Mike, Mike, and Oscar

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . SAG NOMS ARE HERE: . Where’s Sentimental Value?! - 1:23 OBAA Sets SAG Record; Sinners Officially #2 - 13:23 . Lead Actor: Wagner Moura, Edgerton Out, But Not Out of It - 15:22 Lead Actress: Don’t Fear Standing Solo - 20:25 Supporting Actress: The Questions Presented by the SV Misses - 26:58 Supporting Actor: When a Sweeper Goes Winless - 34:27 . Best Ensemble:...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . M1 is Back from Surgery - 1:14 . CRITICS’ CHOICE RECAP: The Effect of CC on Globes, Guilds - 4:10 . The Red/Black Carpet Show Was a Mess… - 6:34 …Aside From Presenting an Award - 9:25 . Chelsea Handler’s Monologue - 13:04 Is Caton a Supporting Actor Threat? - 15:12 Presentation Notes; Train Dreams Surprises - 17:10 Sinners Takes Lead in Casting - 21:57 . Techs...

The Mikes make 10 bold predictions for 2026. We talk about Oscars, Box Office, the industry, celebrities and movie stars and much more. 10: The Netflix / WB Deal is just the beginning of consolidation - 3:56 9: Domestic Year End Numbers Predictions for 2026 - 8:27 8: A prediction on Tentpole Box Office Number for ‘26 films - 10:40 7: This Genre will have a major comeback in 2026 - 16:32 6: A predi...

Luis Mendez of the Mendez Movie Report returns to count our Final Top 10 Film Lists for 2025. Plus, they rundown their honorable mentions out to their top 25’s, end the episode with a Top 3 Most Anticipated Films of the upcoming 2026 film year mini-list… and of course, there’s A LOT of film criticism, box office analysis and Oscars prognostication along the way. Blindspots / Notable Films We Haven...

David Long returns for Part 2 of Holiday Bets, our annual special on the Golden Globes and Oscars betting lines. In this episode, we discuss Lead Actor & Actress, Best Director, Casting, Cinematography, Film Editing, Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Costumes, Sound and Documentary Feature. . Betting Tutorial - 1:42 . David’s Annual Martingale Strategy - 4:25 . Lead Actor: featuring a big...

David Long returns for Holiday Bets part 1 of 2 as we discuss betting lines at the Oscars AND Golden Globes for the categories of Best Picture, Supportings, Screenplay, Score, Song, Animated, Cinematic or Box Office Achievement and International Feature. Mike 1’s Annual Gambling Tutorial - 2:19 . Picture: Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes - 6:41 Globe Picture: Drama - 13:57 Oscars Best Pictur...

Our LIVE reactions to the YouTube Oscars Move comes in the final moments of this episode. Otherwise, we enjoy a full film study and Oscars Profile Review of Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident, winner of the Palme D’or at Cannes, 3 Gotham awards and 4 Golden Globe nominations. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT: Reception & Awards Profile - 3:25 Jafar Panahi’s History of Heroism - 9:...

We breakdown the snubs & surprises from the 98th Oscar Shortlists in all the feature film categories including Best International Feature, Documentary, Score, Song, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound, VFX, Cinematography and Casting. Which films had the best day? Which struggled? Which held serve?? International Feature - 2:19 Documentary Feature - 6:54 Original Score - 12:40 Original Song - 15:40 Make...

We power rank the contenders, specifically the Best Picture Category and go film by film to discuss how all the contenders performed with this past wave of news including the Golden Globe, Critics Choice & Indie Spirit Nominations +++ wins at NBR, AFI and the LAFCA. One Battle After Another is definitely the frontrunner - 2:36 Sinners and how it stacks up w/ Hamnet - 7:50 Hamnet, Mescal’s chances...

We review Jay Kelly starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup and many more recognizable Hollywood stalwarts for Noah Baumbach’s latest feature, now playing on Netflix (crowd boos and we cringe.) Will there be a Netflix bias in the upcoming awards season months? Or will Jay Kelly stay in contention for certain categories? NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF JAY KELLY: Reception, Award Prof...

News of Netflix buying WB & Critics Choice Noms opens the show, and then we dive into a full film study review of Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet, the sad story of how Shakespeare came to write Hamlet. WB sells to Netflix - 1:01 NON-SPOILER REVIEW: Reception & Awards Profiles - 7:01 Awards Profile Thus Far including Critics Choice Award Noms - 12:01 Movie Watching Stories & Non-Spoiler Script Thoughts - 13:46...

We are not mature enough to ignore that she said Jafar Punani, and we promise never to act mature enough to ignore that she said Jufar Punani. You’re welcome. Nor will we ever underreact to the first big winners of awards season at the Gotham and NYFCC Awards + BIFA’s. They mean everything (and nothing at all) AS ALWAYS! Plus, we react to the Thanksgiving week box office, and we review new films f...

Sentimental Value should contend for big nominations at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards and many upcoming precursors as well as major Oscar Nominations, and we have to study it in this loaded film study Oscars Profile review show. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF SENTIMENTAL VALUE: Reception Thus Far. Critical, Audience & Box Office - 2:55 Our Theater-Going Experience - 4:50 The Awards Profile Thus...

