2025-26 Oscar Profile Movie Review Film Study Episodes

The Conjuring Cinematic Universe Reviews

Here's all our horror related content in one place!

This playlist includes...
...Our 1st & 2nd annual Scaries, aHorror Movie Awards Shows
3 #AllTheHorror episodes on Slashers, Zombies & American Psycho
...The MMO Top 5's Episode on our All Time Horror Movie Experiences
MMO Does Halloween: Our Michael Myers Franchise Re-Watch
...A 4 part series on the Conjuring Universe
The Joker Character Study
...Two Part Mini-Series on Jordan Peele's Us, Ari Aster's Hereditary, both Suspiria's, both Pet Sematary's, and ALL of our other horror film reviews including favorites like Get Out, Midsommar, Ready Or Not, & It Chapter Two.

MMO Loves Horror

We do a massive 45 minute preview of Cannes 2021 before trailer reactions for Last Night In Soho, Dear Evan Hansen, Eternals etc. and movie reviews for Cruella, A Quiet Place Part II, and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.

What Is This Episode? - Top of Show
Mike1 REALLY LIKES Bo Burnham’s Inside - 1:27
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PREVIEWING CANNES:
Fast 9 Will Screen @ Cannes - 3:23
Anne Thompson Worries About Momentum - 4:50
What ISSS The French Dispatch? - 10:50
Cannes Opening Night’s Oscars’ History + Annette - 14:17
AlsoMike’s 3 Cannes Standouts + Un Certain Regard Players - 20:12
Buzzy New + Lesser Known Cannes Additions - 25:42
Big Name Documentaries Too - 34:23
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Diversity is Still an Issue - 36:00
Movies Cannes DID NOT Pick + No Netflix - 38:40
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OSCAR TRAILERS:
Last Night in SoHo - 45:04
The Eternals, Dear Evan Hansen, No Sudden Move - 48:00
Reminscence + Demonic - 52:27
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Can Jessica Chastain Get People to Care About Tammy Faye? - 55:30
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MAKE THE CASE:
Cruella - 59:07
A Quiet Place 2 - 1:02:21
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BOX OFFICE UPDATE/CONJURING 3 REVIEW - 1:06:16
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ACADEMY NEWS:
Oscars Moved to 3/27/22 - 1:13:33
Academy Rolling Back on Invitations - 1:18:16
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THANK YOU!!!!!/LEAVE US A 5* REVIEW! - 1:21:23
Film-Year-Ending Words of Wisdom - 1:22:21

Our year in preview series is technically over. But we cannot avoid another massive preview episode here as we speculate about everything heading to the south of france for the the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Will there be another Parasite or Pulp? We profile all of the filmmakers and stars and buzzy titles headed to the 74th Cannes Film Fest, react to which films are in and out of competition, and we discuss how the festival is meeting standards of inclusion and diversity, or not.

Our previewing continues with an accelerated Oscar Trailers segment as we recap the highs and lows from trailers for Last Night In Soho, Dear Evan Hansen, No Sudden Move, Reminiscence, and Demonic. Then we enjoy a Make The Case movie review segment for Cruella, A Quiet Place Part II, and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Can Cruella compete in the artisan categories? Will A Quiet Place Part II be nominated in VFX? Where in Connecticut didn’t the Warrens visit in The Conjuring 3? It’s all here in this massive catch up ORC.

As always, we want to hear your thoughts. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are at Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & hear us on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you might listen. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar, and we’re making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. Thank you! And do stay safe, everybody.

Cannes, Conjuring, Cruella, Cuiet Place, Catsup - ORC 6/9(nice)/21

What is This Show? - Top of Episode
Introducing Amanda of Swell Entertainment!
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THE NIGHT HOUSE REVIEW:
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NONSPOILER REVIEW:
Cast, Crew, Reception - 4:40
Premise/Expectations/Watching Experiences - 10:09
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Writing/Directing - 13:40
Is It a Fulfilling Watch? - 19:55
Oscar Lens Conclusion - 21:27
Watch or Not? - 26:38
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SPOILER WARNING/EXPLANATION - 28:24
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SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW:
Sorry, Collider - 30:48
Happy or Bleak Ending? - 34:43
WTF is Nothing, pt 1 - 37:00
Demons Lie - 40:48
Reality - 46:40
WTF is Nothing, pt. 2 - 50:03
After School Activities - 56:35
WTF is Nothing, pt. 3 - 58:20
Talisman and Totems - 1:03:20
Gunshots and Dopplegangers and Demons - 1:08:43
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A TOTALLY FUN, LIGHT-HEARTED GAME! - 1:14:07

