As Ananova has summarised, the first batch of reviews for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets have “given the film the thumbs-up.”

Jeff of the Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator let us know about a blurb in the Washington Post which mentions that site. Good going, Jeff! TLC is pleased to be associated with such a tech-forward concept.

Reuters has published its review of CoS. Spoilers abound!

At Time for Kids there is an article about the film; the magazine also has an interview with Emma Watson here with a bit more info here.

Leighanne let us know that the next South Park (debuting Wednesday, November 13 at 10 pm on Comedy Central in the US) features the mountain town’s kids splitting into two costumed camps: the Lord of the Rings devotees and the Potterphiles. Wonder who’ll win?

All of us from outside the UK hope that those of you with tickets to see the sneak previews of the film this weekend have a really great time.

The Guardian has a piece about the worldwide impact of Harry Potter – the books and the movies.

Michael forwarded a blurb from Yahoo to us, which says that at the end of the credits is a very short filmed coda revealing the humorous fate of one of the principals.

Toby let us know that SciFi Magazine has an article about the Harry Potter-mimicking book in Russia.

Stockhouse is carrying this article on the winner of AOL’s “Be a Red Carpet VIP” contest. There is also mention that “the U.S. premiere of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets will take place at the historic Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on November 10.”