PotterCast, our Harry Potter podcast, is here now with out 200th episode, featuring Melissa, Sue, John, and Frak’s reactions to the just released Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film. After attending a showing of the film last night, Melissa, John, and Frak are interviewed by our own Sue on their reactions upon seeing the …read more!

RECAP: Last week during the UK premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince we heard from actor Jason Isaacs and others that filming scenes for Malfoy Manor in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows would be taking place this week. Today, as noted below, UK BBC Radio One DJ Edith Bowman broadcast live from …read more!

Attention Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game fans! EA has now launched a fun new Quidditch Training Widget. You can download it here, or play online here as EA says that fans can “test your reflexes on dodging Bludgers, shooting the Quaffle and grabbing the Snitch. Challenge your friends and find out who …read more!

Well those sold-out showings at midnight certainly proved popular: Variety is reporting that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was a huge hit, “taking in as much as $20 million when opening at 12:01 a.m. Wedneday at the domestic B.O., according to early estimates.That figure beats the $18 million earned in midnight runs by Warners’ …read more!

Popular Mechanics has a new article online today that gives some new insight regarding the special effects used for two scenes in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince done by Double Negative. As seen in the many trailers and clips from the film, HBP features an attack on the Millennium Bridge in London, England to …read more!

face=”Times New Roman” size=”3″>Greetings, all!! The Princess, hp5freak, has decreed¦ face=”Times New Roman” size=”3″>Well, now, that sounds entirely too formal¦. So, change of plans¦. face=”Times New Roman” size=”3″>Alrighty, to be honest, I had a whole other blog post planned. But things with Real Life and his bandits of Time Thieves have changed the landscape of …read more!

Last April, we reported that at long last viewers here in the US would be able to watch the special “J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life” documentary on Thursday, July 16 at 8:00pm on ABC. Today, the network has released a preview of the film which was recorded in Edinburgh, Scotland as Jo completed …read more!

As we’ve reported several times previously, to celebrate Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince WHICH IS IN THEATERS RIGHT NOW, UK BBC Radio One is holding an all day marathon Harry Potter Day today, featuring new interviews due from the cast during the day. Also as noted before DJ Edith Bowman will soon be broadcasting …read more!

The BBC has a new interview with actor Jim Broadbent about his role as Professor Horace Slughorn for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince where speaks very highly of the Trio of Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. “I’ve worked with younger, they didn’t seem young, they’re quite grown up now and quite sophisticated …read more!

The exceptional popularity and box office draw of the Harry Potter films is never more evident tonight than in a new article from Screen Daily which states that “Warner Bros is on the cusp of crossing the $1billion domestic milestone as it launches Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince around the globe.” The piece continues …read more!