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Not that long ago, toys were developed from movies. Now, it's the other way around. This wouldn't be a bad thing if the filmmakers took the time and effort to do something interesting with the premise. Even considering how well-established is th...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-08-07
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" ( Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Stephen Sommers
Cast: Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Dennis Quaid, ...
There's no question that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is designed more for fans of the book than for those who have never picked up a J.K. Rowling tome. However, while that makes sense financially (after all, the target audience represe...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-11-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, ...
From a purely business standpoint, the decision to bifurcate Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a winner. Instead of cashing in about $300 million at the domestic box office, Warner Brothers can now count on at least $600 million (bigger worl...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-11-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, ...
Seen in the Real3D format. After ten years and eight movies, the cinematic adventures of Harry Potter have come to a conclusion. Parties will be held, tears will be shed, and Warner Brothers will rejoice that a franchise like this keeps giving l...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-07-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, ...
The best thing to happen to the Harry Potter movie franchise was for journeyman director Chris Columbus to step down. After turning out adequate adaptations of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber o...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-11-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, ...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince represents the immensely popular series' first outing without the net of having new books waiting in the wings. As far as the written word is concerned, Harry's tale is done. Cinematically, there are still t...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-07-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, ...
It's interesting to note that, of the three Harry Potter novels thus far filmed, the longest on the written page has turned into the shortest on screen. This is a good thing, because it means that the filmmakers are becoming less literal and more ...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-06-04
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, ...
The Harry Potter phenomenon - and make no mistake, it is a phenomenon - is unlike anything we have seen in recent history. Rather than being the result of clever marketing and hucksterism, Harry Potter's popularity began at the grass roots level. ...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-11-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, ...
Note to readers: This review contains spoilers. I have taken care not to reveal all of the movie's secrets, but anyone who has not seen He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not and wishes to be surprised by every aspect of the picture would do better to read t...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-02-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Mature Themes)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: Laetitia Colombani
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carré, ...
Based on a sampling of e-mails I received this morning, I am in the position of having to defend my decision to review Herbie Fully Loaded while ignoring The Perfect Man. Both are targeted at pretty much the same demographic, although one could make...