生命之树

 No.2 - The Tree of Life

　　《生命之树》

　　It took Terrence Malick 30 years to make four movies, so when the lyrical director of Days of Heaven has a new project on the way, consider that an event. It stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, two of our most accomplished characteractors, and it’s about… god knows what. The period piece, set around the 1950s, has a plot that has been kept top secret. The only official tidbit reveals that the film revolves around a boy’s loss of innocence.But rumors are circulating, and they say Tree of Life is Malick’s most ambitious project to date. It may or may not have segments that deal with the prehistoric or even evolution (Tree of Life, get it) and itmay be released in IMAX. True or not, just the suggestion of Terrence Malick’s spectacular visuals in IMAX gets us tickled with anticipation。

　　故事讲述生长在美国中西部的11岁少年杰克的成长变迁。他的家庭由父母和三兄弟组成。在一个孩子眼中，起初一切都是新奇的。他从母亲身上看到了慈爱，而他的父亲告诉他，这个世界的生存法则就是把自己放在首位。在成长过程中，杰克竭力想要调和双亲相悖的人生观。 本片由著名导演泰伦斯·马力克执导、西恩·潘和布拉德·皮特主演，泰伦斯·马力克很早就开始构思该片，他花了30年时间才让这部影片变为现实。

恐怖黑手

No.1 - The Matarese Circle

　　《恐怖黑手》

　　Denzel Washington can get pretty boring, as he’s often playing the same role in different movies. Tom Cruise can get pretty creepy, just in general. But you have to cut the two stars some slack. When they want to be good --Washington in Training Day and Cruise in Magnolia -- they’re damn good.Both Washington and Cruise go head-to-head as two archrival spies, one American and the other Russian, who must gain each other’s trust inorder to fight a common enemy called the Matarese. It’s an adaptation of a Robert Ludlum novel, the author who conceived Jason Bourne, so expect some riveting high-wire espionage and intense tête-à-têtes. But what has us ecstatic is director David Cronenberg, who’s molding the screen play to his perversely brilliant taste. So expect a spy thriller that dissects the sex appeal in brutality a la A History of Violence。

　　电影改编自《伯恩的身份》原著作者Robert Ludlum 的小说[The MatareseCircle]，剧本改编由[刺客联盟Wanted]的剧作Derek Haas and MichaelBrandt和Cronenberg担任。本片改编自罗伯特·鲁德鲁姆创作于1979年的小说。故事发生在冷战期间，一个美国特工和一个苏联特工必须联手共同阻止一场凶险的阴谋。