Tag: Harry Potter
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Toys 2K16: Report
I turned 40 this year. I mention that only because it’s worth noting that either directly or indirectly, my age drove my toy purchases up – not, I think, in a vain attempt to recapture my youth, but more because as of this year ID(officially)GAF. I make a good keep. I bought a place to live. I…
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Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART TWO
When we were young So that’s me. Ten years and out. I picked up my first Harry Potter novel just a few months over ten years ago, which was right around the time the first trailer for the first Harry Potter film made its appearance. You know where it went from there, as the twin threads of books and…
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Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART ONE
The long, sad end of the road Look, at this point you’re either on board with Harry Potter or you’re not. Those who disdain the films (or the books) will find nothing in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One, to redirect them. Those who care about what’s going on here – and there are a lot…
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Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
The Ghost Story I’ve given the Harry Potter films an easy ride over the years. Flat raves for the Columbus films (stylistically, they hew closest to the spirit of their respective novels). Warm enthusiasm for films 3 and 5, each sharply told by talented directors. This leaves the mishmash Goblet of Fire as the only outright rejection, but coming…