Here we go again. Another mind-numbing 'Wizarding World' adventure that attempts to continuing milking the already-dry Harry Potter cash cow. Sans Johnny Depp.
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LEGO – From the Simple Brick to the Glorious Splendors of a Galaxy Far, Far Away!
The most important part of the LEGO experience comes down to parent and child sitting down to be creative
Read More »San Diego Comic-Con 2019: Preview Night and Day One
What I did on my summer vacation
Read More »Event Review: CONjuration Convention, Atlanta GA
CONjuration s a convention about magic and fantasy, loosely based around Harry Potter.
Read More »Film Review: ‘All the Marbles’ Looking for an Oscar
'All the Marbles' is in the running to be nominated in the Academy Awards short film category. This film that has so much going for it, it’s a shame there are not a full slate of Academy Awards for short films. It would be in contention for all of them. The writing is perfect and delivers a surprise twist at the end. The acting is charming and just over-the-top enough for the fantasy genre. The technical work is superb on many levels.
Read More »Music Review: The Whistles and the Bells – ‘Modern Plagues’
Tying together this dizzy tangle of glam-Americana, electronics, and collage-rock are three things: snarly vocals, literate and pointed lyrics, and creative muddling of roots and pop music traditions.
Read More »Convention Review (Atlanta GA, 11/4-11/6/16): CONjuration 2016 was Pure Magic
CONjuration 2016, a convention for Harry Potter and magical fantasy, was pure magic itself.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Between Shades of Gray’ by Ruta Sepetys
This is the tale of Lina Vilkas, a girl whose first person account chronicles the events of the unwarranted arrest of her family in Lithuania and subsequent deportation – a journey of horror to the far reaches of Siberia.
Read More »Alan Rickman Dies – An Actor For All Ages
One thing remains consistent in Rickman’s work – an extreme intelligence and dry wit that glows on the screen.
Read More »John Voight Joins Cast of ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’
The story follows Newt Scamander, a wizard living 70 years before Harry Potter was born. Scamander is a celebrated magizoologist who started out working for the Ministry of Magic.
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