Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: On BBC Radio 5 , Mark Kermode criticized the similarity of the film to director Chris Columbus 's Harry Potter films , comparing it to a Harry Potter parody book and dubbing it ` Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins ' .
Simplified: On BBC Radio 5 Mark Kermode criticized the similarity of the film to director Chris Columbus ' Harry Potter films .