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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
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"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is a return to the Harry Potter franchise - which, though not strictly based on a book from the wizard's saga, has a screenplay co-written by the creator of the character and its universe: J.K. Rowling. From the feature film, the writer expands the context of the magical universe to the US in the 1920s. The movie has its peculiarities, but benefits from a solid cast and performances by Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Colin Farrell, Ezra Miller, Alison Sudol and Dan Fogler, who clearly steals the show.
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The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
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Third movie of the franchise derived from 'Harry Potter', 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' is the feature film with the responsibility of correcting the course of Newt Scamander's story and company. After all, after an absolutely unstable second movie, David Yates returns to the direction trying to make the magic return to the wizard world. To do this, he makes some changes (Mads Mikkelsen instead of Johnny Depp) and looks more closely at the first movie, 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them', which is the best rated of the franchise. There is still no heart in the story, which seems not to know which way to go or which story to tell. Still, the fight against the wizard Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) awakens the enthusiasm of the fans. The absolute highlight is the cast, especially Mikkelsen and Jude Law as Dumbledore, who dive headfirst into their characters and raise the overall quality (and excitement) of the feature film.
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