In Episode 132 below, we review The Founder and Split. This week Kris excitedly announces the Amazon release of Blood of the Tribades, the sexy lesbian vampire homage to Hammer horror that features him in a villainous role. Before the guys dive into the week’s movies, Kris issues a correction to his description of The Bye Bye Man at the request of a listener. With corrections and plugs out of the way, Dave steps up to spoilerpiece The Founder (at 8:41), a chronicle of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) transformed McDonalds from a small fast food chain owned by hardworking brothers (John Carroll Lynch and Nick Offerman) into a multi-billion-dollar company. Dave shares its unique take on Kroc as a character, revealing how Kroc starts out sympathetic, but becomes an incredible shyster as the film progresses. Then all three of us tackle Split (at 27:16), M. Night Shyamalan’s twisty thriller about a group of teenage girls abducted by man with multiple personalities (James McAvoy). Wes marvel at McAvoy’s dynamite performance as well as great turns by Betty Buckley and Anya Taylor-Joy, although we find the movie’s ending lacking and a little icky. The plus side: Dr. Kris has some ideas for how it could be improved.
- 8 years ago
Evan Crean
Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 132: The Founder
“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.
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