The middle of the end?

The middle chunk of a multi-film epic is always going to have an easier ride than the segments either side of it, and ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ is no exception.

A recent story claiming that British films were doing very well, and partly attributed this to the success of the latest Harry Potter film. Would this be the same Harry Potter film made by the long-established Hollywood studio Warner Bros.?

You know the film that ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ isn’t?

Congratulations to BBC2 for running the grand final of ‘The Big Read’ at nine o’clock on a Saturday night. Why was this a good thing? Simple – it means that ‘Harry Potter’ didn’t win…

Well, it’s not as dull as the last one, but this is a franchise which has already begun to look untenable, and not just because JK Rowling can’t be bothered to write any more books now that she can afford to buy Scotland.

The thing about ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ is that it is ‘just good enough’. Please note the ‘just’, as it’s rather important.