温柔乡 soft places (1978)

等待方舟

　　Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their habitat falls apart.　　Delving deep into the dusty and long abandonded vaults of b-cinema in search of lost gems always leaves me with a bittersweet taste. On one hand the discovery of unexpected gems where no one would think them possible is a rewarding experience. On the other hand though it makes one wonder how many of these remarkable low-budget oddities, personal love affairs of directors never quite famous and now all but forgotten, have almost forever slipped from memory?　　n any case what we have here is a little post-apocalyptic gem from Poland that is really better than it has any right to. The dystopian near future of O-BI, O-BA finds a group of survivors of the nuclear war that ravaged the Earth inhabiting an underworld concrete bunker and biding their time as they wait for the mysterious Ark, an air ship of some kind that will come and save them. The Ark proves to be an elaborate hoax, carefully designed to give hope to the malnourished and desperate denizens of the bunker, while in the meantime the dome that separates their miserable existence from the nuclear winter outside is slowly caving in.　　What first striked me about the movie is the design of the bunker and the depiction of the survivors. The survivors are gaunt, filthy and terrible-looking penitents, dressed in rags and aimlessly wandering the neon-lit halls of the bunker like automatons. The bunker is a rundown, seedy place, with bright neon lights peering from all sides like the eyes of malignant beasts.　　On one hand it is a slightly 80's depiction of the dystopian future but the movie never stoops down to MAD MAX cheese. Instead it combines biting political satire with the bleak outlook of a world with no future, black comedy with barbs on apathy, religion and power. The survivors, for example, are fed some kind of flour dropping from a tube that hovers in the air - later on we discover the food supervisor uses books and the Bible itself as filler for this meagre meal. There are many such short symbolic touches, perhaps not life-changing or faith-restoring, yet playful, clever and inspired.　　One thing is for sure; O-BI, O-BA is not your run-of-the-mill sci-fi schlock. It overcomes its modest budget with creativity and has genuine artistic aspirations both from a writing and directing perspective. My opinion is that it should have been filmed in black and white instead of colour though. The director uses atmospheric light and shadow to great effect and it would have registered even better in stark black and white. The blue-green neon on the other hand outstays its welcome after a while. Just a minor gripe in an otherwise solid b-movie with its heart set in all the right places.　　Imagine a less bleak THE ROAD (Cormac McCarthy) being injected with the satire and humour of DR.STRANGELOVE and you're getting there. See it if you can find it.

格吉（杀人鬼）

时速二十五

　　許久不見的克里斯提安(43歲)與吉奧(45歲)，終於在他們父親的葬禮上重逢。個性截然不同的兄弟難得聚在一起，在守靈夜酒酣耳熱之際，臨時起意決定去實現小時候的夢想-騎著電動自行車進行一趟從黑森林到波羅的海、橫越整片德國的冒險旅程。在這段時速最高僅25公里的漫活旅程中，兩人經歷了許多意想不到的遭遇，也重新認識了彼此，甚至改變了他們往後的人生。

驱逐

　　改编自1930年代英国真实事件，一位牧师莱纳斯（约翰·赫夫南 饰）被教会任命为代理牧师，他带着妻子玛丽安（杰西卡·布朗·芬德利 饰）与女儿小爱搬进一座神秘庄园。　　但在他们入住这间屋子不久后，奇怪事情接二连三发生，除了在半夜会听见呢喃声，还会看见陌生的修道士身影，女儿小爱的行为也越来越陌生，随着被骚扰的次数越来越多，莱纳斯和玛丽安不得不寻求著名的捉鬼专家哈利（西恩·哈里斯 饰）帮忙。　　他们必须一起揭开真相，找出这栋房子的超自然力量还有它可怕且惊人的过去……

光环：夜幕

　　美剧《光晕：夜幕降临》剧情是紧接《Halo4》和《Halo5》，其中游戏人物Jameson Locke(Mike Colter饰演)将继续扮演核心角色，他即是一个“传奇的赏金猎人”，同时也是美国海军情报局的特工。　　在预告片中，Jameson Locke和他的团队陷入到一场有预谋的生物攻击之中，在那里他们很快发现了这个阴谋，他们随后被带到了一艘远古的飞行器里。在那里他们被迫“为生存而战，并对一切事物保持猜疑”，最终在忠诚和生存之间做出抉择。　　最后微软也表示，这部美剧《光环：夜幕降临》将与《光晕》士官长典藏版同期上映，预计从11月11日开播。

苍雪麒麟

百年前万灵古城遭黑水军团操控的麒麟居戮，女王妙清封印麒麟后难产离世。百年后，其遗孤苍雪貌丑家贫，在忠义堂备受排挤，暗恋陌千禾，机缘下救了龙族皇子诺，获三个愿望。随着假公主阴谋、麒麟解封，古城再起危机，苍雪在蜕变中揭开身世，携手伙伴对抗幕后黑手，拯救古城。