It’s our annual film year awards show - The Mike, Mike, And Oscars! (We’re not good at naming things). Look, this year was lonnngggg. So we refused to follow the usual MMO’s format and just had as much fun with this homemade awards show as possible. What Is This Episode? - Top of Show And Why This is a Different MMO Awards Show . THE ’20/21 MIKE MIKE AND OSCARS: 2020 Film That Hailed The Covid Times - 3:20 2020 Title to Make the Most Jokes Off - 5:17 2020 Film Malcom and Marie Should Argue About...
May 06, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Ryan McQuade gets the spotlight as we interview him about the 2020/21 Oscar Fallout, and all the stories that have lingered beyond the clunky ending to our film year. What is This Show? - Top of Episode Introducing Ryan McQuade of InSession Film! . OSCARS FALLOUT QUESTIONS: Ryan Wants a Host Next Year - 3:16 …But Whom? - 8:40 Ryan Ranks His 2020 BP Films - 11:13 Hopkins Deserves Better - 20:51 Did Nomadland Hit 50%? - 30:54 Power Ranking 2020’s BP Race - 36:20 Ryan Gives Us Theatrical Hope for t...
Apr 30, 2021•54 min
My god, we gotta talk about that ending. So yes, we begin with the end and break it down from all angles. Then we can go back to our usual recapping of all the highs & lows, wins & snubs, and do what we love to do - react to the Academy Awards. WTF HAPPENED!?!? - Top of Show . THE GUT PUNCH AND CRUELTY: No Seriously, WTF Happened? - 2:40 A Film Twitter Awards Show - 7:44 “An Unmitigated Disaster” - 12:05 . OSCARS 2021 SHOW RECAP + REACTIONS: Red Carpet/Pre Show or Doom Wears Gold - 25:15...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 28 min
What is This Show? - Top of Episode . INDY SPIRIT AWARDS RECAP: As a Show…Wow… - 2:50 Special Presentations + Speeches - 11:06 Nomadland Keeps Rolling/Oscar Crossovers - 14:20 Any Worry for Chadwick? - 17:53 Carrie to the Finish? - 21:17 Crip Camp Claims Doc - 25:57 . BETTING LINE MOVEMENT: Favorites Getting Heavier - 28:00 Favorites Getting Lighter - 31:32 Editing is a Dead Heat - 35:40 Is Nomadland Slipping in Cinematog? - 37:43 A Changed AlsoMike Pick? - 38:35 WTF is w/ The Best Picture Movem...
Apr 24, 2021•1 hr 7 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show Introducing Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter! . THE FEINBERG FINAL OSCARS PREVIEW: . Best Picture Questions: Who’s Winning Best Picture? - 4:55 Adapting the Forecast in COVID - 8:00 Why Nomadland Looks So Good All Over - 10:45 Which Category Could Indicate A BP Shock? - 13:50 , The Awards Industry at Large: A New Normal For FYCs - 17:45 Awesome Interviewing 101 - 20:09 . The Big Stuff: BAFTAs, HFPA, and Systemic Oppression - 23:50 What Awards Season’s ...
Apr 21, 2021•55 min
What is This Show? - Top of Episode . OFFICIAL MMO OSCAR PREDICTIONS: . The Big 8: Best Picture - 2:35 Best Director - 10:16 Lead Actor - 12:55 Lead Actress - 16:30 Supporting Actor - 31:45 Supporting Actress - 34:28 Original Screenplay - 42:32 Adapted Screenplay - 46:49 . The Rest of the Field: Animated + International Features - 54:08 Doc Feature - 57:12 The Shorts - 1:01:15 Musical Categories - 1:07:28 Sound + Production Design - 1:13:45 Cinematography - 1:17:57 Hair and Makeup + Costume Desi...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 37 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show Introducing Jazz Tangcay of Variety! . JAZZ’S ORIGINS: Working at Variety in a Pandemic Awards Year - 4:22 The Hardest Working Woman in Showbiz - 7:00 Starting in the Trades + Jazz’s Interviewing Acumen - 9:26 . DESIGN CATEGORIES W/ JAZZ: Set Photos As Oscars Hype Bait - 16:17 The Drastic Improvement of Make Up and Hair - 20:30 Racial Representation in the Design Categories - 24:17 Is Ma Rainey’s Design Sweep Inevitable? - 28:15 How Did Ma Rainey’s Miss Best P...
