What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . THE OSCARS SHORTLIST DISCUSSION + ANALYSIS: International Film - 2:!4 (and Titane’s Snubbing - 5:14) (AlsoMike Reviews The Hand of God - 11:48) . Original Song - 16:04 Original Score - 21:26 . Best Documentary - 24:57 . Makeup and Hair - 33:35 Best Sound - 37:47 VFX - 39:44 The Rest - 42:33 . REVIEWS: Encanto - 44:11 Nightmare Alley - 53:27 . . Where To Find Our Work/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:02:47 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:03:35
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 7 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . SPIDER-MAN NO WAY HOME REVIEW: . NON-SPOILER REVIEW: Trailer Talk - 1:48 Reception/Box Office/Box Office History - 2:57 Expectations/Watching Experience - 8:40 . Directing/Script - 10:12 . Performances - 16:20 Production Values - 19:18 . SPOILER WARNING - 24:22 . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: Gettin Strange - 25:00 Hangin Out, Down the Street - 27:07 Id, Ego, Super Ego - 30:05 Let It Breathe - 33:27 Tha Foe - 40:00 Lowlight: Where Are We? - 44:03 Other Highs and Lo...
Dec 19, 2021•58 min
What is This Show? - Top of Episode Introducing David Long! . GLOBES, CHOICE, AND GAMBLING ODDS + UPDATES: Best Picture (Drama) - 4:15 Best Picture (Comedy/Musical) - 12:10 BP Long Shots - 22:01 . Best Director - 29:09 Lead Actress - 41:40 Lead Actor - 53:04 Supporting Actress - 1:05:04 Supporting Actor - 1:12:44 . . Your Homework/Our/David’s Socials - 1:22:30 What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 1:25:00
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 27 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show And a Word of Warning . WEST SIDE STORY REVIEW: . NON-SPOILER REVIEW: How Did We Get Here? - 4:10 Reception/Box Office - 8:43 Expectations - 14:10 . Awards Profile: Lay of the Awards Landscape - 18:28 Editing - 23:37 Performances - 25:18 Production Values - 34:13 How Many Noms? - 35:12 . SPOILER WARNING - 40:44 . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: Catastrophe #1 - 42:31 Who Framed Roger West Side? - 46:25 Melodrama - 48:48 I Feel Awkward - 52:28 Catastrophe #2 - 55:25 Cat...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 21 min
What is This Show? - Top of Episode Introducing Amy Smith! . AFI TOP 10 LIST, STATS, AND SNUBS - 3:35 . PARSING THROUGH THE NBR + PRECURSOR RESUMES: Licorice Pizza + NBR Top 10 Stats - 7:25 Macbeth/West Side Story/Cyrano - 11:33 Being The Ricardos/Don’t Look Up/Nightmare Alley - 17:25 Red Rocket/Cmon Cmon/Parallel Mothers - 22:50 Belfast and the BIFA 0-fer - 27:45 . AMY REVIEWS AFTER LOVE - 33:32 . BAFTA 2020 BAFTA 2021 - 37:00 . WHAT CAN FLEE/DRIVE MY CAR, BE? - 39:23 . ANIMATED FEATURE: Why Is...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 21 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . WEST SIDE STORY SHAKES UP THE OSCARS RACE: Sondheim Approved and RIP - 1:12 First Reactions From Critics - 3:30 Feinberg Forecasts Greatness - 5:33 The Historic Rita Moreno - 9:50 . NIGHTMARE ALLEY FIRST REVIEWS - 13:58 . GOTHAM AWARDS: The Lost Daughter Cleans Up - 19:32 Troy Kotsur Is a Treasure - 23:35 Other Winners/Highlights - 25:44 . SUNSET FILM CIRCLE AWARD NOMS ANNOUNCED - 31:43 . SATELLITE AWARDS TOO - 35:50 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE - 43:34 . GUCCI FAMIL...
Dec 03, 2021•51 min
What is This Show? - Top of Episode Introducing NOMCast Andrew! THE POWER OF THE DOG REVIEW: . SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Story Origin/NYFF Experience - 2:24 Awards Resume/Reception/Expectations/Premise - 5:03 . Performances: Benebick Cumbrodeo/Plemons/Smit-McPhee - 14:52 . Production Values: Cinematography - 19:32 Music - 22:15 Costume - 24:47 . Oscars Lens: Adapted Screenplay- 29:50 Supp Actress - 32:27 Director/Actor - 35:32 How Many Noms - 38:31 . . SPOILER WARNING - 50:41 . . SPOILER-FILLED REVIE...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 26 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show . . HOUSE OF A GUCCI REVIEW: . SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Reception/Awards Resume/Box Office - 1:42 Premise/Script/Direction - 5:52 . Oscar Categories: Editing/Picture - 13:15 . Lady Gaga- 16:04 Jared Leto - 18:22 Adam Driver/Rest of Cast - 24:05 . Production Values - 29:34 How Many Total Noms? - 35:00 . SPOILER WARNING - 37:00 . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: Freak Gasoline Fight - 38:10 Tonal Shifts - 40:17 (or It’s Always Sunny in Florence, Italy) Fighting + Reconciling ...
