Harry Potter/Wizarding World

John’s favorite entertainers of the Aughts (Commentary)

First, my top 10 entertainers. These are the people (and one fictional robot) who put a smile on my face in every project they tackled.

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The really cool stuff of the Aughts wasn’t found in the mainstream (Commentary)

Time Magazine called it the “decade from hell,” but Entertainment Weekly argued, in its latest issue, what about the entertainment? However, they failed to make

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Entertainment I discovered after getting a tip from someone: A top 15 list (Commentary)

Part of the purpose of this blog is to let you know about cool stuff in the entertainment world. The blog’s main purpose, of course,

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OK, fine, Dumbledore is gay. But Buffy is straight, dammit (Comic book commentary)

I don’t think I’m homophobic. I believe gay people should have equal rights to straight people in every respect (marriage, serving in the military, etc.)

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My prediction: We’ll get another ‘Harry Potter’ novel someday (Book commentary)

The “Harry Potter” saga is confined to Harry’s seven years at Hogwarts, plus the flashback memories — via Tom Riddle’s diary or Dumbledore’s Pensieve —

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6th ‘Harry Potter’ film is a beautiful work of art — and sometimes it’s even a bit funny (Movie review)

J.K. Rowling did her best writing on “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” and the filmmakers rise to her level to make the series’ best film by

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Road tripping with ‘Harry Potter’ (Book commentary)

When I’m facing down a 10-hour drive, I like to devise strategies of how to make the trip go faster. New Camera Obscura album? Check.

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5 big, obnoxious movies I want to see this summer (Commentary)

You’re going to hear lots of hype in the months ahead, but it’s sometimes hard to know which summer movies you should ignore and which

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