When I saw the name of Warner Brothers' new website for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I was concerned. I worried that JoinDumbledoresArmy might be some sneaky plan by the Bush administration to draft our youngsters into fighting overseas. But after closer inspection, the site appears legit. It allows you to enroll alongside Harry, Ron, and Hermione to fight the Dark Arts and also to send messages to Dumbledore's Army that will appear on the website. The messages that have been left so far range from the heroic -- ("We must band together against the Dark Lord," says Larry R.) to the cryptic --("I'm of Brazil, yeah!!! LOL," says Eder F.) to the profound -- ("EEEEEEEEEEEE!" says Katie A.)

Once you enroll in the Army, you can download wallpapers, skins, banners, images, and buddy icons. I must admit, I did not enroll -- I fear a 26 year-old man signing up for "Dumbledore's Army" would surely put me on some sort of pedophile watch list -- but I did play the site's game: "Dark Arts Defense." The object of the game is to master spells. I won my school's spell-ing bee three years in a row, but alas, those skills did not translate. You have a wand, they give you symbols and you're supposed to trace them out in the air to defeat your opponent. There's a training course, but I got cocky and skipped right over it, which was a mistake. I must say, the game was a lot of fun, but playing it was quite a blow to my self-esteem. The current high score: 318,071. My score: 6.

If you weren't aware, Jason Isaacs is the man who plays evil Lucius Malfoy (father of Harry Potter's enemy Draco) in the Harry Potter film franchise. According to Isaacs, it is almost his turn to join the filming, and he's really excited about it. He'll get to have a go in September and October, rejoining his fellow actors from the previous films for a whole lot of blue screen work. He said much of what he's doing in this flick is a big blue screen battle, but he's under strict confidentiality orders to not tell anything important: "We always have to sign these incredible confidentiality clauses where we offer up our children's eyeballs if we ever break them." Isaacs also wisely (and humorously followed this up by indicating "I've never quite understood, since they're the most popular books on the planet, but anyway, I think I'm involved in the big battle." And it is entirely true, anyone interested in seeing this film has probably already read the novel -- but I suppose there are always film-only fans. How about it? Are there any of you out there who are unaware as to what Isaacs was referring to when he mentioned the big blue screen battle? If you are a Harry Potter hater who doesn't plan on seeing the film your vote doesn't count because it wouldn't be a spoiler for you anyway.