What Is This Episode - Top of Show LONGLEGS REVIEW . Non-spoiler Review: Specs/Review Scores - 2:20 Critics and the Job of Overhyping - 7:16 “The Scariest Film of the Decade?!” - 9:41 The Weight of Innovation + A Procedural Plea - 16:00 Performances - 20:57 Production Values - 25:57 Oscars? - 28:12 . SPOILER WARNING - 29:48 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Nicky Legs - 30:34 Super Duper - 36:04 Meanings, Subtext, and General WTF - 39:26 More Worsts and Bests - 47:51 . FINAL GRADES - 57:50 . . WHAT’S NEX...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 1 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Gladiator 2 Trailer #1 - 2:49 F1 Teaser #1 - 8:40 The Substance Teaser #1 - 11:42 Alien Romulus Feature - 14:44 . FESTIVAL NEWS: Francis Ford Coppola Turns Motel Project Into Revenue - 18:00 Emilia Perez Gets Oscar-y Release on Netflix - 19:01 TIFF Announces 5 More World Premieres - 20:30 We Live in Time Trailer #1 - 22:50 . PARAMOUNT HAS A SALE DEAL TO SKYDANCE: What Happened/How We Got Here - 26:33 Is This a Done Deal?/Why TV Is SO in th...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 12 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show KINDS OF KINDNESS OSCARS PROFILE . Non-spoiler Review: Background/Reception/Review Scores - 2:08 AlsoMike is Seeing Signs Everywhere/Viewing Experiences - 4:46 Ranking the Anthology Stories - 9:30 Performances - 13:28 Sweet Dreams Have Meanings, See? - 20:00 . SPOILER WARNING - 22:25 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Speaking Biblically - 23:51 Development Angle - 35:25 The Philosopher Take (or We’re Way Out of Our Depths Here) - 42:05 . FINAL GRADES/SUMMARY - 46:09 . ....
Jul 09, 2024•52 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 4: ALIEN RESURRECTION ’97: . Non-spoiler Review: Joss Whedon, Danny Boyle, and How We Got Here - 1:30 (Including the Near On Set Death of Ron Pearlman) Reception/Box Office/Awards/Viewing Experiences - 8:04 Script Thoughts - 11:06 Performances - 14:20 Production Values - 17:13 . SPOILER WARNING - 19:42 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - 20:22 In Space, No One Can Hear You Se...
Jul 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min
A Happy Final 4th of July to us all - Top of the Show BOX OFFICE UPDATE + 2 AlsoMike Non-Spoiler Reviews Inside Out 2 vs Minions - 1:39 A Quiet Place: Day One performs well, gets a solid Mike2 Review - 5:50 Kevin Costner has been punished for his sins - 10:51 Why Kinds of Kindness is M2’s New Obsession, A Teaser Review - 13:39 INDUSTRY NEWS: Mike1 Breaks It All Down Paramount and Skydance Resume Talks, Reach Merger Agreement - 17:30 IATSE and the AMPTP Reach Deal to Avoid Another Type of Apocaly...
Jul 03, 2024•58 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 3: ALIEN3 ’92: . Non-spoiler Review: The Mess Which Was Film Production - 2:30 “Alien3 is Rocky V”/Reception - 15:06 Viewing Experience - 17:28 The Professional Fallout of Those Involved - 19:30 . Performances - 22:19 In Space, No One Can Hear You Set a Scene (Best Production Values) - 25:19 . SPOILER WARNING - 28:52 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - 29:53 Most Mike-Like Mo...
Jun 30, 2024•1 hr 1 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BOX OFFICE REPORT/REVIEWS: Inside Out 2 Makes Second Weekend DBO History - 1:14 AlsoMike Reviews The Bikeriders - 7:16 AM Reviews Ghostlight - 12:31 Mike1 Reviews I Saw the TV Glow - 17:14 M1 Reviews I Used to be Funny - 19:50 M1 Reviews We Grown Now - 22:48 AM Reviews Exhuma - 24:34 . CLAYTON DAVIS INTERVIEWS ACADEMY CEO BILL KRAMER: On Fundraising; Future ABC Negotiations - 26:16 On POC Leadership Exodus; Best Picture Pre-Reqs; Nonprofit-ism - 28:44 On Voti...
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 5 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 2: ALIENS ’86: . Non-spoiler Review: Production Notes- 3:28 The 80’s Sequels Shaped Culture - 6:09 Cameron vs The Studio - 8:44 Critical Reception and Action Not Horror - 12:30 . Script Thoughts - 17:40 Performances - 22:21 In Space, No One Can Hear You Set a Scene (Best Production Values) - 28:39 (or James Cameron vs Tea Time) . SPOILER WARNING - 34:10 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and ...
