Evan Crean and David Riedel

Spoilerpiece Theatre

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Boston film critics Evan Crean and David Riedel share spoiler-filled reviews of the latest blockbusters and independent films across genres. Oh, and they swear a lot, too. Opening music: "My Life as a God" by Augean Stables. Closing music: "Pants Party" by Oilhead. Show edited by Otto Klammer. Logo design by Rita Csizmadia.

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Evan Crean and David Riedel

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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Episode #182: HORROR! "Insidious: The Last Key" and other stuff (Tarantino rumors, the TRUTH OR DARE trailer, yada yada) 05.01.2018

After discussing the trailer for the upcoming TRUTH OR DARE and a rumored long-lost Clint Eastwood movie, Evan, Kris, and Dave get down to answering some questions posed by a listener about Quentin Tarantino and rumors of his possible attachment to a new STAR TREK movie (5:00). Then they answer more questions and Kris fills the guys in on his return to letterboxd.com (15:45). Finally, it's off to...

Episode #181: Our Top 10 Films of 2017 29.12.2017

Happy almost New Year dear listeners! This week, after Kris reveals the very painful way he thinks Dave can fix a messed up shoulder, Dave agrees with Charlie Nash's commentary on MOLLY'S GAME (5:26) from the previous episode. Next the guys talk about holiday films (7:35) they watched like A CHRISTMAS STORY, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS and CASABLANCA. Then they move on...

Episode #180: "Molly's Game," "Call Me By Your Name," and "The Post" with special guest Charlie Nash! 22.12.2017

This week, friend of the show (and the hosts!) Charlie Nash returns to the guest seat in Dave's absence. The first review of the night is Evan and Charlie with MOLLY'S GAME (3:38), Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut. The famed writer of A FEW GOOD MEN, THE WEST WING, and THE SOCIAL NETWORK, known for his tight and layered dialogue, would have benefited from applying the same discipline to his camera...

Episode #179: STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI and I, TONYA with special guest Tim Estiloz! 15.12.2017

This week Kris, Evan, and Dave are joined by their good friend and fellow BOFCA member Tim Estiloz for a spirited discussion of I, TONYA (5:52), the Tonya Harding biopic with Margot Robbie as figure skater Harding. Tim, a former professional ice skater and current news/film reporter-type, brings a unique perspective to the discussion and offers some insight on the real Harding's skills. Then the g...

Episode #178: "The Shape of Water," "The Darkest Hour," and Crewind ("Logan," "Battle of the Sexes," "Last Flag Flying") 08.12.2017

We kick off this week's Spoilerpiece with a Crewind -- also known as Evan Can Wait and God Save the Crean -- in which Evan recaps his experiences with LOGAN (eh), BATTLE OF THE SEXES (good), and LAST FLAG FLYING (wow) (4:02, 9:30, 15:29 respectively). Next up is Dave with THE DARKEST HOUR (20:11), in which Gary Oldman portrays Winston Churchill in the earliest days of Britain's involvement in Worl...

Episode #177: "The Disaster Artist" (and "The Room" by extension), "The Florida Project" and lots of other stuff 01.12.2017

After Evan tells Kris and Dave about his exploding sofa cushions, they delve into the week's movies. First there's THE DISASTER ARTIST (6:30), the absolutely wonderful making-of-THE-ROOM movie directed by James Franco and starring Franco as Tommy Wiseau and his brother Dave Franco as Greg Sestero. Then there's Sean Baker's THE FLORIDA PROJECT (22:07), which all three guys saw and have lots of opin...

Episode #176: "Roman J. Israel, Esq.," "Coco," and "Keepin' Up with the Jensons: The Killing of a Sacred Deer" 24.11.2017

On this week's episode, Dave and Kris are still in the process of recovering from various plagues (Apologies for the occasional coughing!), but that doesn't slow them down from getting to the bottom of this week's releases. First up is Kris with an installment of Keepin' Up with the Jensons, revisiting THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (4:50). Rather than rehash the plot, Kris ponders the point of it a...

Episode #175: "Justice League," "Last Flag Flying," "In Between," "Keep the Change," and special guest Sean Burns! 17.11.2017

This week our good friend and co-host Kristofer Jenson is sidelined by the plague, so honorary fourth member Sean Burns fills in. He gets things started off (3:40) with a special guest segment, "Burned Out with Sean Burns," in which he tells Dave and Evan what he thinks of THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI. Evan follows things up with IN BETWEEN and KEEP THE CHANGE (8:50), which are showin...

