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It’s finally December, and we all know what that means! No, thankfully we don’t have to wait for another Star Wars movie to come to China this year. It means time to rewatch all our Christmas movies!
And we even get one in the cinemas here… my, how the tides have turned.
Additionally, we have a couple holdouts from last month, not to mention a couple comedies and action-packed superhero flicks. For the kids, we have multiple cartoons, too!
We all can enjoy the Grinch, though, even if we’re hibernating winter hermits.
So, after you read through our helpful list, vote for the ones you want to see and share with all your friends who might benefit from it.
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Friday, November 30, 2018
102 Not Out
《老爸102岁》
lǎo bà yī bǎi líng èr suì
Director: Umesh Shukla
Actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, Jimit Trivedi
China Release Date: Friday, November 30, 2018
导演: 奥米史·舒克拉
主演: 阿米达普·巴强 / 里希·卡普尔 / 吉米特·特里韦迪 / 达尔曼德拉·吉尔
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-11-30（周五）
Note: this film is in Hindi with Chinese subtitles
Dattatraya Vakharia is a 102 year old man living like a youngster. While is 75 year old son Babulal has accepted his old age and lost all excitement in life. Dattatraya wants to break the world record of oldest person living on earth held by a Chinese man. He feels that it won’t be possible to break the record by living with a boring son.
Wow, Bollywood at its finest!
102岁的老爸达特利（阿米达普·巴强 饰）是一个有着26岁灵魂、精神奕奕的酷老头，他75岁的儿子巴布（里希·卡普尔 饰）却暮气沉沉刻板无趣。
为了挑战世界长寿纪录，老爸决定将儿子送进养老院，想要阻止老爸的疯狂行为，儿子巴布就必须完成一系列“改造任务”，成为眼中有光热爱生活的新巴布。完成任务的过程中，父子两人有温馨欢乐也有争吵冲突，而就在儿子即将完成所有任务，重拾对生活热情时，却发现改造计划背后更感人的秘密……
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, November 30, 2018
Revolt
《铁甲战神》
tiě jiǎ zhàn shén
Director: Joe Miale
Actors: Lee Pace, Bérénice Marlohe, Jason Flemyng
China Release Date: Friday, November 30, 2018
导演: 乔·米亚
主演: 李·佩斯 / 贝纳尼丝·玛尔洛 / 杰森·弗莱明
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-11-30（周五）
There aren’t words in any language to describe how bad this movie from 2017 looks. No wonder it got added at the last minute to the end of November.
The story of humankind’s last stand against a cataclysmic alien invasion. In the war-ravaged African countryside, a U.S. soldier and a French foreign aid worker team up to survive the alien onslaught. Their bond will be tested as they search for refuge across a crumbling world.
No words.
在饱受战争蹂躏的非洲乡村，一名美国士兵和一名法国医生，在外星人的袭击中幸存下来。当他们在战场上寻找避难所时，士兵却忘记了他的真实身份，他们组成联合小队，这是人类应对外星人毁灭性入侵的最后一战。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, December 7, 2018
Aquaman
《海王》
hǎi wáng
Director: James Wan
Actors: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Dolph Lundgren, Willem Dafoe, Nicole Kidman, Julie Andrews
China Release Date: Friday, December 7, 2018
导演: 温子仁
主演: 杰森·莫玛 / 艾梅柏·希尔德 / 妮可·基德曼 / 帕特里克·威尔森 / 杜夫·龙格尔
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-12-07（周五）
There’s probably only one reason left in the world to want to see this movie, and that’s the main actor. Male and female alike can appreciate the aqueous physique of the Dothraki, I mean underwater god.
And the fact that China is getting this TWO weeks before the US release is telling. They know it’ll do better here than abroad.
Plot: Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world. We assume this is before he meets Batfleck and Superman and Wonder Woman, et al.
华纳兄弟影片公司与导演温子仁联手为您呈现波澜壮阔的动作冒险电影——《海王》！横跨七大洋的广阔海底世界徐徐展开，给观众带来震撼十足的视觉奇观。本片由杰森·莫玛领衔主演，讲述半人半亚特兰蒂斯血统的亚瑟·库瑞踏上永生难忘的征途——他不但需要直面自己的特殊身世，更不得不面对生而为王的考验：自己究竟能否配得上“海王”之名。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, December 7, 2018
Adrift
《惊涛飓浪》
jīng tāo jù làng
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Actors: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Thomas
China Release Date: Friday, December 7, 2018
导演: 巴塔萨·科马库
主演: 山姆·克拉弗林 / 谢琳·伍德蕾 / 杰弗瑞·托马斯 / 伊丽莎白·霍桑
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-12-07（周五）
Based on the inspiring true story of two free spirits whose chance encounter leads them first to love, and then to the adventure of a lifetime. As the two avid sailors set out on a journey across the ocean, Tami Oldham (Woodley) and Richard Sharp (Claflin) couldn’t anticipate they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly injured and their boat in ruins. With no hope for rescue, Tami must find the strength and determination to save herself and the only man she has ever loved. Adrift is the unforgettable story about the resilience of the human spirit and the transcendent power of love.
