Review 589: The Assistant

Review 589: The Assistant

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

Directed by Kitty Green. With Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, and Makenzie Leigh. A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.

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Review 588: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Review 588: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

Directed by Céline Sciamma. With Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, and Luàna Bajrami. On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

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Review 587: Birds of Prey

Review 587: Birds of Prey

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.

Directed by Cathy Yan. With Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.

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Review 586: The Gentlemen

Review 586: The Gentlemen

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

Directed by Guy Ritchie. With Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, and Michelle Dockery. An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

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Review 583: 1917

Review 583: 1917

In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a review of 1917.

Directed by Sam Mendes. With Andrew Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Richard Madden. Two young British privates during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldier's brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap.

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