Zack Snyder Explains His Key 'Watchmen' Changes On 'Spoilers' Feb 22, 2009
He did, however, have enough time to fully explore the steamy love story between Patrick Wilson and Malin Akerman and depict the duo's characters fully exploring each other. "Was it somewhat awkward to film that scene with Night Owl and Silk Spectre in Archie?" a "Spoilers" audience member asked Snyder. (VHI.com -- Music News)
DANICA LO/ FALL '09 Feb 16, 2009
At Calvin, however, top-notch hotties Kanye West, Jared Leto, Chace Crawfod and Patrick Wilson were all on hand - Oscars on Sunday be damned. COMMENTS. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
New on DVD: Streisand's deluxe 'Yentl'; 'Zack and Miri' Feb 8, 2009
Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington play new neighbors whose interracial marriage piques offended Jackson into harassing them, a doubly difficult situation because the latter is a swaggering cop. The result is probably a little better than 1990's Pacific Heights, though too much like it to engender fresh waves. (USA Today -- Life)
Period films: Cruise,Mortensengo backto WWII Feb 7, 2009
Starring: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Fry, Tom WilkinsonDirector: Bryan Singer Story: Cruise stars as Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, a Nazi officer who loyally serves during World War II, but secretly hopes that someone will take down Adolf Hitler before Europe is destroyed. He decides to take action himself and joins the German resistance. (MSNBC -- Movies)
DVD reviews: Lakeview Terrace, Fireproof Feb 7, 2009
The bad-neighbor thriller stars Jackson as a Los Angeles policeman who doesnt care for the interracial relationship of the new people next door (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) and takes it on himself to harass them back to where they came from. The DVD and Blu-ray come with deleted scenes, commentary from Washington and director Neil LaBute and three behind-the-scenes featurettes. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Billy Dee Strikes Back Mar 28, 2008
March 27, 2008 - Judy Greer, star of ABC's new comedy Miss Guided, will star opposite Patrick Wilson in the dark romantic comedy Barry Munday. We suppose that's the big news, but The Hollywood Reporter scoops that Lando Calrissian himself, Billy Dee Williams, has also joined the flick. (IGN FilmForce)
Warner adopts Bock's 'Children' Mar 4, 2008
Patrick Wilson plays an underachieving drifter who returns home to Texas; Zooey Deschanel, Amy Ryan, Seann William Scott and John Doe also star. Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are directing their script "Big Eyes," starring Kate Hudson, and Dean Parisot is set to direct the Kimmel Entertainment-financed pic "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman.". (Variety)
Lee Grant's Outtakes Feb 5, 2008
In 2005, she starred with Patrick Wilson in a provocative film called Hard Candy that's on the Showtime schedule (2:30 a.m. tomorrow and midnight Thursday). The hard R-rated picture is about a teenage girl who lures an older man she met online, and suspects of being a pedophile, into a cruel rendezvous. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The real thing Dec 1, 2007
But it was the indie film Hard Candy, about a 14-year-old who turns the tables on a much older photographer (Patrick Wilson, the callow husband in Little Children) who picks her up over the Internet, that compelled everyone's attention. In 25 years, I've watched a lot of actors' reels, said Valerie McCaffrey, Hard Candy's casting director. (Globe and Mail)
- David Slade: Revamping film Oct 17, 2007
That film starred Patrick Wilson as Jeff, a 32-year-old sexual predator who tries to lure 14-year-old Hayley (Ellen Page) into an unlawful get-together. Once alone, Hayley turns the tables on Jeff, and before the movie is over, Jeff believes he is about to be castrated by his would-be victim. (Los Angeles Times)
Parmon, Hunt travel to Louisiana for protest Sep 21, 2007
Patrick Wilson can be reached at 727-7286 or at. The Associated Press contributed to this report. (Winston-Salem Journal)
A star both astronomical and otherwise Aug 6, 2007
"It's great when they're engaged. It's hard when they fall asleep, which they do on occasion," Danes says with a nervous smile, thinking back on a theatrical dance performance that wasn't nearly as well received as her high-stepping Gap commercial with Patrick Wilson. In film work, it's easier to pretend that viewers are never disenchanted. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Tidbits help fans of Lost, Watchmen Jul 30, 2007
Among them: Billy Crudup is Dr. Manhattan, Patrick Wilson is Night Owl, and Jackie Earle Haley is Rorschach but their names appeared in Variety on Thursday, so no great surprise there. Snyder still got a roar from the crowd when he promised: "We're not going to make it accessible to teeny-boppers.". (Toronto Star)
"Watchmen" powering up with castings Jul 26, 2007
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Watchmen, the long-gestating big-screen adaptation of the DC Comics limited series, has finally found its superheroes (Reuters)