影片讲述了富有探索精神的塔米·奥尔德姆（谢琳·伍德蕾 饰）与未婚夫理查德·夏普（山姆·克拉弗林 饰）为完成梦想中冒险刺激的航海之旅，二人驾驶着帆艇从碧海蓝天的大溪地起航横渡太平洋。天有不测风云，不料二人在航行途中遭遇了强度全球排名前十的名为“雷蒙德”的四级飓风突然袭击。
在风暴过后，依托于浮木上的塔米醒来发现帆艇已经被摧毁的破败不堪，更不幸的是她挚爱的男人理查德因身受重伤而奄奄一息，塔米徘徊于希望与绝望左右，而后在理查德鼓励之下，她坚定地燃起了求生的希望，并爆发了绝境之下的意志力和勇气，在一望无际的大海中挣扎生存……
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, December 14, 2018
My Neighbor Totoro
《龙猫》
lóng māo
aka となりのトトロ
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto
China Release Date: Friday, December 14, 2018
导演: 宫崎骏
主演: 日高法子 / 坂本千夏 / 糸井重里 / 岛本须美 / 北林谷荣
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-12-14（周五）
Note: this film is in Japanese with Chinese subtitles
And yes, this is the same movie as the original from 1988, but digitally remastered (we assume) and back in the cinemas in China just in time for the holidays! If you’ve never seen this movie, we highly recommend it…
Two young girls, 10-year-old Satsuki and her 4-year-old sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuki and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures.
小月的母亲生病住院了，父亲带着她与四岁的妹妹小梅到乡间的居住。她们对那里的环境都感到十分新奇，也发现了很多有趣的事情。她们遇到了很多小精灵，她们来到属于她们的环境中，看到了她们世界中很多的奇怪事物，更与一只大大胖胖的龙猫成为了朋友。龙猫与小精灵们利用他们的神奇力量，为小月与妹妹带来了很多神奇的景观，令她们大开眼界。
妹妹小梅常常挂念生病中的母亲，嚷着要姐姐带着她去看母亲，但小月拒绝了。小梅竟然自己前往，不料途中迷路了，小月只好寻找她的龙猫及小精灵朋友们帮助。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, December 14, 2018
Searching
《网络谜踪》
wǎng luò mí zōng
Director: Aneesh Chaganty
Actors: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La
China Release Date: Friday, December 14, 2018
导演: 阿尼什·查甘蒂
主演: 约翰·赵 / 米切尔·拉 / 黛博拉·梅辛 / 约瑟夫·李 / 萨拉·米博·孙
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-12-14（周五）
After David Kim (John Cho)’s 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop.
In a hyper-modern thriller told via the technology devices we use every day to communicate, David must trace his daughter’s digital footprints before she disappears forever.
I feel like we downloaded this one a couple months ago.
工程师大卫·金（约翰·赵 饰）一直引以为傲的16岁乖女玛戈特突然失踪。前来调查此案的警探怀疑女儿离家出走。不满这一结论的父亲为了寻找真相，独自展开调查。他打开了女儿的笔记本电脑，用社交软件开始寻找破案线索。大卫必须在女儿消失之前，沿着她在虚拟世界的足迹找到她…
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, December 14, 2018
Padman
《印度合伙人》
yìn dù hé huǒ rén
Director: R. Balki
Actors: Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte, Sonam Kapoor
China Release Date: Friday, December 14, 2018
导演: R·巴尔基
主演: 阿克谢·库玛尔 / 拉迪卡·艾普特 / 索娜姆·卡普尔 / 阿米达普·巴强 / 雷·拉维
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-12-14（周五）
Note: this film is in Hindi with Chinese subtitles
You may have read this film title and thought to yourself, “No that can’t be. They don’t mean that.” But it’s true, they do.
Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their periods, a man (yes, a man) sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India. And the feminists rejoiced!
Hopefully China’s recent ambition to show more and more Bollywood films doesn’t come back to bite them.
