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Episode 549: "Wolf Man," "Night Call," and "Back in Action"
This week Megan saw WOLF MAN (2:20), director and co-writer Leigh Whannel’s latest trip down the horror highway. Megan likes this new take on Universal’s legendary Wolf Man…until she doesn’t. A good start, a meh finish. Then Evan and Dave join in when the conversation turns to NIGHT CALL (16:17), a tense and nimble French-language thriller about a locksmith who has the misfortune of opening a door…TO CRIME! (See what we did there?) A seemingly innocent call makes a normal shift turn nightmarish as lead character Mady is conned into opening the door, is chased by criminals, chased by more criminals, chased by cops…you get the idea. We all enjoyed this clever, fast-paced, and frenetic thriller. Then we all weigh in on Cameron Diaz’s first screen role since 2024, the Netflix spy thriller BACK IN ACTION (44:21). Don’t let the lazy title fool you: The screenplay is just as lazy as the title! Ho ho! Not for nothing, this movie throws in just about every action trope known to humankind, but it doesn’t do anything particularly well. Good thing Diaz cranks the charm to 100, and she has an easy chemistry with her equally charming co-star Jamie Foxx. But otherwise…bleh. Over on Patreon, we talk about the 2024 horror flick THE FRONT ROOM.
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Episode 548: "Get Away" and "Red Rooms"1:03:29Episode 548: "Get Away" and "Red Rooms"
Episode 548: "Get Away" and "Red Rooms"
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This week Evan, Megan, and Dave take in the new Nick Frost-written-and-starring horror comedy GET AWAY (2:50), about a family that goes to a remote Swedish island for a holiday weekend, only to be trapped as a killer is on the loose. Zoinks! Blood and guts ensue! But do the laughs follow? DO THEY?!! Two-thirds of us felt one way, and one-third of us felt another way. Then we watch RED ROOMS (26...
Episode 547: "I Saw the TV Glow" and "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"57:02Episode 547: "I Saw the TV Glow" and "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"
Episode 547: "I Saw the TV Glow" and "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"
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Welcome to 2025! Evan is off this week, but Megan and Dave are here to talk about I SAW THE TV GLOW (2:26), writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s horror-fantasy about Owen (Justice Smith) and Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine), two teens obsessed with a TV show called “The Pink Opaque,” with airs on Saturday nights past Owen’s bedtime. This was Megan’s top movie of 2024, so she has lots to say, as does D...
Episode 546: Our Top 10 Movies of the Year (All Three of Us)1:15:53Episode 546: Our Top 10 Movies of the Year (All Three of Us)
Episode 546: Our Top 10 Movies of the Year (All Three of Us)
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It's the end of the year, and that means it's time for our top 10 lists. As members of the Boston Online Film Critics Association, we vote for what we consider the best films of the year (ya know, like critics do). Megan (4:28) goes first, followed by Dave (28:45), and finally Evan (51:51). We have some overlap, but not much! And we have a good time breaking down our reasons for liking the film...
Episode 545: "The Brutalist" and "Nosferatu"1:06:18Episode 545: "The Brutalist" and "Nosferatu"
Episode 545: "The Brutalist" and "Nosferatu"
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Ladies and gentleman, pray forgive Dave in his capacity as host this week: His rhythm was off, as he was interrupted during the Patreon segment by a restless 9-year-old. (Speaking of Patreon, we cover the Shane Black-written, Geena Davis-starring THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT. It's a fun conversation!) This week we all watched THE BRUTALIST (3:44), the post-WWII epic featuring Adrian Brody as a talen...
Episode 544: "Chasing Chasing Amy," "Conclave," and "Nickel Boys"1:09:57Episode 544: "Chasing Chasing Amy," "Conclave," and "Nickel Boys"
Episode 544: "Chasing Chasing Amy," "Conclave," and "Nickel Boys"
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We start with CHASING CHASING AMY (1:44), trans filmmaker Sav Rodgers’ documentary about his relationship with Kevin Smith’s CHASING AMY, and an exploration of Rodgers’ reverence for Kevin Smith’s at-the-time groundbreaking but now much-more-questioned-about-its-narrative-ideas lesbian-falls-for-a-straight-man rom-com. Over the course of six years, Rodgers’ feelings change as he transitions, an...
Episode 543: "Queer," "Flow," and "Nightbitch"1:08:49Episode 543: "Queer," "Flow," and "Nightbitch"
Episode 543: "Queer," "Flow," and "Nightbitch"
