What Is This Episode - Top of Show . 2024 OSCAR MOVIES RESIDUAL NEWS: Oppenheimer Made Nolan LOTS of Money - 1:25 The Holdovers Plagiarism Claims - 4:03 . POST OSCAR AWARDS: 39th Artios Awards for Casting Were Awarded - 13:44 NAACP Image Awards Have Jonathan Majors Red Carpet Return - 17:43 . FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: Scream 7 Gets Neve, Kevin Back - 21:00 PTA Gets Release Date/WB Slate Moves - 25:18 Noah Baumbach, Ari Aster, Yorgos Next Projects - 27:22 Mario Bros 2, Mickey 17 News - 33:14 . SXSW SLAT...
Mar 22, 2024•1 hr 19 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Variety’s Clayton Davis! . THE 2023-24 OSCARS FINAL REVIEW W/ CLAYTON DAVIS: Are the Oscar Ratings a Success? - 3:44 “They’re Voting for Who They Want to Hear Talk” - 8:01 Clayton Puts Himself in Every Interview - 12:15 . The Lilly Gladstone Saga Lead vs Supporting Saga - 20:01 The Scorsese/Academy Disconnect - 39:01 . Current Events and the Oppenheimer Win - 45:06 When Clayton Knew Best Picture Was Over - 48:06 BAFTA: A Fickle Mistress - 53:08 . Ne...
Mar 14, 2024•1 hr 31 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE 2023-24 OSCARS RECAP SHOW: Red Carpet Report: Really Good! - 3:22 Kimmel’s Monologue: Ok! - 10:20 . Supporting Actress’ Hall of Heroes Accented Da’Vine’s Moment - 15:17 Animated Categories Gave Our First Surprise - 21:16 Screenplays Got 2 Worthy, Grateful Winners - 25:43 Billie and Finneas Perform w/ Pure Class - 32:56 Makeup and Hair + Production Design Were a Harbinger - 36:06 John Cena May Have Stolen the Show w/ Costume Design - 40:31 Whazhezhe Ruled ...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 38 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Scott Feinberg, Awards Editor of THR! . THE FEINBERG FINAL OSCARS PREVIEW 2024: What’s the Oppenheimer Secret Sauce? - 2:54 (and What Even Is 2nd Place?) Lead Actress: Lilly vs Emma (vs Sandra Still?!) - 6:10 (and Why 2 Oscars Matters More in the Acting Categories to Voters) Supporting Actor: Why Was Everyone SURE About RDJ? - 12:25 What Oppenheimer Wins - 15:47 Barbie vs Poor Things in the Tech Categories - 19:46 Bradley Cooper - WTF - 23:34 Dianne...
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 12 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing David Long, The Duke of Bettingham! . OSCARS PREDICTIONS AND GAMBLING PREVIEW: Explaining the Odds - 2:20 . Best Picture: Oppenheimer’s Unreal Odds - 6:26 Director: Is Christopher’s Crowning Day - 17:34 . ACTING CATEGORIES: Will SAG Go 4 for 4? - 20:30 Lead Actress: All the Stats Favor Which “Stone?” - 22:12 Lead Actor: Giamatti Isn’t DEAD Dead…Yet - 35:16 Supporting Categories: En Route to a 21-0 Record - 40:02 . Screenplay Categories: The First Se...
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 57 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE 2023-24 MIKE MIKE AND OSCARS AWARDS: Declaration: New Directors to Watch - 2:52 . MAKEUP AND HAIR: Best Unsung Achievement in Hair Ensemble - 4:58 Worst Teeth - 7:03 Most Egregious Oscars Makeup Snub - 7:53 Best “Dick” Award - 9:17 . COSTUMES and PRODUCTION DESIGN: Best Oscar Nom Nudity Used for Laughs - 10:52 Best Looking Meal - 12:28 Best Achievement in Pink Goo - 14:02 . MUSIC + TECHS: Best Unoriginal Song: Drama or Musical - 15:42 Best Unoriginal Song...
