A Brief Note: Whenever I review a series, I try to be as objective in my review as possible. However, it’s rare that I review a series that has such close ties to my own family history. My grandfather, Robert Ryan, was a B-17 bombardier, stationed in England, with the US Army Air Corps in […]
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Review
The third Fantastic Beast movie has a lot riding on it. The previous film was a disappointment to critics, one of the characters was recast because of personal controversy, and the franchise’s creator has become a diverse figure. So, the question is can it recapture the magic? A year after the events of The Crimes of Grindelwald the […]
The Last Letter From Your Lover Review
Based on a number by Jojo Moyes, The Last Letter From Your Lover was a romance film in the vein of a Nicholas Sparks adaptation. Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones) is a journalist who is assigned to write a story about the London Chronicle’s late women’s editor. Whilst researching the editor’s documents Ellie discovers a letter from the […]
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Review
The second film in the Harry Potter spin-off series sees a big expansion of its storytelling scope. After the events of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is banned from leaving England unless he joins the Ministry of Magic. When he refuses to do this his old teacher, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) assigns […]