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I'm watching COS (watching the first 5 films is the only way I can stay sane these last couple of days), and of course one of the highlights is the luscious Sean Biggerstaff. I thought to myself "Hm. I wonder what he's up to or if there's any news about whether he's been approached to be in those last few moments of Deathly Hallows." So I checked his website.

Nothing on DH so far, but here's his most recent diary entry.
Twilight
06/17/2009
By Sean

So, the next big franchise is a thinly veiled sermon about the virtues of abstinence.
How incredibly dull.

Heh.

In related news, I've decided not to seek out Twilight or anti-Twilight icons. Will just use this "Dazzler" icon instead. :P

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Yes, some new footage, so SPOILERS. Oh, FelixFelicis!Harry is going to kill me DED.

[ETA: Video below only viewable in US, but the Hi-Def version (available here) should be viewable in other countries.]

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And another from AICN - this one from "Capone."

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GAAAAH! CAN IT BE MIDNIGHT TOMORROW NOW, PLZ??!!

ETA: ROFLMAO, some talkbacker just declared Ron Weasley the Pondo Sinatra of Harry Potter ("I'm like King Midas! Everything I touch turns to poontang!").

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Last one, as HBP comes out tomorrow night. I thought it fitting to end the series on this film. Harry Potter, though it contains much less romance than adventure, is still chock full of romantic ironies and misunderstandings, both in the Harry/Ginny courtship and especially in the seven-book-spanning Ron/Hermione dance. So today's kiss is from an outstanding adaptation of "the target of perfection at which we shoot in vain."

Now I need not call you *Mr.* Knightley. I may call you *my* Mr. Knightley. )

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Wonderful red carpet interview with HP screenwriter Steve Kloves here (starting about 50 seconds in), via SnitchSeeker.com.

Transcript below. Lots of teases about what's coming in Deathly Hallows (so SPOILERS, I guess). What he says about the forest scene pretty much confirms for me that I will be as big a mess watching it as I was reading it. Also, a lovely quote about Ron to show that, yes he is indeed fond of Ron and doesn't hate him in the slightest.

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I spent all day - and I mean ALL day - yesterday, hanging about the Ziegfeld Theater on 54th Street, and I plan to write up an account of my adventures, which quite strongly resembled a cross between the excitement of a rock concert, the melancholy of an epic love story, and the violence of medieval battle. Seriously, you lucky bastards on my flist who got to just show up a couple of hours before and be on the press side have NO idea how fortunate you are not to have experienced the Hilton side of the street. I ... might be a tad bitter about all of this. :P

But in other news, I've seen several new movies in the last few weeks, two of which are coming out today (well, one of them is going from limited to wide release).



BrĂ¼no )



The Hurt Locker )



Away We Go )



Public Enemies )

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Nice interview with Dan on GMTV, which includes an even longer look at the Burrow scene with the Trio. Though their dialogue there does bring up a canon inconsistency, SPOILER )

Anyway, there's obviously a bit of romance talk, and Dan said something really lovely about Harry/Ginny, as it contrasts with the movie's other relationship, Ron/Lavender. I actually had to watch it twice, because while he's saying it, they're showing a bit more of the kiss scene, BTS-view that is, and I was too busy watching it to pay attention to what he was saying at first. :P

I think in this film it's demonstrations of two very different types of teenage relationships. There's the one, which is Harry and Ginny, which is all absolutely love's young dream, and Harry is completely besotted with her, and it's that kind of all-encompassing that you have where nothing else matters when you're about 15. And then, on the other side of it, you have Ron and Lavender, who really don't know each other that well, but boy is there a lot of energy in their relationship, and it's very touchy-feely and just about snogging as much as you can for as long as you can, essentially.

(ETA, because I only just realized I hadn't indicated that there was even a quote in here at all!)

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Drew McWeeny, formerly on Ain't It Cool News as Moriarty, has posted a SMASHING review of HBP at his new web home, HitFix.com. It should be noted that Drew, while a fan of the series, has been rather critical of it, and the films in particular. I used to be kind of annoyed at how he complained about the school-year construct of each chapter in the saga. But his is an opinion I highly respect, as much as Ebert or anyone else. So imagine my glee to read a rave from him about Half-Blood Prince, calling it the best film of the franchise, even better than most film buffs' favorite Prisoner of Azkaban.

