LEGO has revealed six new Wizarding World sets which go on sale March 1st, the wave includes the Triwizard Tournament: The Black Lake from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hogwarts: Room of Requirement from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, and House banner sets for Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin; […]
Harry Potter and the Newfound Appreciation
Tom Jolliffe picks up a Nimbus 2000 to take a trip back to Hogwarts for a newfound appreciation of the Harry Potter franchise… When Harry Potter first came out, it felt like a shallow breath of fresh air. I’d grown up as a fan of fantasy films. My childhood was defined by Labyrinth, Willow, Krull, […]
Harry Potter director Chris Columbus reveals he would have been interested in returning to direct both Deathly Hallows films
While Chris Columbus helmed the first two instalments in the Harry Potter film franchise, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber, the director has revealed whether he ever considered returning to the series. In an interview with Collider to promote his new film The Christmas Chronicles 2, Columbus revealed that he wanted the […]
The Top 5 Film Scores from J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World
Hasitha Fernando on the top five film scores from J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World… Author J.K. Rowling literally created magic when she penned the first few sentences of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. But even she might have been unprepared to believe, back then, what a pop-culture phenomenon it would go onto become eventually. The […]
Avengers: Endgame and the Biggest Event Movies of All-Time
EJ Moreno on the biggest event movies ever… Join our host EJ Moreno as he dives into the most significant movie events in cinema history! In this video, he’ll talk about what it takes for a film to become an event, and which franchises made an impact with fans. The only rule here is there […]
What are the biggest ‘Event Movies’ of all time?
EJ Moreno on the most significant event movies of all time… It seems like everyone is excited for the Avengers film, Endgame. This event has people on social media buzzing, AMC is doing a 22-movie marathon leading up to it, and people are lining up outside of cinemas worldwide. A moment like this doesn’t happen […]
The History of the Multi-Part Film, Part I of I
Pim Razenberg on Multi-Part Film franchising… In the 2015 article The Future of Franchising: The Shared Universe, I discussed the development of franchising strategies within Hollywood. In the 2010s, these strategies cumulated in the dawn of interconnected franchising through “cinematic universes”, such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe. Today, as we […]
We’re Now Powered By Nostalgia More Than Ever!
George Chrysostomou on nostalgia… Upon reading Anghus Houvouras’s piece on why everyone is hating on Ready Player One, a key theme of his argument really hit home – it struck me that there really ise a lot of nostalgia in the current crop of films and TV shows. Now, I know that this has always been present. Every […]
Harry Potter 8-Film Collection 4K Ultra HD box set arriving this month
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced today that all eight films in the popular and acclaimed Harry Potter series – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, […]
Harry Potter fans celebrate ’19 Years Later’ at King’s Cross
September 1st 2017 marks the date in which the epilogue of J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter book is set. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows marked the endpoint of the series, featuring the titular young wizard and his adventures in Rowling’s now iconic Wizarding World. The final chapter of this novel saw Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny […]