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FINAL GRADES - 1:20:02
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Your Homework/Our/Amanda’s Socials - 1:22:19
What’s Next For MMO - 1:24:17
(Bonus Candyman + Nosferatu Remake Talk - 1:24:53)

The Night House Review w/ Amanda - The "What The Hell?!" With Swell - Ep 374

What is This Episode? - Top of Show
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HALLOWEEN KILLS REVIEW:
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SPOILER-FREE REVIEW:
Reception - 2:28
Expectations/Watching Experiences - 6:47
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Writing/Directing - 8:53
Performances - 11:56
Production Values - 15:15
Watch or Not? - 18:28
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SPOILER WARNING - 21:12
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SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW:
The Mike1 “Part 2” Trilogy Manifesto - 22:20
Learning On the Sidelines- 31:50
AMH+ We’re a Big, Unruly Mob 1 - 35:20
Best: Michael, The Artist + Laurie, The Bad Ass - 42:00
Best: Tell Me a Story - 46:01
Worst: We’re a Big, Unruly Mob 2 - 51:00
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PREDICTING HALLOWEEN ENDS - 57:38
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FINAL GRADES - 1:04:20
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Where to Find Us/LEAVE US A 5* REVIEW! - 1:06:20
What’s Next/Words of Wisdom - 1:07:06

Halloween Kills Review - Halloween 12: Halloween 2 - Part H3 - MMO Does Halloween - Ep 380

What is This Episode? - Top of Show
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THE 2021 SCARIES AWARDS!
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THE NEW HORROR FILMS:
Recent Character You Don’t Want to Quarantine With - 3:00
Recent Setting You Don’t Want to Quarantine At - 5:30
Recent Setting You’d Most Welcome - 10:00
Character You Most Trust Your Life To - 13:28
Least/Most Stylish Clothing - 15:55
Scariest/Least Scary Prop - 20:50
Fastest To Kill Mike1 - 22:52
Best Production Value - 25:25
Best Supporting/Lead Performances - 27:10
Character You Wanted Dead - 31:26
Worst Horror Film of the Year - 35:30
People’s Choice Horror Movie - 36:45
Indy Spirit Horror Movie - 40:20
Best Achievement in Scary - 42:45
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JOHN CARPENTER HORROR MASTER AWARDS:
Like or Dislike? - 47:08
Who Wins a Carpenter Battle Royale? - 50:50
Best Character Name - 54:11
Best Carpenter Score - 57:28
Scariest Carpenter Film - 59:30
Worst Oscar Snub - 1:01:47
Best Film/Films By Star - 1:06:10
Power Ranking The Carpenter Filmography - 1:11:17
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MOVIES ABOUT CULTS AWARDS:
Creepiest Nudity Award - 1:16:23
Cult You Can’t Escape From - 1:18:38
Most Fun Cult to Join - 1:20:53
Best Looking Cult Food - 1:22:13
Would You Have The Devil’s Baby If… - 1:25:00
Most Humiliating Cult To Get You - 1:27:57
Most Charismatic Cult Leader - 1:31:35
Best Film About Cult Survivor Who May Not Be Out - 1:33:05
Best Cult Discovery Film - 1:35:16
Best Film About Fighting a Cult - 1:36:47
Funniest/Scariest Film About a Cult - 1:38:50
Best Non-Horror Cult Film - 1:41:15
Best Cult Movie Ever - 1:46:56
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Socials/Your Homework - 1:49:06
What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 1:50:50

The Scaries Vol 4 - Cults, Carpenter, and One Crazy Killer Year in Horror - Ep 381

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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SINNERS OSCARS PROFILE:
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Spoiler-Free Review:
Historic Box Office/Review Scores and WB Redemption - 2:06
Coogler’s “Studio Ruining” Deal - 11:52
The Fumbling of Marketing Black Helmed Films Internationally - 15:00
Expectations/What is an Oscars Movie? - 18:43
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Michael B Jordan - 23:11
Casting/Supporting Performances - 25:37
Ludwig Göransson and Music - 28:06
Cinematography/Prod Design/Costume/MUAH/VFX - 29:50
How Many Noms? - 35:14
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SPOILER WARNING - 40:46
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Spoiler-Filled Review:
A Blues Movie or a Vampire Movie? - 42:00
The Conflict Isn’t What You Think - 48:42
THE Scene - 51:42
The Dilemma - 54:06
In Too Deep and Over Our Heads - 1:01:45
More Highs and Lows - 1:08:00
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FINAL GRADES - 1:15:27
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MMO What’s Next/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 1:16:48

Sinners Oscars Profile - When Coogler Went God Mode - Ep 478

Kolby Mac returns to review James Gunn’s Superman. It’s a massive film study, a pointed Oscars Profile, and we have the perfect guest for the occasion. 

NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION FOR SUPERMAN:
Reception, Box Office, & Our Movie Watching Experiences - 2:37 
General Thoughts + Comparing to other James Gunn Films - 10:16 
Why “superhero fatigue” is a premise for this story - 15:50 
Rewatchability, The Superman Problem & Worldbuilding - 19:11 
How the Politics are benign - 24:48 
An Ensemble of Strong Performances - 31:39 
Production Values and Oscar Lens - 40:57 

Spoiler Warning - 50:55 

SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: 
Changing the canon for good and for ill - 52:18 
Making character scenes count because it’s such an ensemble piece - 58:11 
Where James Gunn is ambitious - 1:02:05 
How a strong evil plan brings about a more rounded hero - 1:08:33 
Combating superhero fatigue & why it’s polarizing - 1:11:01 
More Bests & Worst Scenes - 1:14:29 
What’s coming next for the DCU & Our Grades - 1:20:32 

OUTRO: What’s coming next on The Kolby Told Me Podcast and where you can find all of Kolby’s work on the internet. Make sure you guys follow him on social media and like, subscribe and review & rate him 5 stars. He goes back with us, and we love having him on the show. As for what’s coming next from us, we’ll hopefully do some Mike, Mike and Emmy work with the Emmy Noms incoming this week. Plus, we will continue to follow the Superman Box Office and root for it in theaters. 

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Superman '25 w/ Kolby Mac - Gunn's Big Gamble - Ep 483

We review The Fantastic Four: First Steps in this Oscars Profile Film Study. The Non-Spoiler Section builds to an Oscars Lens, where we predict if this movie will get any nominations, and then we discuss the plot in its entirety in our 2nd Half Spoiler Section.

NON-SPOILER REVIEW:
Which of the Fantastic Four are we? - Top of the Show 
Place in the MCU Phase 6 and that Kevin Feige interview - 2:56 
No Homework - 4:28 
The Reception Thus Far + Early Box Office - 5:23 
Our Expectations & Common Problems People Have - 8:54 
What if James Gunn stayed? + Handling the Origin Story - 12:21 
Pacing Problems & We Wanted More Time To Hangout  - 15:17 
But we do get meaningful stakes + rounded, charming characters - 17:17 
Review of the Performances & Was Pascal Miscast? - 19:29 
Super Strong Production Values - 23:54 
The Oscar Lens on VFX, Original Score, Costumes & Production Design  - 26:57 

SPOILER WARNING - 34:22 

SPOILER FILLED REVIEW:
Talking Galactus - 35:13 
The biggest win for this movie - 37:40 
How The Movie Met or Did Not Meet Mike1’s Predictions - 38:57 
The Most Asinine Complaint about the middle action sequence - 41:51 
The biggest problem with the pacing, but we like the dilemmas in play - 43:06 
Leaving us wanting more - 47:52 
The Retro-Futuristic of it all & The Post Credit Scenes - 49:10 
Final Grades - 52:48 

OUTRO: Heavy breathing into the microphone distracts Mike1 while he’s trying to remember the Outro and belly drums as Mike2 hints at his NYC movie watching weekend. We continue to avoid discussing what’s coming next on the show so as not to jinx Mike1’s health. But do please follow us on our socials and rate & review our show: https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

And we do recommend our previous MCU Playlists on Soundcloud, which you can enjoy here. As always, thanks for listening. 

