What to Watch: Gay magic, a killer speaks and Abercrombie & Fitch’s homo scandal
Whatever your entertainment needs, we got your back (and hopefully your mind) with Queerty’s weekly “Culture Club” column with some of the highlights of new releases, streaming shows, classics worth revisiting, and what to drink while you watch.After years of delays, the latest entry in the Wizarding World/Harry Potter series arrives at last, and we’re happy to report, with some welcome gayness.The Secrets of Dumbledore picks up a few years after the series’ last entry.
The evil wizard Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen, replacing Johnny Depp) continues his plot to take over the wizarding world and start a war with non-magical folk.
Standing in his way: Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law), his ex-boyfriend. A magic charm prevents Dumbledore from battling Grindelwald outright, so the former recruits magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to organize a resistance and foil Grindelwald’s plan for magic fascism.Secrets of Dumbledore feels like a soft reboot for the Fantastic Beasts series, jettisoning a number of key characters from the first two films and their storylines.
That includes the series’ ostensible leading lady, Tina Goldstein (Kathrine Waterston), whose role gets reduced to a mere cameo.
