What Is This Episode - Top of Show . GOTHAMS NOMS: Gothams: Oscars Indicators - 2:02 41 Films Nominated in 9 Categories - 5:31 MMO Gotham Predictions - 11:10 . MORE AWARDS NEWS: Disney Buys Grammy Rights for $500M; How Screwed Are the Oscars? - 20:45 The Substance to go Comedy/Musical for Globes - 24:30 Hans Zimmer’s Dune 2 Score Ineligible for Oscars - 26:56 WTF is Happening with Juror #2? - 28:24 . FILM FESTIVAL BEST PICTURE TALLY - 34:50 (Including AlsoMike’s Review of Memoir of a Snail - 37:...
Nov 02, 2024•1 hr 5 min
INTRO - It’s the 2024 Scaries, our 7th Annual Horror Movie Awards Show. There are light spoilers, meaning we have to give some context on a few films. THE RANDOM SECTION: Most Goo - 2:22 Grossest Food - 4:04 Worst Couple - 4:40 Wackiest Monsters 6:54 Best AND Worst Karaoke - 8:55 Would Have Been Superior If Bigfoot - 11:01 What Would You Say Yes To? - 12:00 Apocalyptic Future We Most Deserve - 13:50 Worst Marketing Campaign - 17:18 Random Section Declarations including Most Drinking of Water - 1...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 15 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . CONCLAVE OSCARS PROFILE: . Spoiler-Free Review: Background/Viewing Experiences/Review Scores - 2:26 Writer/Director/Producers and Book vs Film - 8:01 . Fiennes for Best Actor? - 12:33 Did Isabella Rossalini Earn a Nom? - 14:26 Tucci, Lithgow, and the Rest of the Cast- 16:10 . Best Score So Far - 19:32 Production Design/Values - 21:48 . How Many Noms + The Official MMO Noms Total Over/Under - 24:32 . SPOILER WARNING- 32:30 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Conclave and...
Oct 27, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Intro - It’s peace, love, and cupcakes with our special guest host, Andrew Morgan of Recent Activity https://recent-activity.captivate.fm/listen and What’s On Netflix https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/author/andrew-morgan/ Make sure to listen to Andrew and Shane’s podcast and read all of Andrew’s work. This episode will be about our terrific experience at the Woodstock Film Festival, including Non-Spoiler reviews of Anora, Emilia Perez, Flow, Oh Canada, Unstoppable, and Nightbitch. Plus, we have ...
Oct 24, 2024•1 hr 25 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . STUDIOS MAKE THEIR CATEGORY PICKS FOR THE GLOBES: Comedy or Musical Category - 1:25 Drama Category - 6:38 What May Be This Year’s BoRhap? - 11:49 . TRAILER-PALOOZA: Pedro Paramo Trailer 1 aka Look! Hats! - 18:10 Joy Trailer 1 - 21:55 Bird Trailer 1 - 23:52 The Order Trailer 1 - 26:36 The Six Triple Eight Teaser 2 - 28:29 Wallace and Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl Trailer 1 - 30:36 The Monkey Teaser 1 - 34:32 The Electric State Trailer 1 aka An Exploitation of Oas...
Oct 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min
INTRO - Lots of upcoming news, reviews, and trailers to make. Plus, sandwich & burger talk. OSCARS NEWS: 1:55 - This Rotating Host idea sounds awfully familiar. Can it work w/ Deadpool & Wolverine? NYFF REVIEWS: 10:27 - Maria > Downton Abbey, which is high praise. 14:51 - Blitz < Dunkirk, and no amount of margaritas could change my mind. 17:20 - Food Adventures to Hamburger America and Emily w/ margaritas galore. 21:46 - Dahomey is a surprise misfire for AM. OTHER NEWS: 26:35 - Chr...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 4 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . SATURDAY NIGHT OSCARS PROFILE: . Non-spoiler Review: Premise, Being Raised by SNL - 2:00 AlsoMike’s Disastrous NYFF Screening - 5:58 Script Thoughts - 11:55 . Oscars Lens: Picture/Screenplay/Editing - 16:04 Our Top 5 Performances - 21:30 How Many Noms? - 29:24 How Many Noms? (aka Mike1’s Gambling Intervention) - 26:56 . SPOILER WARNING - 38:28 . Spoiler-Filled Review: High on Highs, and Overstuffed Lows - 39:19 Play Ball - 52:35 Deft Punk - 57:45 Skating Arou...
