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Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
During the closing scenes of this film, Lord Voldemort is reborn. It's the turning point of the whole saga --- the point at which it stops being all about Harry and his little adventures and becomes about stopping this great evil from regaining power. As I sat in the cinema, surrounded by hushed teenagers and frightened children, and saw Voldemort's form regrow itself from darkness and pain, I looked upon this evil creature's face and thought "Voldemort's got no nose. How does he smell? Terrible!", and it was then I began to suspect that I wasn't really getting into the spirit of things. →
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The Shape of Things to Come, II
We're halfway through 2005 now, so I thought that this would be an opportune moment to look back and see what films I was looking forward to six months ago, and what I'm looking forward to now. Will I have managed to see everything I wanted to? Did they all turn out to be rubbish? Can I still enthuse about films after that awful Star Wars trilogy? Let's find out! →