“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.
On Episode 174 below, we review Lady Bird, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Murder on the Orient Express, and Winter Hunt. It’s a big week at Spoilerpiece! Lotsa movies. I fill everyone in on the Boston Jewish Film Festival (3:45) with the four shorts (Join the Club with Ari Graynor, Wig Shop with Emily Mortimer, Black Swell with Richard Kind, and The Chop, about a Jewish butcher who gets a job in halal shop), and one feature (Winter Hunt) I watched in anticipation of the festival’s run from November 8-20. Dave follows at 17:20 with Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, which he characterizes as one of the best films of 2017. Next up is Kris and Dave with Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express at 30:00. Lastly, all three of us saw Greta Gerwig’s masterful Lady Bird and take turns gushing about how much we love it.
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 .