Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 91: Hardcore Henry

In Episode 91 below, we review Hardcore Henry and Hello, My Name is Doris. This week Kris takes the floor for his very first segment of “Keepin’ up with the Jensons,” where he fills me and Dave in on the remainder of Hello, My Name is Doris, a movie he started to talk about last week. Kris thinks the film is based on a lot of contrivances, but he forgives them because Sally Field is great in it and director Michael Showalter seems to know exactly what to focus on. Following brief baby poop tangent, Kris also shares his take on Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday. He agrees with Dave and me about it, although he spends a little more time comparing and contrasting it with Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, which he also watched. Then we dig into Hardcore Henry the one movie we all saw this week. Sadly it’s not about Baby Henry, but it is an intense action flick shot entirely in first person. Kris compares it to Bright Lights Big City meets Call of Duty, while I say it’s a cross between Crank and Shoot Em Up. All three of us admit that it has its entertaining moments and characters (like the ones played by Sharlto Copley), but that there’s only so good it can be given how it’s shot. Finally, we wrap up by delivering a sneak peek of the movies we’ll be talking about next episode. Kris is looking forward to discussing the Don Cheadle/Miles Davis film Miles Ahead, while I’m anxious to talk about Green Room.