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In the News (Fri 18 Dec 09)

  
  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter, orphaned when his parents are killed by the evil wizard Voldemort, is taken in by his aunt and uncle, who are Muggles — ordinary, non-magical people.
To highlight the limitations of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, it is instructive to compare it with another children's fantasy novel in which a neophyte wizard attends a school for wizards —; Ursula Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea.
dannyreviews.com /h/Harry_Potter.html   (456 words)

  
 Reviews - Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
Harry's relatives have just as reluctantly learned to live with the unwelcome presence of their orphaned relation, a constant reminder of Petunia's "wayward" sister and brother-in-law and their mysterious and untimely demise.
Based on the first of J.K. Rowling's popular children's novels about Harry Potter, the live action family adventure film 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' tells the story of a boy who learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses unique magical powers of his own.
Daniel Radcliffe is perfect as Harry, and whirls along grinning from ear to ear as his chracter is bumped along from scene to scene, and predicament to predicament, until the suitably climactic ending.
www.unreel.co.uk /reviews/h/Harry_Potter_1/index.cfm   (750 words)

  
 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) is a 2001 fantasy film, based on the novel of the same name by J.
Harry Potter, a seemingly ordinary eleven-year-old boy, is actually a wizard and survivor of an attempted murder by the evil Lord Voldemort when he was just a one year old.
Harry lives his life in an ordinary household with his aunt, uncle and cousin, under the impression that his parents died in a car accident and that he is just any other boy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher's_Stone_(film)   (845 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Books: J.K. Rowling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
And in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the much anticipated sequel to the award-winning Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, he is in terrible danger indeed.
The exploits of Harry and his friends captivate even the shortest attention spans by engaging the imagination with vivid characters and fast-moving action, instead of trying to merely catch the eye with colorful pictures or pop-up effects.
Harry Potter is a young wizard who grows up with his aunt, his uncle and his spoiled cousin because his parents were killed by Lord Voldemort, or You-Know-Who, as most wizards call him.
www.amazon.com /Harry-Potter-Philosophers-Stone-Rowling/dp/0747573603   (2679 words)

  
 Harry Potter & The Philosophers Stone
The Philosopher's Stone is the introduction to Harry Potter and covers his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as well as providing his story and that of the many characters.
Harry is told the lightning bolt on his forehead was "when a powerful evil curse touches you." The significance to the mark of the beast cannot be overlooked as we draw ever closer to the end of the time of the Gentiles.
Philosopher's stone is blood red--red/ruby in the occult symbolizes the sun and power.
www.seekgod.ca /hpsymbols1.htm   (6665 words)

  
 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first volume in a planned series of seven books written by English author J.
Whatever the reasons for or effects of the change, demand for the Harry Potter series grew very rapidly among young readers, who seemed to be undaunted by the increasing length and complexity of the volumes.
Harry also meets Hermione Granger, a witch who also grew up in a muggle family and is a bit of an annoying know-it-all.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher's_Stone   (1586 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1): Books: J.K. Rowling,Mary GrandPré   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the first in J.K. Rowling's brilliant saga of 7 volumes, 6 of which have been released.
But as Harry was only 1 when this happened, he was sent to live with his muggle (non-wizard) aunt and uncle who despised magic and never told him of his past.
Harry notices that he has done some unexplainable things, which are explained when the huge, friendly, Hagrid comes to tell him he has been accepted to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
www.amazon.com /Harry-Potter-Sorcerers-Stone-Book/dp/0590353403   (2247 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : Harry Potter, volume 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Livres: J. K. Rowling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban de J.K. Rowling
Harry discovers that even wizards have chores--gnomes must be grabbed (ignoring angry protests "Gerroff me! Gerroff me!"), swung about (to make them too dizzy to come back), and tossed out of the garden--this delightful scene highlights Rowling's clever and witty genius.
Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone was the first book I read and I found it very injoyable.
www.amazon.fr /Harry-Potter-Philosophers-Stone/dp/0747532699   (2094 words)

  
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Harry Potter (Daniel Redcliffe) has been raised for 11 years by his mean uncle Vernon (Richard Griffiths), and Aunt Petunia (Fiona Shaw) but has been invited to the Hogwart's school of witchcraft and wizardry for a 7 year education.
Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) is a friendly large man from Hogwart's that takes him there to the school on a train that takes him and other young magicians to a imaginary world of anything that you can imagine, he meets his teachers and gets accepted into a special group called "Gryfendor".
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
www.imdb.com /title/tt0241527   (483 words)

  
 Fantasy Films - Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Harry Potter is a young boy who has a lightning shaped scar on his forehead.
Harry is in fact a wizard and has been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Harry embarks on all sorts of adventures as his life turns around as amongst other things he learns to play Quidditch, a game played on broomsticks.
www.angelfire.com /in2/ravey/harry.html   (187 words)

