For anyone like me, who happily waited hours in a mass of cold teenagers bickering over the pronunciation of Wingardium Leviosa, it’s time to reprise your wizard’s robes and pull out your wand (even if it’s just a stick). For…
Pottermore’s Patronus quiz is here!
After much teasing, JK Rowling released her long-awaited Patronus quiz on Pottermore.com on Thursday. Fans immediately logged on to find out what animal form their Patronus would take. The quiz takes you through a forest (presumably the Forbidden Forrest), while…
Harry Potter and the Curse of Cultural Appropriation
I have to admit that I wasn’t that enthused by the news of The Cursed Child or the Fantastic Beasts movie-or the news that there’s going to be two more installments in the latter franchise. I know, I know, call me…
In Defense of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” Novel
I have read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix eight times. Anytime I’ve told someone this, I always get the same reaction. “Ugh, why?” they say. “That’s the worst one.” Or some variation of that. To be fair,…
A Defense Against the Dark Arts: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Harry Potter film franchise is a cinematic achievement in and of itself. No other series I can think of relied so heavily on careful precision and consistency. Over the course of a decade, eight films were made retaining the same…
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Featurette: ‘A New Hero’
We learn a little more about JK Rowling’s newest protagonist Newt Scamander in the new Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them featurette “A New Hero.” The film takes place in New York, 1926, when a self-proclaimed magizoologist Newt Scamander…
Behind the scenes of ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’
From the fantastical mind of J.K Rowling, the critically acclaimed author of the “Harry Potter” series comes Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. In this behind the scenes featurette below, we are given a glimpse of what is in store…