Oscars Year In Preview Series 2023-24

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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YEAR IN PREVIEW, PART I:
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A24 UPCOMING MOVIES w/ RELEASE DATES:
Close, Sharper, Sowing Up, Beau is Afraid, - 3:24
You Hurt My Feelings, Past Lives, Talk To Me - 11:30
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Undated Upcoming A24 Movies:
All Dirt Roads, Civil War, Dream Scenario, The Iron Claw - 14:51
Love Lies Bleeding, Priscilla, Problemista, Tuesday - 21:01
Earth Mama, Maxxxine, The Front Room, I Saw the TV Glow - 26:05
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DISNEY AND ITS STUDIOS:
3 Big Tentpole Films:
Mermaid, Indiana Jones 5, Haunted Mansion - 31:44
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And Their Big New Animated Feature: Wish - 34:50
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20th Century Studios:
Boston Strangler, The Boogeyman - 36:30
A Haunting in Venice, True Love - 40:30
The Bikeriders - 42:04 
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Searchlight:
Rye Lane, Chevalier, Flamin Hot, Theater Camp - 45:55
Next Goal Wins, Magazine Dreams, Poor Things- 49:56
Strangers, Nightbitch - 54:06
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PIXAR/MARVEL:
Elemental, Ant Man 3, GotG 3, The Marvels - 56:07
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GKIDS: How Do You Live - 59:10
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LIONSGATE:
John Wick 4, Somewhere in Queens, Are You There God? - 1:00:54
About My Father, The Blackening, Joy Ride - 1:02:55
White Bird, Expendables 4, Saw X, Hunger Games Prequel - 1:05:37
Ordinary Angels - 1:07:17
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:14:15
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:15:15

A24, Disney, Lionsgate and Their Films of 2023 - Oscars Year In Preview p.1 - Ep 425

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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YEAR IN PREVIEW, PART II:
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QUICK REVIEW OF JOHN WICK 4 - 2:12
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AMAZON/MGM:
Creed III - 6:19
Jonathan Majors Arrest - 7:11
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Dave Franco’s Somebody I Used to Know - 13:30
Reggie - 14:42
Air - 16:33
Luca’s + Zendaya’s Challengers - 21:07
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Foe - 24:18
Saltburn aka The Plot to Kill Barry K - 27:26
Flint Strong - 28:57
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PARAMOUNT AND PARAMOUNT’S AWARDS HISTORY - 31:10
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APPLE/PARAMOUNT:
Tetris - 36:20
Ghosted/Argyle - 39:40
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The Big Killers or the Flower Moon/Apple Purchaser Talk - 43:32
Joaquin’s/Ridley Scott’s NAPOLEON BIOPIC - 53:53
Spellbound - 57:56
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The Beanie Bubble - 59:02
Flora and Son - 1:00:25
Steve McQueen’s Blitz - 1:01:03
Fingernails - 1:02:02
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:04:15
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:05:05

Amazon, Apple, Paramount HIghlight YIP2 - Oscars Year In Preview p.2 - Ep 426

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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YEAR IN PREVIEW, PART III:
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QUICK REVIEW OF DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS - 1:51
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SONY:
Their Summer Slate of Blockbusters - 5:11
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Saoirse’s and Nora’s The Outrun - 7:52
Spider-Verse 2 - 9:50
Jeymes Samuels’ The Book of Clarence - 14:20 
Dumb Money Could be Big Short 2 - 17:12
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SONY PICTURES CLASSIC:
Carmen. No Sandiego + Frued’s Last Session w/ Anthony Hopkins - 20:09
A Little Prayer, Shayda, Shortcomings, Crunchyroll’s Suzume - 22:37
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STX: Ferrari from Michael Mann w/ Adam Driver - 24:44
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WARNER BROS:
Already Released 2023 Movies - 27:13
Evil Dead Rise, The Flash, Meg 2, and a DCEU Chat - 27:49
Greta’s and Margot’s Barbie - 31:28
The Color Purple Gets a Remade and Prime Release - 35:09
Dune Part 2 is Coming for Noms - 38:18
Wonka Sounds Wonky - 44:10
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IFC:
Already Released - 46:55
Owen Wilson as Bob Ross - 49:00
Monica - 50:43
Blackberry - 51:55
Hot Milk - 52:46
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MUBI - 53:11
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 55:17
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 56:55

Sony, WB, and IFC All On Deck for YIP 3 - Oscars Year in Preview p.3  - Ep 427

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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YEAR IN PREVIEW, PART IV:
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QUICK REVIEWS OF RYE LANE, TETRIS, MURDER MYSTERY 2 - 1:53
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UNIVERSAL:
Already Released Titles - 6:03
Super Mario Has Good Early Word of Mouth - 6:54
Renfield, Fast X, Strays, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken - 9:41
Oppenheimer Brings Questions and Nolan History - 12:06
Please Don’t Destroy + The Exorcist Sequels Excite Mike1 - 16:40
Trolls Band Together, Migration are Animated Plays - 18:40
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FOCUS FEATURES:
A Thousand and One - 20:46
Asteroid City Should Have Sandler - 22:25
The Holdovers and the Allegations Against Alexander Payne - 25:25
Diablo Cody Tries Horror Comedy - 31:50 
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NEON:
How to Blow Up a Pipeline - 33:27
Cuckoo, It Lives Inside are Horror Offerings - 34:46
The Actor Has Us Asking Big Questions - 36:10
Lots of Spider Talk w/ Longlegs - 37:45
Mother’s Instinct Asks Are You Team Chasten or Team Anne? - 39:42
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MAGNOLIA PICTURE: MASTER GARDENER FINALLY COMING - 42:35
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BLEECKER STREET:
AlsoMike Dislikes Emily - 46:13
And Mafia Mama’s Trailer - 48:10
The Starling Girl, The Lesson - 50:06
Helen Mirren Smells Like a Contender - 51:45
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NO DISTRIBUTOR YET:
Trans Los Angeles + May December - 53:00
Lee, One Life, Firebrand - 56:19
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:01:25
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:04:00

Universal, Neon, Focus, Bleecker St, and More in YIP 4 - Oscars Year In Preview p.4 - Ep 428

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
Introducing Recent Activity Andrew!
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YEAR IN PREVIEW, PART V:
NETFLIX YEAR IN PREVIEW:
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THE NEWS:
Andrew’s Thoughts on Netflix’s 2022/23 Oscars Plays - 3:30
Amazon/Apple’s Theatrical Dedication + Netflix Effects - 7:07
Academy’s Rumored New Distribution Rules - 12:10
Netflix’s Recent Creatives Shakeup - 17:04
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THE MOVIES w/ CONFIRMED DATES:
Reviews of Q1 Releases - 20:10
(Luther, Murder Mystery 2, Furies, Magician’s Elephant)
Chloe Domont’s Fair Play - 26:08
Pain Hustlers + Chicken Run Are Contemporary - 27:56
Fincher’s Highly Anticipated The Killer - 33:40
Adam Sandler’s Elderly Lizard Movie Leo - 37:02
Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, and More in Leave the World Behind - 39:06
Rebel Moon Brings Us Zack Snyder’s “Star Wars” - 42:14
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What’s With Netflix’s Announced Scheduled Slate? - 44:12
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THE UNDATED, BUT EXPECTED:
Maestro Is Bradley Cooper’s Oscar Play - 46:30
Nyad Has a Documentary Powerhouse Behind It - 50:12
Shirley and the Potential Biopic/Bummer Backlash - 54:30
Spaceman is THE Most Confusing Setup, Ever - 58:13
The Piano Lesson Features Some A List Talents - 1:02:18
The Long Awaited Rustin - 1:05:03
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Other Upcoming Animated Netflix Slate - 1:09:50
(Escape From Hat, Nimona)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - 1:12:01
High in the Clouds May Not be Released This year - 1:14:05
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Rounding Up The Blockbusters - 1:15:00
(The Mother, Heart of Stone, Extraction 2, Damsel, The Deliverance, etc)
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PICKING THE NETFLIX “BIG 3” OSCAR CHANCES - 1:22:37
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Andrew’s Work/Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:27:27
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:31:42

Netflix's 2023 Slate Brings Back Recent Activity Andrew! - Oscars Year in Preview 5 - ep 429

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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THE OSCARS ANNOUNCED SOME 2024 DATES - :50
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PREVIEWING TRIBECCA 2023:
Tribecca Stats and Dates - 4:38
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Documentaries - 6:06
(Docs on Stan Lee from the MCU; Dan Rather; Biz Markie, Gloria Gaynor, more)
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Actors-Directing Movies - 10:21
(Including Bucky F’ing Dent from David Duchovny; Eric LaRue from Michael Shannon; First Time Female Director from Chelsea Peretti; Downtown Own from Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater; John Slattery and Jon Hamm’s Maggie Moore(s);  The Ingenious Way Jennifer Esposito is Funding Her Movie; and TONS More!)
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Other Narrative Features - 26:03
(Michael Cera as a Poker Player in The Adults; Paula Beer and Christian Petzold Reuniting in Afire; The Blackening’s Horror Comedic Goods; The Best Looking Cast Ever in Blood for Dust; a Jacob Elordi Argument; and Way More!)
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Other Notable Tribeca Plays Over the Years - 44:34
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MAKE THE CASE:
AM on Evil Dead Rise - 48:55
…How to Blow Up a Pipeline + Somewhere in Queens - 53:13
…Ghosted - 57:20
Both Mikes Review Judy Blume Forever - 59:07
AM on Chevalier - 1:01:50
M1 on Handmaiden and Lost in Translation - 1:07:56
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:13:03
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:13:58

Previewing the Tribecca Offerings, Reviewing the Theatrical Slate - ORC 4/26/23

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
https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

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

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Previewing the Tribecca Offerings, Reviewing the Theatrical Slate - ORC 4/26/23

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