Culturalbility
~Introducing film culture from around the world~
New year, new us, right? No... never say that.
But a new month does mean another list of sweet sweet movies coming to Mainland China. How about those 12+ that came in December? Fairly lackluster, to be honest. Oh, and don't forget to start writing 2018on all of your checks. You're welcome!
When all is said and done, January is looking pretty sweet, too! We have 14 scheduled films, which is the most foreign films in one month yet, and finally including STAR WARS.
We have a couple cartoons, Russians in space, a Jumanji reboot/remake, a few action adventures, one about a Brazlian artist (in Portuguese), an Oscar nomination from last year, another Aamir Khan flick from India, and a random old horror movie on a Tuesday.
After you read the list, vote for the ones you'll see at the end of the article and share with all your friends who might benefit from it! You can even favorite it for easy future reference throughout the month~
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**Remember, all movies are subject to change, so if you're planning a romantic candle-lit evening, it's always smart to double-check ahead of time. TIC.
Friday, January 5, 2018
Star Wars: Episode VIIIThe Last Jedi《星球大戰8：最後的絕地武士》xīng qiú dà zhàn bā：
zuì hòu de jué dì wǔ shì
Director: Rian Johnson
Actors: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac
China Release Date: Friday, January 5, 2018
導演: 萊恩·詹森
主演: 黛西·雷德利 / 約翰·博耶加 / 亞當·德賴弗 / 馬克·哈米爾 / 凱麗·費雪
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-05（周五）
We know, you're going to see this one. You can't not see it. And to be completely fair, we already have our midnight showing tickets, so see you there!
What can we expect? Rey develops her newly discovered force abilities with the guidance of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, who might finally say something. Meanwhile, the Resistance, led by "Princess" Leia, prepares for battle with Kylo Ren and the First Order.
《星球大戰8》（Star Wars: Episode VIII）是動作、科幻、冒險電影《星球大戰後傳》系列的第2部，由萊恩·詹森執導，黛茜·雷德利、約翰·波耶加、格溫多蘭·克裡斯蒂、奧斯卡·伊薩克聯合主演。影片故事緊接《星球大戰：原力覺醒》，講述了遙遠的銀河系中恐怖政權「第一秩序」襲擊新共和國首都之後的事。
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Friday, January 5, 2018
Nise - The Heart
of Madness
《尼斯·瘋狂的心》
ní sī ·fēng kuáng de xīn
aka Nise - O Coração da Loucura
Director: Roberto Berliner
Actors: Julio Adrião, Flavio Bauraqui, Fabrício Boliveira
China Release Date: Friday, January 5, 2018
導演: 羅伯託·柏林厄
主演: 格勞瑞·皮爾絲 / 羅伯特·羅德裡格斯
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-05（周五）
Note: this movie is in Portuguese with Chinese subtitles
A miracle happened in Brazil on the 1950's. Renowned modern art museums opened their doors to artists nobody ever heard of. Many critics pointed out that theses exhibitions revealed painters that should be ranked amongst the best Brazillian artists of the century.
It was written that this explosion of art and beauty was a sign that something comparable to the renaissance was happening in Rio de Janeiro. Behind this miracle there was no art academy, patron or dealer, only a psychiatrist, ridiculed by her colleagues, and a painting studio at a mental hospital, in the outskirts of town. The artists were schizophrenic, poor, hospitalized for several decades, abandoned by their families and hopeless according to their doctors.
This film tells the story of this "miracle" and the life of this rebellious, frail, and engaging psychiatrist: Dr. Nise da Silveira.
尼斯·達·西爾維拉（Nise da Silveira）醫生回到裡約熱內盧郊區的精神病醫院工作。她拒絕採用新型高強度電擊療法來治療精神分裂症患者。其他醫生對其冷嘲熱諷，她不得不使用醫院已被廢棄的作業治療區開展工作。尼斯用圖畫、小狗和愛來幫助病人，開啟了一場「革命」。
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Friday, January 12, 2018
Jumanji:Welcome to the Jungle
yǒng gǎn zhě yóu xì ：jué zhàn cóng lín
Director: Jake Kasdan
Actors: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart, Jack Black
China Release Date: Friday, January 12, 2018
導演: 傑克·卡斯丹
主演: 道恩·強森 / 凱文·哈特 / 傑克·布萊克 / 凱倫·吉蘭 / 尼克·喬納斯
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-12（周五）
In a brand new Jumanji adventure (NOT a sequel to the 90s cult classic with Robin Williams), four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it.
