鬼屋之影
A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.  What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.
日本海大海战:海行兮
銳利的剖析戰爭下的動盪時代的生與死、愛、國家與人類等話題。延續「二零三高地」、「大日本帝國」的歷史大作第三彈。以名留世界戰史的「日本海大海戰」為舞台,描寫指揮海戰的領袖們,以及草創期海軍與海軍軍樂隊的年輕健兒們,旗艦「三笠」上的成員們的情況。 他們的睿智與勇氣、忠誠的態度交織出壯大的場面的感人巨作。 時代背景是「日俄」激戰期的明治。犧牲了高達萬餘名軍士才終於獲得勝利戰果的「二零三高地」在接下來的戰役裡,亦只能算是前哨戰而已。自開戰以來一年,日俄兩軍在海、陸展開激戰,並將勝敗的關鍵寄託在兩國的海軍艦隊的決戰上面。俄羅斯方面派出了號稱世界最強大的巴爾契克艦隊向日本進攻。對此,日軍方面派出由東鄉平八郎所率領的日本海軍連合艦隊進行迎擊任務。究竟,對抗世界最強大的艦隊的作戰是什麼呢 而背負著國家命運的年輕戰士們心中又是什麼樣的想法呢.....。連合艦隊司令長官. 東鄉平八郎由三船敏郎飾演、海軍大將山本權兵衛由丹波哲郎飾演,明治天皇由平幹二郎飾演,除了這些實力堅強的演技之外,還有沖田浩之、宅麻伸、佐藤浩市、三原順子、伊東四郎等豪華陣容集結。導演舛田利雄加上劇本家笠原和夫的這個黃金組合所共同攜手呈現出場面壯大的明治時代歷史大作。
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