Though visually stunning, J.A. Bayona's gothic fable about an angry boy and the massive tree monster who comes to his rescue is all bark and no bite. In a year full of fantastic creatures and ...

“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 ...

Visual effects have come so far, so fast that just about anything a director can imagine can be conjured up by computers and projected on the big screen. The new problem for filmmakers doesn’t have to ...

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 ...

JA Bayona is a fan of a gut punch. The Orphanage, his 2007 horror film, was terrifying, and The Impossible, his 2012 drama about a family devastated by the 2004 tsunami, reduced audiences to tears. A ...

Following the success of “The Orphanage” and “The Impossible,” Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona began working on adapting Patrick Ness’ fantasy novel, “A Monster Calls,” about a boy named Conor (Lewis ...