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FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

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Movie review: &#8216;Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them&#8217;

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“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is the best J.K. Rowling creation since “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” For the most part the film matches, if not betters, the best wizarding world installments, and Rowling succeeds in bringing the wonder back to her world that was so desperately lacking in the brooding monotony of the last few “Harry Potter” movies.

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Movie review: ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’

By William Thorne

Nov. 17, 2016 8:47 p.m.