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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 2 of their coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• Conclave

• The Wild Robot

• Queer

• Riff Raff

• The Brutalist

• Under the Volcano

• A Missing Part

• Babygirl

• The End

Music for this Episode:

• Sensational by Ben Fox

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 1 of their coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• We Live in Time

• The Life of Chuck

• All of You

• The Room Next Door

• Eden

• The Last Showgirl

• The Assessment

• Heretic

Music for this Episode:

• Sensational by Ben Fox

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Alien: Romulus.

Directed by Fede Alvarez. With Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, and Archie Renaux. While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Alien: Romulus

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• See Me Fly by Roza

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Cuckoo.

Directed by Tilman Singer. With Hunter Schafer, Jan Bluthardt, and Marton Csokas. A 17-year-old girl is forced to move with her family to a resort where things are not what they seem.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Cuckoo

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Mama Knows by Gaela Braun

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Trap.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, and Saleka Shyamalan. A father and his teen daughter attend a pop concert only to realize they've entered the center of a dark and sinister event.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Trap

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Move Silent by HALP

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Deadpool & Wolverine.

Directed by Shawn Levy. With Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Emma Corrin. Deadpool is offered a place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by the Time Variance Authority, but instead recruits a variant of Wolverine to save his universe from extinction.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Deadpool & Wolverine

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Hell Yeah by Ride Free

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Twisters.

Directed by Lee Isaac Chung. With Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos. A retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Twisters

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Tornado by Ben Bostick

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller sit down for Part 2 of Stephen's recap of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Films:

• Black Dog

• Armand

• Rumors

• The Balconettes

• Emilia Pérez

• Horizon: An American Saga

• The Substance

• The Apprentance

• The Shrouds

• Anora

• All We Imagine As Light

• Beating Hearts

• The Seed of the Sacred Fig

• The Most Precious of Cargoes

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For more in-depth coverage from the festival, checkout Stephen’s Cannes 2024 Dispatches over at David Chen’s Substack: Decoding Everything:

• Cannes 2024 Dispatch - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

• Cannes 2024: Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' Is a Bewildering Mess

• Cannes 2024: 'Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1' Is Barely A Movie

• Cannes 2024: Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Is One of the Best Films of the Year

Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Bad Boys: Ride or Die.

Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. With Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, and Vanessa Hudgens. This Summer, the world's favorite Bad Boys are back with their iconic mix of edge-of-your seat action and outrageous comedy but this time with a twist: Miami's finest are now on the run.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Bad Boys: Ride or Die

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Raw Energy by SOURWAH

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Hit Man.

Directed by Richard Linklater. With Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, and Austin Amelio. A professor moonlighting as a hit man of sorts for his city police department, descends into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Hit Man

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Temptation by Ride Free

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Directed by George Miller. With Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, and Tom Burke. The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Crash and Burn by Kissing Candice

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller sit down for Part 1 of Stephen's recap of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Films:

• The Second Act

• Directors’ Factory Philippines

• Wild Diamond

• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

• The Girl with the Needle

• Bird

• Megalopolis

• Christmas Eve in Miller's Point

• Kinds of Kindness

• Oh, Canada

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For more in-depth coverage from the festival, checkout Stephen’s Cannes 2024 Dispatches over at David Chen’s Substack: Decoding Everything:

• Cannes 2024 Dispatch - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

• Cannes 2024: Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' Is a Bewildering Mess

• Cannes 2024: 'Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1' Is Barely A Movie

• Cannes 2024: Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Is One of the Best Films of the Year

Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Challengers.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino. With Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor. Tashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach, turned her husband into a champion. But to overcome a losing streak, he needs to face his ex-best friend and Tashi's ex-boyfriend.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Challengers

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Mess I Made by Pizza Rat & dazeychain

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

Directed by Guy Ritchie. With Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, and Alex Pettyfer. The British military recruits a small group of highly skilled soldiers to strike against German forces behind enemy lines during World War II.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• On the Way by Jonezen

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Civil War.

