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Monday Night Quickies

Not that kind of quicky. I’m referring to brief links to stuff around the interwebs, tonight with a geeky edge.

* The “actuals” are in on the weekend box office race. The “Transformers” sequel won by a wafer thin half a million smackers, dang it.

* I’m not sure how this started, but my pattern on the “Harry Potter” franchise has been to read the books just before the films come out. To avoid spoilers for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” (I’m on page 139 and the story’s barely begun), I’m not reading any reviews right now. Thanks to the miracle of Rotten Tomatoes I can nevertheless say that the reviews for the film thereof are looking quite good thus far. That’s a good thing because director David Yates is finishing out the series, which seems to be wrapping up much better than it started. The choice of Yates, a specialist in TV miniseries, to wrap up the films makes a lot of sense, especially since that’s essentially what the Potter movies are — the most expensive miniseries ever made.

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Sneak Peek: “Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince”

When Warner Bros. announced that they would be pushing the release of “Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince” from Fall 2008 to Summer 2009, many fans were understandably angry. After all, it’s not cool to hold back a finished film just because you hope to make more money – especially one as highly-anticipated as this. For some reason, though, that hasn’t stopped the “Harry Potter” marketing team from unleashing a constant stream of new clips and trailers, and their latest web featurette should definitely appease the masses until the first official trailer hits in a few months.

Though featurette is essentially just a series of interviews with the cast and crew discussing how unbelievably awesome the new movie is going to be, there are actually quite a lot of never-before-seen clips including a first look at Ron in Quidditch gear (a welcome sight considering that particular subplot that was axed from “Order of the Phoenix”), the Weasley Twins in their joke shop, and the infamous Love Potion hard at work. Put on your wizard’s hats, pull out your wands, and check out the video below.


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