光2020

　　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.

九幽之主作乱被许清师徒重伤逃脱。许清奉命寻其残魂与女娲石，结识蛇妖白梦笙。九幽附身他人，吞噬女娲石及蛇妖功力大增。许清与白梦笙魂魄入九幽体内，许清牺牲自己与其同归于尽，残魂封石。五十年后，师父助许清复生，与白梦笙重逢。

　　母亲即将出狱的消息让莱姆（马丁·康普斯顿 Martin Compston 饰）的心中充满了喜悦，因为他明白，母亲是无辜的，她惨遭牢狱之灾只是为了替她那混蛋男友斯坦（Gary McCormack 饰）顶罪。在母亲出狱之前，莱姆还有好多事情要忙，他希望母亲能真正的获得自由，这意味着她必须远离一切可能将她拉下水的人，其中包括斯坦和莱姆的祖父。
　　在莱姆的计划中，他将带着母亲前往农村开始新的生活，但这已计划若想成功，钱是不可缺少的重大前提。就这样，莱姆和小伙伴们开始变着法子赚钱，甚至涉及到了一些非法交易，在不知不觉间，一心向钱的莱姆突然发现，自己已经陷入了麻烦之中无法自拔。

　　一个年轻、偏执的男人开始相信每天晚上都有人闯入他的家中。---哥斯拉