“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald” (*1/2 out of four) was a lumbering second entry in J.K. Rowling’s blockbuster series about the continuing adventures of magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) as they attempt to thwart the evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp looking embalmed) as they try to stay alive in a more divided wizard world. Liliting and magical at first but soon sputters to a halt and becomes surprisingly dull and only comes back alive at its climax. Some spectacular effects as you would expect but overall comes up empty. Die-hard “Harry Potter” fans may like this better but it’s less-than-fantastic for the rest of us.