Animals don’t frighten me in general. But I’m not always at ease with them either. For example, I don’t like picking up dogs. I’m worried I’ll do it wrong and they’ll bite me. So I’m not exactly the ...

After making the soulful horror film The Orphanage and the frenetic disaster film The Impossible, Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona chose to turn his attention to the difficult-to-define A Monster Calls.

After a senior coworker assaults Hera, her dream job becomes a living nightmare as she tries to keep her career together while being tormented at work, at home, and in her dreams by a mysterious tree ...

Enduring as a prime source of cinematic entertainment, monster movies have created some of the most recognizable creatures in all of fiction and developed a wide range of loyal followers across the ...

“A Monster Calls” goes well beyond your average children’s fantasy. Opening in limited release today, the movie version of Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd and Jim Kay’s multi-award winning book addresses ...

If you’re not crying by the third act of “A Monster Calls,” you may want to have your humanity checked. Anyone who’s experienced grief will be moved by Patrick Ness’ story of a lonely 12-year-old boy ...

If you aren’t crying by the third act of “A Monster Calls,” you may need to have your heart checked. Anyone who has experienced grief will be moved by author Patrick Ness’ story of a lonely ...