24 Best Movies New to Streaming in February: ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Past Lives,’ ‘Priscilla’ and More:Part 1
It’s a huge month on streaming thanks to the long-awaited arrival of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” on Peacock. The atomic bomb epic, led by Cillian Murphy, grossed more than $950 million at the worldwide box office during a lengthy theatrical run that made “Oppenheimer” the highest-grossing biographical drama in history. It then became an awards season juggernaut, winning best picture prizes at the Golden Globes and Critic’s Choice Awards before landing a staggering 13 Oscar nominations. “Oppenheimer” is the most nominated film at the 2024 Academy Awards, where it’s widely viewed as the frontrunner for best picture.
Beyond Christopher Nolan’s three-hour, R-rated masterpiece, February brings a lot of original romantic-comedy offerings as Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video and more set to dominate Valentine’s Day weekend. Netflix is banking on “Jane the Virgin” favorite Gina Rodriguez and “Lucifer” star Tom Ellis to bring in the views with “Players,” while Prime Video is putting its cards on “Riverdale” alum Camila Mendes, who headlines the international rom-com “Upgraded.”
Check out a full rundown below of the buzzy new films to streaming this month.
Oppenheimer (Feb. 16 on Peacock)
At long last, Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb epic “Oppenheimer” arrives on Peacock this month after earning $955 million at the worldwide box office (the highest-grossing biographical drama in history) and picking up 13 Oscar nominations, including best picture and best director. The drama was named the best film of 2023 by Variety critic Owen Gleiberman: “Christopher Nolan’s mesmerizing drama became a testament to the promise that serious movies for adults can, and will, have a future in movie theaters…He stages ‘Oppenheimer’ as a coruscating light show of history, dazzling in every detail. It’s a film that draws you in with centrifugal force, even at it both celebrates and interrogates the fabled figure of J. Robert Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy as a charismatic mandarin whose scientific genius is matched by his self-justifying insolence.”
Past Lives (Feb 2. on Paramount+ With Showtime)
Celine Song’s rapturousdebut “Past Lives” is nominated for two Oscars: best picture and best original screenplay. It was named the fourth best movie of 2023 by Variety film critic Peter Debruge: “Celine Song’s poetic debut offers a poignantcounterpoint to A24’s busy, Oscar-winning ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ while suggesting a low-key alternative to that movie’s multiverse premise: What if, instead of there being infinite parallel realities, old souls found one another again and again over the centuries? Here, Nora (Greta Lee), a New York-based playwright born in Korea, reconnects with her childhood sweetheart (Teo Yoo), confronting what her life might have been.”
Priscilla (Feb. 23 on Max)
Cailee Spaeny won the best actress prize at the Venice Film Festival and picked up a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the title role of Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” but the Oscars overlooked the rising star this year. Same goes for Jacob Elordi’s quietly menacing supporting turn as Elvis as well as Coppola’s deft directing and screenplay. From Variety’s review: “As Priscilla, Cailee Spaeny has an avid stare and a sharpness of spirit, and she makes a point of playing the teenage Priscilla as a typical American girl of her time, courtly and decorous, though with a taste for adventure…As for Elordi, he doesn’t look all that much like him. Yet his louche body language is perfect, and what he does with Elvis’s voice brings him closer to being a deadringer than (in my opinion) Austin Butler was.”
