Like the boy that shares its name, the Harry Potter series stumbled from the gate, saddled not entirely unexpectedly with inexperience and immaturity. But then, as with the boy, something truly wonderful—even magical—happened. It grew into something to be immensely, colossally, button-poppingly proud of. Unlike nearly every adaptation Hollywood produces, the Harry Potter films, taken [...]

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Early in The Rite, a middle-aged priest bemoans the escalating and disconcerting lack of fresh, young blood in the ranks of the Catholic priesthood. It seems the filmmakers themselves share that sentiment, since The [...]

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