Directed by Alex Garland. With Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, and Cailee Spaeny. A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Civil War

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• The Civil War Song by Rodellos Machine

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Late Night with the Devil.

Directed by Cameron Cairnes and Colin Cairnes. With David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, and Ian Bliss. A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Late Night with the Devil

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• There Goes the Devil by Michael Shynes

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Road House.

Directed by Doug Liman. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, and Conor McGregor. Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Road House

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Pass with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• The Other Side of Wrong by Ben Bostick

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Love Lies Bleeding.

Directed by Rose Glass. With Anna Baryshnikov, Kristen Stewart, and Dave Franco. Gym manager Lou falls for Jackie, a bodybuilder who is passing through town en route to a competition in Las Vegas.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Love Lies Bleeding

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Escape by Castlefield

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Problemista.

Directed by Julio Torres. With Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, and RZA. Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Problemista

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Damage by Frank Bentley

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Dune: Part Two.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve. With Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and Rebecca Ferguson. Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Dune: Part Two

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Helvv Kryd Holy Wars by Ian Post

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Photo Credit: Wilson Webb / Working Title / Focus Features

Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Drive-Away Dolls.

Directed by Ethan Coen. With Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Beanie Feldstein. Jamie regrets her breakup with her girlfriend, while Marian needs to relax. In search of a fresh start, they embark on an unexpected road trip to Tallahassee. Things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Drive-Away Dolls

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Wait for Rental/Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Friends Forever by Ziv Moran

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Bonus Content:

Read Stephen’s piece over at decodingeverything.com:

10 Cinematic Pairings That Defined 2023

Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller talk about the past, present, and future of The Spoiler Warning Podcast.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Music for this Episode:

• Warning by The Peacocks

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Lisa Frankenstein.

Directed by Zelda Williams. With Kathryn Newton, Liza Soberano, and Jenna Davis. A coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and her crush, who happens to be a corpse. After a set of horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a journey to find love, happiness - and a few missing body parts.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Lisa Frankenstein

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Pass with Caveat

• Christopher: Must Avoid

Music for this Episode:

• Hopeless Valentine by dazeychain

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller discuss 10 films they caught at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Skywalkers: A Love Story

• Suncoast

• Sujo

• Ibelin

• In The Summers

• Kneecap

• Girls Will Be Girls

• In the Land of Brothers

• Dìdi (弟弟)

• A Real Pain

Music for this Episode:

• Festival Jingle

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of I.S.S.

Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. With Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, and John Gallagher Jr. Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling, the U.S. and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• I.S.S.

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• The Astronaut Part II by J Lind

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Godzilla Minus One.

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki. With Minami Hamabe, Sakura Ando, and Ryunosuke Kamiki. Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Godzilla Minus One

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Vicious Attack by Tilman Sillescu

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller discuss their favorite films of 2023.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Stephen's List:

1. Past Lives

2. Perfect Days

3. The Zone of Interest

4. Killers of the Flower Moon

5. American Fiction

6. The Boy and the Heron

7. Oppenheimer

8. You Hurt My Feelings

9. Maestro

10. Shayda

Christopher's List:

1. Past Lives

2. Anatomy of a Fall

3. Talk To Me

4. Dream Scenario

5. Perfect Days

6. American Fiction

7. The Teachers' Lounge

8. All of Us Strangers

9. Oppenheimer

10. Barbie

Music for this Episode:

• Let Me Know by Trapper Schoepp

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Poor Things.

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. With Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe. The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter; a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Poor Things

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Daddy's Daughter by The Ghosts of Liberty

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of May December.

Directed by Todd Haynes. With Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, and Charles Melton. Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• May December

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Taboo by Lumane

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Napoleon.

Directed by Ridley Scott. With Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, and Tahar Rahim. An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Napoleon

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must Avoid

• Christopher: Must Avoid

Music for this Episode:

• Riot by Wes Harris

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Dream Scenario.

