Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 68: Our Brand is Crisis

“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 68 below, we review Burnt, Our Brand is Crisis, and Hiding Out. Following a brief Eddy mix up, we review movies new to old. I’m first with Burnt, a Bradley Cooper film about disgraced chef who does not pee in soup. It’s a super predictable picture where there are gratuitous montages that focus on mundane things and everyone is waiting around for him to get better. Kris is next to discuss Our Brand is Crisis, a political film that’s reminiscent of PCU, but without George Clinton to bring everyone together. The director doesn’t belong and it’s so uneven, although when it’s cynical it does have points to make. Finally, I saw Dave’s favorite movie, Hiding Out, starring John Cryer, so the two of us give it the full spoilerpiece treatment. Dave can “quote the motherfucker backwards and forwards,” and I reveal my surprise about how part of it takes place in Boston, while I pause to analyze its 80s yuppie mentality.