一直在家自主教学的“瘦高个”詹姆斯正值升学的年纪，场遇母亲阿比盖尔建议他去天才少年才能进入的圣海伦学院。詹姆斯对此并提不起兴致，场遇因为他父亲的逝世让他患上了社交障碍症，和同龄人无法友好相处甚至大打出手，因此给阿比盖尔带来很多困扰。一次偶然的邂逅让詹姆斯对在点心店打工的女孩儿瓦尔产生了好奇心，并发现两个人身世相似都经历了家庭变故，慢慢熟络起来。直到一次詹姆斯无意间看见瓦尔和自己结识不久的朋友哈曼的亲密举动，内心的嫉妒让他对哈曼动手，在瓦尔道歉后詹姆斯才冷静下来。阿比盖尔误以为性格偏激的詹姆斯杀死了他的宠物仓鼠，詹姆斯终于向母亲坦言，自己的情绪病其实来自于曾目睹父亲自杀的过程。詹姆斯决定接受圣海伦学院的录取邀约，逾越自己的心里障碍，准备步入新生活。
回复 :Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).The title music sets the tone: a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.Roger Philip Mellor
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回复 :丹尼尔·卡卢亚(《逃出绝命镇》《黑豹》)将主演环球新片《皇后与瘦子》(Queen & Slim)，已定档2019年11月27日北美上映，明年1月开拍。该片是一部复杂的剧情片，讲述一对黑人男女“皇后”和“瘦子”第一次约会，开车被警察叫停。之后的发展跟《逃出绝命镇》就不一样了：两人因自我防卫杀死了那名警察，随后没有自首，而是一起亡命天涯。希望藉由这个爱情故事探索美国的社会和政治。女主角皇后正在选演员，计划用新面孔。《无为大师》《头号玩家》的丽娜·维斯编剧，她的《无为大师》导演搭档Melina Matsoukas执导，这也是后者首次导演电影。剧本是基于《百万碎片》作者、争议作家詹姆斯·弗雷写的一版剧本进行改编，新电影公司Makeready注资。
回复 :The 18th century tale of a youngster whose memories, recounted after death, are a long series of wrong moral choices ending up with his killing his evil alter-ego, that is committing suicide.