To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish (Williams) left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves - or they'll be stuck in the game forever, to be played by others without break.
《勇敢者遊戲：決戰叢林》講述了四名性格迥異的高中生意外穿越到險象環生的勇敢者遊戲中，變身成為與自身性格外貌截然不同的遊戲角色。面對叢林猛獸的襲擊和邪惡勢力的追捕，四人必須在冒險家（道恩·強森 Dwayne Johnson 飾）的帶領下，戰勝重重危機，贏得遊戲，才能獲得重返現實的機會的故事。
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Friday, January 12, 2018
Suburbicon《迷鎮兇案》mí zhèn xiōng àn
Director: George Clooney
Actors: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac
China Release Date: Friday, January 12, 2018
導演: 喬治·克魯尼
主演: 馬特·達蒙 / 朱麗安·摩爾 / 奧斯卡·伊薩克 / 諾亞·尤佩 / 託尼·埃斯皮諾薩
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-12（周五）
In the heart of Suburbicon, a family-centred, all-white utopia of manicured lawns and friendly locals, a simmering tension is brewing, as the first African-American family moves in the idyllic community, in the hot summer of 1959.
However, as the patriarch Gardner Lodge and his family start catching a few disturbing glimpses of the once welcoming neighbourhood's dark underbelly, acts of unprecedented violence paired with a gruesome death will inevitably blemish Suburbicon's picture-perfect facade. Who would have thought that darkness resides even in Paradise?
Looks like an interesting look into suburb problems in the USA in the '50s, which are still quite relevant today. We might go see it just because of the name. But how did this one get past the censors!?
《迷鎮兇案》講述了上世紀50年代美國平靜小鎮上發生的一起兇殺案，由此引發了一系列事件。
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Friday, January 12, 2018
Salyut 7《太空救援》tài kōng jiù yuán
aka Салют-7
Director: Klim Shipenko
Actors: Lyubov Aksyonova, Ilya Andryukov, Pavel Derevyanko
China Release Date: Friday, January 12, 2018
導演: 克裡姆·斯彭科
主演: 柳波芙·阿克肖諾娃 / 弗拉季米爾·弗多維琴科夫 / 巴維爾·捷列連科 / 歐克薩娜·范德拉 / 瑪麗亞·米羅諾娃
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-12（周五）
Note: this one is in Russian with Chinese subtitles~ (The trailer is poorly dubbed in English, though)
The year is 1985. The unmanned Soviet space station Salyut 7, which is in low Earth orbit, suddenly stops responding to commands from the Control Center. If the space station - the pride of Soviet space engineering - falls from the sky, not only will it damage the image of the country, it will also be a disaster bringing untold casualties.
To investigate the failure and prevent the catastrophe, people must be sent to the station. Yet no one in history has ever attempted to dock an uncontrolled vehicle in space. To this day, this mission is considered to be the most technically challenging in the history of space exploration.
位於外太空的「禮炮7號」空間站意外與地球失去聯繫，工程師維克託·阿約金和退役太空人弗拉基米爾·費奧多羅夫臨危受命，搭乘聯盟號T-13尋找「禮炮7號」的蹤跡，當經歷宇宙空間對接、太空艙寒流、空間站失火、太陽能充電系統失靈等一系列危機準備返航之時，卻被告知空間站即將被擊落，一場更大的太空災難正在襲來.
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Friday, January 19, 2018
Jackie《第一夫人》dì yī fū rén
Director: Pablo Larraín
Actors: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig
China Release Date: Friday, January 19, 2018
導演: 帕布羅·拉雷恩
主演: 娜塔莉·波特曼 / 彼得·薩斯加德 / 格蕾塔·葛韋格 / 比利·克魯德普 / 約翰·赫特
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-19（周五）
Jackie is a portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Kennedy. Jackie places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination.
Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a portrait of the First Lady as she fights to establish her husband's legacy and the world of "Camelot" that she created and loved so well.
If you didn't see this already, we highly recommend it, not for the slow-moving story that everybody knows, but for Portman's acting.
影片講述的是美國前總統約翰·甘迺迪在1963年11月22日遇刺身亡的前四天時間裡，發生在前第一夫人傑奎琳·甘迺迪身上的故事。娜塔莉·波特曼將出演傑奎琳，也就是Jackie。據該片的全球聯合出品方和製片方熙頤影業透露，對於主創團隊選擇娜塔莉·波特曼出演傑奎琳·甘迺迪，業界並不感到驚訝。除了她精湛的演技之外，更是在於她獨特的知性氣質。
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Friday, January 19, 2018
Wonder
《奇蹟男孩》
qí jì nán hái
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Actors: Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Izabela Vidovic, Julia Roberts
China Release Date: Friday, January 19, 2018
導演: 史蒂芬·卓博斯基
主演: 雅各布·特倫布萊 / 歐文·威爾遜 / 朱莉婭·羅伯茨 / 伊扎貝拉·維多維奇 / 曼迪·帕廷金
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-19（周五）
Based on the New York Times bestseller, WONDER tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman. Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade.
As his family, his new classmates, and the larger community all struggle to discover their compassion and acceptance, Auggie's extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.
Looks like a heart tugger...
電影《奇蹟男孩》改編自全球暢銷小說《奇蹟》，講述了一個溫暖千萬家庭的成長故事。10 歲的奧吉天生臉部畸形，此前一直在家中和媽媽自學。當他小學五年級時，奧吉進入父母為他精心挑選的學校上學。在這裡，奧吉將與校長、老師以及性格迥異的同學相處，他不尋常的外表讓他成為同學們討論的焦點，並終日受到嘲笑和排斥，就連好不容易交到的新朋友也似乎不太值得信任。
幸運的是，在成長過程中，奧吉的父母、姐姐一直是他最堅強的後盾，在他們的支持與關愛下，奧吉憑藉自身的勇氣、善良、聰敏影響激勵了許多身邊的人，並收穫了友誼、尊重與愛，最終成長為大家心目中的不可思議的「奇蹟」。
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Friday, January 19, 2018
Secret Superstar《神秘巨星》Director: Advait Chandan
Actors: Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Meher Vij, Raj Arjun
China Release Date: Friday, January 19, 2018
導演: 阿瓦提·錢德安
主演: 阿米爾·汗 / 澤伊拉·沃西姆 / 梅·維賈 / 拉傑·阿晶 / 法魯克·賈法爾
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-19（周五）
Note: this movie is in Hindi with Chinese subtitles!
Will China welcome back Aamir Khan like they did for last year's Dangal?
In this movie, Insia is very passionate about singing but she belongs to a very conservative family. Her father doesn't let her develop her talent but her mother secretly lets her follow her passion for singing.
She begins anonymously posting her songs over the internet and gains nation wide fame including people from the music industry. The movie shows her journey to break free and follow her dream of being a singer.
Yep, China will eat that up!
14歲的印度少女尹希婭(塞伊拉·沃西 飾)熱愛唱歌,因父親阻撓,她只能蒙面拍攝並上傳自彈自唱原創歌曲的視頻,孰料憑藉天籟歌喉在網上一炮而紅,備受爭議的音樂人夏克提·庫馬爾(阿米爾·汗 飾)也向她拋出橄欖枝,尹希婭的生活發生了翻天覆地的變化.
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Friday, January 19, 2018
Guardians of the Tomb
《謎巢》
mí cháo
aka Nest
Director: Kimble Rendall
Actors: Kelsey Grammer, Kellan Lutz, Bingbing Li
China Release Date: Friday, January 19, 2018
導演: 金波·蘭道
主演: 李冰冰 / 凱南·魯茲 / 吳尊 / 凱爾希·格蘭莫 / 斯黛芬·道森
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-19（周五）
We hesitated to post this one at first, but hey, it's got Kelsey Grammar and Li Bingbing! It can't be that bad, can it?
