Thanks to Jasen at iharrypotter.net, we’ve learned that you can now see the US version of Movie #1 (aka Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone) for $4.00 per 24 hours right here. Can anyone who actually views it let us know how the quality is?

It’s the first review of COS, from the fine folk at Aint It Cool News. Quotage!: SECRETS is rough around the edges, especially in the final act. I think they’ve also tried to condense everything, making it move faster and faster, while skipping over some nice details. In the movie’s defense, purists might say the …read more!

“After last year’s spectacular debuts, Harry Potter and Frodo Baggins take on new quests this winter, as do their publishers and booksellers, who must find a way to maintain excitement about the same old titles. Unlike traditional movie sequels that spawn novelizations or new tie-ins, all of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings …read more!

Silly me. I lost a few of the pics when I uploaded the other ones. Here you go, more: Harry and Ron in the car Harry in class (?). Cutie. Ron with his funky wand Harry and Malfoy glare evil Quidditch glares

Jasen from iHP points us to this [Sydney] Daily Telegraph article on upcoming “Prisoner of Azkaban” director Alfonso Cuaron: Cuaron shows a deft, humanist hand in Y Tu Mama Tambien, which should contrast well with Chris Columbus’s workmanlike, if faithful, direction on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. And in 1995, Cuaron showed he knew …read more!

Okay, here are the poster pics, big and beautiful. Richelle, we owe you. The rest of you – have fun crashing our server… Harry all windswept Harry all big Run, Harry, Run! Harry in the Chamber Harry doing the deuling Harry and a Snitch Harry and Ron looking like something’s up Harry, Ron, Fang, Forest …read more!

A new look for the official site! Warner Bros has redesigned the intro so it looks as if you’re landing at Hogwarts from the front seat of a blue flying Ford Anglia. They’ve redone some old sections (the Diagon Alley pages are now in the “Venture Off Hogwarts” section) and seem to be adding some …read more!

Ananova reports on how JK Rowling and Warner Brothers are appealing against a court ruling on unlicensed Harry Potter books. Harry Potter and James Bond look set to spearhead a cinema renaissance and push audience numbers to their highest level for three decades, newspapers have said. (From Yahoo News UK.)

An article from the Deseret News reports on how a Harry Potter-themed camp is helping children make the transition from elementary school to junior high. (Thanks to Rowen for the link.) Bart from website de Lekke Ketel lets us know that the soundtrack to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets will be released on …read more!

Click here for a scan of the short Entertainment Weekly article on HP from the magazine’s fall 2002 preview (a piece I recommend to any film buffs), sent to us by Banning (thanks!). The text is below, and was sent to us by , the text of which is below (sent to us by Leila): …read more!