Apr 17, 2021•52 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show Introducing Erick Weber of AwardsAce.com! . BEST PICTURE CATEGORY REVIEW W/ ERICK WEBER: When AwardsAce Starts Oscars ’22 - 4:15 Sunset Circle Awards + What Movie Started It - 6:37 (Pus: The Oscars Predictive Element of Sunset) . The Leader: Can Nomadland’s Resume Be Minimalized? - 10:04 The Amazon Scandal - 12:25 Making Sense of Nomadland’s Imperfect Resume - 16:30 Why Has Nomadland Resonated w/ So Many? - 19:30 Does This Get to Preferential Ballots? - 23:08 ...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 11 min
We recap the surprisingly enjoyable 2021 BAFTAs for the first 45 minutes and then review the Animated Shorts in this latest episode Oscar Race Checkpoint. What is This Episode? - Top of Show . BAFTAs 2021 RECAP + REACTIONS: The Best TV Awards Show Yet - 1:50 . Kaluuya Finishes the Precursor Sweep - 10:40 Hopkins Upsets Boseman, and It Means… - 11:40 Lead Actress is Officially a Many Headed Beast - 19:19 Yoon Takes Hold of Supporting Actress - 25:33 Other “Upsets” + Close Races - 28:48 . Overall ...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Izzy of Be Kind Rewind returns to break down the battle royale that is Best Actress. Has she ever seen a race this close? Who delivered her favorite performances? This race has been our favorite all year, and we’re thrilled to have Isabel C back on MMO to discuss. What Is This Episode? - Top of Show Introducing Izzy of Be Kind Rewind! . 2021 LEAD ACTRESS CATEGORY REVIEW W/ IZZY: Where Do You Start To Approach This Category? - 4:22 Why The Viola Sagging Off Of SAGs? - 8:07 Izzy Schools Everyone o...
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 2 min
We recap the SAG Happy Hour Awards Show, and then we review the documentary short subject nominated films. It’s a major Oscar Race Checkpoint for the first 40 minutes before we’re surprised by how much we liked the first set of shorts. What is This Episode? - Top of Show . SAG AWARDS 2021 RECAP + REACTIONS: Stars! They’re Just Like, Bleh - 2:40 One Hour vs Zoom Show - 6:55 TV and Stunt Winners - 9:01 . Kaluuya Locks Up Supporting Actor - 11:03 A Favorite Forms in Supporting Actress - 16:30 Chadw...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 9 min
We break down the Supporting Actress category with Amanda of Swell Entertainment. We have Close vs Colman II, Maria Bakalova’s comedic genius, Amanda Seydfried memorable Mank moments, and Youn Yuh-jung’s momentum to talk about and celebrate in this category review. What is This Episode? - Top of Show Introducing Amanda of Swell Entertainment! . SUPPORTING ACTRESS W/ AMANDA SWELL: She Ended Armie’s Career - 4:20 . Maria Bakalova Why She’ll Win - 5:25 Why She’ll Lose - 15:30 . Glenn Close: Why She...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 35 min
We must declare some Oscar winning locks before discussing all of the closer races. So what does Vegas have to say? Can we weaponize their gamlbing odds in our arguments? Who is on the sweep? And do you even agree with us? It’s an Oscar Locks special for 2021. What is This Episode? - Top of Show . BEST DIRECTOR: Zhao Is Running Away - 2:40 The Odds + The Resume - 4:16 Strength in Other Categories - 8:14 Nitpicks - 13:56 Who Could Possibly? - 17:16 . LEAD ACTOR: Boseman’s Odds - 20:24 And He’s St...
Mar 30, 2021•52 min
Craig Fields of Is It Worth It? The Film Review Podcast joins Also Mike for a massive movie review of The Snyder Cut, aka, Zach Snyder’s Justice League. This is NOT the review you’ve been hearing from most critics. What is This Episode? - Top of Show Welcoming Craig of the Is It Worth It Pod! . THE SNYDER CUT NONSPOILER REVIEW: Critical Reception/Teasing Reviews - 4:37 Personal Histories w/ the Source Material - 8:29 Why Snyder Left- 12:12 #ReleaseTheSnyderCut Bullying - 16:10 How Much Does This...
Mar 28, 2021•1 hr 23 min
PGA & WGA winners impact the Oscars race, and David Long lends his gambling expertise to help us break down the new betting lines for 5 major categories including Best Picture, Original & Adapted Screenplay, + Animated & Documentary Feature. What is This Episode? - Top of Show Welcoming David Long of the Is It Worth It Pod! PGAs IN REVIEW: The PGA Best Picture + What It Means for Oscars - 3:38 All Things Hedging - 10:54 Changing BP Odds After PGAs - 13:23 BAFTA/SAG Odds- 15:48 . Anim...