Directed by Kristoffer Borgli. With Lily Bird, Nicolas Cage, and Julianne Nicholson. A hapless family man finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. When his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Dream Scenario

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Let Me Dream by Max Hixon

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Saltburn.

Directed by Emerald Fennell. With Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, and Archie Madekwe. A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Saltburn

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Pass with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Starry Eyed by Jane & The Boy

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of The Marvels.

Directed by Nia DaCosta. With Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Iman Vellani. Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• The Marvels

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Lets Go by SOURWAH

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Priscilla.

Directed by Sofia Coppola. With Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, and Ari Cohen. When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Priscilla

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Pass with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Chasing Love by Max Hixon

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of The Killer.

Directed by David Fincher. With Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, and Charles Parnell. After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• The Killer

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Pistol by Phototaxis

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Killers of the Flower Moon.

Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone. When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Killers of the Flower Moon

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• The Thief by Ben Bostick

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Fair Play.

Directed by Chloe Domont. With Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, and Eddie Marsan. An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Fair Play

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Fair Play (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of The Creator.

Directed by Gareth Edwards. With John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, and Gemma Chan. Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• The Creator

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat (rounded up from Wait for Rental)

• Christopher: Wait for Rental (rounded down from Recommend with Caveat)

Music for this Episode:

• Ode to AI by Compass and Cavern

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Dumb Money.

Directed by Craig Gillespie. With Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, and Vincent D'Onofrio. Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (the video game store) into the world's hottest company.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Dumb Money

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Bad B Freestyle by BAER

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you their 3rd and final installment in their coverage of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• Finestkind

• Next Goal Wins

• A Normal Family

• The Boy and the Heron

• Fingernails

• Memory

• Wildcat

• Gonzo Girl

• The Holdovers

Music for this Episode:

• TIFF 2023: Welcome to the Festival

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Bonus Content:

Read Stephen’s piece The Five Best Films of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival over at Decoding Everything.

Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller discuss another 10 films they caught at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• Close to You

• Backspot

• Mimang

• The Royal Hotel

• Hit Man

• NYAD

• Flora and Son

• Aggro Dr1ft

• One Life

• Smugglers

Music for this Episode:

• TIFF 2023: Welcome to the Festival

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller discuss films they caught during the first 5 days of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• Anatomy of a Fall

• How to Have Sex

• Perfect Days

• His Three Daughters

• Les Indésirables

• American Fiction

• Wicked Little Letters

• Great Absence

• Daddio

• Concrete Utopia

• The Zone of Interest

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• TIFF 2023: Welcome to the Festival

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

Directed by Jeff Rowe & Kyler Spears. With Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr, and Nicolas Cantu. The film follows the Turtle brothers as they work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• SEVENTEEN by SAYJAN

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Oppenheimer.

Directed by Christopher Nolan. With Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, and Matt Damon. The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Oppenheimer

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Fighting Flames with Fire by Icarus

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Barbie.

Directed by Greta Gerwig, With Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and Issa Rae. Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Barbie

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Girls Night Out by Andrea Vasquez

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of You Hurt My Feelings.

Directed by Nicole Holofcener. With Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, and Michaela Watkins. A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• You Hurt My Feelings

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Burned by The Talbott Brothers

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Return to Seoul.

Directed by Davy Chou. With Park Ji-min, Oh Kwang-rok, and Guka Han. A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Return to Seoul

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Almost Home by Chris Mason

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Past Lives.

Directed by Celine Song. With Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro. Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Past Lives

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• It Dont Get Old Loving You by Chris Mason

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Asteroid City.

Directed by Wes Anderson. With Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Hanks. Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Asteroid City

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• I Dont Get the Lesson by Ziv Grinberg

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Elemental.

Directed by Peter Sohn. With Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, and Ronnie Del Carmen. Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Elemental

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Fighting Flames with Fire by Icarus

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Directed by Joaquim Dos SantosKemp PowersJustin K. Thompson. Witg Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, and Brian Tyree Henry. Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• This Side by Frank Bentley

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Directed by James Gunn. With Chris Pratt, Chukwudi Iwuji, and Bradley Cooper. Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• For the One by Eldar Kedem

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Beau Is Afraid.

