Now that the holidays are officially winding down and Oscar season is in full swing, we actually have a chance to see one of the most-nominated films of all time in the cinemas here in China.
We’ve said it before, but it’s good to be reminded: China allows just a few dozen non-Chinese films into its theaters every year and we’re on track to hit 50+ in 2017… hey, it can happen!
Which ones did you see from last month? Yes, we may have seen Star Wars multiple times.
**Remember, all movies are subject to change, so if you’re planning a date, it’s always smart to double-check ahead of time. But mark your calendars and buy your tickets now!
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Ballerina
《了不起的菲丽西》
liǎo bu qǐ de fēi lì xī
Director: Eric Summer, Éric Warin
Actors: Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Maddie Ziegler, Carly Rae Jepsen
China Release Date: Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017
导演: 艾瑞克·莎莫 / 艾瑞克·韦林
主演: 艾丽·范宁 / 戴恩·德哈恩 / 麦迪·齐格勒 / 卡莉·蕾·杰普森 / 伊拉娜·盖尔
中国大陆上映日期: 2017-2-01（周三）
This wonderful film tells the story of Félicie Milliner (Fanning), a recently orphaned eleven-year-old who moves from Brittany to Paris in 1884. “Borrowing” the identity of a spoiled brat, Félicie proceeds to try and tackle her dream: To become a professional ballet dancer. Easy when you’re animated.
This French-Canadian production looks sweet, with charming visuals and a sweet tale that could help it gather a bit of an audience in a medium mostly driven by big-studio outings. Your kids will love it.
It should be in English. But check your tickets first. You might need to brush up on your French.
故事发生在充满古典风情的法国。自小生活在孤儿院中的菲丽西（艾丽·范宁 Elle Fanning 配音）一直有一个梦想，就是成为真正的芭蕾舞者。为了追梦，她和发明家小伙伴维克托（戴恩·德哈恩 Dane DeHaan 配音）进行了一场“逃跑计划”，费尽周折，终于来到了浪漫之都巴黎。在这里，菲丽西和维克托经历了一场场瑰丽惊奇的冒险。不过，第一次来到大城市的菲丽西并没有怯懦，她勇敢地冲破套路，不惧奇葩刁难，闹出了很多笑话却不失可爱率真。梦想忽远忽近，她和维克托的冒险也仍在继续……
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Friday, February 3, 2017
Snowtime!
《冰雪大作战》
bīng xuě dà zuò zhàn
aka “La guerre des tuques”
Director: Jean-François Pouliot, François Brisson
Actors: Angela Galuppo, Mariloup Wolfe, Lucinda Davis, Sophie Cadieux
China Release Date: Friday, Feb. 3, 2017
导演: Jean-François Pouliot / 弗兰克·布里森
主演: 安吉拉·嘉鲁皮 / Mariloup Wolfe / 露辛达·戴维斯 / 尼可拉斯·萨维德·鲁比尔 / Sophie Cadieux
中国大陆上映日期: 2017-2-03（周五）
Yes, another French/Canadian cartoon in 3 days. This one, based on the old Canadian cartoon from 1984 called “La guerre des tuques.”
During the holidays, the children of a small village split themselves into two groups and begin preparing a week-long snowball war. The rivalry opens up tension among group members, especially leaders Luc and Sophie.
Being from Minnesota, this sounds awesome. And that dog looks irresistibile. We don’t need kids to go see this one! Just maybe a little français help.
