Spoiler Specials

Plot holes, twist endings, and other secrets of current movies.

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About the Show

On Slate’s Spoiler Specials, Slate critics, such as Dana Stevens and Willa Paskin, discuss new movies and TV shows in spoiler-filled detail. We dissect twist endings, plot holes, and other secrets you won’t read in reviews.

WARNING: This podcast contains spoilers (duh).

M3gan: The Uncanny Valley of the Dolls

The demon doll horror film gets spoiled by Dana Stevens and Jeffrey Bloomer.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Rian Johnson returns to the screens with another installment of Knives Out.

Avatar: The Way of Water

Spoiling James Cameron’s return to Pandora.

Tár

Conductors, conflict, and cancel culture

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Vibranium makes the world go around.

House of the Dragon

Fire, blood, and the Real Housewives of Westeros.

Halloween Ends

Slate’s Sam Adams and Jeffrey Bloomer spoil Michael’s last ride.

Don’t Worry Darling

Domestic drama: Don’t Worry Darling gets spoiled by Slate’s Dana Stevens and Marissa Martinelli.

Orphan: First Kill

The psychological thriller Orphan: First Kill gets spoiled by Slate’s Sam Adams and Jeffrey Bloomer.

The Sandman

Sam Adams and Laura Miller spoil the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s comic book series, The Sandman.

Bodies Bodies Bodies

The Gen Z murder mystery gets spoiled by Dana Stevens and Nadira Goffe.

Bullet Train

Dana Stevens and Sam Adams spoil David Leitch’s Bullet Train.

Nope

Jordan Peele’s latest gets spoiled by film critic Dana Stevens and Slate’s Nadira Goffe.

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor, part four: Dana Stevens and Sam Adams spoil Thor: Love and Thunder.

Lightyear

Dana Stevens and Sam Adams spoil the new animated film from Disney.

Jurassic World: Dominion

Sam Adams and Jeffrey Bloomer spoil the latest salvo in the war of man vs. dinosaur.

Top Gun: Maverick

Dana Stevens and Dan Kois spoil the military action thriller starring Tom Cruise.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Dana Stevens and Sam Adams spoil Marvel’s new movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The new Nicolas Cage action comedy gets spoiled by Dana Stevens and Keith Phipps.

Bridgerton (Season 2)

Marissa Martinelli and Rebecca Onion spoil the latest season of the Netflix hit.