It’s already been an excellent year at the movies, and we’re not even halfway through 2023 yet. This May’s lineup suggests it’s about to get even better.

Hypnotic

Nothing is what it seems in Hypnotic, a movie from Robert Rodriguez. Ben Affleck stars as a police detective (警探) who is haunted by the disappearance of his daughter. He is investigating a series of bank robberies when a mystery woman (Alice Braga) tells him about “hypnotics”: people who have the power to make others believe and do anything they want by using a single sentence.

Released (上映) on 11 May in Australia, 12 May in the US & 26 May in the UK

The Little Mermaid

Another month, another live-action-and-CGI remake of a classic Disney cartoon. But this one is more special than most, because a black actress, Halle Bailey, is playing the lead character, who was white in the 1989 cartoon. Besides, the film’s director, Rob Marshall, argues that his The Little Mermaid is progressive in other ways, too. He told Nick Romano at EW, she and Prince Eric, played by Jonah Hauer-King, “really teach the world about prejudice (偏见) and about breaking down barriers and walls between these two worlds.” 

On general release from 24 May

The Eight Mountains

All of the mountains in The Eight Mountains are clean and beautiful. Some of them are in the Himalayas, but most are in the Italian Alps, where Pietro (Luca Marinelli), a city boy from Turin, becomes friends with Bruno (Alessandro Borghi), the only child left in a remote rural village. The movie is a chronicle (编年史) of their friendship through the decades.

Released on 5 May in Japan, 12 May in the UK and Ireland, and 19 May in Spain and Finland

1.Only people in ____________ can watch Hypnotic on 11 May.

A Australia

B America

C Britain

D Spain

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据电影《催眠》(Hypnotic)一段中的“Released on 11 May in Australia”可知，该片于5月11日最先在澳大利亚上映。故选A。

2.What does The Little Mermaid tell us?

A Accept our imperfections.

B Break down prejudice.

C Better late than never.

D Art is long, life is short.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据电影《小美人鱼》(The Little Mermaid)一段中的“really teach the world about prejudice and about breaking down barriers and walls between these two worlds”可知，新版电影中的小美人鱼和艾瑞克王子“让世界了解什么是偏见，引导人们去打破两个世界之间的壁垒”。故选B。

3.Which film is about friendship?

A Hypnotic.

B The Little Mermaid.

C The Eight Mountains

D Fast X.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据电影《八座山》(The Eight Mountains)一段中的“a chronicle of their friendship through the decades”可知，这部风景壮美的电影记录了两人几十年间的友情。故选C。

4.In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A Environment.

B Business.

C Fashion.

D Entertainment.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。本文主要向我们介绍了五月最值得一看的3部海外新影片，我们可以在“娱乐”版块读到本文。故选D。