Spoilerpiece Theatre

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.

Spoilerpiece Theatre is a tv podcast hosted by Evan Crean and David Riedel, with 639 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Evan Crean and David Riedel hosts Spoilerpiece Theatre, a tv show with 639 episodes published.

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  Episode #634: "Onslaught" and "Mayday"

  Sep 4, 202654 min

  Evan's and Dave's schedules diverged this week, so Dave tackled ONSLAUGHT (3:37), director Adam Wingard's latest. Dave was and is a big fan of Wingard's 2011 slasher YOU'RE NEXT , about a trio of home invaders running into someone in the home who was raised in a survivalist camp. But ONSLAUGHT ain't that; it's an action-thriller-horror hybrid about a fascist doctor making super soldiers, who - natch - get loose. This movie has killin' aplenty. But is it good killin'? Meanwhile, Evan took in MAYDAY (27:40), an action-comedy with Ryan Reynolds as an American pilot downed in Russia who meets Kenneth Branagh, a former KGB agent who wants to defect to the United States because he loves TOP GUN . Yeah, this movie takes place in 1987. Over on Patreon , we talk about the 1971 revenge flick GET CARTER , starring Michael Caine.

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  Episode #632: "Insidious: Out of the Further"

  Aug 21, 202646 min

  This week Evan and Dave take in INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER (2:29), the sixth ( sixth! ) entry in the venerable-adjacent INSIDIOUS franchise. (Not to be confused with INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURNACE .) This is Dave's sixth trip through the red door, and Evan's third, having seen INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY and the first movie in the series, the unsurprisingly but aptly titled INSIDIOUS . How did it work for them? Listen and find out, but know Dave says this at one point: "It's better than INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR ." High praise, indeed? Over on Patreon , we talk about the 2015 horror-comedy THE FINAL GIRLS . And just because we want to write the word "insidious" one more time: INSIDIOUS.

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  Episode #631: "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma"

  Aug 13, 202642 min

  This week Evan and Dave get down with TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA (2:46), and let us tell you: Lots of death! Lots of sex! Lots of blood and guts and blurring of fantasy and reality and some of it really works and some of it really doesn't. You know, when we rate movies on Spoilerpiece, we have a "Your Mileage May Vary" subcategory, and believe it: TSADACM is the definition of YMMV. Like, if copious blood (fake looking on purpose, but still) ain't your bag, or the psychosexual thing isn't for you, then the confluence of those things isn't going to be for you. HOWEVER, if you're remotely given to slasher movies (as we are), and the psychosexual (while not our favorite thing, also not an auto turn-off)? Well, maybe fuggin' go for it! Writer-director Jane Schoenbrun pulls out all the stops, and Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson sink into their roles with aplomb. One thing is guaranteed: Ya ain't gonna see nothin' else like TSADACM this year. Over on Patreon , Evan and Dave talk about Abel Ferrara's 1990 crime drama KING OF NEW YORK .

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  Episode #630: "Tony"

  Aug 7, 202644 min

  Director and co-writer Matt Johnson's Anthony Bourdain biopic TONY (2:04) wisely focuses on one short period of Bourdain's life: The summer Tony (Dominic Sessa) went to Provincetown, Mass., and worked in a kitchen while trying to woo his high school classmate Nancy (Emilia Jones). This movie isn't afraid to show you what a jerk Bourdain could be, how aimless he was, and how he made wrong decision after wrong decision. With an excellent central performance from Sessa and superior supporting work from Antonio Banderas as the chef/owner of the restaurant where Tony works, and Leo Woodall as a crude colleague, TONY is terrific, and we had a good conversation about it. Over on Patreon , we talk about the 1986 film CROSSROADS , starring Ralph Macchio and Joe Seneca.

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  Episode #629: "Spider-Man: Brand New Day

  Jul 30, 202644 min

  We're slinging into this week's episode...webslinging that is, because we're reviewing SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (2:22). Tom Holland and Zendaya are back as Peter Parker and MJ, but this time they have to find their way back to each other in the wake of SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME's events. (By the way, how is the last live-action Spider-Man movie already from five years ago?!) With the world having forgotten Peter Parker ever existed, our favorite wall-crawler has to face a powerful new villain while battling his own worst instinct: that he has to handle everything alone. Is it the best Spider-Man movie? Probably not. BRAND NEW DAY has plenty of great ideas, but too many of them feel underdeveloped. It runs longer than it needs to, and at times feels less like a complete story and more like a setup for whatever Marvel has planned next. In other news, in this week's Patreon exclusive audio , we're reviewing the winner of our Sam Neill poll, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER !

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