Marvel Cinematic Universe Series Review
https://soundcloud.com/mikemikeandoscar/sets/mcu-series-review-1

Avengers Endgame Coverage
https://soundcloud.com/mikemikeandoscar/sets/avengers-endgame-coverage


The Fantastic Four: First Steps Film Study - Yeah, You Eat Dat Planet - Ep 484

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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THE CONJURING LAST RITES REVIEW:
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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
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SPOILER WARNING - 27:51
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Spoiler Review:
Spin Off, Sequel, or Retcon? - 29:04
Landing the Plane - 32:00
Who’s The Boss? - 45:02
More Highs and Lows - 47:52
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FINAL GRADES - 51:22
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What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 53:04

The Conjuring Last Rites - When a Finale, Isn't - Ep 493

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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BOOGIE MIKES P.10: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
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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
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SPOILER WARNING - 38:19
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Spoiler Review:
Who Would Phillip Have Played?/Daddy Daughter Day - 39:24
Sex, Bay Bee - 44:14
PTA: Crime Boss - 48:02
Saint Nick - 50:34
Finale - 58:06
What Does Leo Know? - 1:02:12
More Highs and Lows - 1:04:45
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FINAL GRADES - 1:10:25
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What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 1:11:46

One Battle After Another - Anywhere From 8 to 197 Noms - Boogie Mikes p.10 - ep 496

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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THE SMASHING MACHINE OSCARS PROFILE
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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

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SPOILER WARNING - 29:05
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Spoiler Review:
Mike1 Heel Turns on Rocky - 29:51
Your Toxic Lungs Filling Under - 39:30
Baseketball Shoutout - 42:33
More Highs and Lows - 46:02
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FINAL GRADES - 48:49
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What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 49:52

The Smashing Machine - An Invulnerable Rock - Ep 498

+ A Warrens Bio.

***This is a Non-Spoiler Episode for The Conjuring & Annabelle***
Look, we discuss some premise info & allude to some scenes, but for the most part, you shall remain unspoiled.  If you hate the slightest whiff of spoilers, maybe see the films first. If not, enjoy.

Intro / The Cinematic Universe Discussion - 2:23
Meet Ed & Lorraine Warren - 6:00
The real Annabelle doll Urban Legend - 9:41

The Conjuring Non-Spoiler Review
Cast & Crew - 11:02
Specs - 18:07
Plot / Premise / the Ghost Hunter Craze - 21:15
Production Values / Rest of the Best & Worst Scenes - 25:30
Where It Fits in the Franchise - 29:07
Oscar Lens / Why It’s a Hit - 33:05

Annabelle Some-Spoiler Review
Cast & Crew - 33:45
Specs - 38:05
Plot / Premise / Occult Murder Craze - 41:35
Rest of the Best / Worst Scenes - 44:47
Where It Fits in the Franchise / Why It’s a Hit - 51:56

Outro / Social Media - 56:26

This was fun.  As we’ve been known to do, we enjoy taking some diversions from the prototypical Oscar coverage and enjoy some other genres / more blockbuster entertainment.  We’ve reviewed the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Mission Impossible films, and now we’re reviewing the Conjuring / Warren Cinematic Universe.  

In this episode, we give you non-spoiler reviews of The Conjuring and Annabelle.  Next week, we’ll conclude our preview of The Nun, the fifth film in this franchise with another episode covering the The Conjuring 2 and Annabelle: Creation.  Of course, we’ll finish the series with a movie event pod reviewing The Nun.

So by way of introduction, we had lots of fun discussing the imperative movie studios gave themselves going into this new age of filmmaking: the Cinematic Universe.  Then we give you some basic information about paranormal investigator hall of famers, Ed & Lorraine Warren.  

Our non-spoiler reviews do get into some premise information, and we may give you the outlines or a few beats of later scenes.  But for the most part, we remain spoiler free.  We enjoy making fun of some of the genre conventions and worst scenes, and yet, even with the poorly reviewed Annabelle, we honestly had a ton of fun re-watching & reviewing these two films.

We’ve previewed the month of September featuring a profile of The Nun in episode 93, and we’ve also covered the horror movie trailers for Halloween in DatA 2 and Mandy in DatA 3. In episodes 75 & 77, we gave the full Oscar Sprint Profile treatment to Toni Collette & the terrific new horror film, Hereditary.  So if you love the genre as much as we do, check out our back catalog of episodes.

Let us know what you think of the Warren Cinematic Universe. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Reddit, Instagram, and Gmail.  We’re @MMandOscar on Twitter, and you can find our podcast just about wherever you may listen on Soundcloud, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc… So check out our massive back catalog of episodes and always remember our slogan.  When reality sucks, watch movies with us.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

Conjuring Universe 1 : Previewing The Nun - The Conjuring, Annabelle, And The Warrens - Ep 96

+ A James Wan Bio.

