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Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Halloween. Directed by David Gordon Green. With Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, and Andi Matichak. Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a double review of Mid90s and Minding The Gap. Mid90s: Directed by Jonah Hill. With Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, and Lucas Hedges. Follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 90s-era LA who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue ska...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review If Beale Street Could Talk. Directed by Barry Jenkins. With KiKi Layne, Stephan James, and Regina King. A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • If Beale Street Coul...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review First Man. Directed by Damien Chazelle. With Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke. A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Rev...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Bad Times at the El Royale. Directed by Drew Goddard. With Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, and Dakota Johnson. Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption - before every...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review A Star Is Born. Directed by Bradley Cooper. With Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, and Sam Elliott. A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • A Star Is Born The Verdict: • S...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Venom. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. With Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, and Riz Ahmed. When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Venom The Verdict: • Stephen: Recomm...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Next Gen. Directed by Kevin R. Adams, Joe Ksander. With John Krasinski, Charlyne Yi, and Jason Sudeikis. A friendship with a top-secret robot turns a lonely girl's life into a thrilling adventure as they take on bullies, evil bots and a scheming madman. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Fea...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review The House with a Clock in Its Walls. Directed by Eli Roth. With Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Owen Vaccaro. A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review A Simple Favor. Directed by Paul Feig. With Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, and Henry Golding. A woman seeks to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of her best friend. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • A Simple Favor The Verdict: • Stephen: [Strong] Wait for Rental •...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller are joined by Carson Patrick for a review of The Predator. Directed by Shane Black. With Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay. When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Madeline's Madeline. Directed by Josephine Decker. With Helena Howard, Molly Parker, and Miranda July. A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Madeline's Made...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Searching. Director: Aneesh Chaganty. With John Cho, Debra Messing, and Joseph Lee. After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Searching The Verdict: • Stephen: Re...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Crazy Rich Asians. Directed by Jon M. Chu. With Constance Wu, Henry Golding, and Michelle Yeoh. This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Revie...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review BlacKkKlansman. Directed by Spike Lee. With John David Washington, Adam Driver, and Laura Harrier. Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white surrogate, who eventually becomes head of the local branch. Show Not...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. With Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, and Ving Rhames. Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Mission: Impossi...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Blindspotting. Directed by Carlos López Estrada. With Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, and Janina Gavankar. Lifelong friends Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal co-wrote and star in this timely and wildly entertaining story about the intersection of race and class, set against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Oakland. Sh...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a rebroadcast of their SFFILM Festival 2018 review of Eighth Grade. Directed by Bo Burnham. With Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, and Emily Robinson. A teenager tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Sorry to Bother You. Directed by Boots Riley. With Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, and Jermaine Fowler. In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and S...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller are joined by Carson Patrick for a review of Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Directed by Stefano Sollima. With Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, and Isabela Moner. The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Grav...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a rebroadcast of their SFFILM Festival 2018 review of Leave No Trace. Directed by Debra Granik. With Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie. A father and his 13 year-old daughter are living in a paradisiacal existence in a vast urban park in Portland Oregon when a small mistake derails their lives forever. Show Notes...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Directed by J.A. Bayona. With Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Rafe Spall. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and S...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Won't You Be My Neighbor? Directed by Morgan Neville. With Joanne Rogers, Betty Aberlin, and McColm Cephas Jr. An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host, Fred Rogers. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Won't You Be My Neighbor? Th...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Ocean's 8. Directed by Gary Ross. With Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, and Anne Hathaway. Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's yearly Met Gala. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Ocean's 8 The Verdict: • Stephen: Recomme...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Incredibles 2. Directed by Brad Bird. With Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, and Sarah Vowell. Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) is left to care for the kids while Helen (Elastigirl) is out saving the world. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Incredibles 2 The Verdict: • Stephen: Mus...