Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Archives

A man with dark hair and glasses, wearing a vest and a white apron, stands left with his arms folded in front of a candy counter. A young girl in a plaid skirt, jacket, and knit hat stands right. She is holding a chocolate bar over her head triumphantly.

Paramount’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory adds a touch of bitter to the sweet

by Kerry Reid November 30, 2023December 4, 2023

Whether you’re waiting anxiously to see Timothée Chalamet in Wonka (the musical prequel to Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), or are rolling your eyes in anticipatory disgust (look, after the 2005 Johnny Depp cinematic debacle, I don’t blame you for being anxious!), Paramount Theatre’s current staging of the 2013 musical Charlie and the […]

Blogs

My mother and Dark Shadows

by J.R. Jones May 11, 2012August 19, 2021

Tim Burton remakes the supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows

Film

It’s Still Wonka’s World

by J.R. Jones July 14, 2005August 19, 2021

Tim Burton’s adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is more faithful to the book in all but one crucial way.