November 22nd, 2008 — , C.S. Lewis, Gryffindor Common Room from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
Today marks the passing of C.S. Lewis from this world. While it’s been 45 years since he died, Lewis still provokes inspiration, discovery, and argument. He is remembered for writing the seven volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia as well as his famous apologetic work, Mere Christianity, derived from his radio talks at the BBC [...]
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November 15th, 2008 — , Brad Neely, Bradley Mehlenbacher, Brian Ross, Caryl Matrisciana, Harry Potter Culture, Heather Lawver, Henry Jenkins, Joe DeGeorge, Josh Koury, Melissa Anelli, Paul DeGeorge, We Are Wizards from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
We Are Wizards is a glimpse into the world of fans inspired by Harry Potter and who have taken their love for the series a step further by creating songs, forming bands, establishing fan sites, and organizing campaigns in the name of fandom. Josh Koury’s documentary mainly pays homage to the small musical genre known [...]
Online StoresAugust 18th, 2008 — , Cover Mistake, Entertainment Weekly, Fall Preview Issue, Half-Blood Prince film, Harry News and Commentary from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
by Johnny
Entertainment Weekly, who is owned by Warner Bros. parent company Time Warner, Inc., featured the face of Daniel Radcliffe in their new Fall Preview issue that hit newstands in the middle of last week. The only problem is that the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will not be released until July 17, [...]
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July 29th, 2008 — , Half-Blood Prince movie, Half-Blood Prince trailer, The Movies from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
by Johnny
The trailer was released on MSN Video just after 8 p.m. and of course is on YouTube. You can download a bigger, higher-resolution version of it here at AOL. Be sure to vote in the poll (on the sidebar to the right) and share your thoughts in the comments. Enjoy:
HP Progs has put up some screen [...]
July 18th, 2008 — , Half-Blood Prince movie, Teaser Trailer, The Movies from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
by Johnny
A little disappointing, but perhaps a longer trailer will come in August with The Mummy 3: Rise of the Dragon Emperor or another movie (I’ve heard Star Wars: Clone Wars). My question is: does anyone understand what Dumbledore is saying here?
Online StoresJuly 8th, 2008 — , Half-Blood Prince movie, The Movies from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
by Johnny
With more than four months till the film release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, there is still no trailer (teaser or full) released as of yet. However with all the release of photos from the film, a trailer is imminent. Do you think that we can expect one when the Dark Knight [...]
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June 13th, 2008 — , Draco and the Malfoys, Harry Potter Culture, Wizard Rock from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
by Johnny
Last night I made my way to the Sidewalk Cafe on Avenue A and 6th in Manhattan to see Draco and the Malfoys perform. Before they went on stage, we were treated to performances by Swish & Flick, Justin Finch-Fletchley of the Sugar Quills, and Whompy from the Whomping Willows. It was something to [...]
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May 26th, 2008 — , 10th Anniversary Edition, Cover Art, Gryffindor Common Room, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, JK Rowling, Mary Grandpré, Philosopher's (Sorcerer's) Stone, Scholastic from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
by Johnny
From the Scholastic press release:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first book in J.K. Rowling’s phenomenally best-selling series, will be released in a special anniversary edition on September 23, 2008. The book, published by Scholastic, will feature exclusive bonus material from J.K. Rowling as well as new cover art and a four-color [...]
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May 22nd, 2008 — , C.S. Lewis, Gryffindor Common Room, Prince Caspian, Prince Caspian film from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
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 [...]
May 15th, 2008 — , C.S. Lewis, Hogwarts School of Literature, Michael Ward, Narnia, Prince Caspian from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
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 [...]
May 10th, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
Here are some links to some Prince Caspian content, trivia, commentary, and other fun stuff:
Which Narnian Are You?
- All you need is a photo to start your Narnian transformation.
Which Narnia Character Are You? - Take the quiz to find out!
Future of Narnia films beyond Caspian - Producer Mark Johnson and three cast members answer [...]
May 1st, 2008 — , Hogwarts School of Literature from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
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 [...]
April 23rd, 2008 — , Gryffindor Common Room, Narnia, Prince Caspian from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
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
April 17th, 2008 — , Hogwarts School of Literature from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
by Johnny
The film release of The Golden Compass last December brought to the forefront the novel on which it was based as well as the rest of the His Dark Materials trilogy. The author and outspoken atheist Philip Pullman has raised concern over statements concerning Christianity throughout his fantasy trilogy, particularly in the last installment, [...]
