Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 86: Zootopia

“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 86 below, we review Zootopia and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. This week we talk about bread (yeah, that’s right, bread) before I share some BIG news. Then Kris starts things off by talking about Zootopia, a hard-PG Disney film about racism. His commentary leads to an odd tangent about Tom Selleck and a brief tangent on politics. Afterward, he, Dave, and I discuss Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, one of our favorite dumb movies. We comment on how fast-paced and lean it is with its perfect dialogue, while sharing visual gags and suspect editing they didn’t notice in previous viewings. In the process of reviewing it, we delve into Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, and the Bill & Ted cartoon too. In the final part of the show, we express our gripes with this year’s Oscars. We also get into lengthy discussions about the Best Original Screenplay category by way of Ex Machina and the Best Original Song category by way of Sam Smith. Speaking of songs, stick around after the closing credits for Dave’s fresh take on a Beatles classic.