2012年9月上映的欧美电影
After a jam-packed August, filled with many surprisingly qualityfilms, September arrives to bring us a handful of fake Oscar bait,two rereleases of adored classics, seemingly all of the indies thatgot mixed reviews out of the film fest circuit and a bizarreplethora of thrillers and genre flicks. Looking at the slate rightnow, at least one thing becomes very clear: No new movie willpossibly make more money opening weekend than either of therereleases. It’s an interesting box office race this month, that’sfor sure. Let’s meet the competitors。
‘The Words’《妙笔生花》 (Sept 7)
故事主线为布莱德利·库珀饰演的作家正处在事业高峰期，但一个神秘人物(杰瑞米·艾恩斯)的出现打乱了他的生活，他将要为偷窃别人创作成果而付出惨重代价。该片正在加拿大蒙特利尔热拍中。
A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steepprice he must pay for stealing another man’s work。
Although word is the movie itself is a bit underwhelming and notas smart as it thinks it is, allegedly the performances are great,and overall the film works enough to not be terrible. It’s also theset where Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana met before embarking on aromance, for all of you that enjoy that sort of thing。
‘The Master’《大师》 (Sept 14 limited, Sept 21expands)
影片故事发生1952年，自称The Master的男人(菲利普·塞默·霍夫曼)创建了一个名为“TheCause”的教会，随着教派势力的不断壮大，The Master的助手FreddieSutton却开始对信仰产生了质疑，故事便是聚焦在这二人错综复杂的关系。
A 1950s-set drama centered on the relationship between acharismatic intellectual known as “the Master” whose faith-basedorganization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter whobecomes his right-hand man。
The trailer that broke the internet. The 70mm frame rate thatbroke it again. Could there possibly be a buzzier movie coming outthis month? P.T. Anderson’s first film since hisshould-have-won-the-Oscar “There Will Be Blood”， is “secretly”about the origins of Scientology, featuring Philip Seymour Hoffmanand Joaquin Phoenix in roles that may garner them even more Oscarnominations, and hey, maybe even another win for good ol’ Phil。
‘Trouble with the Curve’《曲线难题》 (Sept 21)
《曲线难题》讲述一名上了年纪、经验丰富的棒球球探由于视力出现问题，他说服女儿陪自己踏上了最后一次招募新球员的旅程。
An ailing baseball scout in his twilight years takes hisdaughter along for one last recruiting trip
You know when you’re ready to write off a movie completely, butthen see the trailer and get all confused? On its surface, “Troublewith the Curve” seems like a middle of the road not-”Moneyball”，starring a grumbly Clint Eastwood. While all of that actually maybe true, it also seems like it may not suck entirely, mostly due toAmy Adams and the frustratingly always-charming Justin Timberlake.Definitely a contender for this years “you laughed at it, then itgot nominated for Best Picture. Huh?!” spot, a la “The Blind Side”.Oh and no, that is *not* a Mumford and Sons song in the trailer,it’s American Idol winner Phil Phillips, who really did pick theright manufactured first single, didn’t he?
‘Won’t Back Down’《决不退缩》 (Sept28)
Two determined mothers-, one a teacher, look to transform theirchildren’s failing inner city school. Facing a powerful andentrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a differencein the education and future of their children。
Drama drama inspirational snoozy snooze. AND it’s written anddirected by the dude who wrote and directed “Beastly”， so… getready, guys. It’s also supposedly supremely anti-union and isscreening at the Republican Convention this week, complete withguest panel speakers Jeb Bush and Condoleeza Rice. Um. Okay.Cool?
‘Arbitrage’《套利交易》 (Sept 14)
影片的主角是一个“避险基金”巨头，他拼命要完成与银行的一笔大交易，直到他的阴谋被揭穿，致命的错误让他陷入到未曾预想的麻烦之中。
A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale ofhis trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to anunlikely person for help。
The movie that will revitalize Richard Gere’s career that alsostars indie darling Brit Marling and… yes please. This directorialdebut from Nicholas Jarecki is pulling a rocking 100% on RottenTomatoes right now, after a strong festival showing, mostly becauseof Gere’s performance, along with co-star Nate Parker, whom Varietynamed one of 2012′s Breakthrough Performers. This tight corporatesuspense thriller might be surprising us well into awardsseason。
‘End of Watch’《警戒结束》 (Sept 21)
《警戒结束》该片的故事梗概被描述得比较模糊——多年拍档间的友谊，一个励志故事，讲述的是杰克·吉伦哈尔与迈克尔·佩纳饰演的两名洛杉矶警察之间的情谊。本片将透过警察、黑帮成员的摄像机，还有监控摄像头、平民的抓拍，以近乎真实的镜头深入犯罪城市最黑暗的角落，展现警务人员每日出生入死的工作状态，呈现他们的友谊、勇气以及家人的付出。
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating asmall cache of money and firearms from the members of a notoriouscartel, during a routine traffic stop。
One of those “and why were you at Comic-Con again?” movies,starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena and Anna Kendrick. Itsdirector has a pretty solid track record, having written “The Fastand the Furious” and “Training Day”， among others, and “End ofWatch” marks the first time the cop genre is experimenting with thefound footage style of cinematography and storytelling. Early buzzis positive, but then you see that “Magic Mike” dark spot of doomCody Horn is playing a police officer and it makes your stomachhurt a little bit. Still, hopes remain relatively high for thisone。
