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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An Education, thematically complex, elegantly fashioned and breathtakingly acted, is a poignant coming-of-age story for both a character and a country, essentially a soap opera made vibrantly electric. But unhappily, it is a very good film that stumbles in the home stretch and just misses out on being a great film.

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