Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 106: Star Trek Beyond

“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 106 below, we review Star Trek Beyond, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, and Heaven’s Gate. A conversation about the trailer for XxX: Return of Xander Cage takes an entirely different turn once we start talking about other short videos we’d like to see with Vin Diesel. Then Kris leads off by reviewing Star Trek Beyond (at 4:29). Due to a last-minute screening, he is the only one who could see it, but he has good things to say about its story, its characters, and its action scenes between Dave and my jokes about “Captain’s Logs.” Following a quick Baby Henry story, Kris and I discuss Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (at 28:52). We reveal why we enjoy the movie’s absurdist British humor even though we never really watched the show it’s based on. Finally, we arrive at the episode’s main event, where we dig into Heaven’s Gate (at 39:00), a film we’ve promised to take on for a while. We delve into detail about why it’s underwritten and overproduced, while still being an amazing spectacle to behold. Our commentary on its phenomenal technical feats  and depressing themes add color to this expensive flop that ruined United Artists and marred the late Michael Cimino’s career.