本片故事取材于1984年加拿大家喻户晓的经典动画《La Guerre des Tuques（阻止战争的狗）》，本片在30年前上映时曾轰动一时，在全球超过125个国家上映，获得18种全球奖项。《冰雪大作战》还是首部引入中国的加拿大动画片，同时也是2015年加拿大本土制作的电影票房冠军。
电影讲述一群生活在加拿大小镇的孩子，在寒假来临时，为了打发无聊的时间，小男孩卢克和刚到搬到镇子上的小女孩索菲亚成为对立两派的首领，约定了一场超大规模的雪仗。雪仗的规模在两方孩子们的挑衅、误会等碰撞中不断升级，进而演变成雪堡保卫战，最后导致了意想不到的事情发生。镇上的大狗克莉奥意外死于这场雪仗之中，由于这个变故停止了孩子们的战争。最终孩子们认识到了自己的错误，找到了游戏的真谛，友情和快乐才是游戏的目的，所有的孩子都在这个过程中醒悟并得到成长。
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Friday, February 10, 2017
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
《极限特工3：终极回归》
jí xiàn tè gōng sān：zhōng jí huí guī
Directors: DJ Caruso
Actors: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Ruby Rose, Toni Collette
China Release Date: Friday, Feb. 10, 2017
导演: D·J·卡卢索
主演: 范·迪塞尔 / 甄子丹 / 迪皮卡·帕度柯妮 / 吴亦凡 / 鲁比·罗丝
中国大陆上映日期: 2017-2-10（周五）
Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang (Donnie Yen) and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora’s Box.
Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments.
Yawn. We know exactly why they made this movie. Expect it to do very well in China.
故事聚焦在由范·迪塞尔带头的的特工小队和以甄子丹为首的反派组织之间的对决。在这部作品中，迪塞尔饰演的特工凯奇不再是孤胆英雄，他将与一群出色的伙伴共同作战：塞缪尔·杰克逊饰演的国安局特工，印度女星迪皮卡·帕度柯妮饰演的与凯奇颇有渊源的女猎人，凭借《吸血鬼日记》走红的妮娜·杜波夫扮演的技术专家，《女子监狱》女星露比·罗丝饰演的狙击手,中国当红偶像演员吴亦凡饰演的特工Nicks。
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
La La Land
《爱乐之城》
ài lè zhī chéng
Director: Damien Chazelle
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt, JK Simmons
China Release Date: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017
导演: 达米安·沙泽勒
主演: 瑞恩·高斯林 / 艾玛·斯通 / 约翰·传奇 / J·K·西蒙斯 / 罗丝玛丽·德薇特
中国大陆上映日期: 2017-2-14（周二）
A jazz pianist falls in love for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. But being a musical, they could break out into song and dance at any minute! Keeping us on our toes.
City Of StarsRyan Gosling;Emma Stone – La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
A lot of press for this little musical… we have high expectations! Will it be on par with Chicago or Sound of Music? With 14 Oscar nominations in almost every category, including acting and music, we’re definitely going to see this one. Surprised it’s coming to China, actually.
Maybe we’ll even see this on Valentine’s Day if we forget to make other plans.🌹
故事发生在当代的洛杉矶，寂寥的小演员米娅的志向是女演员兼剧作家，她沉迷老电影明星。她在华纳兄弟的片场当咖啡师，经常翘班去试镜，如果真的接到戏，哪怕再小的角色也会让她欣喜若狂。塞巴斯蒂安是一名系丝绸领带的爵士钢琴师，对艺术有着近乎洁癖的追求。他想开间俱乐部，但他所痴迷的音 乐更适合 博物馆，几乎没有人会愿意花钱去听。为了生存，他违心加入了一支流行爵士乐队，在尖叫的观众面前摆弄音乐合成器。同样追求梦想的两人在这座城市里遇见彼此，在唱唱跳跳中坠入了爱河，相互慰藉扶持，一起追求毕生梦想。但在逐渐达成梦想的同时，艺术与商业、梦想与现实之间的朦胧博弈，令两人的情感也面临抉择和考验，在经历了一系列挫折、分歧后，他们彼此鼓励对方不要放弃梦想。
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Friday, February 17, 2017
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
《生化危机6：终章》
shēng huà wēi jī liù：zhōng zhāng
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Ruby Rose
China Release Date: Friday, Feb. 17, 2017
导演: 保罗·安德森
主演: 米拉·乔沃维奇 / 伊恩·格雷 / 艾丽·拉特 / 肖恩·罗伯茨 / 欧文·马肯
中国大陆上映日期: 2017-2-17（周五）
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil 5: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began – The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
As far as video game movies go, this has been one of the better ones. Which isn’t saying much. If you like loud noises at random times throughout the movie and/or monsters and zombies, you might be able to sit through this one. Not for kids.