Mar 02, 2024•1 hr 5 min
What is this episode? - Top of the Show - The Latest News: 1:31 - The Naked Gun Remake where M1 is cautiously pessimistic. 3:22 - Acting Oscar Presentations where AM is optimistic of an M1 breakdown. - Dune Part Two: Non-Spoiler Review 5:33 - We leave hater island for the desert of love, and we’re 110% certain of Oscars. - The 35th Producers Guild of America Awards 12:40 - Oppy is inevitable, but what’s coming in 2nd for Best Picture? 14:28 - The Animated race heats up even more, and we weigh re...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 6 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Scott Yager of Challenge Mania! . SAG MANIA W/ SCOTT YAGER: Scott’s Disney Trip + SAG Theme Park Residual Questions - 1:48 Netflix Going Live May Correlate to Password Sharing Crackdown - 7:47 . THE FIRST AWARDS SHOW ON A MEGA STREAMER: Netflix’s Red Carpet - 11:40 The Good and the Bad of the Netflix Presentation - 15:46 Idris Elba Should Host Things - 30:22 We Pitch Ideas for Netflix to Present the Stunt Ensemble Award - 33:14 . Supporting Actress/...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 40 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Jazz Tangcay of Variety! . VARIETY ARTISAN EDITOR JAZZ TANGCAY: The Forthcoming New Casting Category + How Will It Be Voted? - 1:53 (And Is a Stunts Category Coming Next? - 4:04) Artisans Getting the Festival Spotlight During the Strikes - 7:47 . Does BAFTA WANT to be Predictive for the Oscars? - 11:39 . Song/Score: Potential Resentment Towards the Younger Multi-Oscar Winners - 15:48 Music Coming Together Faster Than Scripts - 17:55 . Costume Design...
Feb 23, 2024•59 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Mike1 Has Become Death . BAFTA (AND OTHERS) 2024 RESULTS AND REACTIONS: Oppenheimer is Inevitable - 2:55 Cillian Murphy With a Big Win - 7:03 Forthcoming Oscars Litmus Test - 9:03 Poor Things vs Barbie and the Lead Actress Latest- 14:02 The Holdovers Would Probably Win Casting This Year - 18:17 Anatomy Sustains its Original Screenplay Momentum - 20:43 American Fiction Surprises w/ Adapted Win - 22:44 We Seem to Have the Doc Feature Frontrunner - 26:33 Zone of I...
Feb 20, 2024•40 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . SUPERBOWL 58 RECAP: Best Commercial - 2:24 Usher Rocked - 4:12 . OSCARS UPDATES: The Oscars Commercial is Out - 8:03 Anatomy’s Dog Ran the Oscars Luncheon - 10:57 Nolan, Song Win Big at DGAs - 14:10 Poor Things Upsets Barbie at ADGs - 20:24 . Casting Category Being Added Next Year - 26:55 MMO Picks the Past 5 Retroactive Casting Winners - 28:01 . SUPERBOWL TRAILER REVIEWS: No Maxxxine. Because, duh - 38:28 Deadpool and Wolverine - 39:27 Twisters - 43:53 Kingd...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 20 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Welcome Ryan McQuade! . TOP 10 WINNERS OF THE 2023 FILM YEAR: Ryan on Christopher Nolan and Oppenheimer - 3:31 Mike1 on Film Marketing + Barbenheimer - 10:53 AlsoMike on Teacher Films - 20:54 Ryan on Sandra Huller and Anatomy of a Fall - 30:13 Mike1 on The Obvious: Barbie - 38:02 AlsoMike on Animation at Large - 40:25 Ryan on Marriage Films - 45:15 MIke1 on Brooding, Young Hollywood - 54:05 AlsoMike on Video Game IP - 58:50 Everyone on Unions - 1:08:10 . . Your...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 19 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . FUTURE OSCARS NEWS: Leo and PTA Teaming Up for the First Time - 2:22 Tarantino and Pitt Reuniting - 7:24 Pedro Almodóvar Announces First English Picture - 10:52 Beetlejuice 2 Has Some Oddities - 13:23 28 Years Later Brings Back the OG Crew - 17:38 . SUNDANCE STUDIO PURCHASES FOLLOW UP - 21:22 . OSCARS NEWS: Margot Robbie Takes the High Road - 28:09 Sophie Ellis-Bextor Performing Live @ BAFTA - 31:51 US Senator Wants Academy to Shout Out Victims - 34:35 IATSE,...
Feb 03, 2024•1 hr 10 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ALSOMIKE’S SUNDANCE REVIEWS: “The Best Movie…in the History of Cinema” - 1:35 Picking the Fake Sundance Premise - 4:38 Porcelain War - 9:40 Daughters - 13:17 Kneecap - 15:55 A Real Pain - 18:00 Didi - 21:05 Sugarcane - 23:41 A New Kind of Wilderness - 26:09 Thelma - 27:52 Some Movies Which Missed Expectations - 31:35 (Love Me, Handling the Undead, Veni Vidi Vici, More) . Hits Not Available On Demand: I Saw the TV Glow, Presence, A Different Man, The Outrun - ...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 10 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . NOMINATION REVIEWS BY STUDIO - 1:25 Record Making Firsts - 4:24 . OSCAR NOM FALLOUT: The World Speaks on Barbie Snubs - 8:11 Ruminating on Barbie’s “Snub Powers” - 11:30 Oppy May Be Inevitable - 18:05 . ANATOMY OF A PROBLEM IN FRANCE - 24:10 . ACE EDDIE NOMS ANNOUNCED/UPCOMING AWARDS - 30:47 . MIKE, MIKE, AND A REALLY FUN EMMYS - 35:33 . NETFLIX IS THE NEW HOME FOR WWE RAW - 41:02 . TRAILER REVIEWS: Back to Black Trailer #1 - 47:12 Spaceman Trailer #1 - 49:47...
