Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 201: Solo: A Star Wars Story
As I suspected, Alden Ehrenreich is terrible as Han Solo in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY.
“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 201 below, we review Solo: A Star Wars Story, Deadpool 2, Disobedience, and Gentleman’s Agreement. Here we are at episode 201, kids! We made it! I kick the show off with a Crewind of Gentleman’s Agreement (3:04), a 1947 film about anti-Semitism starring Gregory Peck. Kris follows up with Deadpool 2 (11:14), a movie that Kris feels differently about from most critics. Then Dave and me go into Disobedience (26:19), director Sebastian Lelio’s English-language debut starring Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, and Alessandro Nivola, about, as New Order might say, a bizarre love triangle. Finally, me and Dave get into Solo: A Star Wars Story (36:07). Who liked it? Who didn’t? By the way, there are tangents aplenty in this episode.
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 .