2018/19 Awards Season + Oscars

MMO-Made Awards Shows

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

SPOILER WARNING FOR Lamb, No Time To Die, The Matrix Resurrections, Old Henry, & Army of the Dead.
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THE 2021-22 MIKE, MIKE, AND OSCARS:
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Best In Theater Experience in 2021 - 2:35
Best AM Food Experience - 5:25
Cinema’s Biggest Question - 8:40
Worst Achievement in Dramatic Irony - 9:26
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THE FAMILY CATEGORIES - 11:22
(Best Daughtering, Worst Cinema Son, Worst Couple, etc)
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The Paolo Gucci Re-Writes This Movie Category - 31:24
Absurdity, Including How Mike1 Inevitably Dies - 33:43
Best Food Porn - 42:26
Best/Worst Non Human Friend/Pet - 48:11
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Most Shocked to Love/Underappreciated Film of 2021 - 51:56
Best Film Ending of the Year - 55:14
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ACTOR/ACTRESS WITH THE BEST PANDEMIC ERA CV - 57:20
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The Requisite Horse Categories - 1:04:11
Which 2021 Movie Should Be Musical’d - 1:06:35
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PRODUCTION VALUE CATEGORIES:
Best Wig/Hair - 1:08:30
Best Non-Nominated Cinematography - 1:09:57
Best Big Budget Stunts/Small Budgets VFX - 1:11:50
Best Nature Shots - 1:17:00
Best Non-Nominated Editing - 1:19:20
Best Non-Nominated Costumes - 1:20:12
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PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES:
Best Under-Nominated (at any show) Lead Performance - 1:21:00
Best Under-Nominated Supporting Performance - 1:24:55
Best + MOST Ensemble - 1:27:42
Director On The Rise - 1:29:29
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THE BEST PICTURE CATEGORIES - 1:31:22
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Where To Find Our Work/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:36:06
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:37:50

The 2022 Mike, Mike, and Oscars Awards Show! - Celebrating All That The Academy Should've - Ep 397

What is this episode - Top of Show
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MMO Is Finally Back! - 1:12
The Mikes Fight About Recaps and Spoilers - 3:42
Defending the Jimmy Kimmel Host Pick - 6:35
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THE 2022 SCARIES:
Best 2022 Horror Setting for Podding - 9:38
Worst/Best ’22 Horror Movie Food - 14:56
Cringiest Horror Dance Scene/Angering Doctor Who Fans - 20:42
Worst or Best Entertainment Stage Act - 28:05
Best AlsoMike Inappropriate Laughter - 29:40
Most Cursed Characters of 2022 - 31:11
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Worst Kids in 2022 Horror - 35:38
Best Young Actor in 2022 Horror - 37:48
Best 2022 Thriller Lead Actress - 39:44
Best 2022 Slow Burn Lead Actress - 42:00
2022 Horror Protagonist You Most Trust w/ Your Life - 47:12
Best Supporting Actress in 2022 Horror - 48:52
Unexpectedly Great Supporting Actor in 2022 Horror - 53:05
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Which 2022 Aging Horror Monster Do You Fight? -  54:15
Best Actor in a Villainous Performance/AM’s Speak No Evil Thoughts - 56:33
Best Actress in a Villainous Performance - 1:00:19
Best Male Performance Kind of a Villain - 1:01:23
2022 Scary Good Directors To Watch List - 1:03:58
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Best Animated Horror Feature of 2022 - 1:09:55
Best International Horror Feature of 2022 - 1:11:30
Differently Abled Horror Highlights - 1:13:53
Best Score/Music in 2022 Horror - 1:17:42
Best Jump Scare/Production Value of 2022 Horror - 1:19:04
Scariest Horror Sex Scene/Best Bloody Massacre - 1:23:10
Funniest Horror Movie of 2022 - 1:26:33
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2022 Horror IP w/ Best Legacy in 10 Years - 1:29:17
MMO 2022 Horror Razzie - 1:30:55
Best 2022 Indie Horror - 1:34:00
Best 2022 Box Office Horror - 1:35:48
Best 2022 Horror Picture - 1:37:19
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Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:43:10

