Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Vast of Night. Directed by Andrew Patterson. With Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz, and Gail Cronauer. In the twilight of the 1950s, on one fateful night in New Mexico, young switchboard operator Fay and charismatic radio DJ Everett discover a strange audio frequency that could change their small town and the future forever. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Rev...
Jun 07, 2020•30 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of End of Sentence. Directed by Elfar Adalsteins. With John Hawkes, Logan Lerman, and Sarah Bolger. After being widowed, Frank Fogle reluctantly embarks on a journey to honor his wife's last wish of spreading her ashes in a remote lake in her native Ireland and a promise of taking his estranged son, Sean, along for the trip. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: •...
Jun 04, 2020•30 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Painter and the Thief. Directed by Benjamin Ree. With Karl Bertil-Nordland, and Barbora Kysilkova. An artist befriends the thief who stole her paintings. She becomes his closest ally when he is severely hurt in a car crash and needs full time care, even if her paintings are not found. But then the tables turn. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Pai...
May 28, 2020•54 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Death of Dick Long. Directed by Daniel Scheinert. With Michael Abbott Jr., Virginia Newcomb, and Andre Hyland. Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don't want anybody finding out how. That's too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Death of Dick Long The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Chri...
May 19, 2020•35 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of How to Build a Girl. Directed by Coky Giedroyc. With Beanie Feldstein, Cleo, and Dónal Finn. The story charts the journey of teenager Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein), who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets a job as music critic in the hope of saving her poverty stricken family in Wolverhampton. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese a...
May 13, 2020•39 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Bad Education. Directed by Cory Finley. With Hugh Jackman, Ray Romano, and Welker White. The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Bad Educatio...
May 06, 2020•53 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Blow the Man Down. Directed by Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy. With David Coffin, David Pridemore, and Adam Wolf Mayerson. Mary Beth and Priscilla Connolly attempt to cover up a gruesome run-in with a dangerous man. To conceal their crime, the sisters must go deep into the criminal underbelly of their hometown, uncovering the town's darkest secrets. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese a...
Apr 30, 2020•33 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Underwater. Directed by William Eubank. With Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, and Mamoudou Athie. A crew of oceanic researchers working for a deep sea drilling company try to get to safety after a mysterious earthquake devastates their deepwater research and drilling facility located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • U...
Apr 22, 2020•36 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a double review of Trolls & Trolls World Tour. Trolls: Directed by Mike Mitchell & Walt Dohrn. With Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, and Zooey Deschanel. After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the curmudgeonly Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Trolls World Tour: Directed by Walt Dohrn & David P. Smith. With Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake...
Apr 18, 2020•57 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Other Lamb. Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska. With Michiel Huisman, Raffey Cassidy, and Denise Gough. A girl born into an all-female cult led by a man in their compound begins to question his teachings and her own reality. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Other Lamb The Verdict: • Stephen: Pass with Caveat • Christopher: Pass with Caveat Music fo...
Apr 17, 2020•40 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Never Rarely Sometimes Always. Directed by Eliza Hittman. With Eliazar Jimenez, David Buneta, and Christian Clements. A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Never Rarely Sometimes Always The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: M...
Apr 15, 2020•33 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Banana Split. Directed by Benjamin Kasulke. With Hannah Marks, Liana Liberato, and Dylan Sprouse. Over the course of a summer, two teenage girls develop the perfect kindred spirit friendship, with one big problem: one of them is dating the other's ex. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Banana Split The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Pas...
Apr 09, 2020•25 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller are joined by David Klein for a review of Bloodshot. Directed by Dave Wilson. with Vin Diesel, Eiza González, and Sam Heughan. Ray Garrison, a slain soldier, is re-animated with superpowers. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Guest: • David Klein Featured Review: • Bloodshot The Verdict: • David: Must Avoid • Stephen: Pass with Caveat • Christopher: Pass with Caveat Music for this Episode: • "Psy...
Apr 03, 2020•1 hr
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Platform. Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. With Ivan Massagué, Zorion Eguileor, and Antonia San Juan. A vertical prison with one cell per level. Two people per cell. One only food platform and two minutes per day to feed from up to down. An endless nightmare trapped in The Hole. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Platform The Verdict: • Stephen:...
Apr 02, 2020•26 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Big Time Adolescence. Directed by Jason Orley. With Griffin Gluck, Emily Arlook, and Michael Devine. A suburban teenager comes of age under the destructive guidance of his best friend, an aimless college dropout. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Big Time Adolescence The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recommend with Caveat Music for this Epis...
Mar 31, 2020•23 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Way Back. Directed by Gavin O'Connor. With Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, and Janina Gavankar. Jack Cunningham was an HS basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Way Back The...
Mar 27, 2020•36 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Emma. Directed by Autumn de Wilde. With Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, and Bill Nighy. In 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Emma The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Must Avoid Music for this Episode: • Emma (Original Motion Picture Soun...
Mar 19, 2020•32 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Onward. Directed by Dan Scanlon. With Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Onward The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Onward (...
Mar 16, 2020•41 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Invisible Man. Directed by Leigh Whannell. With Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Harriet Dyer. When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured R...
Mar 11, 2020•53 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Assistant. Directed by Kitty Green. With Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, and Makenzie Leigh. A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Assistant Th...
Feb 26, 2020•28 min
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 Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Portrait of a Lady on Fire The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Chris...
Feb 19, 2020•41 min
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. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Birds of Prey: And the ...
Feb 12, 2020•40 min
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 Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Gentlemen The Verdict: • S...
Jan 30, 2020•29 min
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 of stolen heroin from the evidence storage room from their police precinct. The Verdict: • Stephen: ...
Jan 24, 2020•1 hr 21 min
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 Christopher's List 10 - The Death of Dick Long 09 - Joker 08 - Blackbird 07 - Honey Boy 06 - Jojo Rabbit 05 ...
Jan 09, 2020•1 hr 57 min
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 Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christophe...
Dec 24, 2019•1 hr 47 min
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 straight into a deadly trap. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • ...
Dec 23, 2019•39 min
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: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • Queen & Slim (Or...
Dec 23, 2019•32 min
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: • Dark Waters The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Recommend with Caveat Music for ...
Dec 15, 2019•28 min
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 the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured...
Dec 11, 2019•36 min
