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Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Directed by Céline Sciamma. With Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, and Luàna Bajrami. On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and S...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. Directed by Cathy Yan. With Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord. S...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Gentlemen. Directed by Guy Ritchie. With Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, and Michelle Dockery. An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him. Show Not...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, and Bad Boys for Life. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller 1st Featured Review: • Bad Boys Description: Directed by Michael Bay. With Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, and Lisa Boyle. Two hip detectives protect a witness to a murder while investigating a case...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller recap their favorite films of 2019. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Stephen's List: 10 - Little Women 09 - Her Smell 08 - Uncut Gems 07 - Portrait of a Woman on Fire 06 - The Farewell 05 - Paddleton 04 - Parsite 03 - The Last Black Man in San Francisco 02 - Marriage Story 01 - Honey Boy Christop...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. Directed by J.J. Abrams. With Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver. The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Star...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of 1917. Directed by Sam Mendes. With Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Richard Madden. Two young British privates during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldier's brothers, from walking straigh...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Queen & Slim. Directed by Melina Matsoukas. With Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Bokeem Woodbine. A couple's first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Queen & Slim The Verdict: • Ste...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Dark Waters. Directed by Todd Haynes. With Anne Hathaway, Mark Ruffalo, and Tim Robbins. A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution. 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 Ford v Ferrari. Directed by James Mangold. With Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and Jon Bernthal. American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at...

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Irishman. Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Irishman The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christ...

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...