Oct 13, 2024•1 hr 12 min
INTRO - Crazy, Crazier, Craziest. BOX OFFICE REPORT: 0:51 - Joker 2’s Flop. 2:05 - Mike 1’s Lament. 4:13 - How Bad Was This Flop? What’s a recent box office comp? 6:28 - AlsoMike’s Review. 11:46 - M1 predicts how industry may react long term after this and let’s say Smile 2. 12:33 - Joker 2 Oscar Lens. 15:38 - The Rest of the Top 10 Includes The Wild Robot, Beetlejuice & The Substance. IN OTHER NEWS: 17:26 - Daniel Day-Lewis unretires to return for Anemone, directed by his son. 18:51 - Screa...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 5 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Amanda of Swell Entertainment! Make sure to subscribe to Amanda's new channel, Girl Pop Go! https://www.youtube.com/@GirlyPopGo . THE WILD ROBOT OSCARS PROFILE: . Non-spoiler Review: Viewing Experiences - 1:44 The Inevitable Inside Out 2 Head to Head - 7:00 . Oscars Lens: Legitimate Best Picture Buzz? - 11:12 (Your Typical Mass Murdering Family Fare - 15:36) Voice Performances - 17:58 Production ValWHAT MORE. DO THEY HAVE. TO DO?! - 21:51 How Many N...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 13 min
INTRO - This episode is the Zagat sketch from 1990’s SNL. “Ravioli, holy cannoli!” FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: 2:15 - The Life of Chuck has been acquired by NEON. 4:26 - Conclave, Maria, Queer, The Brutalist, etc… all get release dates. 10:01 - The Shrouds acquired by Janus Films. 11:03 - Tarantino says he would like to make a horror movie. 13:32 - Scorsese film delays & The Passion of the Christ 2 greenlit. AWARDS NEWS: 15:37 - The Golden Globes might still be corrupt. 24: 43 - Deadwyler, Ronan, Swi...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 8 min
INTRO - this movie review bundle needs a renewal on our pledge regarding why we love film criticism and do what we do. NON-SPOILER REVIEWS IN THIS EPISODE: The Substance & Why It Needs To Be Oscar Nominated - 4:20. His Three Daughters & Another Rave Review for Azazel Jacobs - 13:45. Speak No Evil breaks up the love fest - 16:14. Robot Dreams’ review here has to be an outlier - 18:58. The Garfield Movie and I know how you all look at me - 21:44. Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos - 23...
Sep 25, 2024•45 min
INTRO - Emmys, Oscars and Zipline stories are all incoming this episode. AWARDS NEWS: 1:22 - Feinberg’s Post Festival Oscars Forecast on THR with a shocking new lead contender, Dune 2’s drift and other surprise strong showings. 5:35 - Emilia Perez selected by France for Best International Feature. 8:16 - The Life of Chuck is still without a distributor. 10:36 - Emilia Perez campaign strategies per Variety & some Lead Actress talk. MIKE, MIKE, & EMMY: 12:28 - Our glowing review of the bro...
Sep 20, 2024•56 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . TIFF ENDS: The Life of Chuck Stuns in a People’s Choice Win - 1:35 Reviewing the Reviewers, With a Twist! - 5:00 Post Festival Movie Scores - 22:14 . FESTIVAL NEWS: Sundance is Down to 3 Finalist Cities - 24:08 Juror #2 Playing AFI Fest - 25:30 Joker 2 Tracks a $70M Domestic Opening - 26:16 Studio Acquisition Recap - 30:24 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: The Fire Inside Trailer #1 - 33:19 Your Monster Trailer #1 - 36:53 Venom The Last Dance Trailer #8,000,000 = 39:27 S...
Sep 16, 2024•59 min
INTRO - where we say Beetlejuice 3 times and curse us all. BOX OFFICE UPDATE / WHAT WE’RE WATCHING 1:55 - Beetlejuice 2 makes good money stateside & M1 doesn’t believe M2’s good review. 6:41 - Deadpool & Wolverine, Reagan, Alien: Romulus, and It Ends With Us round out the top 5. 8:18 - AM likes Rebel Ridge on Netflix, and he also likes him some Taco Bell TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REACTIONS PART I 11:59 - The Wild Robot and how M1 won’t let M2 walk back the Snail slander. 13:51 - Hard Truths ...
