Like the struggling young boy in his fantasy drama A Monster Calls, director J.A. Bayona has a strong affinity for humongous creatures but also connects with the idea of feeling lost in one’s own life ...

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 ...

A Monster Calls follows Conor, played by Lewis MacDougall, as a boy who is traumatized by the impending death of his mother. Forced to live with his grandmother, with whom he has a terrible ...

A Monster Calls is based on the award-winning novel by Patrick Ness (inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd). When a towering yew-tree "monster" appears at 12:07, thirteen-year-old Conor begins a ...

The monster in the new Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts production of “A Monster Calls” continually bothers young Conor O’Malley. “Stories are important, if they convey the truth,” the ...

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 October 24th-November 2nd. Conor has been having ...