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This week Megan and Dave talk about director Luca Guadagnino’s QUEER (2:28), an adaptation of William S. Burroughs 1985 novel (with a screenplay by Justin Kuritzkes). Starring Daniel Craig as William Lee (a Burroughs stand-in), this movie left both Megan and Dave a little bewildered, as there were things they liked (the shooting-up scene, the color palette), and things they didn’t like (Drew St...
Episode 542: "Know Your Place" and "The Black Sea"59:03Episode 542: "Know Your Place" and "The Black Sea"
Episode 542: "Know Your Place" and "The Black Sea"
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Evan is off this week (doubtless watching PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES), so Megan and Dave take on KNOW YOUR PLACE (2:19) and THE BLACK SEA (35:29) as a duo. And as with many weeks, the movies we choose are linked thematically (often accidentally). In this case, both films tackle characters with feelings of being outsiders. In KNOW YOUR PLACE, Robel (Joseph Smith) balances being a typical Am...
Episode 541: "Wicked," "Gladiator II," and "Blitz"1:02:09Episode 541: "Wicked," "Gladiator II," and "Blitz"
Episode 541: "Wicked," "Gladiator II," and "Blitz"
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This week, we start things of at Shiz University, as Megan saw WICKED (2:22), the film adaptation of the stage musical, which is an adaptation of the novel by Gregory Maguire. Does John Chu's film hold up under scrutiny? And how are Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as, respectively, Elphaba and Glinda? Next, Dave joins Megan to talk about GLADIATOR II (6:18), Ridley Scott's sequel to Ridley Scot...
Episode 540: "Blink Twice" and "My Old Ass"1:01:23Episode 540: "Blink Twice" and "My Old Ass"
Episode 540: "Blink Twice" and "My Old Ass"
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This week we took a gander at two films in current release: Megan and Evan watched BLINK TWICE (2:32), Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, featuring Channing Tatum as a tech-bro asshole who lures women to a private island and tortures them for fun with his fellow tech-bro pals, and then wipes their memories. Naomi Ackie is one of the women taken to the island. Does she turn the tables? And did Eva...
Episode 539: "Heretic," "Black Cab," and "Small Things Like These"58:11Episode 539: "Heretic," "Black Cab," and "Small Things Like These"
Episode 539: "Heretic," "Black Cab," and "Small Things Like These"
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This week Megan talks about the psychological horror thriller HERETIC (2:18), starring a possibly career-best Hugh Grant. Then Evan, Megan, and Dave discuss the Nick Frost-starring horror flick BLACK CAB (11:34), and the excellent SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE (28:56), with Cillian Murphy as an empathetic man slowly uncovering the ugly secrets of a local convent. Over on Patreon, we talk about JOHN W...
Episode 538: "Here," "High Tide," and "Music by John Williams"1:00:32Episode 538: "Here," "High Tide," and "Music by John Williams"
Episode 538: "Here," "High Tide," and "Music by John Williams"
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This week, Dave gets boomerific yapping about the new Robert Zemeckis film HERE (3:14), starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, and a bunch of other actors who should have known better, as they tackle Zemeckis’ latest blundered technology cry-fest. Gah. Then Megan and Evan talk about HIGH TIDE (13:54), Marco Calvani’s queer love story, set in Provincetown, Mass., between a heartbroken undocumented...
Episode 537: "The Line" and "Magpie"1:01:48Episode 537: "The Line" and "Magpie"
Episode 537: "The Line" and "Magpie"
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This week we watched THE LINE (2:41), a drama (sometimes called a thriller, but eh) about a fraternity brother who gets mixed up in his frat’s shady pledge shenanigans. Does it result in someone’s death? Does the Pope shit in the woods? Then we watched MAGPIE (27:12), an atmospheric thriller starring Daisy Ridley (from an idea she had) about a woman dealing with her absolutely reprehensible hus...
Episode #536: "Woman of the Hour," "MadS," and "Smile 2"1:08:12Episode #536: "Woman of the Hour," "MadS," and "Smile 2"
Episode #536: "Woman of the Hour," "MadS," and "Smile 2"
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This week, Megan reviews SMILE 2 (2:06), Parker Finn's grisly sequel to his great horror film SMILE, about a pop star (Naomi Scott) contending with addiction recovery and a new tour amidst sinister occurrences. The sequel is much more nerve-wracking and gory! Then, we all (Dave, Evan, and Megan) talk about MADS (16:09), David Moreau's unique and intense French horror film about a trio of teens ...
Episode 535: "Last of the Sea Women" and "The Outrun"50:14Episode 535: "Last of the Sea Women" and "The Outrun"
Episode 535: "Last of the Sea Women" and "The Outrun"