March 6th, 2008 — , Book Reviews, C.S. Lewis, Hogwarts School of Literature, Michael Ward, Planet Narnia from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head: A Pub for Potter
by Johnny
Anyone reading the literary criticism of The Chronicles of Narnia will notice that C.S. Lewis scholars have no answers regarding the supposed disorganized, “hodgepodge” (as Tolkien referred to his friend’s creation) that characterizes the series. That is until Michael Ward and his seminal work, Planet Narnia came along. Ward believes that the popular explanation [...]
February 24th, 2008 — , Harry News and Commentary from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head: A Pub for Potter
by Johnny
This is several days old, but not covered here. MTV News broke the story about a new study that concludes that Harry Potter, big surprise, can be addictive:
They surveyed fans before the book’s release, upon completion of the book and six months afterwards as a follow-up. The 10 percent of respondents that Rudski considers [...]
January 5th, 2008 — J.K. Rowling from Behold a Phoenix @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast - A Harry Potter Blog!
by Johnny
I watched the documentary, J.K. Rowling - A Year in the Life, and I simply loved it. Airing on ITV in the UK on 30 December 2007 and available online, this documentary is an intimate look into the personal life of J.K. Rowling this past year when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was [...]
December 5th, 2007 — Hogwarts School of Literature from Behold a Phoenix @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast - A Harry Potter Blog!
by Johnny
NarniaWeb, a news website devoted to the Narnia films, has posted the first trailer for the next Narnia movie, Prince Caspian, today. This is certainly newsworthy for Harry Potter considering that J.K. Rowling has said in past interviews that C.S. Lewis is a “genius” and that “[h]e was a very learned man and created [...]
November 5th, 2007 — Hogwarts School of Theology from Behold a Phoenix @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast - A Harry Potter Blog!
by Johnny
Halloween has come and gone (only 361 days left till the next one), but I want to briefly call to attention one important aspect of this fascinating holiday; that of confronting your fears with laughter and mockery. A while ago, I came across an interesting article by James B. Jordan (director of Biblical Horizons) [...]
October 19th, 2007 — Defense Against the Harry Haters, Hogwarts School of Theology from Behold a Phoenix @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast - A Harry Potter Blog!
by Johnny
I received an early morning surprise yesterday as I checked this site and clicked on the link to MTV News where J.K. Rowling opened up about the Christian content in the Harry Potter novels. I do have to say that it was inevitable. JKR told Evan Solomon in July 2000, “[T]here is so much [...]
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September 29th, 2007 — Defense Against the Harry Haters from Behold a Phoenix @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
by Johnny
Berit Kjos, one of the most staunch opponents of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, reveals her gross misunderstanding of Deathly Hallows in her review, “Harry’s Last Battle & Rowling’s Beliefs“. Concentrating on the Vancouver Sun quotation where JKR told Max Wyman that if she discussed her faith then the “intelligent reader, whether 10 or [...]
September 13th, 2007 — Defense Against the Harry Haters from Behold a Phoenix @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
by Johnny
I want to briefly respond to the assertion held by “culture warriors” like Michael D. O’Brien, Tom Snyder, and Ted Baehr that there are Gnostic elements in Harry Potter. The latter two, in “Don’t Be Fooled”, mentions “Gnosticism” in passing as one of the ingredients along with “modern humanism” and “pagan/occult ideas about the [...]
September 6th, 2007 — Defense Against the Harry Haters from Behold a Phoenix @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
by Johnny
Who would have thought that Michael D. O’Brien and Lev Grossman would have something in common, particularly since both, while holding diametrically opposing worldviews, are so eager to say that there is no God in Harry Potter. And they proclaim this in the midst of an overwhelming positive response to the Christian themes in [...]
August 31st, 2007 — Hogwarts School of Theology from Behold a Phoenix @ Sword of Gryffindor :: Hog's Head PubCast
by Johnny
J.K. Rowling’s reference to ‘the Pardoner’s Tale’ as the realworld myth or faerie tale basis for the articles known as the Deathly Hallows is interesting because of the obvious Christian references in Chaucer’s work, The Canterbury Tales. If the Pardoner’s Tale is a morality tale then the idea of JKR tapping into Chaucer implies [...]