What is This Episode? - Top of Show . NYFF ANNOUNCES ITS DEBUT FILM - 2:10 . TIFF HAS A PARTIAL, AND LOADED, LINEUP: Venice/TIFF Crossover Films - 5:15 Cannes Debuts Play TIFF Too - 6:31 Bowie’s Moonage Daydream + Trailer Review - 8:27 Spielberg Decides to Open Fablemans Here - 11:46 Women Talking, Too - 13:48 Empire of Light, My Policeman, The Woman King - 16:00 Netflix Top Open Exclusives - 17:09 (The Swimmers, Wendall and Wild, The Good Nurse, more) Apple Will Have Entries Too - 24:22 (Greate...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 16 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . WILL SMITH APOLOGIZES ON SOCIAL MEDIA - 2:32 . KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON PUSHED TO 2023: What’s Happened So Far - 10:55 So It’s Just Never Happening, Right? - 13:33 Marty and Leo Greenlight Their Next Project - 20:24 . THE HFPA SELLS ITSELF - 21:53 . VENICE 2022 IS SET: The Jury - 27:25 In Competitition Films - 28:07 (White Noise, Banshees of Inisherin, Blonde, Bones & All, The Eternal Daughter, No Bears, The Son, Tar, The Whale) Out of Competition Films ...
Jul 30, 2022•1 hr 22 min
It's Our Summer Oscars Special! . What is This Episode- Top of Show Introducing Erick Weber of Awards Ace! . Starting AT THE MULTIPLEX - 1:30 Adapting in the Entertainment World - 5:01 Why is KotFM Moving To Next Year? - 6:44 . HYPING UP SOME SMALLER INDIES - 9:29 (Poser, The Phantom of the Open, Brian and Charles, Watcher) . THE ALREADY RELEASED OSCAR PLAYERS: A Brief History - 18:53 The Academy, The Calendar, and The Toppest Gun - 19:50 The Box Office and The Awards Momentum - 22:16 The Church...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 1 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . NOPE OSCARS PROFILE: Spoiler-Free Review: Universal’s Marketing is Aces Currently - 3:24 Review Scores/Box Office/Expectations - 4:30 Script Composure - 8:34 Performances - 16:01 Production Values - 20:05 How Many Noms - 25:13 . SPOILER WARNING - 27:20 . Spoiler-Filled Review: And the Theme Is…. - 28:41 Freak Out - 32:07 Snapshot - 37:42 Rules, Animals, and Frustrations - 42:34 What We’re Sure is Here, What May Be - 47:41 Is This Fair? - 53:00 . FINAL GRADES -...
Jul 23, 2022•1 hr 11 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . HALLOWEEN KILLS TRAILER BREAKDOWN: Box Office/Is Mike1 Excited? - 1:57 Premise/Where Halloween Kills Left Off - 4:40 Wild Speculation and Looney Tunes Injuries - 9:35 The Corey and Copycat Conundrums - 14:10 Beat-by-Beat Through the Trailer = 18:51 . TRAILER QUESTIONS: Fair Thee Well, Laurie? - 28:14 The Big Four Questions - 33:04 Box Office Over/Under - 40:00 . . Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 41:16 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 42:07
Jul 21, 2022•46 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . CONTENDER TRAILERS/NEWS: Halloween Ends Trailer Update - 1:53 She Said Trailer #1 - 5:01 Bodies Bodies Bodies Trailer #2 - 11:58 Aged Wisdom Jordan Peele - 17:00 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE - 19:35 . MAKE THE CASE: AlsoMike Reviews The Sea Beast - 26:10 Mike1 on Everything, Everywhere… - 30:04 AM on Where The Crawdads Sing - 38:10 M1 on Cha Cha Real Smooth - 42:30 AM on Persuasion - 49:30 AM on Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris - 53:38 . EARLY REVIEWS FOR THE GRAY MAN - 57:42...