电影曾译名《护垫侠》，根据印度草根企业家Muruganantham真实事迹改编。因为卫生巾关税高昂，在2012年印度仍有80%以上的女性在生理期无法使用卫生用品，初中文化程度的主人公拉克希米（阿克谢·库玛尔 饰）为了妻子（拉迪卡·艾普特 饰）的健康，寻找低成本的卫生巾的生产方法，却被全村人视为变态、疯子；最后他远走大城市德里，遇到了生命中最重要的美女合伙人帕里（索娜姆·卡普尔 饰），最终发明了低成本卫生巾生产机器，并开放专利，为印度全国对于女性经期卫生观念带来变革，2018年7月印度取消卫生巾进口关税。
“权势之人、强壮之人不会让国家变强，女性强大、母亲强大、姐妹们强大后，国家才会强盛。”
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, December 14, 2018
The Grinch
《绿毛怪格林奇》
lǜ máo guài gé lín qí
Directors: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones, Keenan Thompson, Angela Lansbury, Pharell Williams
China Release Date: Friday, December 14, 2018
导演: 亚罗·切尼 / 斯科特·摩西尔
主演: 本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇 / 卡梅伦·丝蕾 / 拉什达·琼斯 / 法瑞尔·威廉姆斯 / 特里斯坦·奥哈尔
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-12-14（周五）
For those who don’t know, The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl’s generous holiday spirit.
Funny, heartwarming, and assumedly visually stunning, it’s a universal story about the spirit of Christmas and the indomitable power of optimism. Benedict Cumberbatch lends his voice to the infamous Grinch, who lives a solitary life inside a cave on Mt. Crumpet with only his loyal dog, Max, for company.
With a cave rigged with inventions and contraptions for his day-to-day needs, the Grinch only sees his neighbors in Whoville when he runs out of food. Each year at Christmas they disrupt his tranquil solitude with their increasingly bigger, brighter, and louder celebrations. What will he do when the Whos declare they are going to make Christmas three times bigger this year!?
《圣诞怪杰》根据“苏斯博士”（Dr. Seuss）的著名畅销童书改编，故事主角是一个绿色的怪物格林奇（Grinch），他非常非常痛恨圣诞节，因为他是一个孤儿。为了不让人们过圣诞，他把所有圣诞礼物都偷走了。最后还是一个纯真的小女孩融化了他冷漠的心。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, December 14, 2018
Partner
《最萌警探》
zuì méng jǐng tàn
aka Напарник
Director: Aleksandr Andryushchenko
Actors: Elizaveta Arzamasova, Sergey Garmash, Yang Ge
China Release Date: Friday, December 14, 2018
导演: 亚历山大·安德里尤先科
主演: 谢尔盖·加尔马什 / 安德烈·纳兹莫夫 / 莉莎·阿尔扎马索娃 / 杨歌 / 瑟妮娅·拉芙洛娃-格林卡
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-12-14（周五）
Note: this film is in Russian with Chinese subtitles
A grizzled special operations Major wakes up after a botched drug bust to find he is now inhabiting the body of a baby. But crimes still need to be solved, so he hitches up his diaper and gets back to work.
I wonder what went through the head of the producer when the director/writers pitched this movie to him? And then… hey, we should release this in China, too!
头发花白的特种作战少校赫洛莫在一次缉毒行动中负伤，在救治过程中，居然阴差阳错地与环境保护科警察奥列格新出生的婴儿实现了灵魂转移。案件迫在眉睫，新生儿幼小的身体里装着刑警少校的老灵魂，当蠢蛋老爹遭遇暴走婴儿，警匪对峙过程中上演了一幕幕啼笑皆非的破案囧事。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
Friday, December 21, 2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
《蜘蛛侠：平行宇宙》
zhī zhū xiá ：píng háng yǔ zhòu
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Actors: Hailee Steinfeld, Nicolas Cage, Mahershala Ali, Liev Schrieber, Jake Johnson
China Release Date: Friday, December 21, 2018
导演: 鲍勃·佩尔西凯蒂 / 彼得·拉姆齐 / 罗德尼·罗斯曼
主演: 沙梅克·摩尔 / 杰克·约翰逊 / 尼古拉斯·凯奇 / 列维·施瑞博尔 / 莉莉·汤姆林
中国大陆上映日期: 2018-12-21（周五）
We’re actually really surprised to see this one on the list! And only a week after its US release. Not bad at all. An early Kwanzaa present to us!
Miles Morales comes across the long-dead Peter Parker. But this Peter Parker is not from his world, though; he’s from somewhere else in the multiverse. With Parker’s guidance, Miles will become Spider-Man: and through that he will become part of the ever-expanding ‘Spider-Verse‘…
Heard and seen good things about this one! Might wanna check it out~
蜘蛛侠不止一个！漫威超英动画巨制《蜘蛛侠：平行宇宙》将经典漫画与CGI技术完美呈现，讲述了普通高中生迈尔斯·莫拉斯如何师从蜘蛛侠彼得·帕克，成长为新一代超级英雄的故事。影片中迈尔斯和从其它平行宇宙中穿越而来的彼得、女蜘蛛侠格温、暗影蜘蛛侠、潘妮·帕克和蜘猪侠集结成团，六位蜘蛛侠首次同框大银幕，对抗蜘蛛侠宇宙最强反派。
Trailer 预告片:（中文字幕）
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