Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled "Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked." I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up. This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more: the dialogue is laced with sharp wit there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!) and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine). It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the "girl-nerd" who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes: really now, what's there to be embarrassed about?
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讲述夏洛特·萨洛蒙的真实故事，她是一位年轻的德国犹太艺术家。在第二次世界大战前夕，她克服了重重困难，创作了永恒的杰作。
一个出身中下阶层的男爵，在他只有8岁的时候，蹲在河边看见前来视察灾荒的国王，一个人远离侍卫，孤零零的站在河水泛滥的岸边。这个男孩感受到了国王的寂寞，他对自己发誓，长大以后要到国王的身边，去帮助他。国王的队伍离开后，小男孩把一块石头放进鞋子里，坚持徒步走回家去。他以这种方式和国王一起受难。以这种方式企图接近那个在他眼里伟大的灵魂。这是君主制下最美丽的一个瞬间。多年以后当小男孩成为男爵，成为国王身边的第一侍卫。他的信仰轻易的被一场肮脏的赐婚击得粉碎。他离开国王，离开世俗的生活，成为一名隐居苦寒之地的教士。他从一种信仰之中跌落，在另一种信仰之中，将一块更大的、更为尖锐的石头放进了朝圣者的鞋子。