*This episode reviewing The Conjuring 2 & Annabelle: Creation is MOSTLY SPOILER FREE*

We discuss and allude to several act II and even act III beats of these stories.  So if you’re deathly allergic to spoilers in any form, you should see these films first before listening.  If not, do enjoy.  We certainly had way too much fun here.

The Conjuring 2 review:

Cast & Crew / The Wan/Whannell friendship - 5:31
Movie Specs / Another Windfall of Cast - 14:00
Plot / Premise - 18:59
Best & Worst Scenes - 19:54
Oscar Lens / Warren’s Universe Fit - 25:59

Annabelle: Creation review:

Cast & Crew / Good Actors & Bad Wigs - 29:54
Movie Specs / Even More $$$ for WB - 34:40
Plot / Premise - 40:38
Worst & Best Scenes - 43:11
Oscar Lens/Warren’s Universe Fit - 49:43

Social Media and THANK YOU! YES, YOU! - 53:10


The Nun premieres later this week, and we’re continuing with our Conjuring Universe re-watch.  Do go back and check out our first episode in the mini-series (ep 96) where we covered the origins of this CU, some bio & background information on Ed & Lorraine Warren, and then we reviewed the first Conjuring and Annabelle films.  Now we discuss their follow-ups: The Conjuring 2 and Annabelle: Creation.

Both films were box office hits.  The Conjuring 2 furthers the paranormal investigator story template and introduces several more possibilities for spin off films (hint, the first of these rhymes with the schmun), and though C2 may be the scariest film in awhile, the next film - Annabelle: Creation brings us to an odd locale for a horror film, the desert and delivers some of the best scares of the series.  

Now we’ve often said, MMO delivers equal parts film appreciation, criticism, and nonsense.  In this case, the scary material rattles us to the breaking point, and we have perhaps one of our silliest episodes in awhile.  So perhaps there’s more nonsense in this one, and you’re welcome.

We always love to divert our attentions from the red of the carpets to that of the blood soaked horror genre.  We also love it when we can discuss both as we’ve devoted episodes 75 & 77 to the Oscar contender, Hereditary and Toni Collette’s all timer level performance.  DatA’s 2 & 3 covers previews & trailers for the upcoming Halloween film of this October, and the newly scheduled Mandy film coming to us soon in the second week of September.  We’ll be reviewing both of those as well as The Nun, which we plan for early next week.

If you’re a horror movie aficionado like us Mikes, then do chat with us on social media.  We are Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Gmail.  We’re @MMandOscar on Twitter, where we’re most active.  Then do find us wherever you may enjoy listening to podcasts and please review / share / like / & comment to your heart’s content.  Whatever clicks & 5 stars you can spare do go a long way to organically growing our audience, which I’m proud to say gave us our best month yet this past August.  Let’s make September even stronger.

So thank you once again.  Here’s our slogan.  When reality sucks, watch movies with us.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

Conjuring Universe 2: Hyping The Nun 2.0 - The Conjuring 2, Annabelle: Creation Reviews - Ep 98

A must for Horror Fans!

***This Review of The Nun Has a Spoiler Section***
We’re spoiler free for the first (33) minutes.  Then we break down the plot in all it’s gothic glory.

The Nun: Non-Spoiler Review

Cast & Crew - 4:40
Production Notes - 11:32
Movie Specs - 13:21
Premise / Expectations / Theater Going Experience - 17:32
Review of Production Values - 20:20
Performances - 25:33
Ranking The Conjuring Series Protagonists - 27:41
Oscar Lens - 30:58

Spoiler Music - 33:06

Immediate Carryovers / THE worst scene - 34:14
Plot Discussion / Lots of bests & worsts - Sprinkled Throughout This Segment
Final Thoughts & Grades - 50:26
The Warrens’ Cinematic Universe Re-Rank - 51:48

Social Media Us! - 55:30


The newest film in the James Wan / Ed & Lorrain Warren / WB Conjuring Universe is setting new opening weekend box office high for the franchise.  During our re-watch pods, we’ve already highlighted some huge profits.  So this is high praise considering the budgets of tens of millions have resulted in well over a billion dollars in total earnings.  

As for the quality of the film and the horror movie goods, that’s where we can have the in-depth discussion.  Audience scores have been mixed, and critical numbers have been down.  So let us weigh in with a final word on when and how and why you should see movie.  For this reason, we give you your money’s worth with a non-spoiler review.  Then for the fans who’ve already gone and seen it, we have a full breakdown of the plot in spoilers.

