What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE OSCARS WILL START AN HOUR EARLIER - 1:34 . NYFCC AWARDS ARE OUT: Past Lives Wins Best First Film - 4:53 Anatomy of a Fall Keeps Winning for Int’l Feature - 5:27 Pleasure Menu Wins the Documentary Award - 9:09 Hoyt van Hoytema is a GOAT - 10:03 Boy and the Heron Upsets Spider Verse - 11:55 Melton, Randolph Win Supporting Categories - 13:26 The Lead Categories Overjoyed Some People - 15:32 Nolan and Marty Claim the 2 Biggest Prizes - 18:47 . EUROPEAN FILM (...
Dec 02, 2023•1 hr 15 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show MM AND CM PUNK - :26 . RECAPPING THE GOTHAM AWARDS: Broadcast Thoughts - 2:50 Big Night for Tributes + Anatomy of a Fall - 6:23 Doc Feature FINALLY Has a Front Runner…Right? - 12:20 Adam Driver Drives Fast, Talks Long - 14:23 Colman Domingo, The White House, Honor Bayard Rustin - 17:05 CM Punk Detour #2 - 18:32 . The TV Awards - 20:20 Brian Williams Brought Maestro, Rhetoric - 23:06 Breakthrough Director Goes to a Year Long Gem - 25:05 Charles Melton’s Oscars C...
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 9 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . CBS WILL AIR THE 2024 GOLDEN GLOBES - 1:35 . AWARDS UPDATES: CC Doc Feature Awards Announced - 5:41 Cinema Eye Honors Have a Doc Feature Crossover Worth Noting - 7:36 International Doc Association Also Has Noms - 9:42 BIFA Announced Their Craft Winners as a BIFA Appetizer - 12:38 Who’s Getting What Film Festival Tribute? - 13:47 . TRAILERS WE NEED TO CATCH UP ON BRACKET, PART 2: M1 on #2 Poor Things vs #31 Imaginary - 19:06 M1 on #15 Eileen vs #18 Rebel Moon ...
Nov 25, 2023•1 hr 7 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . JIMMY KIMMEL GETS OSCARS HOSTING GIG - 1:34 . NONSPOILER REVIEW OF RUSTIN - 7:25 . BOX OFFICE REPORT - 14:02 (Next Goal Wins Review - 16:21) . iMAN VELLANI IS THE BEST OF US - 20:32 THE FANTASTIC FOUR MAY HAVE ITS CAST - 27:31 . THE SCREAM/PARAMOUNT/MELISSA BARRERA CONTROVERSY - 33:58 . TRAILERS WE NEED TO CATCH UP ON BRACKET: Explanation - 43:20 M1 on #1 American Fiction Trailer vs #32 Pokemon Concierge Trailer - 45:25 M1 on #16 The Boys in the Boat vs #17 T...
Nov 23, 2023•1 hr 3 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE HOLDOVERS OSCARS PROFILE REVIEW: . Nonspoiler Review: Scores/Box Office/Watching Experiences - 2:18 Allegations Against Payne - 5:42 Director/Screenplay Thoughts - 10:07 Giamatti + Lead Actor - 15:51 Da’Vine Joy, Tessa + The Supporting Categories - 18:28 Production Values - 25:24 How Many Noms? - 28:22 . SPOILER WARNING - 35:20 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Dead Something Society - 36:17 The Holdovers Defined - 40:31 Christmas w/ the Kranks - 46:15 Shipping up...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 10 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE KILLER OSCARS PROFILE REVIEW: . Nonspoiler Review: Background/Specs/Scores - 3:00 Composition Thoughts - 6:55 Is Fassbender Iconic Here?/Performances - 11:41 Fincher Fun w/ Music/Production Values - 15:00 How Many Noms? - 18:36 . SPOILER WARNING - . Spoiler-Filled Review: Franchise Fair? - 23:07 Mike1’s Full Farce Theory - 25:52 Nihilism to Self Fulfillment Through BS - 31:46 Cat and Mouse Paranoia - 34:52 The Law Office - 44:38 Funny and Brutal - 47:42 T...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 10 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE SAG AFTRA STRIKE IS OVER: Strike Stats and Deal Points Generally - 1:26 The AI Protections - 3:46 Pay Raises; What SAG Didn’t Get - 8:10 Did SAG Win? And What This Means for Awards Season - 11:51 . AWARDS NEWS AND NOMS: European Film Award Noms Have Anatomy vs Green Zone - 14:26 British Ind Film Awards Honor Rye Lane as Nom Leader - 19:17 Hollywood Music and Media Noms - 22:13 Barbie Dominates the Movie Grammy Noms - 26:58 . FILM REVIEWS/WHAT WE’RE WATCHI...