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This week Evan and Dave kick things off with THE LAST OF THE SEA WOMEN (3:07) (after Dave forgets to do his own intro at the top; whoops), a documentary about the haenyeo, a declining and aging community of women in Jeju, South Korea, who dive for seafood as a job - or, as Evan more accurately describes it, a calling - while dealing with climate change, over-fishing, and crucially, wastewater f...
Episode 534: "Hold Your Breath"42:05Episode 534: "Hold Your Breath"
Episode 534: "Hold Your Breath"
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Episode 534: "Hold Your Breath"
Episode 533: "Will & Harper" and "Megalopolis"1:03:19Episode 533: "Will & Harper" and "Megalopolis"
Episode 533: "Will & Harper" and "Megalopolis"
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Episode 533: "Will & Harper" and "Megalopolis"
Episode 532: "Rez Ball" and "In the Summers"57:59Episode 532: "Rez Ball" and "In the Summers"
Episode 532: "Rez Ball" and "In the Summers"
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Episode 532: "Rez Ball" and "In the Summers"
Episode 531: "Speak No Evil" and "Seeking Mavis Beacon"1:02:02Episode 531: "Speak No Evil" and "Seeking Mavis Beacon"
Episode 531: "Speak No Evil" and "Seeking Mavis Beacon"
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Episode 531: "Speak No Evil" and "Seeking Mavis Beacon"
Episode 530: "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," "His Three Daughters," and "Merchant Ivory"1:01:13Episode 530: "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," "His Three Daughters," and "Merchant Ivory"
Episode 530: "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," "His Three Daughters," and "Merchant Ivory"
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Episode 530: "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," "His Three Daughters," and "Merchant Ivory"
Episode 529: "The Deliverance" and "Mountains"59:21Episode 529: "The Deliverance" and "Mountains"
Episode 529: "The Deliverance" and "Mountains"
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Episode 529: "The Deliverance" and "Mountains"
Episode 528: "Between the Temples," "Hell Hole," and Smoking Tigers"1:03:35Episode 528: "Between the Temples," "Hell Hole," and Smoking Tigers"
Episode 528: "Between the Temples," "Hell Hole," and Smoking Tigers"
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Episode 528: "Between the Temples," "Hell Hole," and Smoking Tigers"
Episode 527: "Close to You," "Skincare," and "Alien: Romulus"1:00:29Episode 527: "Close to You," "Skincare," and "Alien: Romulus"
Episode 527: "Close to You," "Skincare," and "Alien: Romulus"
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Episode 527: "Close to You," "Skincare," and "Alien: Romulus"
Episode 526: "Duchess" and "The Instigators"47:48Episode 526: "Duchess" and "The Instigators"
Episode 526: "Duchess" and "The Instigators"
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Episode 526: "Duchess" and "The Instigators"
Episode 525: "Doctor Jekyll," "Sing Sing," and "Peak Season"53:46Episode 525: "Doctor Jekyll," "Sing Sing," and "Peak Season"
Episode 525: "Doctor Jekyll," "Sing Sing," and "Peak Season"
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Episode 525: "Doctor Jekyll," "Sing Sing," and "Peak Season"
Episode #524: "Deadpool & Wolverine" and "Green Border"1:10:36Episode #524: "Deadpool & Wolverine" and "Green Border"
Episode #524: "Deadpool & Wolverine" and "Green Border"
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Episode #524: "Deadpool & Wolverine" and "Green Border"
Episode 523: "Twisters," "Widow Cliquot," and "Oddity"1:03:31Episode 523: "Twisters," "Widow Cliquot," and "Oddity"
Episode 523: "Twisters," "Widow Cliquot," and "Oddity"
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Episode 523: "Twisters," "Widow Cliquot," and "Oddity"
Episode 522: "Dandelion" and "The Blue Rose"58:14Episode 522: "Dandelion" and "The Blue Rose"
Episode 522: "Dandelion" and "The Blue Rose"
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Episode 522: "Dandelion" and "The Blue Rose"
Episode 521: "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F," "Kill," and "MaXXXine"1:08:31Episode 521: "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F," "Kill," and "MaXXXine"
Episode 521: "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F," "Kill," and "MaXXXine"
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Episode 521: "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F," "Kill," and "MaXXXine"
Episode 520 - "Kinds of Kindness," "Conversion," and "A Family Affair"1:04:42Episode 520 - "Kinds of Kindness," "Conversion," and "A Family Affair"
Episode 520 - "Kinds of Kindness," "Conversion," and "A Family Affair"
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Episode 520 - "Kinds of Kindness," "Conversion," and "A Family Affair"

