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 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 […]
10 Best ‘Fantastic Beasts’ In J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World
Ahead of the release of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Tom Beasley takes a look back through J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World to pick out the best magical critters in Harry Potter history… One of the common refrains of those who are not happy about the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movies is […]
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, […]
Ranking the Harry Potter Films from Worst to Best
Flickering Myth ranks the Harry Potter films… With Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them hitting cinemas [read our review here], we asked the Flickering Myth writing staff to rank the original Harry Potter series from worst to best. We then took those results and added them all together to create our official ranking, which […]