What is This Episode? - Top of Show . BOX OFFICE UPDATE: Wicked 2 is Making Money, Despite Reviews Dropping - 2:19 . WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Train Dreams Review - 5:34 AM Reviews The Running Man - 13:00 AM Reviews Predator: Badlands - 16:30 aaaaaand Being Eddie for Good Measure - 19:55 M1 Reviews The History of Sound - 23:10 AM Reviews In Waves In War - 27:17 Death By Lightning Review - 30:11 . MUSIC...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . WICKED FOR GOOD OSCARS PROFILE . Spoiler-Free Review: Reception, Scores, $$ - :55 Script Thoughts, 1.0 - 5:57 The Song Problems - 7:25 Script Thoughts, 2.0 - 10:33 Production Values, JK, Performances - 14:02 Production Design, For Real - 21:12 How Many Noms? - 26:08 . SPOILER WARNING - 33:28 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Get Physical - 34:24 Just…Listen - 37:17 Glin...

Oscar Race Checkpoint returns with a big Awards News segment covering the EFA & BIFA noms, changes from SAG & Critics Choice, an added Gotham Tribute that we called +++ Governor’s Awards and campaign talk. Then we enjoyed a big What We’re Watching segment covering Nouvelle Vague, Ballad of a Small Player, House of Dynamite, Die My Love, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Christy, Nuremberg, Are We Good?,...

Alex Schmider is a producer of award winning films like Changing The Game, Disclosure and Chasing Chasing Amy, and his next film - KICK - will chronicle the amazing journey of 1500m distance runner Nikki Hiltz to the 2024 Olympics. Alex is also the Senior Director of Entertainment at GLAAD, where he oversees consultation and advising on TV, film and digital media that feature LGBTQ characters and...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . FRANKENSTEIN OSCARS PROFILE . Spoiler-Free Review: Background, Scores - 4:30 Script Thoughts - 7:51 Performances - 10:55 (Elordi Makes M1 Hate Himself - 11:43) . The Oscars Lens - 16:05 MUAH is Done - 18:49 Production Design/VFX/Cinematography - 20:21 Score - 24:02 Total Noms - 27:00 . SPOILER WARNING - 28:26 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Is It Alive? - 29:35 Oscar...

Sasha Wortzel, Director of River Of Grass joins the show to talk about her haunting new documentary on the Florida Everglades. Learn more about River Of Grass, watch the full trailer and buy tickets to upcoming film festival screenings. https://www.riverofgrassfilm.com/ And please follow us here at MMO on Social Media and subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts. https://linktr.ee/mikemikean...

The Director/Producer of Class Action Park & How To Rob A Bank - Seth Porges joins our show to discuss his new film, SANTACON, which uncovers a treasure trove of footage of the group that started this red menace, the same people who launched Burning Man & the inspiration for Fight Club’s Project Mayhem, the Cacophony Society. You can check out Seth’s film at DOC NYC, including its World Premiere o...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BUGONIA OSCARS PROFILE . Spoiler-Free Review: Background: Box Office, Scores - 1:11 An Early Oscars Lens; Because…Wtf? - 4:24 Script Thoughts - 7:51 Performances - 10:33 Silverstone-assance - 15:10 Production Values - 17:20 OVER/UNDER HOW MANY NOMS? - 19:21 . SPOILER WARNING - 23:11 . Spoiler-Filled Review: So…Did You Know? - 24:14 Unreliable or Not - 27:37 Fea...

Gotham Nominations show particular strength for One Battle After Another. Plus, we discuss potential winners in each category and review a few of the nominees like Blue Moon & Familiar Touch. Film by Film Nomination Tallies: One Battle After Another stays super strong - 1:10 Blue Moon Review Part 1, underperformers + The Tribute Effect - 4:47 The Gotham Best Feature 10 and the categories Oscars Cr...

Our 8th Annual Horror Movie Awards Show is here as we celebrate the very best, the very worst, and very weird of everything horror since last Halloween. Nosferatu, Sinners, 28 Years Later, Weapons are all eligible for awards. Plus we find some hidden gems. It was another loaded year in horror, and we’re here for it all. And as always, all MMO Award Shows are light to no spoilers. Random Stuff Sect...

Amy Herdy - documentary film producer of the Oscar Nominated The Hunting Ground, the 7x Emmy nominated Allen v Farrow + other award winning films & series like The Bleeding Edge, On The Record, Harry & Meghan, etc - Amy is now making her directorial debut with Parrot Kindergarten, available in select theaters on November 3rd. Synopsis for Parrot Kindergarten & Career Bio for our guest, Amy Herdy -...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . SPRINGSTEEN OSCARS PROFILE . Spoiler-Free Review: Background: The Pundit Parade, Box Office, Scores - 2:22 Plot Premise, Expectations - 7:11 3 Movies Too Many?/Who is This For?/BioDoc Issues - 9:27 Performances - 13:49 The Odd State of the Actor Categories - 18:18 Production Values - 25:17 WILL WHITE BE NOMINATED? - 26:44 . SPOILER WARNING - 28:31 . Spoiler-Fil...