All of our coverage of the Cannes Film Festival over the years in one playlist.

MMO Does Cannes

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

Cannes opens, and we react to some 1st reactions to Annette & Val. The Academy has a new class of members including Janet Jackson, & we celebrate them. Then we talk 4th of July movie watching from the box office to Fear Street & No Sudden Move to a recap of AFI DOCS.

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CANNES HAS STARTED:
Annette’s Taco Tenor - 2:08
VAL Trailer and Reaction - 8:52
$75M Deal @ Cannes Market - 14:25
Florian Zeller + a Loaded Cast Ready The Son - 16:32
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ACADEMY NEWS:
395 New Invitees Join The Academy - 17:35
SAG AFTRA Presidential Election News - 21:10
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BOX OFFICE REPORT:
Good News For The Top 10 - 24:50
Black Widow + Hope for DBO - 26:05
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FILM REVIEWS:
LFG; Sisters On Track; The Courier; Dream Horse - 30:30
AQP2; Fear Street 1994; Werewolves Within - 31:34
No Sudden Move - 36:22
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ALSOMIKE’S RECAP OF AFI DOCS:
The Neutral Ground - 41:25
Storm Lake - 43:45
Pray Away - 46:06
Luchadoras; The One and Only Dick Gregory; No Straight Lines - 51:15
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Where to Find Us/LEAVE US A 5* REVIEW! - 55:58
What’s Next/Words of Wisdom - 56:48

Cannes has begun with some worthy tributes of Spike Lee and Jodie Foster. Then we celebrate how Adam Driver pays tribute with our reactions to Cannes opening night and Day 1, highlighted by Annette and Val.

We move into some Academy and Guild news as AMPAS welcomes in a big new class of members and SAG AFTRA may be ushering in a new era of leadership. M1 has hot takes and pizzazz to spare, which is good, because Also Mike barely knows what is happening when they’re not talking about movies.

Lucky for us both though, we have a new slate of 4th of July movies. So you get an optimistic box office update after the US and Europe saw one of its better weekends since covid began, and go figure, there’s even more hype to come with the Black Widow projections. Did somebody impersonate us, or have our worries for movie theaters begun to subside?

Then we enjoy another huge Make The Case / What We’re Watching movie review segment to continue to cover the overall slate of our late June, early July viewing. We weigh in on LFG, Sisters On Track, The Courier, and Dream Horse. Then AM peppers M1 with some questions on A Quiet Place Part II, Fear Street Part I: 1994, and Werewolves Within before we both get salty over No Sudden Move.

Finally, as promised, Also Mike makes his recommendations from AFI DOCS, including the Daily Show’s CJ Hunt film The Neutral Ground, audience award winner Storm Lake, the upcoming Ryan Murphy Netflix film Pray Away, and several rewarding film watches like Luchadoras, The One And Only Dick Gregory, and No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics. Check them out, and go back to our 12 Tribeca Gems episode for more of our film festival reviews.

So as always, we want to hear your thoughts on any reviews, previews, or news coverage in this Oscar Race Checkpoint. 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 2021 ft. Adam Driver as Mons Pubis! - ORC 7/8/21

We react to Cannes 2021! The awards and their presentation, the red carpets and their memes, the films and their receptions, ovations, reviews, clips & trailers - my god, do we react to Cannes.

What Is This Episode? - Top of Show
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CANNES GIVES OUT ITS AWARDS:
Spike Screwed Up - 1:36
Titane Wins Palme d’Or - 3:13
Cannes to Oscars Stats - 10:38
A Hero Wins the Grand Prix - 13:25
Tilda Swinton Gets Gold - 16:47
Leos Carax Best Director - 20:44
Other Big Wins - 23:28
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PITCHING OURSELVES TO THE CANNES POWERS - 32:22
(aka Make MMO The Official Standing Ovation Time-Keepers)
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CANNES FILMS W/ POSITIVE RECEPTIONS:
The French Dispatch - 38:10
Red Rocket - 42:02
Bergman Island, Compartment No 6; Mothering Sunday - 47:00
Where Is Anne Frank; After Yang - 51:01
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“” 	“” W/ TEPID RECEPTIONS:
Blue Bayou - 54:20
Flag Day; Stillwater; Benedetta - 55:28
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NEW RELEASE ROUNDUP:
Space Jam 2 - 56:20
Pig - 59:20
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CANNES HISTORY - 1:01:00
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Where To Find Our Work/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:02:57
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:04:00

We discuss the awards, Spike Lee’s gaffe, and we go through most of the winners one by one. Then we reveal some light research on the Oscar history of the Palme d’Or, standing ovations throughout this and previous festivals, and some cool facts from the internet about this year’s Cannes slate. Then we react to the receptions of 11 more Cannes films of interest to us and our search for future Oscar winners.

This particular episode is a shameless act of aggregation as we did not attend the festival. But it’s still a lot of fun to gather all of the critical and audience reception numbers and quotes and tweets and red carpet memes and acquisition news and then react to it all through an Oscars lens. Soooo… sorry, we’re not sorry, especially when we can trust a few friends of the show throughout this presentation.

Sorry for some audio tics in this episode. AM’s microphone reverted to an older setting, and we have to fix it, hopefully for the next show. But other than a few little dips & raises in volume, hopefully it doesn’t mess with you too much.