The 2022 Scaries - Our Annual Horror Awards Show - Ep 420

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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THE 2022/23 MIKE, MIKE, AND OSCARS AWARDS SHOW:
2022 Was a Great Year For… - 2:08
Best Achievement in Wig/Hair/Extensions - 4:25
Costume of the Year - 7:00
Declaration #1 - 9:24
Best 2022 for What Type of Character? - 9:49
The Most Achievement in British - 12:23
Worst Film Poopy - 15:37
Best AND Worst Movie Vacation - 17:29
Declaration #2 - 19:35
Worst/Friendship of the Year - 20:50
Declarations #3 - 24:35
Best Heliocentric Performance - 25:51
Best Performances in a Single Movie - 27:50
Best Acting in 2 2022 Films - 29:25
Declaration #4 - 33:12
Best Cameos in a Movie - 35:10
Best non-SAG-Nominated Ensemble - 38:05
Most Erratic Year of Performances - 40:42
Best 2022 Scenes - 43:28
The AlsoMike Fee Fee Movie of the Year - 48:52
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AlsoMike’s Top 10 of 2022 - 50:32
MIke1’s Top 10 of 2022 - 57:38
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:03:48
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:05:50

The 2022/23 Mike, Mike, and Oscars Awards Show - Ep 424

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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THE 2023-24 MIKE MIKE AND OSCARS AWARDS:
Declaration: New Directors to Watch - 2:52
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MAKEUP AND HAIR:
Best Unsung Achievement in Hair Ensemble - 4:58
Worst Teeth - 7:03
Most Egregious Oscars Makeup Snub - 7:53
Best “Dick” Award - 9:17
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COSTUMES and PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Best Oscar Nom Nudity Used for Laughs - 10:52
Best Looking Meal - 12:28
Best Achievement in Pink Goo - 14:02
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MUSIC + TECHS:
Best Unoriginal Song: Drama or Musical - 15:42
Best Unoriginal Song: Comedy - 17:56
Most Awesome/Craziest Fight Sequence Categories - 19:45
Music + Production Value Declarations - 22:50
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SCREENWRITING:
Best School Teacher Dilemma - 25:40
Best Movie if Werewolves Were Inserted - 27:04
Most Achievement in Sexual Tension - 29:08
Screenwriting Related Declarations - 30:16
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PERFORMANCES:
Great 2x Performers - 33:01
Trailblazing Performances - 34:16
Best Speech or Rant - 34:56
Best Drinking Liquid Award - 35:59
Unsung Lead Performances - 37:08
Best Cameo - 39:24
Unsung Supporting Performances - 40:30
Prettiest to Look at for Two Hours - 41:44
Ultimate Lead Acting Snubs - 42:55
Most Bro/Worst Achievement in Sex - 44:05
Ultimate Supporting Snub - 45:41
Most Unstoppable Action Hero 60+ - 47:04
Scene Stealer Award - 48:38
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THE. BEST. Lead/Supporting Performances of 2023 - 50:25
Funniest Duo; Best Child Performance, Best Dog/Performer Ever - 53:10
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BEST PICTURE:
Best Evil Dead - 55:02
Worst Film Poopy - 55:47
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MMO’S TOP 20 FILMS OF 2023 - 57:54
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:02:24
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:03:18

The 2023-24 Mike, Mike, and Oscars Awards Show - Ep 452

***This is a Spoiler FREE Episode***

Because we couldn’t spoil these movies if we tried.  Nobody has seen them.  It’s a preview episode for Next Year’s Academy Awards.

The Contending Film Descriptions:
Ryan Gosling & Damien Chazelle re-unite - 3:26
Barry Jenkins’ New Film -  8:23
Emma Stone & a British Accent - 11:57
Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs - 16:51
WE’RE ALREADY SCARED OF Hereditary - 19:28
Saoirse Ronan & Margot Robbie are BFFs - 24:45
Christian Bale is playing WHO? - 28:40

Black Panther (Discussed far more in our 2 part Black Panther Review. Nonspoiler (episode 42) and full-spoiler (episode 43) reviews available) - 31:43

Steve Carell & The Women of Marwen - 32:45
Timothee Chalamet in Beautiful Boy - 36:22
Lucas Hedges is the Boy Erased - 38:41
Melissa McCarthy Getting Oscar Buzz - 41:18
Steve McQueen & Viola Davis have formed a Super Team - 44:33
Will this FINALLY be the year for Glenn Close? - 47:38
Richard Linklater working with Cate Blanchett - 50:56
Felicity Jones & Armie Hammer play the Ginsburg’s - 53:25
Apparently Mary Poppins is returning - 56:22
Julianne Moore is Gloria Steinem - 58:24

The Rest of the Possible Contenders:
From Lady Gaga to Robert Redford, more films to watch out for - 1:00:46

5 Big Category Overviews + Our Picks Including
Best Lead Actor 
Best Lead Actress 
Best Supporting Actor 
Best Supporting Actress 
Best Picture 
Begin at - 1:07:58


This is our first look at next year’s Oscars.  We cover all the buzz and create snapshot profiles for each of the contending films and performances to follow during the march to the 2018-19 Academy Awards .  Although we’ll have some diverse programming for you in the coming months from Avengers to basketball, we do want to give you an early look and some WAY too early predictions.  

