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 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, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Scarier, spookier and better acting
Cons: Too long and some scenes may be too sinister and intense for kids under 8

The second installment in the ongoing film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's series is scarier, darker, longer and even better than the first.

Assuming that everyone in the audience is familiar with the characters and the setting,...

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...

Pros: Bigger adventure than the first.
Cons: Slow to build, and quite dark and deadly.

In Harry Potter’s second year as a “magician in training” – he once again finds himself battling demons, spiders, snakes, and evil instead of burying his head in books. Harry Potter/Daniel Radcliffe leaves the educational side of...

Pros: An Excellent Sequel to the Harry Potter Series.
Cons: Some Ommited Cuts from the Books.

One of the greatest genres in films has always been fantasy film whether it’s the sci-fi adventures of “Star Wars” or the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. It’s very obvious that in recent years, British writer J.K. Rowling have given ...

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...