Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Nearly ten years after its release, the story of The Boy Who Lived, penned by J.K. Rowling, feels… terribly dated at the hands of Chris Columbus.
Nearly ten years after its release, the story of The Boy Who Lived, penned by J.K. Rowling, feels… terribly dated at the hands of Chris Columbus.
In Year 3, Harry Potter must go back to Hogwarts to course his third year in magical school, but after an angry outburst against the Dursleys and a chance encounter with a big black dog, he finds out a crazy dark wizard follower of You-Know-Who called Sirius Black is out to get him.
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This terrible movie ushers in a whole new genre of horror forever to be known as “white guilt horror.”