Out of the fifties 'B' Science-Fiction monster movies, this easily ranks as the best. It's most notable as the film that ALIEN is an unaccredited remake of, thus giving it a certain historical significance.　　The intriguing plot is about the rescue of the only marooned survivor (Col. Carruthers) of an ill-fated expedition to Mars. The authorities, pig-headed as usual, falsely assume that he murdered his fellow crew members, so that he'd have more provisions to survive; hence he is being brought back to Earth to face court-martial for murder. (There is also a somewhat interesting plot reversal here Most movies of this nature usually begin with the ship leaving Earth, enroute to its otherworld destination, while, in this case, the story is believed finished, and begins as the characters take-off from the other planet, returning to Earth). As the rescue ship is leaving Mars, a lurking, ominous shadow is seen in the lower compartment. (A frightening, atmospheric moment, accomplished through sheer economy and simplicity).　　Carruthers insists of his innocence to his fellow captors, claiming that his original crew mates were slaughtered by a hostile, unseen presence on the desolute red planet, but three-guesses as to their reaction to his unusual plea. Naturally, he can't prove it, and 50's space authorities were not very alien conscience at the time. (As a side-thought, unseen menace may remind you of that highly original BLAIR WITCH).　　As everyone sacks out, a hapless supporting charactor whose name is at the bottom of the casting list (guess what will happen to him) hears something in the lower compartment. Despite your futile don't go down there, you jerk! pleas, he does just that, and is appropriately killed (more like thoroughly obliterated) by the shadowy figure with insatiable blood lust on its mind. In the victim's case, dereliction of duty and sheer cowardliness would have been the wise decision. The scene is actually well-directed (for a change) and develops much suspense, as the entire film surprisingly does.　　The crew finally catches on that they have an unwanted ship crasher on board, and try every possible means at their disposal to eliminate it, but the unknown creature seems to copping an anti-death attitude. Proving to be an even more clever, worthy adversary, 'IT!' also hides out in the ventilation shafts of the ship (now that should ring a bell). Cahn's forceful direction generates considerable tension as the malevolent stowaway works its way up from one level of the confined ship to the next, eventually leaving the remaining characters trapped at the top. The movie's suspense is blunt and right to the point IT!' has to kill them or starve, hence they have to kill IT! or die. Nothing like those no two ways about it choices. Rent it, or check for it on cable if you wish to know the outcome.　　For a low-budget quickie, IT! is quite impressive and memorable. The dreaded sense of claustrophobic tension, rendering the characters' helpless entrapment, is highly effective. This is a production in which the limited budget and small sets actually work in favor of the plot's scary ambience. The black white photography (Yes, it's one of those!) helps to enhance its dark, creepy mood, and the sense of apprehension is quite high. (Modern day color freaks never seem to take that into consideration). The plot is also somewhat cynically ironic If the creature hadn't stowed away on the ship, Carruthers would have most likely been found guilty of the charges against him.　　The intelligent script (see what I mean about rareity) was penned by noted Science-Fiction author Jerome Bixby (remember Twilight Zone's It's a Good Life) The picture's taut editing eliminates any extraneous dross. (ALIEN tended to drag in its first hour with its sophomoric dialogue, and why did it have to include that stupid and ultimately counter-productive sub-plot of Ash being a robot, and further dragging the story down to another big bad conspiracy cliche UNNECESSARY!!!)　　Director Cahn astutely keeps the rubber-suited monster off-screen and in the shadows through-out most of the proceedings, keeping your paranoid imagination on constant alert. Unfortunately, perhaps at the studio's commercial insistance, it is a little over-revealed at the climax, but I haven't claimed this to be the perfect masterpiece. The performances, though nothing award-winning, are nevertheless cool enough so that one becomes sincerely concerned as to their fates. Not many movies in recent times ever come close to achieving that. They can be over-produced from here to eternity, and usually only succeed in being gloriously annoying.　　This film's story is not really totally original (what is), for it is based on A.E. Van Vogt's VOYAGE OF THE SPACE BEAGLE. All ALIEN fanatics should track down an old used copy to see where the initial influence came from.　　As long as you're not craving another CGI wind-ding, you may find it worthwhile. Just don't expect the women to be Ripley precursors. This was still the sock-knitting fifties, sad to say.

