Max Covill and Evan Crean discuss the latest news in the world of film.
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Boston film critics Evan Crean, Megan Kearns, and David Riedel help you decide what to watch by sharing spoiler-filled reviews of the latest blockbusters and independent films, across genres, including films by women, nonbinary, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC filmmakers. 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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Episode 533: "Will & Harper" and "Megalopolis"
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With Megan on vacation this week, Evan and Dave take on WILL & HARPER (2:42), the documentary about the friendship between Will Ferrell and writer Harper Steele post-Harper's transition. This funny and tender (and occasionally sad) documentary about long friendships (Ferrell and Steele met at "Saturday Night Live") and the ways they change is the a…
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This week on the show Megan and Dave talk about REZ BALL (2:20), director Sydney Freedland’s drama about a Navajo high school basketball team. After a series of tragedies forces the coach and players to rethink the way they play ball, they adopt a technique they dub “rez ball,” which includes fast play and getting the ball to the hoop as quickly as…
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178: Venice Film Festival Recap with Marshall Shaffer
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Join Max and Evan as they welcome guest Marshall Shaffer to the show, diving into his exciting experiences at the 2024 Venice Film Festival. Marshall shares his insights on the most talked-about films of the Fall Movie season, including Babygirl, The Brutalist, and The Room Next Door. Stick around after the interview for an in-depth review of Beetl…
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Episode 531: "Speak No Evil" and "Seeking Mavis Beacon"
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On this week’s show, Megan and Dave watched SPEAK NO EVIL (2:29), writer-director James Watkins’ remake of the Danish film from 2022. As with many non-American horror films remade for American audiences, the new SPEAK NO EVIL leaves the original’s first two-thirds relatively unchanged and then kicks the last third in the ass, replacing it with a wa…
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Episode 530: "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," "His Three Daughters," and "Merchant Ivory"
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It's a big week! Tim Burton's long-awaited BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE (2:08) finally arrives after its thirty-six-year gestation — Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara reprise their roles, and Jenna Ortega co-stars — and does it live up to the praise being heaped upon it? Megan lets you know! Next, we all saw HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (18:42), Aza…
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177: The Creative Mind of Tim Burton
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Max and Evan are discussing director Tim Burton in honor of the new release, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opening in theaters. First, they talk about some movies making waves at Telluride and Venice. Then, they focus on Burton classics like Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman Returns, and Big Fish. Stay tuned afterwards for what they've been wa…
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It’s a 50-50 week on Spoilerpiece, as one of the movies we watch is crap, and one is a joy from start to finish. First, the crap, because we didn’t want to end on a sour note: Lee Daniels’ THE DELIVERANCE (2:12), a derivative dumpster fire of a possession story cribbed from better possession stories. What makes it so awful, though? Glad you asked! …
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Episode 528: "Between the Temples," "Hell Hole," and Smoking Tigers"
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This week, Evan talks about BETWEEN THE TEMPLES (2:14), Nathan Silver's Jewish comedy starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane about a man's grade-school music teacher who becomes his adult Bat Mitzvah student. Unfortunately, he wasn't a fan of the awkward humor. Then, we (Dave and Megan) review HELL HOLE (13:24), John Adams and Toby Poser's (aka …
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176: Fall Festival Movie Preview 2024
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Max and Evan are discussing the movies of the Fall Festivals. This includes movies premiering at TIFF, Venice, NYFF, and BFI. Some of the biggest movies like Anora and Joker 2 are discussed, but there's also others that should be on your radar as well. And if you live in the New England area, IFF Boston runs a Fall Focus festival that gathers many …
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Episode 527: "Alien: Romulus," "Skincare," and "Close to You"
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This week, Megan fills Evan and Dave in on CLOSE TO YOU (1:31), starring Elliot Page (who also co-wrote the story) in Dominic Savage's tender and emotional indie drama as Sam, who journeys home for his father's birthday, his first trip to his hometown since his transition. We follow that up with SKINCARE (9:18), Austin Peters's thriller starring El…
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Because of some truly bizarre audio difficulties this week, Megan was unable to join us. Which is a bummer! Because she had things to say about both movies on the docket. First, Dave talks about DUCHESS (2:35), directed by Neil Marshall and written by Marshall and its star, Charlotte Kirk. And how is it? Well, it's dog shit! Like most of Marshall's…
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175: Is it Video Game or Videogame?
