🎥 Film culture from around the world~
New year, new movie list! And not too bad of a selection if we do say so ourselves… at least better than last month.
A lot of you were askin’ about the new Transformers and the Creed sequel and we thankfully get both of them (on the same day!) 😹
Also included: a couple animes, a couple about dogs, a couple about sports, a couple more big budget action type ones, and a Ukrainian princess cartoon. We even have a couple holdouts that got added to the end of last month… enjoy the movies!
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Friday, December 28, 2018
Thugs of Hindostan
《印度暴徒》
yìn dù bào tú
Director: Vijay Krishna Acharya
Actors: Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Amitabh Bachchan
China Release Date: Friday, December 28, 2018
导演: 维贾伊·克利须那·阿查里雅
主演: 阿米尔·汗 / 卡特莉娜·卡芙 / 阿米达普·巴强 / 劳埃德·欧文 / 阿明·阿卜杜勒·奎德
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-12-28（周五）
Note: this film is in Hindi with Chinese subtitles
Aamir Khan is back and can do no wrong. This time he’s a “thug” from Hindostan. Cool. As you all know, China loves this guy and will be flocking to the theaters this week to see it.
The movie is set in 1795 and follows a gang of pirates who aspire to free Hindostan from the evil British Empire. A small-time thug (Khan) is then sent by British commander John Clive to infiltrate the gang and counter their threat.
故事的背景是在1795年东印度公司殖民统治印度期间，殖民统治者想要抓住反抗组织”阿扎德“的领袖（阿米特巴·巴强饰演）于是找来了混混弗朗基（阿米尔·汗饰演）充当间谍，但弗朗基在潜伏过程中却有了另外的想法，一段充满了意料之外的动作冒险故事由此展开…..
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, December 28, 2018
Benji
《神探狗笨吉》
shén tàn gǒu bèn jí
Director: Brandon Camp
Actors: Gabriel Bateman, Darby Camp, Kiele Sanchez
China Release Date: Friday, December 28, 2018
导演: 布兰登·坎普
主演: 加布里埃尔·贝特曼 / 达比·坎普 / 基拉·桑切斯 / 格拉伦·布莱恩特·班克斯 / 威尔·罗斯海尔
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-12-28（周五）
Didn’t we download and watch this one months ago? Yes, we did. But it’s finally coming to Chinese theaters. Kiddos and dog lovers alike, will love this happy-go-lucky film remake. And no, they don’t pull a Marley and Me.
Two school kids strike up a friendship with an orphaned puppy named Benji. When danger befalls them and they end up kidnapped by robbers who are in over their heads, Benji and his scruffy sidekick come to the rescue.
“笨吉”原本是一只吃百家饭的流浪狗。它最喜欢一对兄妹，因为他俩经常瞒着妈妈悄悄陪它玩耍，喂它美食。某天，这对兄妹被坏人绑架。
在妈妈和警方都惶恐不安而又无所适从之时，聪明勇敢的“神探狗”笨吉克服险阻，用自己的方式救出了这对兄妹，也找到了梦寐以求的家。笨吉的故事提醒我们，身边的宠物或许就是拯救人类的英雄。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, January 4, 2019
Bumblebee
《大黄蜂》
dà huáng fēng
Director: Travis Knight
Actors: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena
China Release Date: Friday, January 4, 2019
导演: 特拉维斯·奈特
主演: 海莉·斯坦菲尔德 / 约翰·塞纳 / 小豪尔赫·兰登伯格 / 杰森·德鲁克 / 贾斯汀·塞洛克斯
中国大陆上映日期: 2019-01-04（周五）
Another Transformers movie! Which number is this one? Doesn’t matter, it’s a standalone with everyone’s favorite autobot…
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town, of course. Charlie (Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers the yellow transformer, battle-scarred and broken.
Maybe a little origin story thrown in for good measure. And don’t forget John Cena!
本片故事设定在1987年，正值青春期的18岁少女查理Charlie（海莉·斯坦菲尔德 饰）在加州海边小镇的废弃场里发现了伤痕累累的大黄蜂，他们之间会发生怎样的故事呢？让我们拭目以待！
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, January 4, 2019
Creed II
《奎迪：英雄再起》
kuí dí：yīng xióng zài qǐ
Director: Steven Caple Jr.
Actors: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson
China Release Date: Friday, January 4, 2019
导演: 小斯蒂芬·卡普尔
主演: 西尔维斯特·史泰龙 / 迈克尔·B·乔丹 / 泰莎·汤普森 / 杜夫·龙格尔 / 弗罗里安·穆特鲁
中国大陆上映日期: 2019-01-04（周五）
After the first film, this one seemed inevitable. And we all could’ve easily predicted his opponent: Viktor Drago, son of Ivan Drago. Seems to have good reviews and is sure to become another classic boxing film to add to the collection.
