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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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Episode Description:

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

Directed by Isaiah Saxon. With Helena Zengel, Willem Dafoe, and Emily Watson. In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy girl is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when she discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• The Legend of Ochi

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Pass with Caveat

Music for this Episode:

• Fagradalsfjall feat Gaia Yuval by Blackbard

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Episode Description:

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

Directed by Ryan Coogler. With Miles Caton, Saul Williams, and Andrene Ward-Hammond. Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Sinners

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Must See

• Christopher: Must See

Music for this Episode:

• Howling at the Moon by D Fine Us

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Episode Description:

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

Directed by Christopher Landon. With Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, and Violett Beane. A widowed mother's first date in years takes a terrifying turn when she's bombarded with anonymous threatening messages on her phone during their upscale dinner, leaving her questioning if her charming date is behind the harassment.

Show Notes

Hosts:

• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller

Featured Review:

• Drop

The Verdict:

• Stephen: Wait for Rental

• Christopher: Wait for Rental

Music for this Episode:

• Open up My Heart by Foster

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