Spoilerpiece Theatre

Because we've never seen anything like this in our lives - "unprecedented," as Kris says - we thought we'd talk about "The Interview" and its cancelled release, and what the implications are for the film industry, and, at the risk of sounding hoity-toity, life in general. Plus, we all weigh in on the awfulness of the final chapter of Peter Jackson's bloated Hobbit crapfest. There are lots of tangents, too, as Kris reveals his appreciation for "This is the End," a movie Dave can't imagine anyone would ever like, and Evan clues us in as to why he pronounces Smaug the Dragon's name the way he does.

Sadly, Dave is away this week, which means we had to record at Evan's and he had to edit, so hopefully we sound okay. And if we don't, too bad! Anyway, Dede Crimmins joins us again as we talk about Chris Rock's TOP FIVE and RIDLEY SCOTT's EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS. We also talk about Cards Against Humanity's Ten Days or Whatever of Kwanzaa, our top five rappers, JCVD's poetic turns of phrase, and films we watched at home before voting on our awards for BOFCA.

Hi, everyone! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and avoided getting an elbow in the face while you shopped Friday. We're talking about THE BABADOOK, an excellent psychological horror movie by Jennifer Kent, and UNDER THE SKIN, the Scarlett Johansson alien movie, just because we can. And this week on the show, Evan is Morley Safer and Dave is Ed Bradley. Kris didn't pick a "60 Minutes" correspondent, so let's just say he was Harry Reasoner.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Enjoy stuffing yourself with turkey, and if you go to the movies, popcorn and candy. This week we take on the horrid "Horrible Bosses 2," "The Homesman," which has many layers and complicated characters, and the funny if silly "Penguins of Madagascar." Dave hates on Charlie Day; Evan disagrees with the other guys on some stuff; and Kris tells a joke he wrote when he was 13.

Can you say marketing ploy? That's right! It's our yap-fest about THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1, a movie we can't stop discussing even though we try to many times. Then we talk about CALVARY and wonder why Brendan Gleeson isn't a star. But perhaps most strangely, Evan lets Dave stroll through his Tinder account while Kris seems aghast.

Whoa! All three of us saw the same movies this week! Kris talks about interviewing Maziar Bahari, whose story is dramatized in "Rosewater." Evan and Dave are sure that most people who see "Dumb and Dumber To" won't realize "To" is misspelled. And then we all tear "Dumb and Dumber To" a new one.

We cover a lot of ground this week. Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR! BIG HERO 6! And Evan brings up that last week we forgot to talk about GHOULIES (which screened at the Halloween horror overnighter that our guest Deirdre Crimmins and Dave talked about). Plus, we talk about Robert Zemeckis and his crappy motion capture movies; Eddie Money songs; Evan cracks himself up; Kris mentions that he does research; and Dave tries to remember the theme song to the Saturday morning cartoon "Droids."

Evan couldn't make the recording so Kris and Dave are joined by friend and fellow critic Deirdre Crimmins (check out her work on allthingshorror.com!). This week we yap a ton about horror movies (because this episode premieres on Halloween), and we also get into the excellent Jake Gyllenhaal flick NIGHTCRAWLER and Alexandre Aja's HORNS. The horror movies we touch on include FRANKENSTEIN (1931), THE LOST BOYS, EVIL DEAD II, EATEN ALIVE, and THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN, which is easily one of the worst movies to ever grace the silver screen.

We've said this before, but holy crap: Talk about Tangentpiece Theatre. While talking about Keanu Reeves and the serious ass kickings he doles out in JOHN WICK, Michael Keaton's return in BIRDMAN as a leading man, and the very French THE BLUE ROOM, we take left turns into why trailers suck, the French as a people, the Byronic hero, and lots of other stuff. Plus, Dave sings "Two Heads Are Better Than One" for a half-chorus (it's Evan's fault), and Kris explains how John Wick (the character) comes to violence (short version: The bad guys came at him on the WRONG day).

This week we talk Bill Murray in ST. VINCENT and the wonderful feel-good film PRIDE. And of course, we break off into tangents - for example, the age-old question of how one separates an artist from his art. Plus, Evan reveals his love of ranch flavoring and our good friend and colleague Andy Crump fills in for a vacationing Kris.