嘿小骨头

　　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?

THR独家报道：艾略特·佩吉退出主演新片《奖命》(1UP)，角色换由鲁比·洛斯出演。该片已在多伦多开拍，是一部电竞题材喜剧片，据称风格类似《完美音调》，以“玩家门”为背景，即玩家与游戏媒体之间的战争，涉及游戏媒体腐败、游戏产业性别歧视等话题。凯尔·纽曼(《刺客学妹》《星战迷友》)执导，茱莉娅·约克斯(《靴猫大冒险》)写剧本。演员还有帕里斯·贝尔克(《亚莉克莎与凯蒂》《休比的万圣节》)、泰勒·扎克哈尔·佩雷斯(《亲吻亭2》)、哈莉·尼夫(《暗杀国度》《104号房间》)、尼古拉斯·库姆(《爱探险的朵拉》《午夜阳光》)。讲述女玩家VivianLee(贝尔克)受够了同行男玩家的性别歧视，退出了大学电竞团。由于奖学金岌岌可危，她不得不组建一支水平多样化的全女子团队，与男生竞争。在一位经历过“游戏门”的神秘教练(洛斯)的帮助下，Lee这个由一群技术不太熟练、对环境不太适应的人组成的队伍意料之外战胜了不少精英玩家。