Peter Pettigrew is not exactly one of the most beloved characters in Harry Potter — but nor was he the worst. Well, not quite. Close, but not quite. The marauder, otherwise known as Wormtail, seemed to start out as a good person but spiral into a coward that made poor choices based on his fear. Throughout his life, there are heroic acts and there are utterly despicable ones in equal measure....
Of all the Hogwarts houses in Harry Potter, Hufflepuff is probably the most underappreciated and undervalued. It’s a shame as Hufflepuffs embody admirable traits like loyalty, hard work, dedication, and fairness. Some of the finest witches and wizards have been Hufflepuffs, with many of them proving to be quite powerful, even going on to shape the magical world in significant ways. Of course, not all Hufflepuffs were extraordinary, let alone powerful....
Here’s why Lavender Brown was recast in the Harry Potter film series. The character, a notable member of Dumbledore’s Army in the book series, was portrayed by three different actresses over the span of the eight movie installments, with the most notable being Jessie Cave from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince onwards. Lavender Brown was a fellow Griffyndor alongside Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley. She started at Hogwarts the same year as the trio and was often present in many of their classes....
A new project from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss titled Confederate has been announced for HBO, moving the writers from fantasy to alternative history. Back before Game of Thrones was a juggernaut television show, it was a book series by George R.R. Martin that fans and networks had long wanted to adapt. In the end, Benioff and Weiss’ pitch impressed Martin so much that he personally chose them to tackle the project....
Actor Henry Cavill is creating a serious buzz with his new show The Witcher where he plays Geralt of Rivia. Could this be his new iconic role? Cavill is known for portraying DC Comics’ famous hero, Superman. Before The Witcher, Cavill wasn’t highly recognized within Hollywood having only been a part of a handful of high-profile roles before his big break as the caped hero. At the time he was cast to play Clark Kent/Superman, no one really knew who he was....
It’s not easy to make a good comedic video game. Comedy in general is a difficult thing to get right, but in an interactive medium like video games there’s so much more that can go wrong. Here Be Dragons, unfortunately, proves that this is the case, by delivering a potently unfunny experience wrapped in a surprisingly solid tactical strategy game. Here Be Dragons bills itself as a satirical take on the age of Christopher Columbus, and proves repeatedly that it has no idea what satire means....
Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Harley Quinn season 1, episode 4, “Finding Mr. Right.” The latest episode of DC Universe’s Harley Quinn finds the Clown Queen of Crime fighting a media war to convince the world that she isn’t the nemesis of Robin the Boy Wonder. In doing this, the episode provides a brilliant satire of entertainment news and how the rivalries between heroes and villains are treated like celebrity romances by the media of the DC Universe....
Harrison Ford claims Indiana Jones 5 is coming together nicely and should begin shooting as soon as next week… which seems rather unlikely. While Lucasfilm has released multiple Star Wars films since they were bought by Disney, they’ve yet to bring Ford’s iconic archaeologist back to the big screen. The studio announced plans for Indiana Jones 5 in 2016, but has already delayed it twice to a Summer 2021 release date....
The Harry Potter series is noted for bringing us a protagonist who was never played out to be all-powerful and had to rely on luck and outside factors to overcome Voldemort. Had the smallest of things gone another way, then Deathly Hallows wouldn’t have been possible. While we know most of the major moments, such as Voldemort choosing Harry instead of Neville to kill as a baby, there were relatively minor moments that turned out to have huge impacts in the lead-up to the final book....
After years of essentially waiting to be attacked and just hoping that he could weather whatever storm was coming his way, Harry Potter finally decided to be a bit more proactive by creating the Dumbledore’s Army. When the dark lord returned, the world didn’t want to accept it. But Harry knew that he had to prepare himself for the reality of the situation. But instead of just readying himself for war, Harry decided to teach many of his fellow Hogwarts students how to defend themselves and fight against the coming darkness too....
The Harry Potter franchise might be seen as a family adventure, for the most part, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t some scary moments thrown into the series. It might have some uplifting and fun magical moments, but the movies also have a dark side. The later in the series you get, the darker the films become as it is clear that the dark side is beginning to take over the wizarding world....
Rights issues between Marvel and Universal Studios have stood in the way of a standalone Hulk movie for quite some time now, but Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk TV series brings up new questions about the status of Hulk’s character rights. Bruce Banner hasn’t been featured as the lead character in a movie since he was played by Edward Norton in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, which was produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Universal Studios....
In the current age of TV revivals and reboots, it was probably only a matter of time before someone got around to tackling the 1988 dark teen comedy Heathers. After all, a cult classic like Heathers tends to create very loyal followers; followers likely to tune in and give a new take on the material a chance. Also, with viewers now inundated with a multitude of viewing options across broadcast, cable, and streaming, having a built-in audience is is never going to be a bad thing in the eyes of Hollywood....
With the major Group FaceTime bug, which allowed a user to eavesdrop into a call without the receiver ever picking up the phone, users should be looking for alternatives as we await Apple’s upcoming software update. The good news is that Apple has disabled the Group FaceTime functionality on its servers. This means there’s no need to disable FaceTime as the issue at hand is related to Group FaceTime and not traditional one-to-one FaceTime calls....
Netflix may be far from the only choice when it comes to streaming these days (and it shows in the number of subscribers leaving the service), but it’s still the big daddy of streamable viewing - and while other companies are allowing fans a greater choice in what to watch, Netflix continues to ramp up the original content to bridge the gap. July saw the end of one of the first big Netflix Original hits: Orange Is The New Black, and now August sees the return of some of the newer Original series, like Glow and Dear White People....
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNKvlIUL-I8] Today we get our best look yet at Apple’s new CarPlay iOS feature running in new vehicles from Volvo and Ferrari. Both debuting this week at the Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari is showing off the feature in its new FF (below), while the video above from Mac4Ever gives us a hands-on demo of the feature in the new Volvo XC90 SUV. Comparing the videos, we can see that the implementation of CarPlay varies from manufacturer to manufacturer....
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“Potterverse” is not an exaggerated term for the world J.K. Rowling has created. The Harry Potter series introduces the reader to hundreds of complex characters. Each could have their own series written about them, and they would be as deep and complex as the tales of Harry Potter. We’d especially love a series devoted to the Longbottom family. Neville Longbottom has been a fan favorite since the first book debuted. Who doesn’t love an underdog story?...
J.K. Rowling finished writing her celebrated Harry Potter series over a decade ago. Yet, the saga of the young wizard Harry and his friends and their ultimate triumph over evil fascinates the world even today. One of the most complex relationships of the series, as Potter fans would surely agree, was that between Dumbledore and Snape. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and Severus Snape, the embittered potions master and perceived-villain-turned-anti-hero of the series, had a much more curious relationship than Harry and the readers were made to see for the most part....
When an author (and a subsequent movie franchise) creates a world as epic and expansive as that seen in a series such as Harry Potter, fans will definitely have questions about things in that world and what they mean. Some Harry Potter fans find symbolism in everything, even in things that author J.K. Rowling never thought about. There are plenty of theories out there about the characters from these stories, as well as some of their settings....
