Predictions are dangerous, but if Ryan Gosling doesn't earn an Academy Award nomination for his heartbreaking star turn in Half Nelson, I'll eat my reporter's notebook. Without salt. Why? Because ...

GLENOLDEN — If Ridley High sophomore Curtis Nelson has heard one joke about his last name and the popular wrestling move, he’s heard them all. They’re all good to Nelson. “People like to ...

Half-Nelson (THINKFilm) has a lot going for it, but it may be remembered as the movie that finally made Ryan Gosling the movie star he deserves to be.

Deadlocked: Ryan Fleck's "Half Nelson" ... Fleck and Boden wisely move out of the school, leaving his teaching lessons (which, vaguely centered on opposing forces and social upheaval, ...

A half-nelson (I had to look this up) is a wrestling hold in which it's hard to move forwards or backwards. And it's the metaphor chosen for a very impressive first feature from a young American ...