Gays, Lesbians Choose Sexiest Hotties Jul 26, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007, 8:25 am. Dave Hogan/Getty ImagesJake Gyllenhaal. (WNBC.com, NY)
'Watchmen' Cast Revealed: Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley, More Jul 26, 2007
Graphic novel adaptation will make also heroes out of Patrick Wilson, Matthew Goode ... that Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Malin Akerman would be joining the cast of the eagerly anticipated flick to be directed by Zack Snyder ("300"). (VHI.com -- Music News)
'HONEY' THE MOVIE Jul 17, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Last Update: 07:50 AM EDT. July 17, 2007 -- 'LIVE A little, Kill a Little" . . . "The Flame and the Pussycat" . . . "Slay, Gypsy, Slay" . . . "The Fun-Fun- Killer. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Putting words in women's mouths Jul 2, 2007
" Substance is the obvious watchword here. Redgrave spends most of her screen time horizontal, recalling a blueblood wedding in 1950s Newport and a love triangle involving her (played by Claire Danes), the male-ideal Harris (Patrick Wilson) and the emotional Buddy (Hugh Dancy). The bride, Lila, is played by Mamie Gummer, daughter of Meryl, who shows up in the final reel like a closer coming into the ninth inning of a playoff game. "That was happenstance," Cunningham says. "Mamie was cast first.... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
First-Time Filmmaker Illuminated By 'Evening' Jun 30, 2007
Adapted for the screen by Michael Cunningham ("The Hours") from the critically acclaimed novel by Susan Minot, "Evening" tells the story of the life of Ann in two stages: As an elderly Ann Lord (Redgrave) who takes her daughters (Richardson and Collette) by surprise when she calls out for a man named Harris, whom they've never heard of before; and the Ann Grant (Danes) of 50 years before, who falls for Harris (Patrick Wilson) at the wedding of her best friend Lila (Gummer) -- but at a tragic... (NBC4.tv, CA)
An Evening full of stars, but it doesn't dazzle Jun 30, 2007
Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Claire Danes, Patrick Wilson and Toni Collette ... Shortly after arriving, Ann also meets and falls for Harris (Patrick Wilson), Lila's former beau and son of the family housekeeper, who by then is a handsome young doctor. (Globe and Mail)
Stars illuminate 'Evening' Jun 29, 2007
Since the man she truly covets -- the aforementioned Harris -- is played by Patrick Wilson , I'd say Lila is right to second-guess herself ... Starring: Vanessa Redgrave , Claire Danes , Toni Collette , Natasha Richardson , Eileen Atkins , Mamie Gummer , Meryl Streep , Hugh Dancy , Patrick Wilson, Glenn Close. (Boston Globe -- Living)
'Evening' stars Streep, Redgrave, love Jun 29, 2007
Another is its hazy, cipher-like depiction of Harris Arden (Patrick Wilson), the enigmatic doctor with whom everyone in his immediate vicinity unaccountably falls in love, including, inevitably, Ann ... Claire Danes is Redgrave's younger self smitten by a dashing enigma (Patrick Wilson). (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Evening an all-star soap opera Jun 29, 2007
Positioned as the prestige film of the summer, Evening features a stellar cast that just wont quit: Toni Collette and Natasha Richardson as sisters, Claire Danes and Mamie Gummer (Meryl Streeps daughter) as school chums, Glenn Close and Barry Bostwick as the Gummer characters parents, Hugh Dancy as an unhinged rich boy, and Patrick Wilson as Harris Arden, the heartthrob who fascinates most of them. Unfortunately, the narrative doesnt really start to click until the final scenes... (MSNBC -- Movies)
Evening's impressive cast includes two mother-daughter pairs Jun 28, 2007
The man she does love, Harris (Patrick Wilson), doesn't love her. Lila's brother, Buddy (Hugh Dancy), is working his way from wastrel to lush, downing whiskey and champagne whenever a bottle comes his way. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Two 'Evening' stars share the screen and the legacy {mdash} with their Oscar-winning moms Jun 27, 2007
Along with Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Hugh Dancy, Patrick Wilson, and Glenn Close, "Evening" boasts another mother-daughter acting pair: Vanessa Redgrave and Natasha Richardson. Redgrave was the first one cast, signing on to play a faded torch singer named Ann, who has deathbed flashbacks to a Newport wedding that ended tragically. (Boston Globe)
Cruise's Blitzkrieg Jun 23, 2007
Also coming aboard are said to be Tom Wilkinson, Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Wilson, Bill Nighy and Stephen Fry. Tom s character, just to keep you up to date, is Claus von Stauffenberg, who was executed by the Nazis for attempting to kill Hitler with two suitcase bombs on July 21, 1944. (Fox News)
Claire Danes didn't miss her chance to meet Redgrave Jun 21, 2007
But it's not a simple affair: Tainted by tragic events and torn allegiances, Ann and the love of her life (Patrick Wilson) spend a passionate few days together and then go off in different directions, forever. She marries, divorces, marries and divorces again. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Tony hopefuls await verdict Jun 11, 2007
