Tag: Roald Dahl
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The Best Witch Movies, from ‘Suspiria’ to ‘Hocus Pocus’ to ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’
From an evil queen pondering “Mirror, mirror on the wall: Who is the fairest of them all?” to Three Weird Sisters chanting “Double, double toil and trouble! Fire burn, and cauldron bubble,” witchcraft has been something of a skeleton key across centuries of storytelling on screen and in print. As old as ghost stories themselves,…
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Wes Anderson to Be Honored at Venice Film Festival Ahead of ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ Premiere
Wes Anderson will be honored at the 80th Venice Film Festival, which runs Aug. 30-Sept. 9. The U.S. director will receive the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award, which is given to “a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.”The awards ceremony will take place on Sept. 1 in…
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‘Wonka’: Release Date, Cast, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children’s novel written by Roald Dahl. The book follows Charlie Bucket as he and his grandfather visit Willy Wonka’s outstanding chocolatier. The story became an instant classic, leading to multiple films. The first is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, starring the incredible Gene Wilder in the…
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‘Wonka’ Trailer: Timothée Chalamet Leads Paul King’s Musical Prequel About The Eccentric Chocolatier On December 15
At just 27, Timothée Chalamet has played a wide range of characters already in his career. There’s plenty of precocious and/or troubled youths in his filmography, like the upstart Henry V in “The King,” Frank Herbert‘s hero Paul Atreides, or the cannibal drifter Lee in “Bones And All.” But this winter, Chalamet plays an altogether…
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Wonka: first trailer for Timothée Chalamet’s chocolatey prequel
Oscar nominee stars as a young version of Roald Dahl’s sweet mogul with Hugh Grant playing an Oompa LoompaThe first trailer for Wonka, a prequel to Roald Dahl’s beloved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has given us a look at Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet in the lead role.The Dune and Call Me by Your Name…
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Streaming: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical and the best adaptations of classic children’s books
The latest all-singing version of Matilda, now on Netflix, joins an impressive library of thoughtful film versions of seminal kids’ books, from Paddington to KesThe common wisdom that “the book is usually better than the film” is as true of children’s literature as of its adult counterpart: cinema is stacked with adaptations of children’s classics…
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Wes Anderson’s New Netflix Film Is a ’37-Minute Movie,’ Director Says: ‘I Really Want My Movies to Be Shown’ in Theaters Over Streaming
Wes Anderson announced in an interview with IndieWire that his upcoming Netflix movie “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” based on Roald Dahl’s 1977 short story collection, will only be 37 minutes long. The film is Anderson’s second Dahl adaptation after “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel and Ben Kingsley.…
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Glenda Jackson, ‘Women in Love’ Oscar Winner and U.K. Politician, Dies at 87
Glenda Jackson, who segued from a successful actress — Oscars for “Women in Love” and “A Touch of Class” and two Emmys for “Elizabeth R” — into a 23-year career as member of the U.K.’s House of Commons, has died. She was 87.Jackson died after a brief illness at her home in London, her agent…