What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing the Duke of Bettingham: David Long! . SUMMER OSCARS BETTING GUIDE: . Best Picture: The Current Big 3: Oppenheimer, Killers, Past Lives - 6:25 The Barbie Longshot - 16:10 The War Movie/Holdovers Problem - 19:54 The Longshots Beyond 10:1 - 23:18 Amazon’s FYP History - 26:32 The Strikes’ Impact on Oscars Season - 31:55 . Best Actor: Is It FINALLY Cooper Time? - 36:12 Leo vs Cillian at the Top - 40:00 Which Longshot Smells Best? - 43:58 . Best Actress: ...
Jul 29, 2023•1 hr 22 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . OPPENHEIMER OSCAR PROFILE: . Non-Spoiler Review: Cast, Scores, Zabotage - 2:08 Does This Even Have A Box Office Comp? - 6:45 Script Thoughts/Directing/Editing - 16:20 Performances - 21:04 Production Values/Team - 34:35 How Many Noms? - 40:05 . SPOILER WARNING - 45:27 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The First 40 Minutes - 46:17 Oppenheimer’s Thoughts, P.1 - 53:20 Nolan At His Most - 55:53 Oppenheimer’s Thoughts P.2 - 1:02:17 Ego Joust: Male Fragility Edition - 1:09:0...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 27 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BARBIE OSCAR PROFILE: . Non-Spoiler Review: Cast, Zabatage, Box Office, Barbenheimer - 2:23 Script Thoughts/Directing - 12:18 Performances - 16:08 Production Values/Team - 24:42 How Many Noms? - 29:10 . SPOILER WARNING - 35:51 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Nonsense, Oscar Worthy Nonsense - 37:03 The Accountability Greatness - 42:31 Not Perfect, But Perfectly Imperfect - 49:30 God-ling - 52:18 . FINAL GRADE - 56:08 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:01:16 Word...
Jul 22, 2023•1 hr 7 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE,AND EMMY NOM ANALYSIS: Will the Strikes Move the Emmys Date? - 1:44 Nomination Tallies - 4:31 . Best Drama Series - 7:18 Lead Actor Drama - 13:47 Lead Actress Drama - 19:21 Supporting Actor Drama - 23:14 Supporting Actress Drama - 27:51 . Best Comedy Series - 30:01 Lead Actor Comedy - 41:42 Lead Actress Comedy - 44:13 Supporting Actor Comedy - 50:12 Supporting Actress Comedy - 52:44 . Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series - 56:26 Lead Actor Limit...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 20 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . SAG AFTRA OFFICIALLY IS ON STRIKE, TOO: What Happened? - 2:27 Movie Executives are Detached - 6:55 Studios Don’t Want Money, They Want All of It - 20:00 Influencer Scabs, Strike Innovations, Etc - 22:37 Why Was There a 12 Day Delay? - 25:49 . BARBIE AND OPPENHEIMER FIRST REACTIONS: Oppenheimer - 29:42 Barbie - 32:44 . AWARDS NEWS: Fall Film Festivals May Be Effed - 39:06 Ferrari is Due Out Christmas - 43:34 May December to Open NYFF - 45:43 . CONTENDER TRAILE...
Jul 15, 2023•1 hr 12 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MISSION IMPOSSIBLE DEAD RECKONING P1 OSCARS PROFILE: . Non-Spoiler Review: Cast, Reviews Scores, and Box Office - 3:11 The Tom Cruise Conundrum - 8:27 Script Thoughts - 17:13 Performances - 24:33 AlsoMike Reads The Oscar Tea Leaves for Tom Cruise - 30:47 Making the Case for Sound + Cinematography - 34:23 Over/Under Noms - 38:58 . SPOILER WARNING - 41:47 . Spoiler-Filled Review: MI’s Leading Lady Issues - 42:46 What Are You Doing, Ethan? - 48:33 (Also, Who Are...
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 20 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . PAST LIVES OSCARS PROFILE: . Non-Spoiler Review: Cast, Crew, Reviews Scores, and Watching Experience - 2:08 Celine Song Earned All the Flowers - 9:33 3 Performances Up There for Best of ’23 - 15:20 Oscars Momentum - 22:04 Cinematography, Score, + Seoul vs NYC - 26:35 How Many Noms? - 32:04 . SPOILER WARNING - 38:09 . Spoiler-Filled Review: What Did You Want? - 39:06 Being Human - 49:08 Why is How I Met Your Mother Here? - 54:50 Strength Can Be Subjective - 59...
