Film review: New ‘Fantastic Beasts’ falls short with lackluster plot, character depth

This post was updated April 18 at 12:33 a.m.
There’s not much to call fantastic in “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.”
Releasing Friday, “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” takes place among the mounting tensions between Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen).