Found Beasts Fantastic!

Rating: 8/10 (2 December 2016)

Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them- This is the latest J.K. Rowling magical adventure with Wizardry as the familiar theme but the cast of characters are almost all new and this time the story is set in America where Newt (Eddie Redmayne) has travelled from England and smuggles in his suit case of creatures. Newt immediately finds himself in trouble after violating various American wizardry laws. During some early mishaps, a number of Beasts manage to escape the magical suitcase and the chase is on to retain them, all while the the Magical Congress is in pursuit of him and they all try to capture an out of control Obscurus, which is a dark, destructive force inadvertently manifested by young magical children forced to conceal their powers. Eddie Redmayne is great as Newt, Colin Farrell puts in one of his better performances playing both sides of the field as "Graves"(basically a magic world detective) and Ezra Miller is spectacular as Credence (an abused son to a with hunting theorist). Though this is a prequel to the Harry Potter franchise, this movie resembles the later Potter movies in that it is darker in structure than the earlier films. If you are a Harry Potter fan, I find it hard to believe that you would not enjoy this one as well.