Jan 26, 2024•1 hr 1 min
2024 Oscar Noms Reaction Show: The Time MMO Picked 80% of The Field - ORC 1/24/24 by MMO
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 12 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . 2024 OSCAR NOMS PREDICTIONS SHOW: Best Picture or BAFTA Bashes Barbie - 3:23 (Other BAFTA Exclusive Categories) . Best Director: Get Chris to the Greek - 13:47 Screenplay Categories: The Barbie Ballyhoo - 23:15 . Film Editing - 31:15 Cinematography - 34:31 VFX - 37:30 Animated Feature - 40:26 International/Doc Feature - 43:06 . Supporting Actress/Actor - 48:00 Music Categories - 57:07 Sound Design - 1:04:07 Production Design - 1:07:40 Costume Design/MUAH - 1:...
Jan 20, 2024•1 hr 24 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS W/ PGA + DGA NOMS: Chelsea Handler Crushed as Host - 3:25 Speeches Lean Funny Over Weepy - 8:13 AlsoMIke Apologizes to Butler-ville - 11:00 Categories vs Aired Speeches - 14:32 . Best Picture Convos: Oppenheimer Wins Again/PGA Noms - 18:50 Which Movie Needed the PGA Bump/Was Hurt Most? - 20:33 Anatomy of a BP Nominee - 24:09 Who’s Vulnerable? Is Zone of Interest BP #10? - 26:12 The Consistent Barbie Weirdness vs Oppy’s Obvious Path ...
Jan 16, 2024•58 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Scott Yager of Challenge Mania! . THE 2024 SAG AWARD NOMINATIONS w/ SCOTT YAGER: Award Season Is Out of Order - 1:16 . What Stnads Out to Scott of the Noms - 5:18 Where’s Leo? - 9:39 Anatomy Had a Fall - 12:32 The 3 Films Leading the Pack - 15:15 Do Voters Intend to Spread the Love? - 20:54 Who Got Weaker? (and Why Past Lives May Be Ok) - 25:35 . MMO CATEGORY BY CATEGORY: Post Globes Best Picture Odds/SAG Ensemble - 40:07 Stunt Ensemble - 45:11 Lead...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 15 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE 2024 GOLDEN GLOBES RECAP AND REACTION SHOW: Red Carpet Should’ve Been Pink - 2:04 Jo Koy Was….Oof - 3:51 Da’Vine Joy Randolph is Cemented as Front Runner - 10:22 “It’s Iron Man’s Time” - 13:43 Big Beef Night/The Show Itself Was Disastrous - 16:19 Ray Romano and Kerri Russell May Have Stolen the Show - 20:27 Succession’s Big Night, Part 1 - 21:55 Anatomy of a Fall Beat Oppy, Others - 22:55 Jeremy Allen White had a Hair-Off w/ George Lopez - 26:33 Ricky Ger...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 9 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BAFTA LONGLIST REACTIONS: Which Movies Made the Most Lists? - 3:13 All of Us Strangers, Zone of Interest Played Great at Home - 6:45 The Holdovers, Anatomy of a Fall Do OK On the Road - 9:10 . Non-Best-Film Noms (Saltburn, American Fiction, More) - 14:38 Color Purple, May December, Society of the Snow Struggle - 19:11 . Napoleon and Wonka Land on 8 Lists Apiece - 24:48 BIFA Proves Important for BAFTA - 25:52 Worrying About Rustin - 28:45 Ferrari Go Vroom - 30...
Jan 06, 2024•43 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . GOLDEN GLOBES GAMBLING PREVIEW + PREDIX (ft. Critics’ Choice Too!): LEAD ACTRESS: Globe Drama - 3:01 Globe Comedy/Musical - 6:57 Critics’ Choice - 8:34 . LEAD ACTOR: Globe Drama - 9:50 Globe Comedy/Musical - 13:27 Critics’ Choice - 15:18 . Supporting Actor - 16:17 Supporting Actress - 20:04 Screenplay Categories - 22:54 Director - 28:39 . BEST PICTURE: Globes Best Picture Comedy/Musical - 28:02 Globes Best Picture Drama - 29:25 Globes Cinematic/BO Achievement...
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 3 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . GOLDEN GLOBES AND CRITICS’ CHOICE HAVE THEIR HOSTS - 1:37 . CHRISTMAS WEEK BOX OFFICE REPORT: Aquaman 2, Wonka Lead the Way - 6:48 AlsoMke Reviews The Color Purple - 10:01 AM Reviews Ferrari - 16:19 The Field + Paramount/Max Merger Rumors - 20:21 . A24 Signs Deal w/ Max - 29:40 Scream 7 Has No Director Now. Don’t Worry. We Got It. - 31:17 . Mike1 WALKS YOU THROUGH THE ENTIRE JONATHAN MAJORS SAGA - 37:36 . REVEIW SECTION: AM Reviews Four Daughters - 52:51 AM o...