What feels like an Oscar film, and what doesn’t? There are a lot of previous winners and perennial favorites coming out with films this year.  We profile the most buzzed about contenders, including some cast & crew information & a plot premise.  Steve McQueen, Damien Chazelle, Barry Jenkins, and Robert Zemeckis are helmers with previous wins that have new movies this year.  Viola Davis, Emma Stone, and Julianne Moore bring their Oscar winning talents back to the screen.  Then we also have an increasing number of female crewed films led by Mimi Leder, Julie Taymor, Gillian Flynn, and Diablo Cody.  The industry has a long way to go, but progress is encouraging. 

After our profiles, we quickly preview a bunch of other films with chances at Oscar.  Then we cover & predict the four acting and director categories, flush with all the internet’s proclaimed nominees.  Full disclosure, we drew from Brandon Katz at The Observer, Brian Truitt at USA Today, and Brent Lang at Variety while making up these lists.  We do recommend you read their work.

Stay tuned for our March Madness basketball themed episode coming next week.  We’ll have some movie reviews coming for Isle of Dogs, etc, we’re preparing our Netflix Quarterly for the end of March or Early April, and we plan to cover everything Avengers: Infinity War.

Please help us spread the word about our show on social media and feel free to chat with us.  We’re on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, and Gmail.  Mute the games, don’t dwell on the news, and escape with our podcast.  When reality sucks, watch movies with us.  We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar!

100% Accurate 2019 Academy Award Predictions...You read that right - 2019. - Ep 53

***This is a Spoiler FREE episode***
Though we will discuss some moments from these trailers including some plot/premise info.

Intro / How Oscar Season is Heating Up - Episode Start

Trailer Reviews
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman - 3:23
Glenn Close is The Wife - 5:36
Sci-Fi Comedy/Satire in Sorry To Bother You - 7:49
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot - 9:21
John Cho’s Searching - 12:45
Gaga & Cooper in A Star Is Born - 14:07
Steve Carell in Welcome to Marwen - 17:53
Chazelle, Gosling, & Foye in First Man - 22:31
Viola Davis in Widows - 27:09
Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria - 32:39
Chalamet & Carell in Beautiful Boy - 35:51
Melissa McCarthy asks Can You Ever Forgive Me? - 38:10
Redford, Spacek, & Affleck in The Old Man & The Gun - 40:36
Hunting Nazis in Operation Finale - 42:45
An Innovative Western in The Sisters Brothers - 47:10
Carrie Mulligan & Jake Gyllenhaal in Wildlife - 49:39
Jeff Bridges & friends(?) in Bad Times at the El Royale - 52:10

Outro / LEAVE US AN iTUNES REVIEW AND HAVE IT READ ON AIR! - 54:21

The Oscar Off-Season might be coming to a close because we have some trailers to review!  Lots of film festival favorites, big name buzz-worthy movies, and a ton of familiar award season names have debuted trailers for their aspiring Oscar films, and we’re all over it.  We review 17 trailers in this episode in Part 1 of our Mid-Year Oscars Report here.

We begin with some titles already previewed here on the pod including Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, where we enjoy the pronunciation of John David Washington.  Glenn Close must stay away from rabbits in The Wife, Sorry to Bother You intrigues us to the point of stroking beards, and Gus Van Sant’s movie polarizes the world and us.

Lady Gaga’s voice talent inspires the goose-bump effect, but we wonder if Bradley Cooper can sing up to par.  Damien Chazelle’s cinematic manipulation is working on one of us, and First Man’s main competition this year might just be the Viola Davis showdown with Daniel Kaluuya in Steve McQueen’s Widows.

The year of Steve Carell takes shape with new trailers for Welcome to Marwen and Beautiful Boy.  Mike 1 gut feel for the prediction game is on full display with Carell’s co-star, Timothee Chalamet, and we ponder a rewatch of Dario Argento’s Suspiria before we take in Luca Guadagnino’s remake.  Can We Ever Forgive Melissa McCarthy for adding another great performance to the already loaded Best Actress race?  I think we can.  Then we talk about some old timey archetypes with Robert Redford’s The Old Man & The Gun, and a surprisingly innovative trailer of the western The Sisters Brothers.  We close with reviews of Carrie Mulligan’s Wildlife and our dark horse pick for a potential MMO favorite with Drew Goddard’s Bad Times at the El Royale.

