Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked. I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up. This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more the dialogue is laced with sharp wit; there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending; later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students; and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!); and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine). It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the girl-nerd who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, Everybody Wants to Rule the World providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes really now, what's there to be embarrassed about
故事从慈祥的爷爷给生病的孙子讲故事说起,爷爷带来一本厚厚的童话故事书《公主新娘》。这个世代相传的童话故事讲述了一段爱与冒险的真爱故事。善良美丽的少女布卡特(罗宾·怀特 Robin Wright 饰)住在宁静的小村庄弗洛林,她与少年维斯特雷(加利·艾尔维斯 Cary Elwes 饰)青梅竹马两小无猜,两人很快陷入热恋。然而贫穷的维斯特雷希望给布卡特更好的生活,于是扬帆远航离开了村庄。但是维斯特雷的船并没有到达目的地,传言说他死在了海盗的手里。五年后,伤心欲绝的布卡特成为了王子胡姆普丁克(克里斯·萨兰登 Chris Sarandon饰)的未婚妻,可她并不爱他,她的心里仍苦苦思念着真爱维斯特雷。一次意外让布卡特再次遇见了维斯特雷,然而邪恶的王子却绑架了布卡特,并逼迫她嫁给自己。此时的维斯特雷已是一位勇敢强壮的海盗,为救真爱,他与武艺超群的剑客埃尼戈·蒙托亚...
故事发生在一个地处偏远的小镇之上,汤姆(Robert Milli 饰)的莫名失踪让警员约翰(唐纳德·萨瑟兰 Donald Sutherland 饰)百思不得其解,富有责任心和正义感的他决定追踪此案。汤姆在失踪前曾经和一位名叫丹尼尔斯(简·方达 Jane Fonda 饰) 的应召女郎有着密切的联系,根据一封两人之间的情书,约翰来到了纽约。
在监视丹尼尔斯的过程中,约翰在这个神秘的女人身上发现了许多可疑之处,她似乎也正在追踪着什么人。之后,又一名受害人的出现让整个案件开始变得险恶起来,而随着调查的深入,一位名叫柯博尔(Charles Cioffi 饰)的男子浮出了水面,他是否就是约翰正在苦苦寻找的那个人呢?
1901年1月27日,著名作曲家歌剧大师威尔弟去世,这也正是意大利北部两户家庭产子的同一天。阿弗雷德(罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro饰),富有的农场主的孙子;奥尔茂(杰拉尔·德帕迪约 Gérard Depardieu饰),贫穷的农户的孙子。两人从小就结下了友谊,然而因为地位阶级与出身经历的不同,注定了两人天壤之别的迥然人生。
由意大利著名导演贝纳多·贝托鲁奇执导的史诗巨作《一九零零》,以20世纪初期意大利社会动荡时期为故事背景,时间跨越40年,讲述了阶级矛盾和家族纷争下仇恨和抗争的故事。本片被西方国家视为阶级斗争电影读本,加上电影情节的大胆尺度,影片被长期禁映。本片演员阵容豪华,巨星云集,包括罗伯特·德尼罗、杰拉德·德帕迪约、唐纳德·萨瑟兰、多米尼克·桑达、伯特·兰开斯特、斯特林·海登、斯坦芬尼·桑德莱里、劳拉·贝蒂等众多大牌明星。