MOVIES

MOVIES

La La Land

Douban Rating: 9.1 IMDb Rating: 8.9

From the seven-time Golden Globe Awards winner to the thirteen-time Academy Awards nominee, La La Land became the winner of the box offi ce since it was released in China in February, and gossip about the fi lm on all social media platforms has also aroused people's attention and discussion, receiving high appraisal from both the public and critics.

The fi lm is about a jazz lover, who wants to open a jazz club to save jazz music. He is an idealist but makes a hard living in a club by playing guitar. The girl in the fi lm is a waitress in a restaurant, who dreams about becoming an actress one day, but she has accomplished almost nothing after so many auditions. They start to get to know each other because of their enthusiasm for the arts, infl uencing and encouraging each other, and realising their dreams in the end. The relationship however doesn't have a happy ending, although both of them make an unforgettable mark on the other's life. The director of La La Land Damien Chazelle impressed the world three years ago with his talented work Whiplash.

愛樂之城

豆瓣9.1 IMDb 8.9

從7座金球獎到13項奧斯卡提名，這部《愛樂之城》2月在中國上映后立刻成為票房冠軍，持續在社交平臺上引發熱議，收獲口碑和市場的雙贏。

故事的男主是一個爵士愛好者，立志要開一家爵士俱樂部來挽救爵士樂，實則是一個理想主義者，在一家酒吧彈琴果腹。女主是一位餐廳服務員，卻夢想成為演員，試鏡無數均未果。二人因對藝術的喜好相識相知，互相影響、鼓勵、成就彼此的夢想，感情雖沒有開花結果，卻在各自生命留下不可抹滅之印記。本片的導演是三年前憑借《爆裂鼓手》一片驚艷全世界的天才Damian Chazelle。

Allied

間諜同盟

豆瓣6.9 IMDb 7.2

Douban Rating: 6.9 IMDb Rating 7.2

It's said that Allied is the World War II version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The two lead actors fall in love with each other on a mission, and their fates are intertwined thereafter. Allied is simply structured with sincere feelings to narrate a sorrowful love story.

Manchester by the Sea

海邊的曼徹斯特

Douban Rating 8.8 IMDb Rating 8.5 Manchester by the Sea is nominated for 6 awards by the Academy. The story in the fi lm is simple: a property maintenance worker Lee (Casey Affl eck) drives back to his hometown of Manchester from Boston to take care of the funeral after he gets the news of his brother's death. In Manchester, he is asked to be the guardian for his nephew Patrick according to the will of his brother. The fi lm tells how Lee gradually opens his heart to Patrick and how they start to get to know each other a little bit, as well as illustrating and narrating Lee's bitter past in Manchester through interspersed fl ashbacks.