This month, Leaky received the ‘Magical Must-Haves’ Lootcrate box, which was packed with goodies from Hogwarts and beyond, with a few treats to help break us into the Fall months. The Lootcrate box welcomed me at my door with a huge giveaway that it was a ‘J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World’ package, appropriately deemed ‘muggleworthy’ according to the graphic of …read more!

Gary Oldman takes his upcoming historic drama Darkest Hour to a heady string of festivals this season. He accompanies a host of other Harry Potter alums making waves in the industry this year, but he may prove to be the festival darling this time around, with a standout performance as Winston Churchill that is already generating steady …read more!

Harry Potter series alums have been remarkably busy over the last year, putting out an enviable body of work that could easily fill the docket of one film festival alone. However, this awards season will see this list of intriguing, dramatic, hilarious, and mysterious films featured at a variety of prominent festivals, drawing both accolades …read more!

For the many Potter fans who weren’t able to procure tickets to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child during it’s tour-de-force run with the original Olivier-winning cast, waiting for reviews on the new talent felt like waiting for the Wizengamot to return a verdict. Leaky reported on the changeover, which took place May 24, and, though excitement remained high, …read more!

Renowned British actress Imelda Staunton, familiar to Harry Potter fans as the dreadfully evil Dolores Umbridge, has spent the past few weeks on the West End stage in the acclaimed revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at the Harold Pinter Theatre. photograph by Johan Persson James Macdonald’s version of the the Edward Albee classic …read more!

Leaky finally had the chance to attend a performance of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert this past weekend at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. This first of it’s kind movie-concert event is advertised on the website as: “A live symphony orchestra performing, to picture, every note from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Audiences will be able to …read more!

School may have been out for the Christmas holiday recently, but one thing Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them taught us is that school was out permanently for Newt Scamander. Or so we thought. Recently, one of the team at Leaky finally managed to get their hands on a copy of the Fantastic Beasts …read more!

Denial, starring Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew), tells the true story of writer and historian Deborah Lipstadt’s defense of the Holocaust in a courtroom confrontation with denier David Irving (Spall). First reviews of the film focus largely on Spall’s portrayal of Irving, and give mixed views on the value of his charismatic portrayal of the character. …read more!

In an industry where films are brought to greater and greater heights by strides in special effects and CGI, and even animated films are more life-like than ever, Anomalisa is–an anomaly. It is a stop-motion puppet movie that somehow manages to be one of the most “realistic and affecting” movies of the year. The Guardian’s …read more!

It seems that Newt Scamander isn’t the only one letting things loose lately. Thanks to a slip up from IMDB (who have now corrected the premature error), Potterheads have finally been given a brief plot summary of the wizarding sequel. According to the film website, Newt Scamander, having been back home in Britain for two years …read more!