The Criterion in Bar Harbor will premiere the movie Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them one day before it's official debut, this Thursday, November 17th, at 7PM.  And this is pretty cool too, the folks at The Criterion are encouraging people that night to support local "fantastic beasts" with donations to the SPCA of Hancock County!

Items that the SPCA is looking for can be found on it's website, and money donations are always appreciated too.  A donation jar will be set up at The Criterion during the films run which ends on December 8th.

The Harry Potter spin-off, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is the first of a five-part series and it's already getting good reviews from critics.

Something else that The Criterion is doing is encouraging people to bring in photos of their own "fantastic beasts" for their pre-show reel that's shown before the films.  One person will win a basket of pet toys!

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