What is this episode - Top of Show . OSCARS NEWS AND UPDATES: Recapping the People’s Choice Awards - 2:06 Aftersun Crushes the BIFAs - 6:03 (The Silent Twins Review - 13:50) Atlanta FCAA Crowns EEAAO - 18:14 . THE MIKES HAVE WORDS FOR THE AVATAR 2 EARLY REACTIONS - 22:55 (Including the Major Shift of Avatar 2’s Best Picture Betting Odds - 29:22) . MAX?! - 30:54 . MAKE THE CASE: The Subjective Objectivity Conundrum - 31:31 Mike1 on Tar - 34:00 Mike1 on Til - 41:06 Mike1 Scolds Everybody on the Re...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 12 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . OSCARS NEWS AND UPDATES: 2023 Show Will Present All 23 Awards - 3:01 Will Smith Interview w/ The Daily Show for Emancipation - 9:37 . NEW YORK FILM CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARDS: Setting the Stage, Jafar Panahi’s/Afersun’s Special Awards - 22:46 Marcel the Shell Gets a Big Animated Win - 26:00 Top Gun Nets a Cinematography Win - 29:08 Banshees, Tar Clean Up Major Categories - 30:00 . ALSO MIKE MAKES THE CASE: Glass Onion Review - 44:04 Goodnight Oppy - 47:43 She Sai...
Dec 04, 2022•1 hr 18 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . THE 2022 GOTHAM AWARDS: Some Legitimate Greatness to Behold - 3:03 Muring Review - 7:37 Todd Field and his Large Hat Win Screenplay - 10:41 Happening Gave Our First Surprise of the Night - 12:46 Michelle Williams Gets Honored + Doc Feature Stays Crazy - 16:10 Venice’s Alberto Barbera Recognized - 18:36 Joel Kim Booster Has a Great Quote - 21:13 James Gray and Todd Field(’s Hat) Seem Fun - 22:44 Gina Prince-Bythewood and the Moment of the Night - 28:08 Charlot...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 7 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . THE FABELMANS OSCAR PROFILE REVIEW: . Spoiler-Free Review: Doldrums, Expectations, and Box Office Potential - 3:01 The Best Picture Frontrunner Examination - 6:32 Script Thoughts - 17:05 Filmmaking Efficiency - 20:22 The Pundit Parade and Preferential Ballot Play - 25:01 Performances/How Many Total Noms? - 28:11 . SPOILER WARNING - 38:08 . Spoiler Review: Numb to React; Slow to Arc - 38:58 Mama Fabelman and the Trait Worse Than Danger - 43:12 The Happy Happy ...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 18 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . BOB IGER RETURNS AS DISNEY CEO; BOB CHAPEK OUT: What Went Down - 1:46 Why Now? - 4:17 Chapek’s Legacy/Disney’s Next Moves - 8:14 A Netflix/Disney Merge?! - 11:25 The Streaming “Wars” - 14:39 Is DC is Disney’s Crosshairs? - 21:05 . ACADEMY HANDS OUT THEIR GOVERNOR AWARDS - 24:16 . INDY SPIRIT NOMS ANNOUNCED: Changes to This Year’s Eligibility/Nom Leaders - 27:23 Where’s The Whale? - 29:16 Best Feature, Director, Screenplay Could Be Smackdowns - 31:20 Performan...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 22 min
What is this episode - Top of Show Introducing “The Duke of Bettingham” David Long! . OSCARS 2023 NOVEMBER GAMBLING PREVIEW: Explaining Odds and Episode Layout - 1:43 . BEST PICTURE: The Fabelmans - 3:48 Babylon - 9:29 Everything, Everywhere - 12:10 Women Talking, Tar, She Said - 15:04 Which Longshot Could Pose The Biggest Threat? - 21:44 The Path To a Maverick Best Picture Win - 29:28 The Super Duper Long Shots - 31:01 . LEAD ACTRESS: Cate Still the Leader - 36:00 Then a Mess of Margot, Michell...
Nov 20, 2022•1 hr 39 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . JIMMY KIMMEL WILL HOST THE OSCARS: His 3rd Time - 4:30 Why is He Back? - 5:59 . EUROPEAN FILM AWARD NOMS ANNOUNCED - 12:20 . BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARD NOMS: Aftersun Leads the Nominating Tallies - 15:33 What Could be This Year’s Rocks? - 18:25 Best British Ind Film + BAFTA/Oscars Correlation - 22:54 The Genderless Performance Categories - 25:16 Best International Independent Film Means Oscars Nom - 31:42 . CRITICS’ CHOICE DOCUMENTARY WINNERS: Goodnight O...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 13 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . WAKANDA FOREVER REVIEW: , Non-Spoiler Review: The Impossible Task - 2:44 Expectation Talk - 6:47 Script/Director Thoughts - 9:22 Viewing Experiences - 13:00 Depth and Complexity of Characters - 16:55 Production Values/Oscars Lens - 22:18 How Many Noms? - 25:25 . SPOILER WARNING - 31:23 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Starting with Good Bye - 32:15 Letitia’s Lead - 35:10 Where IS Everybody?! - 36:51 Conflicts, Build Ups, and Back Stories - 43:40 Shuri v Namor v Shuri...
