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Review 821: Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025).
Directed by James Cameron. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, and Sigourney Weaver. Jake and Neytiri's family grapples with grief after Neteyam's death, encountering a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang, as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges.
Review 820: Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Wake Up Dead Man (2025).
Directed by Rian Johnson. With Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, and Glenn Close. Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet.
Review 819: The Chronology of Water (2025)
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of The Chronology of Water (2025).
Directed by Kristen Stewart. With Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, and Jim Belushi. Through loss, love, and self-discovery, a woman transforms pain into art-and writes a life on her own terms.
Review 818: Train Dreams (2025)
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Train Dreams (2025).
Directed by Clint Bentley. With Joel Edgerton, Clifton Collins Jr., and Felicity Jones. Based on Denis Johnson's beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.
Review 817: Wicked: For Good (2025)
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Wicked: For Good (2025).
Directed by Jon M. Chu. With Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jeff Goldblum. Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Review 816: The Running Man (2025)
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of The Running Man (2025).
Directed by Edgar Wright. With Glen Powell, Alyssa Benn, and Sienna Benn. A man joins a game show in which contestants, allowed to flee anywhere in the world, are pursued by "hunters" hired to kill them.
Review 815: Die My Love (2025)
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Die My Love (2025).
Directed by Lynne Ramsay. With Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, and Sissy Spacek. Grace, a writer and young mother, is slowly slipping into madness. Locked away in an old house in and around Montana, we see her acting increasingly agitated and erratic, leaving her companion, Jackson, increasingly worried and helpless.
Review 814: Bugonia (2025)
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.