单词:
1. Gross: If a person or a business grosses a particular amount of money, they earn that amount of money before tax has been taken away. 税前收入赚得;
2. Juggernaut: If you describe an organization or group as a juggernaut, you are critical of them because they are large and extremely powerful, and you think they are not being controlled properly. 难以监控的强大机构(或集团)、巨头;
3. Staggering: Something that is staggering is very surprising. 令人震惊的;
4. Frontrunner: a term to describe the leader in a race, whether in politics or in sports. 领跑者;
5. Mesmerizing: attracting and holding interest as if by a spell. 有魅力的;
6. Coruscating: A coruscating speech or performance is lively, intelligent, and impressive. 生动的; 睿智的; 惊人的;
7. Dazzling: Something that is dazzling is very impressive or beautiful. 令人印象深刻的; 惊人的;
8. Centrifugal: acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre. 离心的;
9. Interrogate: If someone, especially a police officer, interrogates someone, they question them thoroughly for a long time in order to get some information from them. 审问;
10. Fabled: If you describe a person or thing as fabled, especially someone or something remarkable, you mean that they are well known because they are often talked about or a lot of stories are told about them. 传说中的; 寓言中的; 充满传奇色彩的;
11. Charismatic: A charismatic person attracts, influences, and inspires people by their personal qualities. 有魅力的;
12. Rapturous: A rapturous feeling or reaction is one of extreme happiness or enthusiasm. 狂喜的; 狂热的;
13. Debut: The debut of a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance, or recording. 首次登台;
14. Poignant: Something that is poignant affects you deeply and makes you feel sadness or regret. 辛酸的;
15. Counterpoint: Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way. 令人满意的对比;
16. Premise: A premise is something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea. 前提;
17. Playwright: A playwright is a person who writes plays. 剧作家;
18. Menacing: If someone or something looks menacing, they give you a feeling that they are likely to cause you harm or put you in danger. 威胁的;
19. Courtly: You use courtly to describe someone whose behaviour is very polite, often in a rather old-fashioned way. 谦和典雅的;
20. Decorous: Decorous behaviour is very respectable, calm, and polite. 稳重端庄的;
21. Louche: If you describe a person or place as louche, you mean that they are unconventional and not respectable, but often in a way that people find rather attractive. 反传统的; 离经叛道的;
22. A dead ringer: If you say that one person is a ringer or a dead ringer for another, you mean that they look exactly like each other. 容貌酷似的人; 长得一模一样的人;
24 Best Movies New to Streaming in February: ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Past Lives,’ ‘Priscilla’ and More:Part 1
二月最佳新上线流媒体电影24部:《奥本海默》、《前世今生》、《普里西拉》等:第一部分
It’s a huge month on streaming thanks to the long-awaited arrival of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” on Peacock. The atomic bomb epic, led by Cillian Murphy, grossed more than $950 million at the worldwide box office during a lengthy theatrical run that made “Oppenheimer” the highest-grossing biographical drama in history. It then became an awards season juggernaut, winning best picture prizes at the Golden Globes and Critic’s Choice Awards before landing a staggering 13 Oscar nominations. “Oppenheimer” is the most nominated film at the 2024 Academy Awards, where it’s widely viewed as the frontrunner for best picture.
Beyond Christopher Nolan’s three-hour, R-rated masterpiece, February brings a lot of original romantic-comedy offerings as Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video and more set to dominate Valentine’s Day weekend. Netflix is banking on “Jane the Virgin” favorite Gina Rodriguez and “Lucifer” star Tom Ellis to bring in the views with “Players,” while Prime Video is putting its cards on “Riverdale” alum Camila Mendes, who headlines the international rom-com “Upgraded.”
Check out a full rundown below of the buzzy new films to streaming this month.
以下是本月流媒体上热议的新电影的完整概述。
Oppenheimer (Feb. 16 on Peacock)
《奥本海默》(2月16日于孔雀视频)
At long last, Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb epic “Oppenheimer” arrives on Peacock this month after earning $955 million at the worldwide box office (the highest-grossing biographical drama in history) and picking up 13 Oscar nominations, including best picture and best director. The drama was named the best film of 2023 by Variety critic Owen Gleiberman: “Christopher Nolan’s mesmerizing drama became a testament to the promise that serious movies for adults can, and will, have a future in movie theaters…He stages ‘Oppenheimer’ as a coruscating light show of history, dazzling in every detail. It’s a film that draws you in with centrifugal force, even at it both celebrates and interrogates the fabled figure of J. Robert Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy as a charismatic mandarin whose scientific genius is matched by his self-justifying insolence.”
Celine Song’s rapturousdebut “Past Lives” is nominated for two Oscars: best picture and best original screenplay. It was named the fourth best movie of 2023 by Variety film critic Peter Debruge: “Celine Song’s poetic debut offers a poignantcounterpoint to A24’s busy, Oscar-winning ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ while suggesting a low-key alternative to that movie’s multiverse premise: What if, instead of there being infinite parallel realities, old souls found one another again and again over the centuries? Here, Nora (Greta Lee), a New York-based playwright born in Korea, reconnects with her childhood sweetheart (Teo Yoo), confronting what her life might have been.”
Cailee Spaeny won the best actress prize at the Venice Film Festival and picked up a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the title role of Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” but the Oscars overlooked the rising star this year. Same goes for Jacob Elordi’s quietly menacing supporting turn as Elvis as well as Coppola’s deft directing and screenplay. From Variety’s review: “As Priscilla, Cailee Spaeny has an avid stare and a sharpness of spirit, and she makes a point of playing the teenage Priscilla as a typical American girl of her time, courtly and decorous, though with a taste for adventure…As for Elordi, he doesn’t look all that much like him. Yet his louche body language is perfect, and what he does with Elvis’s voice brings him closer to being a deadringer than (in my opinion) Austin Butler was.”
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