Matilda has used her magical powers to even the score with vile grown-ups in many cultural forms since Roald Dahl created her in his 1988 book. The brilliant little girl with awful parents and a talent for telekinesis is presented as never seen before in this stylised gothic vision.
National treasure Emma Thompson dons industrial amounts of prosthetics to play the sadistic Ms Trunchball, headmistress at Crunchem Hall, where punishment is prioritised over education. Adapted from the West End musical.