Nov 10, 2023•1 hr 5 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show . THE 2023 SCARIES AWARDS! (Some Spoilers for There's Something Wrong With The Children, Unwelcome, and Cobweb. We couldn't help it.) . RANDOM STUFF SECTION: Dumbest Kids Award - 1:59 Grossest Food - 6:20 Scariest Prop - 6:20 Horror Declarations - 9:37 Least Trustworthy Goat - 11:57 Frankenstein or Fronkenstein - 12:48 . New Mom Scream Queen of 2023 - 14:52 Monster Survival Ratio Question 1 - 16:38 Monster Survival Ratio Question 2 - 20:59 . BEST SCENES: Yucki...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Reviews start the show, including The Killer, Five Nights At Freddy's and its Box Office, The Exorcist: Believer, Dicks: The Musical, and a list of horror movies. Then it's a awards news from the Gothams and AFI Fest before a Documentary Feature deep dive after 4 sets of nominations or shortlists.
Nov 02, 2023•39 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . GOTHAM NOMS 2023 ARE HERE: All Budgets Welcome; Barbie Submitted; Tributes Listed - 2:30 Nomination Tallies - 5:02 . Best Feature: Great Race Highlighted by Snubs/Omissions - 9:02 Best Screenplay: No BP Crossover. Huh? - 17:23 International Feature: Poor Things the Juggernaut? - 20:50 Performance Categories Have Oscar Royalties w/ Inspired Picks - 23:09 . Predictions - 40:35 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 42:26
Oct 26, 2023•45 min
Killers of the Flower Moon first reactions are followed by stories from AlsoMike's final day at the 61st New York Film Festival, including reviews and Oscar analysis for Maestro and May December. It's all Non-Spoilers in this short & snappy episode of Oscar Race Checkpoint.
Oct 21, 2023•36 min
Pat and Clayton of the B.O. Boys join Also Mike for a very special Fall Box Office Report. We discuss Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour receipts and how she may have changed Hollywood forever. We discuss Barbenheimer Oscar Nom projections and whether or not they can go the distance to Oscar wins. We breakdown all of the upcoming Best Picture possibilities yet to come, while looking back at the last 12 years of BP nominations in another trademark Also Mike statistical study. And we can't help but enjoy...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 17 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show We Have No Clue Who Veruca Salt is - 1:50 . AMPTP WALKS AWAY FROM SAG NEGOTIATIONS - 4:10 . TAYLOR SWIFT’S MOVIE OPENS ODDLY - 13:02 PROP BET #1: THE TAYLOR MOVIE WWBO OPENING - 17:04 . MIRAMAX, NOT A24, GETS HALLOWEEN RIGHTS - 20:16 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: The Iron Claw Trailer #1 - 26:34 PROP BET #2 - TOTAL OSCAR NOMS FOR THE IRON CLAW - 33:04 . Wonka Trailer #2 - 35:50 How to Have Sex Teaser - 39:11 Fallen Leaves Teaser - 41:19 Monster Trailer #1 - 43:57 The O...