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Max and Evan are discussing video game movies from the '00s. Join them while they discuss some good game adaptations and some awful ones as well. We'll see what kind of video game movie Borderlands turns out to be. Stay tuned for what we've been watching as Max and Evan discuss Deadpool & Wolverine. Website: itsthepictures.substack.com Download the…
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Dave jokes that it’s Megan’s big week on Spoilerpiece: She saw all three movies on the docket! First, she fills Evan and Dave in on DOCTOR JEKYLL (2:27), Joe Stephenson's gothic horror film starring Eddie Izzard as Dr. Nina Jekyll (good) and Rachel Hyde (bad) in a contemporary update of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella The Strange Case of D…
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174: Your Guide to Legacy Sequels
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Max and Evan are discussing legacy sequels. What are they? What makes them good? When does the formula just not work? Additionally, Max reviews Seven Samurai in 4K, a new IFC Films release Ghostlight, and the new Twisters movie. Meanwhile, Evan reviews the new IFC Films release, Oddity and takes a look back at Loki Season 2 ahead of Deadpool & Wolv…
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Episode #524: "Deadpool & Wolverine" and "Green Border"
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Dave is under the weather this week (feel better soon, Dave!), so Megan and Evan cover the week's movies together. First, Megan reviews Agnieszka Holland's vital, yet harrowing drama GREEN BORDER (3:33), which follows a family of refugees from Syria, a border guard, and a group of activists providing aid to refugees, who converge on the Polish-Bela…
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Episode 523: "Twisters," "Widow Clicquot," and "Oddity"
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Evan is off this week, so Megan and Dave braved this week’s releases. Actually, Dave didn’t see TWISTERS (2:39) — Lee Isaac Chung's disaster movie legacy sequel starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos — so it’s up to Megan to tell you, dear listeners, that it’s kind of crap. She has some positive things say about it (Glen Powell,…
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Well. It is a BANNER week on Spoilerpiece, gang. Megan and Dave discuss writer-director Nicole Riegel’s DANDELION (2:54), about a struggling singer-songwriter from Cincinnati (KiKi Layne) taking a shot at winning an opening slot at a biker gathering in South Dakota while also falling into an intense relationship with a semi-retired Scottish guitari…
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173: Summer Is the Time for Blockbusters
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Max and Evan are discussing some of their favorite Summer Blockbusters. They're sure you might've heard of some of these movies before. Also included are reviews of Thelma (2024), A Quiet Place: Day One, Janet Planet, ID4, and thoughts on The Bear Season 3. Website: itsthepicturespodcast.com itsthepictures.substack.com Download the episode today an…
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Episode 521: "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F," "Kill," and "MaXXXine"
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We just marked a national holiday in the United States, so you know what that means: It’s cash grab season! Megan and Dave talk about said (possible) cash grab, BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F (1:53). Eddie Murphy and cohorts return in the legacy sequel that continues the legacy of shittiness that BEVERLY HILL COP III unleashed on the world 30 years earl…
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Episode 520 - "Kinds of Kindness," "Conversion," and "A Family Affair"
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This week Megan saw Yorgos Lanthimos’s KINDS OF KINDNESS (2:28), a whackadoo triptych fable starring Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, and Willem Dafoe. It’s getting all kinds of raves but also some drubbings — including Megan’s. Evan, Megan, and Dave watched CONVERSION (15:15), Zach Meiners's documentary about survivors — the film’s director, an ex-Mormo…
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172: Our Favorite Pixar Movies
