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 and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Trial of the Chicago 7 The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend w...
Oct 21, 2020•33 min
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 Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Black Box The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Cave...
Oct 20, 2020•17 min
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. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • The Lie The Verdict:...
Oct 15, 2020•17 min
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 himself there's no such thing as werewolves. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Mill...
Oct 14, 2020•34 min
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" by Brother Samuel Cheatam Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • ...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr
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 conspiracy around a mysterious young Lord. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Feat...
Oct 08, 2020•29 min
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 roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher...
Sep 30, 2020•25 min
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 modern-day nomad. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Nomadland...
Sep 29, 2020•28 min
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 and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Spring Blossom The Verdict: • Stephen: Pass with Caveat • Chr...
Sep 24, 2020•17 min
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 Review: • Shiva Baby The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Recommend with Cav...
Sep 23, 2020•16 min
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 herself. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • I'm Thinking of End...
Sep 15, 2020•1 hr 5 min
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: Must Avoid Music for this Episode: • Mulan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Contact the show: • em...
Sep 11, 2020•59 min
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 Verdict: • Stephen: Must Avoid • Christopher: Pass with Caveat Music for this Episode: • "Take Care" by B...
Aug 26, 2020•46 min
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 ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its creation. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Sch...
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 8 min
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 Review: • La Llorona The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music...
Aug 14, 2020•28 min
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 American Pickle The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Recommend with Caveat Music for this...
Aug 12, 2020•39 min
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 Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Radioactive The Verdict: • Stephen: Pass with Caveat • C...
Aug 03, 2020•41 min
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 • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • The Rental (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack...
Jul 31, 2020•55 min
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: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Inception Music for this Episode: • Inc...
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 43 min
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 business. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • First Cow The V...
Jul 22, 2020•35 min
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 Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • Credit...
Jul 19, 2020•26 min
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: • Greyhound The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: •...
Jul 17, 2020•27 min
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 Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Palm Springs The Verdict: • Stephe...
Jul 15, 2020•49 min
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 any dream worth having is a dream worth fighting for. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and S...
Jul 07, 2020•31 min
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: • Stephen: Must Avoid • Christopher: Must Avoid Music for this Episode: • Irresistible (Original Motion Pict...
Jul 02, 2020•37 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of 7500. Directed by Patrick Vollrath. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar, and Aylin Tezel. When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • 7500 The V...
Jun 26, 2020•49 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of The King of Staten Island. Directed by Judd Apatow. With Pete Davidson, Bel Powley, and Ricky Velez. Scott has been a case of arrested development since his firefighter dad died. He spends his days smoking weed and dreaming of being a tattoo artist until events force him to grapple with his grief and take his first steps forward in life. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Fe...
Jun 24, 2020•33 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Da 5 Bloods. Directed by Spike Lee. With Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, and Clarke Peters. Four African American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Da 5 Bloods The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with...
Jun 18, 2020•47 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Shirley. Directed by Josephine Decker. With Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, and Michael Stuhlbarg. A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Shirley The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Past with Caveat Music for this Episode: • Shirl...
Jun 17, 2020•33 min
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Just Mercy. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. With Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, and Brie Larson. World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Just Mercy The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Just Mercy (Or...
Jun 11, 2020•32 min