埃里克．冯．施特罗海姆导演的此片，在1952年比利时蒙达尔国际电影节评选的电影诞生以来的12部“最佳影片中”名列第七；在1952、1962年英国《画与音响》评选的10部“最佳影片”中，名列第七和第四位；在1958年比利时布鲁塞尔世界博览会评选电影“最佳电影”中，该片名列第六；在1978年《标题》杂志刊登的电影诞生以来的100部“最佳影片”中，名列第18位。故事主要描写麦克．蒂格和马库斯．斯科勒这对好友因五千美元彩券而变得凶残成性，贪婪吝啬，最后引出一系列的悲剧的过程

该片被公认为英国电影的巅峰佳作之一，在英国电影学院评出的100部最佳英国电影中名列第36。片中汇集了大批当年英国影坛的红人。大盗查理(迈克尔·凯恩)刚出狱就急不及待要大乾一票，准备截劫从中国运到意大利的四百万美元黄金。查理在一名黑道头目资助下，展开了一个天衣无缝的盗金计划，出动了三架库珀豪华车、一队积架车及公车来堵塞交通。片中一幕宝马库珀豪华车(MINI Cooper)在好莱坞名人大道上疯狂地追逐，穿过地铁隧道入口，沿着只有迷你汽车才能行驶的狭窄小路狂奔，被认为是影史上经典飙车追逐场面，让观众体验到前所未有的紧张刺激......