Jun 22, 2024•1 hr 23 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BOX OFFICE REPORT: Inside Out 2 Review/Box Office Records - 2:12 Are Theaters Ok? Bad Boys May Hold the Answer - 8:13 Tuesday Review by AlsoMike - 14:28 . INDUSTRY NEWS: Sony Buys Alamo Drafthouse. First Studio to Own Theater Chain - 17:37 Paramount SkyDance Deal is Dead. What Now? - 23:30 Megalopolis Picked Up. Finally. By LionsGate - 30:33 The Deliverance Has a Great Cast, Bad Release Date - 34:15 WB and Bong Joon-Ho are Being Weird - 36:35 Brad Pitt’s F1 M...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 8 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 1: ALIEN ’79: . Non-spoiler Review: How This Script Was Made: ft. Jon Carpenter, Lynch’s Dune, and Total Recall?! - 1:48 Bringing in Ridley - 6:21 Critical/Audience/Our Reception - 9:45 Great Horror, Great SciFi - 15:41 The Famous Cast - 20:10 . SPOILER WARNING - 24:10 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - 25:04 Most Mike-Like Move/Un-Mike Like Move - 29:24 The Game Over Man (T...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 7 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ACADEMY OFFICIALLY CONSIDERING A STUNT CATEGORY - 1:49 . FUTURE MOVIE/CONTENDER NEWS: Next Avengers Movie May Have Its Director…and SIXTY Heroes - 5:44 Jordan Peele Met w/ Marvel - 10:09 The Four Beatles Are Rumored to be Found for Mendes’ Movies - 14:09 Spielberg Eyes May 2026 Film Date - 20:26 Sydney Sweeney Wants a Barbarella Remake - 26:10 Mike Flanagan Takes the Helm of Next Exorcist - 27:35 Paul Giamatti is Doing a Hostel TV Show?! - 30:27 Knives Out 3 ...
Jun 09, 2024•1 hr 19 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Kolby Mac! . SUMMER BOX OFFICE PREVIEW W/ KOLBY MAC: June Week 1: What Happened in May? What to Expect from Bad Boys Ride or Die? - 2:24 June Week 2: Can Inside Out 2 Reach 1’s Heights? - 11:10 June Week 3: Quick Bike Ride to Chicago - 14:49 (with a quick In a Violent Nature Tease) June Week 4: The Horizon Question - 24:23 . July Week 1: MINIONS! - 32:30 July Week 2: A Mixed Bag w/ Longlegs’ Curiosity - 40:35 July Week 3: Everybody Do the Twist(s) -...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 17 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . DUNE PART TWO OSCARS PROFILE: . Nonspoiler Review: . Mike1’s Got Issues - 2:20 Picture/Director Chances - 6:30 World Building Pros and Cons - 10:44 Performances - 15:05 Production Values - 23:50 How Many Noms? - 26:27 . SPOILER WARNING - 29:08 . Spoiler-Filled Review: What’s Paul Got To Do With It? - 31:18 “So Why Am I Watching At All?” - 42:01 Worm Holes - 44:43 Egghead Buffoonery - 47:00 Why Do I Care, pt 2 - 52:15 Stress and Pull - 53:46 . FINAL GRADES - 5...
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 3 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . FOUR DAY OLD CANNES REVIEW + WRAP-UP: Anora Wins Palme, Oscars Next? - 2:09 All We Imagine As Light Wins 2nd Place - 8:57 Emilia Perez’s Best Actress Award(S) May Have Backfired - 11:40 The Substance, Seed of the Sacred Fig Win Screenplays - 16:57 Grand Tour Has the Best Director - 23:31 Jesse Plemons Wins Best Actor and Highlights New K of K Teaser - 24:40 Black Dog Comes w/ a Warning - 28:51 A Trio of Awards w/ Serious Gravitas - 30:53 Palme Dog Winner + Be...
May 30, 2024•57 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . FURIOSA OSCARS PROFILE: . Nonspoiler Section: Critics’ Scores/Box Office/Debut/Expectations - 2:10 The Crazy Miller Filmography - 5:22 . Performances: ATJ -8:50 Hemsworth - 10:28 Rest of Cast - 11:58 . Oscars Lens: Casting - 15:13 Costumes/MUAH - 18:13 Sound - 20:41 Cinematography/VFX - 23:24 How Many Noms? - 28:01 . SPOILER WARNING - 31:43 . Spoiler Section: Anya-less Start - 33:28 Political Leanings - 35:14 Thor vs Joe - 38:00 Town by Town, Piece by Piece -...
May 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . CANNES 2024, PART 2: Megalopolis is a Partial Pundit Parade - 1:33 Kinds of Kindness is Yorgos Being Yorgos - 6:38 Emilia Perez May Be The Big Breakout - 12:13 Oh Canada Disappoints - 16:02 Horizon Brings the Mikes to Their Breaking Point - 17:34 The Substance is a Dark Horse Palme Contender - 23:10 Rumours is for the Political Junkies - 26:50 The Apprentice is Level Headed - 28:40 The Surfer/On Becoming a Guinea Fowl - 30:58 Caught By The Tides/When The Ligh...
