Google Gets on the Potter Train

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• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Review

  Tuesday, July 19th in General

  Warning: spoilers ahead. It did all end, and largely as expected, despite some fears the filmmakers would take a few too many liberties. The various crescendos of the books were duly included, their boxes ticked, although in some cases it was merely lip service. I suspect I am going to need repeat viewings to fully [...]

• Rowling’s Wordplay

  Saturday, July 16th in General

  Wordnik has a nice little post which covers some of the clever wordplay, especially in the names, of the Harry Potter books, for example: A dumbledore is a bumblebee. Snape is a ship-building term that means “to bevel the end of (a timber or plank) so that it will fit accurately upon an inclined surface.” [...]

• Awesome Alternative Potter DVD Covers

  Monday, July 11th in General

  I have to say I really like the covers for a ‘Criterion Collection’ version of the Potter movies by Patrick Sullivan. They’re all good, but I think my favourite is the one for Prisoner of Azkaban:

• Pottermore, Need I Say More?

  Thursday, June 23rd in News

  So, the recent hype of Rowling’s latest work in the Potterverse is Pottermore. Take a look at the video on the site with J.K. giving some ideas of what the site will provide, including new material such as history and facts about the world of Potter, downloadable audiobooks and, for the first time, the Harry [...]

• More Deathly Hallows Part 2 Clips with Cast Test Screening

  Tuesday, June 7th in General

  The build-up to the final film is starting to gain momentum and the latest footage has some new, a lot of looking back over the existing films and, as a bonus, the first test screening between the actors who would become Harry, Ron and Hermione.