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Roswell, New Mexico (2019)
Liz is a xenophobic hypocrite!
The problem with this show is that the main heroine, Liz, is a raging hypocrite. The CW went and rewrote the character of Liz from the original show Roswell to be a Latina. Okay, that's not an issue. Nothing wrong with diversity. However, her father is an illegal immigrant and she has no qualms complaining and worrying about whether or not he will be deported. This isn't much of an issue until she finds out about Max and his siblings being aliens. Then Liz' behavior towards them becomes suspicious, fearful, and borderline hateful. She even starts working on a way to suppress them and their powers. For a woman who worries about her own family facing prejudice for being illegal aliens, she sure is quick to subject others to similar fears and hatred.
Charmed (2018)
So PC it hurts!
The problem with this reboot is the awkward and forced political correctness that it is agonizing! The acting is fine, the writing is okay for the most part, and the effects are meh. It isn't great by any stretch of the imagination, but aside from the awkward attempts at being "woke" the show is just okay. If they drop the painfully in you face PC crap, then maybe the show will actually be good somewhere down the road.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
Not Harry Potter, but Harry isn't even born yet
Too many people are focusing on the fact that that this movie isn't Harry Potter. Well, since Harry won't be born for years to come, then it's probably for the best that it isn't. If Harry all of a sudden shows up due to fiddling with a time tuner, then I would have given up completely. This is a movie that according to the title should be about the "fantastic beasts" and the "crimes of Gridelwald." Personally, I was quite pleased with the fantastic beasts side of the things; from the kelpie to the zouwu. Especially the zouwu. However, the crimes of Grindelwald side, not so much. Most of the scenes involving Grindelwald didn't actually have him committing all that many crimes. Basically, it was just portraying him as a charismatic revolutionary leader. Sadly, Grindelwald falls short as a villain; Voldemort he's not. However, that is far from the most vexing point. There are plot holes and continuity errors everywhere. Such as Professor McGonagall being a fully grown adult and teacher in this film, which is supposed to take place before World War 2. Yet Professor McGonagall is said to have been born in 1935. She shouldn't even be born yet! Despite this, the movie isn't so bad as a connecting point. This movie fails as a stand-alone story, but that's not the purpose of this film. It's connecting the first film to the planned next three films. That's going to take quite a bit of setup. Which is the purpose of this sequel. The detracting points for me are that the comedic Jacob Kowalski ends up simply a pathetic tagalong; the charming Queenie is deceitful and too serious; and there isn't enough Eddy Redmayne dancing to attract wandering erumpents.
P.S.-Nagini is a pointless addition and wasn't worth all the controversy over the character's inclusion and expanding upon her history.