Jul 08, 2023•1 hr 10 min
WHAT’S IN THIS OSCAR RACE CHECKPOINT - Top of the Show. AlsoMike explains why he needed to add this intro before Part II of his recording with Mike 1. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON TRAILER 2 Review - 2:05 Even avoiding trailer spoilers, M2 realizes why this was such a Scorsese passion project. There are also obvious Oscar contending performances and production values showcased here, and find out who stole the entire trailer. SANCTUARY REVIEW - 8:32 Also Mike does a quickie non-spoiler review of Mar...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 12 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ACADEMY NEWS AND CHANGES: New Best Picture Requirements Set - 1:46 Board of Governors Take Their Seats - 8:32 And Welcome 398 New Members - 11:28 Governor Award Honorees Announced - 13:00 Next Goal Wins @ TIFF; Four Daughters Wins Munich - 15:02 . POTENTIAL SAG/AFTRA STRIKE LOOMS: Most Studios Avoiding SDCC - 18:48 SAG/AMPTP Extend Negotiation Window 12 Days - 23:53 DGA Officially Ratifies Their AMPTP Deal - 29:40 . BOX OFFICE REPORT/MOVIE REVIEWS: Indiana Jo...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 1 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ASTEROID CITY OSCARS PROFILE: . Non-Spoiler Review: Specs, Scores, Money, Expectations - 3:24 Wes Referencing Wes - 6:33 Performances - 11:18 How Many Noms? - 16:37 . SPOILER WARNING - 23:42 . Spoiler-Filled Review: What…Is….This? - 24:40 Sky High Comedy on Covid - 29:40 Wake Up - 35:20 Post Modern to Post Meta - 39:38 . FINAL GRADES - 45:31 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 47:54 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 48:35
Jun 28, 2023•51 min
We review 15 films including Elemental & The Blackening in theaters now, docs on Stan Lee, Biz Markie, Cyndi Lauper, plus premieres to upcoming films from Ariana DeBose, Kit Harrington, Tessa Thompson, Henry Goulding, Jon Hamm & more.
Jun 25, 2023•1 hr 12 min
In part 1 of 2, Scott Yager joins to discuss how we like to do the Tribeca Festival, including our food and drink adventures, tips on how to get the best film tickets and premiere screenings, and two of our movie reviews on Michael Cera in The Adults and Chelsea Peretti's First Time Female Director.
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 25 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS BUY THE GOLDEN GLOBES - 2:11 . MAKE THE CASE: AlsoMIke on Past Lives - 9:24 AM on Elemental - 12:31 Mike1 on Blackberry - 16:22 Transformers Rise of the Beast/Box Office Report - 18:02 AM on The Boogeyman - 22:18 AM on Flamin Hot - 24:54 AM on There Amazing Maurice/Queenmaker - 26:21 HBO Max’s Reality - 29:32 Mike1 on Rio Bravo ’59 - 32:38 M1 on Detective Story ’51- 35:21 . TENOCH HUERTA ACCUSED OF SEX ASSAULT, DENIES ALLEGATIONS - 37:5...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 18 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE DGA WON’T STRIKE, SAG AFTRA MAY - 3:00 . TRAILER REVIEWS: TMNT Trailer #2 - 20:01 Bottoms Trailer #1 - 23:38 Talk to Me Trailer #2 - 26:21 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE: Spider Verse Smashes Its Predecessor; Mermaid Falls Overseas - 30:42 Is FastX in Trouble? - 37:20 . REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS: Early Takes on Transformers Rise of the Beasts - 41:01 And The Flash - 43:20 . BAFTA SETS THEIR DATE/AWARDS CALENDAR UPDATE - 48:25 . A CHAT ABOUT SUCCESSION’S FINALE: Non-Sp...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 12 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE REVIEW: . Spoiler-Free Review: Reception, Scores, Box Office, Premise - 3:00 Expectations/Viewing Experience - 7:50 Composition/Script Thoughts - 10:32 A Marvel Fantasy Story? - 16:16 Voice Performances/Oscars Lens - 18:19 SETTING THE OSCAR NOM OVER/UNDER - 25:25 . SPOILER WARNING - 27:27 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Parents Sometimes Do Understand - 28:23 Trolley Problem: The Movie! - 34:14 Emotional Investment - 39:28 Pounding Out the Re...
