Arts November 14, 2007  | vol. XLII | No. 2
Movie Previews: Winter movies range from lost princesses to lost love

By Lauren Mahomes, Arts Editor

Title: August Rush

Release Date: Nov. 21

Director: Kirsten Sheridan (Disco Pigs, The Case of Majella McGinty)
                                                                                                                                                                    photo courtesy of http://augustrushmovie.warnerbros.com

Genre: Drama                                                         

Rating: PG for mild violence and language

Cast: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Robin Williams

Synopsis: August Rush tells the story of an orphaned boy, August (Freddie Highmore), using his musical gift to find his equally gifted parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who were forced to leave him at birth. On this journey, he travels throughout New York City under the care of a kind stranger (Robin Williams) exhibiting his talent for the delight of all that hear and inspiring the lives of all that he encounters.

Title: Enchanted

Release Date: Nov. 21

Director: Kevin Lima (102 Dalmatians, Tarzan)

Genre: Family, Comedy

Rating: PG for some scary images

Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Susan Sarandon
photo courtesy of http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/enchanted

Synopsis: Disney merges worlds in this modern fairy tale where the animated characters try their hand at surviving in present day New York City. Exiled by the evil queen (Susan Sarandon), the beautiful princess, Giselle (Amy Adams), is thrown from her world into ours where she gets a taste of what happens after "happily ever after." Romance is thrown into the mix when Giselle begins to fall for a modern day lawyer (Patrick Dempsey) despite her "enchanted" ties to prince charming (James Marsden).

Title: Love in the Time of Cholera

Release Date: Nov. 16

Director: Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Mona Lisa Smile)

Genre: Romance

Rating: R for language

Cast: Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, and John Leguizamo
                                                                                                                                                                                       photo courtesy of http://www.loveinthetime.com

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Garbriel Garcia Marquez, Love tells the story of Florentino (Javier Bardem) who falls for Fermina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), but is rejected due to her father’s (John Leguizamo) demands that she marry Dr. Juvenal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt), a prestigious doctor in Cartagena, especially important due to the sudden waves of cholera. In the interim years, Florentino enters a series of love affairs, but does not forget his true love.

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