Mar 26, 2021•56 min
Adnan Virk of Cinephile joins the show to discuss Oscar Nom fallout and why we’re still so pleasantly surprised with these Academy selections. Introducing Adnan Virk! - Top of Show . OSCAR NOM FALLOUT W/ ADNAN VIRK: Demanding Praise From MMO - 3:31 Why Did The Academy Get Noms Right This Year? - 4:30 Olivia Over Glenn, Again?! - 7:38 Are These Movies Too Niche?/Stacking Up This Awards Year Historically - 9:30 Should Fincher Have Just Gone Full FINCHER! ? - 16:15 Who Can Upset Nomadland? - 18:06 ...
Mar 18, 2021•40 min
It’s our annual Oscar Noms morning reaction show, and we break down all of the tallies, surprises, and snubs for the 93rd Academy Awards. What is This Episode?- Top of Show Recapping MMO’s 2020 Coverage - 1:51 HELP US! - 4:10 . NOM TALLIES BY MOVIE + SNUBS STORYLINES: 3+ Nom Movies: Mank, The Father, Judas, Minari, Nomadland, Sound of Metal - 5:20 Chicago 7, Ma Rainey, Promising Young Woman - 11:20 News of the World, One Night in Miami, Soul - 15:10 . 2 Nom Movies - 18:19 1 Nom Movies + Big Snub...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 28 min
We correctly predicted over 80% of the eventual Oscar Noms in this episode. Could we have done better? Did we make some dumb mistakes? Can we talk ourselves out of wiser picks? Of course. But we had a huge amount of fun with this humongous conversation. What is This Episode? - Top of Show . BEST PICTURE NOM PREDICTIONS: The Big Question - 5:00 4 Safe Bets, 2 Questionables - 10:15 …Then What? - 15:10 Nom number 8 vs Nom number 9 - 21:28 Those Who Fall Short - 26:38 . THE BIG 7 + STORYLINES: Direc...
Mar 13, 2021•1 hr 48 min
We got noms for the DGA’s and the BAFTA Independent Spirit Awards... Look, we’re actually happy with some of these nominations, happier in fact, than with what we’ve otherwise been getting at other award shows. But this was certainly a major correction at BAFTA. What is This Episode?/W.T.F?! - Top of Show How These Noms Happened - 2:41 . BEST DIRECTOR (BAFTA + DGA) CATEGORIES: Various Categories + Noms - 8:50 Analysis - 11:15 BAFTA Noms +Snubs - 15:01 . ASSESSING THE REST OF THE BAFTA FIELD: Bes...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 16 min
The 2021 Critics Choice Awards get an MMO review & recap. Plus, we react to the nominations from the Producers Guild of America. So to get it all done, we group our takes going movie by movie to discuss what they’ve won, lost, and how they all may do come Oscar Noms Monday. What is This Episode? - Top of Show . CRITICS’ CHOICE TV PRESENTATION: Highs - 2:00 Lows/WTFs - 6:09 TV Round Up - 10:00 . CRITICS CHOICE RESULTS/PRODUCERS GUILD NOM REACTIONS: PGA Best Picture Stats/Noms - 11:40 Nomadlan...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 7 min
We go film by film to preview the 2021 Critics Choice Awards and track who has the most momentum coming out of the Golden Globes. Plus, we discuss the virtual award season tv ratings and some nominations from the Annies, Best VFX and Sound societies. What is This Episode? - Top of Show GOLDEN GLOBES RATINGS PLUMMET - 2:10 . CRITICS CHOICE 2021 PREVIEW: What Do The CC’s Mean, Statistically Speaking - 9:15 “Cocksure” - 13:45 Choice Best Picture vs Choice Ensemble - 17:03 . The Films: Nomadland - 2...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Andra Day, Jodie Foster, and Rosamund Pike shook up the actress races. Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Kaluuya, and Sacha Baron Coen crystallized the actor’s side. We also bicker like fools over our predictions. It’s our annual Golden Globes review & recap. Don’t miss it. What is This Episode?/Recapping The Scandal - Top of Show . HFPA EQUALITY SCANDAL + HOW IT WAS HANDLED GLOBES NIGHT: Willful Ignorance on HFPA’s Part - 2:41 Fumbled From The Red Carpet On - 4:31 45 Seconds of WTF?! - 7:20 Skeptica...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Globe betting odds have changed & lines have moved for some of the bigger film categories. So we reassess and each change one of our picks. Then we comment on the LA Times article on the HFPA before finishing with a look at the Production Design category with the ADG noms. What is This Episode? - Top of Show . UPDATING GOLDEN GLOBES ODDS: . Nomadland + Chicago 7 Are Even for BP Drama - 2:55 Hamilton Surpasses Borat 2 - 7:13 Bakalova’s Odds Are All Over - 11:21 Wolfwalkers Fades Even More - 1...
