Episode 538: "Here," "High Tide," and "Music by John Williams"
Release Date: 11/01/2024
Episode 557: "The Electric State" and "Novocaine"
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This week Evan, Megan, and Dave watched one dud and one banger. The dud: (1:55), the latest crap-fest from the Russo brothers. This unfunny sci-fi comedy stars Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, and Ke Huy Quan. The banger: (26:00), in which assistant bank manager Jack Quaid has a genetic condition in which he can't feel pain. So when bank robbers kidnap his would-be girlfriend (Amber Midthunder), he uses the condition to his advantage to try to save her. , we talk about the 2006 Spike Lee heist film .
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Episode 556: "The Rule of Jenny Pen" and "Starve Acre"
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It's a week for horror on Spoilerpiece. Megan and Dave talk about (2:10), featuring Geoffrey Rush as a judge recovering from a stroke, John Lithgow as a sadist, and Jenny Pen as Lithgow's evil puppet cohort. Then Evan joins in for (20:59), in which two grieving parents find a mummified oak tree and tend to a reanimated rabbit that may or may not be malevolent. Yeah, it's weird. , we talk about the 2025 Oscars.
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Episode 555: "Captain America: Brave New World," "The Monkey," and "My Dead Friend Zoe"
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This week we catch up on two current releases and a new film. Megan and Evan talk about (2:28), and Megan and Dave discuss (26:02). Then we all talk about the new film (41:03), a dark comedy/drama about an Afghanistan war veteran (Sonequa Martin-Green) dealing with the trauma of losing her friend and fellow vet Zoe (Natalie Morales), who keeps popping up in her day-to-day life as a ghost. , we talk about because it's 25 years old (yikes!).
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Episode 554: "Cleaner" and "The Quiet Ones"
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This week Dave is under the weather, so Megan and Evan tackle the two films as a duo. First, we review Frederik Louis Hviid's true crime heist film, (2:59), which recounts the largest robbery in Denmark's history. Next, we discuss Martin Campbell's action thriller (28:09), which features Daisy Ridley as an ex-soldier turned window cleaner who must save a building full of people after they're taken hostage by eco-terrorists. , we talk about Jeremy Saulnier's 2024 Netflix crime thriller .
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Episode 553: "Rounding" and "The Gorge"
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This week Megan, Evan, and Dave discuss (1:59), about an ambitious medical resident who relocates to a rural hospital after an elderly patient dies in his care. He soon becomes obsessed with saving a young asthma patient while suffering from horrific visions brought on by sleep deprivation and his previous trauma. Then we talk about (27:48), an action-rom-com-horror-thriller starring Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Sigourney Weaver. , we watched , the bizarro sort-of sequel to THE WIZARD OF OZ.
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Episode 552: "Heart Eyes" and "Love Hurts"
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This week Dave spoils director Josh Ruben’s latest, the horror comedy (2:11), about a serial killer who targets couples on and around Valentine’s Day. Then Evan and Megan join him to discuss (18:09), which stars in his first leading role. , we talk about Billy Wilder’s in honor of its 75th anniversary.
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Episode 551: "Dog Man" and "Love Me"
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Evan and Dave are a duo this week. Dave took his children to see the ridiculous animated movie , which he - surprisingly? - liked. And both Evan and Dave took in , a romantic drama in which Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun play a buoy and a satellite falling in love long after every lifeform on Earth has gone extinct. , we discuss the 2006 Tony Scott film with Denzel Washington.
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Episode 550: "Rocky's" and "Inheritance"
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This week we watch two films, the indie comedy-drama (2:26), about five friends in their mid-20s who come together for a funeral, but first regroup in the parking lot of the 24-hour deli they loitered around in high school. Then it’s (23:11), a spy thriller with Phoebe Dynevor and Rhys Ifans as an estranged daughter and father caught in a conspiracy. (Please excuse Dave’s room noise when the podcast begins; his space heater ran for a few minutes.) , we talk about the 1989 Nicole Kidman thriller .
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Episode 549: "Wolf Man," "Night Call," and "Back in Action"
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This week Megan saw (2:20), director and co-writer ’s latest trip down the horror highway, starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner. 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 (16:17), Michiel Blanchart's tense and nimble French-language thriller about a locksmith (Jonathan Feltre) 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...
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Episode 548: "Get Away" and "Red Rooms"
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This week Evan, Megan, and Dave take in the new -written-and-starring horror comedy (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 (26:02), the French-Canadian drama about obsession (among other things) about the trial of a man accused of absolutely horrifying, grisley murders - all captured on video as snuff films (thankfully, the visuals of said snuff films...
info_outlineThis 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 Brazilian immigrant and a man leaving the country in a week. Finally, Dave and Megan discuss MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS (34:36), which is a documentary about the storming of the Bastille. Weird that a documentary about the Bastille would be called MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS, right? (Just kidding, it’s a documentary about legendary film composer and jazz pianist John Williams. Dave has been sacked. - ed.) Over on Patreon, we loooooved the 1995 Denzel Washington-starring, Carl Franklin-directed DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS.