The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.

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A bunch of academic investigators into the paranormal have their grant cut off and go into business busting up hauntings and other spook type manifestations. Just in the nick of time, as it happens, because it would seem that an ancient demon is planning his come back in the fridge of a New York flat. find out more...

Harry's adoptive family are still as revolting as ever so our hero is considerably keener than your average 12-year-old to get back to school and when the nervous self harming elf Dobby appears in his bedroom to warn him against returning, Harry is having none of it. 'Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets' sticks firmly to the format that the first film established, the special effects are great and some of the new creatures are genuinely scary but once again the enthralling simplicity of JK R find out more...

Harry and the gang return to Hogwarts and must prepare themselves not only for the inevitable battle with Lord Voldemort, but the beaurocratic and paranoid ‘Ministry of Magic', who have appointed Dolores Umbridge as the school's ‘Defence Against The Dark Arts Professor' purely so that she can suppress an imagined rebellion against the ministry by leaving the pupils powerless. 'The Order Of The Phoenix' is the darkest of an increasingly dark franchise and easily up there with the previous films. find out more...

"Homages to early Spielberg abound it is a little movie that is grand in scale and the central performances are terrific. With a rousing soundtrack and some great tension this movie couldn't be recommended enough!" Phil T, Rotten Tomatoes

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Jack's back after an unholy union of ‘friends' and rogues save him from Davey Jones' locker. In this final instalment the pirates must form an unlikely brotherhood to defend their carefree existence from the dastardly and ruthless British. Unfortunately for us this means a whole wad of Keira Knightley, she even gives a rousing speech to the rabble before battle, a delivery that brings to mind one of those handbag dogs being garrotted by its own collar. An enormous running time, a god awful score find out more...

Captain Jack Sparrow once again manages to drag all those who owe him nothing into a race against time to save his worthless, but charming, soul. On this occasion it's the infamous Davy Jones who has dibs on the master of the ‘Black Pearl', and only if Jack can steal the fabled dead man's chest might he escape his grim fate. 'Pirates Of The Caribbean 2' is a very similar but less entertaining retread of the first film, and as pop corn escapism it has much to recommend it, but two and half hours, find out more...

Tristan is a poor village lad smitten by the radiant, but spoilt, local squire's daughter. When the girl promises her heart to Tristan if he brings her a fallen star the naive, but fearless, young lad embarks on a fantastical adventure to make her wish come true. Evil witches in search of eternal youth, murderous ghostly brothers, camp pirates and last, but by no means least, the beautiful human form of a star on earth are the delights and terrors that await Tristan. Stardust is a good natured, find out more...

A big budget adaptation of 'The Colour of Magic' and 'The Light Fantastic', the first two of Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy novels, largely concentrating on the Wyrmberg and ignoring the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth. find out more...

When three children, with their recently divorced mum, move to a country mansion young Jared pretty soon discovers a book, Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You, which he starts to read. Unfortunately the book is a key target for an evil ogre, Mulgarath, who, although he knows no way through a protective magic circle, lays seige to the house with his army of goblins and gubbins. So it's up to the family (well, in truth mum's not much help) to fight the demons and save thei find out more...