朱丽叶（凯特·温丝莱特 Kate Winslet 饰）和波林（梅兰妮·林斯基 Melanie Lynskey 饰）相识于一所校风严谨的女子学校中，免费毛片一见如故的两人之间很快就建立起了真挚而热烈的友情。在两人共有的日记本上，免费毛片记录着名为《波洛夫尼亚》的虚构故事，故事的主角是查尔斯国王和黛博拉王后。朱丽叶的肺结核病让她和波林被迫分离，在此期间，她们以查尔斯和黛博拉的身份互相通信。随着时间的推移，朱丽叶的父母察觉了女儿和波林之间超乎寻常的感情，他们开始着手拆散这对如胶似漆的好友。父母的举动让朱丽叶和波林十分痛苦，处于敏感年纪的两人在冲动之下终于犯下了无法挽回的罪孽。
回复 :人气漫画家斯图•米利（Brendan Fraser 布兰登•弗雷瑟 饰）自童年起便饱受噩梦困扰，醒来后他将梦中场景用画笔记录下来。回首过往，他的生命中满是恐怖阴暗的色调。在结识了美丽的茱莉（Bridget Fonda 布里奇特•方达 饰）后，斯图在她的鼓励下尝试用左手绘画，终于创作出可爱的蹦蹦猴及其同系列漫画。作品一经发行，大受欢迎，斯图的人生从此出现转机。然而正当他准备向茱莉求婚时，却遭遇了一场离奇车祸。陷入重度昏迷的斯图来到一座怪异鬼魅的城堡，令他感到惊奇的是，这里出现的人和物竟和他噩梦中的景象何其相似。不久他更得知，自己必须在12个小时之内返回人间，否则将永远留在死亡之国。而周围唯一可以依靠的，正是那只他亲手创造的调皮搞怪的蹦蹦猴……
回复 :邱吉尔的政途于三十年代中期起下滑，已经退休的他虽然依旧参加国会的讨论，但不得志的他还是整日闷闷不乐，生命陷入低潮。。更雪上加霜的是，在股灾中，邱吉尔成了最大的受害者之一，财政状况十分糟糕。虽然他夜以继日地为各大报刊撰稿，也仍然填补不了财政赤字。但忙于政务的邱吉尔对帐务上的危机视而不见，这可愁坏了邱吉尔夫人，她努力地应付平时的各项开支，但她已渐渐觉得精神和体力都承受不了这么大的压力。此时国际形势严峻，德国纳粹不断扩张自己的势力，希特勒的狼子野心更是日益显现。邱吉尔准确预测德国的野心侵略，为大英帝国在国际上的地位担心不已。但国会却依然持着绥靖政策，任由德国纳粹势力发展，不愿出兵干涉。更可气的是，财政大臣居然鼓动国会同意卖给德国制作飞机的发动机，丝毫没有意识到德国带来的威胁。当然，对德国问题忧心忡忡的不只是邱吉尔一个人，还有任情报机关重要领导的瑞尔夫，他也察觉到德国的狼子野心终究有一天会危害到英国。但是报国无门，瑞尔夫陷入了深深的苦闷中。一次偶然的机会，在扎摩登的帮助下，邱吉尔和瑞尔夫成为了同一个战壕的兄弟，一起为保护大英帝国努力着。瑞尔夫冒险偷出的关于德国情况的详细资料为邱吉尔在国会上的演讲提供了巨大的支持，听到一组组数据，一些人开始觉醒，意识到英国即将面临灾难。但一些反对者仍然一意孤行，坚持英国应该向德国妥协，并派人威胁瑞尔夫。最终瑞尔夫顶不住来自政府的压力自杀身亡，邱吉尔对他的死表示了莫大的悲痛。为了英国，也是为了完成瑞尔夫的遗愿，邱吉尔更加努力地工作，在各大会议和电台发表演说，引起了不小的轰动。功夫不赴有心人，在邱吉尔的多方奔走下，国内支持他的群众日益增多，国会同意对德国宣战。邱吉尔终于东山再起，成为了战时的英国首相，他领到了五年的第二次世界大战，并且终于于1945年5月赢得了胜利，攀上生命新高峰。精彩视点：本片以英国首相邱吉尔二次大战崛起前后的事迹改编。影片打破传统的叙事结构，让整个故事充满惊喜，而导演细腻地处理主角之间关系的转折，更使本片有别于一般的温情类型电影，而增添许多张力。另外，本片还极好地展现了双方面进行意志较量的精彩场面，并把推理手法与心理表现完美结合起来，采用文献资料加以艺术改造。可以说，这是一部不可多得的政治人物影片。
回复 :Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals."King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation.From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film.The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge.The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king.Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts; it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.