Warning: It's somewhat spoilery. Not so much about what's left out or whatever, but he fairly specifically describes the first few minutes, as well as a couple of other key scenes, so if you're avoiding spoilers you should be aware of that before you click.

ENJOY! )

Be still, my beating heart. NO DON'T - I NEED TO SEE THIS MOVIE FIRST!

Current Mood: YAY!

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Okay, I guess it's official - I'm a total whore for Jimmy Stewart. This is his third appearance in one of these posts, but I can't help it! He has had some GREAT screen kisses, and today's is no exception.

From my favorite Hitchcock movie, How's your leg? )

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From the photo call in London earlier today. Via TLC.

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Hm.

Is it really making a stand on your Christian principles to turn your back on other Christian principles? Stay classy, Southern Baptists. Stay classy.

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I've been wary about reviews so far, many of them seeming to be written by people who either haven't seen the film or aren't at liberty to speak of the slightest detail. But this review from Variety seems much more like a trustworthy opinion - though I'm still holding out for even more reputable sources, such as the NY Times, Rolling Stone, Time, and Ebert.

Copy/pasted under the cut, all bolds mine. )
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Steve McNair, who used to play quarterback for my former hometown football team, the Tennessee Titans (and also played for them when they were the Houston Oilers), as well as the Baltimore Ravens, was shot to death in his Nashville condominium yesterday. He had moved back to Nashville after retiring from the Ravens and the NFL, and he had just opened a new restaurant in Nashville - Gridiron9 - two weeks ago.

I'm stunned.

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MAYBE Michael Jackson "flourished under Reagan" for - among other reasons, like hitting a right age at a right time - the same reasons a hell of a lot of OTHER pop acts flourished in the 1980s. Because people wanted an ESCAPE from what was going on in the real world. Seriously, I love the music of the 80s like nothing else, but just LOOK at the froth that we were in love with back then! Even acts that did truly great work in the 1970s, like David Bowie, were producing sugar-shock pop in the 80s. Nobody wanted to think about anything! Many, many silly movies in the 80s were hugely popular for the same reason, I think.

Why does this man still have a voice in our culture?! Every time I hear him talk I want to punch him in the face.

Current Mood: infuriated

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All I ever see in most subway stations - apart from Times Square, which is all HP all the time - is the "bad guys" HBP poster with Bellatrix, Draco, Snape, etc. But to my delight I spotted this a couple weeks ago at the Brooklyn Bridge station.



Look at Ginny up there with the big guys! Including, for some reason, Gandalf the Grey! :P

Current Mood: pleased

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Jude Law in Donmar's production of Hamlet

Anyone ([info]shocolate?) already seen this or planning to see it in London (at the Wyndham until 22 August)? Reviews look fairly good. I'm intrigued. Not sure if anyone can top Brian Vaughn's Hamlet, but I'm not opposed to testing that theory. :P

ETA: And right after they close in London, they're doing a five-day run at Kronborg Castle in friggin' ELSINORE (or Helsingør, rather). How awesome is that?!

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Two weeks OMG!
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Went to see this week's free movie in Bryant Park, Gold Diggers of 1933, which was fabulous. It reminded me a lot of Footlight Parade, which was one of the vintage picks from BNAT 7. Mainly because it featured Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, AND musical numbers by Busby Berkley. The movie was delightfully "blue." One of the musical numbers, called "Pettin' in the Park," was particularly risque, at least for 1933, and included a - wait for it - chastity suit gag (not just a belt, but a bathing suit of armor). It also featured a SMOKIN' hot kiss which I loved so much I've got to show you. We'll call it a bonus Kiss of the Week (clip should start just over halfway through the actual video, right at this scene).



This got the best crowd reaction of the entire movie. I must add that the second best reaction of the night accompanied one of the trailers they showed before the film - the trailer for Half-Blood Prince. :D Can it be two weeks from now, please?

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Back when this movie came out, everyone and their mother declared this to be the greatest screen kiss of all time, which I always thought was a bit of a step-out. But it's definitely a good one - sweet and age-appropriate and just perfect.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America... )

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Sclumphxterned from everyone.

Name a fandom, and I'll give you the scoop on at least three of my unpopular opinions related to that fandom.

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