Check out our previous 2018/19 Oscars coverage in episode 53 where we gave our way too early predictions that we hold to be undeniably correct.  We also summarized much of the buzz coming out of the film festivals in our Hollywood Hot Takes no 6 (ep. 71), and we’re previewed each of the spring & summer months’ worth of theatrical releases over 3 pods (eps 52, 67, & 79).  Plus, we’ve reviewed some of the early contenders like Black Panther, A Quiet Place, Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, Hereditary, and Incredibles 2 in our movie event pods.

Chat with us on social media.  We’re on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, and Gmail.  Find our podcast wherever you listen on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google, etc, and do please leave us a review on iTunes.  Those do really help us grow the audience.  When reality sucks, do watch movies with us.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

Oscar Trailers 1 - Midyear Oscars Report Part I - Ep 80

***This Oscar Race Update is a Spoiler Free Episode***

Intro / Our 2018/19 Oscars Coverage Thus Far - Episode Start

Technical Categories:
Cinematography & Visual Effects - 3:56
Sound Mixing & Editing - 8:25

Art Categories: 
Make-Up & Hairstyling, Costuming, & Production Design -  12:10

Musical Categories: 
Original Score & Original Song - 17:30

Animation & Documentaries: 
Shorts then Features - 24:55

Screenplays: Adapted & Original Screenplays - 28:57

Supporting Actress - 37:25
Supporting Actor - 45:20
Lead Actress - 51:29
Lead Actor - 58:30
Director & Picture - 1:03:28

Wrapping Up - 1:07:56
See, Buy, Skip - 1:09:40 
LEAVE US AN ITUNES REVIEW! - 1:10:39


Little birdies are everywhere & Oscar buzz can be heard throughout the world and read across the internet on every screen.  You deserve to have it all organized and put into one place.  So we’ve done that for you in our Mid Year Oscar Report.  This episode breaks down most of the categories with the exceptions of Live Action Short, Editing, & Foreign Feature.  From the technical to art design to music, animation, documentary, and of course the big 8 of screenplay, acting, director, & picture - MMO is here to break down each race at the halfway point of 2018.

Our overview recaps what we’ve said, seen, & reviewed in 2018, we update you on what some of the best critics and pundits are reporting, and of course, we group all of the Oscar buzz so you know what movies to look for in the coming awards season.

The episode previews some of the hottest races, identifies which is the most loaded category, and we highlight some of the upcoming showdowns.  Will old Hollywood stand up to the new school of young filmmakers?  Can the former snubs or nominees of yesteryear break through to win these awards?  Who are the newcomers that’ll burst onto the scene?  And which films seem to be the early favorites? 

Check out our previous 2018/19 Oscar coverage.  Episode 53 features are way too early picks for next year and profiles most of the buzz worthy films.  We recapped the reactions coming out of the Cannes Film Festival, SXSW, and Sundance in our HHT 6 / ep. 71.  Then we followed up on our contender profiles in last episode with our Oscar Contender Trailer Reviews.  Finally, don’t forget our ongoing movie event review series where we’ve dedicated full episodes to Black Panther, A Quiet Place, Avengers: infinity War, Deadpool 2, Hereditary, The Incredibles 2 & more.

Oscar Race Update - Midyear Oscars Report Part II - Ep 81

In Yorgos We Distrust.

***This episode reviews a whole new slate of Oscar Contender Movie Trailers***
So if you consider trailer beats as spoilers, then that’s what this is.  

Boy Erased - 1:49
On the Basis of Sex - 4:55
Colette - 8:32
Mary Queen of Scots - 12:46
The Favourite - 16:12
Eighth Grade - 21:37
Beautiful Boy - 26:27
Peterloo - 29:41
White Boy Rick - 33:20
Serenity - 36:30
The Girl in the Spider’s Web - 38:57
Creed II - 40:42

Review of 1976 Best Picture Race (you’ll understand why) - 46:16

Wrapping up - 48:24


A whole bunch more buzzed about Oscar movies released trailers over the past few weeks, and we couldn’t resist a full episode worth of reviews.  Which performances have already won nominations in our minds?  Which films seem to worry us?  What are the films we’re most excited to see?