Nov 12, 2022•1 hr 12 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . MMO Is Finally Back! - 1:12 The Mikes Fight About Recaps and Spoilers - 3:42 Defending the Jimmy Kimmel Host Pick - 6:35 . THE 2022 SCARIES: Best 2022 Horror Setting for Podding - 9:38 Worst/Best ’22 Horror Movie Food - 14:56 Cringiest Horror Dance Scene/Angering Doctor Who Fans - 20:42 Worst or Best Entertainment Stage Act - 28:05 Best AlsoMike Inappropriate Laughter - 29:40 Most Cursed Characters of 2022 - 31:11 . Worst Kids in 2022 Horror - 35:38 Best Youn...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 47 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . GOTHAM 2022 NOMS: Eligibility Requirements - 1:55 Breakthrough Director/Peformer Predicts Future Superstars - 3:00 Best International Feature is Loaded - 8:41 Best Screenplay May Be Tar vs Women Talking - 12:40 Supporting Performance Marks Mark - 16:22 Lead Performance Gives Fraser vs Michelle vs Cate - 18:40 Best Feature Has Some Glaring Omissions - 21:56 . GOTHAM DOC FEATURE/CINEMA EYE HONORS/IDA LONG SHORTLISTS: All That Breathes + All the Beauty Carry All...
Oct 27, 2022•41 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . NETFLIX NEWS: Their Regression Stopped - 2:49 AMC, Regal, Cinemark Aren’t Happy Over Glass Onion - 6:14 Dame Judy Gets a Disclaimer for the Crown - 11:43 . WB NEWS: Stage 13 Writing Program Shut Down, Then Revived - 14:04 Walter Hamada Finalizes Payout, DCEU Still All Over - 17:39 AlsoMike Reviews Black Adam - 20:55 The Spoiled Spoiler-Free Spoiler Warning - 24:50 . BOX OFFICE REPORT: The Rock is Box Office Gold - 26:40 Halloween Ends, Isn’t - 28:58 Teasing O...
Oct 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min
A NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL FINALE + A NETFLIX OSCARS SLATE DISCUSSION: - Also Mike welcomes back guest host, Andrew Morgan - Top of the Show. Learn about his new writing job for What’s On Netflix… …AND his new podcast, Recent Activity. - Now please note: there are LIGHT SPOILERS for all reviews in this episode. By that, we mean plot structure information similar to that of the films’ marketing. - WHITE NOISE REVIEW: - Critics should NOT be meh on this movie - 4:53 When Elvis & Hitler studies c...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 29 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . HALLOWEEN ENDS REVIEW: . Spoiler-Free Review: Halloween Historical Highs and Lows - 2:00 DGG’s Vision, Part 1 - 4:39 Early Film Reception, Scores, Theater Experience - 6:16 Final Girl Bechdel Tests/Script Thoughts - 12:09 DGG’s Vision, Part 2 - 17:54 . Production Values: Score - 19:41 Set Design, More - 21:25 . Performances - 23:33 . SPOILER WARNING - 30:24 . Spoiler-Filled Review: DGG’s Vision, Part 3 - 31:30 If Ambition Falls in the Forest… - 36:48 Gory Spe...
Oct 15, 2022•1 hr 5 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . ALSOMIKE SPOILER-FREE NYFF REVIEWS: Apple Pie French Toast and Chill, Erotica Edition - 2:12 . Aftersun: Scores + Review - 7:47 Awards Chances - 11:50 . Bones and All: Scores + Review - 16:28 The Rylance of it All - 22:03 Awards Chances - 26:19 . One Fine Morning: Scores + Reviews - 29:10 Grade and Festival Day Fatigue - 34:04 . Decision To Leave: Scores, Reviews, and Werewolves - 35:57 Tale of Two Stories - 40:55 . Scarlett - 42:00 RMN - 49:14 Enys Men - 53:...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 10 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . ALSOMIKE REVIEWS TAR FROM NYFF: Apple Pie French Toast and Chill - 1:31 AlsoMike is Man vs Food - 5:01 Cate Blanchett…Decent! - 7:08 What Ambiguity? - 8:16 Early Gold Derby Rankings - 14:14 Questioning the Tone of the Love - 16:37 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Women Talking Debut Trailer - 20:02 Till Trailer #2 - 26:14 The Wonder Trailer #1 - 32:37 Causeway - 36:01 Knock at the Cabin Trailer #1 - 39:22 . THE HALLOWEEN ENDS PREVIEW: Final Trailer Review, John Carpente...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 25 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . CONTENDER TRAILERS AND NEWS: Wakanda Forever and the $1000 Bet - 2:13 Emancipation Looks Great, BUT… - 8:39 Bones and All Looks Gross, Delicious - 19:10 Bardo’s Trailer Looks Suspiciously Great - 25:45 . INTERNATIONAL FEATURE CATEGORY UPDATE - 30:16 . BREAKING DOWN THE FIRST FEINBERG FORECAST: Top Gun, Elvis, Knives Out 2 Alive for Best Picture - 34:50 The Volatile Director Half Dozen - 42:07 Lead Actor: Look, Will Smith Won’t Be Nominated…BUT - 44:27 Lead Ac...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Also Mike reviews Bros, Smile, Blonde, Sidney, Facing Nolan, Do Revenge, DC League of Super-Pets, A Love Song, Meet Cute, I Came By, Brian and Charles, A Jazzman's Blues, Abbott Elementary, House of the Dragon, The Rings of Power, Andor, She-Hulk, and Welcome to Wrexham.
Sep 30, 2022•55 min
What is this episode - Top of Show Introducing Amanda of Swell Entertainment! . DON’T WORRY DARLING REVIEW . Spoiler-Free Review: Swell’s Take on the Rumors Heading Into Her Watch - 2:04 Was This All One Big Marketing Scheme? - 7:55 Review Scores, WB/Zaslav, Opening Weekend Financials - 10:38 Direction/Storytelling - 17:42 Performances - 20:12 (A tear for Harry-ites and why it doesn’t matter anyway) Oscars Lens (WHAT!?!) - 23:50 Bring Your Friends? - 26:00 . SPOILER WARNING - 28:17 . Spoiler-Fil...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 16 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . TIFF AWARDS: The Fabelmans Wins, Become Best Picture Front Runners - 1:23 (and the Oscars Chances of it, Glass Onion, Women Talking, and more) Al Yankovic Wins Too! - 7:20 TIFF x Oscars Success - 8:32 . THE GOLDEN GLOBES ARE BACK…SORTA: Back on NBC, for 1 Year - 11:36 . ACADEMY MEETS: Unveil 8 Point Plan for Success - 15:22 Weiss and Kirshner to Produce and Direct - 19:58 Honorary Oscars Given to Dianne Warren, Others - 28:00 . SACHEEN LITTLEFEATHER GETS ACAD...
Sep 24, 2022•40 min
What is this episode - Top of Show . CONFESS, FLETCH, EXISTS - 2:!7 . THE WOMAN KING REVIEW: Controversy. Because, Of Course - 4:02 Crowned The Weekend Box Office Champ - 11:52 Script Thoughts and Casual Contrivances - 14:52 Performances - 17:40 Costume, Production Design, Makeup/Hair - 22:48 How Many Noms? - 26:07 . MAKE THE CASE: See How They Run - 29:24 Pearl - 31:27 Moonage Daydream - 36:22 . BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SELECTION UPDATES - 42:33 (Including India Snubs RRR) . CONTENDER TRAILER...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr
What is this episode - Top of Show . TIFF 2022 ROUND UP: The Fabelmans Debuts + Drops Trailer - 3:01 Is The Son just The Frontrunner Redux? - 8:20 The Woman King - NOMINATE IT, THEN! - 12:23 The (Apparently Not) Greatest Beer Run Ever - 14:48 Glass Onion: Knives Out 2 - 17:06 (including could Netflix dabble in HBO Max waters? - 19:04) . A Jazzman’s Blues, The Inspection, The Lost King - 22:12 Wendell and Wild, All Quiet on the Western Front, My Policeman - 28:03 Chevalier, Bros, Causeway and our...
Sep 17, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Where Has MMO Been on Apple Podcasts?- Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND EMMYS 2022: Show Opening/Overall Thoughts - 2:58 . Comedy Series Categories - 8:27 (Including the Latest Kimmel Controversy - 15:54) . Variety Series Categories - 20:16 . Limited Series Categories - 22:02 . Drama Series Categories - 27:10 (And All The History Which Was Made) , Tally Totals/Can This Be Fixed? - 31:07 . . VENICE 2022 AWARDS: All The Beauty and the Surprising Golden Lion - 39:48 . Colin Farrell Beats Brendan Frase...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 9 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . BARBARIAN REVIEW: . Non-Spoiler Review: Crew, Scores, Plot Premise - 2:48 Empty Theaters/Watching Experience - 4:00 How It Was Marketed/Script Thoughts - 7:16 Performances - 13:11 (Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgard, more) Production Values - 14:35 . SPOILER WARNING - 17:57 . Spoiler Review: The Hills Have *REDACTED* - 18:23 Production Design as a Spoiler - 21:31 Skars The Societal Sweetheart - 23:26 Big Hole #1 - 26:17 There Goes My Hero…And A****le - 27:22 Bi...
