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Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Last Breath. Directed by Alex Parkinson. With Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, and Finn Cole. A true story that follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the raging elements to rescue their crew mate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of The Monkey. Directed by Osgood Perkins. With Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, and Christian Convery. When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father's old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing ap...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Companion. Directed by Drew Hancock. With Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, and Lukas Gage. A weekend getaway with friends at a remote cabin turns into chaos after it's revealed that one of the guests is not what they seem. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Re...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller talk about their experience with the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. They also join David Chen for a conversation about 10 of their favorite films. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Conversation with David Chen: • Our 10 Favorite Sundance 2025 Movies (youtube version) • Our 10 Favorite Mo...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Presence. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, and Callina Liang. A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • Presence The Verdict: • S...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of September 5. Directed by Tim Fehlbaum. With Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, and Ben Chaplin. During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, an American sports broadcasting team must adapt to live coverage the Israeli athletes being held hostage by a terrorist group. Show Notes Hosts: • Chris...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller recap their favorite films of 2024. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Stephen's List: 1. Nickel Boys 2. Challengers 3. I Saw the TV Glow 4. The Substance 5. Anora 6. All We Imagine as Light 7. The Brutalist 8. A Real Pain 9. The Seed of the Sacred Fig 10. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of A Complete Unknown. Directed by James Mangold. With Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, and Elle Fanning. In 1961, unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar. He forges relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbre...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Flow. Directed by Gints Zilbalodis. Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Fe...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of The Order. Directed by Justin Kurzel. With Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, and Tye Sheridan. A series of bank robberies and car heists frightened communities in the Pacific Northwest. A lone FBI agent believes that the crimes were not the work of financially motivated criminals, but rather a group of...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Gladiator II. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and Pedro Pascal. After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people....

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Wicked. Directed by Jon M. Chu. With Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jeff Goldblum. Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman because of her green skin, and Glinda, a popular girl, become friends at Shiz University in the Land of Oz. After an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friend...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you an omnibus review of Memoir of a Snail, Juror #2, A Real Pain, and Small Things Like These. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Reviews: • Memoir of a Snail • Juror #2 • A Real Pain • Small Things Like These Memoir of a Snail Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher:...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Smile 2. Directed by Parker Finn. With Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Lukas Gage. About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is fo...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Anora. Directed by Sean Baker. With Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, and Lindsey Normington. Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marri...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of It’s What’s Inside. Directed by Greg Jardin. With Brittany O'Grady, James Morosini, and Gavin Leatherwood. A group of friends gather for a pre-wedding party that descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend arrives with a mysterious game that awakens long-hidden secrets, desi...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Joker: Folie à Deux. Directed by Todd Phillips. With Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, and Brendan Gleeson. Struggling with his dual identity, failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while incarcerated at Arkham State Hospital. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese an...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 3 of their coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Films: • Nightbitch • Matt and Mara • Daniela Forever • Bring Them Down • The Substance • The Piano Lesson • SATURDAY NIGHT • The Salt Path Music for this Epis...

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: • Sens...

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: •...

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 Schn...

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:...

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...

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: • Chr...

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 Re...