Directed by Ari Aster. With Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, and Amy Ryan. Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Beau Is Afraid

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Afraid of the Dark by Chandler Reed & The Sticky Keys

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Renfield.

Directed by Chris McKay. With Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, and Awkwafina. Renfield, Dracula's henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Renfield

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Pass with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• There Goes the Devil by Michael Shynes

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of How to Blow Up a Pipeline.

Directed by Daniel Goldhaber. With Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, and Lukas Gage. A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• How to Blow Up a Pipeline

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Love on Oil by OTNO

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of John Wick: Chapter 4.

Directed by Chad Stahelski. With Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, and George Georgiou. John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• John Wick: Chapter 4

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Pistol by Phototaxis

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Creed III.

Directed by Michael B. Jordan. With Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, and Jonathan Majors. Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Creed III

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• KNOCKED OUT by Canon

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Cocaine Bear.

Directed by Elizabeth Banks. With Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Cocaine Bear

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must Avoid

• Christopher: Must Avoid

Music for this Episode:

• Grizzly Bear by David Jack Marshall

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Magic Mike’s Last Dance. They also discuss Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Jemelia George, Channing Tatum, and Daniel Llaca. Mike takes to the stage again, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can't refuse.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Magic Mike’s Last Dance

Magic Mike Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Magic Mike XXL Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Magic Mike's Last Dance Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Last Chance by Baasik

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

Directed by Peyton Reed. With Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and Michael Douglas. Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, along with Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, explore the Quantum Realm, where they interact with strange creatures and embark on an adventure that goes beyond the limits of what they thought was possible.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Pass with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Alternate by Yotam Ben Horin

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Plane.

Directed by Jean-François Richet. With Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, and Tony Goldwyn. A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he's forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Plane

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Your Captain by Banana Split

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller discuss 8 award-winning films from the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Slow (Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic)

• Scrapper (World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)

• Magazine Dreams (U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Creative Vision)

• Shayda (Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic)

• Theater Camp (U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble)

• Mami Wata (World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Cinematography)

• When It Melts (World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award: Best Performance)

• Beyond Utopia (Audience Award: U.S. Documentary)

Music for this Episode:

• Sundance by Wonderland

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller discuss their favorite films of 2022.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Stephen's List:

1. Aftersun

2. Everything Everywhere All at Once

3. The Banshees of Inisherin

4. TÁR

5. RRR

6. Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

7. The Menu

8. We're All Going to the World's Fair

9. Bones and All

10. Emergency

Christopher's List:

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once

2. The Banshees of Inisherin

3. Top Gun: Maverick

4. The Menu

5. Three Thousand Years of Longing

6. After Yang

7. Aftersun

8. TÁR

9. Barbarian

10. Cha Cha Real Smooth

Music for this Episode:

• Tarantino by The Polarity

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

Directed by Rian Johnson. With Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, and Kate Hudson. Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• True Detectives by Ian Post

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Bones and All.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino. With Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, and Mark Rylance. Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Bones and All

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Blood on My Hands by Michael McQuaid

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Menu.

Directed by Mark Mylod. With Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Nicholas Hoult. A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Menu

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Taste of Home by Claire Kelly

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Banshees of Inisherin.

Directed by Martin McDonagh. With Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Kerry Condon. Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Banshees of Inisherin

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• The Banshees of Inisherin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Aftersun.

Directed by Charlotte Wells. With Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, and Celia Rowlson-Hall. Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Aftersun

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Pressure by Max Apollo

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Decision to Leave.

Directed by Park Chan-wook. With Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, and Lee Jung-hyun. A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Decision to Leave

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Inspector Ratchet by Ty Simon

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Tár.

Directed by Todd Field. With Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, and Nina Hoss. Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and first-ever female music director of a major German orchestra.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Tár

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Concerto Grosso by Will Van De Crommert

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Triangle of Sadness.

