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Apr 2019

1h 50m

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Child...

Blank Check Productions

About this episode

Writer, Emma Stefansky (Thrillist), joins Griffin and David to talk about 2016's fantasy flop: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Together they examine the peculiarities of the children, the novel by Ransom Riggs, crossbows and famous people who are EVEN hotter in person.

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