Harry Potter Half-Blood Prince Reviews

HARRY POTTER: THE FIRST SIX YEARSHARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE – The magical adventure begins when Harry Potter is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS – Cars fly, trees attack and a mysterious house-elf warns Harry that he is in great danger as he returns for his second year at Hogwarts.HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN – Harry must confront soul-sucking Dementors, outsmart a werewolf and learn the truth about the escaped prisoner of Azkaban – Sirius Black.HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE – Harry must overcome a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – When few believe that Lord Voldemort has returned, Harry must secretly train his friends for the wizarding war that lies ahead.HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE – As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on bo (more…)

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Readers beware. The brilliant, breathtaking conclusion to J.K. Rowling’s spellbinding series is not for the faint of heart–such revelations, battles, and betrayals await in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that no fan will make it to the end unscathed. Luckily, Rowling has prepped loyal readers for the end of her series by doling out increasingly dark and dangerous tales of magic and mystery, shot through with lessons about honor and contempt, love and loss, and right and wrong. Fear not, you will find no spoilers in our review–to tell the plot would ruin the journey, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is an odyssey the likes of which Rowling’s fans have not yet seen, and are not likely to forget. But we would be remiss if we did not offer one small suggestion before you embark on your final adventure with Harry–bring plenty of tissues. The heart of Book 7 is a hero’s mission–not just in Harry’s quest for the Horcruxes, but in his jour (more…)

HARRY POTTER: THE FIRST SIX YEARSHARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE – The magical adventure begins when Harry Potter is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS – Cars fly, trees attack and a mysterious house-elf warns Harry that he is in great danger as he returns for his second year at Hogwarts.HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN – Harry must confront soul-sucking Dementors, outsmart a werewolf and learn the truth about the escaped prisoner of Azkaban – Sirius Black.HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE – Harry must overcome a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – When few believe that Lord Voldemort has returned, Harry must secretly train his friends for the wizarding war that lies ahead.HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE – As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on bo (more…)

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The latest entry in the Harry Potter saga could be retitled Fast Times at Hogwarts, where finding a date to the winter ball is nearly as terrifying as worrying about Lord Voldemort’s return. Thus, the young wizards’ entry into puberty (and discovery of the opposite sex) opens up a rich mining field to balance out the dark content in the fourth movie (and the stories are only going to get darker). Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) handily takes the directing reins and eases his young cast through awkward growth spurts into true young actors. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, more sure of himself) has his first girl crush on fellow student Cho Chang (Katie Leung), and has his first big fight with best bud Ron (Rupert Grint). Meanwhile, Ron’s underlying romantic tension with Hermione (Emma Watson) comes to a head over the winter ball, and when she makes one of those girl-into-woman Cinderella entrances, the boys’ reactions indicate they’ve all crossed a threshold (more…)

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The latest entry in the Harry Potter saga could be retitled Fast Times at Hogwarts, where finding a date to the winter ball is nearly as terrifying as worrying about Lord Voldemort’s return. Thus, the young wizards’ entry into puberty (and discovery of the opposite sex) opens up a rich mining field to balance out the dark content in the fourth movie (and the stories are only going to get darker). Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) handily takes the directing reins and eases his young cast through awkward growth spurts into true young actors. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, more sure of himself) has his first girl crush on fellow student Cho Chang (Katie Leung), and has his first big fight with best bud Ron (Rupert Grint). Meanwhile, Ron’s underlying romantic tension with Hermione (Emma Watson) comes to a head over the winter ball, and when she makes one of those girl-into-woman Cinderella entrances, the boys’ reactions indicate they’ve all crossed a threshold (more…)

I recently had the opportunity to visit Universal & Islands of Adventure the other day and got to see first hand the progress of Harry Potter Wizarding World that is set to open in 2010.

I was also able to get a few photo’s and you can tell by them that it is going to be very big and very exciting. The downfall to all the construction going on right now is that the Dueling Dragons ride is a very busy area right now since that is the area of the new attraction.

There was a lot of people checking out the different sights that they could see to grab photo’s of the soon to be attraction.

You could really see the excitement in the true Die Hard Harry Potterfans who was looking thru every crevices to see the construction guys working on the attraction.

I have been going to Universal Studios & Islands of Adventure for many years and for years The Hulk and Spiderman have always been my favorite part, but I do believe that when this is finished, Harry Potterwill become my all time favorite and I am sure that it will become everybody else’s too.

Also I didn’t get any good shots but was also able to see how Rip Ride ‘n’ Rockit was doing and by the way it looks , this Roller Coaster is on track to open in the early spring just in time for the big rushes that come to Universal Studios every year during Spring Break and Easter.

From the Manufacturer

These officially licensed Harry Potter wire frame glasses are just like the ones worn in all the movies. The glasses help complete any costume, transforming you into everyone’s favorite wizard, Harry Potter. Antiqued gold logo adorns each temple for an authentic look.

These Harry Potter glasses are the perfect accessory for any wizard-in-training! Whether you’re learning to mix potions or playing Quidditch, these officially licensed spectacles will keep you in style at Hogwarts.

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Oxford graduate student Karen A. Brown has published a study on discrimination in J.K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ novels (See http://www.thelppc.com/featuredbook-prejudiceinharrypotter.html). While it has been widely acknowledged that Rowling’s work chronicles real-world social issues through some not-so-subtle subplots and allegories, so far, no one has dedicated an entire book to the subject. And Brown hastens to emphasize this feature in her blog, where she admits that she has been doing some “promotional work” for the new book. (See http://www.thelppc.com/karenbrown-blogg-prejudiceinharrypotter.html).

Ironically, this book’s release coincides with the latest controversy surrounding Rowling’s work, as HPLexicon.com founder Steve Vander Ark’s efforts to publish his own ‘Harry Potter Lexicon’ have been thwarted by Rowling’s lawyers. They claim that the Lexicon breeches their client’s copyright and infringes upon exclusive materials that Rowling intends to use in her own ‘Harry Potter Encyclopaedia.’

Since Brown has made it possible for readers to write to her, I contacted her to enquire how she felt about the Vander Ark controversy, and how it impacts upon her upcoming publication. She insists that ‘Prejudice in Harry Potter’s World’ does not in any way infringe upon Ms. Rowling’s copyright, and that all copyrighted materials (quotes and long citations) are properly referenced and kept to a minimum, as specified by the Christopher Little Literary Agency, to whom she wrote years ago to request permission to publish an essay entitled “Harry Potter and the Minorities Issue.”

“Lots of publishers turned me down,” Brown claims. “And it was not because of copyright concerns: Many other things have been written about Rowling’s work, none of them being given her authorization or approval. But I found it curious that most of the rejection letters I got clearly stated that my study was not marketable because no one was interested in reading about prejudice and racism. Some editors stressed that people who read Harry Potter are not interested in reading ‘about’ the books. So in the end I decided to publish the book myself, and mostly for me, because I strongly believe in the ideas put forth in it.”

All things considered, Ms. Brown appears to be quite passionate about this project, and seems to understand her own legal standing where Rowling’s work is concerned: “I did not create Harry Potter, obviously. I simply comment on how the books make reference to some of the social trends in our own world. Wizarding-world biases and social hierarchy share some shocking similarities with our own world. And I think we need to stop and take notice.”

Rowling herself has stated in various interviews that the series is a “prolonged argument for tolerance.” And it is at least encouraging that one of her readers has chosen to focus on this message.

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008 Rating: Pg

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