Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 172: Suburbicon

“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 172 below, we review Suburbicon, Too Funny to Fail, and G.I. Jane. This week we reminisce about long-gone insults of yesteryear before Kris offers a unique barb of his own design. For the movies, I deliver a “Crewind” of G.I. Jane (5:00), the Ridley Scott picture where Demi Moore is a badass Navy SEAL in training trapped in a story that gets a little muddled with conspiracy plots. Next Dave covers Too Funny to Fail (17:17), a rollicking documentary on Hulu about the short-lived Dana Carvey Show that explains that the inspiration for some of the show’s best sketches while reflecting on its failure. Then we take on Suburbicon (28:35), a George Clooney film that borrows an old Coen Brothers script, but fails to imitate them effectively. While we chide it for being too heavy-handed and trying to cover too much narrative ground, we can all agree that Oscar Isaac injects much-needed vitality into his brief scenes.