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Emma Watson: Graduating from Hogwarts, then from ‘Harry Potter’

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[16.Jul.09] :. Life without Harry Potter? “It’s basically impossible for me to imagine,” says Emma Watson, “because it’s shaped so much of my life. I went from being somebody who...

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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: July 2009

by Bill Gibron

[29.Apr.09] :. In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

 

Short Ends and Leader

The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[5.Apr.09] :. As a rule of cinematic thumb, in the CG genre, there’s Pixar…and then there’s everyone else. Or sure, some studios - Fox, Dreamworks - can claim massive commercial success, and the...

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Emma Watson finds new challenges in ‘Despereaux’

by Mark Caro [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[6.Jan.09] :. SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Having played Hermione in the Harry Potter movies, Emma Watson was used to acting around special effects to be filled in later, but her work in the computer-animated “The...

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Film Review

The Tale of Despereaux

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Dec.08] :. The movie starts with a cute sleight-of-handy gimmick, the sort that assumes a canny audience who’s a step ahead of regular narrative conventions.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008

by Bill Gibron

[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview

 

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

by Bill Gibron

[13.Jul.07] :. While one might question the viability of the franchise once Rowling releases the last Potter tome... Order of the Phoenix finds the series settling in quite nicely

 

Rupert Grint is different from his ‘Harry Potter’ character

by Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[12.Jul.07] :. Sometimes an actor is so closely identified with a character that in the public’s eye he practically becomes the same person. In the case of Rupert Grint and Ron Weasley, the character Grint...

 

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Jul.07] :. Order of the Phoenix, for all its shortcomings, does make clear the sense of loss and struggle that comes with maturity.

 

Daniel Radcliffe talks ‘Harry Potter’

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[11.Jul.07] :. Daniel Radcliffe has spent the years most young men reserve for rebellion being not only a superior role model for the millions of children who, like him, have grown up with Harry Potter, but also...

 

Monkey Business (Part 3: July)

by Bill Gibron

[3.May.07] :. Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season.

 

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[18.Nov.05] :. It is sad, though perhaps 'realistic,' that the lesson of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is that all institutions and authority, Good or Evil, are corrupt.

 

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Jun.04] :. Director Alfonso Cuarón brings to the franchise a newly inventive sensibility, and, most important, an appreciation for smart cuts and brevity, especially the requisite Quidditch scene, mercifully short, dark, and stormy.

 

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Nov.02] :. The cruelest of Malfoy's bigotries is directed against lovely, diligent Hermoine.

 

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[15.Nov.01] :. The makers of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' are banking on the fact that so very many people 'have' read the books, so that the confusion of those Luddites who haven't read them matters very little.