A Royal Hangover (2014)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 42分
演出 : Arthur Cauty
シノプシス
A Royal Hangover is a feature length documentary about the ambivalent alcohol culture of Britain. Think Bowling For Columbine, only with alcohol instead of guns. Drinking for Britain: We don't shoot ourselves to death here, we kill ourselves with drink - much more dignified!
アリーの夢は歌手になることだった。しかし、なかなか芽が出ず諦めかけていたある日、世界的シンガーのジャクソンと出会う。彼女の歌にほれ込んだジャクソンに導かれるように華々しいデビューを飾り、アリーは瞬く間にスターダムを駆け上っていく。激しく恋に落ちて、更に固い絆で結ばれる2人だったが、アリーとは反対に、全盛期を過ぎたジャクソンの栄光は陰り始めていく。
ライアン・ゴズリングとラッセル・クロウが共演し、「アイアンマン3」のシェーン・ブラック監督がメガホンをとったバディムービー。シングルファーザーで酒浸りの私立探偵マーチは、腕っ節の強い示談屋ヒーリーとコンビを組み、失踪した少女の捜索をすることに。そこへマーチの13歳の娘ホリーも加わることになり、3人で捜索を続ける。しかし、簡単に終わるはずだったその仕事は、やがて1本の映画にまつわる連続不審死事件、さらには国家を揺るがす巨大な陰謀へとつながっていく。3人は襲い来る殺し屋に命を狙われながら、事件解決にひた走るが……。
While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.
Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.
落ち目になった元スター歌手のバッドが、シングル・マザーの女性記者とその息子と出会う。彼らと触れ合ううち、バッドの心に希望が湧き上がっていく。落ちぶれ男の再生をジェフ・ブリッジス主演で描いた感動作。
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Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.
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正義のためなら手段を選ばない刑事のラドロー。かつてのパートナーを殺された事件をきっかけに、自分が巨悪に操られていたことを知り猛攻に出る。キアヌ・リーヴスが孤独と葛藤を抱えたキャラクターを演じるクライム・アクション。
グロリアはNYで恋人ティムと同棲していたが、失業したのにだらしのない生活を送り、ティムによって彼のアパートから追い出されてしまう。少女時代を過ごしたニューイングランド地方のある町に戻ったグロリアは、韓国のソウルで巨大怪獣が暴れだしたというニュースを見るが、なぜか怪獣は彼女が普段するようなしぐさをしていた。グロリアは旧友オスカーが経営するバーで働き始めるが、やがてソウルには巨大ロボットも出現し……。
10才の娘リジーと2人で暮らす若いシングルマザーのキャシーは、リジーの父親に会いに行くため深夜の田舎道を車で移動していた。雨が降る中、キャシーとリジーを乗せた車が事故を起こして立ち往生してしまう。助けを求めてさまよいはじめた2人は、周囲に異様な雰囲気が漂っていることに気づく。やがて、森の中から現われた正体不明の生物が2人に襲いかかる。
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友情で結ばれていた少年と引き離され、軍馬として第1次大戦の最前線に送られた1頭の馬。国境など知らぬ馬が戦火を潜り抜け、さまざまな出会いを繰り広げていくさまをスピルバーグ監督が描き上げた感動作。
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