一个六十多岁的独居中年男子选择抱着充气娃娃跳楼了。因为娃娃先落地而捡回一命。他说:寂寞和舆论杀了他。 卖给他娃娃的年轻卖家小丁(唐振刚 饰),独自住在女娃满布的房间里,却没有交过女朋友,每天抱娃娃睡觉,他唯一的愿望就是跟客户合照赢得大奖,可以带房东的小孙女去日本找妈妈。 一个三十多岁的B咖演员大雄(周咏轩 饰),奋斗了十年,却因为一个低俗的广告走红,他讨厌这个广告,更讨厌走红后突然冒出来的妈妈。 某天,小丁竟然不小心把自己最爱的娃娃送错给演员,他开始疯狂追讨,也开始踏入别人的寂寞。充气娃娃之恋?不是,只是简单的恋母情结罢了。他搜集这个城市的寂寞,不被人懂的寂寞。
飞机(郑伊健 饰)本是个上进的警员,在一次行动中杀手天使(方中信 饰)杀死了证人以及飞机的女友后,飞机性情大变。新被调到CID的警察火鸡(陈小春 饰)被安排与飞机拍档,生性乐观的他积极鼓励颓废的飞机,两人友情大增。火鸡遇见了梦中情人小明星小婷(徐若萱 饰),却收到她的求救信息,原来小婷被高利贷抓走了。飞机更认识了小婷的朋友小曼(梁咏琪 饰),小曼跟飞机死去的女友样子几乎一模一样。火鸡为了能接近小婷,提出要保护两个女孩子。当他们4人都沉醉在爱情的甜蜜时,杀手天使计划要杀死四人……
元朗CID脂粉刘及串烧伦被派往调查两名基佬被杀案,为搜寻有关线索,被迫扮成基佬,入住基佬大厦,往基佬吧流连。脂粉刘巧遇少女波波,约她返家晚饭之际,波波被Billy拉着离开,被脂粉刘所阻。却原来波波一直被迫为毒贩做事,藉带团赴泰国,利用团友携带回之木雕暗藏白粉,被杀的基佬亦因此事受害,波波正被迫追寻另一失落的木雕。波波被误为吃里扒外,被Billy挟持,刘与伦亦被捉,始知基佬被杀案为毒贩所为。三人摆脱捆绑,并勇擒匪徒,破毁毒巢。
粵劇的「舊」,為「新浪潮」提供了上佳的戲劇背景。許鞍華的第二部作品以戲班後台作為舞台,泡製出一個寓風格於現實的故事。長洲可說是一個大型的後台,其古樸的離島風貌,配合了粵劇肖象性的化妝、絢麗的服飾及富於感觀性的舞台表演,營造出一股詭秘妖異的氣氛。兩代恩怨竟牽涉商業騙局及軍政大事,陰與陽、人與鬼、新與舊、老與少、真與假,錯綜複雜。蕭芳芳的演出收放自如,演活了「十三點」的鬼馬二幫花旦。導演許鞍華充滿獵奇意味的筆觸,更為粵劇描繪出一種特殊的魅力。
A year in the life of a singular family. Sasquatch Sunset is, indeed, an utterly singular filmmaking feat. Deploying a daring approach with ferocious commitment, David and Nathan Zellner’s imaginative work captures quotidian sasquatch life with detail and rigor that is simply unforgettable. The Zellner brothers continue their longstanding contributions to the Sundance catalog w...
The summer before college, bright-yet-irreverent Elliott comes face-to-face with her older self during a mushroom trip. The encounter spurs a funny and heartfelt journey of self-discovery and first love as Elliott prepares to leave her childhood home. Writer-director Megan Park’s tender, surprising sophomore feature cleverly uses its high-concept premise of a visit from one’s future self to launch a refreshing, nuanced exploration of the uncertainties of young romance and coming of age. My Old Ass is a sweet teenage love story, a lively contemporary comedy, and a quirky riff on time-travel films all in one. Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza have a terrific unlikely chemistry, as the sass and self-assuredness of the young Elliott, as played by Stella, blends and overlaps with Plaza’s sardonic humor as a more mature Elliott. The care and affection shown in the film’s depiction of Elliott’s rural hometown in her last days before taking off for adulthood visually highlights her emotional journey, evoking a nostalgia for days that haven’t even ended yet.—HZ