11月上映好電影來(lái)啦

Wreck-It Ralph aside, Disney never makes proper big-screen sequels to its cartoons. But Frozen was the highest grossing film of 2013 and, until The Lion King remake overtook it, it was the highest grossing animated film ever, so it’s hardly surprising that the studio made an exception in this case. To put it another way: they couldn’t let it go. The premise of Frozen II is that Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Kristoff leave Arendelle to seek the source of Elsa’s icy magic. Although the millions of children who loved the first film are older now, so they might give it a frosty reception.

除了《無(wú)敵破壞王》之外，迪士尼就沒(méi)拍出過(guò)像樣的電影續(xù)集。但是《冰雪奇緣》是2013年的票房冠軍，在被翻拍版《獅子王》趕超之前，《冰雪奇緣》是有史以來(lái)票房最高的動(dòng)畫(huà)電影，所以迪士尼一反常態(tài)為其制作續(xù)集也就不足為奇了。換言之：迪士尼無(wú)法“隨它去”。在《冰雪奇緣2》中，艾莎、安娜、雪寶和克里斯托弗離開(kāi)阿倫戴爾王國(guó)去尋找艾莎冰魔法的源頭。當(dāng)年喜愛(ài)第一部《冰雪奇緣》的數(shù)百萬(wàn)孩童如今都長(zhǎng)大了，不知道她們對(duì)新片的反應(yīng)是否還能那么熱情呢?

Last Christmas《去年圣誕》

Queen, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles... they’ve all inspired nostalgic films in the last couple of years. And now it’s George Michael’s turn. A festive romantic comedy, Last Christmas stars Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as a Bridget Jones-y shop assistant whose life in London is a mess, and Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) as the eligible bachelor who tidies it up. What’s any of that got to do with George Michael? That would be telling, but the film’s director, Paul Feig (Bridesmaids), and co-writer, Emma Thompson, promise that the connection is there. You just gotta have faith.

過(guò)去幾年來(lái)，皇后樂(lè)隊(duì)、艾爾頓·約翰、布魯斯·斯普林斯汀、甲殼蟲(chóng)樂(lè)隊(duì)等等都成了懷舊電影的靈感來(lái)源?，F(xiàn)在輪到喬治·邁克爾了。在充滿(mǎn)節(jié)日氣氛的浪漫喜劇《去年圣誕》中，艾米莉亞·克拉克(《權(quán)力的游戲》中的龍母)飾演一位布里吉特·瓊斯式的店員，她在倫敦的生活一團(tuán)糟，亨利·戈?duì)柖?《摘金奇緣》男主角)飾演一位幫她解決麻煩的黃金單身漢?？墒沁@些又和喬治·邁克爾有什么關(guān)系呢?這里不方便劇透，不過(guò)該片導(dǎo)演保羅·費(fèi)格(執(zhí)導(dǎo)過(guò)《伴娘》)和編劇之一艾瑪·湯普森保證，兩者之間確有關(guān)聯(lián)。你只要相信就行了。

A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood 《美麗的一天》

Tom Hanks stars in A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood as the only American celebrity more saintly than he is. As the host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for more than 30 years, Fred Rogers was an icon of pre-school children’s television, and last year’s documentary about his uplifting life and work, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, was a box office smash. Now Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive me?) directs a biopic in which a troubled journalist (Matthew Rhys) is assigned to interview him. BBC Culture’s Caryn James admires the “authentic heartfelt emotion”, and says that “Heller’s wise, sophisticated A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood turns out to be something rare – a warm-hearted film that even cynics can love”.

湯姆·漢克斯在《美麗的一天》中飾演的是比他本人還要偉大的唯一一位美國(guó)明星。弗雷德·羅杰斯是學(xué)前兒童電視節(jié)目的傳奇人物，主持《羅杰斯先生的左鄰右舍》長(zhǎng)達(dá)30多年。去年講述羅杰斯令人振奮的生活和工作的紀(jì)錄片《與我為鄰》取得了票房成功。在這部傳記電影中，導(dǎo)演瑪麗埃爾·海勒(曾執(zhí)導(dǎo)《你能原諒我嗎?》)安排了一位困惑的記者(馬修·瑞斯飾演)去采訪(fǎng)羅杰斯。BBC文化的卡琳·詹姆斯欣賞片中“發(fā)自?xún)?nèi)心的真實(shí)情感”，并表示“海勒的《美麗的一天》是一部罕見(jiàn)的暖心電影——即使是憤世嫉俗者也會(huì)愛(ài)上。”

The Irishman《愛(ài)爾蘭人》

It’s been a long wait, but Martin Scorsese has finally made another virtuosic gangster saga with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, the stars of Goodfellas and Casino. If that weren’t exciting enough, he’s invited along Al Pacino and Harvey Keitel, too. The Irishman is the true story of a mafia hitman (De Niro) who does the bidding of a quietly terrifying Philadelphia godfather (Joe Pesci) and a loud-mouthed union boss (Al Pacino). Opinions are divided on the digital de-ageing, but Linda Marric at HeyUGuys hails Scorsese’s three-and-half-hour masterpiece as “a beautifully precise, intricate and genuinely engaging story”.