Patrick Wilson, who introduced "Grey Gardens," said of the art show/commercial show mix, "I love it. It's always great to see the commercial response to good work.". "Spring Awakening" scribe Steven Sater agreed, noting that he wanted to turn Frank Wedekind's 19th century drama into "a story that would appeal to kids.". (Variety)
Claire Danes and Mamie Gummer Among Stars to Attend Newport International Film Festival Closing Party at Host Brian O'Neill's Home Jun 8, 2007
Members of the star-studded cast include Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Natasha Richardson, Mamie Gummer, Eileen Atkins, Meryl Streep, and Glenn Close. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
More of this story Jun 4, 2007
Those on hand for the "Evening" screenings and closing night party at Oakwood, the Narragansett Avenue estate of businessman J. Brian O'Neill, will include Danes, actor Patrick Wilson, director Lajos Koltai, actress Mamie Gummer (Streep's daughter) and screenwriter Michael Cunningham, who also wrote "The Hours.". As of Friday, tickets to the closing night party still were available. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Mainstream embracing musicals Jun 2, 2007
In advertising, Claire Danes and Patrick Wilson danced for Gap khakis to Ethel Merman singing "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better.". In pop music, Gwen Stefani has been lacing her hits with showtune samples, from "The Sound of Music" and "Fiddler on the Roof," while Beyonce's video for "Get Me Bodied" appropriated Bob Fosse's "Rich Man's Frug" moves from "Sweet Charity," also throwing in a nod to "Funny Face.". (Variety)
No Specific Host Set for Tony Awards May 24, 2007
Among the presenters are Harry Connick Jr., Claire Danes, Carla Gugino, Neil Patrick Harris, Anne Heche, Marg Helgenberger, Felicity Huffman, Eddie Izzard, Jane Krakowski, Angela Lansbury, Audra McDonald, Bernadette Peters, William Petersen, David Hyde Pierce, Liev Schreiber, Kevin Spacey, John Turturro, Usher, Rainn Wilson, Vanessa Williams and Patrick Wilson. In the past, performers such as Rosie O'Donnell, Hugh Jackman, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick have served as hosts for the show. (ABC 7 News, DC)
The Valkyrie Five May 9, 2007
com, Bill Nighy (Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean films), Tom Wilkinson (Batman Begins), Kenneth Branagh (Wild Wild West, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein), Stephen Fry (V for Vendetta) and Patrick Wilson (Phantom of the Opera, Hard Candy) are "in discussions" to join the cast. Valkyrie recounts the true story of German officer Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, the ringleader of the failed "July Plot" that attempted to kill Adolf Hitler. (IGN FilmForce)
New DVDs: Dreamgirls, Little Children May 3, 2007
Winslet leads an ensemble that includes Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson and Noah Emmerich in a sexually charged story centered on secrets and lies behind the prim facades of a seemingly pleasant neighborhood, where a bored housewife takes up with a stay-at-home husband and a suspicious man leads a campaign of vigilante terror against a recently paroled sex offender. The bare-bones DVD could have used some background material, particularly an interview or commentary from director Todd Field,... (MSNBC -- Movies)
DVD releases for this week May 3, 2007
The satiric drama of suburban life brought a best-actress Oscar nomination for Kate Winslet and a supporting-actor nomination for Jackie Earle Haley, the comeback story of 2006 after a long absence from film for the co-star of 1979's "Breaking Away." Winslet leads an ensemble that includes Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson and Noah Emmerich in a sexually charged story centered on secrets and lies behind the prim facades of a seemingly pleasant neighborhood, where a bored housewife takes up with... (Greeley Tribune)
Summer movie preview Apr 29, 2007
Patrick Wilson ("Little Children ") and Hugh Dancy ("King Arthur," "Beyond the Gates") also star. "Mama's Boy" If your greatest wish has been to see Napoleon Dynamite and Annie Hall in the same movie, your prayers have been answered. (Boston Globe)
Apollo astronaut: Future space exploration depends on world unity Apr 14, 2007
Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon, believes mankind could venture beyond the Earth's solar system by the end of the 21st century, but only if political and cultural differences are set aside. It depends on us "getting our act together on Earth," Mitchell said Friday in a question-and-answer session after a screening of the movie "In the Shadow of the Moon" at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. (Herald-Tribune)
Drink and grounds make the evening go round... Apr 14, 2007
Drink and grounds make the evening go round. Drink and grounds make the evening go round. (Herald-Tribune)
It's all about the beats... Apr 14, 2007
It's all about the beats. It's all about the beats. (Herald-Tribune)
Running With Scissors Mar 24, 2007
