Harry's adoptive family are still as revolting as ever so our hero is considerably keener than your average 12-year-old to get back to school and when the nervous self harming elf Dobby appears in his bedroom to warn him against returning, Harry is having none of it. 'Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets' sticks firmly to the format that the first film established, the special effects are great and some of the new creatures are genuinely scary but once again the enthralling simplicity of JK R find out more...

Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's immortality. On their own, without the guidance or protection of their professors and increasingly overwhelmed by the power of the dark forces gathering, the trio's fear, helplessness and anger begins to turn inward for the first time in their long, inseparable friendship. This, the penultimate Harry Potter film, is by far and away the darkest, the glorious fantasy sharing a grim present find out more...

In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Ha find out more...

Harry becomes the youngest student ever to compete in the legendary Triwizard Tournament, a highly lauded but very dangerous competition between all the great schools of wizardry. Though not averse to taking part, Harry never actually entered himself into the games and it soon becomes clear that dark forces have orchestrated his inclusion. The Goblet of Fire is the fourth in the ever improving Potter movie franchise, with some great subsidiary characters, a darker more malevolent tone and the ch find out more...

A more mature Harry is now emerging and sub-plots of romance are beginning to displace the battle against evil - but don't panic, there's still enough of that - in this well produced, thespian filled, sixth episode of the Potter saga. find out more...

Harry and the gang return to Hogwarts and must prepare themselves not only for the inevitable battle with Lord Voldemort, but the beaurocratic and paranoid ‘Ministry of Magic', who have appointed Dolores Umbridge as the school's ‘Defence Against The Dark Arts Professor' purely so that she can suppress an imagined rebellion against the ministry by leaving the pupils powerless. 'The Order Of The Phoenix' is the darkest of an increasingly dark franchise and easily up there with the previous films. find out more...

JK Rowling's all conquering apprentice wizard gets his first film outing. Enrolled at Hogwarts school of wizardry and witchcraft the young Harry is soon up to his neck with trolls, evil wizards and hockey on a broomstick. 'The Philosopher's Stone' is a slick entry to the world of Harry Potter, not quite as engaging as it could have been, but an amiable way to while away a couple of hours. find out more...

A brief sojourn in suburban misery and Harry is back for his third year at Hogwarts, a year that will turn out to be no less of a life-threatening adventure than the previous two. Harry discovers that Sirius Black, a man he believes is in league with his arch-enemy, has escaped from prison and talk at the school is that Sirius is determined to hunt Harry down and finish the job his mentor started. 'Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban' has all the blemishless CGI we have come to expect, alon find out more...

 

 

Scrat’s pursuit of the nirvana acorn causes yet another continental cataclysm which plunges our three bestest buddies into yet another perilo find out more...

More Miyazaki magic (the creator of Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and The Castle In The Sky) at last available for us Brits to indulge in. Once again, the world he creates is infused with a realism that borders on the photographic in its detail that makes the fantastical elements of the story strangely believable. Kiki is a young witch who has moved from the country to a seaside town as part of her supernatural work experience. She starts the eponymous delivery service and thus begins her edu find out more...