The film begins with a slideshow, featuring the narration of Chris Rock. The unseen character explains that witches are not only real but that they despise one thing: Children. He reveals how he came ...

Witches are everywhere and they hate children. That's the sentiment dropped early and often in "The Witches," director Robert Zemeckis' adaptation of the Road Dahl children's classic. The movie might ...

Is Roald Dahl fit for the Age of Snowflakes? In his books, the British author with a cruel streak depicted schoolchildren being locked in a torture chamber called “the chokey” as punishment (“Matilda” ...

GEORGE: But the concert's at eight. Brief Plot Synopsis: Witches get stitches. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: 2 Remys out of 5. Tagline: "This Halloween, bring the big screen home." ...

No matter how you cut it, “The Witches” is a really disturbing tale. Not that one should expect anything else from Roald Dahl, but for some reason this story about a group of grotesquely disfigured ...

When it came to dreaming up characters of cheeky grandiosity who were put on earth to act out their fear and loathing of children, Roald Dahl didn’t play. In 1961, his first classic novel, “James and ...

That shadow is cast by Nicholas Roeg’s strange and terrifying 1990 adaptation starring Anjelica Huston, which expertly captured the wicked humour of Dahl’s book. Roeg’s film may have diverted from ...

Last week, the 2020 reboot of the 1990 dark fantasy comedy film The Witches was released on the HBO Max streaming service. Despite the original film receiving positive reviews from critics and ...

While witches flying on broomsticks are an iconic symbol of Halloween, one has to wonder what they do for the other 364 days a year. Also, if they look as hideous as the holiday’s decorations suggest, ...

The beloved 1990 classic "The Witches" gets a star-studded and charming rebirth on HBO Max, which adds diversity that the original movie lacked. Jahzir Kadeem Bruno plays an orphaned child who ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. There’s a special kind of terror that can creep into a child’s mind and inspire a lifetime ...