Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Felton, Emma Thompson

Sirius Black has escaped! One of Voldemort’s most devilish supporters, Sirius is notorious for betraying Harry’s parents, and has clawed his way out of the wizarding world’s own Gitmo in order to get his hands on Harry. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron, Prisoner of Azkaban is when the series really hits its stride. Richly visual and loaded with new goodies (Dementors! Werewolves! Time travel!), the film follows Harry – now entering his dreamy Tigerbeat phase – as he and his friends learn first-hand about the true dangers that come with being a wizard. Expecto Patronum!

Potter’s fifth year at Hogwarts School sees a defense against evil in the David Yates’ directed HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX.

J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” was published in 2003.

The Devil’s got a name and it’s Lord Voldemort! The Dark Lord has returned to the flesh and has begun rallying troops. Trouble is, none of the bureaucrats at the Ministry of Magic believe young Harry Potter about Voldemort’s return. To quell the growing dissent from Hogwarts, the Ministry puts the putrid, pink Dolores Umbridge at the helm of the school, who cracks down on students and faculty and outlaws all lessons on Defense Against the Dark Arts. With his host of mentors imprisoned or in hiding, it’s up to Harry to form a secret society to fight against the growing threat of Voldemort and learn a few new tricks under Umbridge’s upturned nose. Stupefy!

Part of Nitehawk’s Booze & Books HARRY POTTER 20 brunch series.

Harry Potter finds himself in dangerous tournament in the Mike Newell directed HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE.

J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” was published in 2000.

Dark clouds gather as Harry Potter enters his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Though his lightning shaped scar burns with the growing presence of the Dark Lord, Harry has more immediate concerns – his name has been drawn from the Goblet of Fire, a legendary artifact that chooses the contestants in the centennial Tri-Wizard Tournament. Along with three senior wizards, Harry must face three dangerous trials for the glory of his school – and maybe, just maybe, to catch the eye of Ravenclaw seeker Cho Chang. Hormones are pumping and danger is afoot, the Tri-Wizard Tournament is on!  Avada Kedavra!

Part of Nitehawk’s Booze & Books HARRY POTTER 20 brunch series.

It all ends in the David Yates’ directed HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2.

J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was published in 2007.

The boy who lived…comes to die. As Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to destroy Voldemort’s horcruxes, the trio returns to Hogwarts to wrest control of the school away from Voldemort’s puppet, Severus Snape. His protective horcruxes running low, The Dark Lord rallies his forces to retake the lightly protected castle, and finally kill Harry Potter. The stage is set for the largest battle in history, with the overwhelming forces of darkness clashing with the depleted ranks of Hogwarts. As the Death Eaters rip through his friends, Harry marches alone to face his fate against Lord Voldemort in the final battle of The Second Wizarding War. Expelliarmus!

Part of Nitehawk’s Booze & Books HARRY POTTER 20 brunch series.

The mission to destroy the Horcruxes begins in HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1, directed by David Yates.

J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was published in 2007.

The whole of the world has fallen on the shoulders of The Boy Who Lived. In control of both the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts, Voldemort takes his place at the head of the Wizarding world, forcing Harry Potter into hiding. With all hope dimming, Harry, Ron and Hermione set out to find and destroy Voldemort’s horcruxes, magical artifacts cursed by the Dark Lord with a segment of his soul, protecting him from death. As the trio zaps around all of Britain, they discover Voldemort’s ultimate goal: obtaining the Deathly Hallows, the three most powerful artifacts in all of magic.

The first part of the series’ grand conclusion, Deathly Hallows Part 1 features the Potter crew in full-on angst-ridden teen mode – complete with Nick Cave sad-dancing – but things are always darkest before the light can break through. Lumos!

Part of Nitehawk’s Booze & Books HARRY POTTER 20 brunch series.

The dark force threatens Hogwarts School in the Chris Columbus sequel directed HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS.  

J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” was published in 1998.

Only a second-year wizard and already a hero, young Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for another year of quidditch, crazy ghosts and another suspicious Defense Against the Dark Arts professor (Kenneth Branagh at his Kenneth Branaghiest). Aside from a busted flying car and an annoying house elf popping up, year two goes pretty well for Harry – that is, until someone opens the Chamber of Secrets and unleashes a monster on the school that petrifies all who see it. Obliviate!

Part of Nitehawk’s Booze & Books HARRY POTTER 20 brunch series.

Love and tragedy are abound in the David Yate’s directed HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE.

J.K. Rowling’s penultimate “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” was published in 2005.

War has come. The Dark Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters wreak havoc on the worlds of both wizards and muggles alike, and as death rains down from above, Harry Potter and his friends return to the relative safety of Hogwarts. Guided by Dumbledore and a mysterious book of spells once owned by “The Half-Blood Prince,” Harry begins investigating Voldemort’s past, hoping to find the secret behind the Dark Lord’s immortality. Sectum Sempra!

Part of Nitehawk’s Booze & Books HARRY POTTER 20 brunch series.

Dreams enter reality and new worlds become a battleground between good and evil in NIGHTBREED.

Recurring dreams of Midan a world of monsters and strange creatures push Aaron Boone to seek the care of a psychotherapist. Enter Dr. Phillip Decker who moonlights as a masked serial killer. He manipulates Boone with LSD disguised as Lithium and convinces Boone that he is the one responsible for murders that Decker himself has committed. Ordered by Decker to turn himself in to the police Boone is hit by a truck and in the hospital learns that Midan is real and is given a way to enter. Finding the massive city under a graveyard Boone meets the monsters who inhabit Midan and begins his journey into battle between Decker, himself and the two worlds.

Part of Nitehawk’s January BECAUSE I’M EVIL midnite series.

They were all drawn to THE KEEP…tonight, they will face the evil.

Presented in 35mm.

Before his mainstream success with Miami Vice, Heat, The Insider, and Ali, director Michael Mann explored the horror genre in the early 80s with his film adaptation of F. Paul Wilson’s vampire fantasy novel set in the latter days of WWII called The Keep. The story depicts the German army’s unfortunate intersection with an epic battle between supernatural beings in a remote mountain castle in Romania. A group of Nazis led by Jürgen Prochnow is forced to join forces with an ailing Jewish historian (Ian McKellen) to prevent an ancient demon from returning to the mortal realm all taking place in a wonderfully creepy atmosphere. Mann in adapting the book created one of the best horror films of the decade, a piece almost entirely reliant on mood vs. conventional storytelling. With a cast featuring Scott Glenn, Gabriel Byrne, and a mesmerizing score from Tangerine Dream, The Keep stands as a significant achievement for its era and, with its hallucinatory imagery, it maintains a timeless quality.

Part of Nitehawk’s January BECAUSE I’M EVIL midnite series.

Enter a world beyond your wildest imagination, where anything can happen.

There’s a secret government agency for just about any nightmare scenario, and in Dreamscape, that’s just what the shady branch of big gov is researching: dreams and how to invade them. Using a group of psychics and some fancy equipment, the secret project hopes to gain a greater understanding of our subconscious (unconscious?) minds. But when an experiment goes wrong and a subject dies in his sleep, Alex, one of the psychics, begins to suspect the program isn’t all what it seems. When the President of the United States needs some help with his nuclear holocaust nightmares, it’s up to Alex to make sure the President makes it out alive.

Part of Nitehawk’s January BECAUSE I’M EVIL midnite series.