Harry Potter’s moon-faced mug is plastered all over the front doors of the Borders bookstore in Altamonte Springs. A life-sized rendering of the star Quidditch Seeker stands just inside the store entrance, and the sales staff wears lanyards bearing more signs of Harry’s seventh coming. Area booksellers can be forgiven for baiting their hooks as the July 21 release of the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling’s series approaches. But in the meantime, a much older — and some say wiser — wizard has risen from a grave deep beyond Middle-earth. This one has slashed through the Hogwarts hoopla and claimed lordship of the best-seller ring, provoking glee among legions of his mostly older, Hobbit-formed fans. [More]

Take an early look on our ‘DVD Tuesday’ feature…every Monday! Sadly there are very few winners to choose from this week. However some of the goodies include; ‘Heavy Petting: Special Edition’ & ‘Katherine Hepburn Collection’. There are really no big releases of note this week, save perhaps ‘Hannibal Rising: Unrated’. The HD DVD crowd get a few good titles this week with ‘Dragonheart’, ‘Frighteners’ & ‘Lost in Translation’ all coming out tomorrow. The Blu ray gurus get ‘Curse of the Golden Flower’ & ‘Weeds Season 1’. Check out the whole list here! [More]