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Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 61: The Visit

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 61 below, we talk about The Visit, Grandma, and 90 Minutes in Heaven. Sean Burns joins me and Kris this week, vowing to up the episode’s profanity quotient since he’s filling for Dave. But I end up doing that myself, cursing out M. Night Shyamalan’s found footage horror film The Visit. Although I can’t stand the movie, Kris doesn’t actually hate everything about it and manages to sell Sean on seeing it. After we get through that slog, Sean talks about how entertaining Lily Tomlin is in Grandma and how crazy it was seeing her around Sundance with Jane Fonda. Then he wraps everything up with 90 Minutes in Heaven, the boring Christian film that stars Hayden Christensen with a creepy mustache and drawl. How boring is it? Sean needed three tries to get through it without falling asleep. Given its lack of excitement, it’s not surprising that we end up hitting a number of tangents instead of discussing the movie in depth.

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 .