Awards season is starting to take shape for us with the last few months of theatrical releases, film festival announcements, comic cons, and of course, after the launch of these marketing campaigns .  So we bring you another update on the race here throughout our trailer reviews.

Go back to our two episode Mid Year Oscars report (eps 80 & 81), and if you’re dying for more early Oscar previews do check out our bi-monthly previews of theatrical releases with July & August in ep. 79, or our last Hollywood Hot Take episode 71, and finally, we also did a way too early predictions for 18/19 in ep. 53.  

We’ve also been keeping you current with reviews of theatrical releases.  Our Mission: Impossible - Fallout review highlights our 7 episode series on the MIU.  We also reviewed Sorry to Bother You, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Incredibles 2, Hereditary, Deadpool 2, Avengers: Infinity War, A Quiet Place, and Black Panther.  More OSPs are coming soon as July & August does seem to be bringing us more legitimate contenders for awards season.  Then we’ll continue to revisit Oscars history with retrospectives of all sizes, halfisodes on Best Original Song categories and multi-episode arcs on films from the other major races from Oscar history.

Chat with us on social media.  We are Mike, Mike and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, and Gmail.  We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter.  Find us wherever you may listen including Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, etc… etc…  Please rate us favorably and/or leave us a review when you can.  This really helps us grow the audience and raise our profile.  We certainly appreciate it.  

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

Oscar Trailers 2 - Best Actress is Loaded - Ep 88 p2

ALL our Oscar Fixes Here!

***This is a One Spoiler Episode***
We do refer to a certain song used during a certain scene at the end of Get Out at the end of this episode.

*HOW WE GOT HERE*
Intro/Recap of the Oscar News - 2:36
A Small Retraction from our Halfisode 16 - 3:51
Will the Academy go through with this? - 6:05
Recent Best Picture Stats/Trends - 9:16
Big Films Matter (The Lady Bird /Spider-Man Argument) - 11:34


*THE BROKEN APPROACHES*
Faulty Definitions of a Popular Film - 16:51
The Preferential Balloting Debacle - 23:37
What’s in a (Category) Name? - 33:47


*Mike1’s BEST PICTURE FIX (i.e: The “Blockbuster Threshold” Pitch)*
 			*Aka Fix No. 1 [Heard Only Here!]*
“Traditional” Best Picture Nom Profile - 37:22
THE WORKING THESIS/CRUX OF THE PITCH - 40:35
Defining a Blockbuster + Gatekeeping Parameters - 41:19
Addressing the Counter-Arguments - 43:09
Point-by-Point Recap Why This Works - 52:55
Clarifying the Implementation - 56:30
The “Black Panther” Devil’s Advocate Discussion- 1:00:28


*FIXING THE OSCARS SHOW OVERALL*
“The Greatest Reality Competition Ever” - 1:08:11
Is There A Disney Conspiracy? - 1:10:04
Fix No. 2 (RE: Voting)- 1:13:55
Fix No. 3 (RE: Fitting The 3 Hour Deadline) - 1:18:42
Fix No. 4 (RE: Categories) - 1:24:14
Fix No. 5 (RE: The Most Imperative New Category [Heard Only Here!]) - 1:26:05

We NEEEEED Your Feedback! - 1:28:50
Make hashtag BlockbusterThreshold Happen - 1:29:26



We broke the Best Popular Film Oscar News last week with our Halfisode 16, and now it’s time for a much more in depth look at the 3 major changes to the Academy Award.  The backlash from well, almost everyone has cast doubt on whether or not the Academy will go through with these proposals.  If they do, we discuss the fallout.  If they tweak their plans, we offer some alternatives that could help them save face.  But our favorite part of this episode - we tell you what we’d do.

Our plan is built on many stats from years previous, and we also discuss how & why the Academy came to such desperate measures.  Of course, we argue how & if & when these changes became necessary.  Then we break down how we’d change the narrative from public relations nightmare to ummm… less of that.  

OK, let’s be honest.  Our solutions would be pretty radical.  But damn, they’re fun to discuss and debate.  You may find some of these ideas elsewhere, and we cite sources from Variety, THR, Indiewire, The Ringer, and our friends at Next Best Picture.  But in totality, you won’t hear another set of outside the box solutions like these.  

Whatever you may think of our suggestions, we hope you have fun with the ideas in play.  We are always happy to extend the debate to film twitter and social media.  We are Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail.  We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, where we are most active, and we’d love to hear your two cents.

