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A Winning 'Harry Potter' Installment

By Kenneth Turan
Published November 18, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire opens Friday. Critic Kenneth Turan says that new director Mike Newell and his cast have finally done justice to J.K. Rowling's work.

Newell is a veteran of film and British television. His previous movies include Donnie Brasco and 2003's Mona Lisa Smile.

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Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan is the film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR's Morning Edition, as well as the director of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has been a staff writer for the Washington Post and TV Guide, and served as the Times' book review editor.