November 17, 2005, Issue 2

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Moviefone's Exclusive Content
Thanks to AOL's Moviefone and Deep Focus Entertainment for some interesting videos! The fourth installment of Harry Potter is only a day away. Watch Moviefone's exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," then hear what the three child stars have to say about the latest Potter movie.
Behind the Scenes: (click here)
Star Talk: (click here)

Serveral Reviews for the Goblet of Fire Film
Here are some reviews from some of the biggest news sources out there.
From Newsweek:
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The uncontestable triumph of "Goblet of Fire," however, is Brendan Gleeson's Alastor (Mad-Eye) Moody, the grizzled new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. With a face like cracked pottery and a manner both menacing and mentoring, he becomes Harry's protector as he faces life-threatening tests. Gleeson, one of the screen's greatest character actors, steals every scene he's in—no small feat when you're up against Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman.
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From Ebert and Roeper: [3.5 out of 4 stars]
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Such varied notes serve him well in Goblet, which explores a wide emotional range. He balances delicately between whimsy and the ominous, on the uncertain middle ground where Harry lives, poised between fun at school, teenage romance and the dark abyss.
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From USA Today: [3 out of 4 stars]
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Ralph Fiennes is a terrifying Lord Voldemort, the evil wizard who killed Harry's parents and commands the fearsome Death Eaters. It is his first appearance in adult, humanized form, and the metamorphosis is chilling.
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The Onion Features Harry Potter on the PG-13 Rating
The Onion, a mock newspaper much like The Quibbler, has featured Harry Potter and solves some of our questions as to why Goblet of Fire has a PG-13 rating.

Dan Radcliffe on Early Show
Dan Radcliffe, Harry from the Harry Potter movies, appeared this morning on CBS's The Early Show. He discussed girls and trying to be clever, was asked about Harry and Hermione getting together, the Triwizard Tournament tasks and the rating of the movie.

View the clip HERE.

ET on MTV: Harry Potter Special
ET on MTV focused on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; it's almost everything you can wish to know on the upoming film, due out this Friday.

Windows Media Player:
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Miami Advance Screening
Yesterday was the Miami advance screening of GOF and there were over 500 hundred people in attendance! It was amazing! I took some snapshots of people at the event, hope you enjoy! There was even a house elf in attendance! I'll let you figure that one out... ;)

As for the film itself, I don't want to give anything away, but I'll tell you this; they do an excellent job in scaring the bejesus out of you with the Death Eaters and Voldemort himself. Compared to the book they went at an alarmingly fast pace. I suppose since this is one of my favorite books, I remember in detail what happens when and they often fly by a lot of things. However, I like to treat the films as a seperate entity altogether so as part of the series, it was superb. Much improvement from the past films and it really tugged at your heartstrings. Ralph Fiennes does a marvelous job and I personally seem to enjoy Barty Crouch Jr.'s performance. Miranda Richardson was perfect as Rita and Moody is very upbeat and sharp.
I could keep on, but I'd rather wait for everyone to catch it. ;)

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Did you know?
Thanks to you guys The Halloween Harvest II was a success! However successful, it will be the last time we will hold the Halloween Harvest. What will we do instead? We thought we'd rather spend what little money we and our vistors have to help make the world a better place! So, starting December 1st, The Black Forest will begin Project Heifer!

Heifer.org is a non-profit organization that collects money and buys livestock for families. There's that saying, "Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, but teach a man how to fish and you feed him for life." Well, they do just that. They buy a cow and give it to a family, and since a cow makes 4 gallons of milk a day, they can feed their family and sell the left over milk to make money. Once that cow has a baby, they must give it to another family in the community and teach them the same. It's all a cycle of help and self reliance that helps people in a struggle help make a better life for themselves.

Just visit their web site for more information. I hope you guys aren't disappointed, this project will hopefully help many all over the world!