Oscars Year In Preview 2025-26

Our Weekly Awards Season News & Variety Show
Featuring All the Rumors, Buzz, Stats, & Speculation You'd Want.

Including
...Complete Coverage of all the Precursor Award Shows.
...Snubbabble vs Unsnubbable
...Top 5 Golden Questions
...Make the Case & Other Movie Review Segments
...Film Festival Previews & Reviews
...Oscar Trailer Reactions
...Look Backs To Oscar History

& we're adding new segments all the time.

Oscar Race Checkpoint: Our Weekly Show On All Things Awards Season

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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BIFA NOM ARE OUT:
Overall Nom Tallies - 2:26
(and Big Orkney Talk)
Best BIFA/International BIFA May Shape the Oscars - 6:17
Director and First Time Director - 10:23
Performing BIFAs - 12:35
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EUROPEAN FILM AWARD NOMS TOO:
History and Nom Tallies - 17:32
Director and Screenwriter - 20:40
Performances - 22:30
What is Bye, Bye Tiberius? Mike1 Tells Us - 25:16
The Rest - 28:00
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HOLLYWOOD MUSIC AND MEDIA AWARD NOMS:
History and Tallies - 32:11
Predictions and Categories - 34:06
Original Score Convo - 41:55
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TRAILER REVIEWS:
September 5 - 46:22
The Brutalist Teaser - 48:32
Queer - 52:42
Maria + Unstoppable - 55:25
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
M1 on The Substance - 1:00:08
The Mikes Cope-Watches - 1:03:00
M1 on Daughters - 1:04:28
AlsoMike on Heretic - 1:06:19
and Other Docs, Daddio, We Grown Now, and more - 1:07:40
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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:12:50

BIFA, EFA, Leave a Sleeve for Whiz Khalifa - ORC 11/9/24

INTRO - Why we are exactly 75% accurate.

Cinematography before that Golden Frog - 1:57 
Costume Design & why the goths will not accept us - 4:13 
Film Editing and a Mike 1 finally tells us how he really feels about Dune - 6:30 
Makeup and Hairstyling and evil Donald Duck - 11:03 
Production Design and the catacombs of what could have been - 13:39
Original Score and which makes the chores go the fastest - 16:15 
Original Song and how Diane Warren gets in again - 19:15 
Sound Design and how Dylan Goes Electric could be melodious - 21:18 
Visual Effects and we shall divide the baby in twain - 22:36 
International Feature and wishcasting for Ireland - 24:48 
Documentary Feature and oops, we almost did it again - 29:30 
Animated Feature and why it sucks that so many of these films are too good - 32:46 
Supporting Actress and how our pandering to the Irish isn’t working at all - 35:21 
Supporting Actor and how this is the key to several other categories - 38:32 
Original Screenplay and how this category is all over the place - 42:46 
Adapted Screenplay and what the popcorn bucket loving world thinks - 45:08 
Lead Actor and Mike 2’s burger plan to watch The Brutalist- 47:40 
Lead Actress and how we both believing a lot of hype right now - 53:58 
Director and how drastically things have changed in this category - 59:53 
Picture and the post election effect of it all - 1:04:58 
Tallies to make us at least look like we can fake it as real pundits - 1:09:19

OUTRO - Let us know your thoughts & predictions, and if you like our show, please leave us some positive ratings and reviews. What’s Coming Next from us is a bunch of Film Study Reviews, and some words of wisdom that’ll makes your everyday life much better. 

Updated Oscar Predictions - Fall Picks with a 75% Accuracy Guarantee - ORC 11/13/2024

INTRO - lots of Oscar Race Precursor Checkpointing for us today.

AWARDS NEWS: 
The 15th Governors Awards - 1:20 
A Documentary Feature Race Checkpoint - 6:53 
The Camerimage Noms for Cinematography & Controversy - 13:34 
THR’s Festival Standing Ovation Crossover Study - 16:12 

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: 
Spielberg’s upcoming UFO film is casting - 20:59 
Christopher Nolan’s upcoming (werewolf) film is also casting - 23:34 

BOX OFFICE REPORT:
Catching Up on 2 Weeks Ago - 25:09
Red One confuses us - 25:39 
The Final Gladiator II & Wicked Primer - 31:25 

