At the end of July, I had the opportunity to visit the new Diagon Alley expansion to the already awesome Hogsmeade (Wizarding World of Harry Potter) theme park! As soon as I arrived at Universal, I bee-lined it directly to Diagon Alley, and as soon as I walked through that “open” brick wall (which is…
On July 28th, while I was waiting for my flight to LeakyCon in Orlando, the Battle of the Five Armies teaser trailer was released. I tried my hardest not to show extreme emotions related to excitement as I watched the trailer on my phone. I think I succeeded, but barely. I mean, there’s so much to get excited…
I had hoped this wouldn’t happen. I had hoped that Pottermore wouldn’t think it was a good idea to release the final installment of Goblet of Fire on July 31st, Harry’s birthday. But, of course, Pottermore did just that. Why am I complaining? Because July 31st—and the Ravenclaw’s 24-hour early access on July 30th—landed directly…
“Our Leader the Mockingjay”. The first official Mockingjay Teaser Trailer was released online (it was previously shown to an audience at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday) about an hour and a half ago. Now everyone can see it, and it’s beautiful. Watch it for yourselves below, but stay here for some commentary afterwards! (Don’t forget to watch…
All aboard the Hogwarts Express! Finally, you have an opportunity to take classes—yes, real, actual classes—at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Okay, so it’s not actually Hogwarts. But it’s the closest thing to actually attending Hogwarts that we’re going to get. Yes, closer than any video game—even Pottermore. Actually, in my opinion, this is what Pottermore…
July 21, 2007—seven years ago last Monday—Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last book in our beloved series, hit bookstore shelves. It seems that everyone and their brother wrote a “where I was for the release” article on Monday, because seven years after the seventh book is not an anniversary to take lightly.…
My thoughts are stars that I can’t fathom into constellations. I saw The Fault In Our Stars movie during the opening weekend. I went to a book club meeting that discussed this book the very next day after I saw the movie. I saw the movie again several weeks later. I’ve been meaning to write this review…
Whomever is behind the Mockingjay publicity campaign deserves a raise. The two Mockingjay teaser trailers that have been released thus far have been absolutely perfect. You’ve likely heard of “life imitating art”. Well, this is “art imitating life”. Both trailers are presented as though they are real addresses by President Snow to Panem. This second…
We are about a month overdue for a Hobbit 3: Battle of the Five Armies teaser trailer (the Desolation of Smaug teaser trailer was released in June last year), but the general consensus has been that they (Peter Jackson and the other producers) were waiting until Comic-Con to release the teaser trailer. Well, Comic-Con is here! There’s no teaser…
I’m excited. Like, beyond excited. Like, super-duper uber excited. I’m flying out on Monday and will be returning the next Monday. For one week, I get to reconnect with old friends, make new friends, and fall in love with my favorite fandoms all over again. I attended my very first LeakyCon in 2011, which was…