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).

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Allegra Frank and Karen Han spoil the new Space Jam sequel.

Black Widow

Dana Stevens and Karen Han spoil the new Marvel movie.

Luca

Spoiling Pixar’s new animated movie.

In the Heights

Spoiling the movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s stage musical.

Cruella

Dana Stevens and Karen Han spoil the new Disney movie.

Woman in the Window

Laura Miller and Matthew Dessem spoil the new Netflix thriller.

Mortal Kombat

Karen Han and Matthew Dessem spoil the new action/fantasy movie.

Godzilla vs. Kong

Allegra Frank and Matthew Dessem spoil the action-packed clash of the titans.

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Dana Stevens and Rachel Syme spoil the new best-friends comedy.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Spoiling the Snyder Cut.

Coming 2 America

Spoiling the new Eddie Murphy film.

Saint Maud

Dana Stevens, Jeffrey Bloomer and Ruth Graham spoil the long-awaited horror film.

Bridgerton

Willa Paskin and Nichole Perkins spoil the new Netflix series Bridgerton.

Promising Young Woman

Dana Stevens and Karen Han spoil Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman.

Soul

What’s at the heart of Pixar’s new animated movie?

Mank

Spoiling David Fincher’s new film about the making of Citizen Kane.

Happiest Season

Spoiling a charmingly queer Christmas rom-com.

Freaky

Spoiling the new body-switching slasher film.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Dana Stevens and Sam Adams spoil the long awaited sequel to Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2006 film Borat.

The Haunting of Bly Manor

Sam Adams and Laura Miller spoil Netflix’s follow-up to The Haunting of Hill House.