把罗马焚城后,惨无人道的暴君尼禄(查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰)将矛头指向基督徒,开始大规模肆意捕杀基督徒。不仅如此,尼禄更颁布了法令把抓获的基督徒送往竞技场。罗马最高军事军官马库斯(弗雷德里克·马奇 Fredric March 饰)奉命残杀这些捕获的基督徒。被抓的基督徒中有两名老者准备逃跑,马库斯本欲逮捕他们,然而当马库斯看到他们的继女麦西卡(爱丽莎·兰迪 Elissa Landi 饰)时,情不自禁地一见倾心。楚楚动人的麦西卡,马库斯很快与她坠入爱河不能自拔,随之下令释放了所有基督徒。马库斯的这一举动,不仅激怒了暴君尼禄,更让一直暗恋他的皇后帕亚(克劳黛·考尔白 Claudette Colbert 饰)醋意大发,心生嫉妒。
电影聚焦于导致清除计划发生的原因,讲述了由于人口膨胀,社会问题加剧,一个名为New Founding Fathers of America的组织进行了一种社会学理论测试,即在某一孤立的社区进行为时一晚的发泄、攻击、侵略,促成社区人们之间的相互残杀。这一制度在全美推广,一时间马路街道都成为了杀戮的战场。故事的荒谬性吸引了大量观众,第一年的杀戮日就要降临,恶魔们都已经准备好了。
Mike and Angie Jones are determined to keep their seven-year-old daughter, Sophie, out of a demon’s hands.They will do everything in their power to make her safe and to bring an end to the turmoil the demon is causing their family…
弗朗克,五十二岁,在市郊的一个商业中心中担任夜间巡逻保安。十年前,他曾是专业技术工人和工会代表,常常忙碌于工作而不得闲,总是充满了战斗精神。而现在,他却成为了自己生活中的一个逆来顺受的旁观者,他已经厌倦这般无趣的生活。一天深夜,他发现一辆吉普车在商业中心的停车场转来转去 , 他感觉到这似乎是在为某件大事而做准备,出于好奇心和对现实生活的灰心丧气,他决定以一己之力与之抗衡,对于他而言,这是一个再一次把命运攥在自己手中的机会…… Franck, 52 ans, est gardien de nuit dans un centre commercial de banlieue. Il y a dix ans, il était ouvrier spécialisé et délégué syndical, toujours sur le pont, toujours prêt au combat. Aujourd’hui il est le spectateur résigné de sa vie, et il s’ennuie. Une nuit, il voit un 4x4 qui rôde sur le parking, et sent que quelque chose se prépare… La curiosité le sort de son indifférence et il décide d’intervenir. Une occasion pour lui de reprendre sa vie en main…
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
基于戴安娜·奈德所著畅销自传《Find A Way》,她在70年代被视为世界上最杰出的长距离游泳选手,曾打破数个世界纪录。2013年,64的岁的奈德在最好的朋友和35名热心支持者的帮助下,不带防鲨笼完成了青年时期多次失败过的毕生梦想:横渡从古巴到佛罗里达的110英里海域,是第一个达此成就的人。
这片危险海域有世上首屈一指的鲨鱼、毒性极强的水母、无法捉摸的洋流、涡流,50年代开始就游泳健将尝试,奈德也差点丧命,经过了五次挑战最终成功。