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Erika (17788 KP) rated The Theory of Everything (2014) in Movies

Jul 1, 2018

This film is definitely a cry-fest, and I understand why it got all of the nominations. I thought Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne did a fantastic job. While I thought it was good, I wouldn't watch it ever again.

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

8.3 (7 Ratings) Rate It

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The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968...

Early Man (2018)

7.0 (20 Ratings) Rate It

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Set at the dawn of time, when dinosaurs and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, EARLY MAN tells the...

Les Misérables (2012)

7.5 (25 Ratings) Rate It

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In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman...

Kevin Phillipson (10018 KP) rated Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) in Movies

May 19, 2022

Eddie redmayne (2 more)

Jude law

Mads mikkelsen

Just watched the third in the series not bad sequel ticks all the boxes for a sequel for me plus u got mads mikkelsen as grindelwald so typecast as the villain but I prefer him to depps version of the character I do have one gripe against the film no tina till the end of the film but overall good sequel

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My Week with Marilyn

Colin Clark

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Now a major film, starring Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne and Kenneth Branagh. This edition...

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

7.9 (220 Ratings) Rate It

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In 1926 New York, seventy years before the adventures of Harry Potter, a writer named Newt Scamander...

J. K. Rowling Wizarding World No-Maj Niffler

Sarah (7798 KP) rated Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) in Movies

Sep 2, 2017

Eddie Redmayne (0 more)

Villains (2 more)

Johnny Depp

Weak plot

Average and Unnecessary

For me this film is just a new way for JK Rowling to cash in on the Harry Potter franchise (similar to the Cursed Child) and it's totally unnecessary. Yes these characters have been touched upon in the HP books and films, but do we really need this and numerous sequels to tell us all about them? There is such a thing as too much, and I think Fantastic Beasts and it's future sequels are a perfect example.

Eddie Redmayne is the only real saving grace, Colin Farrell is alright, but the rest of the cast and characters are either boring or cliched and irritating. And Johnny Depp? There was a time when he would make a film, but now his casting just makes me groan. The effects are patchy at times and the plot as a whole feels a little weak and lacklustre. And the word "nomaj" is possibly the most irritating and cringeworthy word in the entire Harry Potter universe.