Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Nov 23, 2016

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We journey deep this week into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and all that involves as we discuss the newest entry or reboot to the franchise, Fantastic Beasts. We also discuss some super exciting movie economics! Woohoo!

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Nov 23, 2016

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