at human history in the light of Earth’s volatile climate, we can expose hidden parallels, draw surprising conclusions and explain bizarre historical conundrums.
This two-parter combines natural sciences and history, a journey from the Big Bang to Iceland’s volcanoes – a gripping narrative that explores little-known connections between the Earth’s climate and major historical events.
Are these extremes of weather really a 21st-century phenomenon? Or has climate determined the fate of humanity ever since amphibians took their first steps on terra firma?
奥巴马纪录片《最后一年》(The Final Year)由Magnolia Pictures购得全球发行权,影片聚焦奥巴马的外交政策团队。资深纪录片导演Greg Barker执导,讲述奥巴马出任美国总统最后一年里发生的故事:美国顶级外交官与政治顾问们应对棘手的ISIS崛起、与伊朗的核协议等问题,并试图引起人们对于全球变暖的关注。国务卿约翰·克里、美国驻联合国大使萨曼莎·鲍沃尔、国家安全顾问副手兼总统密友本·罗德、国家安全顾问苏珊·赖斯,以及奥巴马本人是此团队的中心人物。该片于多伦多电影节首映,后在伦敦电影节放映,预计将在2018年1月19日——每年的总统就职典礼期间在多城市影院发行,HBO将于第二季度上线。