Oct 14, 2023•1 hr 13 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ALSOMIKE EATS THE NYFF, PART 2: Strange Way of Life Review - 2:17 The Taste of Things Plays on AM’s Palate - 5:41 The Big Mac Big Matt and Controversial Bacon Takes - 9:52 . Evil Does Not Exist is a Chore - 12:44 Magnolia Bakery Does it Again - 16:01 Anatomy of a Fall is as Good as Advertised - 20:21 Hit Man Isn’t an A, But is A LOT of Fun - 26:10 La Chimera Sneaks Up on AM - 30:20 Sirloin Tacos and No Guac Left Behind - 33:38 . Zone of Interest is Harrowing ...
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 15 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ALSOMIKE EATS THE NYFF: Magnolia Bakery in Grand Central - 2:22 Pizza, Hot Honey, and “The Very Best Burger in NYC” - 3:32 . AlsoMike’s Nonspoiler Review of Poor Things: Pros/Awards Storylines - 11:02 Cons - 18:05 Summary/Final Grade - 20:45 PROP BET #1 - Lead Actress Fist Fight - 23:50 . Second Dinner: Wings, Squid, + Key Lime Pie - 25:04 . AM Reviews All of Us Strangers: First, Sushi - 29:18 No AM Emotions/Final Grade - 32:47 A Strong Score in a Let Down - ...
Oct 06, 2023•1 hr 25 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE GOLDEN GLOBES ADD 2 CATEGORIES: Best Popular Film, Basically - 2:22 Best Stand Up Special, Basically - 10:43 . POLAND SELECTS THE PEASANTS OVER GREEN BORDER - 13:13 . THE BIKERIDERS TO CAMPAIGN AS ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - 19:08 HATTIE MACDANIEL’S OSCAR TO BE REPLACED, GIVEN TO HOWARD U - 20:48 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE: September Finished ROUGH…w/ a Chance for Saw X - 22:02 Miramax is Shopping the Halloween IP - 30:14 Looking at October’s Weekly Offerings - 33:20 ...
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 15 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . WHAT THE WGA WON: Where All This Info Came From - 1:44 Bullish or Bearish on the New Deal? - 4:06 . Minimums and Feature Gains - 7:38 Appendix A (non narrative shows/movies) - 15:45 Episodic TV Writer Gains - 18:47 (Script Fees for Staffers + The Writer’s Room - 22:40) . Viewership Based Streaming Residuals: Streaming Fixed Residuals + Viewership Bonuses - 28:21 What’s a “View” and What “20%” Actually Means - 31:02 …Also, What’s a “Sub?” - 39:48 . Protections...
Sep 30, 2023•57 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . FRANCE PICKS TASTE OF THINGS OVER ANATOMY OF A FALL: Our First Reactions - 2:25 Anatomy of a Fall’s Oscars Chances Now - 6:42 How Do You Fix This? - 8:57 Zone of Interest Now Category Frontrunner - 11:45 . SALTBURN/MAY DECEMBER GET THEIR OSCAR CATEGORIES - 15:07 . ALL OF US STRANGERS TRAILER #1 - 20:24 . EXPEND4BLES REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS - 23:14 . DUMB MONEY SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Why the Big Budget? - 27:10 Good, But…Who is This For? - 29:40 The Future of Ge...
Sep 23, 2023•55 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . STRIKE UPDATES: AMPTP/WGA Meeting Wednesday/Talk Shows Reverse Course - 2:00 Marvel VFX Joins IATSE - 6:41 PROP BET #1: OVER/UNDER STRIKE ENDING PRE-HALLOWEEN - 9:31 . LILLY GLADSTONE TO CAMPAIGN AS LEAD ACTRESS - 12:04 PROP BET #2: GUESSING AT GLADSTONE’S VEGAS ODDS - 14:22 . AMERICAN FICTION WINS TIFF AUDIENCE AWARD: Its Best Picture Chances - 19:43 PROP BET #3: BIG 8 NOMS AMERICAN FICTION VS ANATOMY OF A FALL - 21:45 . Sly, Hell of a Summer, American Symph...
