A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. As skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they're hiding, one of them snaps and kills Diablo. When they run off, we see the murder to be staged as part of the show. One of the customers has hung around to see this, and wants to make a deal with Diablo, aka the Devil. A very good anthology of tales, written by Robert Bloch and directed by Freddie FRancis, for Amicus, an icon of this kind of movie. The tales are uneven, sure, but they are all at least good, till the perfect final one, the Man who collected Poe, with Jack Palance and Peter Cushing, a great idea, and a marvelous tale to watch. Very good Burgess Meredith as Diabolo the Great, the host for these tales. Unfortunately for us all, this kind of movies are a thing from the past and today we don't get any more gems like this. A must see
年过半百的唐·琼斯顿(比尔·默瑞 Bill Murray 饰)一生拥有数不尽的浪漫恋情和风流韵事,但他从来无意组建家庭,只愿享受热恋的激情,任凭一个个出色的女性从身边流走,展开别样的人生。这一天,唐收到一封某前女友的来信,信中称继承了他血脉的儿子离家出走,正踏上一段寻父旅程。万千情愫,难以言喻,唐也展开一段倒溯之旅。他先后拜访了劳拉(莎朗·斯通 Sharon Stone 饰)、朵拉(弗兰西丝·康罗伊 Frances Conroy 饰)、卡门(杰西卡·兰格 Jessica Lange 饰)和派妮(蒂尔达·斯文顿 Tilda Swinton 饰)。人有百种,花有千姿,曾经的孟浪,蓦然回首,凋零的岂是那逝去的青春。这究竟是一段追索真相的旅程,还是关于情感与记忆的祭奠……
本片荣获2005年戛纳电影节评委会大奖。
在曾经的青葱岁月中,罗米(米拉·索维诺 Mira Sorvino 饰)和米歇尔(莉莎·库卓 Lisa Kudrow 饰)是校园里靓丽的风景线,作风张扬又别具一格的两人在吸引众人眼球的同时也遭到了不少非议。如今,早已经走入社会的两人依旧维持着当初的友谊,只是,她们离曾经的梦想和梦想中的生活却很远很远。 即将举办的高中同学会犹如一道闪电照亮了两人平庸的生活,在虚荣心的驱使下,她们决定乔装打扮一番,企图再度找回做“女王”的感觉。不幸的是,在同学会上,曾经的死对头希瑟(詹尼安·吉劳法罗 Janeane Garofalo 饰)毫不留情的拆穿了罗米和米歇尔苦心营造的假象,就在两人窘迫不已之时,一度被嘲笑为“书呆子”的男孩桑迪(艾伦·卡明 Alan Cumming 饰)变身百万富翁出现在了她们的面前。