Reviewing all these horror movies the last two weeks must have done a number on our nerves. Because we may have been weirder than usual in this episode.  Banter happens, songs get sung, and we’re doing bizarro voices.  This genre must allow us to let our hair down or something (yes, that’s a metaphor).  In any case, you’re welcome.

Chat with us on social media.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit.  We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, where we’re most active.  Do get us your SixDegreesOfMMO responses this week.  Either have fun coming up with your own IMDB brain-buster for us to talk about on air, or enjoy yourselves some clicks around the Internation Movie DataBase to come up with an answer to our proposition of Debra Messing to Sir Anthony Hopkins.

Do check out our massive catalog of episodes.  We have fourteen 2018 films reviewed in our Oscar Sprint Profile series plus movie events like this & The Cloverfield Paradox back in January.  We’ve also kept you up to date on the Best Popular Film news from the Academy and all the buzz coming out of the festivals with our monthly Hollywood Hot Takes & breaking news halfisodes.  We did a mid-year Oscar Race Update and three Oscar Contender Trailer round up shows as well.

When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

The Nun Review Officially Kicks Off MMO's Spooky Season - The Nun Movie Event Review - Ep #99

From Blockbuster Video to Film Festivals, we tell stories & talk our favorite genre.

***This is a Mostly Non-Spoiler Episode***
There’s some early Act 1 giveaways, and then some mentions of some big moments or big scares at certain points in other films. But of course, we don’t give anything away.

What is This Episode? - Top of Show 
The Mikes’ Horror History - 1:34
Honorable Mention - 4:11

THE MIKES TOP 5 HORROR MOVIE EXPERIENCES
Our Shared No. 5 - 7:09
AlsoMike’s No. 4 - 11:49
AlsoMike’s  No. 3 - 15:20
Mike1’s No. 4 + No. 3 - 18:07
AlsoMike’s No. 2 - 23:07
Mike1’s No. 2 - 27:13

AlsoMike’s No. 1 - 33:46
Mike1’s Number….uh….1 - 39:03

Why is Horror Universally Relatable - 46:24
What We’re Expecting From “Us” - 49:58

Questions for You/Social Media/Words of Wisdom - 54:11




Another way to get ready for Jordan Peele’s “Us” is to go back in time & talk about why we love horror movies. Sometimes they’re good & one memorable scare will scar us forever. Sometimes they’re great, and we never look at the world the same again. But other times they’re so bad, they’re perhaps the best experience of our film going year. We talk about our Top 5 Horror Movie Experiences in this special weekend episode!

This isn’t our first foray into the tried & true Top 5 world of podcasting & youtubing & John Cusack’ing. We’ve ranked our favorite scenes & films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Mission Impossibles, & of course, we nominate 5’s in the Mike, Mike, and Oscars - OUR annual award show. But we also started a specific Top 5 series that began with our Top 5 Music Movie Performances, & you can find our Top 5s playlist of episodes on Soundcloud.

Regardless of whether you’re addicted to Top 5 shows & videos like we are, this turned into quite the fun conversation about the horror genre, & of course, we tell some of our favorite moviegoing stories. From trips to Blockbuster to fancy film festivals, we thought it the perfect time to recap all our greatest horror movie experiences.

The Mikes of Oscar are committed to covering horror films year round, & if you’ve listened before, you know we’ve been campaigning hard for some of the best horror films & performances come awards season. The Academy is slowly, but surely coming around to acknowledging the genre, but not enough. So we’ve made it a mission of our show to be all over our favorite horror films.

Last year, we reviewed the entire Halloween franchise, the Conjuring Universe, both Suspiria films, Hereditary, & Overlord. In 2017, we championed Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” from the first episode through the Oscars. We’ve also contributed to the AllTheHorror podcast collaboration on two occasions with an American Psycho retrospective this past WomenInHorrorMonth & last October with a fun chat about the best slashers our ATH friends could invent.

Of course, we want to know your favorite experiences with horror films. Send us your responses, & we’ll read some on the show! We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar!

Top 5 Horror Movie Experiences - The Scares, Screams, + Shyamalans That Formed A Genre Love - Ep 177

Is the 6th Conjuring Universe film worth your time? Is it truly a movie event? Or just for hard core horror nerds like us? In any case, we have a lot of fun with this review of Annabelle Comes Home. What’s good is good, and what’s bad is still kind of awesomely bad.

