Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The latest film from Harry Potter author Rowling’s wizarding world is a wonderfully enjoyable adventure featuring Eddie Redmayne as a “magizoologist” who stumbles into a dark magic adventure in New York.

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JK Rowling's spectacular feat of world-building.

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JK Rowling's spectacular feat of world-building.

2949d ago

JK Rowling's spectacular feat of world-building.

2949d ago

JK Rowling's spectacular feat of world-building.

2949d ago

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is a lot like returning back home after a brief spell.

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The plot thickens, along with the emotional tension, which was always the best part of the Potter universe, and not the dazzling special effects.

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts is two-plus hours of meandering eye candy that feels numbingly inconsequential.

2949d ago

The plot thickens, along with the emotional tension, which was always the best part of the Potter universe, and not the dazzling special effects.

2949d ago

J.K. Rowling nails it again.

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Director David Yates’ entertaining introduction of awkward hero and magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is a confident and surprisingly funny adventure that’s more charming than most of the eight Harry Potter films.

2949d ago

But what if I tell you that J.K. Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” which dips into the dark side fairly regularly, is at its best when it serves as a more exotic version of all those cute puppy and kitten antics that fill your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts?

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The storytelling rhythm gets a bit pokey for the amount of story being told.... But director Yates knows his way around this stuff. The visual evocation of '20s Manhattan with a twist offers considerable satisfaction, as does Redmayne's embodiment of a boy-man more comfortable in the company of animals than with humans.

2949d ago

The storytelling rhythm gets a bit pokey for the amount of story being told.... But director Yates knows his way around this stuff. The visual evocation of '20s Manhattan with a twist offers considerable satisfaction, as does Redmayne's embodiment of a boy-man more comfortable in the company of animals than with humans.

2949d ago

But what if I tell you that J.K. Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” which dips into the dark side fairly regularly, is at its best when it serves as a more exotic version of all those cute puppy and kitten antics that fill your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts?

2949d ago

J.K Rowling's origin story of old-school Pottermore professors doubles as the first anti-Trump blockbuster.

2949d ago

Director David Yates’ entertaining introduction of awkward hero and magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is a confident and surprisingly funny adventure that’s more charming than most of the eight Harry Potter films.

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts is two-plus hours of meandering eye candy that feels numbingly inconsequential.

2949d ago

Director David Yates’ entertaining introduction of awkward hero and magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is a confident and surprisingly funny adventure that’s more charming than most of the eight Harry Potter films.

2949d ago

The plot thickens, along with the emotional tension, which was always the best part of the Potter universe, and not the dazzling special effects.

2949d ago

J.K. Rowling nails it again.

2949d ago

But what if I tell you that J.K. Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” which dips into the dark side fairly regularly, is at its best when it serves as a more exotic version of all those cute puppy and kitten antics that fill your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts?

2949d ago

The plot thickens, along with the emotional tension, which was always the best part of the Potter universe, and not the dazzling special effects.

2949d ago

J.K Rowling's origin story of old-school Pottermore professors doubles as the first anti-Trump blockbuster.

2949d ago

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is a lot like returning back home after a brief spell.

2949d ago

The storytelling rhythm gets a bit pokey for the amount of story being told.... But director Yates knows his way around this stuff. The visual evocation of '20s Manhattan with a twist offers considerable satisfaction, as does Redmayne's embodiment of a boy-man more comfortable in the company of animals than with humans.

2949d ago

J.K Rowling's origin story of old-school Pottermore professors doubles as the first anti-Trump blockbuster.

2949d ago

But what if I tell you that J.K. Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” which dips into the dark side fairly regularly, is at its best when it serves as a more exotic version of all those cute puppy and kitten antics that fill your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts?

2949d ago

J.K. Rowling nails it again.

2949d ago

The storytelling rhythm gets a bit pokey for the amount of story being told.... But director Yates knows his way around this stuff. The visual evocation of '20s Manhattan with a twist offers considerable satisfaction, as does Redmayne's embodiment of a boy-man more comfortable in the company of animals than with humans.

2949d ago

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is a lot like returning back home after a brief spell.

2949d ago

J.K. Rowling nails it again.

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts is two-plus hours of meandering eye candy that feels numbingly inconsequential.

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts is two-plus hours of meandering eye candy that feels numbingly inconsequential.

