Mike, Mike, and Oscar

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...

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 NE...

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 -...

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 greenli...

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...

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...

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...

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 11:5...

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 -...

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 o...

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...

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 R...

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...

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 1...

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 though...

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 Long...

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 Oscar...

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...

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 -...

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 R...

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 Poo...

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 Ad...

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...

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:...

What Is This Episode - Top of Show LONGLEGS REVIEW . Non-spoiler Review: Specs/Review Scores - 2:20 Critics and the Job of Overhyping - 7:16 “The Scariest Film of the Decade?!” - 9:41 The Weight of Innovation + A Procedural Plea - 16:00 Performances - 20:57 Production Values - 25:57 Oscars? - 28:12 . SPOILER WARNING - 29:48 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Nicky Legs - 30:34 Super Duper - 36:04 Meanings,...