Movies opening this week: ‘Fantastic Beasts,’ ‘Bleed for This,’ ‘Edge of Seventeen’

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”

Opens at 6 p.m. Thursday

The highly anticipated Harry Potter prequel has Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, a magizoologist in 1920s New York who runs into trouble with the Muggles — called No-Majs in America. Author J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for this first in a planned five-movie series. Rated PG-13. Time: 2:12

“Bleed for This”

Opens at 7 p.m. Thursday

Miles Teller muscles up to play Vinny Pazienza, the professional boxing champ whose career was almost derailed by a car accident that broke his neck. Rated R. Time: 1:57.

“Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”

Opens at 7 p.m. Thursday

Ang Lee directs this adaptation of Ben Fountain’s novel about a 19-year-old Iraq War soldier (newcomer Joe Alwyn) who recalls his battlefield experiences while being honored during the halftime show at a Thanksgiving football game in Dallas. Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Garrett Hedlund, Chris Tucker and Steve Martin co-star. Rated R. Time: 1:50.

“The Edge of Seventeen”

Opens Friday

Hailee Steinfeld is an awkward teen whose life gets more complicated when her jock brother starts dating her best friend. Rated R. Time: 1:44.

“The Handmaiden”

Opens Friday

Park Chan-wook (“Old Boy,” “Stoker”) directs this acclaimed drama about a Korean servant plotting to defraud her wealthy boss in 1930s Japan. In Korean and Japanese with subtitles. Not rated. Time: 2:24.

This story was originally published November 15, 2016 at 1:19 PM with the headline "Movies opening this week: ‘Fantastic Beasts,’ ‘Bleed for This,’ ‘Edge of Seventeen’."