Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Pros: Entertaining plot and likeable characters. It's a Harry Potter movie.
Cons: Snakes. The movie may be too dark for some. Did I mention snakes?

For my birthday in 2001, my best friend got me the first Harry Potter book. I had been thinking of getting it for a while before that, but I hadn’t for some reason. I started reading the book a few days later, and I was hooked right away. By the ...

Pros: A leaner, meaner Harry Potter
Cons: It will be too dark and scary for some of the pups

We ditched the 7-month old boy and decided we’d go see a movie together, without a squirming tyke on our laps, without worrying about him making noise to offend other movie patrons, without sniffing for suspicious smells at dramatic moments of the...

Pros: A much more assured project this time around
Cons: Early hints of puberty have not been kind to the cast; Could be fresher

I've gotta admit, my title makes it sound as if I'm grumbling about the fact that Harry Potter and his franchise of books and movies is little more than a marketing venture for Scholastic and Warner Brothers. And on one level, that's certainly the case....

Pros: Special effects, faithful rendering of the story
Cons: Looooong and LOUD

It’s true. For the second time in one calendar year I saw a movie in an actual movie theater! This as an accomplishment of which I am extremely proud, seeing as how it exceeds my usual quota by 100%. After being begged by a...

Pros: Returning cast; new cast (especially Branagh); humor; suspense; set design; faithfulness to book
Cons: Pacing; a bit long

I want to arrive at Hogwarts by flying car! Just once, mind you. The comfort of the Hogwarts Express will do nicely the rest of the time. I think I'd rather enjoy the coziness of a train compartment and all the pumpkin pasties and chocolate frogs I can ...

Pros: special effects, a little bit more action, characters have matured, more humor
Cons: Dobby is kind of annoying

After reading the first book in the Wal-Mart layaway within 5 hours while waiting for the Nintendo Gamecube to be released, I eventually bought the other 3 of the books and read them all on a trip to Tennessee in the car there and back (yes...

Pros: Faithfully brings a fun book to life
Cons: Some scenes may be too scary for young kids

All that is keeping Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) going through the summer is the thought of returning to school. Yes, this does make sense once you realize that his relatives are treating him poorly. And now that he knows he's a wizard, Hogwarts, his ...

Pros: Very well made film that can be enjoyed by an entire family.
Cons: Nothing of note.

I’m not a Harry Potter fan. Not that I’m a Harry Potter hater. I just haven’t read any of the books and didn’t even manage to get around to watching the first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Nonetheless, with...

Pros: Well...there are some
Cons: Too many to mention

Having watched the previous Harry Potter film, I was expecting quite a lot from the second film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It can be said that the first film was obviously lacking in many areas. Therefore, many people assumed that...

Pros: cinematography, adventure, some acting, special effects, darker this time
Cons: bit overlong, few weak moments, late-Richard Harris won’t return in the future

Essentially saturated with a consummate propensity for the authentically whimsical and an ingeniously conjured universe of contemporary and mythological assimilations, this second entry into the Harry Potter adaptation series is, like its...

Pros: Lockhart, Hagrid, truer to the spirit of the book
Cons: the usual adaptation complaints...

The season is upon us now - autumn, that is. Time for pumpkins and fiery, crunchy leaves and steamy cider. And time for Harry Potter. I've had Harry on the brain for most of the month, and the other day I decided it was high time to pull out ...

Pros: Branagh. It's a bit darker and somehow 'truer' to the spirit.
Cons: It's awful.

The best news that ever made its way to Harry Potter didn’t arrive by owl messenger, and wasn’t even concerning his possible move out from under the stairs. No, the news he was most pleased to receive was that Chris Columbus would...

Pros: Excellent cast, great plot, entertaining, well worth the wait!
Cons: Some scenes might be a little too loud for younger kids.

Almost one year ago we waiting on pins and needles to see what was called the film of the year. With bags of freshly popped popcorn, overpriced sodas and assorted tooth rotting candies we made our way to our seats to be treated to one...

Pros: Actors, Pacing, Costumes, Sets, Special effects, Everything, and Everything else
Cons: What are these cons of which you speak?

As I mentioned in my last review (http://www.epinions.com/content_84112674436), I was ridiculously busy during November, and I had pretty much no time for writing. So even though I saw Harry Potter and the Chamber...

Pros: The kids are growing up. Kenneth Branagh.
Cons: Too much action and not enough plot.

I have been exceedingly busy at the studio, filming scenes for my upcoming musical mobster epic, Goodfollies, which promises to wrap by Christmas. Things were running smoothly until today, when the soundstage was beset by a picket line of middle...