In this edition, watch the Harry Potter cast farewell from the last day of shooting, find out how accurate court scenes in movies are, and more.
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The Harry Potter Hogwarts Collection is a 31-Disc Blu-ray featuring all eight Harry Potter films and a slew of special features.
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As much time and money and effort as Hollywood pours into big-budget franchises, only a handful manage to make a real lasting impression on moviegoers. But the best of them live on long after the last installment has hit theaters, and one that falls into that category is Warner Bros.' Harry Potter series. From 2001…
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The moment I walked out of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 last summer, I remember thinking "I can't wait to own the entire series in one Blu-ray box set." Warner Bros. quickly obliged with a disappointing barebones release for the 2011 holiday season and then vowed to take the movies off shelves.…
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With awards season in full force, it seems like each week brings a fresh set of winners from the various guilds, societies, associations, and what have you. This past weekend saw both the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood's Annie Awards and the Art Directors Guild Awards, with Rango, Hugo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:…
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The process of doling out Oscars is a lot more transparent in some than in others. While the core categories like Best Picture, and writing, directing and acting are all the subject of great speculation for months before the nominations are even announced, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is much more open…
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By now you've probably seen dozens of critics' best-of-2011 lists (including ours!), and noticed some amount of overlap on films like Hugo, Drive, and Tree of Life. But there's more than one way to gauge a movie's success, and when it comes to what general audiences are actually watching, a whole different set of titles…
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With just days to go until the end of 2011 (Where did the year go???), legendary film critic Roger Ebert has announced his top 20 movies of the year. Just as you'd expect from Ebert, his list runs the gamut from mainstream blockbusters to more obscure foreign or arthouse projects -- with enough in the…
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Before the July 2007 release of JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, one of the major points of discussion was which characters the author would kill. Would Harry make it through? Which side characters would be offed? In the end, though Rowling did kill a handful of name characters, she was mostly merciful.…
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Come 2012, Harry Potter will no longer be on DVD shelves. Warner Bros. just made an announcement that as of December 29, 2011 all copies of Harry Potter movies, including the November 11 releases of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, and Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection will be taken out…
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If you're the kind of person who got all emotional during all those Harry Potter cast interviews about shooting the final scene, or if you referred to the last movie, without irony, as "the end of an era," then When Harry Left Hogwarts is for you. The documentary, by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Morgan Matthews (The Fallen),…
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This week, Dave, Devindra, Angie, and Adam weigh in on the new Netflix price increase, share their joys and disappointments from the 2011 Emmy nominations, and lavish some love on the second season of Louie. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Our schedule for the next…
Read MoreNote: This review was originally posted on July 10th 2011, but is being republished to coincide with the film's opening weekend. Fourteen years, seven books, eight movies, billions of dollars in profit and an incalculable amount of affected imaginations all lead up to one point. Numbers might help define J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter franchise for…
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The success of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is already a foregone conclusion; the film grossed over $40 million from midnight showings alone last night, an amount most films are lucky to take in over an entire opening weekend. But does David Yates' final entry in the franchise make for a satisfying…
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After looking at preliminary box office estimates, "the sound of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" could easily refer to screaming fans and stacking money. According to early estimates, the eighth and final Potter film grossed an estimated $43.5 million from midnight shows alone, putting it well on the way to break the…
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Fake Criterion covers have become a pretty popular form of fan art as of late. Design-inclined cinephiles have fake-Criterioned everything from Orson Welles' Macbeth to a French version of Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle to Kickpuncher (which is itself a fake movie), and it's no wonder why. Criterion DVDs often get the kind of…
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Little known fact: I collect Hallmark Ornaments. It's a very expensive hobby my mother got me into when I was still in elementary school. Every July, she and I would go to the store on the day that Hallmark first released their ornaments for that year and we'd buy all the cool ones. This was…
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The most anticipated film of the year opens next week and the reviews have begun pouring in. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 won't hit theaters until July 15 but as many of us plan marathons in anticipation of the opening, the first critics to see the film are mostly in agreement: The…
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"It all ends." So says the latest round of advertising for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, which hits theaters July 15. The phrase obviously has several interpretations: the end of the Potter story, the final Potter movie, etc. But the one thing that "It all ends" apparently doesn't mean is the end…
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Tickets for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 have been on sale for a few days but true fans were waiting for this moment. AMC has announced that not only will they host back to back screenings of Part 1 and Part 2 on opening night, select theaters will host a four night…
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In yet another sign that audiences are tiring of shelling out a few extra bucks at the theater for the latest crappy studio-enforced 3D upconversion, early sales data show that 2D ticket sales are outpacing those of 3D tickets for Green Lantern and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Signs of trouble actually…
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Though the book series has long since ended, and there's only one month to go until the eight-part film series closes as well, fans who have been mourning the end of the Harry Potter franchise can perk up again. A mysterious new website called Pottermore.com suggests that we may be getting, yes, more Potter sometime…
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Here's the very final trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the last movie in Warner Bros. long-running Harry Potter series. You can see the trailer in front of Green Lantern this weekend, but we've got it online now for your enjoyment. Check it out after the break, but for those who…
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With just one month left before the Harry Potter film series ends for good, it feels like we're getting a some new bit of promotional material practically every day. At this point, I've lost count of just how many posters we've already seen for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. But as long…
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The tweet pretty much says it all. As if you needed another reason to head to the theater on July 15, the first look at director Martin Scorsese's 3D family film Hugo Cabret could possibly be attached to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. However, while the tweet looks legit, it should be…
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The end is near. Nearer than ever, actually. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is just over a month away and, even though they don't need it, Warner Brothers is kicking their advertising into high gear. The commercials are running all over TV, the actors are beginning to make appearances, movie theaters have…
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We can thank the MTV Movie Awards for the bounty of new videos today -- in addition to that new Breaking Dawn trailer, which I'm sure you all loved, we also have brand-new clips from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and The Help. See them…
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