11月好片扎堆，小姑娘們終於盼來了等待許久的《冰雪奇緣》續集，「龍母」粉絲可以看到她主演的浪漫喜劇，還有湯姆·漢克斯主演的溫情傳記電影、「教父」的黑幫大片、新版《霹靂嬌娃》和妙趣橫生的法國滑稽電影，每一部都不容錯過。
Frozen II《冰雪奇緣2》
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《無敵破壞王》之外，迪士尼就沒拍出過像樣的電影續集。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》是有史以來票房最高的動畫電影，所以迪士尼一反常態為其製作續集也就不足為奇了。換言之：迪士尼無法「隨它去」。在《冰雪奇緣2》中，艾莎、安娜、雪寶和克里斯多福離開阿倫戴爾王國去尋找艾莎冰魔法的源頭。當年喜愛第一部《冰雪奇緣》的數百萬孩童如今都長大了，不知道她們對新片的反應是否還能那麼熱情呢？
Last Christmas《去年聖誕》
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.
過去幾年來，皇后樂隊、艾爾頓·約翰、布魯斯·斯普林斯汀、甲殼蟲樂隊等等都成了懷舊電影的靈感來源。現在輪到喬治·麥可了。在充滿節日氣氛的浪漫喜劇《去年聖誕》中，艾米莉亞·克拉克（《權力的遊戲》中的龍母）飾演一位布裡吉特·瓊斯式的店員，她在倫敦的生活一團糟，亨利·戈爾丁（《摘金奇緣》男主角）飾演一位幫她解決麻煩的黃金單身漢。可是這些又和喬治·麥可有什麼關係呢？這裡不方便劇透，不過該片導演保羅·費格（執導過《伴娘》）和編劇之一艾瑪·湯普森保證，兩者之間確有關聯。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明星。弗雷德·羅傑斯是學前兒童電視節目的傳奇人物，主持《羅傑斯先生的左鄰右舍》長達30多年。去年講述羅傑斯令人振奮的生活和工作的紀錄片《與我為鄰》取得了票房成功。在這部傳記電影中，導演瑪麗埃爾·海勒（曾執導《你能原諒我嗎？》）安排了一位困惑的記者（馬修·瑞斯飾演）去採訪羅傑斯。BBC文化的卡琳·詹姆斯欣賞片中「發自內心的真實情感」，並表示「海勒的《美麗的一天》是一部罕見的暖心電影——即使是憤世嫉俗者也會愛上。」
The Irishman《愛爾蘭人》
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」.
儘管等了很久，但馬丁·斯科塞斯終於又拍出了一部由羅伯特·德尼羅和喬·佩西（曾參演《好傢夥》、《賭城風雲》）出演的有收藏價值的黑幫傳奇片。如果這還不夠激動人心，他還邀請了阿爾·帕西諾和哈威·凱特爾來擔任配角。《愛爾蘭人》講述了一個黑手黨殺手（羅伯特·德尼羅飾演）的真實故事，他要聽從一位不怒自威的費城教父（喬·佩西飾演）和一位大嗓門的工會領袖（阿爾·帕西諾飾演）的命令。對於這部電影的數字逆齡修復效果評論界意見不一，不過HeyUGuys網站的琳達·馬瑞克稱讚斯科塞斯的這部三個半小時的傑作是「精確完美、錯綜複雜、非常引人入勝的故事。」
engaging[nɡed]: adj. 迷人的
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作片少之又少。但是由女性編劇和導演並由女性主演的好萊塢動作片呢？《霹靂嬌娃》就是其中的先驅。這部電影翻拍自20世紀70年代的電視劇以及2000年和2003年的兩部電影。新版電影由伊莉莎白·班克斯導演，她執導的第一部劇情片是《完美音調2》。班克斯還在片中飾演博斯利——神秘的查爾斯·湯森德和受他僱傭開展全球探險的女偵探之間的中間人。查爾斯的最新一批霹靂嬌娃是克裡斯汀·斯圖爾特、埃拉·巴林斯卡和娜奧米·斯科特，不過她們的光芒恐怕很難蓋過為該片錄製主題曲的歌手三人組合——愛莉安娜·格蘭德、麥莉·賽勒斯和拉娜·德雷。
vanishingly['vnl]: adv. 難以察覺地；消遁似地；趨於零地
La Belle poque《美好年代》
Nicolas Bedos’s La Belle poque 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，但是比它們當中的任何一部都要更快節奏、更搞笑。吉約姆·卡內飾演一家沉浸式劇團的經理。只要價格合適，他可以組織一場以任何歷史時期為背景的晚宴。大多數客戶選擇回到一兩個世紀前，但是一名心灰意冷的報紙漫畫家（丹尼爾·奧圖飾演）選擇回到他在20世紀70年代早期邂逅妻子（芬尼·阿爾丹飾演）的那家咖啡廳。《好萊塢記者報》的託德·麥卡錫表示，巴多斯「拍出了很長一段時間以來最具娛樂性的法國滑稽電影，既古典又現代。」
jaded[dedd]: adj. 厭倦的；疲倦不堪的
英文來源：BBC
翻譯&編輯：丹妮
來源：中國日報網