Sep 12, 2024•1 hr
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . JOKER 2: NOT GREAT! APPARENTLY! Critic Takes - 2:14 Officially Oscars Worried - 7:20 . VENICE AWARDED THEIR WINNERS: The Room Next Door’s Standing Ovation is Still Happening - 8:53 A Surprise 2nd Place Winner - 14:02 April Seems Wildly Present - 15:51 The Brutalist Wins Best Director; Heals The Sick - 17:13 Nicole Kidman Upsets Angelina Jolie for Best Actress - 24:23 These Festivals Still LOVE Vincent Lindon - 26:47 Screenplay, Breakthrough Actor, More - 28:4...
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Make sure to follow, read and listen to all of Ryan McQuade’s work here: https://awardswatch.com/author/ryan-mcquade/ INTRO: AlsoMike welcomes back Ryan McQuade to talk through his experience at Telluride. We discuss how Ryan’s 10th guest hosting gig should be commemorated, Texas weather, and somehow, Glenn Close in The Deliverance. NON-SPOILER REVIEWS & OSCAR INFO: 4:55 - Conclave: the audacity of Pope, if it’s a Dad movie, stellar performances & intrusive audio 15:27 - Telluride Festiv...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 12 min
INTRO of us excited about a lot of these festival reactions and eventual travel plans of our own. AWARDS NEWS: 2:35 - Nikki Glaser will host the 82nd Golden Globes 4:44 - The Apprentice finds a distributor and pre-election release date VENICE FIRST REACTIONS: 8:21 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and does 3 mins in Italy equal 5 mins in France? 11:42 - Maria and how Angelina’s Venice reception resembles a recent Oscar winner. 15:22 - September 5 and a potential new contender enters the Oscars landscape...
Aug 31, 2024•59 min
INTRO - Professor M1, Adjunct Prof M2 and why we’re not doing Emmy Bets. SUMMER MONTH BY MONTH BOX OFFICE RECAPS 2:31 - June Recap of how we did with our picks on Bad Boys, Inside Out 2, and A Quiet Place 4:46 - July’s huge wins for Minions, Longlegs + Deadpool & Wolverine. But Twisters was weird 6:26 - August’s Alien: Romulus victory + a surprise smash hit with It Ends With Us SUMMER BOX OFFICE REPORT CARDS BY STUDIO 9:18 - Disney is back! And deserving of the highest grade. 10:43 - Neon ge...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 12 min
AWARDS NEWS Top of the Show - We immediately dive into the building buzz for Joker 2 and what it means. 9:04 - The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a surprise pick by Germany for the Oscars. INDUSTRY NEWS 14:13 - Chick-Fil-A is starting a streaming service, and they’re already buying shows. OSCAR TRAILERS 17:12 - Megalopolis yanks its 2nd trailer after they admit to fabricating quotes from critics. 26:00 - The Piano Lesson showcases Danielle Deadwyler and a captivating premise. 29:48 - The Lord of the ...
Aug 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min
INTRO - It's another fully loaded Oscar Race Checkpoint. BOX OFFICE UPDATE 1:02 - Romulus earnings are strong + Ryan and Blake’s shared success 6:41 - Rest of the Top 15 includes Coraline’s comeback & the Borderlands bomb MAKE THE CASE: QUICK NON-SPOILER REVIEWS 7:57 - Cuckoo had awesome style and nearly as much goo as an alien film 10:15 - This Woman and the Sea rave review has enraged everyone 11:50 - Strange Darling teases to be a possible film study from us AWARDS NEWS 12:50 - Joaquin Ph...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min
INTRO - This will be quite the passionate finale of Mike, Mike, and Alien. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF ALIEN: ROMULUS 2:00 - Development Backstory post Fox & Hulu + some creative viral marketing 4:50 - Strong reception numbers & early box office, yet some polarizing tweets & scores 7:37 - Our Theatrical Moviegoing Experience was a Mike, Dan, Mike & Alien Popcorn Bucket. 11:25 - Non Spoiler Script thoughts outlines many pros & cons, potholes, yet no plot holes 16:38 - Praiseworthy p...
Aug 18, 2024•1 hr 27 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing The Duke of Bettingham - David Long! . SUMMER GAMBLING PREVIEW - BEST PICTURE: Which Movie Has The Most Money On It Currently? - 2:43 Define “Value Betting” - 4:55 . The Current Betting Favorites: Dune 2 (+250) - 8:40 (and a History Lesson in Just How Bizarre Dune’s Odds Are - 10:56) Sing Sing (+400) - 17:12 Blitz (+650) - 20:34 . The 10 to 1 and Longer Shots: Joker 2 (+1200) - 25:22 Anora (+1400) - 31:33 A Real Pain (+1400) - 35:15 Conclave (+1400)...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Make sure to read & listen to all of Clayton's work here: https://variety.com/author/clayton-davis/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/variety-awards-circuit/id1536666553 What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Clayton Davis of Variety! . The Oscars Hosting…Scene - 3:08 The Oscars/Emmys/Tonys Awards Web of Crossovers - 13:10 How the Emmys Vote; and FYC Differences Between Emmys and Oscars - 16:20 . THE OSCARS, FESTIVALS, and PREDICTIONS: Why is Vegas So High on Dune 2’s Chances? - ...
