Foodborne pathogens kill around 3,000 people in the U.S. every year and hospitalize hundreds of thousands more. Romaine lettuce, cantaloupe, sprouts . . . all have been at the center of outbreaks which have become alarmingly frequent in recent years. Their solutions are simple, but protections are scattershot, with little bureaucratic will to enforce them. And yet, our politicians keep saying that “the U.S. food supply is the safest in the world.
Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food is a documentary that holds the public and private influences behind these decisions to account, beginning with the Jack In the Box E. Coli outbreak of 1992-1993 and continuing to the present day. Director Stephanie Soechtig provides tips on what to avoid at the supermarket, demystifies the tangle of regulations that govern what we eat, and tells the stories of families who have lost loved ones to foodborne illness. This is a film that will make you think about what’s on your plate and how it got there in eye-opening new ways.
20世纪30年代,英国某女子教会寄宿学校。这里校风极其严格,女孩们被要求墨守成规,不允许有任何堕落和消极的思想。而游泳队的教师G小姐(伊娃·格林 Eva Green 饰)显得如此与众不同,她个性张扬,思想开放,鼓励学生努力追求自身的欲望。在女孩们的眼中,G小姐是如此迷人。不久,来自西班牙的贵族小姐费雅玛·科罗纳(玛利亚·瓦沃德 María Valverde 饰)转学至此,她高雅尊贵的气质和亲切友善的性格令女孩们甚为倾倒,甚至G小姐也喜欢上这个出身豪门却有着独立思想的女孩。然而费雅玛的处事态度渐渐令G小姐感到矛盾与困惑,曾经是中心人物的女孩黛·拉斯菲尔德(朱诺·坦普尔 Juno Temple 饰)也心生嫉妒……
本片根据女作家谢拉·科勒(Sheila Kohler)的同名小说改编。
在外星人的眼中,地球人就是供他们玩乐的消遣。一群外星人打了一个赌,赌注是地球的存亡。他们在地球上随机选了一个人,赋予他心想事成的超能力,如果这个人最终成为了贪得无厌的恶人,外星人就选择把地球毁灭,但如果这个人依然维持着善良的本性,则意味着地球仍然有着继续运转的意义。
平凡而又内向的中学老师尼尔(西蒙·佩吉 Simon Pegg 饰)成为了这名干系到地球存亡的天选之子,在拥有了超能力后,尼尔的身边发生了一连串有惊无险令人不知该笑还是该害怕的意外。与此同时,尼尔默默爱慕的女子凯瑟琳(凯特·贝金赛尔 Kate Beckinsale 饰)也被卷入了危险之中。
Carter (Thomas Jane), a troubled veteran who gets a chance at redemption by protecting a 12 year-old girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.
乔治(詹姆斯•斯图尔特 James Stewart 饰)在圣诞节前准备自杀,这时上帝传来旨意,派天使拯救他,并让他了解到自己一生的使命——拯救那些不幸的人。乔治小时候左耳有疾,在贝德福德镇上的一家药店帮工。他很机灵,深得老板器重,同时也很招女孩喜欢。某日,老板接到爱子死亡的电报,悲痛欲绝,配错了药,幸亏乔治才化险为夷。乔治从小嫉恶如仇,尤其看不惯富人专横跋扈。长大后,乔治一表人才,准备去读大学。这时,他的父亲去世了,他子承父业,协助叔父料理公司事务。然而公司经营状况不佳,在董事会会议上面临破产。如果公司破产,小镇将会有很多家庭陷入困境。乔治力排众议,说服了董事会,但是条件是他要担任董事会秘书长。这与他的大学梦相去甚远。而且,此时他还陷入了对一个女孩的爱恋之中……