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.

In the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Gene Wilder plays Willy Wonka as both whimsical and meticulous, but also with a side of sadistic evil.If one were to start listing the literal ...

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), ...

Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet as the titular candy mogul, is a much brighter story than Roald Dahl's original telling. But its sunny salute to dreaming your dreams has a charm all its own.

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, ...

In the decades since its 1971 release, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory has become a family holiday favorite — a pretty impressive feat for a fairly dark film in which misbehaving children receive ...

Here's how the new "Wonka" movie starring Timothée Chalamet and Hugh Grant connects to the original film (and tees up a potential sequel). They clock in, clock out and hit record. Why Gen Z are ...

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 ...

“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.

Calah Lane, left, and Timothée Chalamet in “Wonka.” (Jaap Buittendijk/Warner Bros. Pictures) It is difficult — nay, impossible — to imagine that the Willy Wonka of the prequel “Wonka ...

Wonka sets out on an adventure and ends up meeting the Oompa Loompas, but this is just the beginning of his journey to owning a factory–there are two more Wonka movies. Willy Wonka and the ...

The everlasting 1971 children’s movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," alternatively terrifying and tender, remains beloved half a century after its release.