May 21, 2024•58 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . RECAPPING THE FESTIVAL OVATION LENGTH MEANINGS - 1:10 . CANNES 2024 BEGINS: Meryl ONLY Gets a 2 Minute Ovation, The Failure - 2:02 Furiosa Proves Why Cannes Needs MMO - 4:15 The Second Act Basically Gets Boo’d or Whatever - 9:06 Some Early Cannes Surprises: Wild Diamond; Girl w/ the Needle - 11:00 Bird Proves Why Cannes Needs MMO - 13:28 . CANNES TRAILERS: Megalopolis Trailer and Controversy/Guardian Article - 18:16 The Shrouds - 25:17 . CONTENER TRAILERS (NO...
May 17, 2024•54 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ACADEMY ANNOUNCES ACADEMY100 INITIATIVE: What Is It? - 2:42 The Good - 5:00 The Cynical - 9:23 . INDUSTRY NEWS: Disney/Hulu/Max and Apple/Netflix/Peacock Go Bundling - 11:05 Brad Pitt’s F1 Movie Gets $300M Budget - 15:46 WB’s LotR Anime is Revealing a Preview in June - 20:00 The Supremes @ Earl’s Debuting in August on Hulu - 21:42 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Wicked BTS Package - 23:57 A Quiet Place Day One Trailer #2 - 26:45 Furiosa Final Trailer - 29:21 Firebrand ...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 3 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Tom Brueggemann of Indiewire! . TOM BRUEGGEMANN OF INDIEWIRE: How Tom Got Into the Industry - 3:21 Film Buying Then vs Now - 8:04 The Pandemic’s Lasting Effect, PVOD Economics, and Theatrical Windows - 16:28 Marketing Movies w/ PVOD + New Box Office Calculus - 37:03 The Fall Guy’s Shortfall + Theater Futures - 43:19 How Should Oscars Outlets Cover Box Office Returns? - 50:25 . . Where to FindTom’s Work/Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 58:05 Words o...
May 11, 2024•1 hr 5 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . PARAMOUNT/SKYDANCE MAY BE DEAD….SO NOW WHAT?: Where Things Stand - :53 Shari Redstone’s Position + Desires - 4:00 What is Sony/Apollo Offering? - 6:35 Potential Outcomes - 10:00 **Squinting**….Zas? Is That You? - 11:29 . FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Cannes Honoring Meryl, Adds Most Precious Cargo - 14:26 Queer to Play Late Year Festivals - 16:17 Venice Gets Its Jury President, San Sebastian Its Opening Film - 17:45 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Twisters Trailer #2 - 24:52 Meg...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 20 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . 100% WAY TOO EARLY OSCAR PREDICTIONS: . CRAFT CONVICTIONS: AlsoMike Lays the Groundwork for Doc Feature - 2:23 FX, Sound, Costumes - 5:42 Production Design, MUAH, Cinematography - 9:58 . Animated Feature: The Unrecognized Disney Drought - 12:37 Supporting Actor: Samuel L, Then Who? - 21:29 Supporting Actress: A Routine 9 Nominee Category - 31:51 Original Screenplay: “Blitz, and Then It’s Wide Open.” - 37:21 Adapted Screenplay: Night what?! - 41:56 Director: M...
May 04, 2024•1 hr 19 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BOX OFFICE REPORT/FILM REVIEWS: Challengers Wins the Weekend, AM Reviews - 1:29 Abigail is Fun, Review - 8:41 Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Needs Box Office Help - 10:55 AlsoMike’s Long Awaited Sasquatch Sunset Review - 14:53 . INDUSTRY NEWS: Bakish Out at Paramount; Sale Coming Soon. - 19:03 Participant Closing Its Doors - 23:13 Tony Noms Have Hollywood Tie-Ins - 29:54 . AWARDS CALENDAR UPDATE - 36:25 . FILM FESTIVAL UPDATES: Cannes Adds Oliver Stone Doc...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 5 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . A WORD ON WEINSTEIN’S LATEST - 3:48 . OSCARS RULE CHANGES FOR 2024/25 - 5:22 . FUTURE CONTENDER NEWS: Tarantino Scraps The Movie Critic - 11:42 Marty + Leo Want to Make a Sinatra Biopic - 18:42 Megalopolis…STILL NEEDS HELP! - 22:47 Keanu Reeves Going Full Östlund - 27:07 . EXPLANATION AND WELCOME TO THE MIKE1 SHOW - 29:00 . CONTENDER TRAILER REVIEWS: Deadpool and Wolverine Trailer #1 - 31:00 Trap Trailer #1 - 35:48 The Watchers Trailer #2 - 40:35 . BOX OFFICE...
