As we enter the end of the Summer movie season, there are very few big budget movies to look forward to. However,there are some that have great potential. Let's take a look at some of these movies coming out this September. (Plot Preview's are based off of information from moviefone and wikipedia)
Directed by: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego
Screenplay by: Brian Miller
Apollo 17 launched on December 17, 1972 and was officially the last manned mission to the moon. The movie begins one year later, in December of 1973, as two American astronauts are sent on a "secret mission" to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. However, once there they soon find out that they are not alone. The film is being promoted as "real" footage, and that nothing is produced. NASA denies its authenticity, while others say it's the real reason we’ have never gone back to the moon. Apollo 18 is shot in the same style as Cloverfield and the Blair Witch Project and will stop you from wondering if we are truly alone.
Directed by: Gavin O'Conner
Written by: Gavin O'Conner and Cliff Dorfman
Tommy Conlon (Tom Hardy) is an ex-Marine from Pittsburgh with a troubled past. When he learns that the purse for an upcoming Mixed-Martial-Arts tournament is the largest in history, Tommy decides to enter the world of professional fighting. He recruits his father, Paddy (Nick Nolte), a former coach and recovering alcoholic, to get him into shape for the competition. Tommy gets stronger as his competition gets better, and ascends to the top. Meanwhile, his brother Brendan (Joel Edgerton), a former MMA fighter, struggles to provide for his family with his job as a public school teacher. Seeing Tommy's success, Brendan begins to wonder if he might also have a shot at winning the coveted purse. Brendan and Tommy both emerge as dark horse contenders in the competition and as they prepare to do battle in the ring and confront the forces that tore their family apart. The battle in the ring, is also being fought in their hearts and minds.
Directed by: Steven Soderberg
Written by: Scott Z. Burns
This film takes a look at what happens when an infectious airborne virus spreads rapidly and causes massive death within days. As the virus spreads faster and faster around the world, people struggle to survive as society breaks down and humanity comes apart. Watch through different viewpoints of an ensemble cast, including Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, and Kate Winslet.
Directed by: Bennett Miller
Written by: Aaron Sorkin
The film is based on the book written by Michael Lewis and tells the true-story of Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), the General Manager of Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics. Left with a minimal budget to work with, Beane and his assistant Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) use statistical data to calculate the best/cheapest way to sign players and build a winning baseball team. Philip Seymour Hoffman also co-stars as former A's manager Art Howe. Together they all turn the baseball world upside down.
Directed by: Jonathan Levine
Written by: Will Reiser
Inspired by the real-life experience of the film's writer Will Reiser, '50/50' is a funny and touching original story of friendship, love, and survival. Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a 27-year-old man is suddenly diagnosed with cancer. He breaks the news to his girlfriend Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard), best friend Kyle (Seth Rogen) and his mother (Anjelica Huston). Adam wants to tell his father, Richard (Serge Houde) but he is dealing with Alzheimer's disease, which makes it even harder on Adam. In the midst of it all, Adam visits an inexperienced therapist, Katie (Anna Kendrick), while undergoing treatment. There he finds new friends in two older, wisecracking chemotherapy patients Mitch (Matt Frewer) and Alan (Philip Baker Hall). Each person takes the news and deals with it in different ways, while Adam is just trying to live his life.
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