Making and Keeping Promises - Top of Show

NONSPOILER REVIEW
Cast and Crew - 2:45
Specs - 6:55
Plot Premise/Expectations - 10:24
Production Values:
Sight - 13:22
Sound - 17:48
Performances - 20:54
Script Thoughts - 24:12

Spoiler Warning - 29:03

SPOILER REVIEW
Nonspoiler Carryovers - 30:11
Worsts: Motivation Such An Aggravation - 36:16
Bests: Setups, Payoffs, BIG Scares - 39:22
Bests: Foreshadowing/Mouth Barfing - 42:45
Worsts: …in London - 45:32
Bests/Worsts: Ancillary Demons - 48:15
Finale Analysis - 50:18

Final Grades - 53:32

Your Homework/Our Social Medias - 54:49
Words of Wisdom/Coming Next From Us - 55:12


Yes, we promise things, like a shiny new movie event format. But life gets in the way, and Mikes can’t always agree on things after the first few production meetings. Should we probably make our programming announcements AFTER we settle on something new? Yes. Did we? No. So we’re doing our old Movie Event format for one more encore in this review of Annabelle Comes Home. The good news? We’re making a ton of progress on a new format. So stay tuned.

As usual, there’s a non-spoiler section followed by a full spoiler review. We were pleasantly surprised by one of the core performances, and we were happy to report that even when there’s a sinkhole in the plot, or in the logic of that plot, we still have a fun time yelling at the screen. There’s a lot of bests & worsts to include as highlights and lowlights. But as movie event pods tend to do, we generate all kinds of fire in equal direction.

In any case, we do come out on the positive side for this review. You can definitely chalk some of that up to us being big fans of horror and of The Conjuring Universe. So if you enjoyed this episode, make sure you go back to our other conjuring film reviews. We did cover all 5 previous James Wan productions in a mini-series re-watch last fall, and we did summon demons in the process.

As always, we want to know what you think. Did this movie suck and we’re just too blinded by our fandom to see it? Or did you enjoy the film like we did, or in other ways than we did? Let us know. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar!

Annabelle Comes Home Review - Course Correcting The Conjuring Universe - Ep 215

We nominate horror bests in 9 Oscar Categories for the years of 2016 through 2020 and then give out Gold, Silver, & Bronze medals. It’s simple, it’s fun, and we celebrate so many great horror movies in the process. These are The Horror Oscar Olympics.

What Is This Episode/Happy Horror Days! - Top of Show

THE ’16-20 HORROR OSCAR OLYMPICS:
VFX - 2:26
Supporting Actor - 7:24
Supporting Actress - 13:06
Adapted Screenplay - 17:20
Original Screenplay - 23:41
Lead Actor - 29:34
Lead Actress - 33:40
Best Director - 41:40
Best Picture - 45:55

Your Homework/Our Socials - 52:44
What’s Next For MMO/Words of Wisdom - 53:26

Now why did we do 5 years in one Olympiad? Well, we rationalized it because the next Olympics, Tokyo 2021 will transpire 5 years after Rio 2016. But the main reason we wanted to include 2016 was because 2016 was so loaded with great horror films. So we figured that would just add to the fun, and we were right.

As for the format, it’s pretty simple. We cover 9 Oscar categories including Visual FX, Original & Adapted Screenplay, all 4 lead and supporting performances, best director, and picture. Then we each declare a Best of the Year as we hand out Gold, Silver, & Bronze medals to our top 3’s, which means two of those bests “Do Not Medal.”

Which Stephen King adaptation will win gold in screenplay? How in the hell do we choose a best actress? What MMO favorite will win the most hardware? And what 2020 films will shock their way to the podium? Find out in this fast paced hour and get ready for your Halloween Holiday with us.

If you enjoyed this episode, check out these related playlists on our Soundcloud - “The Oscar Olympics,” “MMO Does Halloween,” and “#AllTheHorror.” Then do stay tuned for our annual Halloween tradition of The Scaries, an MMO Homemade Awards Show, where this year, we’ll be featuring the subgenre of alien movies. 

As always, we want to hear your thoughts. So send us your medal winners for any or all of these 9 Horror Oscar categories. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & hear us on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you might listen. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar, and we’re making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. Thanks for clicking play.

Horror Oscar Olympics - This Episode's Number Is Half of 666 So That's Scary, Right? - Ep 333

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