  
 MuggleNet | Harry Potter and the Philosophers/Sorcerers Stone Movie Trivia
The movie is known as "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" everywhere except the USA and so every scene in which the Philosopher's Stone was mentioned was filmed twice, once with the actors saying "Philosopher's" and once with the actors saying "Sorcerer's".
Harry Potter's birthday is reported in the books as being "somewhere in July".
The Wizard's chess-set Harry and Ron were playing, the red queen is from the Lewis Chessmen, the most important of all chess pieces dating from the 12th Century.
www.mugglenet.com /movies/movie1/trivia.shtml   (1463 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Full Screen): DVD: Chris Columbus,Robbie Coltrane,Warwick ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Jul 1 2004
The boy we learn is Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and he been brought here to be brought by one of the worst excuses of a mom and dad: His nasty aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs.
Harry doesn't know what ''Hogwarts'' is, but his aunt and uncle, and like evil people do and keep that info away from hm, literally ripping up every letter addressed to Harry from Hogwarts.
www.amazon.ca /Harry-Potter-Philosophers-Stone-Screen/dp/B000062TU1   (3193 words)

  
 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone mistakes, goofs and bloopers
Audio problem: When Harry, Ron and Hermione rush to Hagrid after the end of the year exams, and Harry is saying something that ends with, "Why didn't I see it before?", Hermione is mouthing part of that line.
Visible crew/equipment: Being chased by the flying keys, as Harry zips by on the broomstick he tosses the key, Hermione catches it and runs to the door.
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Hermione, Ron and Harry are returning to Gryffindor's tower room after being in the third floor room for the first time, you are able to see the feet of one of the crew.
www.moviemistakes.com /film1654   (1466 words)

  
 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - The Official Site
Viral components and downloadable content, including Harry Potter screensavers, buddy icons and wallpapers are included to allow the experience to continue on even when fans are away from the site.
Harry Potter, "the boy who lived," is in for a dangerous fourth year at Hogwarts when the Goblet of Fire selects him to compete as one of four champions in the Triwizard Tournament - despite the fact that he did not submit his name.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, in theaters November 2005!
www.harrypotter.net   (957 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Two Disc Widescreen Edition) [2001]: DVD: Richard Harris,Maggie ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
To try and please all the fans of JK Rowling's novel was a challenge that the makers of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone met head on.
All in all, though, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is what it should be: an unmissable treat for the whole family.
Harry's two best friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) were tolerable in their attempts to salvage this film from total failure, however, they did not make up for the cringe worthy performance from Radcliff.
www.amazon.co.uk /Harry-Potter-Philosophers-Stone-Widescreen/dp/B00005RDQ0   (2092 words)

  
 Harry Potter Philosophers Stone Next Generation / Xbox - GamesTracker
Continuing the game design style first used in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the graphics and gameplay for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone--previously available for the PlayStation, PC, Game Boy Advance, and Game Boy Color--are updated for next-generation consoles for an even richer experience in Hogwarts year one.
Making the most of new technology, the locations in and around Hogwarts and Diagon Alley are displayed in 3-D. Players take the role of Harry Potter as he arrives for his first year at Hogwarts and embarks on a journey to unravel the mystery of the Philosopher's Stone.
An adventure full of fun and magic, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone allows players to explore a variety of multi-layered 3-D environments.
www.gamestracker.co.uk /xbox/5282   (269 words)

  
 Powell's Books - Harry Potter & the Philosophers Stone by J K Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3)
Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy - until he is rescued by a beetle-browed giant of a man, enrols at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel.
There is no age limit to Harry Potter (Or any reading for that matter), especially when its something as entertaining, educational, and absolutly messmerising as this!
www.powells.com /biblio/0747558191   (226 words)

  
 nzgirl - Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
The world had gone crazy for this Harry potter dude and I was baffled as to why.
The witches and wizards boarding school is the piece de resistance of the movie with a magnificent castle standing on a rocky outcrop in the middle of the sea.
Harry makes friends and then the school sport team and conquers all that is put in his path confirming his mark as a special wizard with powers greater than he can yet imagine.
www.nzgirl.co.nz /articles/266   (492 words)

  
 Harry Potter & The Philosophers Stone by J K Rowling, Childrens Fiction, Top Twenty Books, DVD
Harry Potter & The Philosophers Stone - J K Rowling
Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy — until he is rescued by a beetle-eyed giant of a man, enrols at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone has all the makings of a classic Rowling uses classic narrative devices with flair and originality and delivers a complex and demanding plot in the form of a hugely entertaining thriller.
www.worldwideshoppingmall.co.uk /books/harry-potter-philosophers-stone.asp   (183 words)

  
 Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone Hints and Game Tips for DVD
In the part when Harry wakes up on Christmas.
When Ron says he has presents, Harry runs down the stairs.
Look at the wall on the left when he reaches the wall.
www.supercheats.com /dvd/harrypotterandthephilosophersstonehints.htm   (367 words)

  
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