转载自：movie.newyouth.beida-online.com　　精彩瞬间：　　彼特的梦中，纯白色的背景中除了一对赤裸的男女别无一物，耀眼的高光隐匿了一切杂质，营造了一个完美纯洁的精神世界，在这里彼特一切的焦虑、激情都无所遁形，社会身份的傀儡终于现出背后的生命本原。　　剧情介绍：　　年轻的彼特到一家妓女表演所看中了一个妓女克拉夫特，当妓女们的表演结束后，他留了下来和克拉夫特单独在表演所里，保安临走时，锁上了大门。克拉夫特在帮彼特脱衣服时，彼特凶性大发，掐死了克拉夫特。　　心理学教授杰格森和审判官的对话：杰格森回忆当时的情形说，清晨的5点30分，他接到了彼特的电话，他赶到彼特说的地方，看到彼特坐在床边凳子上，床上躺着一个死去的女孩。彼特在杰格森眼里，是一个富有、温和、聪明的人，他对彼特的家庭很了解，说彼特的母亲是一个演员，父亲很早过世，他和彼特也是20年的朋友了。　　命案前14天：彼特在杰格森的办公室找到他，并说出了自己内心的迷惑。彼特告诉杰格森，他对杀人深深的着迷，时常幻想在公寓的住所里，用剃刀杀死自己的妻子卡塔里娜。杰格森听了彼特的话后，把在杀死人后的那种可怕景象说给了彼特听，并让他要放松自己的情绪。彼特离开后，杰格森打电话叫来了卡塔里娜，但当杰格森打电话时，彼特并没有离开，他在门外听到了杰格森的电话。　　卡塔里娜赶到杰格森的办公室，两人亲密但又不无矜持的拥在一起，原来卡塔里娜的情人就是杰格森。卡塔里娜在杰格森这里，说出了她对彼特深切的爱意和对彼特行为的不理解，还自责的认为这跟他们多年没有孩子有关。彼特站在阴暗处，看到、听到了他们的对话和动作。杰格森听了卡塔里娜的话，警告她要小心彼特。　　命案后一星期，审问彼特母亲和彼特的对话：彼特在母亲眼中，从小就是一个聪明听话的孩子，直到他遇到卡塔里娜，疯狂迷恋上她时，一切才有所不同。　　命案前5天，彼特和卡塔里娜度过了一个不眠之夜：彼特在临晨3点还不能入睡，于是他起来喝酒，同样睡不着的卡塔里娜也起来，陪着彼特一边喝酒，一边说着朋友间的趣事。另一个夜晚，彼特通宵呆在办公室里，对着他的秘书分析工作上的事情。　　命案前4天，卡塔里娜准备她的时装展：彼特在卡塔里娜的工作场所找到她，邀她一起去母亲那里午餐。卡塔里娜找了一个借口到酒吧喝酒，彼特独自离去。卡塔里娜酒后找到一起工作了12年的朋友蒂姆家里，两人一起聊天。蒂姆是个同性恋者，他对卡塔里娜说出了他的种种苦恼和不愿意面对已经老去的事实。　　命案后3天，蒂姆和审讯官的对话：蒂姆在审讯官的诱导下，说出了自己是一个同性恋，还说他嫉妒彼特和卡塔里娜的婚姻，他一直暗恋着彼特，并说像他那样的人天生有一种暴力倾向。　　彼特写给杰格森一封没有寄出去的信：彼特在信中向杰格森描述了，他在梦中跟一个陌生女人亲热的经过。后来又在恍惚中跟妻子作爱时，有一种想要杀死她的冲动，当他和妻子融入一种精神状态时，妻子突然死去。彼特从梦中惊醒后，发现妻子就躺在一边。　　命案前4天，彼特想要自杀：一个朋友急忙的赶到彼特家里，把正在阳台上想要自杀的彼特劝回了屋中。卡塔里娜随后躺在彼特脚边，愉快的说着她跟彼特之间的性事。　　命案3个星期后，卡塔里娜去见彼特的母亲：彼特的母亲一见到卡塔里娜就唠叨的讲述彼特的事情。在两个女人的话语中，她们都很焦虑、孤独，对对方都有成见，但都又深爱彼特，她们也想要离开这个让人窒息的世界。　　命案前50分钟：彼特在妓女表演所里看中妓女克拉夫特，并留了下来。当表演所里只剩他们两人时，彼特一度焦急的也想要离开，但房门已经被保安锁住。就在半裸的克拉夫特为彼特脱掉他的大衣时，彼特再也控制不了自己想要杀人的冲动，他掐死了克拉夫特，随后还奸了克拉夫特的尸体。　　杰格森的录音：彼特从小由母亲一人抚养成人，成年后，彼特在他的生活中扮演一个受过教育的角色，一种高度的责任感、自律以及对社会群体的认知，让他没有意识到他是同性恋，而他的母亲也没有发现。一种无以名状的恐惧，以另一种模式出现在她脑海，而当彼特遇到妓女克拉夫特后，克拉夫特成为了这种模式的导火绳，引发了彼特心中的暴戾。　　在医院的一个房间里：卡塔里娜在门上的一个小窗口看着屋里的彼特，护士一边告诉她说，彼特在医院里，对人总是彬彬有礼，整洁温和，晚上抱着一只玩具熊入睡，护士认为这跟彼特童年的记忆有关。　　简评：　　按伯格曼自己的说法，影片“在讲两个被命运结合的人，既分不开，在一起又很痛苦，徒然是彼此的桎梏”。当然，这只是这部影片的其中一个部分，或者一个主题，而影片内涵的丰富性，却远远不是这样一两句话就可以涵盖的。影片中更主要的一个主题，显然就是影片片名所透露出来的一个信息：傀儡生命。虽然杰格森和卡塔里娜是情人，但他对彼特的分析，大部分却是十分准确精辟的。彼特身上近乎变态的“高度的责任感、自律以及对社会群体的认知”，恐怕就是彼特最终悲剧的根源。　　这部影片不是伯格曼最出色的影片，过强的戏剧处理手法和心理分析的运用使影片陷入一种电影作者和影片人物之间的含混关系，这大约也就是我们在伯格曼各种自传中所读到的“焦虑”心理吧。杰格森对彼得的分析确然有其道理，但又由于他和彼得妻子卡塔里娜之间的情人关系，又影响了观众对他的观点的认同，而影片中透露出导演与影片人物之间模糊暧昧的对比和代入关系，又使影片披上第三层神秘的外衣。对于这样一部已经超越了编导自我控制的范围而进入一种“自在”的层次的影片，对它的感觉、理解可以仁者见仁，而至于要对它分析、读解、解剖，那则既是十分有趣有益的，但恐怕也是徒劳的。

Carl和Yaya是一对很有影响力的模特夫妇。时装周结束后，他们受邀来到一艘游艇进行豪华的跨洋之旅，船员们都非常尽职地为度假者们服务。大名鼎鼎的晚宴即将举办，但船长却拒绝离开他的船舱。当暴风雨来临并危及乘客的舒适体验时，事情发生了意想不到的转变，平衡被打破……

一部“心理杀手”类的恐怖电影

主人公是22岁的少女妮可，父母外出后独自照看房子，她和好朋友韦萝妮克享受着夏日惬意的时光。这种平静被妮可的哥哥打破了，他带着他的乐队出现了，他们正打算为专辑录歌。两个女孩的友谊受到了考验。她们的假日出现了意想不到的转折。妮可开始失眠，并且收到了来自一个只有十岁的男孩坚持不渝的追求。

Cheaper by the Dozen, a reimagining of the hit comedy from “Blackish” producer Kenya Barris, will debut on DisneyPlus in 2022. The story centers on a blended family of 12, navigating a hectic home life and their family business. Gabrielle Union is set to star.

