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Dave’s Belated Deathly Hallows Review

by Dave the Longwinded November 24, 2010

I finally got to see Deathly Hallows tonight. And I will echo much of both Travis‘s and Jenna‘s reactions to the film. The humor is fun, and helps lighten some of the tension. As Radcliffe, Watson, and Grint have grown up, they’ve continued to bring more maturity to their characters, and that was very much [...]

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Chapter 31: The Battle of Hogwarts

by Dave the Longwinded October 1, 2010

The Battle of Hogwarts is perhaps the most action-filled chapter in the entire series. Professor McGonagall is mustering students together to organize an evacuation. Voldemort’s voice rings through the grounds, offering a deal: “Give me Harry Potter…and none shall be harmed.” The first time a read this, I was puzzled. Really? The Dark Lord stopping [...]

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Chapter 27: The Final Hiding Place

by Dave the Longwinded September 11, 2010

As we dip back into the Deathly Hallows read-through, Chapter 27 starts with the Trio clutching the back of the dragon as first Gringotts, and then London, recede into the background behind them. They are burned and bleeding, having narrowly escaped with either their lives or the cup. The symbolism — what little I know [...]

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Chapter 25: Shell Cottage

by Dave the Longwinded July 21, 2010

Shell Cottage is simultaneously two sorts of places to me. Growing up in Kentucky, we often made Gatlinburg, Tennessee a vacation destination. And the best way to stay in the Smoky Mountains is in a cottage, cabin, or chalet, especially if many people are involved. The best of these lodgings somehow manage to be intimate, [...]

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Spider-Man Reboot

by Dave the Longwinded July 2, 2010

Hollywood seems to rebooting everything these days. Some are very, very good. As long-time THH readers know, the recent Batman films are among my favorites. The Dark Knight, in my opinion, is one of the top four or five movies of the last decade. Others are attempts to reboot films or franchises that were already [...]

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Gamerizing Dante’s Inferno

by Dave the Longwinded February 3, 2010

Okay, so “gamerize” is a term I just made up. But, as a full-time grad student, now, I have some license to do such things. In fact, it’s sort of expected of us so long as we take at least ten double-spaced pages to define the term. But I’ll spare me the pain of writing [...]

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Favorite Movie Quotes!!!

by Dave the Longwinded February 2, 2010

With the inspiration of revgeorge, and the urging of Red Rocker, I shall open up this little post for us all to provide and discuss some of our favorite movie quotes. Whether you remember Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, George Clooney in Oh Brother, Where Art Though?, or Michael Gamb… Well, I guess I shouldn’t get [...]

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A Few Images from the Harry Potter Themepark

by Dave the Longwinded January 18, 2010

A few days ago, someone from the Orlando Sentinel provided some photos they took at the Universal Themepark showing the construction of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. If you picked up the Blu Ray of Half-Blood Prince, then you saw the special in the extras section that was mostly a CGI tour of the [...]

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