Apr 27, 2024•50 min
Andrew Morgan of What's On Netflix and Recent Activity joins AlsoMike to discuss the state of Netflix Original Movies in 2024. We breakdown the star studded year thus far and the upcoming schedule for the summer. Then we dive into the potential Oscars contender slate for next year's awards season. We've predicted plenty of eventual winners and nominees in this annual tradition. So make sure you tune in once again. Read Andrew Morgan's Reviews https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/author/andrew-morgan...
Apr 20, 2024•1 hr 13 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . YEAR IN PREVIEW 3: SLEEPER OSCAR MOVIES + STUDIO SLATES: WB/MAX - 2:42 (Including Beetlejuice 2; LotR: War of the Rohrirrim and more) . UNIVERSAL/PEACOCK/FOCUS - 8:00 (The Fall Guy, The Bikeriders, Didi, Speak Conclave, more) And a Smelly Salad Story - 11:07 . DISNEY - 14:22 (Kingdom of the Apes, Inside Out 2, Deadpool and Wolverine, others) . SONY - 20:00 (A New Tom Hanks/Robert Zemeckis Team Up, among others) . PARAMOUNT - 25:06 (What…are they doing…this ye...
Apr 18, 2024•1 hr 2 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ODDS N’ ENDS: Joker 2 Trailer Beats Barbie’s Viewership - 2:03 We’re Very Wrong About Maxxxine - 5:23 . THE 2024 CANNES LINEUP IS ANNOUNCED: Recent Cannes/Oscars Crossover - 8:19 The “Extended Looks” Irk Mikes - 10:45 WHO GETS MEGALOPOLIS? ANYBODY?! - 13:53 . Anora, The Apprentice, and Bird - 18:31 Kinds of Kindness, Oh Canada, Parthenope - 26:04 The Shrouds, The Substance, Rumors - 30:52 Emilia Perez, Limonov, The Balconettes - 36:30 The Girl w/ the Needle, ...
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 9 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE 97TH OSCARS SET THEIR DATE: Dates for the Show and Noms - 1:05 TIFF Has Dates Too - 3:57 . SHOW START . Wrestlemania/UFC 300 Quickie - 5:56 . JOKER 2 TRAILER: FEAR + HOPE - 8:35 . GOLDEN GLOBE DATES - 17:12 . UPCOMING MOVIE NEWS: First Look of Christian Bale as Frankenstein in The Bride - 19:10 Megalopolis Can’t Find a Distributor - 22:07 Nightbitch is FINALLY Coming in December - 30:12 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Maxxxine Trailer #1 - 34:04 Fly Me to the Moon ...
Apr 11, 2024•1 hr 11 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing the Duke of Bettingham - David Long! . YEAR IN PREVIEW 2: PICTURE, DIRECTOR, SUPPORTING CATS: . SUPPORTING ACTOR: The Top 5’s Odds - 2:13 Samuel L Jackson - 3:35 The Field - 7:10 Is The Eventual Winner Listed Here? - 15:36 . SUPPORTING ACTRESS: The Top 5’s Odds - 16:07 Deadwyler, Collette, Manville - 17:25 The Field - 21:24 Is The Eventual Winner Listed Here? - 28:52 . BEST DIRECTOR: The Top 5’s Odds - 29:35 Villaneuve - 31:35 The Field - 37:10 Is T...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 25 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing the Duke of Bettingham - David Long! . YEAR IN PREVIEW 1: THE FIRST BETTING LINES . LEAD ACTRESS: The Top 5’s Odds - 4:58 Emma Stone - 6:22 Lady Gaga - 12:40 Soairse Ronan - 19:44 Angelina Jolie - 25:31 Jessica Lange - 29:32 . The Field - 33:58 . LEAD ACTOR: The Top 5’s Odds - 44:40 Colman Domingo - 45:25 Daniel Craig - 50:54 Ralph Fiennes - 54:03 Jesse Eisenberg/Sebastian Stan - 58:47 . The Field - 1:01:59 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:15...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 18 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . AWARDS NEWS: Oscars Live Viewership Jumps to 21M - 2:05 Golden Globes Ink 5 Year Deal w/ CBS - 6:28 Joker 2 is Going Full Jukebox Musical - 10:25 Cillian Murphy Attached to Blood Runs Coal - 17:14 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Teaser - 19:52 The Fall Guy Trailer #2 - 22:13 Furiosa Trailer #2 - 25:37 Bad Boys Ride or Die Trailer #1 - 28:03 The Dead Don’t Hurt Trailer #1 - 31:46 . ALSOMIKE REVIEWS: Ghostbusters Frozen Empire - 36:36 Immaculate -...
Mar 27, 2024•56 min