Feb 26, 2021•50 min
WE’RE ALL GONNA BE RICH!!! - We use Vegas betting odds from the last few film years to make our predictions for this year’s Golden Globes. Plus, something new this year, we lead off with a half hour on the TV awards. What is This Episode?/Grab Your 💰 - Top of Show . 2021 GOLDEN GLOBES GAMBLING PREVIEW/PREDICTIONS: . TV CATEGORIES: Supporting Actor - 4:40 Supporting Actress - 7:30 Best Actress Miniseries/Movie - 9:55 Best Actress Musical/Comedy - 12:19 Best Actress Drama - 14:56 Best Actor Music...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 44 min
Oscar Race Checkpoint returns with our WGA Award Noms deep dive, a Mee-Maw centric breakdown of all the latest frizz from the Make-Up & Hair Stylists Guild, and then we revisit & re-review Sound of Metal, each of us with new takeaways & favorite performances. What is This Episode? - Top of Show . WGA NOMINATIONS ANALYSIS: . Original Screenplay Category: Noms - 2:24 Palm Springs is Having a Moment - 3:50 Judas and the Strong Showing - 5:28 Where’s Minari, Mank, and Soul? - 7:47 Recent...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 13 min
We want more noms than Song & Supporting Actor for Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah, WB’s latest addition to the surging subs at HBO MAX, and our latest addition to the ongoing argument we have with the Academy’s take on the Best Picture category. What is This Episode? - Top of Show JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH REVIEW: NONSPOILER REVIEW: Credits/Crew - 3:53 HBO Max + The Streaming Landscape - 5:11 Awards, Plot Premise/Expectations, Review Scores - 8:37 Systemic Reflections + Script/St...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Rants included on Close vs Colman II, Mank & Minari momentum, the Borat 2 problem, the big appeal of The Little Things, and we have recommendations, reviews, and synopses for some shorts, most international films, & all but one of the docs on Oscar Race Checkpoint. What is This Episode?/AlsoMike is Crazy - Top of Show OSCAR SHORTLIST REACTIONS: Makeup + Hairstyling - 2:46 (AlsoMike’s Hillbilly Rantegy - 9:05) VFX - 13:03 Original Score - 22:23 Original Song - 29:33 Best Picture Puzzle Ro...
Feb 11, 2021•1 hr 15 min
The Critics Choice nominations lead us into a study of the big 8 Oscars categories, including a huge opening discussion on Best Picture, plus analysis on best director, the 4 acting & 2 screenplay categories. What is This Episode? - Top of Show CRITICS CHOICE NOM REACTIONS: Best Picture Noms: Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey’s, Mank - 2:55 Minari, News of the World, Nomadland - 10:10 One Night in Miami, PYW, Sound of Metal - 15:58 Chicago 7 - 21:47 Snubs and Stats - 25:15 Best Ensemble - 33:32 Best Co...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 21 min
Mike 1 returns as we react to the nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Golden Globes. Yes, we find some silver linings and many nominees we can praise. But dammit all, some of these picks were RIDICULOUS, and we do not hold back in our criticisms. What is This Episode? - Top of Show GOLDEN GLOBES + SAG NOM REACTIONS: Best Picture/Ensemble - 3:20 (Comedy/Musical - 17:34) Best Director - 28:36 Best Actress - 35:01 (All Things Elegy - 41:22) Supporting Actress - 46:00 Lead Actor -...
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Andrew Morgan of The NOMcast returns to review Malcolm & Marie, which features some epic scenes & rants about film criticism and the business we have chosen. But above all, we celebrate the miracle of this pandemic production. What is This Episode? - Top of Show Introducing Andrew of the NomCast! MALCOM AND MARIE REVIEW: NONSPOILER REVIEW: Movie Watching Experiences - 4:53 Plot Premise/Expectations, Review Scores - 8:30 Critics Getting Fed and Fed Up - 14:17 Script/Story Thoughts - 24:31...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 33 min
