"I like the feel of getting dirty/I like the feel of high octane." Those words can be found in "Get Paid," the second track on the Atlantic debut album by Emphatic, an Omaha, Nebraska, six-piece rock band that is indeed dirty and high-octane -- and gritt

Juno ’s director and writer return with a mildly diverting study of small-town 30-somethings stuck in a rut, writes TARA BRADY MAVIS GARY (Charlize Theron) is stuck in a rut. The ghostwriter of the hit Waverly Prep books is under pressure to deliver the

Patrick Wilson has revealed that he and his brothers were in a heavy metal cover band in the 1980s. The Gifted Man actor recently told Parade that jamming with his siblings on classic hard rock tracks forever shaped his musical taste. "There was always a

There’s a reason why Emily Browning, I’ve concluded, is being overlooked for awards recognition for her stark performance in Sleeping Beauty. In Julia Leigh’s film, Browning lays herself bare in a literal sense, in a performance that’s brave, and not wit

NEW RELEASES THE ARTIST **1/2 (100 min) PG IN THIS sweet, sincere, massively overrated valentine to silent movies - hot on the heels of Hugo - French writer/director Michel Hazanavicius (OSS 117) fashions a disposable, derivative, easy-to-like romantic c

OnLocationVacations.com report that CBS show A Gifted Man is filming today around 116th – 119th Streets and 1st and Pleasant Avenues in Harlem, NY. The show centers on an ultra-competitive surgeon Dr. Michael Holt (Patrick Wilson) whose life is changed f

Posted on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 by Angie Han Patrick Wilson could be reuniting with his Insidious director James Wan for The Conjuring , as he and Vera Farmiga enter final talks to star in the new supernatural thriller. Written by Chad and Carey Ha

Hello ladies and gentlemen, Muldoon here with what I consider some damn cool news concerning James Wan's THE CONJURING. News dropped late yesterday via THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER that not only is Patrick Wilson in final negotiations to star in Wan's new horr

(Drama, R, 79 minutes, playing at Darkside Cinema.) A four-hander adapted from Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning Broadway play. Roman Polanski modulates body language and escalating vocabulary to show two affluent New York couples meeting to discuss a ru

If summer is given over to the children's blockbuster and Christmas is for family releases, from now until Easter it's film-buff heaven. As the next few months gear up to awards season, cinemas will be dominated by the kinds of movies that rely on bravur

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Sulking from scene to scene with minimal music and an acrimonious attitude, “Young Adult” is unlike any other movie you have seen. In fact, it even drastically differs from writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman's previous collaboration “Juno” in

The South African actress has been nominated in the Best Actress in a C

New in theaters Great Escape 14, Moline: -- "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" (PG) -- "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" (PG-13) Rave Motion Pictures 53, Davenport: -- "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" (PG) -- "Mission: Impossible - Ghost P

Director Jason Reitman's wickedly entertaining black comedy features Charlize Theron as a grown-up mean girl trying to win back her former high-school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson), who's married and has a child. Why? Because she can. Or can she? The film,

Plus a pair of leftist Japanese films and Billy Wilder’s “One, Two, Three.” Patrick Wilson and Charlize Theron in Young Adult. Photography courtesy of Paramount Pictures. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo One of the most anticipated releases of the holiday

There are unlikable protagonists, and then there’s Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron), the anti-hero of Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman’s reunion outing, Young Adult. Most movie assholes tend to be either joyful in their assholedom (W.C. Fields) or crying on the

Yes Sweet Can Matt White balances a flower on his nose in "Yes Sweet Can," a combination of circus skills and dance, which runs from Friday to Jan. 1 at Dance Mission Theater in San Francisco. Dance Yes Sweet Can, Dance Mission Theater (Fri.-Jan. 1, 2012

In the real vs. fake Christmas tree debate, Julie Benz votes for the latter. "I have a small, white, fake tree. I don't like cutting down trees and throwing them out. And I don't do Christmas cards. It's such a waste of paper," says Benz, who sends e-car