Episode #174: "Lady Bird," "Murder on the Orient Express," "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," and "Winter Hunt" at the Boston Jewish Film Festival 10.11.2017

Big week at Spoilerpiece! Lotsa movies. Evan fills us in on the Boston Jewish Film Festival (3:45) with the four shorts (JOIN THE CLUB with Ari Graynor, WIG SHOP with Emily Mortimer, BLACK SWELL with Richard Kind, and THE CHOP, about a Jewish butcher who gets a job in halal shop), and one feature (WINTER HUNT) he watched in anticipation of the festival's run from November 8-20. Dave follows at 17:...

Episode #173: Halloween Horror Round-Up, "The Killing of a Sacred Deer," "LBJ," "Thor: Ragnarok" 03.11.2017

This week starts with Dave's recap of the all-night Halloween Marathon at Brookline's Coolidge Corner Theatre (2:30) featuring some of the best in classic zombie flicks. Next up, Kris recounts his spooky double feature, LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH and MESSIAH OF EVIL (16:09), both of which are great slices in 1970s weirdness. Dave runs us through THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (28:32) and does not...

Episode #172: "Suburbicon," "Too Funny to Fail," and "G.I. Jane" 27.10.2017

This week the guys reminisce about long-gone insults of yesteryear before Kris offers a unique barb of his own design. For the movies, Evan delivers a "Crewind" of G.I. JANE (5:00), the Ridley Scott picture where Demi Moore is a badass Navy SEAL in training trapped in a story that gets a little muddled with conspiracy plots. Next Dave covers TOO FUNNY TO FAIL (17:17), a rollicking documentary on H...

Episode #171: "Big Mouth," "They Look Like People," and "Only The Brave" 20.10.2017

This episode begins with epic tales of Dave's film school smoking habits, which were quite epic. Then it's on to the main event, where Kris tells of his recent Netflix adventures with BIG MOUTH (5:45), the new animated show featuring Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Jessi Klein, and a host of guest stars. It cuts deep with the preadolescent awkwardness, but it's worth your time. Next up is THEY LOOK LIKE...

Episode #170: "Marshall," "Lucky," "Raw" and "The Lego Batman Movie" 13.10.2017

Evan, Kris, and Dave are joined by special guest (and Evan's fiancee) Shauna Harris! As a practicing attorney, she sits in to expound on MARSHALL (34:06), the new biopic about the first African-American Supreme Court justice (before he was on the Supreme Court) Thurgood Marshall. Before that, Evan and Shauna Crewind to RAW (18:15), the 2016 flick about French-Belgian cannibals, which, we're not as...

Episode #169: "Blade Runner 2049," "Gerald's Game," "Dune" and the Online New England Film Festival 06.10.2017

This week Dave reveals something he feels like he has done right as a parent before any movies are discussed. Since Kris caught VICTORIA AND ABDUL (3:09), he leads off by explaining why Dave is right about it, before expressing some insights of his own. After that, Evan covers the Online New England Film Festival (6:02) by sharing the festival's award winners and some of his favorite shorts. Next,...

Episode #168: "The Dark Crystal," Tom Cruise Triple Feature ("Rain Man," "Days of Thunder, "American Made")," "Victoria & Abdul," and "Battle of the Sexes" 29.09.2017

This week begins with a discussion of bad movies, and why video game adaptations are particularly egregious. Evan then kicks things off with a recap of his experience at Somerville Theatre's 70mm Festival, featuring THE DARK CRYSTAL (4:47). The Crewind continues with Evan's "Triple Cruise" where he watched two classics -- RAIN MAN (11:30) and the under-recognized DAYS OF THUNDER (15:17), before be...

Episode #167: "Stronger," "Mother!" and "Year by the Sea" 22.09.2017

This week the guys talk about the wacky world of Colorado marijuana dispensaries before they delve into three very different movies. Dave and Kris lead off with STRONGER (3:18), the David Gordon Green/Jake Gyllenhaal film about one man's struggle to overcome the trauma of losing his legs in the Boston Marathon Bombing, while he deals with the pressure of living in the public eye. Then Evan reviews...

