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Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Terminator: Dark Fate. Directed by Tim Miller. With Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Mackenzie Davis. An augmented human and Sarah Connor must stop an advanced liquid Terminator, from hunting down a young girl, who's fate is critical to the human race. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnes...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Lighthouse. Directed by Robert Eggers. With Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, and Valeriia Karaman. Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Parasite. Directed by Bong Joon Ho (as Joon-ho Bong). With Kang-ho Song, Yeo-jeong Jo, and So-dam Park. All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Knives Out from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Rian Johnson. With Toni Collette, Ana de Armas, and Chris Evans. A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: •...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Waves from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Trey Edward Shults. With Taylor Russell, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Alexa Demie. Traces the journey of a suburban African-American family - led by a well-intentioned but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness, and com...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Two Popes from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Fernando Meirelles. With Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, and Juan Minujín. Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholi...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Marielle Heller. With Tom Hanks, Christine Lahti, and Matthew Rhys. Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnes...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Uncut Gems from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie. With Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, and Kevin Garnett. Set in the diamond district of New York City, Howard Ratner, a jewelry store owner and dealer to the rich and famous, must find a way to pay his deb...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Jojo Rabbit from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Taika Waititi. With Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, and Scarlett Johansson. A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen M...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Ad Astra. Directed by James Gray. With Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, and Ruth Negga. Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe. Show Notes Hosts:...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Proxima from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Alice Winocour. With Eva Green, Matt Dillon, and Sandra Hüller. An astronaut prepares for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Pro...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Marriage Story from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Noah Baumbach. With Merritt Wever, Scarlett Johansson, and Adam Driver. Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and St...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Joker from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Todd Phillips. Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, with Robert De Niro. An original standalone origin story of the iconic villain not seen before on the big screen, it's a gritty character study of Arthur Fleck, a man disregarded by socie...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of True History of the Kelly Gang from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Justin Kurzel. With George MacKay, Essie Davis, and Nicholas Hoult. Based on Peter Carey's novel. The story of Australian bush-ranger Ned Kelly and his gang as they flee from authorities during the 1870s. Sh...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Blackbird from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Roger Michell. With Sam Neill, Bex Taylor-Klaus, and Kate Winslet. A terminally ill mother arranges to bring her family together one last time before she dies. A remake of the 2014 Danish film 'Silent Heart'. Show Notes Hosts: •...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Lucy in the Sky from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Noah Hawley. With Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, and Zazie Beetz. Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space, and begins to lose touch with reality in a world that now seems...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of JungleLand from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Max Winkler. With Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Barden, and Jack O'Connell. A reluctant bare-knuckle boxer "Lion" and his manager / brother "Stanley" must travel across the country for one last fight, but an unexpected travel compani...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Honey Boy from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Alma Har'el. With Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, and Noah Jupe. From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, filmmaker Alma Har'el brings to life a young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he stru...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of IT Chapter Two. Directed by Andy Muschietti. With Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, and Bill Hader. Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back. Show Notes Hosts: • Christophe...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Don't Let Go. Directed by Jacob Estes. With Storm Reid, Byron Mann, and Alfred Molina. After a man's family dies in what appears to be a murder, he gets a phone call from one of the dead, his niece. He's not sure if she's a ghost or if he's going mad, but as it turns out, he's not. Show Notes Hosts:...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Sword of Trust. Directed by Lynn Shelton. With Marc Maron, Jon Bass, and Michaela Watkins. Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, but the only item she receives is an antique sword that was believed by her grandfather to be proof that the South won th...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Ready or Not. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett. With Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, and Mark O'Brien. A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featu...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Good Boys. Directed by Gene Stupnitsky. With Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, and Brady Noon. Three 6th grade boys ditch school and embark on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs, being hunted by teenage girls, and trying to make their way home in time for a long-awaited party....

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Blinded by the Light. Directed by Gurinder Chadha. With Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, and Meera Ganatra. In 1987, during the austere days of Margaret Thatcher's Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen. Show Notes Ho...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a double review of Hereditary & Midsommar. Hereditary: Directed by Ari Aster. With Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, and Gabriel Byrne. After the family matriarch passes away, a grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences, and begin to unravel dark secrets. Midsommar: Directed by Ari Aster. With...