TRAILERS:
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - 37:17 
The Last Showgirl - 41:40 
I’m Still Here - 43:50 
Babygirl (Trailer 2) - 46:54 
The Room Next Door (Trailer 2) - 48:21 
How To Train Your Dragon - 49:33 

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING - 51:41 
A massive list of films that we’ve been watching, and there’s a whole lotta fun detours in the conversation. Your Monster, True Grit, Fear Street Part One, Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, Terms of Endearment, Sweet Smell of Success, Rumours, Challengers, Boy Kills World, Close To You, WNUF Halloween Special, My Old Ass, Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid. Dickweed. Manhunter, Charlie Wilson’s War, Shock and Awe, Vice, Shrinking Season 2, Letterkenny Seasons 1-8, Blue Ruin, and Mystic River. 

OUTRO - 1:13:55. How to contact us, your homework, words of wisdom as we prepare for Thanksgiving, and what’s coming next from us includes Gladiator II and Wicked film studies.


Glicked, Gov & Doc Awards, Ovation Studies, Final Reckonings + 20 Movie Reviews - ORC 11/21/24

What is This Episode? - Top of Show
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ASTRA AWARD NOMS GIVEN OUT:
List of Noms per Movie - 3:16
A Wicked Road - 5:05
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AWARDS NEWS:
The Girl with the Needle Wins the Golden Frog - 11:11
BIFA Gives Their Crafts - 13:32
AARP Awards Their Noms - 16:43
AAFCA Select Their Tributes - 20:05
Chalamet and Mangold Get Gothams Tributes Too - 22:16
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BOX OFFICE REPORT:
Wicked and Gladiator 2 Are Having Great Weekends - 24:44
But Not as Great as Moana 2 - 27:45
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TRAILERS:
Lily and Stitch Live Action Teaser - 30:21
Snow White Live Action Trailer - 31:52
Elio - 35:47
The Six Triple Eight Trailer #2 - 37:15
Queer Trailer #2 - 40:08
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
MMO on The Piano Lesson - 43:14
AM on Lee, Parachute, The Good Half, Joy, Casa Bonita Mi Amor, Witches
M1 on Satan Wants You!, The Killing, Snack Shack, Places in the Heart, The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon
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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:05:10
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We're More Stuffing Than Humans In This One - ORC 11/30/24

INTRO - Is that guest host Nick Nolte or does Mike have a cold? Plus, we qualify the “everything and nothing” maxim. 

GOTHAM AWARDS + NYFCC OVERREACTIONS:
Sing Sing wins Lead & Supporting - 2:00 
Nickel Boys wins 2 Best Director Awards + Breakthrough Performer - 7:17 
A Different Man wins Best Film at Gotham & The Brutalist wins NYFCC - 9:26 
International Feature goes twice to All We Imagine As Light - 14:13 
Documentary goes twice to No Other Land - 17:22 
Breakthrough Director goes to Vera Drew of the People’s Joker - 19:39 
Gotham Screenplay to Azazel Jacobs, NYFCC to Anora - 21:34 
Thoughts on the Gothams Livestream / Broadcast - 24:03 
Gotham Tribute commentary featuring Sing Sing’s big moment - 30:02 
A Few More NYFCC Awards to Cover - 37:50 

BOX OFFICE REPORT:
Further breakdowns of the Record Setting Weekend for Moana 2 & Wicked - 41:32 

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
Juror No 2 - 47:16 
Nutcrackers - 49:44 
Beatles ‘64, Yacht Rock, The Last of the Sea Women - 50:43 
Five Easy Pieces - 52:53 
Rio Bravo, The Searchers, Unforgiven - 53:57 
Network - 58:21
Through A Glass Darkly, Superman, Madden Docuseries - 1:00:17

OUTRO - How to contact and follow us, more Oscar Race Checkpoints to come, and some words of wisdom to live by this (and every) awards season. 
https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

Gotham Awards & NYFCC Overreactions - 2024 edition - ORC 12/3/2024

Mike1 returns to break down the Spring & Summer release calendar as we speculate which films could have Oscar chances, which films could have a chance to be hits for their studios, and which films the Mikes will enjoy watching most/least.

