And The Winner Isn't is a satirical documentary charting Geoffrey Moore and his daughter Ambra's journey through Hollywood, as the pair track down celebrities and industry insiders in their bid to find out what it takes to become an Academy Award winner.
In November 2014 the Iconic club Madame Jojos closed its doors. This event being interpreted by many as the death knell of Soho. The closure of this historic venue which premiered some of Londons most bizarre, daring and offbeat nightlife for more than half a century is seen by many as an unprecedented cultural catastrophe. In a draconian move by Westminster Madame Jojos liquor...
1815年,拿破仑准备在比利时与联盟军一决雌雄,战争一触即发。
如果不是一个精神不健全的人的介入,事情或许不会是这样的结果。四等兵阿玛尼因为枪走火,偏巧击中了向拿破仑开枪行刺的刺客朱力。惊魂未定,就由一名普通士兵提升为陆军元帅,接替了朱力的位置。拿破仑从此不再是无神论者,正是因为这个士兵与自己命运的联系。尽管他明显的与众不同,还是委以重任。
为了追逐他的心上人、英国间谍,拿破仑乔装成印地安女人,赶着马车穿越战场来到英军阵地。而他将战争的一切事项都交给了阿玛尼。阿玛尼忘乎所以,自称是拿破仑,行使起法国国王的威权。在他的贸然指挥下,无数勇敢士兵永远地留在疆场。当他自己被联盟军队俘虏时,面对质问,还在做着法国国王的痴梦,而真正的拿破仑得以金蝉脱壳。目睹了这场闹剧的英军将领只能望洋兴叹。
The story of an underdog - a failed husband, a failing father, a failing actor, and the impossible choice he's going to have to make between stealing the show and stealing another man's wife.
Victims of their own success in recruiting stars to appear at fund-raisers, Amnesty took a six-year sabbatical from producing benefit shows in the mid-1980s as a multitude of other good causes staged charity concerts that took the limelight. Amnesty returned in 1987 with refreshed zeal. A new generation of British comedians took up the Amnesty mantle, including Robbie Coltrane,...
Winston Churchill understood the power of films, but the true extent of his use of cinema as a propaganda tool is rarely explored. In 1934, one of Britain's most celebrated film producers, Alexander Korda, signed Churchill up as a screenwriter and historical advisor. It was the start of a unique collaboration. Churchill provided script notes for Korda's productions and penned a...
A funny remake of "The Prisoner" - with a 1980's twist to it 'The Laughing Prisoner' is a remake (or homage) of (to) the Kafkaesque 1960's television show 'The Prisoner' with Patrick McGoohan in the lead role. This time it is a successful television presenter (Jools Holland) who decides to quit at the height of his stardom. He is abducted from his apartment and brought to the v...
长久以来,人们一直在怀疑宇宙中是否存在其他的智慧生命形式。然后,为什么我们不首先在我们的海洋里找寻一下呢?鲸鱼和海豚,同人类一样有着巨大的大脑,善于学习新的行为,拥有自己的社交语言。我们渴望了解,它们的思想与人类真的很接近吗?在巴哈马从事相关研究的丹尼斯赫青教授相信她即将找到问题的答案,她坚信五年内她将可以与野生海豚进行无缝交流
在这部纪录片里,Stephen Fry会带领我们探索如何学习语言,如何写字,为什么有时会觉得难以表达……1)Babel 在第一集中,Stephen向我们揭示了人类语言的起源以及为什么我们是唯一拥有语言能力的物种,通过教猩猩说话、将人类语言基因植入白鼠等实验说明人脑与语言间的独特联系; 2)Identity 我们所讲的语言表明了我们的特征,甚至体现出阶级差异。同时Stephen还探索了英语全球化势不可挡的原因;3)Uses and Abuses 在语言的使用过程中,往往混杂着咒骂等一些不好的词汇。Stephen做了一次核磁共振扫描后发现我们大脑中有一部分是与粗话相联系的,妥瑞综合症和中风患者就不能说粗话;4)Spreading the World 书写让知识的保存和传递得以进行,第四集中Stephen将为我们介绍字母的来源和演化;5)The Power...
该作聚焦侏罗纪的森林与白垩纪的平原,力求带来全景式的中生代生态复原。
Explained: A Netflix Original
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Explained
2018 PG 1 Season
This enlightening series from Vox digs into a wide range o f topics such as the rise of cryptocurrency, why diets fail, and the wild world of K-pop.
Genres: TV Programmes, American Programmes, US TV Documentaries, Documentary Programmes, Documentaries, Social & Cultural Documentaries, Special Interest
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