介绍：这是Richard Lester最好的一个片　　An absurdist classic　　This is a wonderful surreal comedy based on the play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus. You know that it is going to be an odd film right at the beginning, when the opening credits list the cast in order of their height. The film begins with the BBC (Frank Thornton) telling us through the facade of an old television that this is the third, or is it the fourth, anniversary of the shortest war in history, lasting 2 hours and 28 minutes. England is now a barren landscape, littered with derelict cars and buildings, hills of old boots, broken crockery, and other debris. Forty million people perished and there are only 20 known survivors. The Queen did not survive, and of the 20 known survivors the next in line for the throne is a Mrs Ethel Schroake of 393a High Street, Leytonstone. Among the other survivors are Ralph Richardson (O Lucky Man!) as Lord Fortnum of Alamein, who isn't looking forward to his impending mutation into a bed sitting room. Michael Hordern is Bules Martin, who wears a 18-carat Hovis bread ring. Spike Milligan is a postman who wanders around and delivers some memorable dialogue, for example And in come the three bears - the daddy bear said, 'Who's been sleeping in my porridge' - and the mummy bear said, 'that's no porridge, that was my wife' . Arthur Lowe is slowly turning into a parrot (which is then eaten by Spike Milligan), while his wife, the owner of her own death certificate, turns into a wardrobe. His daughter is pregnant with a strange creature, which she has held inside her for seventeen months. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are a pair of policemen who perpetually tell the others to keep moving!. Moore growls a lot and turns into a dog at the end. Marty Feldman is a wellington-boot-wearing nurse. It's a hilarious, absurdist treat, and one of my treasured filmic pleasures.

介绍：Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.　　The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).　　The title music sets the tone a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.　　The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.　　Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.　　Roger Philip Mellor

介绍：哈里斯（迈克尔·雷德格瑞夫 Michael Redgrave 饰）是一位教授古典文学的教师，他温文尔雅极具气质，一生都勤勤恳恳地工作做人然而，某一日，他竟然遭到了解雇，美其名曰“提前退休”，而他的学生们竟然完全不以为意。与此同时，哈里斯亦发现，自己毕生研究的古典文学，如今毫无价值，而自己则变成了一个无人问津的老古董。　　糟糕的不仅仅是这些，哈里斯本以为自己和妻子米莉（简·肯特 Jean Kent 饰）之间的感情十分要好，然而，实际上，米莉早就和一名化学老师暗度陈仓许久，对于这一切，哈里斯竟然一无所知。人至暮年，哈里斯逐渐失去了对于生活的信心和希望，就在这时，他曾经的一名学生送给了他一本勃朗宁翻译的《阿伽门农》，正是这本书帮助哈里斯找回了勇气和自我。

介绍：迈克尔（斯蒂芬·罗伯特森 Steven Robertson 饰）在很小的时候就因为患上了小儿麻痹症而全身瘫痪，生活不能自己的他居住在专门收容残障人士的康复中心里，虽然生活起居都有人照顾，但没有人能够理解迈克尔抽象的语言，迈克尔一直生活在孤独之中　　一天，一位名叫罗伊（詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊 James McAvoy 饰）的病友走进了迈克尔的生活，罗伊同样也是全身瘫痪，仅有右手可以活动。然而，和其他的病人不同，罗伊思维敏捷，开朗乐观，更神奇的是，他似乎可以理解迈克尔想要表达的语言。罗伊的出现给迈克尔灰暗的生活带来了一丝色彩，让他重新对人生产生了希望。

介绍：丹尼斯（西蒙·佩吉 饰）当年因害怕成立家庭，并觉得自己会毁掉女友比莉（桑迪·牛顿 饰）的一生，结婚当天丢下了已怀孕的女友逃走了5年后，丹尼斯才发现自己原来一直是爱着比莉的。就算他们会因为儿子的关系经常见面，可是比莉已经与会计师威特（汉克·阿扎利亚 饰）约会，她早已因丹尼斯当年的行为而死心。　　纵使丹尼斯对于威特充满了敌意，可是自己也明白他根本比不上帅气成功的威特。胖胖的丹尼斯不过是个保安而已，他微薄的工资无法付得起房租，房东的女儿把他赶到了大街上去。　　彷徨无助的丹尼斯感到无地自容，他不知如何面对儿子与比莉，还有情敌威特。可是他一想到要与比莉重新在一起，他毅然宣称要参见马拉松比赛，在马拉松赛场上，还是情感的赛场上，丹尼斯都誓要胜过威特……