Mike, Mike, and Oscar

It’s part 3 of our Woodstock Film Festival movie reviews as we discuss the 26th Awards Ceremony and some must see movies that won hardware. Plus, we review The Black Phone 2 & Shelby Oaks before diving into a non-spoiler AND spoiler review segment on After the Hunt. 26th WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS: An Audience Awards Winner getting its “second wind” in the Oscars race? - 3:52 The Plague w/ Joe...

Hamnet, Rental Family, Is This Thing On?, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Sentimental Value, Hedda, The Secret Agent and more films, restaurants and travel all reviewed LIVE! from the 26th Woodstock Film Festival. More shownotes coming soon (after I settle back in from a long trip). For Part 2 of our Woodstock Festival Reviews, make sure to subscribe to the Recent Activity podcast. https://recent-activit...

Delilah Napier & Lucy Powers are the filmmakers and stars of Floating Carousel, a new dark comedy about modern day dating in NYC, premiering this weekend at the 26th Woodstock Film Festival. An Introduction to the Filmmakers - Top of the Show Synopsis & Cast for Floating Carousel - 1:27 This is based on a wild true story - 2:37 Their Writing Process - 7:26 Giving Their Actors Freedom to Roll - 9:2...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MMO INTERVIEWS ADULT CHILDREN STAR/PRODUCER THOMAS SADOSKI! . How Adult Children Came to Exist - 3:43 HOF TV vs Indy Movie Prep - 6:32 A Purposefully Nostalgic Drama - 10:55 When Tom Found Josh - 16:19 . The Meaning and Importance of Woodstock FF - 19:38 Hollywood’s “Bottom Line-ism” + The Genre w/ Most Freedom - 26:40 . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! -...

This Oscar Race Checkpoint reviews Is This Thing On? At the NYFF +++ A House of Dynamite, The Mastermind, The Lost Bus, John Candy: I Like Me, Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, and My Father the BTK Killer. Plus, as always no spoilers. Upcoming coverage of the Woodstock Film Festival & NYFF Ticketing - Top of the Show Meeting a Celeb at random at the Angelika Film Center - 5:40 A HOUSE OF DYNAMIT...

What is This Episode? - Top of Show . UPCOMING MOVIE NEWS: Elordi, Bond Elordi?! - 4:14 Every Dude Bro Actor Will be in Heat 2 - 7:14 . AWARDS NEWS: Chase Infinity to Run as Lead Actress - 10:51 Song Sung Blue is a Comedy for Globes - 15:07 Paul Mescal Goes Supporting for Hamnet - 16:33 Diego Luna/JLo Supporting, Tonatiuh Lead for Spider Woman - 17:58 (And AM Reviews Kiss of the Spider Woman, misr...

Ryan McQuade returns to discuss his film festival journeys, his love for One Battle After Another, and the state of the Oscars Race, especially as it pertains to OBAA, The Smashing Machine and other October films. Ryan McQuade’s favorite foods at Cannes, Telluride & AFI - 2:54 ON THE CLOCK: PTI STYLE PRESENTATIONS BY RYAN: 7:55 His 3 Minute Review of One Battle After Another - 8:28 A discussion of...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE SMASHING MACHINE OSCARS PROFILE . Nonspoiler Review: Rock and Safdie Passing Ships in the Night - 2:42 Expectations - 8:36 The Highs and Lows of the Script - 10:07 (And The Rock Becoming The Boulder - 13:33) Performances: It Goes to 11 - 16:47 How Many Noms?, p.1 - 21:43 Production Values - 22:50 How Many Noms?, p.2 - 27:34 . SPOILER WARNING - 29:05 . Spoil...

Part 11 and the finale of Boogie Mikes, our Paul Thomas Anderson rewatch series leading up to and reviewing One Battle After Another is here. And like we do with all our series, we wanted to celebrate it with one of our Homemade Awards shows, where we enjoy a slew of fun categories. NON-SPOILER SECTION: Though to be fair, we do allude to some often memed about scenes that are fully in the zeitgeis...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BOOGIE MIKES P.10: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER . Nonspoiler Review: A Lifelong Pursuit - 2:20 Money, and the Many Ways it Matters - 5:13 Expectations/Script Thoughts - 15:47 Performances/Casting: Leo’s/Penn/s Best Ever? - 22:04 Production Values - 31:07 How Many Noms? - 35:30 . SPOILER WARNING - 38:19 . Spoiler Review: Who Would Phillip Have Played?/Daddy Daughter...

We discuss Jimmy Kimmel’s reinstatement, the latest developments in Best International Feature, a September MovieReview Bundle including reviews of Downton Abbey, The Long Walk, AKA Charlie Sheen, etc +++ new trailers like Anaconda, The Housemaid, & Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. NEWS: Jimmy Kimmel’s Late Night Show has been taken off suspension - 1:02 Best International Feature Updates inc...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BOOGIE MIKES P.9: LICORICE PIZZA REVIEW . Nonspoiler Review: PTA’s Real Life Evolved - 2:06 Review Scores/Awards Goods - 4:53 Script Thoughts - 9:03 Performances/Production Values - 15:52 Can This Be Recommended? - 30:15 . SPOILER WARNING - 34:01 . Spoiler Review: May December Oh No - 35:00 Romeo and Juliet - 37:27 More Highs and Lows - 45:35 Why This Ending? -...

