REVIEW — In “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” British wizard Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) teams with witch Porpentina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) and muggle Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler) in an attempt to protect a suitcase full of magical creatures in 1920s New York. Does this “Harry Potter” spinoff bring the magic, or is it a one-trick pony?
Also in this episode of Film Fanatics, hosts Bruce Bennett and Adam Mast offer up a look at their most anticipated titles of a very high-profile holiday movie season.
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Co-hosts Bruce Bennett and Adam Mast have a long history of published movie reviews in Southern Utah, Bennett with The Spectrum and Mast with The Independent, before joining up with St. George News to launch the "Film Fanatics" show in November 2015.
The seasoned critics also maintain film-themed websites, Bennett's at madaboutmovies.org and Mast's at cinemast.net.
Both are residents of St. George, married with children, and involved in a variety of film and theater-related endeavors in the area. Mast puts on "The Guerilla Filmmaking Challenge" for local filmmakers annually as well as the "Horror-Fest." Bennett teaches communication and film studies at Dixie State University.