Nov 25, 2021•58 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show . . KING RICHARD REVIEW: . SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Reception/Awards Resume/Box Office - 1:40 Premise/Expectations/Watching Experiences - 11:00 Addressing the Controversy - 18:14 . Performances: Aunjanue Ellis - 26:52 Will Smith - 31:20 Jon Bernthal - 36:16 Rest of Cast - 40:00 . Production Values - 43:41 How Many Total Noms? - 46:38 . SPOILER WARNING - 48:30 . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: Mentor-Hero-Complicated - 49:50 Address It At The End - 53:33 I’m The King Now - ...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 19 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . TRAILER REACTIONS: Being The Ricardos Final Trailer - 1:24 Don’t Look Up Trailer #2 - 5:23 Nightmare Alley Final Trailer - 11:40 Spider Man No Way Home - 17:45 . HMMA (SCORE/SONG) WINNERS ANNOUNCED - 25:24 . CRITICS’ CHOICE DOCUMENTARY AWARDS - 29:41 Queen of Basketball/Introducing Selma Blair Reviews - 32:07 . MORE DOC PRECURSOR AWARDS - 36:52 Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Start Worrying . MAKE THE CASE: Tick Tick Boom Review - 42:11 Passing Review...
Nov 20, 2021•1 hr 6 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show . . BELFAST REVIEW: . SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Awards Resume/Box Office - 3:07 Premise/Expectations/Watching Experiences - 5:38 . Writing/Directing - 10:55 . Performances: Jude Hill - 20:01 Caitriona Balfe - 21:55 Judi Dench/Ciaran Hinds - 24:23 Jamie Dornan - 28:35 Rest of Cast - 31:36 . Production Values - 33:00 How Many Total Noms? - 39:38 . SPOILER WARNING - 44:46 . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: A History Lesson - 45:56 Tension Talk - 49:19 The Parasite Problem - 56:...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 23 min
Clifford Review w/ Amanda Swell - The Dog From Hell w/ Swell - Ep 384 by MMO
Nov 13, 2021•52 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . MAKE THE CASE: Finch - 1:13 The Guilty - 2:26 , ETERNALS NONSPOILER REVIEW: Reception/Cast - 4:20 Direction/Story - 6:05 VFX/Cinematog/Performances - 17:23 . BOX OFFICE REPORT - 21:30 (More on Spencer, Tammy Faye, Bond 25, Eternals, Last Night in SoHo) . AWARDS UPDATES: European Film Awards Announce Noms - 23:50 BIFA Noms Too - 26:42 HMMA Tries to Clear Up the Music Categories - 31:40 NYC Doc Brings Clarity to a Muddled Field - 36:42 . TRAILER REACTIONS: Swa...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 6 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show . . SPENCER REVIEW: . SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Reception/AlsoMike is a Pro - 1:55 Expectations/Watching Experiences - 7:50 . Writing/Directing - 14:45 Performances - 23:25 Production Values - 33:35 How Many Total Noms? - 42:18 . SPOILER WARNING - 48:25 . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: The Slippery Mental Slope, Pt.1 - 49:45 When Are We? - 51:33 The Slippery Mental Slops, Pt.2 - 59:25 Miracles - 1:06:10 Other Highlights - 1:12:52 Don’t Be Late - 1:14:08 . FINAL GRADES - 1:...
Nov 06, 2021•1 hr 22 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . OSCARS FALL GAMBLING PREVIEW: Best Picture - 3:52 (Where we discuss and give you the odds and analysis on Belfast, Nightmare Alley, Coda, Licorice Pizza, Being The Ricardos, and more!) , Best Director - 17:48 (A surprising current frontrunner leads a field that has tons of questions, and we get to asking all of them.) . Acting Categories - 27:37 (Why betting Kristen Stewart makes more sense on Oscars Sunday than it would today; Leo vs Meryl; and what the hel...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 10 min
What is This Show? - Top of Episode Introducing Amanda of Swell Entertainment! . LAMB + ANTLERS REVIEW: . NONSPOILER REVIEW: Cast, Crew, Reception - 2:07 Watching Experiences - 4:04 . Writing/Directing - 9:26 Performances - 12:06 Production Values - 16:50 Oscar Lens Conclusion - 24:10 Watch or Not? - 27:05 . SPOILER WARNING - 27:55 . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: Lamb: Just…You Just…Have To Hear This - 28:55 Daddy Wasn’t There - 35:22 I Wanna Hold Your Hand - 47:19 . Antlers: When To Go - 52:22 Play By...
