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MAJOR Spoilers! "The Shape of a Jedi's Fishsticks " (12-15-17) #139
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In this installment of our bi-monthly MAJOR Spoilers! - The Last Jedi hype - The Shape of Water (2017) - Spoilers in-house fights/drama Pappy and Josh "two-man weave" there way through this week's topics. Doug Jones gets his usual shoutout. Fishsticks are real. ************ The Shape of Water (2017) In a 1960s research facility, a mute janitor forms a relationship with an aquatic creature. From master storyteller Guillermo del Toro comes THE SHAPE OF WATER, an otherworldly fable set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Rounding out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Doug Jones.
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In this installment of our bi-monthly MAJOR Spoilers! - The Last Jedi hype - The Shape of Water (2017) - Spoilers in-house fights/drama Pappy and Josh "two-man weave" there way through this week's topics. Doug Jones gets his usual shoutout. Fishsticks are real. ************ The Shape of Water (2017) In a 1960s research facility, a mute janitor forms a relationship with an aquatic creature. From master storyteller Guillermo del Toro comes THE SHAPE OF WATER, an otherworldly fable set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Rounding out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Doug Jones.
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