As some of you may have noticed, we updated our photo gallery with promotional stills and screen captures from Return to Hogwarts, an HBO special that aired on the 1st of January, in celebration of Harry Potter’s 20th anniversary. I had been holding out on making a post about it, because I wanted to have a chance to re-watch all of the movies, and then the special, first.
Alas, that hasn’t happened yet (there’s 8 of them, and they’re long!), so I figured I should just post it. I’ll just leave a note here when I finally watch it (assuming I’ll survive).
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Today marks 38 years ago the smartest and greatest witch of all time was born. Named Hermione Jean Granger, she would soon conquer Hogwarts with her brains and Gryffindor’s courage. A role model to each one of us, an inspirational character that slowly won over our hearts, we thank J.K. Rowling for bringing this character into our lives and Emma Watson for portraying Hermione for 11 years. Happy birthday, Hermione!
“Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself.”
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The 5th Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, was released 10 years ago today! This was also the 5th film of Emma’s career, and it was followed by Ballet Shoes, her first acting job outside of the wizarding world. Suffice it to say, 2007 was a big year for her!
As you probably remember, in the 4th film Harry Potter comes face to face with Lord Voldemort. As a consequence, he is absolutely certain of his return, but the Ministry of Magic does everything within its power to keep people from believing his claims. In order to keep the rumors from getting out of hand, they send an employee of their own to teach in Hogwarts, and so we are introduced to the glorious Dolores Umbridge, one of the most despised characters in the series. She becomes the new Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts, and decides to remove any practical training from from the program, leaving the students with nothing but theory. Displeased with this turn of events, Hermione and Ron convince Harry to teach his own classes for their select group of friends, to make sure they’d be able to defend themselves should they ever need to. They called themselves Dumbledore’s Army.
I’ve just uploaded over 950 images of Emma Watson from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II”, the final in the epic series, including over 550 Blu-Ray quality screen captures.