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'The Crimes of Grindelwald's' fascist themes are everywhere this fall

7 years 11 months ago
Back in November 2016, before the premiere of the first installment of the "Fantastic Beasts" spin-off series, J.K. Rowling told press that the story had been influenced by rising populism around the world. Her debut screenplay focused on happy-go-lucky "magizoologist" Newt Scamander scurrying around New York in pursuit or errant creatures, but on the fringes lay dark forces waiting to take center stage -- namely evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald.

'Ralph Breaks the Internet' runs up score on clever plot

7 years 11 months ago
It's often said that the best animated movies play equally well with adults and children, while bad ones prove an ordeal for kid-squiring parents. If anything, "Ralph Breaks the Internet" bends in the opposite direction: The colorful action should delight tykes, but the smart, media-savvy asides make it especially appealing to grownups.

'My Brilliant Friend' lives up to its name

7 years 11 months ago
"My Brilliant Friend" lives up to its adjective, creating such a rich, exquisitely rendered plunge into mid-20th-century Naples that it's difficult not to get totally sucked into the hardscrabble, small-village lives. Shot in Italian, after watching six of the eight episodes, there's not much to say but "fantastico."

'Little Drummer Girl,' 'Escape at Dannemora' join miniseries' new golden age

7 years 11 months ago
The miniseries is in full flower right now, offering major stars willing to commit to six or seven episodes but not open-ended runs. Enter two such projects, both dealing, as it happens, in sexual manipulation: "Escape at Dannemora" -- a stranger-than-fiction prison escape story, airing on Showtime -- and AMC's "The Little Drummer Girl," which expands John le Carre's espionage novel into a sharply drawn, six-part international thriller.
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