Recent Oscar Noms from the Spring & Summer - 1:57 

THE SPRING & SUMMER FILM CALENDAR:
March Meltdown at the Box Office and a Death of a Unicorn Review - 4:22 
April’s Warfare, Sinners & The Wedding Banquet give us hope - 7:48 
May enters some marquis players like Tom Cruise & Wes Anderson - 18:09
June has serious potential with The Life of Chuck, Materialists, and F1 - 31:58 
July put pressure on Superman, the MCU & Adam Sandler, yes, Adam Sandler - 47:45 

August’s Together & Caught Stealing intrigue us. But even though it’s been moved to September, we cannot help discussing One Battle After Another and it’s awesome trailer from WB, PTA & Leo - 57:58 

OUTRO: https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar Please follow us on social media and leave us some good reviews and 5 star ratings if you enjoy what we do here. We also discuss upcoming episodes, including News Catchup Shows on Cinemacon, upcoming Cannes film festival coverage, and the rest of this Year In Preview Series. Plus, you get some hints at what our next rewatch series might be. 

The Spring & Summer Release Calendar: An Oscars Year In Preview Series (YIP) Part I - ORC 3/28/25

With Cinemacon in the rearview, we look ahead at the Fall & Winter Film Release Calendar and discuss the Oscars chances for all of the major films.

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 2 - 1:03 

September’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, One Battle After Another, etc - 7:41 

October’s The Smashing Machine, After The Hunt, Good Fortune, etc  - 18:04 

November’s Bugonia, Wicked: For Good, Zootopia 2, etc - 32:01 

December’s Avatar: Fire & Ash, Marty Supreme, The Housemaid, etc - 39:15 

OUTRO - We discuss the next two episodes in the Year In Preview Series, and then we have some big picture thoughts about Cinemacon, Las Vegas, Film Festivals, and why not, going to the bathroom while traveling. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

Fall & Winter Look Ahead: Wicked, Avatar + Leo, Julia & Rocky in Play - YIP 2, ORC 4/4/25

From A24 through Warner Bros, we go studio by film studio and discuss their known film slates and focus on the undated films that could vie for Film Festival love.

A24: Eddington, Highest 2 Lowest, The Entertainment System Is Down, etc - 2:21 
Amazon/MGM: After the Hunt, Madden, Hedda - 16:12 
Apple Original Films: The Lost Bus, F1 - 18:11 
Bleecker Street & Briarcliff: The Wedding Banquet, Sneaks, etc - 20:26  
Disney: Deliver Me From Nowhere, The Roses, Is This Thing On? Etc - 21:38 
Greenwich Entertainment & Janus: Diane Warren: Relentless, Peter Hujar’s Day, etc - 32:18 
IFC, Lionsgate, Magnolia: The Luckiest Man In America, Good Fortune, 40 Acres - 33:45 
MUBI: Father Mother Sister Brother from Jim Jarmusch - 36:28 
Neon: Sentimental Value from Joachim Trier, Alpha from Julia Ducournau, etc - 38:25 

Netflix: Wake Up Dead Man, GDT’s Frankenstein, Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, Edward Berger’s The Ballad of a Small Player, Train Dreams, etc - 41:02

Paramount: What’s their top priority? Plus, some recent history - 53:34 
Sony: Blue Moon, Eleanor the Great, East of Wall, etc - 56:07 
Universal: The Phoenician Scheme details, Hamnet, Anemone, etc - 1:02:09
WB: The Bride! + Sinners first reax and Superman Cinemacon reactions - 1:08:17 

NO DISTRIBUTION YET: Sundance Hits like Kiss of the Spider Woman, SXSW hits like The Rivals of Amziah King, Rosemead w/ Lucy Liu, At The Sea w/ Amy Adams, Sydney Sweeny as Christie Martin, The History of Sound + Greta Lee, Willem Dafoe, & Brendan Fraser vehicles - 1:11:34

OUTRO: We’ll end our Year In Preview Series with the Cannes Lineup reactions and then our 100% Accurate Predictions coming up next! https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

Studio by Studio Film Slates From A24 To WB, Chloe, Denzel & Sandler in play -  YIP3, ORC 4/8/2025

Christina Jeurling Birro of the outstanding podcast, Pop Culture Confidential joins us to discuss the Cannes Film Festival and the films announced in the lineup for its 78th edition. Plus, we happily begin with some talk about the new Oscars Category… 

Stunts! Finally, we are getting a Stunts Design Academy Award - 2:09

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE
Christina’s history attending & covering the Cannes Film Festival - 4:13
Eating on the run & the tight festival schedule - 6:51 
What’s the deal with all the clapping? - 10:03 
The Recent Oscar Streak & Last Year’s Incredible Cannes Slate - 13:51 

