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Episode Description:

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

Directed by Gareth Edwards. With John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, and Gemma Chan. Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• The Creator

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat (rounded up from Wait for Rental)

• Christopher: Wait for Rental (rounded down from Recommend with Caveat)

Music for this Episode:

• Ode to AI by Compass and Cavern

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Episode Description:

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

Directed by Craig Gillespie. With Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, and Vincent D'Onofrio. Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (the video game store) into the world's hottest company.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Dumb Money

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Bad B Freestyle by BAER

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you their 3rd and final installment in their coverage of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• Finestkind

• Next Goal Wins

• A Normal Family

• The Boy and the Heron

• Fingernails

• Memory

• Wildcat

• Gonzo Girl

• The Holdovers

Music for this Episode:

• TIFF 2023: Welcome to the Festival

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Bonus Content:

Read Stephen’s piece The Five Best Films of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival over at Decoding Everything.

Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller discuss another 10 films they caught at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• Close to You

• Backspot

• Mimang

• The Royal Hotel

• Hit Man

• NYAD

• Flora and Son

• Aggro Dr1ft

• One Life

• Smugglers

Music for this Episode:

• TIFF 2023: Welcome to the Festival

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller discuss films they caught during the first 5 days of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Films:

• Anatomy of a Fall

• How to Have Sex

• Perfect Days

• His Three Daughters

• Les Indésirables

• American Fiction

• Wicked Little Letters

• Great Absence

• Daddio

• Concrete Utopia

• The Zone of Interest

Music for this Episode:

• TIFF 2023: Welcome to the Festival

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

Directed by Jeff Rowe & Kyler Spears. With Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr, and Nicolas Cantu. The film follows the Turtle brothers as they work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• SEVENTEEN by SAYJAN

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Episode Description:

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

Directed by Christopher Nolan. With Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, and Matt Damon. The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Oppenheimer

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Fighting Flames with Fire by Icarus

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Episode Description:

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

Directed by Greta Gerwig, With Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and Issa Rae. Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Barbie

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Girls Night Out by Andrea Vasquez

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of You Hurt My Feelings.

Directed by Nicole Holofcener. With Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, and Michaela Watkins. A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• You Hurt My Feelings

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Burned by The Talbott Brothers

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Episode Description:

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Return to Seoul.

Directed by Davy Chou. With Park Ji-min, Oh Kwang-rok, and Guka Han. A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller

Featured Review:

• Return to Seoul

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Almost Home by Chris Mason

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