What’s new for home viewing on Video on Demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max and other streaming services. Top streams for the week Oscar winner Olivia Colman brings a compelling complexity to “The Lost Daughter” (2021, R) as a literature scholar on a vacation in Greece whose fascination with a young mother […]

I love “Harry Potter,” but I don’t want my kids to absorb the fat-phobic aspects of the series. The characters who are described as fat or large are often evil or painted as less than. I went from omitting the remarks as I read to them to pointing them out and starting conversations. I wish […]

Platform 9 ¾ is no longer outside of London. It now sits inside the Franklin Institute and nobody has to run through a brick wall to get on the Hogwarts Express. The world premiere of “Harry Potter: The Exhibition” might be the most immersive, impressive and, maybe, overwhelming exhibit to take over the famed science […]

Albus Dumbledore is painted as a powerful hero in “Harry Potter,” but he has some deep-rooted flaws. The Hogwarts headmaster kept secrets from Harry that ultimately led him into grave danger. Instead of asking for help from the skilled wizards around him, Dumbledore just did what he wanted. Professor Albus Dumbledore is hailed as the […]

Raise your butterbeers — a new Harry Potter-inspired bar is opening in Lakewood. The owners of Denver restaurant group Handsome Boys Hospitality plan to open Muggles Pub at 7260 W. Alaska Drive in the Belmar shopping district. The British pub chain Baker Street Pub and Grill operated in the space until late 2018 and then […]

Today marks a magical day in history, the 20th anniversary of the very first Harry Potter film which was released on November 16, 2001. Some know it as “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, while others have come to know it as “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” depending on the viewing country. But no matter what […]

Hogwarts Legacy, the upcoming Harry Potter RPG, may not launch until 2023, according to a journalist. Speaking on his Sacred Symbols+ podcast (paywalled on Patreon, transcribed by VGC), Colin Moriarty when his co-host brought the game up in discussion said, “I’m hearing behind the scenes that game is not coming out this year, and that […]

Former US talk show host Jon Stewart says comments he made about the Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone film were meant to be “light-hearted” and he was not accusing author JK Rowling of antisemitism. The comedian said news outlets had “piled into this ridiculously out-of-context nonsense”, and he did not want the franchise censored […]

Main Street, Central Park and the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway station were crowded with families who dressed up and got in to the spirit of the Witches and Wizards Day. Bradford Council, which organised the event, says an estimated 3,500 people enjoyed the day. Events included ‘the Battle of the Wizards’ show, broomstick flying […]

If you like Harry Potter, you’ll love the Teen Night Out event on Feb. 18 at the Fort Morgan Library and Museum. This enchanting Teen Night Out will test out your knowledge of all things Harry Potter. Play trivia games with your friends. Make and try some magical cuisine. Get sorted into your Hogwarts house […]