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The Seattle Times is carrying

Aug 23, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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The Seattle Times is carrying an article entitled “Rumors percolate over future Potter plots” wherein they summarise the possible storylines for books five, six, and seven: When there’s little reliable information available, where do you turn? The Internet, of course. Some of the multitudes of Harry Potter Web sites are imaginative, others boast impressive effects, …read more!

Some of you have

Aug 23, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

News

Some of you have probably heard about the Harry Potter Symposium, which is being planned for July 17-20, 2003 at the Disney World Swan & Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, Florida – for others of you, this is something new. Yahoogroups and sites like Harry Potter for Grownups – with help from FictionAlley and a nice …read more!

Reader “CED” sends us this

Aug 22, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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Reader “CED” sends us this link to a Weekly Sound Out survey conducted by the PBSKids television show ZOOM. The question for this week: “How does the Harry Potter movie compare to the book?” As of this writing, there were 22694 votes tabulated, with 30% of the opinion that the movie was “way better” than …read more!

Thanks to Jasen at iharrypotter.net,

Aug 22, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

News

Thanks to Jasen at iharrypotter.net, we’ve learned that you can now see the US version of Movie #1 (aka Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone) for $4.00 per 24 hours right here. Can anyone who actually views it let us know how the quality is?

It’s the first review of

Aug 22, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

It’s the first review of COS, from the fine folk at Aint It Cool News. Quotage!: SECRETS is rough around the edges, especially in the final act. I think they’ve also tried to condense everything, making it move faster and faster, while skipping over some nice details. In the movie’s defense, purists might say the …read more!

“After last year’s spectacular debuts,

Aug 22, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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“After last year’s spectacular debuts, Harry Potter and Frodo Baggins take on new quests this winter, as do their publishers and booksellers, who must find a way to maintain excitement about the same old titles. Unlike traditional movie sequels that spawn novelizations or new tie-ins, all of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings …read more!

Silly me. I lost a

Aug 21, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Silly me. I lost a few of the pics when I uploaded the other ones. Here you go, more: Harry and Ron in the car Harry in class (?). Cutie. Ron with his funky wand Harry and Malfoy glare evil Quidditch glares

Jasen from iHP points us

Aug 21, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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Jasen from iHP points us to this [Sydney] Daily Telegraph article on upcoming “Prisoner of Azkaban” director Alfonso Cuaron: Cuaron shows a deft, humanist hand in Y Tu Mama Tambien, which should contrast well with Chris Columbus’s workmanlike, if faithful, direction on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. And in 1995, Cuaron showed he knew …read more!

Okay, here are the poster

Aug 21, 2002

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

News

Okay, here are the poster pics, big and beautiful. Richelle, we owe you. The rest of you – have fun crashing our server… Harry all windswept Harry all big Run, Harry, Run! Harry in the Chamber Harry doing the deuling Harry and a Snitch Harry and Ron looking like something’s up Harry, Ron, Fang, Forest …read more!

A new look for the

Aug 20, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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A new look for the official site! Warner Bros has redesigned the intro so it looks as if you’re landing at Hogwarts from the front seat of a blue flying Ford Anglia. They’ve redone some old sections (the Diagon Alley pages are now in the “Venture Off Hogwarts” section) and seem to be adding some …read more!



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