Oct 30, 2021•1 hr 19 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show . THE 2021 SCARIES AWARDS! . THE NEW HORROR FILMS: Recent Character You Don’t Want to Quarantine With - 3:00 Recent Setting You Don’t Want to Quarantine At - 5:30 Recent Setting You’d Most Welcome - 10:00 Character You Most Trust Your Life To - 13:28 Least/Most Stylish Clothing - 15:55 Scariest/Least Scary Prop - 20:50 Fastest To Kill Mike1 - 22:52 Best Production Value - 25:25 Best Supporting/Lead Performances - 27:10 Character You Wanted Dead - 31:26 Worst H...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 53 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . DUNE REVIEW - 1:45 . THE HARDER THEY FALL REVIEW - 15:50 . 2021 GOTHAM AWARD NOMS ANNOUNCED: Women Dominate The Card - 24:40 Passing, The Lost Daughter Lead The Field - 28:25 Breakthrough Performers/Directors - 31:40 Screenplay, Lead/Supporting Performances - 34:03 Best Feature - 39:18 , BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Gotham Doc Noms/Critics’ Choice Doc Noms - 40:38 AlsoMike Campaigns for The First Wave - 45:20 . INTERNATIONAL FEATURE CATEGORY: Gotham Int’l Featu...
Oct 23, 2021•1 hr 13 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show . . HALLOWEEN KILLS REVIEW: . SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Reception - 2:28 Expectations/Watching Experiences - 6:47 . Writing/Directing - 8:53 Performances - 11:56 Production Values - 15:15 Watch or Not? - 18:28 . SPOILER WARNING - 21:12 . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: The Mike1 “Part 2” Trilogy Manifesto - 22:20 Learning On the Sidelines- 31:50 AMH+ We’re a Big, Unruly Mob 1 - 35:20 Best: Michael, The Artist + Laurie, The Bad Ass - 42:00 Best: Tell Me a Story - 46:01 Worst...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Andrew Morgan of The NOMcast joins ORC for a box office study, lots of talk about the year of Netflix, and we recap our New York Film Festival experiences for The Power of the Dog, The Lost Daughter, Dune, Parallel Mothers, and The Tragedy of Macbeth. What Is This Episode? - Top of the Show - A BOX OFFICE + FALL STREAMING CONVO: - Box Office Ups & Downs: Venom 2 thru Bond - 2:47 How Are Small To Mid Budget Films Doing?: Respect thru Green Knight - 5:15 What Should Go Theatrical? What Should ...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 45 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . ENCANTO TRAILER REVIEW - 3:17 . ALSOMIKE REVIEWING NYFF SELECTIONS: Benedetta - 11:15 Red Rocket - 18:40 . AlsoMike’s NYC Cuisine Cruise - 27:13 . The French Dispatch - 30:15 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain - 36:00 What Do We See When We Look At The Sky? - 38:40 Cmon Cmon - 42:25 Drive My Car - 51:38 . . Where To Find Our Work/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 58:20 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:01:01
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 2 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show Introducing David Long of Is It Worth It Film Podcast! . DAVID’S THOUGHTS ON SPENCER - 1:05 , NO TIME TO DIE REVIEW: . NONSPOILER SECTION: Movie Watching Experience/Expectations - 5:15 Pacing - 11:33 . Performances - 14:10 Spin Offs? - 22:56 . Cinematography - 25:00 Original Song/Sound - 28:02 . How Many Noms? - 31:02 . . SPOILER WARNING - 33:05 . . SPOILER-FILLED SECTION: Historical Significance - 34:06 Ranking the Craig Bond Movies - 38:30 . The Spy Who’s No...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 23 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show . . TITANE REVIEW: . SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Nobody Understands - 4:00 Reception - 8:18 Premise/Expectations/Watching Experiences - 10:22 . Writing/Directing - 15:45 Performances - 18:49 Production Values - 24:44 Oscar Lens Conclusion - 29:00 Watch or Not? - 35:08 . SPOILER WARNING - 37:29 . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: Theme Guesses From Others Then Us - 38:40 Go Green - 43:58 Singin’ in the Grave - 45:15 Who Can It Be Now? - 49:00 THIS We Understand…We Think - 50:20 ...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 9 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . NO TIME TO DIE PREPISODE: PRODUCTION PROFILE/GETTING INTO CHARACTER - 2:55 . CRITIQUING THE CRITICS/FIRST REACTIONS - 13:30 . BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS - 25:16 . HOW DO WE WANT CRAIG TO GO OUT? - 33:51 . THE NEXT BOND IN 2022 - 38:02 PREDICTING THE NEXT BOND - 47:38 . . Where To Find Our Work/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 58:30 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 59:22
