Courtesy the MTV Movies Blog, we've got four new stills from the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film.  I'm sure it will just as entertaining as the previous five movies, but you wouldn't know it from these shots: THRILL as Draco Malfoy broods in a corner! MARVEL as Harry Potter stares at a wand! GASP as Luna Lovegood blocks a doorway and wears funny glasses! VOMIT as Ron Weasley looks uncomfortable in a weird-looking Quidditch uniform! Like I said, I'm sure the trailers and the ... Read on, Daddy-O

District Judge Robert Patterson Jr., who admitted (without embarrassment, presumably) that he found the "magical world" of the Harry Potter book series "hard to follow, filled with strange names and words that would be gibberish in any other context." (Judge Patterson, by the way, presided over the recently concluded copyright trial involving J.K. Rowling and RDR Books, would-be publishers of the Harry Potter Lexicon.) Now this is a first - an adult actually claiming that Harry Potter is too confusing. And ... Read on, Daddy-O

There is no shortage of press and academic research covering the topic of so-called Internet Addiction. Of course, the first reaction of any true addict is "not me!" This denial is usually followed by surprise, realization, and then descent into an all-too familiar shame spiral. In the interest of science and self-improvement I've spent the last few weeks keeping a meticulous log of my daily activities, in order to better understand just how the Internet fits into my life. The ... Read on, Daddy-O

So it has come to this. After ten years and seven novels the magical saga of Harry Potter has finally reached its conclusion. The countdowns are over, the hype begins to subside, and the biggest question surrounding J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (besides whether Severus Snape is indeed friend or foe) can be answered - was it a worthwhile journey? In a word, yes. Over the course of 759 pages (in my edition), Rowling provides answers to all the ... Read on, Daddy-O

I'm a pretty jaded person when it comes to really popular things, so I tend to avoid them regardless of the actual quality of said popular things. And yet there I was (with Mrs. Suit by my side) at Borders on Friday night, standing in line with a few hundred teenagers dressed in robes and wizard hats - not waiting to buy my reserved copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but to receive a colored wristband that would allow ... Read on, Daddy-O

Sorry for the lack of new material this week.  I've been on a self-imposed internet embargo so that I can enjoy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this weekend without fear of spoilers.  So far so good...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Lalalalalalalalalala!!!! I can’t hear you!!!!", url: "http://www.grayflannelsuit.net/2007/07/20/lalalalalalalalalala-i-cant-hear-you/" }); Read on, Daddy-O

As J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has become increasingly dark and complex, filmmakers tackling the source material have found it more challenging to present the stories without compromising the integrity of the novels. This prickly problem first reared its head with 2004's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the first film in the series to meet with angry rumblings from some Potter-philes. The fifth and newest installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (henceforth OoP), faces the biggest challenge ... Read on, Daddy-O

Words can't express how geeked I am for July 13, when Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix hits the big screen, so I won't even try. In the meantime, Yahoo's page for the movie has a new trailer and some other stuff worth viewing. Holy crap, this movie looks like it will be awesome. This will be my first time seeing one of the HP movies in the theater, as I just discovered the series last summer. ... Read on, Daddy-O

A few items of interest were released in the last few days. First, the cover for the seventh and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released. I gotta say, while our friends across the pond usually have better covers for the Potter books, they really blew it on this one: Contrast that with the much better American edition: The American edition may be a bit sedate, but apparently the back and inside covers combine to form a ... Read on, Daddy-O