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 29 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . MIKE MIKE AND EMMY NOMS 2022: Does the TV Academy Watch Everything? - 1:08 . MOST NOMS: By Company/Studio/Network - 4:37 Mike1’s TV Viewing Habits - 7:26 . THE DRAMA CATEGORIES: Saul, Euphoria, Ozark, Succession - 10:51 Severance/Squid Game - 15:27 What Happened w/ Stranger Things s4? - 19:07 Yellowjackets - 21:38 Drama Snubs - 24:30 . COMEDY CATEGORIES: Gushing Over Abbott Elementary - 26:42 Only Murders s1 - 31:00 Barry s3 - 33:07 Curb, Ted Lasso, Hacks , Ma...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 12 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . THOR LOVE AND THUNDER REVIEW: Spoiler-Free Review: Box Office/Review Numbers/Theater Experience/Plot Premise - 2:07 Expectations as a Human Shield - 6:42 Mike1 is a Grump - 8:53 Composition Thoughts - 10:36 Production Values - 18:55 Where’s This Rank in MCU-ology? - 25:34 (or What The Hell is Wrong with Mike1?) . SPOILER WARNING - 31:51 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Ride the Lightning - 32:26 Mr. Universe - 38:48 WHO. CARES? - 45:06 High Comedy, Punching Up, Son of...
Jul 09, 2022•1 hr 13 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Amsterdam Trailer #1 - 1:28 The Woman King Trailer #1 - 6:55 . OSCARS 2023 NEWS: BIFA is Going Gender-Neutral - 11:34 What Categories Would Translate from BIFA to Oscars? - 15:28 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE: Minion Mania is Real (and Film Review) - 26:32 (And Its Historic Box Office Opening - 35:40) Maverick, Dominion, and the Rest of the Top 10 - 38:08 Everything Everywhere Sweeps HCA Midyear Awards - 47:27 . FINAL THOR LOVE AND THUNDER PREVIEW - ...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 27 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . THOR LOVE AND THUNDER FIRST TAKES - 2:32 . OSCARS 2023 NEWS: Academy Invites 397 Potential New Members - 9:24 The HFPA REALLY Wants to Return to NBC - 13:00 Bob Chapek Gets Contract Extension As Disney CEO - 25:10 . HOT TAKE CENTRAL: Elvis Gets to #1 - 29:32 Barbie Went Viral, Again - 34:22 Netflix Combines Russos w/ Millie Bobby Brown - 37:04 Morbius….Not Great at the Box Office! - 39:00 TIFF Is Full of Onions for Knives Out 2 - 40:25 . TRAILER REVIEW Thirtee...
Jul 02, 2022•1 hr 22 min
ELVIS OSCARS PROFILE What is This Episode/Learning From the Evils Generation- Top of Show . SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Ridiculously Watchable? - 2:28 The Un-Biopic, Biopic - 4:50 Box Office, Premise, Expectations - 6:26 Script Thoughts - 14:49 Austin Butler’s Oscar Worthy Performance - 18:39 Hanks/Harrison/Rest of Cast - 29:44 Production Values/How Many Noms? - 32:04 . SPOILER WARNING - 36:44 . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: Car Crash Theater - 37:19 Appropriation Appropriation - 43:56 Conflict Alphabet - 50:...
Jun 25, 2022•1 hr 6 min
LIGHTYEAR OSCARS PROFILE What is This Episode- Top of Show . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: Surprisingly Low Box Office, Critics On Board Though - 2:20 Premise/Expectations/Directing - 6:06 Script Thoughts - 10:04 Performances/Characters - 12:14 Sight + Sound - 15:34 How Many Noms? - 21:14 . SPOILER WARNING - 24:03 . SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: Time, Isn’t On Our Side - 24:35 Breakin The(ir Own) Rules - 29:53 More Bests - 44:10 , FINAL GRADES - 49:29 . . Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 50:41 Words of Wisdo...
