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

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

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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CHRISTOPHER NOLAN TAKES TALENTS TO UNIVERSAL - 1:15
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FESTIVAL NEWS:
Venice Announces The Golden Lion Winner… - 11:30
…And More Upsets Amongst Its Other Awards - 15:47
TIFF Stock Up, Stock “Divisive” - 18:07
(The Last Duel, Dear Evan Hansen, The Forgiven, + more!)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye - 25:29
Critics Come for Halloween Kills… - 29:14
…Which Is Going Day and Date on Peacock - 32:00
Disney Announces Their Upcoming Theatrical Windows - 34:23
London FF Shows Progress Towards Exposure Equality - 37:01
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AWARDS NEWS:
BAFTA Changes Some Nom Rules - 38:56
Updated Awards Season Calendar - 42:15
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CONTENDER TRAILER REACTIONS:
Matrix 4 - 45:56
Red Notice - 51:25
Mothering Sunday - 54:52
The Guilty - 57:25
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MALIGNANT REVIEW:
Non-Spoiler - 59:20
Spoiler-Filled Review - 1:04:15
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Where To Find Our Work/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:11:30
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:12:23

Malignant Review, A Nolan Break Up, and Call Alice - ORC 9/15/21

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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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

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

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

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.