Dec 31, 2023•1 hr 20 min
ANATOMY OF A FALL OSCARS PROFILE: . Spoiler Free Review: How It’s Been Received & Tracking Its Awards Thus Far - 2:25 Composition Thoughts & Why We Worry For Justine’s Co-Writer - 10:00 Sandra Huller & The Performance of the Year - 14:37 Clever Editing & Smart Cinematography - 20:38 Oscar Lens & Its Best/Worst Days - 22:42 . SPOILER WARNING - 31:38 . Spoiler Filled Review: Burning Questions & Why We Have Closed This Case - 32:30 Twists of the Trial & Why The Mikes Lov...
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 7 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . OSCARS SHORTLISTS ARE OUT: How Did The Best Picture Contenders Do? - 3:53 International Feature Shortlist: One of These IS Your Winner - 10:50 MUAH Marked by its Misses - 22:06 Original Score - 25:17 Original Song is Barbie-fied - 27:30 Sound Has Surprises - 32:25 Visual FX: Not Oppy, So Who? - 33:50 Doc Feature: Another Late Entry, Because Of Course - 38:29 The Shorts Categories Shortlists - 44:45 . ALSOMIKE QUICK REVIEWS: The Iron Claw - 49:18 The Boys in t...
Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 4 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . GOLDEN GLOBES/OSCARS GAMBLING PREVIEW: Explaining Betting Odds - 2:04 . BEST PICTURE: Delusional Confidence in Barbie - 3:24 American Fiction Is a Mystery - 16:13 If You HAD to Bet $100 Right Now… - 20:37 Globes BP Drama: Oppy a Shockingly High Fave - 21:32 A Quick Case for Maestro - 30:02 GG BP C/M Lets You Gamble on Your Gamble - 32:00 . BEST DIRECTOR - A SAFE BET? - 43:02 . SUPPORTING ACTRESS: The Oscars Odds - 50:52 How Much of a Threat is Emily Blunt? - ...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 49 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . CRITICS CHOICE NOMINATIONS: Best Picture Stays Continental/Nom Tallies - 1:40 Director - 9:32 Screenplay Categories Aren’t What They Once Seemed - 14:06 Lead Actress/Actor Have Their Established Pools - 20:37 Both Supporting Categories Have Whittled Down Too - 28:25 Best Ensemble/Young Actor or Actress - 34:26 . Musical Categories - 36:11 Foreign Language Film/Animated Film - 40:59 Cinematography/Film Editing - 44:44 Costume Design/Production Design - 47:42 M...
Dec 14, 2023•1 hr 1 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . GOLDEN GLOBES NOMS REACAP/REAX: General Thoughts -Show Start . Best Picture Drama - 2:27 BP Comedy/Musical - 5:26 Cinematic Achievement + Oscar Crossover Stats - 8:02 Director - 12:05 . Lead Acting Categories - 16:09 Supporting Categories - 30:08 Screenplay - 36:41 . Animated Feature - 39:17 Music Categories - 42:31 Non English Language Film/European Film Awards - 50:21 Doc Feature - 53:02 , Nom Tallies by Movie - 55:32 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 9 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . AWARDS NEWS: The 20 Finalists for VFX Leaked - 1:57 (w/ a Godzilla Minus One Review) . NBR AWARDS PRESENTED: Flower Moon is the Top Winner - 6:20 Rest of the Top 10 and Awards - 10:10 (w/ a Boy and the Heron Review) Anatomy Keeps Sweeping International Categories - 16:45 . AFI TOP 10 REVEALED - 18:57 . INDY SPIRIT NOMS: No Holdovers in Best Picture - 22:30 Lead and Supporting Categories - 27:48 Best Screenplay/Docs/Intl Film/Techs - 33:28 . BIFA AWARDS: Nom T...
Dec 09, 2023•1 hr 11 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MAY DECEMBER OSCARS PROFILE REVIEW: . Spoiler-Free Review: Cast, Background, Release, Reception - 2:30 Expectations - 5:45 Mike1 Isn’t Normal - 8:45 “The Love Guru” Parallel?!?! - 10:31 Script Thoughts - 13:35 The Charles Melton/Young Hollywood Debate - 15:27 Portman/Moore - 22:26 Ensemble/Production Values - 26:07 How Many Noms? - 28:28 . SPOILER WARNING - 33:52 . Spoiler-Filled Review: “Hollywood-ification” of Exploitation - 34:46 Two Sides of a Tight Rope ...
Dec 06, 2023•1 hr 11 min
