Hera Hilmar wearing a red scarf for a mask and looking intently in front of some stairs and machinery in the movie Mortal Engines
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Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 231: Mortal Engines

Evan Crean

“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 231 below, we review The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Support the Girls, Monsters and Men, Bathtubs Over Broadway, Incredibles 2, and Mortal Engines. Lots to cover on this week’s show as award season races toward the finish line for BOFCA! First up, we hear from Dave who calls in with his thoughts on The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2:00). Then Kris makes a hard case for Support the Girls (8:25), which was a hit on the festival circuit but ought to be way more widely seen. I walk you through Monsters and Men (19:07), a pretty good take on a story that has nonetheless been covered in more interesting and absorbing ways by other films this year. Kris saw Bathtubs Over Broadway (28:56), a delightful story about one of the oddest phenomena in American entertainment: the industrial musical. I saw Incredibles 2 (35:23) — surprise surprise, it’s good — and Kris wraps things up with Mortal Engines (41:57) — surprise surprise, it’s not.

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 .