故事紧接《生化危机5：惩罚》，在华盛顿特区爱丽丝被威斯克背叛后人类几乎要失去最后的希望。作为唯一的幸存者，也是人类对抗僵尸大军的最后防线，爱丽丝必须回到噩梦开始的地方——浣熊市。在那里雨伞公司正在集结所有的力量企图对残余的幸存者发起最后的打击。
在和时间赛跑的过程中，爱丽丝将和昔日的朋友一起对抗僵尸和最新变种怪物。爱丽丝失去了自己的超能力，加上雨伞公司的疯狂进攻，这将是她拯救人类以来打得最艰难的一仗。
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Friday, February 17, 2017
Sing
《欢乐好声音》
huān lè hǎo shēng yīn
Director: Christophe Lourdelet, Garth Jennings
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane
China Release Date: Friday, Feb. 17, 2017
导演: 加斯·詹宁斯 / 克里斯托夫·卢尔德莱
主演: 马修·麦康纳 / 瑞茜·威瑟斯彭 / 塞思·麦克法兰 / 斯嘉丽·约翰逊 / 约翰·C·赖利
中国大陆上映日期: 2017-2-17（周五）
In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario’s attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists’ find that their lives will never be the same.
A Zootopia clone? Sure, why not. The kids will love it and Chinese girls will definitely love it. Wanna place bets on which animals will become the biggest Wechat stickers? (like that sloth)… My money’s on the hedgehog.
曾制作过《小黄人》的环球公司和Illumination Entertainment今天公布了他们一部新的动画电影档期和配音阵容。该片堪称动物界的“达人秀”和“好声音”，片中会用到超过85首热门歌曲！
这部动画片叫做《歌唱秀》（Sing），将于2016年12月21日上映。马修·麦康纳希（Matthew McConaughey）为剧院老板巴斯特（Buster Moon）——一只考拉配音，这家剧院是他父亲建立的，曾经十分辉煌，但现在门庭冷落。为了重振剧院，考拉经理决定举办一场全世界最伟大的歌唱大赛，冠军将获得10万美元的奖金！这在动物王国已经算是巨款了！
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Friday, February 24, 2017
Assassin’s Creed
《刺客信条》
cì kè xìn tiáo
Director: Justin Kurzel
Actors: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cottilard, Jeremy Irons
China Release Date: Friday, Feb. 24, 2017
导演: 贾斯汀·库泽尔
主演: 迈克尔·法斯宾德 / 玛丽昂·歌迪亚 / 杰瑞米·艾恩斯 / 布莱丹·格里森 / 夏洛特·兰普林
中国大陆上映日期: 2017-2-24（周五）
Through Abstergo a company that creates a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the memories of his ancestor, Aguilar de Nerha (Aguilar Of Nerha), in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins and Templars, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.
The classic video game has managed to attract some fine actors… but how will the story be?
《刺客信条》电影是由育碧最畅销的电子游戏《刺客信条》系列作品改编，卡勒姆·林奇Callum Lynch（迈克尔·法斯宾德Michael Fassbender饰演）通过基因记忆得知自己是一名刺客的后裔，基因记忆技术让他能够体验到自己15世纪西班牙先祖阿圭拉Aguilar（迈克尔·法斯宾德Michael Fassbender饰演）的记忆。在获得超凡的知识和技巧后，他准备在现代对抗敌对的圣殿骑士组织。
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Any of these stand out to ya? When you share on your Moments, tell your friends which movie you’re planning to get tickets to first…
Fingers crossed that next month we’ll get The LEGO Batman movie!