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Take Charles Dickens, slice off his creativity, simmer down his imagination, and you get “August Rush.” An urban fantasy that begins with a promising nod to “Oliver Twist,” the film sputters to a halt with a script as unbearable as Ebenezer Scrooge. Director Kirsten Sheridan poorly attempts to mix realism and fable, and brings to the screen a sappy story that relies too heavily on the viewer to piece everything together. “August Rush” brings together two charming romantics for a one night stand?...
...most 19th century Australians--fiercely resented the pretensions of the nobs and were well aware that in a pioneer environment Lady Luck was a more powerful queen than Victoria Regina. This was rammed home after the discovery of gold in Ballarat in 1851, just after the California gold rush. "All the aristocratic feelings and associations of [England]," wrote John Sherer, an observer of the gold rush in 1853, "are at once annihilated...It is not what you were, but what you are, that is the criterion...
...show up as a sci-fi whodunit. “Who, or what, is Frank?” we wonder. “And what will happen in 28 days?” In the end, the play answers those questions, but Stern seems to be in an awful rush to get there...
...game.On the ensuing kickoff, the Quakers successfully attempted an onside kick, recovering the ball and giving themselves good field position at their own 42. But a third down holding penalty set Penn back, and despite a nice run by quarterback Brian Walker, who broke a few tackles to rush 11 yards, Penn fell short of a first down and was forced to punt.The drive signified the end of the Quakers threat, as the Harvard defense tightened up, consistently pressuring Walker and only allowing Penn’s offense 71 total yards in the second half. While the Crimson committed...
...This problem goes away near the play’s end, as Prospero finally brings the island’s wandering inhabitants together. Once everyone is onstage, however, Salas seems to be in a rush to get everyone off, and some really wonderful scenes don’t get the attention they deserve...