Jun 04, 2023•1 hr 1 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . PUTTING A BOW ON CANNES 2023: Journalists Weigh in On Cannes Offerings - 2:58 Pixar’s Elemental Early Reviews - 7:00 Cobweb (I Saw the Devil Director Je-woon Kim’s Latest) Early Reviews - 13:47 Studio Acqs @ Cannes - 15:34 . THE NFL MAY BE THE THING TO REDEFINE CABLE VS STREAMING - 18:44 . BOX OFFICE REPORT: The Little Mermaid Is Great…Domestically - 29:54 Fast X Fell Off a Cliff, Couldn’t Drive - 33:04 Mario Movie Explains Some PVOD Movements Too - 36:33 . T...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 11 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . CANNES AWARDS: Anatomy of a Fall Wins the Palme - 3:03 Zone of Interest Wins the Grand Prix 2nd Place - 7:28 (And the Future of the International Feature Submission Process) Fallen Leaves Wins Jury Prize, Reviews - 13:24 The Rest of the Awards (Director, Actor, Actress, etc) - 14:32 The Hotly Contested Palme Dog Award - 23:21 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Barbie Trailer #1 - 26:26 The Color Purple Trailer #1 - 30:28 . REVIEWS AND RECAPS: AlsoMike’s The Little Mermaid...
May 28, 2023•1 hr 8 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . UNOFFICIAL OFFICIAL CANNES STANDING OVATION TIMERS: The Rundown of Ovations Thus Far - 2:31 The Hilarious 5 Minute Ovation Line of Demarcation - 5:12 . CANNES 2023 REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS: Killers of the Flower Moon Trailer #1 - 9:03 Early Reviews of KotFM - 15:22 . Indy 5; Asteroid City; Club Zero - 18:20 Monster, Jeanne du Barry, May December - 29:30 The Sweet East, Firebrand, Zone of Interest - 38:40 Youth (Spring), Occupied City, Anatomy of a Fall - 46:17...
May 25, 2023•1 hr 6 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Where Has MMO Been? - 1:24 . FAST X REVIEW: . Non-spoilers: Describe the Premise Poorly - 5:57 Who’s Fastest? - 11:10 Who’s Most Furious? - 20:14 Rate the Ridiculousness, Part 1 - 24:10 . SPOILER WARNING - 26:46 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Rate the Ridiculousness, Part 2 - 27:21 Bad Guy Family, God Guy Family - 32:32 Who’s the Fast XII Big Bad? - 38:36 “Plot” Recap - 40:58 I Was Here The Whole Time - 50:26 It Happened in Rio - 52:45 License to Bill - 58:41 . . You...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 5 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE LITTLE MERMAID REMAKE DEBUTS: First Reactions - :57 A History of Disney’s Live Action Remakes - 2:30 . ADELE HAENEL LEAVES FILM INDUSTRY IN PROTEST OF POLANSKI, MORE- 11:10 . WGA STRIKE GOES ON: Where the Strike Stands As of Today: Writer/Producers Take Stand - 17:57 Other Guilds, Their Negotiations, + Their Support - 21:12 Streaming’s Lack of Profit + Studios Crying Poor - 24:20 Microcosm of America - 30:40 . THE MOVIE CALENDAR MOVEMENTS: Poor Things, Th...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 13 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOLUME 3 REVIEW: . Non-Spoiler Review: ***HOWEVER, there's an Ant-Man 3 spoiler at the 11 minute mark. Sorry. Reception/Review Scores/Box Office - 1:44 Fitting This Into the Recent MCU + MCU’s Future - 5:44 Theater Reception + The Animal Rights Issues - 15:47 The Contrition of James Gunn - 18:39 Performances (including WHO Should Be An Oscar Nom?!?) - 20:01 Sounds + Killer Soundtrack - 24:32 VFX: Where Mike1 Almost Throws Up - 25:31 Pr...
May 08, 2023•1 hr 6 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ACADEMY ENACTS SEVERAL RULES CHANGES: The New Do’s and Don’ts - 1:29 (Crackdown on Talking to Media, Vote Sharing, Voting Preferences, No Social Media Lobbying, Home Screenings vs Presented Screenings, more) . What Do These Rules Mean for Oscar Journalists? - 7:50 Rulebreakin’ and Loophole Makin’ w/ Toothless Enforcin’ - 12:06 Riseborough Overcorrection? - 18:35 . THE WGA IS ON STRIKE: What’s Happened/What are the WGA’s Demands - 21:54 AMPTP’s (Laughable) Res...
May 04, 2023•1 hr 23 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MMO’S 100% ACCURATE WAY TOO EARLY OSCARS PICKS: . How We Did Last Year - 2:33 New Announced 2023 Movies - 5:53 Craft Category Convictions - 9:20 (Including Which Movie Will Win Production Design) . Animated Feature Noms + Winner - 16:37 Original Screenplay - 23:12 Adapted Screenplay - 30:34 Supporting Actress - 35:26 Supporting Actor - 40:37 . Lead Actress - 47:23 (Takes on Fantasia, Saltburn, Soairse Ronan, Zendaya, Alicia Vikander, and more!) Lead Actor - 5...