Jun 22, 2022•54 min
ORC: TRAILERS AND TRIBECA REVIEWS! What is This Episode- Top of Show . CONTENDER TRAILER REVIEWS: Nope Final Trailer - 2:25 Black Adam Trailer #1 - 8:53 The Menu Trailer #1 - 12:56 Bros Trailer #1 - 17:09 MI7: Dead Reckoning Part 1 Teaser - 20:07 The Gray Man Trailer #1 - 25:19 Prey Trailer #1 - 32:10 The Sea Beast - 36:55 Persuasion - 38:11 Live Action Pinnochio Trailer #1 - 41:40 . ALSOMIKE DOES TRIBECA: AM’s Experience Thus Far - 47:44 Vengeance Review - 50:22 Acidman Review - 53:40 The Drop ...
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 6 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . WARNER BROS HEADLINES: Joker 2: The Musical! - 2:14 (And Have We Seen the last of Margot Quinn?) WB’s Big Shake Up Leads to Todd Phillips as Kevin Feige? - 8:06 (aka WB’s Multiverse of Madness) Folie a Who? - 15:00 . Apple Paying $140M for Brad Pitt’s F1 Film - 18:16 Julia Garner to Play Madonna for Madonna in Madonna The Movie - 20:41 Bradley Cooper’s First Look as Leonard Bernstein - 27:08 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE: Jurassic World Dominion Upsets Mike1 - 29:40 Dom...
Jun 16, 2022•58 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . Defining an Over/Under - 1:50 . How High Does Maverick Soar? - 5:18 Dino Blues - 18:48 To Infinity, and a Box Office - 29:15 Shake, Rattle, and Oh No - 38:07 The Single Greatest Upcoming Movie in History: Minions 2 - 46:45 Thor 4: More Lore - 51:20 Nope? Dope. - 56:10 DC Super Pets. Send Help. - 1:03:11 Bullet with Brad Pitt Wings - 1:07:55 Three Thousand Times We’ve Previewed This - 1:13:07 . Head to Head Box Office Predictions - 1:18:08 . . Where To Find Our...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 31 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . CRIMES OF THE FUTURE REVIEW - :57 . WRAPPING UP CANNES 2022: Triangle of Sadness Wins a Palme - 6:32 Decision to Leave Has a Chance for Oscars Success - 16:03 More Winners - 17:50 . Reviewing the Reviewers: Close - 21:03 Broker - 22:55 (International Feature Category Tangent - 25:48) War Pony is a Directorial Debut for the Ages - 28:30 The Worst Ones Does French Film Proud - 30:10 Aftersun, Stuns - 32:40 Kelly Reichart…Comedian?! - 34:12 . Unofficial Official ...
Jun 04, 2022•1 hr 15 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . TOP GUN MAVERICK REVIEW: . Nonspoiler Review: Record Breaking Box Office - 2:30 Expectations/Audience Scores - 5:00 Script Thoughts - 12:32 Performances - 24:22 A Guaranteed Oscar? - 30:16 How Many Noms? - 37:35 . SPOILER WARNING - 41:05 . Spoiler-Filled Review: AlsoMike Gushes - 42:00 Boomer Fantasy - 47:25 “Not as Stubborn, and Thick Headed…” - 50:39 Dilemma and Talking Oscars - 53:50 You Knew We’d Get Here - 1:00:52 . FINAL GRADES - 1:06:41 . . Where To Fin...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 23 min
The history of Best Picture is filled with triumphant surprises and unforgivable snubs. There's also a whole lot of tropes and trends to unpack and understand. So Also Mike is joined by Nik from Gold Standard to discuss what the Best Pictures of the past can teach us about our present and future. Timestamps will come soon, after some picnic'ing. In the meantime, make sure to listen & subscribe to Gold Standard - The Oscars Podcast. https://www.podpage.com/gold-standard-the-oscars-podcast/...
