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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 Fe...

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,...

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...

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: • Ch...

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 Schnes...

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: • C...

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...

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 Hol...

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: • T...

Episode Description: 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...

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 an...

Episode Description: 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 Verdi...

Episode Description: 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 S...

Episode Description: 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...

Episode Description: 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 t...

Episode Description: 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 d...

Episode Description: 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 hav...

Episode Description: 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: Reco...

Episode Description: 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 th...

Episode Description: 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 No...

Episode Description: 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 Ste...

Episode Description: 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 Sch...

Episode Description: 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 Ve...

Episode Description: 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...

Episode Description: 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...