Dir. Chris Columbus. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson The great strength of Sorcerer’s Stone is that it leaned all the way into making us awestruck at the Wizarding World. The great failure of Chamber of Secrets is that it leaves aside that sense of discovery which came with its predecessor. For example, a… Read More Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Dir. Chris Columbus. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson The Harry Potter books are meant for young people—I was in elementary school when my dad all but pressed a copy of Sorcerer’s Stone on me during a Barnes and Noble trip, and in high school when I inhaled Deathly Hallows—but unless you’re one of… Read More Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
Dir. Chris Columbus. Starring Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson I am afraid to type the following sentence, but it deserves to be said: Rent, as a film, deserves another chance. You have no idea how much I wish I didn’t mean that, unless you’ve read my thoughts on “What You Own” – so in… Read More Rent (2005)
Seeing Things Secondhand 