As many Pottermore fans have already been made aware, the first four chapters of Chamber of Secrets have now been made available to all members. Slytherin House, who won the Inaugural House Cup for Sorcerer’s Stone–which didn’t include any last minute points announcements by Dumbledore, making this Pottermore House Cup win very non-canon–were granted access…
Structure: One of the main problems with this movie is that it doesn’t start with the same excitement as the other two. Sure, when C. S. Lewis wrote The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, he didn’t start with the Germans bombing London, or when he wrote Prince Caspian, he didn’t start within Narnia, showing…
While The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe stayed very true to the original text, its sequel, Prince Caspian strayed from it. However, since Prince Caspian has been cited as among Narnia fans’ least favorite of the series, I suppose it is likely that the filmmakers thought it wise to take liberties to change the…
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe has long been one of my favorite movies, as it is based on one of my favorite books by C. S. Lewis, and I think the movie does the book justice for many reasons. Storyline: As the movie opens, planes fly in out of darkness. It makes for…
J. K. Rowling’s newest novel, The Casual Vacancy, will be released on September 27th. On July 3rd, we received our first glimpse of the cover, which is to be the same both in the U. K. and in the U. S. at least, shown to the left. Rowling fans have already shared their two cents…
From the very beginning, this movie feels intense, like the open of the close that it is. Our first glimpse of Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour, with his unblinking stare (he actually blinks three times but who is really counting), starts the film, followed by the incredible music composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat, underscoring…
Half-Blood Prince continues almost directly from where Order of the Phoenix ended, showing Harry and Dumbledore at the Ministry of Magic shortly after the battle with Voldemort. Reporters are taking pictures of them for the Daily Prophet. I love this opening. I thought it was brilliant. From there, the film continues in a muggle office…
Let me make perfectly clear as I begin that I have not had an opportunity to see The Lord of the Rings Musical, and it is unlikely that I ever will. I have, however, seen some YouTube clips from the musical, and I have downloaded the entire soundtrack. On those both I will base my…
It is difficult to rate music inspired by Middle-Earth post-Shore. Howard Shore, the composer for the Lord of the Rings films, created the perfect musical backdrop for the Middle-Earth setting. It is nearly impossible to compare anything to it. However, this collection of songs by David Arkenstone was released before the Lord of the Rings…
I was not one of the first fans of the Harry Potter series. Actually, it wasn’t until I started to hear the hype surrounding the release of the first movie that I picked up Sorcerer’s Stone from my school’s library. I had read the entire Chronicles of Narnia series previously, so I was not unfamiliar…