《奎迪：英雄再起》讲述拳王奎迪迎战“父仇”对手，遭遇惨败跌入人生低谷，在教练洛奇和家人的帮助下，克服心理障碍重新振作的故事。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, January 11, 2019
The Breadwinner
《养家之人》
yǎng jiā zhī rén
Director: Nora Twomey
Actors: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgaus
China Release Date: Friday, January 11, 2019
导演: 诺拉·托梅
主演: 莎拉·乔德利 / 索玛·查亚 / 诺林·古拉姆高斯 / 拉腊·萨迪克 / 阿里·巴德沙阿
中国大陆上映日期: 2019-01-11（周五）
This animated feature was nominated for an Oscar this year and is based on Deborah Ellis’ bestselling novel of the same name. Parvana is an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family.
Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family.
Equal parts thrilling and enchanting, The Breadwinner is an inspiring and luminously animated tale about the power of stories to sustain hope and carry us through dark times. We highly highly recommend this one!
故事的主人公是一个阿富汗女孩帕瓦娜，她们一家生活在塔利班的严酷统治之下，非但不准女孩上学，更规定女性必须男性陪同才可外出，违者可遭毒打。父亲本是学者，在暴政下失业，由十一岁女儿帕瓦娜陪伴，到市集代人写信。
有日父亲被士兵强行带走，被关入狱。帕瓦娜为维持家计，决定剪短头发，化身小木兰，偷偷以男装打扮上街，打水买食粮，代父赚钱，亦因此眼界大开，更有同学萧希亚教她生存之道。乱世催促成长，置身强权下，却仍能抓住希望。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, January 11, 2019
Memoirs of a Murderer
《22年后的自白》
èr shí èr nián hòu de zì bái
aka 22年目の告白 私が殺人犯です
Director: Yû Irie
Actors: Paolo Andrea Di Pietro, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Toyotaka Hanazawa
China Release Date: Friday, January 11, 2019
导演: 入江悠
主演: 藤原龙也 / 伊藤英明 / 夏帆 / 野村周平 / 石桥杏奈
中国大陆上映日期: 2019-01-11（周五）
Note: this film is in Japanese with Chinese subtitles
In 1995, five serial murder cases took place. Wataru Makimura took charge of the murder cases and tried to catch the serial killer. Due to the killer’s trap, Wataru Makimura’s superior was killed.
The serial murder case has been unsolved to this date. 22 years later, a murder memoir “Watashi ga Satsujinhan desu” (“I am a Murderer”) is published. The author describes himself as the killer responsible for the five unsolved serial murder cases.
1995年，东京发生了连环绞杀案，五人被害，凶手无影无踪，该案成为悬案。2017年，就在该案早已过了诉讼有效期之时，一位名叫曾根崎雅人（藤原龙也饰）的男子出版了一本《我是杀人犯》的告白书，声称自己是22年前连环杀人案的凶手，并嘲笑警方无能。
此举震惊了整个日本社会，面对受害者家属的愤怒，警方却束手无策。作为当年调查案件的刑警，牧村航（伊藤英明饰）多年来从未放弃追捕真凶，对于曾根崎雅人的话他将信将疑，一场激烈的猫鼠游戏在两人之间展开。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, January 11, 2019
Uncle Drew
《德鲁大叔》
dé lǔ dà shū
Director: Charles Stone III
Actors: Kyrie Irving, Lil Rel Howery, Shaquille O’Neal, Nate Robinson, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Lisa Leslie, Tiffany Haddish, Nick Kroll
China Release Date: Friday, January 11, 2019
导演: 查尔斯·斯通三世
主演: 凯里·欧文 / 里尔·莱尔·哈瓦瑞 / 沙奎尔·奥尼尔 / 克里斯·韦伯 / 雷吉·米勒
中国大陆上映日期: 2019-01-11（周五）
After draining his life savings to enter a team in the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem, Dax (Howery) is dealt a series of unfortunate setbacks, including losing his team to his longtime rival (Kroll).
Desperate to win the tournament and the cash prize, Dax stumbles upon the man, the myth, the legend UNCLE DREW (NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving) and convinces him to return to the court one more time. The two men embark on a road trip to round up Drew’s old basketball squad and prove that a group of septuagenarians can still win the big one.
Wow. Based off of the comedy webisodes, this is primarily for those NBA fans out there.
