On Thursday morning, it was announced that Alan Rickman died after a battle with cancer. The actor passed away in London at 69 years old. Rickman, no doubt, will be mourned by multiple generations of ...

Harry Potter, the beloved series of books about the boy wizard coming of age and, you know, defeating the forces of evil, is adored by people young and old all over the world. People get into endless ...

He may be a controversial character, but I don't care: I love Severus Snape from Harry Potter. Who can resist a brooding antihero? And who can resist the romance of Harry Potter? Despite Snape's flaws ...

The success of the Harry Potter franchise hinged as much on the original novels as their adaptations, with The Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2 earning a combined $2.3 billion at the box office. As the ...

He's multilayered — Snape comes across as angry, conniving, and hateful, but underneath those layers, he's caring and committed to helping a cause he believes in. He's loyal — He made a promise to ...

Initially set up as an antagonist who seemed out to get Harry from the start, Snape quickly became one of the most polarizing characters in and out of the books. Snape would be a major roadblock and a ...

As a character, Severus Snape was often misunderstood. Many believed he was a villain, and weren't convinced he was actually working for Dumbledore. Snape killed Dumbledore in an effort to protect ...

Back in 2011, Alan Rickman vaguely revealed that J.K. Rowling told him a "tiny piece of information" about Severus Snape, which had not been revealed in the books at the time, and aided in his ...