Hitting all the bases as a clichéd child-prodigy film and as a clichéd orphan-in-search-of-parents film, August Rush is pandering to the point of offensive. This bogus fairytale centers on the title ...

America loves little boys. Remember when everyone creamed their pants over that Billy Elliot movie? “He wants to be a dancer! Weee!” With that rule, August Rush (by Disco Pigs director Kirsten ...