by Johnny
Can a movie improve upon a book which C.S. Lewis wrote that “[s]ales show that is longo intervallo [latin for "by a long interval"] the least popular of the Narnian books”? That certainly seems to be the aim of the director and producers of the film adaptation of Prince Caspian. From the lengthy battle [...]

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by Travis
First, special thanks to Johnny for the Hog’s Head Interview with Michael Ward.  Even I didn’t know that was coming until it was posted!  
Second, after you’ve digested that interview, here are some links for a little weekend reading.  

Andrew Peterson’s reflections on Prince Caspian, the book.
Greydanus’s review of Prince Caspian is up.
More from Greydanus, [...]

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by Johnny
Michael Ward is the author of Planet Narnia, a groundbreaking work in C.S. Lewis and Narnia studies, which is stirring excitement and discussion. In his book, Ward argues that each novel in the Narnia series corresponds to one of the seven planets of Medieval Cosmology. I met him at the February 2008 meeting of [...]

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A couple of interesting Prince Caspian links:

 Greydanus has written his review of the film, but you can’t see it yet unless you’re subscribed.  I’m looking forward to that review.
Dr. Michael Ward, author of Planet Narnia, has a new entry on Prince Caspian at the C.S. Lewis blog.  

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by Johnny
I came across an interesting article by Devin Brown on Christianity Today, which shows some similarities between the title character Prince Caspian and the life of C.S. Lewis.
Brown, who is a Professor of English at Asbury College, wrote:
Lewis and Caspian share another element—one more significant than all the others, for it changed the direction [...]

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A new trailer for the upcoming film, Prince Caspian, was released this week. Check out the exciting footage from MyspaceTV:
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian HD Trailer

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Reepicheep.

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by Travis
After 12 hours of driving to do 2 lectures at LaSalle University - one for Joel Garver’s “Harry Potter and Philosophy” class (”Race, Class, and Gender in Harry Potter”) and one for the Philosophy Department (”Wizards at War: Harry Potter as a Commentary on Terrorism”), I’m home. I got in last night and [...]

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How good people use good magic for good purposes in Narnia as well as Harry Potter.

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