2949d ago

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is a lot like returning back home after a brief spell.

2949d ago

Director David Yates’ entertaining introduction of awkward hero and magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is a confident and surprisingly funny adventure that’s more charming than most of the eight Harry Potter films.

2949d ago

J.K Rowling's origin story of old-school Pottermore professors doubles as the first anti-Trump blockbuster.

2949d ago

No one behind this film is sure where they want it to land.

2949d ago

No one behind this film is sure where they want it to land.

2949d ago

No one behind this film is sure where they want it to land.

2949d ago

No one behind this film is sure where they want it to land.

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Despite immaculate design and splashes of wonder, a touch of magic is missing in this “Harry Potter” prequel.

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With the strange caws and showy displays, these beasties provide a lot of the movie’s easygoing pleasures. The adults are rather less engaging.

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The Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them can’t find itself.

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The Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them can’t find itself.

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David Yates, director of four 'Harry Potter' films, helmed this spinoff fantasy adventure starring Eddie Redmayne and assorted CGI critters.

2949d ago

Despite immaculate design and splashes of wonder, a touch of magic is missing in this “Harry Potter” prequel.

2949d ago

While Fantastic Beasts suffers from some symptoms we’ve basically taken as par for the course in recent high-profile Hollywood spectacles: too many set-pieces, various plotlines stitched together like a quilt, and one-note supporting roles (pretty sure Jon Voight – playing a newspaper mogul – is just there to introduce himself for subsequent entries), it is also really fun.

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In all, the movie is a cunning and peppy surprise, dulled only by the news that no less than four sequels await. Will the spell not wear off before then?

2949d ago

In all, the movie is a cunning and peppy surprise, dulled only by the news that no less than four sequels await. Will the spell not wear off before then?

2949d ago

David Yates, director of four 'Harry Potter' films, helmed this spinoff fantasy adventure starring Eddie Redmayne and assorted CGI critters.

2949d ago

David Yates, director of four 'Harry Potter' films, helmed this spinoff fantasy adventure starring Eddie Redmayne and assorted CGI critters.

2949d ago

Just when you thought the world of Harry Potter couldn’t get any darker, along comes a bleak-as-soot spinoff that makes the earlier series look like kids’ stuff. Borrowing its title from one of the textbooks Harry studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” marks the first screenplay written by J.K. Rowling herself.

2949d ago

Despite immaculate design and splashes of wonder, a touch of magic is missing in this “Harry Potter” prequel.

2949d ago

Despite immaculate design and splashes of wonder, a touch of magic is missing in this “Harry Potter” prequel.

2949d ago

While Fantastic Beasts suffers from some symptoms we’ve basically taken as par for the course in recent high-profile Hollywood spectacles: too many set-pieces, various plotlines stitched together like a quilt, and one-note supporting roles (pretty sure Jon Voight – playing a newspaper mogul – is just there to introduce himself for subsequent entries), it is also really fun.

2949d ago

In all, the movie is a cunning and peppy surprise, dulled only by the news that no less than four sequels await. Will the spell not wear off before then?

2949d ago

Just when you thought the world of Harry Potter couldn’t get any darker, along comes a bleak-as-soot spinoff that makes the earlier series look like kids’ stuff. Borrowing its title from one of the textbooks Harry studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” marks the first screenplay written by J.K. Rowling herself.

2949d ago

With the strange caws and showy displays, these beasties provide a lot of the movie’s easygoing pleasures. The adults are rather less engaging.

2949d ago

The Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them can’t find itself.

2949d ago

With the strange caws and showy displays, these beasties provide a lot of the movie’s easygoing pleasures. The adults are rather less engaging.

2949d ago

While Fantastic Beasts suffers from some symptoms we’ve basically taken as par for the course in recent high-profile Hollywood spectacles: too many set-pieces, various plotlines stitched together like a quilt, and one-note supporting roles (pretty sure Jon Voight – playing a newspaper mogul – is just there to introduce himself for subsequent entries), it is also really fun.

2949d ago

The Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them can’t find itself.

2949d ago

While Fantastic Beasts suffers from some symptoms we’ve basically taken as par for the course in recent high-profile Hollywood spectacles: too many set-pieces, various plotlines stitched together like a quilt, and one-note supporting roles (pretty sure Jon Voight – playing a newspaper mogul – is just there to introduce himself for subsequent entries), it is also really fun.

