A towering yew tree walks and talks. A nightmare manifests as a menacing, muttering crowd. A powerhouse ensemble conjures these eerie moments in “A Monster Calls,” the British stage adaptation ...

151; -- Starring Lewis MacDougal, Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver, and Liam Neeson Rated PG-13 Four out of five stars “A Monster Calls ... an enormous yew tree that sits in the middle ...

Constructing the ominous tree creature that helps 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) cope while his mother (Felicity Jones) battles an illness in A Monster Calls ... a looming yew tree that ...

A Monster Calls dials up a nostalgic and superb ... Conor is summoned outside his flat by the giant yew tree in the nearby cemetery that's inexplicably come alive. (Think Groot from Guardians ...

A Monster Calls explores a common but devastating emotion ... looks out onto a graveyard outside a church, with an enormous yew tree hanging over it. Every night, Conor dreams that a giant ...

Liam Neeson lends his voice to the titular monster -- an ancient yew tree (make of the homophone ... (who also wrote the screenplay), A Monster Calls is an odd movie but not a dull one, and ...

Like the struggling young boy in his fantasy drama A Monster Calls ... One night, an ancient yew tree in a cemetery next door transforms into a giant wooden man-like creature (played via motion ...

“A Monster Calls,” which considers children’s feelings ... to animate the computer-generated monster, an ancient yew tree come to life. Felicity Jones and Sigourney Weaver give heartfelt ...

"A Monster Calls," which considers children's feelings ... lending his regal brogue to the computer-generated character, an ancient yew tree come to life. Felicity Jones and Sigourney Weaver ...

His torment awakens the ancient yew tree (magnificently voiced by Liam ... More likely, “A Monster Calls” will join a long list of tragic box-office disappointments (of which “The Iron ...