Spoilerpiece Theatre

It's a heapin' helpin' of Spoilerpiece this week, as the guys tackle six movies (!!), and welcome special guest Max Covill! Max writes for Film School Rejects and co-hosts his own podcast, It's the Pictures. Max gets things a-goin' with A GHOST STORY (4:15), a movie that stars Casey Affleck as one of the kids from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown , and Rooney Mara as the woman who loves him....

This week the guys discuss their favorite Beach Boys song before they talk movies. They only have one big film to talk about, so they spend some time catching up on others they caught recently. In a segment of "Evan Can Wait" aka "Crewind," Evan shares his experiences watching CADDYSHACK (6:08) and OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE (14:01) again, as well as his first-time viewing of the romantic OUTSOURCED (20:0...

Before the guys get to their movies, Kris shares a story about an unconventional spice that he accidentally added to a friend's coffee at the start of this week's episode. First, Dave covers IT'S US (6:00), a painful, awkward drama with Eliza Coupe that's one of the strangest relationship movies he has ever seen. Next, Evan reviews THE BIG SICK (15:45), a semi-autobiographical romantic comedy with...

This week the guys muse about pugs before they dive into their full slate of movies. First Kris deals with TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (3:20), a movie that feeds into Marky Mark's savior complex with a story dating back to medieval times. Beaten, a little bruised, and exhausted by its stupidity, Kris passes the baton to Evan, who tackles the Netflix film WAR MACHINE (19:57), a glacially-paced bo...

We begin episode 153 with a brief discussion of annoying T-shirts. Then it's on to the annoying ROUGH NIGHT (3:35). More like ROUGH MOVIE, AMIRITE? Anyspray, it has Kris saying more than once, "I wish it were funnier." Then Evan regales Kris and Dave with the truly fucked-up sounding THE BOOK OF HENRY (31:38), a movie that feels as if it's actually 14 different movies crammed into one. Kris takes...

This week the guys surprise themselves by reflecting more on string cheese than any adult probably should. Then Evan delves into "Crewind," the segment formerly known as "Catching up with Crean," to share his experience watching CLUELESS (at 5:14) for the first time and rewatching Michael Mann's HEAT (at 9:24) on blu-ray. After he's done talking about the loving satire of CLUELESS and the awesome...

While exploring the etymology of the word "sweater" this week, Evan and Dave learn a little more about Kris than they bargained for. Before the guys get to the week's new release, they offer fresh takes on films they watched a second time. Dave starts with his thoughts on David Lynch's TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (at 3:38), which is still longer than it needs to be, but has three powerful set pi...

Hi, kids! Welcome to episode 150 of SPOILERPIECE THEATRE! It's a totes spesh episode! So special, in fact, that we forgot to mention it was a special episode until the closing credits. In fairness, our brains were so fried this week by the convoluted plots of the movies we watched, we weren't able to retain any other information. But we were able to discuss the "DuckTales" theme song before Dave l...

After 148 episodes, Evan suddenly airs his distaste for poetry, and in explaining his rationale, he unwittingly realizes the one exception to his rule. Then it's onward to the week's movies. First, Dave and Kris go deep on ALIEN: COVENANT (at 6:17), a film that takes the worst ideas of its predecessor PROMETHEUS, and capitalizes on them, by following a group of characters that are morons. Next, Ev...

On this week's episode, the guys stumble onto a question for actor Ken Marino that they never knew they had, while discussing DVD menus. After briefly reviving their time-honored hey-o gag during some pre-show shenanigans, they delve into the week's movies. First, Kris briefly shares the adrenaline rush he felt watching John Woo's FACE/OFF (at 5:51) with a very appreciative crowd on the big screen...

After last week's audio snafu, the guys make good on their promise to upgrade their recording equipment, but they're too busy talking about Batman chins to pat themselves on the back for very long at the start of this week's episode. In other news, both Kris and Evan attended IFFBoston, so they share the highlights of their festival experiences (starting at 5:20), by firing through brief reviews o...

Hi everyone! This week there were some major releases, but none of them screened for critics…like, for real. So none of us saw THE CIRCLE or HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER, and honestly, we're probably all better off. But we didn't just sit around with our thumbs up our wazoos. Dave watched all 10 episodes of the Amazon series BOSCH (5:45), Kris saw the new Anne Hathaway/Jason Sudeikis movie COLOSSAL (26...

