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The Spoiler Warning

Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Millerwww.thespoilerwarning.com
Each week, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller dive in, debate, discuss, and argue over the latest film releases coming to a theater near you.
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Episodes

Review 539: Glass

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of review Glass. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, and Samuel L. Jackson. Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Glass The Verdict: • Stephen: Pass (with Caveat) • Christopher: Wait for Rental Mu...

Jan 23, 20191 hr 28 min

Bonus: Recapping the Films of 2018

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller recap their favorite films of 2018. Carson Patrick also makes a pre-recorded appearance to share some of his favorites. Live Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Pre-Recorded Host: • Carson Patrick Music for this Episode: • DJ Earworm Mashup - United State of Pop 2018 (Turnin' It Up) Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Share your Top 10 Lists with us! Stephen's Top 10: 10....

Jan 17, 20193 hr 19 min

Review 538: Thunder Road

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Thunder Road. Directed by Jim Cummings. With Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, and Nican Robinson. A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Thunder Road The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • "Thunder Road" - Bruce Springsteen • "Skinny Love" - Vitam...

Jan 07, 201926 min

Review 537: Shoplifters

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Shoplifters. Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, and Mayu Matsuoka. A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Shoplifters The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music for this Episode: • Shoplifters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Contact the sh...

Jan 07, 201923 min

Review 536: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. With Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, and Clancy Brown. Six tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a traveling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Ballad of Bust...

Jan 06, 201938 min

Review 535: Green Book

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Green Book. Directed by Peter Farrelly. With Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, and Linda Cardellini. A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Green Book The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (with Caveat) • Christopher: Wait for ...

Jan 06, 201923 min

Review 534: Robin Hood

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Robin Hood. Directed by Otto Bathurst. With Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, and Ben Mendelsohn. A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in a thrilling action-adventure packed with gritty battlefield exploits, mind-blowing fight choreography, and a timeless romance. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Robin H...

Jan 05, 201924 min

Review 533: Creed II

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Creed II. Directed by Steven Caple Jr. With Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, and Tessa Thompson. Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, heavyweight contender Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, son of Ivan Drago. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Creed II The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (with Caveat) • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Creed ...

Jan 04, 201927 min

Review 532: Widows

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Widows. Directed by Steve McQueen. With Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, and Elizabeth Debicki. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • W...

Jan 03, 201935 min

Review 531: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Directed by David Yates. With Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, and Dan Fogler. The second installment of the "Fantastic Beasts" series featuring the adventures of Magizoologist Newt Scamander. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (with Caveat) • Ch...

Dec 31, 201840 min

Review 530: Outlaw King

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review the Netflix Originals film Outlaw King. Directed by David Mackenzie. With Chris Pine, Stephen Dillane, and Rebecca Robin. A true David vs. Goliath story of how the 14th century Scottish 'Outlaw King' Robert the Bruce used cunning and bravery to defeat the much larger and better equipped occupying English army. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Outlaw King The Verdict: •...

Dec 27, 201837 min

Review 529: On the Basis of Sex

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review On the Basis of Sex. Directed by Mimi Leder. With Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, and Justin Theroux. The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and what she had to overcome in order to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • On the Basis of Sex The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Wait for Rental Mus...

Dec 25, 201835 min

Review 528: Wildlife

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Wildlife. Directed by Paul Dano. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, and Ed Oxenbould. A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Wildlife The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Pass (with Caveat) Music for this Episode: • Wildl...

Dec 04, 201837 min

Review 527: Boy Erased

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Boy Erased. Directed by Joel Edgerton. With Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, and Joel Edgerton. The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Boy Erased The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music for this Episo...

Nov 29, 201841 min

Review 526: Overlord

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Overlord. Directed by Julius Avery. With Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, and Mathilde Ollivier. A small group squad of American soldiers find horror behind enemy lines on the eve of D-Day. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Overlord The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (with Caveat) • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Overlord (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ...

Nov 14, 201827 min

Review 525: Beautiful Boy

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Beautiful Boy. Directed by Felix van Groeningen. With Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, and Maura Tierney. Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Revie...

Oct 31, 201842 min

Review 524: Halloween

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 Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Halloween The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Ch...

Oct 30, 201843 min

Review 523: Mid90s to Minding the Gap

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 skate shop. Minding the Gap: Directed by Bing Liu. With Kiere Johnson, Bing Liu, and Zack Mulligan. Thr...

Oct 29, 20181 hr 23 min

Review 522: If Beale Street Could Talk

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 Could Talk The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (with Caveat) • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music ...

Oct 24, 201830 min

Review 521: First Man

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 Review: • First Man The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • ...

Oct 20, 201841 min

Review 520: Bad Times at the El Royale

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 everything goes to hell. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Ba...

Oct 18, 201830 min

Review 519: A Star Is Born

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: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music for this Episode: • A Star Is Born (Or...

Oct 13, 201858 min

Review 518: Venom

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: Recommend (with Caveat) • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • Venom (Original Motion Pi...

Oct 10, 201840 min

Review 517: Next Gen

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 Featured Review: • Next Gen The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (with Caveat) • Christopher: Recommend (w...

Sep 29, 201836 min

Review 516: The House with a Clock in Its Walls

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: • The House with a Clock in Its Walls The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Wait for Ren...

Sep 28, 201827 min

Review 515: A Simple Favor

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 • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music for this Episode: • A Simple Favor (Original Motion Pictu...

Sep 26, 201835 min

Review 514: The Predator

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 human race. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Guest: • Carson Patrick Feat...

Sep 21, 2018

Review 513: Madeline's Madeline

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 Madeline The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • Madel...

Sep 02, 201835 min

Review 512: Searching

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: Recommend (with Caveat) • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music for this Episode: • Searching (Or...

Aug 28, 201834 min

Review 511: Crazy Rich Asians

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 Review: • Crazy Rich Asians The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music...

Aug 21, 201839 min
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