LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Liam Neeson lends his distinct voice to "A Monster Calls," a film based on a children's novel that touches on serious issues like terminal illness. Neeson voices a tree monster ...

As coming-of-age movies go, “A Monster Calls” is a uniquely gloomy experience. Young Conor O’Malley has a dad who moved 5,000 miles away, a mother dying of cancer and a giant tree creature that visits ...

Before going on to helm Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, director J.A. Bayona delivered an unheralded coming-of-age classic in A Monster Calls. Adapted by writer Patrick Ness from his own 2011 young ...

This is a well-meaning movie with good heart, but it was better when it was called The Iron Giant. J.A. Bayona’s film of the Patrick Ness book tells the tale of Conor (Lewis MacDougall), a young boy ...

The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre will present the Maine premiere of A Monster Calls at Russell Hall on the USM Gorham campus. Learn more here!

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A Monster Calls follows Conor, played by Lewis MacDougall, as a boy who is traumatized by the ...