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 3 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . CONTENDER TRAILER REACTIONS: Licorice Pizza - 2:06 Spencer - 10:30 Tudum Reiviews - 14:40 (Red Notice, Don’t Look Up, The Harder They Fall) . IATSE MAY STRIKE, AND MAY DESERVE TO - 20:11 . DGA ALLOWS DAY AND DATE FILMS FOR THEIR AWARDS - 28:43 . BOX OFFICE REPORT - 30:50 . ALSOMIKE’S NYFF EXPERIENCE: Return to NY - 35:00 Belle - 40:30 Bergman Islane - 45:12 The Worst Person in the World - 50:00 Looney Porn - 53:30 The Souvenir Part II - 56:04 Titane - 1:00:1...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 11 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . REVISITING HALLOWENN ’18: Does It Hold Up? - 3:00 Damn the Doc - 9:34 . FINAL TRAILER REACTIONS - 14:00 . CRITIQUING THE CRITICS - 22:20 . DAY AND DATE RELEASE: HK Hides From Peacock’s Socials - 33:10 Using Mikey to Bump Peacock Subs? - 34:40 How Halloween Can Make Box Office $ - 38:21 . FINAL PREDICTIONS - 50:02 . WILL LAURIE DIE? THE EVIDENCE - 52:42 , THE DEAD POOL: WHO LIVES? WHO DIES? - 1:01:33 . . Where To Find Our Work/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:05:55 W...
Sep 25, 2021•1 hr 9 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND EMMY: Show, Good - 1:51 #EmmysSoWhite, Other Stuff, Bad - 5:34 . FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Belfast Wins @ TIFF - 13:25 Runners Up Are Known, and Not - 16:18 The Rescue Review - 18:00 Titane Primer - 23:08 . CRY MACHO REVIEW - 24:34 . THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE REVIEW - 30:15 . 4 DOC FEATURE QUICK REVIEWS - 39:45 (Citizen Ashe, Becoming Cousteau, The Real Charlie Chaplin, Torn) . CONTENDER TRAILER REACTIONS: Uhhh…Where’s The Final Halloween Kills Traile...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 11 min
What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . CHRISTOPHER NOLAN TAKES TALENTS TO UNIVERSAL - 1:15 . FESTIVAL NEWS: Venice Announces The Golden Lion Winner… - 11:30 …And More Upsets Amongst Its Other Awards - 15:47 TIFF Stock Up, Stock “Divisive” - 18:07 (The Last Duel, Dear Evan Hansen, The Forgiven, + more!) The Eyes of Tammy Faye - 25:29 Critics Come for Halloween Kills… - 29:14 …Which Is Going Day and Date on Peacock - 32:00 Disney Announces Their Upcoming Theatrical Windows - 34:23 London FF Shows P...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Telluride & Venice buzz dominates our second half of the show. We otherwise discuss potential changes to the Oscars broadcast and the ever changing release date calendar in the first half. It’s an Oscar Race Checkpoint full of Oscar rumors and most of all, Oscar hype! What Is This Episode? - Top of Show . OSCAR NEWS: Significant Oscar Changes Could Come Soon - 1:46 Lunacy - 9:00 . RELEASE DATE UPDATES: Paramount Leaves 2021 - 18:19 Sony Pulls a WTF w/ Venom 2 & Ghostbusters - 19:30 Full ...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min
It’s our film study of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings! There’s a non-spoiler first half where we discuss the opening box office success and if we’re allowed any Oscar hopes, and then we break down our favorite scenes in the spoiler-filled second half. What is This Episode? - Top of Show . . SHANG-CHI REVIEW: . SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Cast, Crew, Reception - 2:04 Premise/Expectations/Watching Experiences - 9:00 . Writing/Directing - 14:24 Performances - 20:08 Production Values - 26:30 Osc...
Sep 06, 2021•56 min