Sep 10, 2022•48 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . DON’T WORRY DRAMA: Recap - 2:18 Pine and Pugh Ride High - 3:10 Spit Gate - 6:16 Weep for Nick - 12:14 Reviews Aren’t Great - 14:44 Oscars Chances/Controversial Property Awards Histories- 18:31 . VENICE/TELLURIDE FIRST REVIEWS: Up: Women Talking - 22:36 Up: The Whale - 26:23 Down: Bardo - 36:42 Up: Banshees of Inisherin - 41:51 Down(ish): Empire of Light - 45:06 Up and Delicious: Bones and All - 47:51 . STOCK UP/STOCK DIVISIVE: Stock Ups - 51:01 (A Handful of D...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 5 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . CONTENDER TRAILERS: The Son Trailer 1 - 2:58 The Swimmers Trailer 1 - 6:17 Wendell and Wild Clips - 9:24 Weird Trailer 1 - 11:57 . VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, DAY ONE: White Noise First Reactions - 15:00 (and an Official Update from the Unofficial Official Festival Standing Ovation Record Keepers) Tar Positions Cate Blanchett for Oscar 3 - 18:00 Academy President Praises International Cinema - 27:19 . THE DOUBLE STANDARD OF DON’T WORRY DARLING’S DRAMA - 31:19 . TELL...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 18 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . INDY SPIRITS GO GENDER NEUTRAL - 1:35 . ACADEMY APOLOGIZES TO SACHEEN LITTLEFEATHER - 4:50 . INDUSTRY NEWS: Halloween Ends Goes Day and Date on Peacock - 7:33 Zas Keeps Butchering, DC Dates Keep Shifting - 11:45 Batgirl “Funeral Screenings” on the WB Lot - 16:54 House of the Dragon is HBO’s Biggest Premiere Ever - 20:56 . FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Venice Has Special Protests Planned - 25:26 White Noise Teaser + Tar Trailer 2 Reviews - 26:42 TIFF Announces Some Speci...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr
What is This Episode- Top of Show . INDUSTRY NEWS: Cineworld is About to File Chapter 11 - 1:36 MoviePass is Back, Tell Your Friends - 5:20 HBO’s House of the Dragon Marketing Pays Off - 8:45 The Golden Globes Are Back on NBC* - 13:09 . CONTENDER NEWS: Amsterdam Will Skip Festivals, Debut a Month Early - 18:27 South Korea, Ireland, Others Make Their International Film Selections - 21:26 Leo Grande Gets Academy COVID Exception - 24:23 Knives Out 2 Gets a Release Date - 27:22 . NYFF PREVIEWS + MEN...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 3 min
A Spoiler Warning for Joker (2019) What is This Episode- Top of Show . WTF, WB?!: Zaslav’s Big Cutting Moves - 3:06 (Killing CNN+, Axing BatGirl, and All The Other Killed DC Properties, saving $825M So Far) . Confirmed DC Properties Going Forward - 16:20 (Including an Ezra Miller Update) , The DCEU 2.0 “Reset” Theory - 28:40 . The New HBOMax/Discover App Will Be… - 35:21 (And How Zaslav Seemingly Values the Streamer) . Translating Zaslav’s Shareholder Meeting Quotes - 49:28 (And What Ted Lasso H...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 31 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show Introducing Kolby Mac! . BODIES BODIES BODIES REVIEW: . Spoiler Free Review: Kolby Does Bodies @ SXSW - 1:40 Review Scores, Box Office, and Review Polarization - 6:32 Script/Director Thoughts - 11:15 Performances…Oscars Level Performances?! - 17:43 Every Body, Everywhere, All at Bodies - 25:30 Production Values - 27:00 . SPOILER WARNING: LIVE! - 30:35 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Twist - 32:00 Bridging the Generational Gap For Some… - 35:30 …But Not Others - 43:...
Aug 13, 2022•1 hr 14 min
What is This Episode- Top of Show . JANET YANG BECOMES NEW ACADEMY PRESIDENT - 2:13 . TEASING OUR UPCOMING BIG WB EPISODE: The Tease/Why We’re Doing It - 4:52 Joker 2 Gets Release Date, Confirms Gaga - 8:40 . STUDIO/INDUSTRY NEWS: Netflix Moves Rustin; Starts Its Oscars Run? - 12:58 Cinemark’s Earnings are an Industry Microcosm - 15:36 Neon is Looking to Sell. Who’s Buying? - 23:16 . FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Glass Onion to Close BFI London - 31:34 NYFF Gets a Curious Centerpiece, and Armageddon Time ...
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 15 min
