However, it’s a shame that in this origin story the viewer doesn’t leave with any deepened understanding of who Willy is. I certainly don’t now know why a cold Wonka will years later let ...

Childhoods were made or broken by Mel Stuart’s 1971 Roald Dahl adaptation Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Gene Wilder’s irreverent, eclectic iteration of the elusive chocolatier was as ...

Younger, sweeter and significantly less weird than his prior screen incarnations, the latest Willy Wonka — played by Timothée Chalamet — sets off on his adventure with a dream and a smile.

The ending of “Wonka” begins with three dissonant tones that are instantly recognizable to fans of “Willy Wonka & the ... Gene Wilder with tears in his eyes as he’s looking around, and ...

The internet latched on to 16-year-old Felicia Dawkins’ performance as The Unknown at a shambolic Willy Wonka-inspired event ... shadow of the city’s London Eye, this weekend.