Instead, “Half-Blood Prince” ranks as the best of the Potter movies after Alfonso Cuaron’s dark take on “The Prisoner of Azkaban” and the most compelling in terms of exploring honest ...

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Only one Harry Potter director made it to the NYT’s Top 100—Alfonso Cuarón. Here's why he should’ve directed Half-Blood ...

"Half-Blood Prince" has the strangest title in the series, because it's the only book where the title refers to a relatively minor subplot. Throughout the book, ...

First among equals in “Half-Blood Prince” is Alan Rickman as the monumentally unpleasant Professor Severus Snape, dripping disdain when he eviscerates Harry with lines like, “How grand it ...

Although "Half-Blood Prince" doesn't boast the dark, foreboding tones of Alfonso Cuaron's third installment in the franchise, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," it's still plenty dark ...

Half-Blood Prince, which hit theaters Wednesday, is in the top tier of Potter films. In part, this is because the book on which it is based was a ...

At 153 minutes, “Half-Blood Prince” is the third-longest feature in the series and seems just about right; “Order of the Phoenix,” at 138 minutes, actually felt too short.

Fewer effects, more relationships: The stars of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" -- (from left) Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe -- get to really flesh out their characters ...

Half-Blood Prince continues right where 2007's disappointing Order of the Phoenix left off. An accurate representation of Hogwarts is the main draw, but simple gameplay and a lack of any coherent ...