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  • @itsthepicturespodcast
    @itsthepicturespodcast 5 місяців тому

    We can't wait to listen to this and hear your thoughts on the biggest movie of the summer.

  • @Olivia11233
    @Olivia11233 9 місяців тому

    God bless you from my money

  • @itsthepicturespodcast
    @itsthepicturespodcast 10 місяців тому

    We're looking forward to checking out LOVE LIES BLEEDING soon!

  • @The_CNB
    @The_CNB Рік тому

    I also really liked Starling Girl. I found Owen to be a complicated & relatively unexplored character. It’s definitely Gem’s movie. No one says why Owen was in Puerto Rico. To preach, yes, but did he get sent away? For similar problematic behavior that the rest of the cult wasn’t aware of? He is also from the conservative cult, and seemingly hasn’t explored true, deep love. In the end it’s evident he really needs Gem. But she may be just fine on her own, exploring the world. Or could possibly do so, toting him along with her. 😆 The movie exposes the cracks in the cult members in a fascinating way. It would be impossible for anyone to actually get all that crap right all of the time. Thx for the good discussion.

  • @rogerbell8429
    @rogerbell8429 Рік тому

    Loved The Quiet Girl. Saw it in April last year. Still traumatised!

  • @ImTheBitchWitch
    @ImTheBitchWitch 2 роки тому

    Marilyn Monroe is NOT DEAD.

  • @AFCDH
    @AFCDH 2 роки тому

    I've just discovered the trailer for this documentary and would love to see the whole film, in English. I've noodled around and can't seem to find anywhere where I can buy or rent it, again, in English. Can you help?

    • @spoilerpiecetheatre
      @spoilerpiecetheatre 2 роки тому

      Hi Aida - Evan here. I've tried looking around in all the places I could think of to find the documentary, with no luck. I sent an email to Menemsha Films, the company that distributes the film to see if they have any plans to release it, and I'll let you know what they say.

    • @spoilerpiecetheatre
      @spoilerpiecetheatre 2 роки тому

      Hi Aida - Evan, again. Following up on my previous comment. Menemsha Films says that the film will be available soon on Chai Flicks (if you're not familiar it's a streaming service for Jewish films). If you're not already subscribed to that service and you're interested in subscribing please email us (spoilerpiece@gmail.com), and I can see if maybe I can get you a subscription to it.

  • @denmark39
    @denmark39 3 роки тому

    Guys ! Make a review of a movie WITHOUT revealing the story!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

    • @ThaRid
      @ThaRid 3 роки тому

      It’s called “Spoilerpiece Theatre.”

  • @chaz351
    @chaz351 4 роки тому

    Cool channel, looking forward to seeing more uploads! You could use SMZeus . c o m it’s the best way to grow your channel quickly!

  • @julianaaquino5361
    @julianaaquino5361 5 років тому

    One of the main problems of the movie besides the structure and the fact that they left a lot of the book details off, it that they should have developed a lot of theo's addiction and his relationship with Boris (easily the best character), cause they are the main reasons why the book worked!

    • @spoilerpiecetheatre
      @spoilerpiecetheatre 5 років тому

      It sounds like it would have been a much better movie if they did that!