IN COMPETITION LINEUP HIGHLIGHTS FOR CANNES 2025:
Julia Ducournau’s Alpha, a 1980’s Aids Crisis Drama from Neon - 17:44
Ari Aster’s Eddington w/ Joaquin vs Pedro + Austin Butler & Emma Stone - 19:55
The History of Sound from Oliver Hermanus, Josh O’Connor & Paul Mescal - 21:23
Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, a Vietnam War art heist story - 22:44 
Richard Linklater’s New Wave on the making of Godard’s Breathless - 24:30 
Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme featuring Kate Winslet’s daughter - 25:58 
Sentimental Value from Neon, Joachim Trier & Renate Reinsve - 29:01 
Other Targets & Potential Discoveries In Competition for Christina - 30:44 

Palme D’or Statistics and Our Way Too Early Palme Predictions - 33:19 
Female Filmmaker Stats Improve, But Still Need More Improvement - 35:13 

Un Certain Regard Recent Oscars Crossover History, Debuts from Scarlett Johansson & Harris Dickinson + Pillion & Other Films we are targeting in this year’s section - 36:16 

OUT OF COMPETITION LINEUP HIGHLIGHTS: 
Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest is the most recent big name to enter Out of Competition following Marty & Baz films in recent years - 39:16 

Jodie Foster in a Murder Mystery & Other Special Screenings of interest - 41:26 
Tom Cruise returns with Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - 43:28 
Our Reactions to the Star Studded Cannes Premieres Section - 44:20 

What films are NOT here that we thought would be? What films could be added later? And which films might be opting for a Fall Festival launch instead? - 46:02 

What Christina is most looking forward to showing first time Cannes festival goer, Ryan McQuade at this year’s festival - 50:07 

OUTRO: 51:48 - Our words of Wisdom today are to follow Christina Juerling Birro on her socials and to enjoy her work on the internet, (see the links below). Plus, we talk about her upcoming coverage of Cannes and what’s coming next for both our podcasts, Pop Culture Confidential and Mike, Mike and Oscar. So do please support our shows with positive ratings & reviews, and we thank you for doing so. 

Pop Culture Confidential: Pop culture conversations with today's innovators, entertainers and newsmakers - podcast hosted by Christina Jeurling Birro 
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The Cannes Lineup with Christina Jeurling Birro: An Oscars Year In Preview Part 4 - ORC 4/12/25

It’s Part One of our Way Too Early 2025-26 Oscars Predictions Special, or Guarantees Special as we should have called it. Screenplays, VFX, Sound, Score, Song, the Shorts, yes - The Shorts, Make-up & Hairstyling, plus Lead Actor and Actress are all discussed.

Original Screenplay reveals films where we’re heavy + where Vegas leans - 3:07 
Adapted Screenplay includes former winners, noms + a UFC champ - 11:37 
VFX w/ Avatar & F1 + sentimental favorites & trailers that look good to us - 18:00 
Sound Design w/ F1 as the favorite + other blockbusters - 23:00 
Original Score has a murderers row of legendary contenders - 25:22 
Original Song includes multiples by two films + the Diane Warren rule - 28:48 
Documentary Short included the most research ever - 31:48 
Animated Short included the least research ever - 35:09 
Live Action Short is as clear a vision into the future as we’ve ever had - 36:44 
Make-up & Hairstyling where we share 4 noms, but talk honorable mentions more - 39:26 
Lead Actor has huge stars and irrational confidence levels from us in our picks - 41:05 
Lead Actress - 47:07

OUTRO - 55:00 - Make sure to go back to the rest of our Oscars Year In Preview Series. We have specials to preview each section of the calendar, plus a Sundance review and a Cannes preview. Also stay locked on our feed for Part Two, where we’ll predict the Supportings, Director, Casting, Best Picture and the rest of the 24 Oscar categories. And as always, let us know your thoughts, comments, questions, concerns, and your predictions via our socials. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar



100% Accurate Oscar Predictions Part 1 for 2025/26 - Guarantees Really - YIP 5, ORC 5/10/25

MMO is talk radio for movie fans with weekly news shows, reviews, previews, and special guests. We celebrate the Oscars by making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. If you love cinema, if you love showbiz, welcome home.

Studio by Studio Film Slates From A24 To WB, Chloe, Denzel & Sandler in play - YIP3, ORC 4/8/2025

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