雪孩子

　　瞒着父亲（汤姆•汉克斯 Tom Hanks饰）从法学院辍学准备当作家的特洛伊•盖博（科林•汉克斯 Colin Hanks 饰）在报纸上看到一则征个人助理的广告，发现自己的未来老板竟然是曾经风靡一时的“伟大的巴克•霍华德”。巴克（约翰•马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰）是个精神第一论者，能通过意念催眠、透视和寻找物品。他的神奇表演曾使他以嘉宾身份出席过61次NBC电视台约翰尼•卡森主持的《今夜脱口秀》节目。但随着时间的流逝，巴克千篇一律的表演方式逐渐失去魅力，目前只以巡回表演为生。特洛伊作为巴克的旅行经理人和个人助理，随着他在美国各州的乡间小镇上旅行演出，每到一处巴克都以“我热爱这个小镇”为开场白，且不论观众多寡，他都精心准备全力以赴。在媒体公关瓦莱莉（艾米丽•布朗特 Emily Blunt 饰）的帮助下，巴克突然阴差阳错的重回公众视线，并被邀至拉斯维加斯长期表演。可就在巴克命运扭转之际，另一件不可思议的怪事发生了……

　　两个服役期间认识的男人结成深厚的友情，退伍后，一个娶了漂亮的老婆在餐厅里当三流水平却也努力向上的厨师，他在对其总是板起严厉苛求脸孔的妻子面前总是装做一幅忠诚维诺的样子，内心充满了叛逆的因子。而另一个则成为外币买卖界人气日上、前途无量的黄金王老五，表面风光无限，实则内心暴躁脆弱。我，朋友和妻子，两男一女组成的男男、男女和女男等多重复杂的关系，如杂乱的迷宫世界，不全是纯粹的同志爱情，也非真正的婚外遇，连最后的杀人放火的悲剧都不仅仅是发泄心中仇怨那么简单。无心引发的三角拉致关系渐渐走近崩溃毁灭的边缘。人性的丑陋和阴暗面显露出原本的模样，张牙舞爪地考验着每个人的抵抗能力。

　　Erstwhile Special Forces operative Doc Alexander is asked to broker a truce with the Mexican drug cartel in secrecy. When Oklahoma Governor Richard Jeffs celebrates the execution of a high-ranking cartel member on TV, his Chief of Staff and Doc inform him about the peace he just ended. But it’s too late, as Cuco, the cartel’s hatchet man, has set his vengeful sights on Doc’s daughter Dixie.
　　They don’t make ’em like Little Dixie anymore: honed to the bone, all gestures and actions, only a few words. Too many genre films these days try to create meaning by piling ideas and intentions on their narrative frames. John Swab, as always, works the other way around. Meaning and depth come from taking away whatever is superfluous – by reducing the plot to its bare essence and the characters to their core trades and tricks.
　　Ultimately, Little Dixie feels like the pulp fiction version of a Giacometti sculpture, all fearful symmetries and mirror images. A gem of crime cinema at its purest and most philosophical, proudly featuring noir’s new darling, Frank Grillo.