Minari《米纳里》

豆瓣评分：7.3

 

Lee Isaac Chung's autobiographical drama has had glowing reviews, but it has also been the source of controversy¹. Most of the dialogue is in Korean, so the organisers of the Golden Globes put it in the Foreign Language Film category. But Minari is also the tale of a US family working on a small farm in Arkansas in the 1980s, so some commentators² have argued that calling its language "foreign" is outdated³ and insulting. Glenn Whipp in the Los Angeles Times says that the film "feels like a balm right now, a gentle, truthful⁴ and tender story of family filled with kind people trying to love one another the best they can. "

李·以萨克·郑的这部自传式电影收获了热烈的好评，但也引来了不少争议。该片的大多数对话都是韩语，所以金球奖主办方将其归为外语片类别。但是《米纳里》也是一部关于上世纪80年代在阿肯色州一家小农场劳作的美国家庭的故事，因此一些评论人士表示，将其称为“外语片”不仅过时而且具有侮辱性。《洛杉矶时报》的格伦·威普称，这部电影“在当下能给心灵带来抚慰，这个温和、真实而柔情的故事讲述的这个家庭里都是全心全意爱彼此的善良的人。”

 

The Courier《信使》

豆瓣评分：7.3

 

Benedict Cumberbatch has been tipped as a potential James Bond, but in The Courier, he plays one of Bond's less glamorous⁵ real-life counterparts. In 1960, just before Sean Connery signed up to be 007, a salesman named Greville Wynne was recruited by MI6 and the CIA to carry Soviet⁶ secrets back from Moscow. In the film, his wife (Jessie Buckley) wants him to abandon this increasingly dangerous mission, but Wynne believes that only his espionage⁷ can defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis. Directed by Dominic Cooke, The Courier has a "fascinating" story, says Benjamin Lee at the Guardian⁸, but it is Cumberbatch's performance that sells it.

据传本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇是下一任邦德候选人之一，但在《信使》中，他饰演不那么迷人的一个间谍原型。1960年，就在肖恩·康纳利签约007系列电影之前，一位名叫格雷维尔·韦恩的销售员受雇于军情六处和中央情报局从莫斯科带回苏联机密。在影片中，他的妻子（杰西·巴克利饰演）想让他放弃这个日益危险的使命，但是韦恩相信只有他的间谍行动才能化解古巴导弹危机。《卫报》的本杰明·李写道，多米尼克·库克导演的《信使》讲述了一个“引人入胜的”故事，但是让电影有看点的是康伯巴奇的表演。

 

Riders of Justice《正义骑士》

豆瓣评分：7.3

 

Mads Mikkelsen plays Markus, a bearded, crewcut soldier who is shipped home from active duty after his wife is killed in a train accident. But maybe it wasn't an accident. A bunch of dysfunctional middle-aged⁹ men are convinced that a biker gang was responsible, so the unstable¹⁰ Markus sets about getting his revenge. Written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen (Men & Chicken), Riders of Justice "is salty, violent, transgressive and laugh-out-loud funny," says Fionnuala Hannigan in Screen Daily.

麦斯·米科尔森饰演剃平头、留胡子的士兵马库斯，在妻子死于一场火车事故后，正在服役的他被运送回家。但是这可能不是一场事故。几个怪异的中年男人坚信马库斯妻子的死和摩托车帮有关，于是精神不稳定的马库斯决定复仇。该片由安诺斯·托马斯·延森（曾执导《男人与鸡》）担任编剧和导演，《电影日报》的菲奥诺拉·汉尼根评价说，该片“汗津津、暴力、违背道德而且超级搞笑”。

 

Encanto《魔法满屋》

豆瓣评分：7.2

 

Encanto, the 60th feature film from Walt Disney Animation¹¹ Studios, is the colourful tale of a Colombian family in which everyone has superhuman powers – everyone, that is, except for one teenager, Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz). Directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush (Zootopia, renamed Zootropolis in some countries), along with Charise Castro Smith, the film is a celebration of Colombian culture, a tribute to the literary tradition of magical realism, and a musical with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. But at its heart, Encanto is one girl's coming-of-age story. "I was so excited about creating this character who is flawed, awkward, and feels like a real 14-year-old struggling to figure out their identity and their self-worth,"” Smith told IndieWire's Bill Desowitz. "And it really resonated with me, having been an awkward 14-year-old with glasses and curly hair at one point in my life."

华特迪士尼动画工作室第60部动画长片《魔法满屋》讲述的是一个哥伦比亚家庭的多彩故事。在这个家庭里，每个人都拥有超能力，除了十几岁的米拉贝尔（斯蒂芬妮·比翠丝配音）。拜伦·霍华德和杰拉德·布什（曾执导《疯狂动物城》）以及查里斯·卡斯特罗·史密斯共同导演的这部电影是对哥伦比亚文化的致敬，对魔幻现实主义文学传统的礼赞，同时也是一部音乐片，片中歌曲出自林-曼努尔·米兰达之手。但是影片的核心是一个女孩的成长故事。史密斯告诉IndieWire网站的比尔·德索维茨说：“在创作这个有缺陷的笨拙女孩的时候我感到很兴奋，感觉自己就像一个试图寻找自己的身份和价值的14岁孩子。这个角色令我产生很大的共鸣，我曾经也是一个戴着眼镜、头发卷曲、笨拙尴尬的14岁少年。”

 

Raya and the Last Dragon 《寻龙传说》

豆瓣评分：7.0

 

Once upon a time, being a Disney princess meant being the damsel in distress¹² in a European fairy tale. But they're a more diverse and proactive bunch these days, as demonstrated by Raya and the Last Dragon, a cartoon fantasy adventure with a lot more martial¹³ arts than there were in Mulan. Inspired by South-East Asian mythology¹⁴ and culture, the film features Kelly Marie Tran from Star Wars as the voice of Raya, a brave warrior¹⁵ princess from the magical land of Kumandra. Five hundred years after the world's dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity, and the country was divided into five warring states, it's up to Raya to find the lone¹⁶ survivor¹⁷: a fluffy¹⁸, shape-changing water dragon voiced by Awkwafina. Joel Meares, editor of Rotten Tomatoes, calls it "a delight. Vibrant¹⁹, exciting, funny action-comedy [that] hits hard with the feels."

从前，迪士尼公主往往是欧洲童话里的落难少女；如今，迪士尼公主越来越多样化，也越来越积极主动，正如《寻龙传说》这部电影中所呈现的那样。这部奇幻冒险动画片里出现的武术场景比《花木兰》要多得多。该片的灵感源自东南亚神话和文化，曾出演《星球大战》的凯莉·玛丽·陈为神奇古龙大陆上勇敢的公主战士拉雅配音。很久以前，世界上的龙牺牲自己拯救了人类，五百年后，古龙大陆分裂成了五个相互作战的国家，为了拯救世界，拉雅只能出发去寻找幸存的最后一条龙——由奥卡菲娜配音的能变成人形的毛绒绒的水龙。烂番茄主编乔尔·米雷斯评价道，这是“一部令人愉快、充满活力、震撼人心又有趣的动作喜剧片”。

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