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中国与苏联合拍的大型彩色纪录片。北京电影制片厂与苏联中央文献电影制片厂1950年联合摄制。编导，瓦尔拉莫夫、鲁金斯基；文学顾问，刘白羽；摄影，古谢夫、克里洛夫、吴本立、郝玉生、李华、徐来、李秉忠、叶惠。影片系统地介绍了中国人民在中国共产党领导下经过长期的军事斗争，建立了中华人民共和国的战斗历程。影片对大量的真实素材进行了简洁凝炼的精心处理，运用对比强烈、寓意深长的蒙太奇手法，表现了中国人民艰苦卓绝的斗争业绩，并揭示出这场斗争的伟大历史意义，歌颂了中国人民前仆后继的英雄风貌和建立中华人民共和国后的喜悦心情。影片公映后，在国内外均引起较大反响。影片于1951年获斯大林奖金。

前警官天民（古天乐 饰）在纸醉金迷的香港城开着一家小酒吧，这夜，大陆女孩小云（佟丽娅 饰）在酒吧里孤身一人，愁容满面地喝闷酒。打烊之后，醉得不省人事的小云无法开车，无奈之下天民把她送往自己干妈家中休息。翌日，小云在天民和他弟弟少聪（余文乐 饰）的陪伴下去取车——一辆价值不菲的玛莎拉蒂，她发现车钥匙不见了，却不敢回家取。天民感觉到小云隐瞒着不少秘密，而少聪似乎被小云吸引，愿意帮忙。但就在他们取车的时候，一群亡命之徒冲出把小云抓走。兄弟俩和歹徒们激战，小云伺机逃跑。事发之后，天民酒吧被黑帮骚扰，少聪的士也被恶意破坏，甚至还遭到台湾黑帮的疯狂砍杀。两人渐渐地意识到自己已被卷入了涉及巨额黑金的斗争之中，只能奋力一战。本片为香港导演林岭东在阔别影坛7年之后的复出之作。

女叠码仔梅晓鸥（白百何饰）历尽沧桑，在妈阁（澳门）这座赌城中与来历迥异的赌徒打交道，有地产商段凯文（吴刚饰）、有艺术家史奇澜（黄觉饰），也有来自不同阶级的政商人员，连早已堕落低谷的前夫卢晋桐（耿乐饰）都重新卷入她的人生。这些人入赌场就搏杀，出赌场就赖账，女叠码仔过的就是放债和讨债的生活。赌博让人迷失本性，叠码仔与赌徒周旋，也等于与魔鬼打交道，一时假仁假义，一时恩断情绝，赌至终局，谁能寻回本性，谁能鸿运当头？

In court for murder, Professor Moriarty is released seconds before Holmes arrives, too late, with vital evidence. Free again Moriarty vows to Holmes that his next crime will be so fiendish and amazing that Holmes's reputation will be finished. Moriarty sets about a fiendish plot involving the crown jewels and a series of mysteries to distract Holmes's mind.I enjoy most of this series as they all seem to run to the same formula. Here the plot goes back to basics and adds more of the mystery and less of the comedy. The plot is an enjoyable battle of wits between the two great minds. The downside is that the side-mystery that Moriarty sets up takes up the majority of the time and the two don't cross swords as well as they do in a gentlemanly beginning. The mystery surrounding Miss Brandon works OK but not really great as you know the whole time who is behind it and why. The jump to the crown jewels is too easily made and is a bit of a letdown.The comedy is less evident than usual but is still there. However it is overwhelmed by the more serious side. Bruce still does well but I was glad that he stood up to Holmes more than usual – telling him off for treating him like a child and such like. Rathbone is a good Holmes but his logic was off here and I wasn't as impressed by him as I usually am. Zucco is an interesting foil, but doesn't get enough time to work here. Lupino in an early role is interesting but a little too heavy and tads to overplay her tension a bit.Overall this is an OK addition to the series. The plot is reasonable but focuses too much on the diversion than the central characters and the reduction in comedy makes it feel a lot heavier than usual.