Harry Potter

...among the Cirque folk boast a playful spirit that's reminiscent of the early films of Tim Burton, the rest do such a poor job of aping Harry Potter and Twilight that the movie's many references to Darren's future adventures smack of...

In this article: Darren Shan, The Vampire's Assistant, John C. Reilly, Cirque Du Freak, Cirque du Freak, Paul Weitz, Step Brothers, and Will Ferrell

...adventures like "Little House on the Prairie." Very few speak in moral terms in what David calls the neoclassic tradition of the Harry Potter books or Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy. Despite the latter's crude anti-Christian...

In this article: Maryland, Virginia, Salad bar, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Touchstone Magazine, His Dark Materials, Lord of the Rings, and Philip Pullman

This story breaks on the same day as news that the most banned books in American libraries include JK Rowling's Harry Potter books, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (at number two) and the true story of two male penguins at a New...

In this article: Brooke Shields, Richard Prince, Tate Modern, Obscene Publications Act 1959, JavaScript, Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, Index on Censorship, and His Dark Materials

...and escapism for teenaged girls. Increasingly, adults are enjoying series of books such as J.K Rowling's Harry Potter series, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, and now Stephenie Meyer's Twilight. Perhaps these stories offer an escape...

In this article: Stephenie Meyer, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, New Moon, His Dark Materials, and Philip Pullman

...portrayal of organised religion. Religious debates over the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling stem largely from assertions that the Harry Potter novels contain occult or Satanic subtext. Monty Python's Life of Brian, a...

In this article: Jesus Christ, Qur'an, Roman Catholic Church, The Da Vinci Code, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Christianity, Circumcision, and University of Oregon

...to the museum in 1919 by Bishop May. Eagle-eyed Harry Potter fans will also have noted that the shrunken head that appears in the Knight Bus scene in The Prisoner of Azkaban is a Pitt Rivers shrunken head. I probably don't need to remind you,...

In this article: Pitt Rivers, Oxford, Hogwarts, Oxford University, Pitt Rivers Museum, His Dark Materials, Britain, and Museum of Natural History

...PR-inside Entertainment News @ 8:30 pm HARRY POTTER author J.K. ROWLING has joined rival fantasy writer PHILIP PULLMAN's campaign to block publishers' plans to introduce age guidance limits on books. Pullman, who penned the His Dark...

In this article: Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Quentin Blake, His Dark Materials, and The Golden Compass

...for the "villains" of the series. Steven: I read both the Potter books and the Pullman books before seeing the movies (in fact I still haven't seen the Golden Compass movie) and I totally agree with you. The Golden Compass series lacks … I...

In this article: The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman, The Princess Bride, Neil Gaiman, Jim Dale, Naomi Novik, The Chronicles of Prydain, Lloyd Alexander, and His Dark Materials

...by a man with a generous, precise intelligence. " Similarly, when Christopher Hitchens reviewed the final Harry Potter book for us this summer, he urged bereft muggles to "graduate" to Pullman. But the books didn't crack our best-seller list...

In this article: Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials, God, Catholic League, James Patterson, Jim Cramer, and The Golden Compass