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 9 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BARBIE ANNOUNCES THEIR OSCARS STRATEGY - 1:48 . ACADEMY GOVERNOR’S AWARDS/STRIKE UPDATES - 5:48 . TRAILER REVIEWS: KotFM Trailer #2 - 10:47 Henry Sugar Trailer #1 - 18:06 Aquaman 2 Trailer #1 - 21:22 . TIFF, PART 2: Recapping Where We Are - 25:24 The Surprise Hits of TIFF - 27:47 (His Three Daughters, Sing Sing, DNEtMat End of the World, Woman of the Hour) Studio Acquisitions - 38:20 (Origin, End of the World, More) . RESETTING THE FESTIVAL OFFERINGS + RECEPT...
Sep 16, 2023•1 hr 15 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . VENICE AWARDS ROUND UP: Poor Things Wins the Golden Lion - 1:07 Volpi Cup Winners Come w/ Oscars Expectations - 3:16 More Venice Awards/Standing Ovations - 8:00 . PROP BET #1 - HOW MANY INTERNATIONAL FEATURE NOMS HAVE DEBUTED? - 11:14 . TIFF FOLLOW UP, PART 2: The Boy and the Heron is Going to be Great - 14:24 PROP BET #2 - JUST HOW DONE IS ANIMATED FEATURE ALREADY? - 16:44 . American Fiction Jumped Into the Oscars Race - 18:58 Dumb Money Has Been in the News...
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 12 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . VENICE IS WINDING DOWN: Updating the Review Scores - 1:20 Priscilla Reviewing the Reviewers - 3:09 The Killer Gets High Marks - 5:52 Maestro’s Reception is Confusing As Hell - 8:13 The Caine Mutiny Court-Marshall/Evil Does Not Exist Premiere Well - 12:09 Hit Man May Have Made the Most Fans - 15:08 Ava DuVernay’s Latest Covers a Ton of Ground - 16:52 . The Unofficial Official Standing Ovation Records - 20:42 PROP BET #1 - GUESSING THE GOLDEN LION BY GROUP - 25...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 15 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . TELLURIDE IS UNDER WAY: The Bikeriders MAY Actually Be Good Like Mike1 Said?! - 1:56 Saltburn Premieres, Polarizes Too (w/ Trailer) - 4:48 The Holdovers Premiere Gets Praise - 11:02 Colman Domingo is an Oscars Threat for Rustin - 13:01 All of Us Strangers Lit Up Night 1 - 21:56 . VENICE RECAP SO FAR: Commandante’s Standing Ovation is 90 Seconds!? - 27:04 Ferrari Reviews Well, But Cruz Stand Out - 28:19 El Conde Is Upset in Chile - 35:13 The Promised Land Has ...
Sep 02, 2023•1 hr 20 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . TOP 10 WISHES FOR THE REST OF THE 2023 FILM YEAR: . Top 2 Wishes: Fair Deals for SAG/WGA; Strike Updates - 1:29 . Wish #8:Hoping for SOME September Oscar Surprise - 16:10 . Wish #7: We Need This Year’s Indie Film Hit - 20:18 . Wish #6 - Mike1 Wants Pain for Himself - 27:14 . #5 - AlsoMike Wants The Year of Animation to Continue - 31:14 . #4 - That David Gordon Green Delivers for Exorcist - 35:34 . #3 - A True Film Festival Champion - 44:05 . #2 - AFTER THE ST...
