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Harry Potter

Beautiful Creatures (review)

Thu, Feb 14, 2013
21 comments

If only movies could be not tossed aside lightly but thrown with great force…

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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (trailer)

Tue, Feb 12, 2013
6 comments

The quest to recapture that Harry Potter magic continues. Or maybe it’s about recapturing that Twilight magic. (Cuz hey: Invisible boyfriend!)

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question of the day: What’s your favorite or pet “conspiracy theory” about a book, movie, or TV show?

Fri, Feb 01, 2013
31 comments

I was quite proud to have developed my own conspiracy theory about Hamlet (although I discovered later that I am not the first person to have thought of this)…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: David Bradley (aka Hogwarts’ caretaker Filch) to play William Hartnell in making-of movie

Thu, Jan 31, 2013
2 comments

Good choice, I’d say…

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Beautiful Creatures (trailer)

Mon, Jan 14, 2013
5 comments

I am unaccountably intrigued by this…

| 5 Comments

Great Expectations (London Film Festival review)

Fri, Nov 30, 2012
2 comments

I love it when a film that is “supposed” to be all stuffy and classic turns out to be this electric and alive…

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Rise of the Guardians (review)

Tue, Nov 20, 2012
23 comments

There’s genuine magic here. Dark magic, even. That’s a good thing.

| 23 Comments

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (review)

Mon, Nov 19, 2012
67 comments

The world’s most insipid vampires are back in inaction! Twilight has never been more about people standing around waiting for stuff to happen to them…

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River Song, meet Hello Kitty (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, Nov 04, 2012
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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London photo of the day: that Diagonal Alley vibe

Tue, Oct 23, 2012
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I couldn’t tell you why, but I suspect that this pub in Mayfair is secretly a wizard hangout.

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