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　　The Paragon is the story of DUTCH, the crippled and angry victim of a hit and run, who takes a course on how to be psychic so he can find the car that hit him and take revenge on the driver. But when his teacher ,LYRA, draws him into her search for a mysterious crystal known as THE PARAGON, Dutch finds himself trapped in a parallel universe and on the run from Lyra's evil brother HAXAN and his band of psychic slaves.

　　马克斯·伯纳尔（鲍比·坎纳瓦尔 饰）曾经是个成功的深夜喜剧编剧，之后变为不那么成功的单口喜剧演员，最近毁掉了自己的事业和婚姻，他搬去和父亲（罗伯特·德尼罗 饰）住在一起。当他和前妻詹娜(拜恩)发现他们在如何解决11岁的自闭症儿子埃兹拉（威廉·菲茨杰拉德 饰）的需求上产生了分歧后，马克斯决定绑架他的孩子，带他进行一次跨越全国的冒险旅程，也带来了滑稽的灾难性后果。

　　四十年代，9岁的孩子拉尔夫认为圣诞节最完美的礼物就是一把Red Ryder BB gun，但是所有的人都认为这是非常危险的礼物，甚至不惜与老师，父母甚至圣诞老人对立。
　　本片最有意思的是描写了一个孩子丰富的世界，很多地方让人不禁捧腹，又想到我们小时候。拉尔夫的独白是一位成年男子的声音，同样也有意思。

　　The Ghosts, touched by Alison’s thoughtful generosity, are inspired to give her a special Christmas present in return – but with Alison due back in a matter of hours, can they pull off their ambitious plan in time?

　　上官灵凤（张柏芝 饰）是一个快乐幸福的小女孩，爸爸妈妈对她分外疼爱，每天都为女儿将睡前故事。只是，这些故事无关王子和精灵，而一律都是武侠江湖、大侠剑客。虽然灵凤喜欢这些故事，但她也有尴尬烦心的事情。爸爸名叫上官英俊（元华 饰），妈妈名叫独孤美丽（元秋 饰），这两个怪名字让灵凤在学校受到不少嘲笑。
　　10岁生日那天，她终于得知，原来那些武侠故事并非虚构，竟然都真实存在，而且父母正是隐居闹市的江湖高手。这个懵懵懂懂的小女孩随着父亲母亲走入大山，研习武功，开始一段奇异的旅程……

　　斯坦利．克雷默执导，联美公司制作的本片，讲述的是一个反映人性阴暗面的生活剧。史马尔考文超车坠崖身亡，在临死前透露在圣塔罗西公园埋着一大笔钱。知道这个消息的有八个人，各种不同的身份、不同的背景、不同的职业，为了独得这份意外之财，分别展开了可笑、惊险、疯狂的争夺。谁知他们所争夺的是15前被抢劫的赃款，他们所作的一切都在警方的掌握之中。宝藏终于被挖出，克劳派队长因为退休在即，而退休金又少得可怜，所以便假公济私，夺款潜逃，但最终被警方抓获，使发财梦想成为泡影。本片以嬉笑怒骂的方式，将人性的丑陋形态一表无遗，将人物角色刻划得入木三分，虽闻笑声，但却可见编导的良苦用心。

　　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.

　　雷蒙黛（佩内洛普•克鲁兹 Penélope Cruz饰）和他的酒鬼丈夫、年轻女儿共住，生活却不像别人平静。 雷蒙黛有个姐姐索尔（劳拉•杜纳丝 Lola Dueñas饰），小时候两人和父母生活贫寒。父母在一场火灾后遇难后，两姊妹就搬到了马德里生活，为着各自生活已经渐渐疏远。然而，一场意外和一个鬼魂，打破了两姐妹平静的生活。

　　二战胜利后，纳粹军人克劳斯隐藏了起来，他通过服用抗衰老药，活到了20世纪90年代，他与双胞胎弟弟布拉格一起研制时光机器，计划利用时光机器返回1944年的德国，并将氢弹现给希特勒，使他战胜盟军，彻底改变现代历史...