Apr 30, 2023•1 hr 17 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE OSCARS ANNOUNCED SOME 2024 DATES - :50 . PREVIEWING TRIBECCA 2023: Tribecca Stats and Dates - 4:38 . Documentaries - 6:06 (Docs on Stan Lee from the MCU; Dan Rather; Biz Markie, Gloria Gaynor, more) . Actors-Directing Movies - 10:21 (Including Bucky F’ing Dent from David Duchovny; Eric LaRue from Michael Shannon; First Time Female Director from Chelsea Peretti; Downtown Own from Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater; John Slattery and Jon Hamm’s Maggie Moore(s);...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 16 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Amanda Swell! . TOP 10 2023 FEARED FILMS W/ SWELL ENTERTAINMENT: Our Track Record of Film Fear - 1:09 . AlsoMike’s Chocolate Factory Fear - 7:19 Swell WANTS To Believe In TMNT - 17:33 Mike1 Has Questions for A Haunting in Next Goal Wins…What? - 32:30 . AM Is Disappointed Elemental Won’t Be X-Rated? - 38:50 Swell Worries of Irrational Mermaid Backlash - 45:30 Mike1 Has Horse/Other Concerns for Jacob Elordi - 56:28 David Gordon Green Has to Earn AM’s ...
Apr 23, 2023•1 hr 17 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . CANNES 2023 LINEUP: THE PALME D’OR CONTENDERS: The Women Directed Ratios - 1:16 US Movies: Asteroid City + May December - 3:15 UK Movies: Firebrand, The Old Oak, Zone of Interest - 6:43 Italy Films: La Chimera, Beloccio’s Kidnapped, The Sun of the Future - 9:17 French Films: Last Summer, Anatomy of a Fall, The Pot on Fire - 12:22 Japan Films: Kore-eda’s Monster, Perfect Days, Youth (Spring) - 14:51 Club Zero from Austria - 20:11 . Out of Competition Films Inc...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 23 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Erick Weber of AwardsAce.com! . YEAR IN PREVIEW 6: THE BOX OFFICES OF 2023 . How High Can Mario’s Box Office Climb? - 2:32 Why Amazon Is OK w/ Air Losing Money - 5:06 Does A Theatrical Oversaturation Issue Exist? - 11:35 Box Office Support vs Unmet Expectations - 18:05 John Wick 4’s Legitimate Oscars Chances - 23:25 . BOX OFFICE FUTURES OVER/UNDER: O/U $1B: GotG 3, Fast X, Little Mermaid, Marvels - 27:11 O/U $800M: MI: DR, Dune 2, Barbie, Aquaman 2 ...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 11 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . AIR OSCARS PROFILE: . Spoiler-Free Review: Box Office Reception/The New BO Math - 3:50 Plot Premise/Expectations/Viewing Experiences - 14:53 Ranking Air vs 2022 Films - 18:31 Direction/Script Thoughts/Editing - 22:04 Performances - 29:15 Production Values - 34:02 How Many Noms? - 39:46 The Looming Backlash - 43:10 . SPOILER WARNING - 45:39 . Spoiler-Filled Review: I Got a Feeling - 47:29 Save the Institutionalized Cat - 54:31 The Big Pitch - 56:01 Mother Know...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 19 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Recent Activity Andrew! . YEAR IN PREVIEW, PART V: NETFLIX YEAR IN PREVIEW: . THE NEWS: Andrew’s Thoughts on Netflix’s 2022/23 Oscars Plays - 3:30 Amazon/Apple’s Theatrical Dedication + Netflix Effects - 7:07 Academy’s Rumored New Distribution Rules - 12:10 Netflix’s Recent Creatives Shakeup - 17:04 . THE MOVIES w/ CONFIRMED DATES: Reviews of Q1 Releases - 20:10 (Luther, Murder Mystery 2, Furies, Magician’s Elephant) Chloe Domont’s Fair Play - 26:08...
Apr 09, 2023•1 hr 32 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . YEAR IN PREVIEW, PART IV: . QUICK REVIEWS OF RYE LANE, TETRIS, MURDER MYSTERY 2 - 1:53 . UNIVERSAL: Already Released Titles - 6:03 Super Mario Has Good Early Word of Mouth - 6:54 Renfield, Fast X, Strays, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken - 9:41 Oppenheimer Brings Questions and Nolan History - 12:06 Please Don’t Destroy + The Exorcist Sequels Excite Mike1 - 16:40 Trolls Band Together, Migration are Animated Plays - 18:40 . FOCUS FEATURES: A Thousand and One - 20:4...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 6 min
