So I've been seeing a surprising number of films since I moved over here, both as a social activity with the others in my program and on my own as a break from writing and general PhD stuff. I've already put this off long enough that I have to break these into two parts! So let's start with the movie I saw in January and work our way forward...
( Ponya, MirrorMask and the Artist )

So, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Yeah. I was not looking forward to this film. Book 7 is not my favorite... or, as I like to call it, "Harry, Ron and Hermione's Camping Trip From Hell" which should give you a clue to my main objections.

Never had I been more excited to know that a movie would be forced to leave stuff OUT. But then they ( Read more... )

It seems like I always watch more movies when I go home for Christmas than I do at any point during the year.  This year was no exception. Not counting Miracle on 34th Street and Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, I saw five movies this holiday season, which might be a new record for me. So, here they are, in the order I saw them:

SciFi's Alice 
(They ( Read more... )

I've seen this meme around plenty of places, most recently at unoriginal_liz and finally decided to give it a shot. It makes a nice change of pace from everything I've been working with over at keytus_tv.

Tell me a Fandom and I shall respond with my ( Read more... )

So my youngest brother and I went to see Harry Potter this past weekend. (You know, that makes him sound about 9 rather than 22.) We’ve seen all the movies together so far. It’s going to be a little difficult with the last one seeing as they split the damn thing into two parts. It’s tough enough trying to find the time to see one movie when you’re ( Read more... )

Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L’Engle has died.  It breaks my heart.  Her death doesn’t come as a complete shock.  She has been doing very poorly for years.  But still I mourn her.

She was my favorite author growing up.  Favorite author still.  If I had to pick one book that influenced my life more than any other, it would be A Wrinkle in Time.  ( Read more... )

BEWARE OF POTENTIAL SPOILERS!!!!!

Merdith Viera interviews JK Rowling at Edinburgh Castle on Dateline NBC tonight at 7PM.

These are my thoughts... and hopefully any major insights JK is ready to tell us.

7:02  Here we go!

7:05  Who the hell skips to last page?  Hee!  JK thinks she should have printed the last chapter seperately!

7:06 First Spoiler ( Read more... )

Just because caz963, teresadivicenzo and phla did it too. And because of Myrtle...


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