Episode Description:

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

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. With Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, and Emma Stone. Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Bugonia

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Hostage by Jane The Boy

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of A House of Dynamite (2025).

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. With Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, and Gabriel Basso. When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• A House of Dynamite (2025)

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• The Siren by Lia Dsau

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Episode Description:

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

Directed by Luca Guadagnino. With Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, and Andrew Garfield. A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• After the Hunt

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Sleepin on Me by FVMELESS

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Episode Description:

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

Directed by Joachim Rønning. With Jared Leto, Greta Lee, and Jeff Bridges. A highly sophisticated Program, Ares, is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Tron: Ares

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental with a Heart

• Christopher: I didn't hate it / It's better than Legacy

Music for this Episode:

• PUNKD by Out of Flux

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of One Battle After Another.

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Benicio Del Toro. When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• One Battle After Another

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Revolution by Willow McKenna

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Episode Description:

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

Directed by Alex Russell, With Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, and Sunny Suljic. A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Lurker

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Happy like You by Loya

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Episode Description:

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

Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Austin Butler, Regina King, and Zoë Kravitz. Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Caught Stealing

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Hazy by Ariel Shalom

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 4 of their coverage of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• Blue Heron

• Poetic License

• Glenrothan

• If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

• Steve

• Hedda

• Roofman

• The Man in My Basement

• Eleanor the Great

• The Fence

• Normal

• The Choral

• Wasteman

Music for this Episode:

• Сrystalline by Romeo

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 3 of their coverage of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• No Other Choice

• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

• Eternity

• Adulthood

• The Christophers

• Rental Family

• Sentimental Value

• Left-Handed Girl

Music for this Episode:

• Сrystalline by Romeo

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 2 of their coverage of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• The Smashing Machine

• Frankenstein

• Ballad Of A Small Player

• Eternal Return

• The Last Viking

• Orphan

• The Wizard Of The Kremlin

• The Love That Remains

Music for this Episode:

• Сrystalline by Romeo

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