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Max and Evan are discussing some of their favorite Pixar movies in honor of Inside Out 2. Want to know if your favorite Pixar movie made the list? Click and listen to this new episode. Website: itsthepicturespodcast.com itsthepictures.substack.com Download the episode today and tweet at John and Max (@itsthepicpod). Like the show? Review us on iTun…
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This week, Megan and Dave check out writer-director Jac Cron’s CHESTNUT (2:19), a low-key (very low-key) queer drama about Annie (Natalia Dyer), who, after graduating college in Philadelphia, falls into a love triangle with Tyler (Rachel Keller) and her maybe-boyfriend Danny (Danny Ramirez). But is Tyler in love with Annie? Or Danny? And is Danny r…
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This week Megan and Dave check out writer-director Daina O. Pusić’s TUESDAY (1:57), starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a mother reckoning with her daughter’s imminent demise when Death arrives - literally - in the form of a size-shifting, talking bird. We had mixed feelings about it, but one of us liked it more than the other. Then Evan joins Megan an…
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Welcome the wacky world of Spoilerpiece! Why wacky? Because for our first film, Megan and Dave watched Kit Zauhar's THIS CLOSENESS (2:33), one of the most indie films to ever indie, and we’re not sure it’s a good movie…but it’s not bad, either? And the ending is…we’re not sure also? And every character in it is an assbag, but that’s OK? Good sound …
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171: Richard Linklater and Hit Man with Odie Henderson
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Max and Evan are discussing the filmography of Richard Linklater with guest Odie Henderson of The Boston Globe and author of Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras. Films discussed include Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Trilogy, Last Flag Flying, and Hit Man. Website: itsthepicturespodcast.com itsthepictures.substack.com Download the episode today …
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Episode 516: "The Dead Don't Hurt" and "Backspot"
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What a week for movies! Megan and Dave watched writer/director/composer/co-star Viggo Mortensen’s THE DEAD DON’T HURT (2:30), a bittersweet drama set in the 1860s. Viggo (the only actor Dave permits being called by first name, because it’s fun to say “Viggo”) is Olsen, a Dane, and Vicky Krieps is Vivienne, a French-Canadian, who meet in San Francis…
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Episode 515: "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga," "Atlas," and "Hit Man"
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Dave, after initially going to the wrong theater, made it to the FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (3:21) screening. He yaps about it, and then Megan and Evan join him for Jennifer Lopez’s new sci-fi flick, ATLAS (11:32), about A.I. that’s - natch - trying to wipe out humanity. A.I. is on everyone’s minds lately, right? Too bad there wasn’t some originality …
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170: Ryan Reynolds The Man Known as Deadpool with Chris Polley
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Max and Evan are discussing the filmography of Ryan Reynolds with guest Chris Polley of the Film Trace podcast. Films discussed include Mississippi Grind, Buried, The Adam Project, The Proposal, Free Guy, IF, and Deadpool 1 & 2. Website: itsthepicturespodcast.com itsthepictures.substack.com Download the episode today and tweet at John and Max (@its…
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What happens when all three critics on Spoilerpiece have problems with both movies on the docket? Listen and you’ll find out! First up is director/co-writer Michelle Schumacher’s YOU CAN’T RUN FOREVER (2:26), a wannabe thriller starring Schumacher’s husband J.K. Simmons, Schumacher’s daughter Olivia Simmons, and a bunch of people who apparently did…
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Episode 513: "Let It Be" remastered, "Evil Does Not Exist," and "Force of Nature: The Dry 2"
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This week there’s a music documentary, an eco-fable set in Japan, and Dave’s favorite cinematic subgenre: Australian detective stories starring Eric Bana! To start things, Dave fills Megan and Evan in on Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s remastered LET IT BE, which crawled so Peter Jackson’s GET BACK could fuggin’ sprint. Megan watched EVIL DOES NOT EXIST, sa…
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