Spoilerpiece Theatre 178: The Shape of Water

“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 178 below, we review The Shape of Water and The Darkest Hour. We kick off this week’s Spoilerpiece with a Crewind — also known as Evan Can Wait and God Save the Crean — in which I recap my experiences with Logan (eh), Battle of the Sexes (good), and Last Flag Flying (wow) (4:02, 9:30, 15:29 respectively). Next up is Dave with The Darkest Hour (20:11), in which Gary Oldman portrays Winston Churchill in the earliest days of Britain’s involvement in World War II. It’s a bit of a recitation of well-established facts, but Oldman doing anything can never be totally boring, making this a mixed bag. Last up is all three of us with Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water (32:11). If you like del Toro, you know what to expect. If you don’t, well, you also know what to expect, only moreso.