Drama. Starring Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis and Josh Wiggins, Directed by Kat Candler. (Not rated. 94 minutes.) "Hellion" is so sincere and so dull that some might mistake it for a true work of art. It ...

The difficulties of television actors who try to become movie stars fill countless pop-culture magazines and online clickbait lists. Viewers experience a degree of schadenfreude watching an actor from ...

The aptly-titled “Hellion” focuses on a rowdy, young miscreant. Jacob Wilson (Josh Wiggins) is a 13-year old, growing up in Port Arthur, an East Texas coastal town. He is an avid dirt bike racer and ...

Kat Candler, the writer and director, fell in with an ambitious group of filmmakers when she first moved to Austin from Florida in 1997. Candler, who did not go to film school, became an eager member ...

Step one to becoming an overnight success: Schedule a decade of prep. Step two: Add a few more years. (Who's counting?) Meet Austin director/screenwriter Kat Candler. Her short "Hellion" premiered at ...

What turns an ordinary 13-year-old into a seething ball of rage? With “Hellion” — expanded from her 2012 Sundance-selected short — Texas-based helmer Kat Candler unpacks the inner turmoil behind acts ...

SPIN is in Park City, Utah, traversing snow and cutting queues to bring you reviews of the next big films (and flops) as they make their Sundance Film Festival 2014 debut. Because Hollis Wilson would ...

No amount of jittery camera work, heavy metal music and explosive violence can erase the feeling that the Texas-based working-class drama “Hellion” is more of a curated exhibit about a broken family ...

HELLION is the feature-film debut for writer and director Kat Candler. With this film, Candler certainly has my full attention and should have yours as well. Few filmmakers can make such a powerful ...

What turns an ordinary 13-year-old into a seething ball of rage? With “Hellion” — expanded from her 2012 Sundance-selected short — Texas-based helmer Kat Candler unpacks the inner turmoil behind acts ...