Directed by Ruben Östlund. With Thobias Thorwid, Harris Dickinson, and Charlbi Dean. A cruise for the super-rich sinks thus leaving survivors, including a fashion model celebrity couple, trapped on an island.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Triangle of Sadness

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Pass with Caveat

• Christopher: Must Avoid

Music for this Episode:

• Titanic by HARLOW

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Bros.

Directed by Nicholas Stoller. With Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, and Guy Branum. Two men with commitment problems attempt a relationship.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Bros

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Body by NM

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Blonde.

Directed by Andrew Dominik. With Ana de Armas, Lily Fisher, and Julianne Nicholson. A fictionalized chronicle of the inner life of Marilyn Monroe.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Blonde

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must Avoid

• Christopher: Must Avoid

Music for this Episode:

• "All out of Love" by Katrina Stone

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Woman King.

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. With Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, and Lashana Lynch. A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Woman King

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• "Battle Cry" by Rhythm Scott

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Barbarian.

Directed by Zach Cregger. With Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long. A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Barbarian

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• "Man" by Lou Kelly

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Don’t Worry Darling.

Directed by Olivia Wilde. With Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, and Chris Pine. A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company could be hiding disturbing secrets.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Don’t Worry Darling

The Verdict:

• Stephen: [Weak] Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Must Avoid

Music for this Episode:

• "Cheesecake" by Ofer Koren

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Three Thousand Years of Longing.

Directed by George Miller. With Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, and Pia Thunderbolt. A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Three Thousand Years of Longing

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Hidden Alleys of Istanbul by Alon Peretz

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of I Love My Dad.

Directed by James Morosini. With Patton Oswalt, James Morosini, and Claudia Sulewski. A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• I Love My Dad

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Internet Girlfriend by Asher Postman

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Thor: Love and Thunder.

Directed by Taika Waititi. With Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, and Christian Bale. Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Thor: Love and Thunder

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Until Valhalla by Kevin Graham

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.

Directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp. With Jenny Slate, Dean Fleischer-Camp, and Isabella Rossellini. Feature adaptation of the animated short film interviewing a mollusk named Marcel.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Garden by Daniel Pratt

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Elvis.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, and Olivia DeJonge. From his childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi to his rise to stardom starting in Memphis, Tennessee and his conquering of Las Vegas, Nevada, Elvis Presley becomes the first rock 'n roll star and changes the world with his music.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Elvis

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Howling At The Moon by D Fine Us

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Jurassic World Dominion.

Directed by Colin Trevorrow. With Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Laura Dern. Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs now live--and hunt--alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures in a new Era.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Jurassic World Dominion

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must Avoid

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Blurred Picture by Tilman Sillescu

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Top Gun Maverick.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski. With Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, and Miles Teller. After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Top Gun Maverick

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Epic Battle - Roman P

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Men.

Directed by Alex Garland. With Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, and Paapa Essiedu. A young woman goes on a solo vacation to the English countryside following the death of her ex-husband.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Men

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• A Forest Dark by Alon Peretz

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Directed by Sam Raimi. With Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor. Dr. Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens the doorway to the multiverse, including alternate versions of himself, whose threat to humanity is too great for the combined forces of Strange, Wong, and Wanda Maximoff.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• The Finale by Francesco Dandrea

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In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Dual.

Directed by Riley Stearns. With Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, and Beulah Koale. A woman opts for a cloning procedure after she receives a terminal diagnosis but when she recovers her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail, leading to a court-mandated duel to the death.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Dual

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Fight to the Death by Alan A Craig

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Northman.

Directed by Robert Eggers. With Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, and Claes Bang. From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Northman

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Pass with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Night of the Feast by Linus Johnsson

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

Directed by Tom Gormican. With Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, and Tiffany Haddish. In this action-packed comedy, Nicolas Cage plays Nick Cage, channeling his iconic characters as he's caught between a superfan (Pedro Pascal) and a CIA agent (Tiffany Haddish).

