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Review 379: Sicario
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Sicario.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve. With Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro. An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Review 378: Pawn Sacrifice
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Pawn Sacrifice.
Directed by Edward Zwick. With Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, and Peter Sarsgaard. Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.
Review 377: The Visit
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review The Visit.
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan. A single mother finds that things in her family's life go very wrong after her two young children visit their grandparents.
Review 376: Queen of Earth
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Queen of Earth.
Two women who grew up together discover they have drifted apart when they retreat to a lake house together. Directed by Alex Ross Perry. With Elisabeth Moss, Katherine Waterston, Patrick Fugit.
Review 375: Z for Zachariah
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Z for Zachariah.
Directed by Craig Zobel. With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine, and Margot Robbie. In the wake of a disaster that wipes out most of civilization, two men and a young woman find themselves in an emotionally charged love triangle as the last known survivors.
Review 374: Meru
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Meru.
Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. With Conrad Anker, Grace Chin, and Jimmy Chin. Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.
Review 373: No Escape
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review No Escape.
Directed by John Erick Dowdle. With Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan, and Owen Wilson. In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.
Review 372: Mistress America
Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Mistress America.
Directed by Noah Baumbach. With Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke, Seth Barrish. A lonely college freshman's life is turned upside down by her impetuous, adventurous soon-to-be stepsister.