Aaron Paul in “Hellion”
Hellion
Written and directed by Kat Candler
USA, 2014
Based on Kat Candler’s short film of the same name, Hellion concerns itself with adolescent boys who have the weight of the world on their shoulders and are left to themselves to sort repressed feelings out. It’s a movie littered with beer cans, guns, and thoughtless behavior, yet it is also about coming around to responsibility and not letting bad circumstances take everything from you.
Unable to deal with his wife’s death and the devastation of his home in Galveston, Texas by a tornado, Hollis Wilson (Aaron Paul) drinks away his sorrow. His obvious love for his sons Jacob (newcomer Josh Wiggins) and Wes (Deke Garner) comes through but his choice to not clean the house, keep track of their behavior, or nurture them is slowly disintegrating the family. Jacob starts to vandalize property and get into fights.
Hellion
Written and directed by Kat Candler
USA, 2014
Based on Kat Candler’s short film of the same name, Hellion concerns itself with adolescent boys who have the weight of the world on their shoulders and are left to themselves to sort repressed feelings out. It’s a movie littered with beer cans, guns, and thoughtless behavior, yet it is also about coming around to responsibility and not letting bad circumstances take everything from you.
Unable to deal with his wife’s death and the devastation of his home in Galveston, Texas by a tornado, Hollis Wilson (Aaron Paul) drinks away his sorrow. His obvious love for his sons Jacob (newcomer Josh Wiggins) and Wes (Deke Garner) comes through but his choice to not clean the house, keep track of their behavior, or nurture them is slowly disintegrating the family. Jacob starts to vandalize property and get into fights.
- 1/28/2014
- by Lane Scarberry
- SoundOnSight
Every year GLAAD gives out awards for outstanding Glbt media representation. This year there are 116 nominees competing in 25 media categories - everything from Outstanding Drama Series to Outstanding Comic Book.
"As media continue to tell new stories about Lgbt people and families, a majority of Americans now support full equality of Lgbt Americans," said Mike Thompson, GLAAD’s Acting President. "This year’s nominees enlighten and entertain, while spotlighting the diversity of our community. Audiences expect to see their own worlds reflected in media, and today more than ever, those include the lives of Lgbt people. Viewers know that Lgbt characters and stories are simply natural extensions of, and glimpses into, their own experiences from across America."
Winners will be announced at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York on March 24, 2012 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square; in Los Angeles on April 21 at the Westin Bonaventure; and in San...
"As media continue to tell new stories about Lgbt people and families, a majority of Americans now support full equality of Lgbt Americans," said Mike Thompson, GLAAD’s Acting President. "This year’s nominees enlighten and entertain, while spotlighting the diversity of our community. Audiences expect to see their own worlds reflected in media, and today more than ever, those include the lives of Lgbt people. Viewers know that Lgbt characters and stories are simply natural extensions of, and glimpses into, their own experiences from across America."
Winners will be announced at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York on March 24, 2012 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square; in Los Angeles on April 21 at the Westin Bonaventure; and in San...
- 1/19/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Snow is falling, the temperature is dropping, movies are getting better. Some might say it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas but I say it's beginning to look a lot like Sundance. The 2012 Sundance Film Festival announced its first batch of films Wednesday, all of which are in competition. Meaning these are the films eligible for awards. It also means that, as of right now, these are the films you probably haven't heard of. But, at this time last year [1], the competition films included a ton that you've surely now heard of such as Another Earth, Circumstance, Like Crazy, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Pariah, The Guard, Tyrannosaur and Take Shelter. Those were just the narratives. In last year's documentary competition, films like Beats, Rhymes and Life, Being Elmo, How to Die in Oregon, Page One, Knuckle, Project Nim and Senna all played. Basically, while you probably haven't heard of these movies yet,...
- 11/30/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Plus Sundance Flicks 'Silent House,' 'Bengali Detective' & 'Circumstance' Find Homes With Sundance on, it's sales time for studios and distributors, as everyone in town competes to pick up the next would-be indie phenomenon. In what's been a more lively market for acquisitions than in recent years (albeit with few "Happy, Texas"--style big money sales), pictures such as "Like Crazy," "Homework," "Marcie Martha May Marlene" and "The Ledge" have all found homes, along with documentaries "Life in a Day" and "Page One." However, probably the biggest pick-up of the day comes for a film that isn't at Sundance, and hasn't…...
- 1/25/2011
- The Playlist
Dagmara Dominczyk, Vera Farmiga, Higher Ground (photo: Molly Hawke) U.S. Dramatic Competition This year's 16 films were selected from 1,102 submissions. Each is a World Premiere. Another Earth (Director: Mike Cahill; Screenwriters: Mike Cahill and Brit Marling) — On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, a horrible tragedy irrevocably alters the lives of two strangers, who begin an unlikely love affair. Cast: William Mapother, Brit Marling, Jordan Baker, Robin Lord Taylor, Flint Beverage. Benavides Born (Director: Amy Wendel; Screenwriters: Daniel Meisel and Amy Wendel) — A high school senior in a forgotten town has earned admission to the University of Texas at Austin but can’t afford to go. Her one shot is a scholarship for winning the State Powerlifting Championship. Cast: Corina Calderon, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Joseph Julian Soria, Julia Vera, Julio César Cedillo. Circumstance/U.S.A., Iran (Director and screenwriter: Maryam Keshavarz) — A wealthy Iranian family struggles...
- 12/1/2010
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
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