May 29, 2022•57 min
It's part 2 of our coverage of the 75th Cannes Film Festival, including first reactions to Elvis, Decision to Leave, Crimes of the Future, & more. Plus, there's box office talk from Downton thru Top Gun and reviews of Men, Senior Year, Sonic 2, and Rescue Rangers. What Is This Episode - Top of the Show BOX OFFICE UPDATE - 5:04 Downton Abbey’s Last Weekend + Top Gun Projections. CANNES FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE PART DEUX Reviewing The Reviewers Is ELVIS another BoRhap? - 10:59 Did Park Chan-wook...
May 27, 2022•59 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . CANNES 2022 OPENING DAYS RECAP: . Reviews From The First Few Days: Final Cut Gets a Trailer, Mixed Reviews - 2:42 Top Gun Maverick Dazzles, Gets Standing O - 9:09 Armageddon Time Surprises and Buzzes - 12:56 Three Thousand Years of Surprising Positivity - 17:05 Tchaikovsky’s Wife Brings the Common Cannes Controversy - 24:55 God’s Creatures, One Fine Morning, The Eight Mountains - 28:26 EO, Boy From Heaven, Father and Soldier, Hunt - 33:48 . Acquisitions From C...
May 22, 2022•1 hr 2 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show Recapping the Last Time We Did This - 2:00 (aka Why The ASC is Mad at AlsoMike) Oscars 2023 Dates Set - 5:24 . HOW TO FIX THE OSCARS (AGAIN): Scott Feinberg’s Article - 8:47 . AlsoMike’s Plan - 10:42 (“Each Voting Body Would Have to Take Less Ownership Over Their Noms” - 17:01) (“They’d Both Get Automatic Oscar Noms, at the SAGs.” - 27:20) (“The Genius of it is That It Happens Anyway.” - 33:44) (“My Ultimate Goal for This…” - 36:05) . Mike1’s Plan - 39:30 (“It’s...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 11 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . TOP GUN ’86 Spoiler-Free Review: Scores, Box Office, Film Experiences, Plot Premise, etc - 1:18 Script/Composition Thoughts - 11:35 Performances - 20:21 Production Values - 25:48 . Spoiler Warning - 32:22 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Discipline, Sir? - 34:00 Fare Thee Well - 36:10 It’s a Love Story, Baby Just Say - 41:09 Hard To Cruise - 45:41 The Male Ga(y)ze - 47:09 . . Where To Find Our Work/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 51:58 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 53:0...
May 15, 2022•56 min
What is This Show? - Top of Episode . TBS/TNT DROP THE SAG AWARDS: Story - 3:46 Does WB Really Want The Show? - 5:02 How To Maximize the Reach of SAGs - 13:32 Where Do SAGs Go? - 16:50 Toxic Oscars? - 20:35 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE - 24:14 (Doctor Strange’s History, Sonic as THE Sign of the Pandemic, more) . RELEASE DATES MOVE: 3000 Years of Longing Gets an Uh Oh Date - 33:45 Oscar Films By Month: May - August - 34:43 (including Men, Top Gun: Maverick, Nope, Chastain, Dakota Johnson, Crawdads) Throug...
May 12, 2022•1 hr 23 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . DOCTOR STRANGE AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS: Spoiler-Free Review: Scores, Box Office, Theater Experiences, Plot Premise, etc - 2:52 Horror Talk and Trailer Troubles - 7:39 Script/Director Thoughts - 12:38 Performances - 18:43 VFX, Sound - 22:39 . Spoiler Warning - 26:52 . Spoiler-Filled Review: A Day at The Office - 27:28 Look What They’ve Done To My Boy - 31:18 Social Distortion - 39:28 Ah, Nevermind - 45:14 Dave Matthews’ First Single Off The Album Busted S...
