Netflix Is Making Willy Wonka, BFG, and Matilda Animated Series
An entire universe of Roald Dahl stories are coming to Netflix.
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Queen Elizabeth Honors Mark Rylance, Naomie Harris
Stretching back as far as 1890, the British monarchy has made a habit of releasing a New Years Honors List every December 31, naming outstanding Britons who will receive new orders of chivalry or other official designation. (It’s a type of being knighted, but special in some key way that I do…
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘The Purge: Election Year’ Gets a Strong Start While ‘The BFG’ …
Although the holiday weekend brought out a slew of new releases to compete for the top spot at the box office, this week’s top 10 was, once again, dominated by Finding Dory. The Legend of Tarzan, The Purge: Election Year and The BFG ultimately couldn’t quite match up to Pixar’s …
‘The BFG’ Review: A Sleepy Stumble From Spielberg
The BFG — or “Big Friendly Giant” — spends his days in Giant Country, collecting dreams from a magical tree and distributing them to the people of the world. He seems like just the sort of character who would appeal to Steven Spielberg, a big friendly giant of the film wo…
‘The BFG’ Video Explores the Making of a Big Friendly Giant
Sorry, Tom Hanks — Steven Spielberg has a new favorite now, and his name is Mark Rylance. After delivering an Oscar-winning performance in Bridge of Spies, the actor re-teamed with Spielberg for The BFG, an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel. A new featurette pu…
Steven Spielberg Explains Why His Sequels Aren’t Very Good
he’s also made a few duds better left forgotten. ‘The Lost World: Jurassic Park’ and ‘Indiana Jones the Kingdom of Crystal Skull’ are two Spielberg films that, let’s be honest, sucked. And those two movies also have one thing in common: they’re Spielb…
‘The BFG’ Trailer: The World Is a Giant Place
Following its premiere at Cannes (where reactions were decidedly…mixed), Disney has unveiled a new trailer for The BFG, Steven Spielberg’s fantastical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s book. Starring Spielberg’s new BFF Mark Rylance in the titular role,…
‘The BFG’ Trailer: Welcome to Giant Country
The ‘BFG’ in The BFG stands for “big f---ing giant,” right?
The 25 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016!
It’s officially 2016. Our Best of 2015 lists have all been published and the new year is upon us, which means it’s time to start looking to the future. Yes, 2015 was a particularly good year for movie fans, but 2016 looks pretty impressive too. You like Coen Bros. movies? We got one of…
Never Get Out Of Bed, The First Trailer for ‘The BFG’ Is Here
It must be the witching hour because The BFG has arrived!