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Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 122: Arrival

Amy Adams in ARRIVAL

“Spoilerpiece Theatre” is a weekly movie podcast where I talk about new releases with fellow BOFCA critics Dave Riedel and Kris Jenson. We don’t give a shit about spoilers. We just want to talk about the movies.

In Episode 122 below, we review Arrival, Loving, Moonlight, and The Origin of Violence. Dave gripes about his record club’s inability to send him records he wants, before discussing his burgeoning November beard and his latest Baby Henry story. After we get some good laughs in to compensate for our election sadness, Kris gets things going with Arrival (at 6:10), a sci-fi film starring Amy Adams as a linguist that speaks heptapod. Adams plays the same character she always does, but it does some very interesting things Kris doesn’t expect and really turns out to be the kind of high concept sci-fi he enjoys. Next, Dave and I keep the good movie momentum with our description of Loving (at 21:26), an emotional drama based on a true story with amazing performances by Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton. Kris follows with his take on Moonlight (at 33:32) a three-party story of a gay man’s life that’s not revolutionary, but so well-assembled that it kind of is. I close out the show with The Origin of Violence (at 48:36), a French film playing at the Boston Jewish Film Festival that turned out to be more about the Holocaust than I expected, although not in a bad way, since the film uses it to tell a compelling story.
Tags: Amy AdamsArrivalBaby HenryBOFCABoston Jewish Film FestivalBoston Online Film Critics AssociationDavid RiedelDenis VilleneuveJeremy RennerJoel EdgertonKristofer JensonLovingMoonlightpodcastRuth Neggasci-fiSpoilerpiece TheatreThe Origin of Violence
Evan Crean: Hello! My name is Evan Crean. By day I work for a marketing agency, but by night, I’m a film critic based in Boston, MA. Since 2009, I have written hundreds of movie reviews and celebrity interviews for Starpulse.com. I have also contributed pieces to NewEnglandFilm.com and to The Independent, as a writer and editor. I maintain an active Letterboxd account too. In addition to publishing short form work, I am a co-author of the book Your ’80s Movie Guide to Better Living, which is available on CreateSpace and Amazon. The book is the first in a series of lighthearted self-help books for film fans, which distills advice from ’80s movies on how to tackle many of life’s challenges. On top of writing, I co-host and edit the weekly film podcast Spoilerpiece Theatre with two other Boston film critics. I’m a founding member and the current treasurer for the Boston Online Film Critics Association as well. This site, Reel Recon.com, is a one-stop-shop where you can find links to all of my past and present work. Have any questions or comments after checking it out? Please feel free to email me (Evan Crean) at: ecrean AT reelrecon DOT COM .
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