Alien at the Movies

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) enlists Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) & others to stop Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) in his quest for power & craving a war with the muggles. It’s a magical tale involving a blood troth, a bastard, twins, a shell game with attaché cases, a political ascension, hate, bigotry, & a wedding. This is the third chapter of the trilogy with many returning characters including no-maj baker Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler). The fantastic beast at the heart of the story is the Qilin whose precognition abilities are key to this dark adventure.

Alien gives it 2½ “breaking the bond” stars out of 4.