LOS ANGELES - Mike Newell loved the magic of the "Harry Potter" stories. He was not quite sold on the magic that went into making the "Harry Potter" movies, though.

LOS ANGELES - Yo mama's so poor, you asked for a PlayStation and she took you to the bus station and said, "Go ahead, play."

I started this movie reviewing gig in early 1994 with a screening of Blink, a blink-and-you-missed-it yarn about a blind woman in some sort of peril.

Even if you'd never seen a single romantic comedy, "The Wedding Date" would still seem painfully stale.

Even if you'd never seen a single romantic comedy, "The Wedding Date" would still seem painfully stale.

LONDON - Organizers of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award have named Hugh Grant to the panel of judges for the 2004 prize.

NEW YORK - Although "Titanic" soared at the box office in 1997, according to a recent survey, its most memorable line - "I'm the king of the world!" - sunk.

"Another year, another diary," Renee Zellweger intones in her now flawless British accent at the start of "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason."

"Wimbledon" is cute and fluffy romantic-comedy stuff, with good-looking stars in tennis whites, a pretty, green setting and an underdog sports story to give it some rooting interest.

LOS ANGELES -- He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has been named. Ralph Fiennes, who played memorable evil guys in "Red Dragon" and "Schindler's List," has signed on to portray the wicked warlock Voldemort in the next "Harry Potter" movie, Warner Bros. announced Wednesday.