天上降龙罗汉(周星驰)与众仙打赌,称在凡间会令三名凡人于一定时限内为他人作出牺牲,否则他愿再受轮回之苦。伏虎罗汉化身和尚济公来到人间,边游戏人间边普渡为生的间隙,他选中被老天所罚的九世乞丐(黄秋生)、遭男人欺女人辱的妓女(张曼玉)、杀人如麻的大盗(黄志强)为实验品。 凭 借鬼马机智巧妙安排一番后,济公与三人建立了良好的关系,而最终,九世乞丐与大盗被济公感化作出为他人牺牲之举,妓女更是一往情深爱上他,令他开始为是否自动放弃神仙身份留在凡间而烦恼。
和义盛坐馆火水(方中信 饰)在筛选马仔后备军时,被一个开餐馆的厨师火腩(陈小春 饰)所吸引,后者做的叫花鸡味道鲜美,令他难忘。从此,他对火腩特别照顾,委以重任。找到了保护伞的火腩可以继承祖业,跟妻子(叶璇 饰)夫唱妇随经营义盛小馆,并盘算让儿女进入名校就读。正在此时,金融危机来临,方中信遇到困难,堂主之位不保,此时他希望能够让火腩做接班人,稳定军心。然而,和义盛开山祖师后人十三妹(余安安 饰)却力荐刚出狱的儿子燕子文(郑伊健 饰)出任堂主之位。于是,两个本不想做堂主的后起之秀被架上了PK台。火腩只想安心经营自己的饭店,而燕子文则希望进入大学进修,无心恋战的两人将面临一场怎样的对决呢?
粵劇的「舊」,為「新浪潮」提供了上佳的戲劇背景。許鞍華的第二部作品以戲班後台作為舞台,泡製出一個寓風格於現實的故事。長洲可說是一個大型的後台,其古樸的離島風貌,配合了粵劇肖象性的化妝、絢麗的服飾及富於感觀性的舞台表演,營造出一股詭秘妖異的氣氛。兩代恩怨竟牽涉商業騙局及軍政大事,陰與陽、人與鬼、新與舊、老與少、真與假,錯綜複雜。蕭芳芳的演出收放自如,演活了「十三點」的鬼馬二幫花旦。導演許鞍華充滿獵奇意味的筆觸,更為粵劇描繪出一種特殊的魅力。
生活在威尔士农村的发明家布莱恩每天都在建造一些稀奇古怪、不怎么有用的新奇玩意儿。在孤独中,他用一台洗衣机和其他零碎造出了查尔斯,一个有智能的机器人,它能从字典里学习英语,并对卷心菜非常着迷。
The summer before college, bright-yet-irreverent Elliott comes face-to-face with her older self during a mushroom trip. The encounter spurs a funny and heartfelt journey of self-discovery and first love as Elliott prepares to leave her childhood home. Writer-director Megan Park’s tender, surprising sophomore feature cleverly uses its high-concept premise of a visit from one’s future self to launch a refreshing, nuanced exploration of the uncertainties of young romance and coming of age. My Old Ass is a sweet teenage love story, a lively contemporary comedy, and a quirky riff on time-travel films all in one. Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza have a terrific unlikely chemistry, as the sass and self-assuredness of the young Elliott, as played by Stella, blends and overlaps with Plaza’s sardonic humor as a more mature Elliott. The care and affection shown in the film’s depiction of Elliott’s rural hometown in her last days before taking off for adulthood visually highlights her emotional journey, evoking a nostalgia for days that haven’t even ended yet.—HZ