‘August Rush’ beats with everyday life

thing is possible.

An 11-year-old orphan discovers the power of music in the breathtaking film “August Rush,” which was released over Thanksgiving break, Nov. 21. The story line is enchanting as Evan Taylor, played by actor Freddie Highmore, searches for his parents who gave him up for adoption 11-years earlier.

Evans parents, Lyla Novacek and Louis Connelly, played by actress Keri Russel, and actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, met one night in New York City while listening to a street musician play. That one night was the first and last the two ever spent together, but their passion lived on in Evan, also known as “August Rush.”

The film concentrates on the power of love, and how far it can take you. When something is meant to be, and one is determined enough to trust their instinct, any-

“August Rush” expels feelings from music that one might have never thought likely. It causes your heart and emotion to almost beat with the music of everyday life, which usually no one ever stops to listen to. It gives you hope that everyone can find their way with trust in themselves.

Evan, changing his name to August Rush, finds his way through listening to the music of his heart, the music his musician parents, whom he never met, gifted him with.

The journey Evan takes from beginning to end is unpredictable and inspirational. The creative and suspenseful irony in the movie, made possible through the music, is enjoyable, and found in the most unpredictable places.

Over all the film is worth watching, but the ending might have been a little stronger. The end although powerful could leave the viewer hanging, and wanting more information.

MICHAEL BIEKER STAFF WRITER MDB724@CABRINI EDU

New Movie Releases

Friday Dec. 7

The Golden Compass

Starring Nicole Kidman, the movie is based on Philip Pullman’s novels. The story of the Golden Compass is about a girl traveling north far and wide to save her best friend, but along her journey she encounters many mystical and magical characters.

Wednesday Dec. 12

The Perfect Holiday

Queen Latifah, Terrence Howard and Charlie Murphy all stars in the movie about a little girl who asks a department store Santa to find a boyfriend for her mother.

Friday Dec. 14

Alvin and the Chipmunks

The 1950s cartoon series Alvin and the Chipmunks make a debut in a cartoon/live-animated hybrid film. The singing Chipmunks are accompanied by Jason Lee from “My Name is Earl.”

I Am Legend

I Am Legend stars Will Smith as a brilliant scientist who was able to withstand a virus that depleted the whole earth’s population due to an immunity he possessed. He is the last human left alive in New York City and maybe the world, but he is surrounded by bloodlusting infected monsters. He searches for a cure to reverse the virus that plagued the world.

Look

Look is a film looking in on our privacy. In our post-9/11 world we are covered by security cameras, phone taps and satellites that capture us in our everyday lives. The average American is captured over 200 times a day by surveillance cameras.

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner is about fathers and sons in the last days of the Afghanistan’s monarchy. The epic story is of friendship and betrayal to the immoral atrocities of the Taliban’s region.

Concerts

TLA

Electric Factory

Dec. 6&7 Brand New with Thrice and mewithoutYou

Trocadero

Dec. 13, Straylight Run with the Color Fred, Dear and the Headlights and Cassino (formerly Northstar)