Remakes, as Robert Zemeckis’ new take on Roald Dahl’s “The Witches” screening Thursday amply proves, are always tricky. The first film of Dahl’s 1983 horror story was the 1990 Nicolas Roeg-directed ...

Witches are everywhere and they hate children. That’s the sentiment dropped early and often in “The Witches,” director Robert Zemeckis’ adaptation of the Road Dahl children’s classic. The movie might ...

“The Witches” serves up a strange brew that doesn’t work, but it’s mildly fascinating for the reasons why, from the people responsible for making it to contrasting this movie with the graphic novel ...

Director Robert Zemeckis has always had a reputation as a bit of a gonzo tech wonk. Between more staid films like Allied and The Walk, Zemeckis’ obsession with pushing technology to its limit, as in ...