Hamnet wins the People’s Choice Award as we wrap up our thoughts on TIFF, and we dive into the Best International Feature category amidst many new National Selections. Then we dive into a centerpiece look at the Primetime Emmy Awards, and we finish by catching up with some new movie trailers including the latest looks at Springsteen, Christy & Wicked: For Good. Our condolences to Charlie Kirk’s fa...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BOOGIE MIKES P.8: PHANTOM THREAD REVIEW . Nonspoiler Review: PTA Goes Goth - 2:40 Review Scores/Awards Goods - 5:15 Script Thoughts - 9:29 Performances/Production Values - 15:16 PTA’s Best? - 24:05 . SPOILER WARNING - 26:27 . Spoiler Review: Happiness is Punishment - 27:20 Alma’s Hand, Cyril’s House - 30:57 Mama - 39:55 That Girl is Poison - 42:10 . FINAL GRADE...

One Battle After Another 1st reactions are in. Then we dive deep into the Venice Awards Winners & tally the ovations. Plus, we discuss the Toronto Film Festival Premieres including Knives Out 3, Brendan Fraser in Rental Family, Channing Tatum’s Roofman, and Sydney Sweeney’s Christy. One Battle After Another 1st Reactions - 1:34 VENICE AWARDS + More Venice 1st Reactions: Golden Lion to Father Mothe...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE CONJURING LAST RITES REVIEW: . Nonspoiler Review: Background and Skeptic AlsoMike - 2:11 Review Scores/Record Setting Box Office Start - 6:02 Is This REALLY The Last One? - 8:44 Script Thoughts - 11:33 Performances/Production Values - 19:16 . SPOILER WARNING - 27:51 . Spoiler Review: Spin Off, Sequel, or Retcon? - 29:04 Landing the Plane - 32:00 Who’s The B...

Telluride & Venice first reactions are finally here, and rave reviews have hit for Hamnet, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, The Testament of Ann Lee, Adam Sandler, No Other Choice, Julia Roberts, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Greta Lee, and so many more. VENICE & TELLURIDE REACTIONS (Including Reviewing the Reviewers): Jay Kelly + M1’s Headline for the Episode - 2:00 . Supporting Actor Category...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . PTA REWATCH P. 7 - INHERENT VICE REVIEW: . Nonspoiler Review: Production Story: A Simple Favor - 3:15 Expectations - 9:02 PTA’s Noir Troll - 11:04 Everybody’s In This - 16:33 Production Values Are Impossible On First Watch- 21:15 What’s the Pitch to Make Someone Watch This? - 24:21 . SPOILER WARNING - 28:03 . Spoiler Review: PTA is LA - 29:02 Fight the Power -...

Summer Box Office Report Cards are the episode’s centerpiece. Until then, we discuss Daniel Day-Lewis’ return, JLO’s latest musical and new animated feature contenders during our Trailer Reviews segment. We review new movies like K-Pop Demon Hunters, Honey, Don’t, Relay and Eenie Meenie during our Box Office Report and What We’re Watching segments. Plus, AlsoMike turns heel with a shockingly bad r...

Part 6 of Boogie Mikes is our film study of Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons, and Laura Dern. Production History and Reception for The Master - 2:24 Non-Spoiler Story Thoughts + Summary of its Awards Profile - 14:18 Review of the Performances - 18:14 Review of the Production Values - 25:56 Our Final Non-Spoile...

What if YouTube bought the broadcast rights to the Academy Awards? We discuss the latest rumors via Bloomberg. Otherwise, we also break down trailers for Marty Supreme, It Was Just An Accident, Ballad of a Small Player, Keeper, etc. We discuss the Lineup for Fantastic Fest & other movie news before reviewing / revisiting some new releases from Highest 2 Lowest & Freakier Friday to Superman & Weapo...

PTA REWATCH P. 5 - THERE WILL BE BLOOD REVIEW: . Nonspoiler Review: Production Story: How DDL Met Daniel Plainview - 4:17 Can You Tell a PTA Film? - 23:43 DDL: The Last Dance - 29:01 Production Values and When a Horror Score Goes Drama - 39:50 What’s the Pitch to Make Someone Watch This? - 45:30 . SPOILER WARNING - 47:37 . Spoiler Review: PTA Fusing Spielberg and Altman - 48:27 Does Plainview Love...

We discuss the new AMPAS President before reacting to the full NYFF63 lineup, the TIFF additions and tributes, and by deduction, we work out some of the Telluride slate. Plus we review Cloud, Sorry Baby & Together while also discussing new trailers for Rental Family, One Battle After Another, etc. ACADEMY NEWS: Lynette Howell Taylor is our new President - 1:29 Will the Oscars remain on ABC after D...

Part 4 of Boogie Mikes is our film study of PTA’s Punch-Drunk Love, starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and we immediately have to reckon with the RomCom genre before even starting our conversation on this one. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE Production Story, A Mostly Positive Reception + Hard Pivots for Sandler & PTA - 3:18 The Historical Significance & Non-Spo...

One of our most anticipated films of the year is finally here as we are thrilled to be reviewing Weapons in this film study episode. Don’t worry. No spoilers for the first half, not even any hints… and then you can enjoy our plot reactions in the 2nd half to discuss what it all means after our spoiler warning. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF WEAPONS: Vowing to be extra careful about spoilers this episode -...