ARTEMIS FOWL and the Death and Rebirth of the YA Adaptation
From HARRY POTTER to PERCY JACKSON to ARTEMIS FOWL, John DiLillo charts the rise and fall (and subsequent resurrection?) of the young adult genre.
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FANTASTIC BEASTS 2 Makes Fascism Sympathetic
Why we need new popular artists
A story about a fascist demagogue exploiting people’s fears and prejudices to gain power should be timely. So why does JK Rowling make him seem reasonable?
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Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD is a fascinating trainwreck — the kind of bad movie only a great artist like J.K. Rowling could make.
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Review: FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
A fun, if not quite fantastic, return to a beloved world.
J.K. Rowling’s screenwriting debut and our cinematic return to the world she has crafted doesn’t quite live up to the superlative in its title but provides plenty of laughter, awe, and adventure along the way.
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