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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Colin Firth, who should have won a Best Actor Oscar last year for A Single Man, will very likely claim the prize this year for The King’s Speech, a beautifully crafted, sturdily constructed, sublimely written story shimmering with robust humanity and impish wit.

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A version of this review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, the first installment of a two-part adaptation of author J.K. Rowling’s final book in the Harry Potter series (the second part comes out next summer), is [...]

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
When did you last see a truly great Tim Burton film? Sure, there have been respectable entries (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd), but the last truly exceptional Burton film was indubitably Edward Scissorhands, exactly 20 [...]

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