达克斯（里尔·莱尔·哈瓦瑞 饰）为了一圆自己的篮球梦，参加在洛克公园举办的街头篮球锦标赛。在他输给对手穆奇后，自己的运势不断地走下坡路，直到达克斯遇见了前街头霸主——德鲁大叔（凯里·欧文 饰），希望获得他的助力，而德鲁大叔提出建立自己的球队。
为此，两人共同出发去寻找德鲁大叔的老队员们（沙奎尔·奥尼尔、克里斯·韦伯、雷吉·米勒、内特·罗宾逊），之后一场场精彩绝伦的比赛不断上演，也发生了一系列趣味横生的故事。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, January 11, 2019
Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel – I. Presage Flower
《命运之夜——天之杯：恶兆之花》
mìng yùn zhī yè tiān zhī bēi ：è zhào zhī huā
Director: Tomonori Sudô
Actors: Bryce Papenbrook, Noriaki Sugiyama, Noriko Shitaya, Cristina Valenzuela, Ayako Kawasumi
China Release Date: Friday, January 11, 2019
导演: 须藤友德
主演: 杉山纪彰 / 下屋则子 / 神谷浩史 / 川澄绫子 / 植田佳奈
中国大陆上映日期: 2019-01-11（周五）
Note: this film is in Japanese with Chinese subtitles
Adapted from the third route of Fate/Stay Night, this story follows Emiya Shirou, a young magus who attends Homurahara Academy in Fuyuki City. One day after cleaning the Archery Dojo in his school, he catches a glimpse of a fight between superhuman beings, and he gets involved in the Holy Grail War, a ritual where magi called Masters fight each other with their Servants to win the Holy Grail.
Shirou joins the battle to stop an evildoer from winning the Grail and to save innocent people, but everything goes wrong when a mysterious “Shadow” begins to indiscriminately kill people in Fuyuki…
动画剧场版《命运之夜—— 天之杯：恶兆之花》，是TYPE-MOON发售的文字冒险游戏《Fate/stay night》中第三条剧情线，简称“HF”或“樱线”。在故事中，圣杯是传说中可实现持有者一切愿望的宝物。7位御主（Master）和7位从者（Servant）为了得到圣杯而相互厮杀的仪式被称为圣杯战争。
「圣杯战争」发生十年后，冬木市再次迎来了战争，一股不安的氛围笼罩着全城。有人暗施诡计，让这场战争开始逐渐陷入混乱……
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, January 18, 2019
Mortal Engines
《掠食城市》
luě shí chéng shì
Director: Christian Rivers
Actors: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Ronan Raftery
China Release Date: Friday, January 18, 2019
导演: 克里斯蒂安·瑞沃斯
主演: 海拉·西尔玛 / 雨果·维文 / 金吉 / 罗伯特·席安 / 莱拉·乔治
中国大陆上映日期: 2019-01-18（周五）
A mysterious young woman, Hester Shaw, emerges as the only one who can stop a giant, predator city on wheels devouring everything in its path. Feral, and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy, an outcast from London, along with Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.
This movie is NOT doing well abroad… who’s to say how it will do in China, but unknown sci-fi flicks with little known actors will most likely also not do well here. Still kinda wanna see it, though.
一次灾难性事件毁灭了文明，数千年后，人类已经适应，并进化出了新的生存方式。如今，巨大的移动城市在地球上漫步，无情地吞噬着小牵引城镇。汤姆·纳茨沃西（罗伯特·席安饰），来自大牵引城市伦敦的低层，在遭遇了危险逃犯海特·肖（海拉·希尔莫饰）后，不得不开始为生存而奋战。
两个截然相反，本不该相遇的人，却意外结盟，他们注定将改变未来。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, January 18, 2019
Let Me Eat Your Pancreas
《我想吃掉你的胰脏》
wǒ xiǎng chī diào nǐ de yí zāng
aka 君の膵臓を食べたい
Director: Shin’ichirô Ushijima
Actors: Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii
China Release Date: Friday, January 18, 2019
导演: 牛岛新一郎
主演: 高杉真宙 / 藤井雪代 / 内田雄马 / 福岛润
中国大陆上映日期: 2019-01-18（周五）
Note: this film is in Japanese with Chinese subtitles
Disregard the quirky English title, and you have yourself a legit drama that is sure to draw tears. Also note, this is the anime remake that was recently released in Japan. This is NOT the live-action version that released here in September.
Summary: A high school student happens to find a diary written by one of his classmates, Sakura Yamauchi, that reveals she is suffering from a pancreatic disease. He spent time with Sakura, but she dies. 12 years later, due to Sakura’s words, he is now a high school teacher at the same school where he graduated from.