Aug 10, 2024•1 hr 44 min
INTRO - Why this episode is most definitely a hodgepodge. AWARDS NEWS: Eugene & Dan Levy may host the Emmys with their Canadian Americana - 2:11 Oscars Host Questions Continue as we bring up a 2nd Week’s worth of names - 4:11 Janet Yang has earned her re-election, but has much work yet to do - 8:52 BAFTAs New Kids Award + Rule Changes have us all constantly tinkering - 11:08 Kneecap & The Devil’s Bath begin that International Feature selections list - 19:52 FESTIVAL NEWS: Our NYFF Main S...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr 13 min
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 6: COVENANT 2017: . Non-spoiler Review: Creating Creation - 2:27 Bizarre Writing Backgrounds - 5:55 Reception/Our Viewing Experiences - 9:47 The Big Budget Horror Curse - 15:03 “If Everything Splatters, Nothing Matters”/Performances - 19:34 In Space, No One Can Hear You Set a Scene (Best Production Values) - 22:16 . SPOILER WARNING - 26:03 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - ...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 9 min
INTRO - At least our schedules were open for THIS CRAZY BARRAGE OF MOVIE NEWS! OSCARS HOST NEWS: 1:20 - Jimmy Kimmel then John Mulaney both turn down the job, and we wonder why. 4:33 - So who hosts??!! And it’s a huge list of names in play to go over. SAN DIEGO COMIC CON ‘24: Hall H Marvel Presentations 17:39 - Robert Downey Jr’s return as Doctor Doom, and we have some conditions 27:05 - Why the Russo’s return makes sense and talking ourselves into RDJ some more. 31:30 - The Fantastic Four: Firs...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 12 min
What is This Episode? - Top of Show . DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE REVIEW: . Spoiler-Free Review: Reception/Scores/Viewings/Box Office - 2:15 Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds and What Was MCU Plan B?? - 10:20 NOMINATE. HUGH. DAMMIT… - 23:38 …And an Academy Question - 26:00 Technical Categories - 30:51 How Many Noms? - 34:17 . SPOILER WARNING - 39:20 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Slow-Mowin’ Em Down - 40:17 Sad Pool - 44:15 Dear Cassandra - 49:42 Gang’s All Here - 56:00 Closure. Or Closure? - 59:40 . FINAL GR...
Jul 27, 2024•1 hr 18 min
A TIFF 2024 RUNDOWN: 1:47 - Previously Announced TIFF Premieres: We get the obligatory Family Guy reference out of the way. Then we discuss how Eden is about hot people on an island, why we need to be right about Nightbitch, and whether We Live In Time is more Brooklyn or Goldfinch. TIFF GALAS & SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: 4:01 - Opening Night with Nutcrackers from David Gordon Green and that stupid Adam Sandler movie that one of us thinks is great. 6:25 - Closing Night with Rebel Wilson’s The De...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 5: PROMETHEUS 2012: . Non-spoiler Review: Ridley is Ready for a Prequel - 2:09 BladeRunner Type Prequel - 6:46 Our Viewing Experiences - 11:45 Script Thoughts - 16:10 Performances - 18:05 In Space, No One Can Hear You Set a Scene (Best Production Values) - 21:42 . SPOILER WARNING - 26:25 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - 27:08 Most Mike-Like Move/Un-Mike Like Move - 33:15 T...
Jul 21, 2024•1 hr 5 min
INTRO: Let’s talk about how Mike is becoming Tyler Durden. MIKE, MIKE, AND EMMY: - We go show by show to recap and tally up all of the 76th Primetime Emmy Nominations, ending each section with some conversation on the snubs, the Vegas betting lines, plus a smattering of predictions, bets, and over/unders. 3:49 - Tallies by Network 5:55 - Comedy Series Categories 20:09 - Drama Series Categories 31:38 - Limited or Anthology Series Categories + Best TV Movie. OSCAR TRAILERS: 39:11 - Anora and why t...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 21 min
