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...what is happening? Unbeknownst to its mundane Muggle inhabitants, England has become a war zone: it's Death Eaters vs. the Order of the Phoenix, no holds barred, with civilians both magical and non- up for grabs in the middle. The novel's first set piece comes when Harry departs Privet Drive forever (its utility as a sanctuary for Harry expires when he turns 17) under the protection of the Order of the Phoenix. It's a straight-up military operation, staged like an up-armored convoy leaving the Green Zone. Death Eaters are waiting, and a dogfight ensues...
Around the time the fifth book, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” was released in the summer of 2003, the media discovered that Harry’s audience was growing up along with...
...Grumet-Morris enters the Music City with two years of professional experience, including stints at both the AA and AAA levels. Originally drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the fifth round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, the goalie signed a one-year contract with the Phoenix Coyotes upon graduation...
...after watching a midnight premiere showing of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” it seems that plastic surgery and film directing are not so different. The surgical team of director David Yates and screenwriter Michael Goldenberg performed beautifully, turning the fifth and flabbiest book of the “Harry Potter” series into the tightest, firmest, most attractive film...
Times are grim for the members and friends of the Order of the Phoenix, the group assembled to fight the evil Lord Voldemort and his henchmen, the Death Eaters, and the film teeters on the edge of despair. Harry is lonely and wounded at the beginning of the film, and even at the height of his happiness, embraced by Ron and Hermione and leading the group they call Dumbledore’s Army, Yates reminds us that happiness is only temporary by snapping the film back down into darkness and danger. Joy and sorrow seem to exist in the same...