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Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Trial of the Chicago 7. Directed by Aaron Sorkin. With Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, and Sacha Baron Cohen. The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Black Box. Directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour. With Mamoudou Athie, Phylicia Rashad, and Amanda Christine. After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an agonizing experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Lie. Directed by Veena Sud. With Peter Sarsgaard, Mireille Enos, and Joey King. A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Wolf of Snow Hollow. Directed by Jim Cummings. With Jim Cummings, Riki Lindhome, and Robert Forster. Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind h...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Dick Johnson Is Dead. A daughter helps her father prepare for the end of his life. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Dick Johnson Is Dead The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recommend with Caveat Music for this Episode: • "Troubles of the World"...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Enola Holmes. Directed by Harry Bradbeer. With Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, and Sam Claflin. When Enola Holmes-Sherlock's teen sister-discovers her mother missing, she sets off to find her, becoming a super-sleuth in her own right as she outwits her famous brother and unravels a dangerous conspi...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of One Night in Miami from the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Regina King. With Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, and Aldis Hodge. One Night in Miami is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Nomadland from the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Chloé Zhao. With Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier. Follows a woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling moder...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Spring Blossom from the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Suzanne Lindon. With Suzanne Lindon, Arnaud Valois, and Frédéric Pierrot. A 16 year old girl, bored with her own age group, becomes involved with an older man at a theater she passes. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Shiva Baby from the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Emma Seligman. With Rachel Sennott, Molly Gordon, and Polly Draper. At a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of I'm Thinking of Ending Things. Directed by Charlie Kaufman. With Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, and Toni Collette. Full of misgivings, a young woman travels with her new boyfriend to his parents' secluded farm. Upon arriving, she comes to question everything she thought she knew about him, and hersel...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Mulan. Directed by Niki Caro. With Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, and Li Gong. A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Mulan The Verdict: • Stephen: Pass with Caveat • Christopher: Mu...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Chemical Hearts. Directed by Richard Tanne. With Lili Reinhart, Austin Abrams, and Sarah Jones. A high school transfer student finds a new passion when she begins to work on the school's newspaper. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Chemical Hearts The Verdi...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller are joined by David Klein for a review of Project Power. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. With Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dominique Fishback. When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of La Llorona. Directed by Jayro Bustamante. With María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, and Margarita Kenéfic. An aging paranoid dictator, protected by an witchcrafting wife, faces death and the uprise of his people in Guatemala. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Rev...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of An American Pickle. Directed by Brandon Trost. With Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, and Molly Evensen. An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • An America...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Radioactive. Directed by Marjane Satrapi. With Rosamund Pike, Yvette Feuer, and Mirjam Novak. Pioneer - Rebel - Genius. Radioactive is incredible, true-story of Marie Curie and her Nobel Prize-winning work that changed the world starring Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Sc...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Rental. Directed by Dave Franco. With Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, and Sheila Vand. Two couples rent a vacation home for what should be a celebratory weekend get-away. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Rental The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • C...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller revisit Inception for the 10 year anniversary of its release. Directed by Christopher Nolan. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Ellen Page. A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO. Show Notes Hosts:...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of First Cow. Directed by Kelly Reichardt. With John Magaro, Alia Shawkat, Rene Auberjonois. A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful bus...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Relic. Directed by Natalie Erika James. With Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, and Bella Heathcote. A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Relic The Verdi...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Greyhound. Directed by Aaron Schneider. With Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, and Stephen Graham. Early in World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy captain must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by Nazi U-boat wolfpacks. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Greyho...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Palm Springs. Directed by Max Barbakow. With Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, and J.K. Simmons. When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated as they are unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other. Show Notes H...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. Directed by David Dobkin. With Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, and Dan Stevens. When aspiring musicians Lars and Sigrit are given the opportunity to represent their country at the world's biggest song competition, they finally have a chance to prove that...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Irresistible. Directed by Jon Stewart. With Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, and Chris Cooper. A Democratic strategist helps a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Irresistible The Verdict: • Stephe...