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Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller recap their top 10 favorite films of 2025. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Stephen's List: 1. One Battle After Another 2. Sentimental Value 3. It Was Just An Accident 4. Marty Supreme 5. The Chronology of Water 6. Sinner 7. The Secret Agent 8. Hamnet 9. Bugonia 10. Die My Love Christopher's List: 1. Sinners 2. One Battle After Another 3. The Christophers 4. Wake Up Dead Man 5. Sorry, Baby 6. Rental Family 7. Hamnet 8. The Man In My Basement 9. Together 10. Lurker Music for this Episode: • Chemtrails by Semo Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: 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. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Recommend with Caveat Music for this Episode: • Vicious Attack by Tilman Sillescu Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: 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. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • Wake Up Dead Man (2025) The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Into the Transcendence by Tilman Sillescu Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: 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. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • The Chronology of Water (2025) The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recommend with Caveat Music for this Episode: • Blackout by Roza Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: 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. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • Train Dreams (2025) The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • Forest Fire by Louis Island Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: 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. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • Wicked: For Good (2025) The Verdict: • Stephen: Pass with Caveat • Christopher: Must Avoid Music for this Episode: • Why Do I Hide by Lone Wild Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: 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. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • The Running Man (2025) The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • Hell or High Water by Southern Call Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: 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. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • Die My Love (2025) The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Pass with Caveat Music for this Episode: • Mess I Made by Pizza Rat Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: 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. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • Bugonia The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Recommend with Caveat Music for this Episode: • Hostage by Jane The Boy Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of A House of Dynamite (2025). Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. With Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, and Gabriel Basso. When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • A House of Dynamite (2025) The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • The Siren by Lia Dsau Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of After the Hunt. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. With Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, and Andrew Garfield. A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • After the Hunt The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend with Caveat • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • Sleepin on Me by FVMELESS Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Tron: Ares. Directed by Joachim Rønning. With Jared Leto, Greta Lee, and Jeff Bridges. A highly sophisticated Program, Ares, is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • Tron: Ares The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental with a Heart • Christopher: I didn't hate it / It's better than Legacy Music for this Episode: • PUNKD by Out of Flux Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of One Battle After Another. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Benicio Del Toro. When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • One Battle After Another The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Revolution by Willow McKenna Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Lurker. Directed by Alex Russell, With Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, and Sunny Suljic. A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • Lurker The Verdict: • Stephen: Must See • Christopher: Must See Music for this Episode: • Happy like You by Loya Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Caught Stealing. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Austin Butler, Regina King, and Zoë Kravitz. Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • Caught Stealing The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • Hazy by Ariel Shalom Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 4 of their coverage of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Films: • Blue Heron • Poetic License • Glenrothan • If I Had Legs I'd Kick You • Steve • Hedda • Roofman • The Man in My Basement • Eleanor the Great • The Fence • Normal • The Choral • Wasteman Music for this Episode: • Сrystalline by Romeo Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 3 of their coverage of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Films: • No Other Choice • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery • Eternity • Adulthood • The Christophers • Rental Family • Sentimental Value • Left-Handed Girl Music for this Episode: • Сrystalline by Romeo Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 2 of their coverage of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Films: • The Smashing Machine • Frankenstein • Ballad Of A Small Player • Eternal Return • The Last Viking • Orphan • The Wizard Of The Kremlin • The Love That Remains Music for this Episode: • Сrystalline by Romeo Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you part 1 of their coverage of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Films: • Rose of Nevada • Hamlet • Sacrifice • Bad Apples • Nuremberg • Dead Man's wire • Hamnet Music for this Episode: • Сrystalline by Romeo Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller bring you a review of Highest 2 Lowest. Directed by Spike Lee. With Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, and Ilfenesh Hadera. When a titan music mogul is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese and Stephen David Miller Featured Review: • Highest 2 Lowest The Verdict: • Stephen: Wait for Rental • Christopher: Wait for Rental Music for this Episode: • Ransom by Frank Bentley Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com Listener Survey: • Please help us by taking our survey