狗狗与你的故事

　　Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
　　Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
　　As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
　　The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
　　Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

　　大萧条时期，每个人都要守住一个梦想，以此来度过最黑暗的时光，生活失意的汽车制造商查尔斯•霍华德（杰夫•布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）也不例外。他买了一匹小个子赛马，名为“海饼干”，并笼络了一批同样有梦想的人，意图进入赛马圈。
　　第一个发现海饼干天赋的是训练师 汤姆•史密斯（克里斯•库珀 Chris Cooper 饰），他认为这匹马虽然个头矮小，腿脚也不太灵光，天性中却藏着十足的执拗和倔强，这有可能使其成为赛马圈的王者。他们找来前拳击冠军瑞德•波拉德（托比•马奎尔 Tobey Maguire饰）作为海饼干的骑师，三个人一匹马在共同的征程中重新找到了生活的方向。

　　很久很久以前，有一位落地的书生刘彦昌（郑佩佩 饰），功名失利的他本就落魄沮丧，独自行走在荒郊野外更是战战兢兢。张皇间他来到一间破庙，里面供奉的正是手持宝莲灯的三圣母。他在庙中对着神像一番言语，更斗胆在墙上提下五言绝句一首。这边厢刘彦昌进入梦乡，未曾想华山圣母（林黛 饰）显圣来到庙中。圣母赞赏刘彦昌的清秀容颜，看到墙上的诗歌后更动了凡心。几经考验和试炼，刘彦昌终于和三圣母结为夫妇。仙凡姻缘本成就了一段佳话，但是却触动了天庭的大忌。三圣母的哥哥二郎神领大兵压境，将三圣母锁在华山。数年后，刘彦昌的儿子沉香（林黛 饰）长大，他听说了母亲的故事后，上演了劈山救母的传奇……
　　本片根据中国民间神话故事改编，同时也是著名影星林黛的遗作。

　　消防员戈登（阿诺•施瓦辛格 Arnold Schwarzenegger 饰）有一个美好幸福的小家庭。然而，却遭遇飞来横祸：哥伦比亚的恐怖分子为了自己的目的在洛山矶市的繁华路段炸毁了一栋大楼，迟到的戈登亲眼目睹了爆炸引起的大火将在大楼前等侯自己的妻儿活活烧死，然而美国官方只给了戈登四个字解释――间接伤害。虽然戈登四处奔走，呼吁将凶徒乘之于法，然而哥伦比亚官方称这是叛军所为，而这伙叛军已和政府军进行了长达10年的内战，政府也没有办法将匪徒缉拿归案。官方软弱的行为彻底激怒了戈登，戈登决心亲自前往哥伦比亚找出这伙恐怖分子让他们血债血偿！

　　非洲塞伦盖蒂草原上的早期人类，原来只是上帝桌上玩物，人类进化得再辛苦，上帝翘着脚也翻手为云覆 手为雨，更随时放出瘟疫，了结一切。