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Movie Review

Roald Dahl’s literary creation dazzles at the movies yet again.

In a world ruled by the 'Chocolate Cartel,' Timothee Chalamet's portrayal of a dream-filled young chocolatier in the musical origins story...

"Wonka," the latest attempt to revisit Dahl's masterwork, bears no such danger. It's going more for the taste of an Everlasting Gobstopper — an ingenious confection that piles flavor on top of flavor. Tasty though that can be, you miss the daring of Dahl in the more wanly whimsical "Wonka."

I’ll be the first person to admit that I was deathly afraid of Willy Wonka as a child. Maybe it’s because I read Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” a few years before I should’ve, which convinced me I’d turn into a giant blueberry if I forgot to thank my bus drivers. Maybe Gene...

The cheery prequel “Wonka” imagines the origin story of Roald Dahl’s chocolatier while celebrating “the knockabout joys of unfettered high spirits,” our critic says.

Please enjoy our favorite late-night moments of the week: Jason Mantzoukas’s fart bleeps, Colbert’s appendectomy recap, Hugh Grant calling Santa a pervert, and more.

As we prepare for the sight of Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa, here's a look back at his career arc from romantic leading man to whatever it is he's doing now

Timothée Chalamet’s update to Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka gives a cheery lesson in hard work, kindness, and the benefits of the free market.

Hugh Grant calls director Paul King "the human Paddington Bear." That is all.