Episode #166: "American Assassin," "Rebel in the Rye," "The Women's Balcony," "Memino," "Bright Lights, Big City," and "The Hunt for Red October" 15.09.2017

We have a bumper crop of movies on this week's show (have we used that description before?)! First, it's a bout of RIEDEL'S RECAPS, with James Bridges' BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY (3:57) and John McTiernan's THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (10:03). Then we're KEEPING UP WITH THE JENSON's and his take on MEMINO (14:32) (not to be confused with MEMENTO or former Boston mayor Tom Menino). Evan takes one for the...

Episode #165: "IT," "The Trip to Spain," and "Good Burger" 08.09.2017

This week the guys marvel at technology's ability to be accidentally stupid before they discuss movies. Kris starts off the show with a segment of "Keepin' Up with the Jensons" where he describes his experience watching TWIN PEAKS (3:06), before he reviews GOOD BURGER (7:46), a super 90s movie starring Kenan (Thompson) and Kel (Mitchell), he found charming, funny, and very inoffensive. Next, Dave...

Episode #164: "Crown Heights," "I Do...Until I Don't," "The Friends of Eddie Coyle," and "Real Genius" 01.09.2017

This week the guys explore ideas for new expletives that are safe to use around children before they dig into the movies. Since it's the end of August, there aren't as many to discuss, although they do have a couple of recaps and two new releases, as well as some fun tangents in between. First, Dave recaps THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (3:32), a Boston gangster movie from the 70s with Robert Mitchum...

Episode #163: "Head," "Glory," "The Producers," "Some Freaks," "Logan Lucky," and "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" 25.08.2017

It's late August at Spoilerpiece! Hells yeah! Even though it's the g.d. dog days of summer and there's jack in the way of new releases, we did a new episode and we even found a new movie! Yay! But first, we step into RIEDEL'S RECAPS. Dave takes on the Monkees in HEAD (2:56) and then Edward Zwick's GLORY (7:15), which spends a lot of time with the white cast members even though it's about the first...

Episode #162: "The Hitman's Bodyguard," "Breaker Morant," "The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography," "Crossing Delancey," and more 18.08.2017

Dave met Daniel from France! He was in town on vacation and they bumped into each other at the Coolidge Corner in Brookline. Dave tells that story, and then the guys have a few things to say about Charlottesville, Va., and then they get into the movies. Evan starts things off with THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD (7:53), a movie he describes as "Not as bad as I thought it would be." The guys head down under...

Episode #161: "Annabelle: Creation," "Good Time," "Wind River," and "Keeping Up with the Joneses" 11.08.2017

Longtime friend of the show Dede Crimmins joins the guys this week to discuss what they know about the band Foghat. They have so many movies to talk about that they have a hard time figuring out where to begin. Dave goes first with lightning fast "Riedel's Recaps" of BAD COMPANY (6:25), MENASHE (7:55), and THE BIG SICK (11:44), before Dede shares her top pics from this year's Fantasia Internationa...

Episode #160: "Detroit," "Shining Through," and "Thor" 04.08.2017

This week Dave admits why he's way too excited about his car getting detailed, before Kris declares that his beard might be magical. Prior to the week's main event, the guys serve up a heaping helping of recaps. Evan leads off with a segment of "Crewind," where he offers his take on PHOENIX (6:06), a film that Dave spoilerpieced many moons ago. After he talks about his reaction to the German film'...

Episode #159: "Atomic Blonde" and "His Girl Friday" 28.07.2017

This week Dave recounts his unique experience living in Annie Lennox's old apartment before the guys talk about movies. Then he leads off with a recap of HIS GIRL FRIDAY (5:03), a film he'd seen before, but didn't remember a thing about, other than it being a prime example of everyone involved with it at the height of their power. Next, the guys cover the week's big release, ATOMIC BLONDE (13:55),...

Episode #158: "Dunkirk," "Girls Trip," "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," and "Altered States" 21.07.2017

Dave is on vacation, so Charlie Nash joins Evan and Kris to discuss Ed Sheeran's distracting GAME OF THRONES cameo before they dig into this week's movies. Before they get into any new ones, Kris shares his most recent experience with ALTERED STATES (4:25), and his invigorating trip to a sensory deprivation chamber that inspired his viewing. Then Charlie and Evan cover GIRLS TRIP (14:23), a comedy...

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