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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Jurassic World: Rebirth.

Directed by Gareth Edwards. With Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and Jonathan Bailey. Five years post-Jurassic World: Dominion (2022), an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Jurassic World: Rebirth

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Must Avoid

Music for this Episode:

• Hold That Line by Letra

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Episode Description:

Directed by Joseph Kosinski. With Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, and Javier Bardem. A Formula One driver comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with a younger driver.

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of 28 Years Later.

Directed by Danny Boyle. With Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes. A group of survivors of the rage virus live on a small island. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• 28 Years Later

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with a Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Passing Moments by Ian Post

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Materialists.

Directed by Celine Song. With Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal. A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Materialists

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Pale City Girl by Indiana Bradley

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you an omnibus review of The Phoenician Scheme, Karate Kid: Legends, Ballerina, Bring Her Back, and The Life of Chuck.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

The Phoenician Scheme Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Karate Kid: Legends Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Ballerina Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with a Caveat

• Christopher: Must See

Bring Her Back Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

The Life of Chuck Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Icarus by Lone Wild

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. With Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, and Ving Rhames. Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Stand Tall Think Clear by Adam 7

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Fight or Flight.

Directed by James Madigan. With Josh Hartnett, Charithra Chandran, and Katee Sackhoff. A mercenary takes on the job of tracking down a target on a plane but must protect her when they're surrounded by people trying to kill both of them.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Fight or Flight

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Raw Energy by SOURWAH

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Stephen David Miller reports in from the second half of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• The Phoenician Scheme

• The Secret Agent

• Eagles of the Republic

• Alpha

• Highest 2 Lowest

• The History of Sound

• Sentimental Value

• Resurrection

• It Was Just an Accident

• The Mastermind

• Honey Don't!

Music for this Episode:

• 2025 Cannes Announcement Teaser Audio

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Additional Coverage:

Read Stephen's contributions in David Chen's newsletter, Decoding Everything.

• Cannes 2025 Dispatch #1: Early Festival Highlights

• Cannes 2025 Dispatch #2: Die My Love, The Phoenician Scheme, The Chronology of Water, and More

• Cannes 2025 Dispatch #3: The Newest Films by Spike Lee, Jafar Panahi, Julia Ducournau, and more (Plus: The Award Winners!)

Episode Description:

In this episode, Stephen David Miller reports in from the first half of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• Adam's Sake

• Rendezvous with Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise

• Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning

• The Sound of Falling

• Two Prosecutors

• Sirât

• Case 137

• Eddington

• The Wave

• New Wave

• Die My love

• The Chronology of Water

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Thunderbolts*.

Directed by Jake Schreier. With Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Thunderbolts*

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Stay Right There by Michael Shynes

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