Plot: An innocent discovery of a well-preserved mummified Emperor from 200 BC China unearths a 2000 year old nightmare - a secret that should have remained buried.
Sounds like a cross between National Treasure and The Mummy. Yawn.
生物科技公司研究員盧克·李（吳尊 飾）深入一座古墓隨即失去音訊，劇毒生物學博士嘉·李（李冰冰 飾）得知弟弟盧克失蹤的消息，隨即與醫藥集團總裁梅森·伯羅斯（凱爾希·格蘭莫 飾）組建一支專業的搜救隊，在救援隊長傑克·雷德利（凱南·魯茲飾）的帶領下，一行人前往盧克·李失蹤的地點搜尋，卻意外闖入神秘地下世界，一段意想不到冒險之旅就此展開……
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Friday, January 19, 2018
Ferdinand《公牛歷險記》gōng niú lì xiǎn jì
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Actors: John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale
China Release Date: Friday, January 19, 2018
導演: 卡洛斯·沙爾丹哈
主演: 約翰·塞納 / 吉娜·羅德裡格茲 / 鮑比·坎納瓦爾 / 安東尼·安德森 / 戴維德·迪格斯
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-19（周五）
Ferdinand, is a a giant bull with a big heart. he is mistaken for a dangerous beast and is captured and torn from his home and family. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team for the ultimate adventure. Set in Spain, Ferdinand proves you can't judge a bull by its cover.
Not only will your kids enjoy this one, sounds like a lot of innuendos for the adults to laugh at, too~
藍天工作室新動畫#公牛歷險記#(Ferdinand，暫譯)，心有蠻牛，細嗅薔薇，改編自著名童話《公牛費迪南》，講述體型龐大的牛費迪南其實溫柔又笨拙，他會屈服於命運成為一隻勇猛的鬥牛嗎？給小兔子做牛工呼吸也是夠了！WWE巨星約翰·塞納配音費迪南，蜜汁適合，SNL的凱特·邁克金農，《處女孕事》女主吉娜·羅德裡格茲、著名逗比安東尼·安德森參與配音。今年12月15日北美上映，內地有望引進。
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Friday, January 26, 2018
Maze Runner:
The Death Cure
《移動迷宮3：
死亡解藥》
yí dòng mí gōng sān：
sǐ wáng jiě yào
Director: Wes Ball
Actors: Rosa Salazar, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dylan O'Brien
China Release Date: Friday, January 26, 2018
導演: 韋斯·鮑爾
主演: 迪倫·歐布萊恩 / 卡雅·斯考達裡奧 / 李起弘 / 託馬斯·布羅迪-桑斯特 / 羅莎·薩拉查
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-26（周五）
Of all the pre-teen and teenage "series" out there these days, this one might be the worst. Good to see it's coming to a glorious end.
In the epic finale to The Maze Runner Saga, Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary last city, a WCKD controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all.
Anyone who makes it out alive will get the answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze. Will Thomas and the crew make it out alive? Or will Ava Paige get her way? Yes, it's a movie.
《移動迷宮3》作為系列最終章，沿襲系列一貫以來的勁爆動作戲和快節奏跑酷風，主要講述迪倫·奧布萊恩飾演的託馬斯率領的好萊塢「跑男團」在經歷了迷宮逃脫和末日喪屍的生死考驗後，終於迎來最後的正邪較量。
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Friday, January 26, 2018
24 Hours to Live《24小時：末路重生》èr shí sì xiǎo shí：mò lù zhòng shēngDirector: Brian Smrz
Actors: Tanya van Graan, Paul Anderson, Ethan Hawke
China Release Date: Friday, January 26, 2018
導演: 布萊恩·斯莫茲
主演: 伊桑·霍克 / 許晴 / 保羅·安德森 / 魯特格爾·哈爾 / 利亞姆·坎寧安
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-26（周五）
How does China find these movies!? Some say we will never know.
Making a rare foray into rock 'em, sock 'em action territory, Hawke plays a CIA agent who sacrifices everything for his employers, including his family and, ultimately, his own life. No sooner has he shuffled off this mortal coil, though, than he finds himself mysteriously resurrected for one last mission that's timed to last exactly 24 hours.
