Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 94: Keanu

“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 94 below, we review Keanu and Fireworks Wednesday. Dave shares songs he has sung with Henry’s name in them, which gives Kris the chance to suggest something extremely clever. After that, Kris reveals his strategy for seeing movies at IFFBoston (also happening this week). Then he quickly follows that up with a segment of “Keepin’ up with the Jensons” where he describes how my spoilerpiecing of Green Room allowed him to notice impressive things about its storytelling techniques. Talking about Green Room’s use of animals lets us easily move on to Keanu, the film we all saw this week. Keanu has the cutest fucking cat you’ve ever seen, and it covers comedic territory that has been mined before, although it’s very funny thanks to Key and Peele. Plus it has connections to New Jack City and George Michael that are hilarious. Finally, I wrap up by reviewing the Asghar Farhadi picture Fireworks Wednesday. This Iranian drama about the difficulties of marriage was such an engrossing piece, that I struggled to break away from it when I had to leave for work. I finished it later though, and thought it was fantastic, even after it rambled on for a bit.