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What I did on my summer vacation

CONjuration s a convention about magic and fantasy, loosely based around Harry Potter.

'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.

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.

CONjuration 2016, a convention for Harry Potter and magical fantasy, was pure magic itself.

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.

One thing remains consistent in Rickman’s work – an extreme intelligence and dry wit that glows on the screen.

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.

David Bradley plays Abraham Setrakian in The Strain, and through the magic of transatlantic Skype sat down to discuss his latest project.

The one-time 'Harry Potter' actor emerges with a debut play of mesmerizing creativity.