I love returning to the Harry Potter universe, and the recent release Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore did not disappoint. These movies are prequels to the Harry Potter books, centred on the magic zoologist Newt Scamander, an awkward, loveable and highly talented wizard, more comfortable with all manner of creatures than people. The war of dark and light, good and evil is central, as is the belief of certain wizards/witches of their superiority to the muggles (humans), and their desire to end them or enslave them. And the quandary to do what is right rather than easy, to keep trying despite failure or past ill deeds—this is always a choice when faced with the forked path of horrible destruction or a better world. What is so poignant and wonderful in this film is the potential for hope, that good can, and sometimes does, prevail.