黑夜里，狭窄的小巷中，一个男人被追赶到僻静的角落，发现有一个女乞丐用奇异的眼神审视自己，之后男子面对摄像头突然眼窝充血，哀嚎后不省人bbb。在医院里，由于男子的社会保险过期，所以在大夫斯戴克勒（神奈川宏幸饰）的授意下，他被送到了神秘的F病房。在这里，一位悲痛欲绝的女士见到了自己奄奄一息的丈夫卢克（小库珀·古丁饰），后者因遭遇车祸而受伤。不久，卢克身怀有孕的妻子离开了人世，这让他悲伤欲绝。为了查明真相，他开始回忆，把短信、博客、电邮等一系列的存档通通调出来，慢慢地发现了端倪。原来，他的大脑其实被植入了Hexx公司的芯片，后者利用他的生命在做着不可告人的勾当，为了揭穿Hexx公司的丑恶居心，卢克开始了一个人的抗争……

In the time of Counter-Reformation, a miller and his son come under investigation by a priest of the Inquisition, when rumors spread that their prosperity comes from working with the Devil.　　The Devil's Trap is a film directed by František Vláil, based on a novel by Alfréd Technik, adapted by František A. Dvorák and Miloš Kratochvíl. It was the first of three historical dramas that Vláil made during the Czech New Wave (technically he isn't really a part of the New Wave, however these films were made during the same era of artistic freedom), preceding his more well known Marketa Lazarová (1967) and Valley of the Bees (1968).　　Set in the late 16th Century during the Catholic Reformation, in the Moravian Karst, situated in what is now the Eastern Czech Republic, it tells the tale of a miller (Vítezslav Vejrazka), and his son Jan (Vít Olmer), who come under suspicion and are investigated by a Jesuit priest of the Inquisition (Miroslav Macháchek), when rumors of witchcraft are spread by the local regent (Cestmír Randa), who is jealous of the miller's prosperity and degree of respect among the local populace.　　As expected from Vláil, this film is a stunning experience all the way through. From the opening shot, an ominous manipulation of perspective with a close up of a mangled figure of Christ dominating the foreground against a tiny figure in black walking along the horizon, to the breathtaking confrontational finale inside the vast stalactite filled Karst caverns, it is a wonderful display of visual mastery.　　Maybe not quite as impressive as Marketa Lazarová, but still full of astonishing imagery. As seen from unique angles and distinct points of view which highlight the director's remarkable sense of awareness of framing, motion, and positioning on the emotional and dramatic tone of the scene. The most memorable being a repeated shot where the camera is suspended and launched with speed through the air towards the miller's door.　　The story here is a simple one and I would say more accessible than his later works. With a conventional structure emphasized as much by its plot and characters, than by its expressionistic cinematography or authentic historical detail. The events play out without much surprise, and there is a strong underlying, almost supernatural, mysterious aspect that is left unresolved, in fact barely explored, which is slightly disappointing, but only because it's so fascinating that I wish there was more.　　Acting is great all around. Particularly the villains Miroslav Macháchek as the priest, casting a sinister and imposing shadow wherever he goes, and Cestmír Randa as the weasel like regent behind all the persecution. While Vít Olmer brings a charismatic leading man presence in his role as the miller's son Jan, in love with the lovely orphan girl Martina (Karla Chadimová), who becomes a dangerous object of rivalry between Jan and other young men of the village.　　The film also features the evocative music of Zdenk Liška (perhaps the most prolific composer of the Czech New Wave). In this his second of eleven collaborations with Vláil, his compositions are used sparingly, but to great effect, complimenting but never overpowering a scene. The best example of which can be heard in an amazingly shot celebration and dance sequence at the end of the second act.　　The Devil's Trap might not be a masterpiece, but it is still a strong effort, with a fascinating straightforward story and a glorious historical setting captured beautifully by Vláil's unmistakable visual prowess. A fine work that would also be the perfect starter plate to prepare yourself for the challenging feast of Marketa Lazarová or The Valley of the Bees. It even has an easy to digest running time. It's therefore puzzling why this gem remains largely overlooked and ignored.