Annete Bening, Joseph Cross, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Clayburgh, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Gabrielle Union, Vanessa Redgrave, Kristin Chenoweth, Patrick Wilson ... Drama MA 15+ 3 stars 2006 Annete Bening, Joseph Cross, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Clayburgh, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Gabrielle Union, Vanessa Redgrave, Kristin Chenoweth, Patrick Wilson. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The beauty in the beast Feb 11, 2007
He was so irresistible, however, that instead of rooting for good-guy Raoul (played by Patrick Wilson), many of us were hoping that just for once, the Phantom would end up with Christine (Emmy Rossum). A man doesn't need to be deformed or have the hideous look of a fanged creature to be a beast. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
For your consideration Jan 26, 2007
Set in suburban Massachusetts, two married stay-at-home parents (nominee Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson) have an affair, while a pedophile (best supporting actor nominee Jackie Earle Haley) is back in the neighborhood. The script's strained mechanics take over near the end, but the film understands the kind of parental existentialism that hits 30-somethings with kids: How does having children make you such a less interesting adult. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Little Children Jan 26, 2007
Sarah Pierce - Kate Winslet Kathy Adamson - Jennifer Connelly Brad Adamson - Patrick Wilson Ronald James McGorvey - Jackie Earle Haley Larry Hedges - Noah Emmerich Richard Pierce - Gregg Edelman May McGorvey - Phyllis Somerville Bullhorn Bob - Raymond J. Barry Sheila - Jane Adams Aaron Adamson - Ty Simpkins Lucy Pierce - Sadie Goldstein Jean - Helen Carey Slutty Kay - Sarah Buxton Mary Ann - Mary B. McCann Marjorie - Catherine Wolf Theresa - Trini Alvarado Cheryl - Marsha Dietlein Bennett ...... (Variety)
Hollywood's new first ladies Jan 14, 2007
Best Actor Forest Whitaker; Patrick Wilson (Hard Candy); Peter O'Toole (Venus); Toby Jones (Infamous); Sergi Lopez (Pan's Labyrinth). Best Actress Helen Mirren; Ivana Baquero (Pan's Labyrinth); Penelope Cruz; Ellen Page (Hard Candy); Sandra Huller (Requiem). (Guardian Unlimited)
Winslet's 'Little' challenge Jan 11, 2007
In Little Children, Winslet plays Sarah, a bored housewife who has a torrid affair with an equally bored playground dad, Brad, played by Patrick Wilson. She gives in to fantasies that are nothing like what she sees as the tedium of stay-at-home motherhood or a loveless marriage "I empathized with Sarah, and sympathized with her and passed no judgment on her because that's a big part of this job, acting. You understand the person you're playing, and you forgive them all of their faults before you... (Orlando Sentinel)
The shape shifter Jan 11, 2007
"The way she conducts herself in this sort of lonely life of hers [having a torrid affair with an equally unhappy stay-at-home father, played by Patrick Wilson] is not something that at face value I could really understand.". Having spent this rainy December morning seeing her three-year-old son through a stomach ache and on her way to pick up her six-year-old daughter from school, Winslet says she also had trouble with Sarah's glaring deficiencies as a parent. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Little Children (5 stars out of 5) Jan 6, 2007
Little Children' Cast: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmerich ... The narrator -- they cast the guy who does the ominous voice-overs for the PBS series Frontline -- interjects odd, snide, omniscient judgments about Sarah and the guy the other moms call "the prom king." Brad (Patrick Wilson) is a stay-at-home dad trying to pass the bar exam, trying not to let his controlling, documentary filmmaker wife (Jennifer Connelly) completely emasculate him. (Orlando Sentinel)
Latest movie releases Jan 5, 2007
With Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Connelly. 2 hours, 10 minutes. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Screen Actors Guild announces nominees Jan 5, 2007
"And when I watch the film, I feel like Kate and Patrick Wilson are great and I'm just not bad.". Two thesps from "Babel," Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi, will compete in the supporting actresses category along with Cate Blanchett for "Notes on a Scandal," Abigail Breslin for "Little Miss Sunshine" and Jennifer Hudson for "Dreamgirls." Two years ago, Blanchett won the SAG trophy in this category for "The Aviator" and then took home the Oscar. (Variety)
Child stars to 'Children' stars Jan 4, 2007
text size Actor Patrick Wilson, left, and actress Kate Winslet appear in a scene from the new film Little Children ... Starring: Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson, Gregg Edelman. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Extra ordinary DVD's have the best extras {mdash} from commentaries to featurettes Jan 1, 2007
And good luck recognizing her target, Patrick Wilson, from roles in "Little Children" and "Angels in America." It's squirm-inducing material, all right, and it's accompanied here by cast commentary that's equally so, as Page and Wilson have to revisit the film's depictions of pedophilia, castration, and other light-and-breezy subject matter. "For the love of God! " an embarrassed Wilson says at one point. (Boston Globe)
