J.K. Rowling's Harry Potterseries is the most widely recognizable and iconic fantasy franchise of the bunch (rivaling, perhaps, Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings), and in retrospect, it's the first ...

We all squirmed in delight in our seats when the first scene of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone flashed on the movie screen: finally, we were seeing real-life Hagrid, real-life Hedwig, and oh my ...