RENEE RYAN is a teacher and writer living in Blacksburg. After a horrible accident claims the life of his younger brother, Charlie St. Cloud devotes his life to tending the lawns and monuments of the ...

Zac Efron has graduated from "High School Musical," at last. It would be easy to dismiss the Disney star as just another teen dream boat, but he proves he's ready to carry a drama with his new film, ...

"High School Musical’s" Zac Efron graduates to serious drama in the new film "Charlie St. Cloud." A sailing scholarship is Charlie’s ticket out of his dead-end town. His younger brother Sam has ...

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Andy Klein of Brand X critique the week’s new film releases including Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner For Schmucks, Get Low, and Hugh ...

His latest film marks a rise, and a dip, on Zac Efron's creative trajectory. Moving beyond high-school roles and away from the song-and-dance silliness of "Hairspray" and "High School Musical," he ...