JK Rowling whisks us back to the wizarding world of 1920s New York,helped by a star turn from Eddie RedmayneI’ve lost count of the number of times I have seen New York destroyed in the cinema. There’s something approximately the city’s iconic status that seems to invite film-makers to trash it. But just when you reflect you have seen every conceivable version of skyscraper-toppling film mayhem, a gigantic creature that looks like a mutated rhinoceros thunders through Central Park zoo in search of love. The delight of this spin-off from the Harry Potter-verse is that by viewing it through a Hogwarts-tinted lens we rediscover the magical allure of Manhattan at its most grubby and gothic. It’s no accident that two of the antagonists in the picture are the people who are endeavouring to clean the city up. Related: Why Fantastic Beasts is a trump card for progressive youth | Catherine Shoard Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com