Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and WizardryHarry may spend his summers on Privet Drive, but, like Harry, we can't wait to escape that place and get back to Hogwarts. That's where all the magic is ha...

Third Person (Limited Omniscient) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is all about—who else?—Harry Potter. That's why it makes sense that we see everything from Harry's point of view. That...

FantasyThe Harry Potter movies are straight out of the world of fantasy. Your first clue is that Harry's a wizard that attends a magical boarding school where kids turn animals into water goblets,...

The Harry Potter movies (and the books they're based on) all follow the same basic name formula. Each one of them is called Harry Potter and the Something Weird and Mysterious You Won't Understand...

Chamber of Secrets is like just every other Harry Potter movie in that it ends with a happy scene filled with people celebrating a short-lived victory. Harry is probably thinking that next year wil...

PGThis movie is rated PG by the MPAA and we think that's about right. There's no sex or drugs or drinking in the film (it is a children's movie, after all), but there are some intense scenes that m...