Tagged Roald Dahl

30 years after Nicolas Roeg’s terrifying take on The Witches comes Robert Zemeckis’ 2020 version. With the 1990 version still much-loved (and much-feared), Zemeckis had quite a hurdle to get over, and...

It's hard to think of a more faithful recent adaptation than Spielberg's The BFG. Certainly among blockbusters, it is absolutely the work of a filmmaker caught under the spell of a much-loved novel. The...

Everyone has at least one film they saw as a child that has stuck with them ever since. In most cases it's because they brought you so much enjoyment (and you probably watched them far too many times). But in...

"Matilda said 'Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable..."' The 23rd of November...

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is one of the most celebrated children's films of all time. Infectious songs, eccentricities beyond compare and a surprising darkness that lingers in the mind, Willy...