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Most Popular Hollywood Romantic Movies

The romantic movie is a very popular movie genre.  In this essay, I will select a number of popular Hollywood romantic movies and talk about some interesting aspects about them.

歷史人物戲劇片的典型－ 評《戰雲密佈》（Darkest Hour）

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 《戰雲密佈》（Darkest Hour）是以偽紀錄片的方式，講述二次大戰邱吉爾（Winston Churchill）在四零年五月期間如何面對德國納粹政府橫掃西歐的兩個選擇：議和或繼續抗戰。電影打出五月一個一個日子，來講述事態發展的進程，直到六月鄧寇克大撤退成功，他六月四日在下議院發表抗戰到底及永不投降的演。

International Male Movie Stars (1959-1969) I Miss the Most

1959 to 1969 was the period I was attending school in Hong Kong, from Primary Year 4 to Secondary Year 7.  I was very fond of international action movies whose male stars were often promoted by Chinese newspaper ads as “screen ironmen”, “screen toughies”, “strapping stars”, “gallant stars”, “valiant stars”, and “swashbuckling stars” (Note 1).  These were all awesome nicknames.

三部經典片帶給我們對桃樂菲·瑪朗（Dorothy Malone, 1925－2018）的懷念

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雖然桃樂菲·瑪朗並不是天皇級女明星，但我認識中她遺留給後世動人的三部作品，分別是《苦雨戀春風》(Written on the Wind, 1956)、《碧海青天夜夜心》（The Tarnished Angels, 1957）都是出自偉大的煽情劇導演 杜格拉斯·錫克（Douglas Sirk）的手筆，另外還有羅拔·艾爾德烈治（Robert Aldrich）的《血染夕陽紅》（The Last Sunset, 1961），就充分展現她的風華。

Joyeux Noël, Merry Christmas

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一九一四年冬天，戰爭剛開始了幾個月，在德國和法國的戰線，當時德國軍已經侵入了法國領土，德軍和敵對的英法等軍隊在平安夜開始於戰場多處休戰，分享禮品及食物，交談及唱聖...

五十五集的電視劇「雞毛飛上天」值得推薦

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退休後非常享受現在的黃金歲月，每天上網溜一溜，看看we60.com 衣食遊玩健康好介紹。

撤退的英雄事蹟

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《鄧寇克大行動／敦克爾克》（Dunkirk）是 Christopher Nolan 的新作，也是他第一部非虛構，而是在歷史基礎上創作的電影。

由《亂世佳人》說起

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《亂世佳人》（Gone with the Wind, 美國, 1939）是不少後世電影的典範，好的電影最基本不單要有好故事，也要好的拍攝，好的演員及好的美術指導。

Some advantages of watching a movie in a cinema

At that time, it had already been trendy for Hollywood to use widescreen formats and 65 or 70 millimeter negatives to film tentpole movies.  I still vividly remember seeing “Around the World in 80 Days” in the cinema, when I was so dazzled by the widescreen images in the cinema.

電影欣賞的四個層面

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電影是大眾娛樂，又是綜合藝術。看電影得到的滿足其實是多方面的，大致可分為：

Movie Enjoyment: To each her/his own

Every person has her/his own movie-going tastes and needs.

Some want to see their favorite stars. Some want to see scenes expensively shot. Some want to have a great time laughing. Some want to have a meaningful time shedding tears.