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Spy Fiction by Young Rich Pixies

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Sonic the Hedgehog & Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

Directed by Jeff Fowler. With James Marsden, Jim Carrey, and Ben Schwartz. When the manic Dr Robotnik returns to Earth with a new ally, Knuckles the Echidna, Sonic and his new friend Tails is all that stands in their way.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review 1:

• Sonic the Hedgehog

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Featured Review 2:

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Super Duper by Ian Post

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Windfall.

Directed by Charlie McDowell. With Jason Segel, Lily Collins, and Jesse Plemons. A man breaks into a tech billionaire's empty vacation home, but things go sideways when the arrogant mogul and his wife arrive for a last-minute getaway.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Windfall

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Pass with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Windfall (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Everything Everywhere All at Once.

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Reflection by Kyle Preston

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Adam Project.

Directed by Shawn Levy. Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, and Mark Ruffalo. After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Adam Project

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must Avoid

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Portals by Henrik Lindstrom

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Batman.

Directed by Matt Reeves. With Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, and Jeffrey Wright. When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Batman

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• A Historic Reckoning by Kyle Preston

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Kimi.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Zoë Kravitz, Erika Christensen, and Rita Wilson. An agoraphobic Seattle tech worker uncovers evidence of a crime.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Kimi

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Cannal Chase by Jakub Pietras

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Nightmare Alley.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, and Toni Collette. An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Nightmare Alley

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Aquarium by Wolf Samuels

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Red Rocket.

Directed by Sean Baker. With Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, and Suzanna Son. Mikey Saber is a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown, not that anyone really wants him back.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Red Rocket

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Lucky Strike by Zach Sorgen

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller discuss 8 award-winning films from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• 892

• After Yang

• blood

• Cha Cha Real Smooth

• Emergency

• Klondike

• Nanny

• Navalny

• Palm Trees and Power Lines

Music for this Episode:

• 2022 Sundance Film Festival Jingle

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Cha Cha Real Smooth from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Directed by Cooper Raiff. With Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, and Evan Assante. A young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host strikes up a friendship with a mother and her autistic daughter.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Cha Cha Real Smooth

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Sundance 2022 Jingle

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller recap their favorite films of 2021.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Stephen's list:

1. C'Mon C'Mon

2. Pig

3. Power of the Dog

4. Flee

5. Test Pattern

6. Bo Burnham: Inside

7. The Green Knight

8. Identifying Features

9. The Killing of Two Lovers

10. Compartment No 6

Christopher's List:

1. Mass

2. C'mon, C'mon

3. Pig

4. The Power of the Dog

5. The Green Knight

6. Nine Days

7. Silent Night

8. Aloners

9. Reminiscence

10. Before Your Eyes (Video Game)

Music for this Episode:

• No One Is Out Here by Yehezkel Raz

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of C’mon C’mon.

Directed by Mike Mills. With Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, and Woody Norman. When his sister asks him to look after her son, a radio journalist embarks on a cross-country trip with his energetic nephew to show him life away from Los Angeles.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• C’mon C’mon

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• C’mon C’mon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Power of the Dog.

Directed by Jane Campion. With Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, and Jesse Plemons. Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Power of the Dog

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• The Power of the Dog (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of tick, tick…BOOM!.

Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. With Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, and Robin de Jesus. On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• tick, tick…BOOM!

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• tick, tick…BOOM! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Last Night in Soho.

Directed by Edgar Wright. With Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Matt Smith. An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something darker.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Last Night in Soho

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Last Night in Soho (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of No Time to Die.

Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. With Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, and Rami Malek. James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• No Time to Die

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• No Time to Die (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. With Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung. Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of I’m Your Man.

Directed by Maria Schrader. With Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, and Sandra Hüller. In order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• I’m Your Man

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• I’m Your Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Dear Evan Hansen.

Directed by Stephen Chbosky. With Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, and Kaitlyn Dever. Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with Social Anxiety disorder and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance following the suicide of a fellow classmate.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Dear Evan Hansen

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Pass with Caveat

• Christopher: Pass with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Dear Evan Hansen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Titane.

