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"Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" announces a new connection between Voldemort and Grindelwald. Fans of Harry Potter fans will think about it for months or until the release of the movie on November 16th.
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The cineplex becomes magic again.

"Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Gindelwald" was shown at cinemas this weekend, bringing a new chapter of JK Rowling's "Wizarding World" on screens, with now 100% more Dumbledore (played by Jude Law as than younger version of the Hogwarts director).

And while the new movie might not be as fantastic as the first, it's a great excuse to see the original Harry Potter films. Here are five "wizard" movies to watch before you see "Grindelwald Crimes", or if you just want to spend time with Harry, Ron and Hermione again.

If you do not remember who Grindelwald is: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", parts 1 and 2

Daniel Radcliffe is shown in a scene from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2". (Photo: Warner Bros.)

The villain of "Crimes of Grindelwald" is, you guessed it, a named Grindelwald (Johnny Depp). If you've seen the first movie "Fantastic Beasts", you've been introduced to the character and his sneaky manners, but if you want to know everything about him and his defeat (the films of "Fantastic Beasts" are above all), look or review the last two films of "Potter". It is in these films that we discover the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald during adolescence.

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If you do not know how it connects to Harry Potter: "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"

Newt (Eddie Redmayne) and Tina (Katherine Waterston) are fugitives as part of a mission titled "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." (Photo: Jaap Buitendijk)

Even the most devoted fan of "Potter" might have trouble getting into the new movie without looking at the original "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". The 2016 film featured Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), his allies and the wizarding world of the 1920s, where the Grindelwald threat is great.

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If you want to feel old: "Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone"

Hedwig, the owl and Daniel Radcliffe in a scene from the movie "Harry Potter and the Wizard Stone". (Photo: PETER MOUNTAIN, WARNER BROS.)

When George W. Bush was president of the very first movie "Potter", there was no smartphone and Redmayne was only 19 years old. It's been 17 years since Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint dress for the first time in the Hogwarts dress and revisit "Sorcerer's Stone" will make you both nostalgic of the early years of "Potter" and recognizing that CGI has greatly improved. since this film has been used to create a centaur of terrible appearance.

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If you want the best of the best: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe, left) leads his comrades at an army meeting of Dumbledore, a student-run resistance organization, in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" . (Photo: Murray Close, Warner Bros.)

Without wishing to offend the "Prisoner of Azkaban", the best film of "Potter" is based on the worst book: "Order of Phoenix". None of Rowling's books can really be called "bad," but compared to the other six novels, "Phoenix" is a little overloaded and more tiring. But with a quick adaptation that eliminates all the flaws of the books, director David Yates (who directed the following films "Potter" and the two "Fantastic Beasts") turned the black sheep of the series "Potter" into a film of A shocking force.

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