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“I've been listening to these podcasts for years. I only listen to the ones for movies I've seen. I've never liked Stevens as a film critic, as I think she's far too negative in that she never seems to enjoy any movie she sees. However, the biggest issue I have is that for a "spoiler" podcast, the hosts often omit crucial facts or get them wrong. (I could mention specific examples, but by definition, I'd be spoiling movies. The one that prompted me to write this review was "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", in which they criticized a couple of things that they wouldn't have if they'd just paid attention.) One would think that people tuning in to this podcast would be detail-oriented; it would be nice if the announcers were the same.”Read full review »
tbrianb via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/15/12
More reviews of Slate's Spoiler Specials
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“Listened to 2 episodes Grand Budapest Hotel and Snowpiercer.
First I was astonished by the host’s whole “Gustave H represents Wes Anderson himself and the hotel was his movie” concept, but 3 guests made fair points so I kept at it
Then in Snowpiercer the hosts were constantly incorrectly “spoil”...”Read full review »
Charleyxu via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/11/14
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“I gave it four episodes, but hating everything is not a sign of good taste.”
Alykaramazov via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/18/13
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“Their is a gaining popular thought that the world's obession with spoilers is ruining film criticism. Well that is taken care of in this podcast. The podcast really works because of the lack of boundaries. A lot of films can't be talked about if you have someone deathly afraid of learning...”Read full review »
Movie_Going via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/11/12
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