Director David Yates and screenwriter J.K. Rowling can’t conjure enough secrets to keep their fledgling Harry Potter spinoff interesting. A continuation from the previous two films, with even more Hogwarts and Dumbledore this time around, “The Secrets of Dumbledore” is a long-winded slog. Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander, the charming focal point of the first film, […]
The Fantastic Beasts sequel is not as good as the first one (imagine that) and this prequel, which occurs 70 or so years before Harry Potter, is just not as captivating overall. Director David Yates returns to the wizarding world yet again with Rowling on screenwriting. The Crimes of Grindelwald suffers from a variety of
Author and first time screenwriter, J.K. Rowling says “Fantastic Beasts” isn’t a prequel to her Harry Potter story, but I think fans will beg to differ when they get goosebumps from hearing names like Dumbledore, Strange, and Grindelwald. Rowling thrusts us back into the magical world of wizards with an entirely new set of characters,