Once the countdown clock embedded in his arm reaches zero, he'll once again nod off into an eternal slumber if he hasn't completed his task. Before that happens, expect him to wreak bloody havoc on both his targets and his former CIA minders.
永遠不要點燃一個職業殺手的怒火，就算面臨重重包圍，他也能殺個片甲不留！殺手特拉維斯（伊桑∙霍克 飾）得知了犯罪組織「紅山」的驚天陰謀，他在國際刑警「琳」（許晴 飾）的影響下，決定重整目標、直搗紅山「老巢」。可是，特拉維斯只能存活24個小時，他能否阻止邪惡計劃、救贖自我？時間愈發緊迫了……
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Saturday, January 27, 2018
Duck Duck Goose
《媽媽咪鴨》
mā mā mī yā
Director: Christopher Jenkins
Actors: Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya, Lance Lim, Greg Proops
China Release Date: Saturday, January 27, 2018
導演: 克里斯多福·詹金斯
主演: 吉姆·加菲根 / 趙路 / 贊達亞 / 殷筱瑜 / 蘭斯·利姆
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-27（周六）
In a rare early opening for China (this one won't release in the US until April), this cartoon about funny ducklings will delight the kiddos!
Peng is a freewheeling bachelor goose who'd rather do anything than practice for the upcoming migration. He thinks he's better than everyone else and spends his time attempting crazy stunts at even crazier speeds.
In one such stunt, Peng flies too near the ground, hits a flock of ducklings and separates brother and sister, Chao and Chi, from the rest. In this unlikely meeting, Peng will begin a journey that will break his wing and nearly break his heart as he grows to understand the power of unconditional love in the form of two ducklings, who likewise grow to see him as the best father they could ever have.
Those names sound eerily similar to Chinese names. Hmm... Thanks, Wanda.
該片講述了雁群往南方遷徙的途中，「最棒飛行家」PENG桀驁不馴愛搗亂，和母大雁JINGJING調情時不慎撞散了一群趕路的小鴨子。不服管教的PENG決定單飛，不得已和兩隻落單的小鴨子CHAW、CHI組成了「臨時母子檔」，踏上了一路烏龍的尋親和南遷之旅。
他們經歷了一連串驚險、刺激又有趣的冒險。划過壯美的梯田，爬過冷峻的山脈，遇上好心收留他們的母雞和妻管嚴公雞、搭乘春運卡車的豬群、半瓶子中醫技能的松鼠。路途中要時刻抵禦想吃掉他們的惡貓，還險些成為「盤中烤鴨」。PENG與CHAW姐弟兩的命運緊緊關聯，孤傲的PENG也逐漸學會了責任與耐心。最後，煥然一新的PENG得到了女友JINGJING的原諒，和兩隻小鴨子組成了愛意滿滿的小家庭。
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Happy Death Day《忌日快樂》jì rì kuài lèDirector: 克里斯多福·蘭登
Actors: 傑西卡·羅德 / 伊瑟爾·布羅薩德 / 露比·莫迪恩 / 查爾斯·艾特肯 / 蘿拉·克利夫頓
China Release Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
導演: Christopher Landon
主演: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine
中國大陸上映日期: 2018-01-30（周二）
Why is a random teen horror movie from last Halloween releasing on a Tuesday in January? Don't ask questions, this is China.
A teenage girl, trying to enjoy her birthday, soon realizes that this is her final one. That is, if she can figure out who her killer is. She must relive that day, over and over again, dying in a different way each time. Can she solve her own murder?
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生日當晚慘遭殺害的泰莉，一覺醒來仍然生勾勾，她以為只是生日前夕的惡夢，怎知醒來後的經歷跟夢境完全一樣，生日當晚再慘遭殺害，然後又一覺醒來…究竟是上天的大禮，還是死神的玩笑，她竟然無限次被殺，再無限次重返生日早上！泰莉醒完又死，死完又醒，她唯一可以做的，就是找出殺自己的神秘兇手，否則會被困在生日和死忌的無限輪迴，直到永遠…
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