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The Triple Whammy Of ‘The Secrets Of Dumbledore’
The new Harry Potter film is streaming, but what if you flinch at the cost after the lukewarm reviews?
HBO Max has just started streaming the third Harry Potter prequel in the Fantastic Beasts series, The Secrets of Dumbledore, and it’s a triple whammy for Potter fans who don’t subscribe to the cable channel.
First, Harry’s not in it. Second, you may not want to subscribe to HBO Max just to see a film that’s had lukewarm reviews — it’s “a sequel too far,” a BBC critic said. Third, if you can find The Secrets of Dumbledore in a theater in your area, movie tickets are averaging $10 a pop in the U.S. this summer. That’s no bargain if you’d have to pay $40 plus popcorn for a family of four.
But you have related options in other media if you need a Potter fix, including reading the screenplay, the movie tie-in edition, or a Vanity Fair article on drama at the firm that published the novels.
You might look into:
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: The Complete Screenplay by J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves…