Aug 26, 2023•1 hr 5 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . NYFF ANNOUNCEMENTS: Maestro Gets a Gala Spot - 2:14 . PROP BET #1: BRADLEY COOPER’S MAESTRO SCREENTIME - 6:08 , The Rest of the NYFF Spotlight Slate - 9:48 AlsoMIke’s NYFF Movie Tier Plan of Attack - 15:08 . GOTHAM’S REMOVED THEIR BUDGET CAPS. BECOME FREE FOR ALL - 21:16 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Reptile Trailer #1 - 28:55 PROP BET #2 - GUESS THE REPTILE METASCORE - 32:44 . Anatomy of a Fall US Trailer #1 - 35:00 PROP BET #3 - ALSOMIKE’S BROTHER OF A FALL - 37:14...
Aug 23, 2023•1 hr 30 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . 75% ACCURATE, STILL TOO EARLY OSCAR PREDICTIONS: . Craft Convictions: Revisiting Our Year in Preview Picks - 3:17 The Barbenheimer, Dune 2, + Maestro Craft Convos - 5:10 The Dune 1 Bitter Carryover - 10:42 The Maestro MUAH Controversy - 13:46 . Screenplay Categories: Original: Does Barbie and/or Napoleon Belong Here? - 17:32 Adapted: Dune 2’s Sci-fi Mountain - 22:11 . Acting Categories: Supp Actress: We May Only Have Seen 1 Nom Thus Far - 32:00 Supp Actor: 3 ...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 25 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE 2023 MMO MIDYEAR OSCARS: Supporting Actress - 3:37 Supporting Actor - 8:45 Animated Feature - 13:48 International Feature - 17:04 VFX - 19:12 Sound - 22:44 Original Song - 24:13 Original Score - 29:25 Cinematography - 31:35 Screenplays - 34:40 MUAH - 39:23 Costume Design - 41:36 Production Design - 43:05 Documentary Feature - 44:30 Editing - 47:05 Director - 49:07 Lead Actor - 53:05 Lead Actress - 55:08 Best Picture - 58:16 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 ST...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 7 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . TV AWARDS NEWS: Emmys Announce New Date 1/15/24 - 1:05 TV Critics Awards Announced - 2:22 . INTERNATIONAL FEATURE NEWS - 8:22 (Sweden’s Selection; Pablo Larraíne’s Trailer) . NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL UPDATES: SAG’s IA Stance/NYFF Announces Main Slate - 10:30 . PROP BET #1: NYFF 3 SHOWCASE FILMS’ OSCAR NOM CHANCES - 14:45 . All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Preview/Trailer - 21:17 Rest of Slate - 23:55 Possibly the Most Boring Premise in History - 33:39 . TIFF UPDATE...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 19 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ORC PROP BETS EXPLAINATION - 1:41 . PROP BET #1: BARBIE’S BOX OFFICE CLIMB - 3:56 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE: Barbenhaimer Makes AMC History - 10:55 Sound of Uh Oh - 14:22 What Happened to MI7? - 16:30 AlsoMike Reviews Talk 2 Me - 18:48 Rest of the Top 10 - 21:57 AM Reviews TMNT Mutant Mayhem + Its Funky Box Office - 26:17 . PROP BET #2: TURTLES ON THE OSCARS PATH - 30:07 . ACADEMY/STRIKE NEWS: Janet Yang Re-Elected - 35:22 Sony Moves Their Slate - 36:41 SAG Fund Ge...
Aug 05, 2023•1 hr 29 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Release Schedule Weirdness - 1:40 . THE STRIKES DELAY THE EMMYS, AFFECT FESTIVALS - 4:22 . VENICE/TIFF CONTROVERSIES AND NEWS: Antonio Barbera Defends Plans to Screen Allen, Polanski, Besson - 11:02 How Will Stars Handle Venice + The Strike? - 20:33 Miyazaki to Open TIFF - 24:19 Commandante Opens Venice - 26:40 Netflix’s Society of the Snow to Close Venice - 27:22 . FILMS PLAYING MULTIPLE FESTIVALS: The Beast Has an All Timer Premise - 31:50 Hitman from Linklat...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 21 min
