Roald Dahl

Wes Anderson brings Roald Dahl's 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' to life

Wes Anderson is “absolutely, totally convinced” that if he and co-writer Noah Baumbach had not been given the opportunity to live and work at author Roald Dahl’s famous “Gipsy House” in the English countryside — “a lot of the...

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A flood of holiday movies on the way

By Robert Horton, Herald movie critic Time for that beloved annual question: Which comes earlier, holiday decorations at the department stores or Hollywood’s declaration that the Christmas movie season has begun? All I know is...

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Funny "Foxy" Jason Schwartzman

Actor Jason Schwartzman hangs with funny buds Owen and Luke Wilson as well as Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill (with whom he starred in the recent Funny People ) but his longest BFF relationship seems to be with quirky, visionary...

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Capone is won over by the unique charms of the wily FANTASTIC MR. FOX!!!

Capone in Chicago here. FANTASTIC MR. FOX might be the single most charming film I’ve seen all year, and I choose that word carefully and specifically. But FANTASTIC MR. FOX, based on the novel by Roald Dahl, is loaded to the...

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ASBO Goldilocks

Usual serendipity – I was looking for something else on the internet but found this:- Goldilocks and the Three Bears By Roald Dahl This famous wicked little tale Should never have been put on sale. It is a mystery to...

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Globes eye animation

New rule allows five noms, with many to choose from Animated movies have been one of the year's major bright spots at the cineplex. Thanks to a new rule, the HFPA can nominate five (previously three), any one of which could...

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Reclusive Ferrero has financial wherewithal

Michele Ferrero, the patriarch of the Italian confectionery dynasty, is the Willy Wonka of real life chocolatiers. Like the fictional protagonist of Roald Dahl’s dark children’s tale, myths have grown up about his obsessive...

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It's tough being a giant among the tiny Smurfs of Hollywood

When I first met Richard Gere, it was all I could do not to point and laugh, reveals Celia Walden. The stars of Hollywood are often Lilliputian in size Photo: Getty Earlier this week, I was sent to interview the woman whose...

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Theatre group woos kids with classic witchcraft

Dictionary tool Double click on a word to get a translation Autumn is the time of days shortening, temperatures dropping and skies fogging. With the dress-ups of Halloween still fresh in their minds, children young and old will...

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Fantastic fun for both kids and adults

WHEN it comes to sartorial splendour in children's tales, a fox in a dapper suit - one who also wears pyjamas to bed - beats a wolf in sheep's clothing every time, but then interesting dress sense is only of passing concern to...

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