Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The Vigil. Directed by Keith Thomas. With Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, and Malky Goldman. A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Vigil The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for ...
Mar 03, 2021•34 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Minari. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung. With Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, and Alan S. Kim. A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Minari The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Minari (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com List...
Feb 23, 2021•37 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Judas and the Black Messiah. Directed by Shaka King. With Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, and Jesse Plemons. Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panther Party per FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Party Chairman Fred Hampton ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary en route, a battle wages for O'Neal's soul. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • ...
Feb 22, 2021•31 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller "briefly" discuss a ton of films they caught at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured films we both saw: • Censor • CODA • Cusp • Flee • How It Ends • In the Earth • Jockey • Judas and the Black Messiah • Knocking • Land • Marvelous and the Black Hole • Mass • Mayday • On the Count of Three • One for the Road • Summer of Soul • The Sparks Brothers • The Worl...
Feb 10, 2021•2 hr 31 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The White Tiger. Directed by Ramin Bahrani. With Priyanka Chopra, Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao. The epic journey of a poor Indian driver who must use his wit and cunning to break free from servitude to his rich masters and rise to the top of the heap. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The White Tiger The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: ...
Feb 03, 2021•48 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Our Friend. Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. With Dakota Johnson, Jason Segel, and Isabella Kai. After receiving life-altering news, a couple finds unexpected support from their best friend, who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater and more profound than anyone could have imagined. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller F...
Jan 27, 2021•35 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of News of the World. Directed by Paul Greengrass. With Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, and Tom Astor. A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: ...
Jan 25, 2021•25 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Promising Young Woman. Directed by Emerald Fennell. With Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, and Alison Brie. A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Promising Young Woman The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episod...
Jan 21, 2021
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Pieces of a Woman from the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Kornél Mundruczó. Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, and Ellen Burstyn. When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss. Show Notes Hosts: • Chris...
Jan 15, 2021•27 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Wonder Woman 1984. Directed by Patty Jenkins. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, and Kristen Wiig. Diana must contend with a work colleague and businessman, whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient artifact that grants wishes goes missing. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Wonder Woman 1984 The Verdict: • Stephen: M...
Jan 13, 2021•55 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller recap their favorite films of 2020. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Stephen's Picks: #10: Babyteeth #9: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets #8: I'm Thinking of Ending Things #7: The Assistant #6: Palm Springs #5: First Cow #4: Shithouse #3: Nomadland #2: Small Axe, the series #1: Sound of Metal Christopher's Picks: #10: The Vast of Night #9: Another Round #8: One Night in Miami #7: Onward #6: Palm Spri...
Jan 07, 2021•1 hr 35 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Soul. Directed by Pete Docter and Kemp Powers. With Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, and Graham Norton. A musician who has lost his passion for music is transported out of his body and must find his way back with the help of an infant soul learning about herself. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Soul The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music fo...
Dec 31, 2020•30 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller are joined by David Klein for a review of Greenland. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh. With Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roger Dale Floyd. A family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Guest: • David Klein Featured Review: • Greenland The Verdict: • David: Wait for Rental • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Wait for...
Dec 29, 2020•29 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller are joined by David Klein for a review of Tenet. Directed by Christopher Nolan. With John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Elizabeth Debicki. Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Mi...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 47 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Parallel. Directed by Isaac Ezban. Kathleen Quinlan, Alyssa Diaz, and Carmel Amit. A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a "multiverse", but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Parallel The Verdi...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Wolfwalkers. Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. With Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, and Sean Bean. A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured R...
Dec 17, 2020•26 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Sound of Metal. Directed by Darius Marder. With Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, and Paul Raci. A heavy-metal drummer's life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Sound of Metal The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Sound of Metal (Original Motion Picture Soundtra...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Mank. Directed by David Fincher. With Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, and Lily Collins. 1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Mank The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recomme...
Dec 09, 2020•45 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Hillbilly Elegy. Directed by Ron Howard. With Amy Adams, Glenn Close, and Gabriel Basso. An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Hillbilly Elegy The Verdict: • Stephen: Must Avoid • Christopher: Must Avoid Music f...
Dec 02, 2020•40 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Happiest Season. Directed by Clea DuVall. With Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, and Mary Steenburgen. A holiday romantic comedy that captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family's acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Happiest Season The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Cav...
Dec 02, 2020•32 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Run. Directed by Aneesh Chaganty. With Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, and Sara Sohn. A homeschooled teenager begins to suspect her mother is keeping a dark secret from her. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Run The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • Run (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Contact the...
Nov 25, 2020•45 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Concrete Cowboy from the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Ricky Staub. With Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin, and Lorraine Toussaint. A teenager discovers the world of urban horseback riding when he moves in with his estranged father in North Philadelphia. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Concrete Cowboy The Verdict: • Stephen: Pass with...
Nov 18, 2020•26 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Another Round from the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. With Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, and Magnus Millang. Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Another Round The Ve...
Nov 17, 2020•28 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Nocturne. Directed by Zu Quirke. With Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, and Jacques Colimon. An incredibly gifted pianist makes a Faustian bargain to overtake her older sister at a prestigious institution for classical musicians. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Nocturne The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Recommend with Caveat Music for...
Nov 12, 2020•23 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Evil Eye. Directed by Elan Dassani, Rajeev Dassani. With Sarita Choudhury, Sunita Mani, and Bernard White. A superstitious mother is convinced that her daughter's new boyfriend is the reincarnation of a man who tried to kill her 30 years ago. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Evil Eye The Verdict: • Stephen: Pass with Caveat • Christopher: Pass with Cavea...
Nov 10, 2020•21 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Love and Monsters. Directed by Michael Matthews. With Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick, and Michael Rooker. In a monster-infested world, Joel learns his girlfriend is just 80 miles away. To make the dangerous journey, Joel discovers his inner hero to be with the girl of his dreams. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Love and Monsters The Verdict: • Stephen: ...
Nov 06, 2020•24 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Directed by Jason Woliner. With Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, and Tom Hanks. Follow-up film to the 2006 comedy centering on the real-life adventures of a fictional Kazakh television journalist named Borat. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christoph...
Nov 03, 2020•40 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of On the Rocks from the 2020 New York Film Festival. Directed by Sofia Coppola. With Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, and Marlon Wayans. A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • On the Rocks The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recommend with Caveat Contact t...
Oct 27, 2020•24 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Kajillionaire. Directed by Miranda July. With Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, and Debra Winger. A woman's life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they're planning. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Kajillionaire The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Wait for Rental Musi...
Oct 26, 2020•26 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Shithouse. Directed by Cooper Raiff. With Cooper Raiff, Dylan Gelula, Amy Landecker. A homesick college freshman goes to a party at Shithouse and ends up spending the night with his sophomore RA who's had a shitty day and wants someone to hang out with. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Shithouse The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Mu...
Oct 22, 2020•24 min
