Jack the Giant Slayer, a retelling of the fairy tale typically known by the far less macho-sounding Jack and the Beanstalk or Jack and the Magic Beans, opens with a lengthy assault of noise (aural and ...

Stanley (Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter) once again cleverly contorts a familiar tale, here focusing not on Jack but on the giant from whom he purloins a beloved pet. Otto, a young giant with sharp teeth, ...

Jack a young boy from a poor family, exchanges the family cow for some magic beans. The beans grow overnight into a huge beanstalk which Jack climbs into the clouds, arriving at a magical land ruled ...

One thing this current run of blockbuster fairytales inspired by Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” has taught us is how very hard it is to be Tim Burton. Multiple versions of “Snow White,” a comic ...

St Helens Theatre Royal is promising family audiences some giant fun this half term when it stages Jack and the Beanstalk. Regal Entertainments Ltd will present the outrageously tall tale from 14-22 ...

It’s not often that a movie trailer can reveal an entire film concept with just four little words. But when those words are “fee fi fo fum” you know what you’re in for. Or do you? The upcoming Jack ...

Movie studios have an odious habit of taking beloved childhood curios and turning them into modern spectacles of noise and effects. Dr. Seuss's wistful book The Lorax becomes a garish ...