May 07, 2022•1 hr
What is This Episode- Top of Show . Updates - 3:58 (Avatar 2, Amsterdam Get Titles; Netflix Buys; Decision To Leave Finds a Home) . 100% ACCURATE WAY TOO EARLY OSCAR PREDICTIONS: Craft Convictions - 7:19 (Our Predictions on VFX, Original Song, Cinematography, and more!) . Original Screenplay - 18:06 Adapted Screenplay - 21:43 Animated Feature - 27:10 Supporting Actress - 30:45 Supporting Actor - 38:25 Lead Actor - 45:55 Lead Actress - 56:35 Best Director - 1:05:11 Best Picture - 1:12:57 . . Wher...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 31 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show Introducing Amanda Swell of Swell Entertainment! . How Does This Work? - 3:59 . TOP 10 FEARED FILMS OF 2022: Swell’s #3 Movie: Where Amanda Hates Adorable Joy - 6:03 Mike1’s #3 Movie: Will He Feel The Heat? - 12:59 AlsoMike’s #3 Movie: It’s Out of This World, With Spiders - 20:48 . Swell’s #2: A Touch of Gray - 30:50 Mike1’s #2: A Story of The Smoke Monster’s Home - 45:21 AM’s #2: An A24 Play for Awards? - 53:34 . Swell’s #1: Don’t Worry, AlsoMike - 1:00:06 Mike...
Apr 30, 2022•1 hr 49 min
What is This Episode/Miniseries? - Top of Show Introducing Kenzie Vanunu of Oscars Central! . THE NORTHMAN: Nonspoiler Section: Buying the Candy (Film Specs + Background) - 2:25 Filling the Eggs (Script Thoughts) - 10:41 Painting The Eggs (Production Values) - 19:53 Hiding the Eggs (Performance Reviews) - 35:10 . SPOILER WARNING - 41:38 . Spoiler Section: Reese’s Eggs (Best/Worsts) - 42:10; 1:06:06 Hand Painted (Prettiest Shots) - 48:10 A Bunny for Your Sins (Why This Animal?) - 1:14:30 . FINAL ...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 27 min
What is This Show? - Top of Episode . NETFLIX SUBS DECREASE, STOCK CRASHES: The Facts - 1:56 Adding Ads? Password Crackdowns? - 3:31 HBO Max Gained 3M Subs Though - 8:00 Streamers Float Towards Filling Niches - 13:16 Netflix is Acting Like They’ll Be Here, Will Their Indy Cinema? - 18:33 . SPRING FILM FESTIVALS: New Directors/New Films in NY Has Some Biggies - 26:47 . Tribecca is Wonderful and Wonderfully Diverse - 30:38 (Lena Waithe, Ray Romano, Official Competition, more) . Cannes Lineup is An...
Apr 23, 2022•1 hr 10 min
What is This Episode/Miniseries? - Top of Show . THE LIGHTHOUSE: Nonspoiler Section: Buying the Candy (Film Specs + Background) - 3:27 Filling the Eggs (Script Thoughts) - 10:41 Painting The Eggs (Production Values) - 13:07 Hiding the Eggs (Performance Reviews) - 17:16 . SPOILER WARNING - 20:37 . Spoiler Section: Hard Boiling The Eggs (Theorizing the Subtext) - 21:11 Reese’s Eggs (Best/Worsts) - 40:45 Hand Painted (Prettiest Shots) - 48:10 A Bunny for Your Sins (Why This Animal?) - 53:20 . . Whe...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 4 min
What is This Episode/Miniseries? - Top of Show . THE VVITCH: Nonspoiler Section: Buying the Candy (Film Specs + Background) - 3:04 Filling the Eggs (Script Thoughts) - 8:14 (And Mikes Sort Through Childhood NorthEast School Age Field Trip Trauma) Painting The Eggs (Production Values) - 12:09 Hiding the Eggs (Performance Reviews) - 19:04 . SPOILER WARNING - 22:58 . Spoiler Section: Hard Boiling The Eggs (Theorizing the Subtext…and a Friends Analogy?!) - 23:36 Reese’s Eggs (Best/Worsts) - 32:50 Ha...
Apr 15, 2022•58 min
