何處是我家

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.

圣誕寶寶

　　When a baby boy shows up on their doorstep days before Christmas with a note written specially for them, Erin (Liebert) and Kelly (Barrell) must learn how to navigate their new relationship and career dynamics while unexpectedly caring for a newborn. As the couple spends more time with the baby as a temporary solution until he can be placed permanently or they can find his mother, they begin to realize that they want to adopt him themselves and go about navigating the complicated world of fostering to adopt all while their business is booming at the busiest time of the year, Christmas. Starring Ali Liebert, Katherine Barrell and Barbara Niven.

精靈寶可夢：決戰(zhàn)時空之塔帝牙盧卡VS帕路奇犽VS達克萊伊

 持續(xù)在世界各地進行修業(yè)之旅的小智（松本梨香 配音）、小剛（うえだゆうじ 配音）和小光（豊口めぐみ 配音），歷經(jīng)長途跋涉終于來到了位于山谷丘陵處的目的地阿拉莫斯鎮(zhèn)。小鎮(zhèn)上聳立著象征時間與空間的時光之塔，新一輪的神奇寶貝競賽將在塔的下方舉行。小智一行走錯了路，卻由此結(jié)識當?shù)氐拿利惻惤z（加藤ローサ 配音）。緊張的戰(zhàn)斗與快樂的游玩，卻未察覺危險正悄悄逼進。小智遭到噩夢精靈達庫萊伊的襲擊，雖然達庫萊伊被當?shù)厮腥擞憛挘撬坪跸雽⒛撤N危險、恐怖的信息及時傳給小智一行，關(guān)于時空之塔的秘密即將揭開…… 本片為神奇寶貝系列第十部電影劇場版。

第27天生死劫

春娥

 在通往村東頭的一條田間小路上，剛從縣城回來的侯家二小子侯保見把自行車騎得飛快。快到村口時，保見順便看了一眼在瓜地看瓜的木倉大叔后，急不可待地來到春娥家，擁吻著春娥就往里屋走。自從正月十五看花燈時和春娥好上后，在縣城幫老大看飯館的保見就像丟了魂似地隔三差五就往家里跑。春娥是個命苦的女人。結(jié)婚不到二年，丈夫就死了，兒子馬駒都快五歲還不會說話。丈夫死后，漂亮賢惠的春娥里里外外一把手，既操持著家務(wù)，還把老公公木倉爹侍侯得就如同自己的親爹一樣。木倉大叔也是一個通情達里的人。兒子死后，木倉大叔就搬出門，帶著不會說話的小孫子馬駒，一心撲在村頭的瓜地里。其實，木倉大叔這樣做也有他另一層心思，那就是木倉大叔理解作為一個女人的苦。畢竟紙里包不住火。保見來的次數(shù)多了，從家里跑到瓜地的看家狗“利來”的異常引起了木倉大叔的警覺。終于，春娥和保見的事被木倉大叔發(fā)現(xiàn)。這種事要放在別人肯定不會輕饒，但木倉大叔理解兒媳婦春娥的苦。既然生米煮成了熟飯，春娥和保見的事在村主任的撮合和主持下，一個簡單的婚禮算是成全了一對有情人的姻緣。春娥嫁到老侯家后，因為保見害怕他爹的緣故，再加上春娥又是一個寡婦，所以在侯家過著忍氣吞聲的日子。但這一切并不防礙春娥和保見的恩愛。平常的日子里，春娥擔負起一個家庭主婦的重擔，在保見爹挑剔的眼光下，百般小心地盡著一個為人兒媳婦的責任。除此之外，春娥還得隔三差五地回木倉大爹家，給木倉爹漿洗衣服、收拾家務(wù)、做一頓熱飯。春娥的苦，春娥自己不說木倉爹也看在眼里。春娥畢竟不是自己的親閨女，有些話不好明說，保見又因為害怕他爹不敢說出來。就這樣，春娥常常為了家庭的和睦忍氣以淚洗面。時間長了，心疼媳婦的保見最終與他爹鬧翻。保見爹因私放高利貸被警察詢問后，春娥把兒子馬駒從瓜地里接回了家。可等春娥再次回瓜地給木倉爹送飯時，木倉爹在勞累過度中沉然睡去，就再也沒有醒來。春娥和保見就著瓜地里的一塊空地，披麻戴孝地下葬了木倉爹。堆起的新墳前，春娥讓兒子馬駒跪下給爺爺磕頭的那一刻，瓜地里一顆熟透的西瓜“噶”地一聲裂成兩半，西瓜裂開處，瓜瓤鮮紅、瓜子如墨。