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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of The Monkey.
Directed by Osgood Perkins. With Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, and Christian Convery. When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father's old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.
Show Notes
Hosts:• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:• The Monkey
The Verdict:• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat
• Christopher: Must See
Music for this Episode:• Semo - A Furry Affair - Creative Cut - Retro
Contact the show:• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Companion.
Directed by Drew Hancock. With Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, and Lukas Gage. A weekend getaway with friends at a remote cabin turns into chaos after it's revealed that one of the guests is not what they seem.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• Companion
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Must See
• Christopher: Must See
Music for this Episode:
• Delusional Island by Emily Lewis
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller talk about their experience with the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. They also join David Chen for a conversation about 10 of their favorite films.
Show Notes
Hosts:• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Conversation with David Chen:• Our 10 Favorite Sundance 2025 Movies (youtube version)
• Our 10 Favorite Movies from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (Writeup on Decoding Everything)
Featured Films:• Omaha
• Sorry, Baby
• A Perfect Neighbor
• Sukkwan Island
• Brides
• Predators
• The Virgin of the Quarry Lake
• Twinless
• East of Wall
• Zodiac Killer Project
• Atropia
• Serious People
Music for this Episode:• Sundance by Wonderland
Contact the show:• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Presence.
Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, and Callina Liang. A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• Presence
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat
• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat
Music for this Episode:
• Im on Your Side by IamDayLight
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of September 5.
Directed by Tim Fehlbaum. With Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, and Ben Chaplin. During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, an American sports broadcasting team must adapt to live coverage the Israeli athletes being held hostage by a terrorist group.
Show Notes
Hosts:• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:• September 5
The Verdict:• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat
• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat
Music for this Episode:• Wings of Freedom by TURPAK
Contact the show:• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller recap their favorite films of 2024.
Show Notes
Hosts:• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Stephen's List:1. Nickel Boys
2. Challengers
3. I Saw the TV Glow
4. The Substance
5. Anora
6. All We Imagine as Light
7. The Brutalist
8. A Real Pain
9. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
10. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Christopher's List:1. A Real Pain
2. The Brutalist
3. The Assessment
4. The Salt Path
5. The Life of Chuck
6. Anora
7. Heretic
8. Conclave
9. Challengers
10. Nowhere Special
Music for this Episode:• Warning by The Peacocks
Contact the show:• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:• Please help us by taking our survey
Additional Reading:Check out Stephen David Miller's guest piece, "10 Cinematic Pairings That Captured the Mood of 2024," on David Chen's Decoding Everything Substack.
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of A Complete Unknown.
Directed by James Mangold. With Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, and Elle Fanning. In 1961, unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar. He forges relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance that reverberates worldwide.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• A Complete Unknown
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Wait for Rental
• Christopher: Wait for Rental
Music for this Episode:
• End of the Line by Southern Call
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• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Flow.
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis. Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• Flow
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Must See
• Christopher: Must See
Music for this Episode:
• In the Front by Ziv Moran
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• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of The Order.
Directed by Justin Kurzel. With Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, and Tye Sheridan. A series of bank robberies and car heists frightened communities in the Pacific Northwest. A lone FBI agent believes that the crimes were not the work of financially motivated criminals, but rather a group of dangerous domestic terrorists.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• The Order
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Must See
• Christopher: Must See
Music for this Episode:
• Stupid Followed Evil by Benjamin Adair Murphy
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Gladiator II.
Directed by Ridley Scott. With Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and Pedro Pascal. After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• Gladiator II
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Wait for Rental
• Christopher: Wait for Rental
Music for this Episode:
• Last to Fall by Will Van De Crommert
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• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Wicked.
Directed by Jon M. Chu. With Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jeff Goldblum. Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman because of her green skin, and Glinda, a popular girl, become friends at Shiz University in the Land of Oz. After an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• Wicked
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Wait for Rental
• Christopher: Wait for Rental
Music for this Episode:
• Icarus by Lone Wild
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you an omnibus review of Memoir of a Snail, Juror #2, A Real Pain, and Small Things Like These.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Reviews:
• Memoir of a Snail
• Juror #2
• A Real Pain
• Small Things Like These
Memoir of a Snail Verdict:
• Stephen: Must See
• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat
Juror #2 Verdict:
• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat
• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat
A Real Pain Verdict:
• Stephen: Must See
• Christopher: Must See
Small Things Like These Verdict:
• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat
• Christopher: Wait for Rental
Music for this Episode:
• Good Times by Rynn
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Smile 2.
Directed by Parker Finn. With Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Lukas Gage. About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her past.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• Smile 2
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat
• Christopher: Must See
Music for this Episode:
• Im Fine Sometimes by The Polarity
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Anora.
Directed by Sean Baker. With Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, and Lindsey Normington. Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• Anora
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Must See
• Christopher: Must See
Music for this Episode:
• I Got Me by Jane & The Boy
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of It’s What’s Inside.
Directed by Greg Jardin. With Brittany O'Grady, James Morosini, and Gavin Leatherwood. A group of friends gather for a pre-wedding party that descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend arrives with a mysterious game that awakens long-hidden secrets, desires and grudges.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• It’s What’s Inside
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Must See
• Christopher: Must See
Music for this Episode:
• Devils on Your Brain by iTMR
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Joker: Folie à Deux.
Directed by Todd Phillips. With Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, and Brendan Gleeson. Struggling with his dual identity, failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while incarcerated at Arkham State Hospital.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• Joker: Folie à Deux
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Pass with Caveat
• Christopher: Pass with Caveat
Music for this Episode:
• This Blue Moon by Ian Post
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 3 of their coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Films:
• Nightbitch
• Matt and Mara
• Daniela Forever
• Bring Them Down
• The Substance
• The Piano Lesson
• SATURDAY NIGHT
• The Salt Path
Music for this Episode:
• Sensational by Ben Fox
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 2 of their coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Films:
• Conclave
• The Wild Robot
• Queer
• Riff Raff
• The Brutalist
• Under the Volcano
• A Missing Part
• Babygirl
• The End
Music for this Episode:
• Sensational by Ben Fox
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 1 of their coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Films:
• We Live in Time
• The Life of Chuck
• All of You
• The Room Next Door
• Eden
• The Last Showgirl
• The Assessment
• Heretic
Music for this Episode:
• Sensational by Ben Fox
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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Episode Description:
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Alien: Romulus.
Directed by Fede Alvarez. With Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, and Archie Renaux. While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Show Notes
Hosts:
• Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller
Featured Review:
• Alien: Romulus
The Verdict:
• Stephen: Recommend with Caveat
• Christopher: Recommend with Caveat
Music for this Episode:
• See Me Fly by Roza
Contact the show:
• email: [email protected]
Listener Survey:
• Please help us by taking our survey
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