Matilda

The Flight Attendant actor Kaley Cuoco was the latest guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The 38-year-old American actress who has a 9-month old daughter Matilda with her boyfriend Tom Pelphrey, appeared on the show on Monday. During the course of their conversation, the host asked her if she's enjoying being a mother, and she shared that it's incredible but, "I feel like everyone judges what you do with your kid." Kaley Cuoco shares her first flight experience with daughter Matilda(AP) Kaley went on to share an…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeIn light of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists’ (SAG-AFTRA) historic move to join its fellow union, the Writers Guild of America (WGA), in striking against studios and streamers, actors and writers have shared horror stories that highlight the very corporate greed that the combined unions’ are fighting against. Follow along here for real-time…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeNetflix UK viewers are rushing to watch a new title after it was finally added to the service.Often, movies and TV shows get released on the platform on the same day in various territories. But there are times when certan countries have to wait a bit longer than others for something to arrive.One such instance arose in December, when the film adaptation of the Matilda musical was added…

The common wisdom that “the book is usually better than the film” is as true of children’s literature as of its adult counterpart: cinema is stacked with adaptations of children’s classics that may be perfectly proficient, but haven’t the inspired individuality of the works at their source.Devotees of Roald Dahl have learned this a lot over the years. His offbeat humour and offhand storytelling style, so irresistible to kids, rarely translates all the way to screen — it’s thwarted such titans as Steven Spielberg, who…

When Mark Ellsworth and his family offered to take in their new friend Matilda, they weren't expecting her to be so … rotund. "I thought she was like a little micro-pig," said Ellsworth. "So my first thought was, 'Holy crap, she's huge!'"Matilda is a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig and weighs in at a portly 170 pounds. Scott and Leanne Clouthier are Matilda's owners; they've had her ever since she was an eight-pound piglet. Usually, Matilda enjoys walks on the beach, digging in the sand on the shores of Great Slave Lake and…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMara Wilson, the actor who shot to fame with her childhood roles in Mrs Doubtfire and Matilda, has opened up about being sexualised as a young girl.Wilson, 35, has written a memoir – Good Girls Don’t – in which she navigates the social pressures on girls from early childhood through adolescence. The book studies the friendships that Wilson formed as a an infant in Hollywood and the…

There’s no denying that Emma Thompson’s latest transformation into the sadistic Agatha Trunchbull in Netflix’s new Matilda the Musical film is an act of brilliance, both from the Oscar-winner herself and an army of makeup artists. But explicit scenes of Miss Trunchbull’s violent behaviour are likely to prove to be a traumatic experience for both children and survivors of child abuse alike.Matilda author Roald Dahl is well known for his focus on cruelty to children, from child-killing witches to body disfigurement for…

Netflix can be criticized for a whole lot of things, but its overwhelming dedication to producing original films and getting some of the best in the business involved cannot be doubted. Its often ridiculous levels of output do, however, lead to a lot of internal competition, as Matilda has found out. The big remake of one of Roald Dahl’s most famous novels made its Netflix debut up against stiff competition in the New Year period, and despite an excellent showing, could hardly mount a fight against the platform’s biggest…

Recently, Netflix scored a hit with their take on Matilda in Matilda the Musical. It has been well-received by critics like the original film, but, for audiences, the new take is better than the Danny DeVito-directed bit and data backs up this suggestion. On Rotten Tomatoes right now, the 1996 film has a 73 percent positive audience rating. In contrast, the 2022 production has been positively received by 100 percent of the audience (at least the ones who put their reviews on Rotten Tomatoes) and, though the site is prone…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeNetflix UK users have vented their fury after Matilda the Musical began streaming in the US.The acclaimed musical film, adapted from Tim Minchin’s hit stage show, launched on the US version of the streaming site over Christmas, and currently sits near the top of its most-watched ranking.However, because the film was given a full theatrical release in Britain by Sony’s TriStar Pictures…