For those eager to jump back into the wonderful magical world that J.K. Rowling created, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be a delight. It is a movie that has almost everything: magic, suspense, darkness, humor, and love. As with her beloved Harry Potter books and films, J.K. Rowling uses her latest installment in her Wizarding World franchise to teach lessons of tolerance, fear, and kindness. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the first screenplay written by Rowling. It is a bit darker than her previous stories,
At only 13 years old, Colin Critchley has already established himself as an actor to keep an eye on. He’s worked alongside Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, and Louis Gusset Jr. And, he’ll next star as Noah in Nickelodeon’s highly anticipated adventure film, Legends of the Hidden Temple. Yes, you read that correctly. They’re re-making the classic game show into a motion picture film. And, we can’t wait! Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to chat with this rising talent about the project and his career. Legends of the Hidden Temple: The
Sarah Desjardins has been busy. This Canadian-born actress has been obsessed with acting since she was a young child. She’s come a long way since acting in school plays. Sarah’s career–so far–has taken her from Lifetime movies like Magic Beyond Words: The J.K Rowling Story to the Hub Network’s Clue to The CW’s Supernatural. This year Sarah has had four projects come out: Unleashing Mr. Darcy, A.R.C.H.I.E., Project Mc², and Syfy’s Van Helsing. If you don’t know about the last two, you should. Van Helsing is about about legendary Abraham Van Helsing’s distant
The Wizarding World just got a little more fantastic on Friday with the arrival of a brand new member: Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The newest installment in the Harry Potter universe, the film follows a British Magizoologist in New York City in the 1920s. Redmayne’s performance as Scamander proves what we’ve long known: that he is a brilliant actor who effortlessly humanizes his varied characters. He has, at various times in his rich career, portrayed a lovesick revolutionary, a transgender artist, a