Directed by Julia Ducournau. With Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, and Garance Marillier. Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for 10 years. Titane: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Titane

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Titane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Dune.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve. With Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, and Zendaya. Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Dune

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Worst Person in the World.

Directed by Joachim Trier. With Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Maria Grazia Di Meo. The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Worst Person in the World

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Abstain from verdict

Music for this Episode:

• The Worst Person in the World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Last Duel.

Directed by Ridley Scott. With Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Jodie Comer. King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Last Duel

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• The Last Duel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Card Counter.

Directed by Paul Schrader. With Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, and Tye Sheridan. Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader's THE CARD COUNTER. Told with Schrader's trademark cinematic intensity, the revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Card Counter

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• The Card Counter (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Many Saints of Newark.

Directed by Alan Taylor. With Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., and Jon Bernthal. Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti - had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Many Saints of Newark

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• The Many Saints of Newark (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Free Guy.

Directed by Shawn Levy. With Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, and Taika Waititi. A bank teller discovers that he's actually an NPC inside a brutal, open world video game.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Free Guy

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Free Guy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller "briefly" discuss a ton of films they caught at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured films we both saw:

• Aloners

• Arthur Rambo

• Bergman Island

• Compartment No. 6

• Earwig

• Huda's Salon

• Întregalde

• Lakewood

• Montana Story

• Petite Maman

• Saloum

• Silent Land

• Silent Night

• The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

• The Eyes of Tammy Faye

• The Forgiven

• The Guilty

• The Humans

• The Power of the Dog

• The Wheel

• Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

• Whether the Weather is Fine

Featured films only Stephen saw:

• The Rescue

Featured films only Christopher Saw:

• Are You Lonesome Tonight?

• DASHCAM

• The Girl and the Spider

• The Gravedigger's Wife

• You Are Not My Mother

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Annette.

Directed by Leos Carax. With Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, and Simon Helberg. A stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a 2 year old daughter with a surprising gift.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Annette

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Pass with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Annette (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Reminiscence.

Directed by Lisa Joy, With Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, and Thandiwe Newton. Nick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is changed by new client Mae. A simple case becomes an obsession after she disappears and he fights to learn the truth about her.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Reminiscence

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Pass with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Reminiscence (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Green Knight.

Directed by David Lowery. With Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, and Joel Edgerton. A fantasy re-telling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Green Knight

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• The Green Knight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of CODA.

Directed by Sian Heder. With Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, and Troy Kotsur. As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• CODA

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• CODA (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Pig.

Directed by Michael Sarnoski. With Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, and Adam Arkin. A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Pig

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Pig (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Suicide Squad.

Directed by James Gunn. With Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, and John Cena. Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Suicide Squad

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• The Suicide Squad (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Jungle Cruise.

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. With Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, and Edgar Ramírez. Based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Jungle Cruise

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Jungle Cruise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of A Quiet Place Part II.

Directed by John Krasinski. With Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Cillian Murphy. Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• A Quiet Place Part II

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• A Quiet Place Part II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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• email: [email protected]

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of No Sudden Move.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, and David Harbour. A group of criminals is brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• No Sudden Move

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• No Sudden Move (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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• email: [email protected]

Listener Survey:

• Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Tomorrow War.

Directed by Chris McKay. With Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, and J.K. Simmons. A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• The Tomorrow War

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Pass with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• The Tomorrow War (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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• email: [email protected]

Listener Survey:

• Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain from the 2021 Tribeca Festival.

Directed by Morgan Neville. With Anthony Bourdain, Ottavia Bourdain, and David Chang. A documentary about Anthony Bourdain and his career as a chef, writer and host, revered and renowned for his authentic approach to food, culture and travel.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Contact the show:

• email: [email protected]

Listener Survey:

• Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of In the Heights.

Directed by Jon M. Chu. With Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, and Leslie Grace. A film version of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• In the Heights

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat