The Hunger Games is unleashing the sexists (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Harry Potter
question of the day: Who or what is your “wrong crush”?
And don’t worry: your secret is safe with us…
question of the weekend: Should writers be encouraged to write multivolume novels?
Just as how it’s easier to market movies that are part of a franchise or are sourced from material that audiences are already familiar with, so it is with books…
The Woman in Black (review)
I consider it a tremendous mark in favor of The Woman in Black that not once during its running time did I think, Hey, wait, wouldn’t Harry Potter have a spell to deal with this?
question of the day: How many things can you find wrong with the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue?
Too white, too thin, too interchangeable: the traditional cover featuring young talent on the rise always comes under massive scrutiny, and the ritual is now in full swing…
Saturday cute: adorbs Harry Potter fanart by Katie Cook
Warning: they cast an Expelliawwwwmus spell, which compells the viewer to go, Awwwww.
question of the day: Should film be taught in school the way that literature is?
I think it’s very urgent that children be taught media literacy, but I have to confess that it never occurred to me that we might teach children how to watch and interpret great movies in the same way that we teach them how to read and interpret great fiction.
question of the day: Do set tours and makings-of ruin the magic of movies for you?
Want to visit Hogwarts? Soon, you’ll be able to… or as close as can be.
London photo of the day: Lord Voldemort really wants that last Smurfs DVD
He Who Must Not Be Named and Harry Potter battle for supremacy of the HMV in Piccadilly Circus.
question of the day: What piece of clothing from a movie (or TV show) would you actually purchase and wear?
Back in the spring we talked about iconic Hollywood costumes, but this is more about functional clothing that happened to become costume, and the wearing of which lends some mojo — or serves as a sign of fandom.
