The Conjuring Cinematic Universe Reviews

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 Episode - Top of Show
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GOLDEN GLOBES NOMS REACAP/REAX:
General Thoughts -Show Start
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Best Picture Drama - 2:27
BP Comedy/Musical - 5:26
Cinematic Achievement + Oscar Crossover Stats - 8:02
Director - 12:05
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Lead Acting Categories - 16:09
Supporting Categories - 30:08
Screenplay - 36:41
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Animated Feature - 39:17
Music Categories - 42:31
Non English Language Film/European Film Awards - 50:21
Doc Feature - 53:02
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Nom Tallies by Movie - 55:32
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:04:38
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:05:21

Golden Globes Noms Revealed, Ranked, Rancored! - ORC 12/12/23

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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CRITICS CHOICE NOMINATIONS:
Best Picture Stays Continental/Nom Tallies - 1:40
Director - 9:32
Screenplay Categories Aren’t What They Once Seemed - 14:06
Lead Actress/Actor Have Their Established Pools - 20:37
Both Supporting Categories Have Whittled Down Too - 28:25
Best Ensemble/Young Actor or Actress - 34:26
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Musical Categories - 36:11
Foreign Language Film/Animated Film - 40:59
Cinematography/Film Editing - 44:44
Costume Design/Production Design - 47:42
MUAH/VFX - 51:26
Best Comedy - 55:31
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 57:38
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 58:13

Critics Choice 2024 NomNomNomNom NomNomNoms - ORC 12/14/23

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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GOLDEN GLOBES/OSCARS GAMBLING PREVIEW:
Explaining Betting Odds - 2:04
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BEST PICTURE:
Delusional Confidence in Barbie - 3:24
American Fiction Is a Mystery - 16:13
If You HAD to Bet $100 Right Now… - 20:37
Globes BP Drama: Oppy a Shockingly High Fave - 21:32
A Quick Case for Maestro - 30:02
GG BP C/M Lets You Gamble on Your Gamble - 32:00
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BEST DIRECTOR - A SAFE BET? - 43:02
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SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
The Oscars Odds - 50:52
How Much of a Threat is Emily Blunt? - 54:50
Randolph a Sneaky Nolan-esque Heavy Favorite - 56:56
Beware the BIG Awards Season Upset - 1:00:08
If You HAD to Bet $100… - 1:02:29
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SUPPORTING ACTOR:
The Oscars Odds - 1:03:48
RDJ in a Close One? - 1:08:30
Betting $100 on the Globes… - 1:12:28
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LEAD ACTRESS:
Oscars/Globe Drama Odds - 1:14:40
Gladstone vs Stone vs Margot - 1:17:35
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LEAD ACTOR:
Odds - 1:27:50
Murphy, and Jeffrey, and Giamatti, and Cooper, and… - 1:32:10
Dave is All In on Bradley - 1:38:09
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Dave’s Work/Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:45:04
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:47:20

Pre-Globes Gambling Preview w/ David Long! - ORC 12/19/23

"Maestro" had its world premiere at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion. It is the second film to be directed by Academy Award-nominee Bradley Cooper following "A Star Is Born" and features him and Academy Award-nominee Carey Mulligan transforming into Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre. The two were kind enough to spend a little bit of time talking with me about their work on the film, and I also got the chance to speak with the film's Costume Designer, Academy Award-winner Mark Bridges. Dan Bayer also interviewed Academy Award-winning Supervising Sound Editor Richard King. All three interviews can be listened to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now streaming on Netflix and is up for your consideration in all eligible categories at the 96th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Costume Design and Best Sound. Thank you, and enjoy!

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A Behind The Scenes Look At "Maestro"

"Flamin' Hot" premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, where it received positive reviews and was later released on Hulu and Disney+ over the summer. Academy Award-winner Diane Warren has been nominated at the Oscars 14 times in competitive categories. This year, she's shortlisted for writing the song for the film titled "The Fire Inside," performed by Becky G. Nominated already by the Society of Composers and Lyricists and Hollywood Music in Media, she could very well earn her 15th competitive nomination this year for the song which has over 2 million views on YouTube. Warren was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about her work on the song, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream and is up for your consideration at the 96th Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Flamin' Hot" Songwriter Diane Warren

Live reaction to the Oscar nominations with Alan Ng and Chris Gore. Will Barbenheimer dominate the nominations? Will we yet again be disappointed as Hollywood pats itself on the back? Be a part of this special event!

Oscar Nominations Special 2024

"The Teachers' Lounge" premiered at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, receiving critical acclaim for its direction, writing, and lead performance from Leonie Benesch. It went on to play many other film festivals throughout the year, ultimately receiving Germany's selection for Best International Feature Film at this year's Academy Awards. Director and co-writer İlker Çatak was kind enough to speak with us following the film's Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film to discuss his experience making the film, what went into the film's screenplay, how the film's tension was influenced by "Uncut Gems" and more. Please be sure to check out the film, which is up for your consideration for Best International Feature Film. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "The Teachers' Lounge" Director & Co-Writer İlker Çatak

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full podcast episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

The 96th Academy Awards are over. Another awards season is behind us, and it was indeed a night to remember with some tight races, deserved wins, and a respectful ceremony that honored the nominees and the art of cinema. We witnessed powerful, moving speeches, shocking wins, and memories that will last a lifetime. Daniel Howat, Ema Sasic, and Alyssa Christian reacted to the winners moments after the ceremony ended last night, while Will Mavity and Cody Dericks joined me the following day to discuss the show too. I combined both conversations together for your enjoyment. Join us as we go over our reactions to the winners, their speeches, and what we thought of the show overall, including Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue, the musical performances, in memoriam, and more. Please listen to the podcast below or subscribe to it. We want to give a massive shoutout to everyone in the NBP Film Community who has supported us through another awards season. Thank you, and enjoy.

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Our Immediate Reactions To The 96th Academy Awards

"It's What's Inside" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its twisted party-game concept, ensemble cast, and dark humor. Director and screenwriter Greg Jardin was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his feature directorial debut, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the horror-comedy film, which is currently available to stream on Netflix. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "It's What's Inside" Director/Writer Greg Jardin

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Nadia Dalimonte, Josh Parham & Daniel Howat to review and discuss the latest film in the "Wallace & Gromit" franchise: "Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl" starring Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Lauren Patel & Reece Shearsmith. It is the sixth "Wallace & Gromit" film and the second feature-length film after the Oscar-winning "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (2005) with the return of the villainous penguin Feathers McGraw from "The Wrong Trousers" (1993), which takes revenge on Wallace and Gromit by reprogramming their robotic garden gnome Wallace has become so dependent on. What did we think of the story, the stop-motion animation, the comedy, and the continued adventures of everyone's favorite Aardman creations? Tune in as we discuss these topics, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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"Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl"

+ 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

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

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

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