Our preview of the soon to be cult classic “Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince”

Don’t Miss Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince!

You’d have to be living under a rock for the last several years not to at least have heard of the Harry Potter books and movies.  Now, book 6 is about to be turned into movie 6, as Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince is set to come out in 2009.

If you’ve seen the first 5 Potter movies, or even read the books, you should definitely check out Half-blood Prince when it hits theaters.  It’s supposed to be full of the typical Harry Potter magic and excitement that we’ve all come to expect from Harry movies.

As Harry goes through year six, he is going to have to contend with Horace Slughorn, a new teacher at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.  Adding a helping hand and a fair bit of danger along the way, though, is a potions book that Harry finds.  The book used to belong to a mysterious character called the Half-Blood prince.  Within its pages, Harry finds all sorts of hand-scribbled notes and spells that lead him in many different directions.

Of course, as usual, Harry also has to contend with the friendly, but cryptic, professor Dumbledore and the not friendly at all Draco Malfoy.  Of course, no Harry Potter movie would be complete without Lord Voldemort either.  Harry is convinced that Draco is working for Voldemort and Harry makes it his business to find out how and why.  As for Dumbledore, Harry starts private lessons with him to delve deep into Lord Voldemort’s past, bringing an even deeper dimension tot he story.

Of course, Harry, Ron, Hermione and the rest of their friends also have to do daily lessons and deal with typical teenage angst.  Girlfriends, boyfriends, arguments and laughter bring some reality to Harry’s magical world.

If you’ve seen the other Harry Potter movies, you’ll also be glad to know that all your favorite actors have returned for the sixth installment.   Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Robbie Coltrane and Michael Gambon are all coming back to Hogwarts this year.

This latest installment in the Harry Potter movie series is supposed to be absolutely packed with action, adventure, romance, suspense, comedy and tragedy.  So, if you want to go to a movie that really covers all the bases and that you could even take your kids to, be sure to check out Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince in 2009.

Author: Jessica Kosinski