Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which turns 50 on June 30, got mixed reviews upon its release (THR declared that “a pleasanter, more captivating … musical for children this year is ...

In a year of “Barbie,” Harry Styles and Taylor Swift, we now get Timothee Chalamet as Willy Wonka. Wonka, of course, was created by the now problematic British author Roald Dahl in his 1964 ...

In the decades since its 1971 release, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory has become a family holiday favorite — a pretty ...

On Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka and the Perpetual Déjà Vu of the Modern Reboot. ... The Johnny Depp film attempted imaginative flashback sequences to little Willy as a dentist’s son.

Bob Mondello shares his thoughts on Timothee Chalamet's rendition of a young Willy Wonka in the new prequel to the Roald Dahl film classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

“Wonka,” a sugary prequel to Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” delivers not so much a world of pure imagination as a land of constant cuteness.

Willy Wonka Immersive Event Leaves Kids in Tears: “It Looks Like a Meth Lab” What was billed as an immersive experience seemingly inspired by Willy Wonka movies turned into the Fyre Fest of ...

Directed by Paul King, “Wonka” turns back the clock to when Willy was a striver with near-empty pockets and a suitcase filled with enchantments. After years of sailing the world, ...

Since my childhood familiarity and partial affection for the wonky, clunky ’71 “Willy Wonka” counts for only so much (the 2005 Tim Burton/Johnny Depp remake, even less), ...