2949d ago

Just when you thought the world of Harry Potter couldn’t get any darker, along comes a bleak-as-soot spinoff that makes the earlier series look like kids’ stuff. Borrowing its title from one of the textbooks Harry studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” marks the first screenplay written by J.K. Rowling herself.

2949d ago

In all, the movie is a cunning and peppy surprise, dulled only by the news that no less than four sequels await. Will the spell not wear off before then?

2949d ago

Just when you thought the world of Harry Potter couldn’t get any darker, along comes a bleak-as-soot spinoff that makes the earlier series look like kids’ stuff. Borrowing its title from one of the textbooks Harry studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” marks the first screenplay written by J.K. Rowling herself.

2949d ago

David Yates, director of four 'Harry Potter' films, helmed this spinoff fantasy adventure starring Eddie Redmayne and assorted CGI critters.

2949d ago

With the strange caws and showy displays, these beasties provide a lot of the movie’s easygoing pleasures. The adults are rather less engaging.

2949d ago

The special effects are stellar, and the John Williams score powerful. But the movie seems to lack charisma.

2949d ago

The special effects are stellar, and the John Williams score powerful. But the movie seems to lack charisma.

2949d ago

The special effects are stellar, and the John Williams score powerful. But the movie seems to lack charisma.

2949d ago

The special effects are stellar, and the John Williams score powerful. But the movie seems to lack charisma.

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written as an original screenplay by author J.K.

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Fantastic Beasts is sometimes charming but hardly fantastic.

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Fantastic Beasts is sometimes charming but hardly fantastic.

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written as an original screenplay by author J.K.

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written as an original screenplay by author J.K.

2949d ago

Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) arrives in New York to pursue his work promoting the care of magical creatures, but finds himself drawn into a conflict between the wizarding world and witch-hunters led by Mary Lou Barebone (Samantha Morton).

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them introduces us to a wondrous world outside of our cinematic Potter knowledge, and works as a prime set-up even if substance is a bit slight.

2949d ago

David Yates, a veteran of the HP films, might actually be devolving as a director.

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them introduces us to a wondrous world outside of our cinematic Potter knowledge, and works as a prime set-up even if substance is a bit slight.

2949d ago

David Yates, a veteran of the HP films, might actually be devolving as a director.

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written as an original screenplay by author J.K.

2949d ago

Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) arrives in New York to pursue his work promoting the care of magical creatures, but finds himself drawn into a conflict between the wizarding world and witch-hunters led by Mary Lou Barebone (Samantha Morton).

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts is sometimes charming but hardly fantastic.

2949d ago

David Yates, a veteran of the HP films, might actually be devolving as a director.

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts is sometimes charming but hardly fantastic.

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them introduces us to a wondrous world outside of our cinematic Potter knowledge, and works as a prime set-up even if substance is a bit slight.

2949d ago

Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) arrives in New York to pursue his work promoting the care of magical creatures, but finds himself drawn into a conflict between the wizarding world and witch-hunters led by Mary Lou Barebone (Samantha Morton).

2949d ago

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them introduces us to a wondrous world outside of our cinematic Potter knowledge, and works as a prime set-up even if substance is a bit slight.

2949d ago

David Yates, a veteran of the HP films, might actually be devolving as a director.

2949d ago

Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) arrives in New York to pursue his work promoting the care of magical creatures, but finds himself drawn into a conflict between the wizarding world and witch-hunters led by Mary Lou Barebone (Samantha Morton).

2949d ago

As our Muggle society tears itself up with infighting, there’s never been a better time to escape into J.K. Rowling’s world of magic. Unfortunately, the cast of characters you’ll find here is a pale imitation of her Hogwarts heroes.

2949d ago

A magizoologist heads to New York to track down mythical creatures in J.K. Rowling’s latest chronicle of wizardry.

2949d ago

As our Muggle society tears itself up with infighting, there’s never been a better time to escape into J.K. Rowling’s world of magic. Unfortunately, the cast of characters you’ll find here is a pale imitation of her Hogwarts heroes.

2949d ago

A magizoologist heads to New York to track down mythical creatures in J.K. Rowling’s latest chronicle of wizardry.

2949d ago