This week the guys discuss the narrative differences between Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and film adaptations of her tale at the start of the show. Then Evan reviews Macon Blair's directorial debut I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE (at 5:01), which has a title that sounds like a Facebook status Kris would have written if it had existed in 1995. Blair borrows stylistic elements from dire...

It's been a while since the guys have done some singing, so they decide to make up for it at the start of the episode. There are just two films on their docket this week—one is animated, and one live action that's also an action movie. First, Evan reviews YOUR NAME (at 4:00), a touching anime tale about two teenagers who mysteriously start swapping bodies. Dave tries to compare it to other body-sw...

This week during a conversation about the new Domino's commercials that parody FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, Dave shares a seemingly small aspect of the movie that really gets under his skin. Next he and Evan review THE ASSIGNMENT (at 7:56), a truly awful film by Walter Hill about a hitman (Michelle Rodriguez) who undergoes forced gender reassignment surgery, and seeks revenge on her mad scientist tor...

A sing-along of songs from camp veers into unexpected territory for the guys this week. Before they get into any movies though, they turn their attention to television, as Evan explains his mad quest to watch as many X-FILES episodes as possible for before the show leaves Netflix streaming. After that Kris recaps his time at the Boston Underground Film Festival aka BUFF (at 9:14), where he highlig...

This week the guys attempt to answer the age old question, "Who's the luckiest person in show business?" with mixed results. Each of them have some catching up to do on movies that they've seen, so they do some quick recaps (starting at 4:26) before they dive into this week's movies. Kris shares short takes on BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and PERSONAL SHOPPER, prior to Evan offering brief thoughts on 10 C...

Kris is on a tight deadline and can't make it this week, so Movie Bob Chipman joins Evan and Dave to discuss logistical questions about day to day operations of the Death Star. Bob shares insights into one of his upcoming videos before being their guest, i.e. reviewing BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (at 6:08). After some tangents about PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and other live action Disney adaptations, Bob d...

Are movie theaters a safe place for children to play? The guys weigh in with their thoughts on this week's episode. Following their discussion, Dave offers his latest segment of "Riedel's Recaps," where he recounts the shocking, gruesome violence in LOGAN (at 4:27), and describes why he found the film to be a statement against hate. Following some tangents about their favorite comic book movies, a...

Dave had to look after Baby Henry, so BOFCA critic Greg Vellante joins Evan and Kris for this week's episode. After a brief game of "Get to Know Your Guest Host," Greg leads off with BEFORE I FALL (at 7:30), the teenybopper version of GROUNDHOG DAY, which he finds forgettable despite its heart. Next Kris discusses TABLE 19 (15:04), a wedding comedy about nothing in particular that he dubs "stay to...

This week Evan learns the meaning of the term "hippie lettuce" and the results are mind blowing, well to him anyway. Kris opens with a segment of "Keepin' up with the Jensons" (at 4:40) where he talks about how great the performances in FENCES are and why he didn't mind the Google Earth portions in LION as much as other people. Next, Evan shares his psycho stalker weekend. No he didn't stalk anyon...

At the show's outset, the guys wonder what a wiki site run by Kris would be like, before they dive into this week's movies. First, Kris regales Dave and Evan with his thoughts on the cinematic implications of the Chinese/American collaboration THE GREAT WALL (at 3:06), an action film with Matt Damon in a non-white savior role that has great creature design, but ultimately is really dumb. Then Evan...

Although Boston meteorologists predicted that Snowmageddon would decimate the area this week, the guys were still able to record their episode before disaster struck. The show starts with a first, Kris spoilerpiecing vinyl album covers, before Evan shares his experience watching the touchstone '80s film FLASHDANCE (at 5:20) for the very first time. He agrees that it's crazy he hadn't seen it befor...

While discussing highlights of Billy Joel's musical career on this week's episode, Kris and Dave enlighten Evan about Joel's brief metal period in the band Atilla. Without wasting much time after that, the guys get into the week's movies. First up is Kris, to talk about THE RED TURTLE (at 2:56), one of the shortest spoilerpieces ever, because the sort-of-Studio Ghibli animated film has no dialogue...

Baby Henry is under the weather, prompting Dave to quarantine himself – so guest Dede Crimmins joins Evan and Kris this week to talk about the '90s and lots of film-related topics. Dede fills the guys in on her latest adventures, which include recording a DVD commentary, and participating on panels at the Arisia science fiction convention. Following some philosophical discussion about horror, Dede...