We’ll continue to offer up audio content of all sizes this coming week with a planned quickisode (15 mins), halfisode (30-45 mins), and full episode in the works.  Oscar contenders continue to hit theaters, VOD, and film festivals in August, and we review them as they come our way.  In fact, we just reviewed Eighth Grade, BlacKkKlansman, Isle of Dogs, and previewed two full slates of Oscar contender trailers coming soon to festivals and theaters this fall.  We’ll also continue to mine Oscar history for some fun retrospectives.  

Thanks for making this our most successful month in our short history.  It’s been an off-season for the most part, but we’re very encouraged to see our audience continue to grow.  When reality has sucked, when politics and breaking news and Boards of Governors bum people out, you’ve been watching movies with us, and we sincerely thank you for it.  We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

The Perfect Oscars Show! We Fixed the Academy Awards Once And For All.- Ep 92

And YOU picked a bunch of the categories!

***This is a Mostly, Kinda Sorta a Spoiler Free Episode***
Look, we make stronger allusions to things that happen in these films than we do in the typically non-spoiler segments of our podcast. You can certainly follow some things we say into some spoilers. But then again, you’ve come this far. Listen to our year end celebration. Listen to the Mike, Mike, and Oscars!

Explanation/Show Layout - Top of Show

THE CATEGORIES (Actual Oscar Categories in CAPS):
Best Fall - 3:55
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - 6:01
Best Facial Hair/Hair Combo - 7:41
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING - 10:36
Best Wig or Hair - 11:12
BEST COSTUME DESIGN - 12:54
Best Scene Stealing Prop - 13:56
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - 16:03
Film That Needed Tom Hanks the Most - 16:41
BEST SOUND EDITING/MIXING - 20:33
Scariest/Funniest Sound Effect of the Year - 21:13
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - 22:24
Scariest Setting - 22:56
BEST FOREIGN FILM - 24:51
Best “Liquid” Scene - 25:01
Actor Most Out of Place in a Movie - 26:28
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - 27:59
The Babysitter Categories - 29:24
Best Screaming Scene - 33:29
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM - 34:55
Most Appetizing Animated Food - 35:20
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - 36:26
Best Performance by a Pet or Animal - 36:54
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - 39:06
Stunt Categories - 40:08
BEST FILM EDITING - 41:55
Best Crying Scene - 42:39
BEST DOCUMENTARY/LIVE-ACTION SHORT - 44:38
Best Product Placement - 46:44
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - 49:14
The Jordan Peele Question - 50:52
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - 51:50
Best Unintentional Hilarity - 53:14
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - 55:45
Best Food Cinematography - 55:55
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - 57:31
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - 58:50
BEST DIRECTOR - 1:00:24
Best Life Directing - 1:01:52
Unrecognized Performance of the Year - 1:02:35
BEST ACTOR - 1:04:49
Best Superhero - 1:06:59
Best Child Performance - 1:09:12
The Amy Adams Award - 1:10:36
BEST ACTRESS - 1:12:32
The Bigger Budget Award - 1:15:45

BEST PICTURE: 
Set up - 1:17:22
10 - 6s - 1:18:35
5 - 2s - 1:21:40
1s - 1:25:57

Rest of Oscar Week Plans - 1:28:18
Words of Wisdom/Thank You/Social Media - 1:29:46

It’d be impossible for us to have a better time watching the actual Oscars. That’s probably the best I can sell this, since, as you know, I am someone who dedicates most of his life to analyzing, predicting, & watching those Academy Awards. Mike & I started laughing the minute we began on this MMO Award show, and we haven’t stopped yet (lol). (Ok, sorry. Even that joke is too cute for my taste, but I’m leaving it in cuz it’s the best I can think of now). This has been a joyous, yet grueling week where we Mikes are burning the candle at both ends & then lighting ourselves on fire to bring you daily episodes. In that mixture of love & hate, joy & terror, the highest of adrenaline highs & the lowest of exhausted lows, we’ve been so happy to escape into the MMO’s.

Now a lot of that love, joy, & adrenaline is due to your participation. We did something a little different this year and incorporated a bunch of your submissions for category questions, and you did not disappoint. 

As is the case with much of our catalog, the MMO’s can have a shelf life long after these Oscars on February 24th. Hopefully, you’ll put that notion to the test and seek out some of our past programming. We nearly tripled our production in the episode count this year, and we think the reps have paid off because we’ve more than tripled our audience. So if you’re just coming to our show now, please do check out that catalog.

As always, let us know what you think. Who would you nominate & pick? 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!

The Mike, Mike, and Oscars - MMO's 2nd Annual Awards Reward Actual Bests of 2018 - Ep 168

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