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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The Films: Love Is All You Need.

And they saved the absolute best for last.  Times two. My long held pet peeve that the Harry Potter movies were being too crunched for time, causing favourite moments to be truncated or exorcised completely.  While they got better with … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: The Man Who Lives. And Loves.

After several thousand pages of story, spread out over seven books, we have completed the tale of The Boy Who Lived becoming The Man Who Lives.  We have witnessed love and death, life and hatred, trust and jealously, and wisdom … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince The Film: Journey’s Through The Pensieve

Another great movie, filled with action and suspense and secrets galore.  But also another great movie which begged to be split into two.  We are witnessing a shadow war, filled with smaller skirmishes, all occurring while Harry gets his important … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The Past Is The Future

Harry Potter’s war meets the Muggle world.  Battles, carnage, deaths, abductions, betrayals, oaths and politics are all fodder for this volume.  None of this is surprising since Voldemort is moving openly and clearly with his attacks on the magical and … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: To Speak The Truth With Bravery

We are over half way through the wonderfully amazing Harry Potter series, and from this point onwards every book is almost universally great.  The war is brewing and Harry is getting ready for Voldemort.  But only if he can survive … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban The Film: Alfonso’s Touch

With the departure of childhood from this series, we enter the much more experimental world of the teen years.  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban brings in the services of director Alfonso Cuaron, who uses his artistic style to … Continue reading

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How Harry Potter Entered My Life

More like engulfed it. Harry Potter has devoured so many aspects of my life, with all sorts of thoughts and actions and feelings permeating my existence now.  Accio is now, not only known to me, but has become a noun, … Continue reading

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