“没有名字的我，没有未来的她”
对他人毫无兴趣，总是独自一人读书的高中生“我”。这样的“我”有一天，偶然捡到一册写着《共病文库》的文库本。那是，天真烂漫的班上人气王·山内樱良私下记录的日记本。里面记载着她身患胰脏的疾病，已经时日无多……。
隐藏自己的疾病度过日常的樱良，与知晓其秘密的“我”。
——两人的距离，还没有名字。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, January 18, 2019
Escape Room
《密室逃生》
mì shì táo shēng
Director: Adam Robitel
Actors: Deborah Ann Woll, Taylor Russell, Tyler Labine
China Release Date: Friday, January 18, 2019
导演: 亚当·罗比特尔
主演: 泰勒·莱伯恩 / 黛博拉·安沃尔 / 泰勒·拉塞尔 / 尼克·多达尼 / 洛根·米勒
中国大陆上映日期: 2019-01-18（周五）
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive. Find the clue… or die.
It was just a matter of time until Hollywood took this beloved group entertainment concept and made it into a movie! And the trailer looks pretty good.
讲述6个陌生人参加一项密室逃脱游戏，第一个成功的人能获得巨额奖金，然而他们发现情况完全不受控制，必须绞尽脑汁求生，否则会死得很惨。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, January 18, 2019
A Dog’s Way Home
《一条狗的回家路》
yī tiáo gǒu de huí jiā lù
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Actors: Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Judd, Alexandra Shipp
China Release Date: Friday, January 18, 2019
导演: 查尔斯·马丁·史密斯
主演: 艾什莉·贾德 / 乔纳·豪尔-金 / 亚历山德拉·希普 / 韦斯·斯塔迪 / 爱德华·詹姆斯·奥莫斯
中国大陆上映日期: 2019-01-18（周五）
Another dog movie in less than a month! Just because I have a cat now, doesn’t mean I’m not a dog person any more.
In this movie, the eponymous dog has to travel over 400 miles back to find its owner. There’s no way this can be better than the classic Homeward Bound, though!
男主角卢卡斯在一座废弃建筑里偶遇幼犬贝拉。尽管他的母亲禁止养狗，他还是说服母亲将贝拉带回抚养，并把贝拉带到他工作的退伍军人医院，为病人们带去欢乐和慰藉。一次意外让长大的贝拉不慎走失，阴错阳差的与主人分隔两地。
与主人分离的贝拉心急如焚，翻过雪山和草原，沿着落基山脉、跨越危机四伏的科罗拉多荒野，毅然踏上了未知而艰险的，长达四百英里的冒险归家旅程，只为回到主人卢卡斯身边，回到家里。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, January 18, 2019
The Stolen Princess
《森林奇缘》
sēn lín qí yuán
aka Викрадена принцеса: Руслан i Людмила
Director: Oleh Malamuzh
Actors: Nadezhda Dorofeeva, Aleksey Zavgorodniy, Yevhen Malukha
China Release Date: Friday, January 18, 2019
导演: 奥列格·马拉姆兹
主演: 多洛菲娃 / 阿勒克西·扎夫戈罗德尼 / 耶文·马鲁卡
中国大陆上映日期: 2019-01-18（周五）
Note: this film is in Ukrainian [or dubbed in Chinese or possibly English] with Chinese subtitles
This wonderful story happened in the age of valiant knights, beautiful princesses, and battling sorcerers. Ruslan, a wandering artist dreaming to become a knight, met beautiful Mila and fell in love with her; he didn’t even suspect that she is the King’s daughter. However, the lovers’ happiness wasn’t meant to last too long.
Chernomor, the evil sorcerer, appeared in a magic vortex and stole Mila right before Ruslan’s eyes to transform her power of love into his own magic power. Without further ado, Ruslan sets out on a chase after the stolen princess to overcome all obstacles and to prove that real love is stronger than magic.
这个故事发生在英勇的骑士、美丽的公主和与巫师战斗的时代。流浪艺术家鲁斯兰梦想成为一名骑士，遇见了美丽的米拉，爱上了她，他甚至没有想到过她是国王的女儿，他们在城堡外共同度过了幸福而奇妙的一天。
然而，这对恋人的幸福并没有持续太久。邪恶的魔法师切诺莫出现在一个魔法漩涡中，并在鲁斯兰的眼前劫走了米拉。切诺莫的阴谋是要将她爱的力量转化为他自己的邪恶魔力。慌乱之后，鲁斯兰开始追逐找寻被偷走的公主，克服了所有的障碍，并证明真爱比魔法更强大。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
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