Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) / Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) written by J. K. Rowling directed by David Yates Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) written by J. K. Rowling directed by David Yates I admit I didn’t jump on the Harry Potter bandwagon when J. K. Rowling started publishing her novels about “the boy who […]

The Ninth Gate (1999)

The Ninth Gate (1999) written by Roman Polanski, John Brownjohn, and Enrique Urbizu based on the novel El Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte directed by Roman Polanski I had seen this lesser-known effort from Roman Polanski at least twice before, and had always felt disappointed that the film didn’t take itself too seriously. The tale […]