HBO Max will lose all eight of the Harry Potter movies at the end of August.  From August 31, the original octet will leave the streaming service, marking the second time in three years that the adventures of the boy wizard have left the platform.  For those in the US, the only place to stream […]

Johnny Depp only starred in a handful of scenes in the Harry Potter spin-off franchise, Fantastic Beasts, but he was a large part of it. The actor played the series’ antagonist, Gellert Grindelwald, in The Crimes of Grindelwald. But, after his intense performance as the genocidal wizard, a British publication reported he was a “wife-beater” […]

Where to Stream: Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Powered by Reelgood When Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts streamed on HBO Max on January 1, there was one noticeably missing member of the creative team: J.K. Rowling, the writer of the novels the movie series was based on. However, according to a new […]

Sean McConville is madly packing 200 bags of Lego bricks. It’s a big week: he’s preparing to open a second venue for his four-month-old store this weekend. As McConville explains, Lego is hot property. The 49-year-old’s unique Kensington shop, Brickville, trades and sells second-hand and discontinued Lego. It’s been a success, drawing people from across […]

Some millennials are still waiting for their Hogwarts letter more than two decades after Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was released in the United States. The book topped the New York Times bestsellers list, and its sequels were enormously popular too. But not everyone raced to join Dumbledore’s Army. The book that launched a media empire also held […]

Where to Stream: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Powered by Reelgood J.K. Rowling will not partake in any of the reunion festivities involved with the upcoming Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts… Sort of. After HBO Max teased the special’s guests — including original cast members Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, as […]

Teenagers these days will never understand the glory of sneaking out after curfew, crashing a ride with your friends, and heading to the most coveted event of the week: a polka party. Remember the good old days? In the new trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, a young Al Yankovic (David Bloom) faces the […]

John Latchem July 10, 2022 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY REVIEW: Warner; Fantasy; Box Office $ 95.85 million; $34.98; $39.98 Blu-ray; $49.98 UHD BD; Rated ‘PG-13’ for some fantasy action/violence. Stars Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, William Nadylam, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Victoria Yeates, Mads Mikkelsen. The third “Fantastic Beasts” movie […]

It was 25 years ago when Bloomsbury Publishing founder Nigel Newton gave a manuscript of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling, who was then an unknown writer, to his daughter Alice, who would describe it as one of the best books that kids can read. Twenty-five years later, it is one of […]

Follow the forest light trail and discover illuminated moments from the Wizarding World!  NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Following a massively successful UK run, Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment in partnership with Thinkwell, Unify and Fever, have announced that Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience will illuminate New York this fall. The breathtaking light trail will […]