盡管等了很久，但馬丁·斯科塞斯終于又拍出了一部由羅伯特·德尼羅和喬·佩西(曾參演《好家伙》、《賭城風(fēng)云》)出演的有收藏價(jià)值的黑幫傳奇片。如果這還不夠激動(dòng)人心，他還邀請(qǐng)了阿爾·帕西諾和哈威·凱特爾來(lái)?yè)?dān)任配角。《愛(ài)爾蘭人》講述了一個(gè)黑手黨殺手(羅伯特·德尼羅飾演)的真實(shí)故事，他要聽(tīng)從一位不怒自威的費(fèi)城教父(喬·佩西飾演)和一位大嗓門(mén)的工會(huì)領(lǐng)袖(阿爾·帕西諾飾演)的命令。對(duì)于這部電影的數(shù)字逆齡修復(fù)效果評(píng)論界意見(jiàn)不一，不過(guò)HeyUGuys網(wǎng)站的琳達(dá)·馬瑞克稱(chēng)贊斯科塞斯的這部三個(gè)半小時(shí)的杰作是“精確完美、錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜、非常引人入勝的故事。”

Charlie’s Angels《霹靂嬌娃》

Hollywood action movies starring women are vanishingly rare. But Hollywood action movies starring women that are written and directed by women, too? Charlie’s Angels is one of the first. A reboot of the 1970s TV series, not to mention the two films from 2000 and 2003, the new version is masterminded by Elizabeth Banks, whose first feature film as a director was Pitch Perfect 2. She also plays Bosley, the intermediary between the mysterious Charles Townsend and the female detectives he pays to go on globe-trotting adventures. Charlie’s latest Angels are Kristen Stewart, Ella Balinska, and Naomi Scott, although they’ll struggle to outshine the trio who recorded the film’s theme song, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey.

以女性為主角的好萊塢動(dòng)作片少之又少。但是由女性編劇和導(dǎo)演并由女性主演的好萊塢動(dòng)作片呢?《霹靂嬌娃》就是其中的先驅(qū)。這部電影翻拍自20世紀(jì)70年代的電視劇以及2000年和2003年的兩部電影。新版電影由伊麗莎白·班克斯導(dǎo)演，她執(zhí)導(dǎo)的第一部劇情片是《完美音調(diào)2》。班克斯還在片中飾演博斯利——神秘的查爾斯·湯森德和受他雇傭開(kāi)展全球探險(xiǎn)的女偵探之間的中間人。查爾斯的最新一批霹靂嬌娃是克里斯汀·斯圖爾特、埃拉·巴林斯卡和娜奧米·斯科特，不過(guò)她們的光芒恐怕很難蓋過(guò)為該片錄制主題曲的歌手三人組合——愛(ài)莉安娜·格蘭德、麥莉·賽勒斯和拉娜·德雷。

La Belle Époque《美好年代》

Nicolas Bedos’s La Belle Époque is a cross between The Truman Show, Midnight in Paris, and Charlie Kaufman’s high-concept comedies – but it’s faster and funnier than any of them. Guillaume Canet plays the manager of an immersive theatre company; for the right price, he can organise a dinner that seems to be taking place in any historical period you like. Most clients opt to go back a century or two, but a jaded newspaper cartoonist (Daniel Auteuil) chooses to revisit the cafe where he met his wife (Fanny Ardant) in the early 1970s. Todd McCarthy at The Hollywood Reporter says that Bedos “pulls off the most thoroughly entertaining big-screen French farce in a very long time, one that’s both classical and modern”.

尼古拉·巴多斯的《美好年代》是《楚門(mén)的世界》、《午夜巴黎》和查理·考夫曼的高概念喜劇的混合物，但是比它們當(dāng)中的任何一部都要更快節(jié)奏、更搞笑。吉約姆·卡內(nèi)飾演一家沉浸式劇團(tuán)的經(jīng)理。只要價(jià)格合適，他可以組織一場(chǎng)以任何歷史時(shí)期為背景的晚宴。大多數(shù)客戶(hù)選擇回到一兩個(gè)世紀(jì)前，但是一名心灰意冷的報(bào)紙漫畫(huà)家(丹尼爾·奧圖飾演)選擇回到他在20世紀(jì)70年代早期邂逅妻子(芬尼·阿爾丹飾演)的那家咖啡廳?！逗萌R塢記者報(bào)》的托德·麥卡錫表示，巴多斯“拍出了很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間以來(lái)最具娛樂(lè)性的法國(guó)滑稽電影，既古典又現(xiàn)代。”