With breathtaking New Zealand landscapes and a quirky sense of humor, director Ant Timpson's deceptively small and deeply felt feature deserves a big screen. Those instincts reunite them with ...

Being married to a genuine bookworm, I know what it’s like to compete for attention with a mountain of thrilling page-turners. My wife has read an estimated 300 novels this year, so I sympathize ...

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Bookworm follows the wildly precocious Mildred (Nell Fisher) and her deadbeat dad Strawn Wise (Wood) as they find their lives unexpectedly smooshed together while they hunt for the famed (and ...

The film's synopsis reads, "11-year-old Mildred's world is turned upside down when her estranged father, the washed-up magician Strawn Wise, comes to look after her and agrees to take her camping ...

Elijah Wood's stint in a magical world may have ended after The Lord of the Rings, but that doesn't mean he's done with magic. Or New Zealand. In the actor's next movie, Bookworm, he plays an ...

Eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the ...

In his most recent film, "Bookworm," Wood plays a washed-up magician named Strawn Wise as he tries to take care of his daughter Mildred in an adventure of discovery and family bonding. Elijah Wood ...

Mildred’s (Fisher) world is thrown into disarray when her mother falls into a coma after a freak toaster accident and she is forced under the care of her estranged father Strawn Wise (Wood).

This article is part of IGN’s Fantastic Fest coverage and is a spoiler-free interview with Bookworm’s director Ant Timpson and star Elijah Wood. Elijah Wood and Ant Timpson’s partnership is ...