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Spoilerpiece Theatre 276: Black and Blue

Evan Crean

Episode #276: “Parasite,” “Black and Blue,” “Fractured,” “Knock Down the House,” and “Where’s My Roy Cohn?”

Evan takes Megan and Dave down Thriller Lane (TM) this week to talk about FRACTURED (2:44), a Netflix movie starring Sam Worthington as a man whose family goes missing at a hospital, and BLACK AND BLUE (10:39), a cop flick about a rookie with conflicting loyalties. One Evan thinks was good, the other…not so good.

In Episode 276 of my podcast Spoilerpiece Theatre, we review Fractured, Black and Blue, Knock Down the House, Where’s My Roy Cohn?, and Parasite. I take Megan and Dave down Thriller Lane (TM) this week to talk about Fractured (2:44), a Netflix movie starring Sam Worthington as a man whose family goes missing at a hospital, and Black and Blue (10:39), a cop flick about a rookie with conflicting loyalties. One I thought was good, the other…not so good. Then Megan and Dave talk Knock Down the House (26:11), a Netflix documentary about the 2018 U.S. elections, featuring four politicians, one of whom happens to be Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Megan follows that up with another political doc, Where’s My Roy Cohn? (40:10), about guess who? Finally, Megan and Dave end on Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite (45:30), a movie that begins in one place and then goes to a very different (and dark!) place. Don’t forget to visit our Patreon page! This week’s exclusive audio is about The Omen!

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 .