Otherwise, we did end the episode with a few quickie reviews to Space Jam: A New Legacy and Pig. We’ll be returning to our own movie reviewing again soon as we head into late July and August, including some upcoming releases stateside from the Cannes film festival. So do stay tuned for more Oscar Profiles.

We’ll also be on the lookout for the fall film festival announcements from Venice, TIFF, and New York, the latter of which we attend regularly each year. So go back to our reviews from the spring festivals of Tribeca and AFI DOCS and look forward to our coverage of NY, etc this fall on upcoming episodes of Oscar Race Checkpoint.

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 Concludes w/ Carnal Craziness - ORC 7/18/21

What is This Episode- Top of Show
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CANNES 2022 OPENING DAYS RECAP:
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Reviews From The First Few Days:
Final Cut Gets a Trailer, Mixed Reviews - 2:42
Top Gun Maverick Dazzles, Gets Standing O - 9:09
Armageddon Time Surprises and Buzzes - 12:56
Three Thousand Years of Surprising Positivity - 17:05
Tchaikovsky’s Wife Brings the Common Cannes Controversy - 24:55
God’s Creatures, One Fine Morning,  The Eight Mountains - 28:26
EO, Boy From Heaven, Father and Soldier, Hunt - 33:48
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Acquisitions From Cannes - 36:30
(A24, Focus, Neon Clean Up. IFC, MGM, Mubi Make Noise.)
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Recapping The Latest Oscars Rule Changes - 39:23
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ABC Open To Chris Rock Hosting Oscars- 45:50
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Jerry and Marge Go Large Trailer - 50:19
Hustle Trailer - 53:00
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Where To Find Our Work/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 57:18
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 58:07

Cannes Coverage of Commonplace Controversy and Cinema - ORC 5/22/22

It's part 2 of our coverage of the 75th Cannes Film Festival, including first reactions to Elvis, Decision to Leave, Crimes of the Future, & more. Plus, there's box office talk from Downton thru Top Gun and reviews of Men, Senior Year, Sonic 2, and Rescue Rangers.

What Is This Episode - Top of the Show

BOX OFFICE UPDATE -  5:04
Downton Abbey’s Last Weekend + Top Gun Projections.

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE PART DEUX

Reviewing The Reviewers
Is ELVIS another BoRhap? - 10:59
Did Park Chan-wook reach “Master” status with DECISION TO LEAVE? - 16:48
Will you go see CRIMES OF THE FUTURE after these reactions? - 21:50
Can HOLY SPIDER live up to the David Fincher test? - 25:52
And does TRIANGLE OF SADNESS pit critics against pundits? - 29:08
R.M.N., Tori and Lokita, The Silent Twins, Brother and Sister, The Stars At Noon - 32:03

Acquisitions Update:
Who bought what? And which studios have Oscars street cred? - 35:30

What I’m Watching:

Alex Garland’s MEN - 40:19
My trip to NDNF to see Onoda, Full Time, & The Innocents - 44:08
The Outfit, Senior Year, & Our Father - 48:50
Candy, starring Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynski - 51:02 
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Rescue Rangers - 52:19

Outro - 56:02

Elvis Shook Up Cannes + A Men Review on Oscar Race Checkpoint - 5/27/22

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CRIMES OF THE FUTURE REVIEW - :57
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WRAPPING UP CANNES 2022:
Triangle of Sadness Wins a Palme - 6:32
Decision to Leave Has a Chance for Oscars Success - 16:03
More Winners - 17:50
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Reviewing the Reviewers:
Close - 21:03
Broker - 22:55
(International Feature Category Tangent - 25:48)
War Pony is a Directorial Debut for the Ages - 28:30
The Worst Ones Does French Film Proud - 30:10
Aftersun, Stuns - 32:40
Kelly Reichart…Comedian?! - 34:12
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Unofficial Official Standing Ovation Entries - 37:00
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DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW AGE REVIEW:
Nonspoiler Review - 41:31
Spoilers - 46:53
AlsoMike Ranks His Top 30 Downton Characters - 49:15
(And Mike1 Dies a Little Inside)
Top 5 - 1:05:49
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Where To Find Our Work/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:11:33
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:12:38

Cannes, Crimes, and The Most Ridiculous Downton Abbey Segment Ever - ORC 6/4/22

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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CANNES 2023 LINEUP:
THE PALME D’OR CONTENDERS:
The Women Directed Ratios - 1:16
US Movies: Asteroid City + May December - 3:15
UK Movies: Firebrand, The Old Oak, Zone of Interest - 6:43
Italy Films: La Chimera, Beloccio’s Kidnapped, The Sun of the Future - 9:17
French Films: Last Summer, Anatomy of a Fall, The Pot on Fire - 12:22
Japan Films: Kore-eda’s Monster, Perfect Days, Youth (Spring) - 14:51
Club Zero from Austria - 20:11
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Out of Competition Films Include Killers and Indy 5 - 21:43
I Saw The Devil, but Funny! - 24:28
Johnny Depp in a Period Piece - 26:33
The New Boy w/ Cate Blanchett is Mesmeric - 29:13
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HBO MAX BECOMES MAX:
The Details - 34:50
The Harry Potter Remake; and Why? - 36:22
True Detective, The Regime, The Sympathizer All Are…Interesting- 40:30
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ALL THE NEW STAR WARS SHOWS AND MOVIES ANNOUNCED - 48:26
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ALSOMIKE EATS HIS WAY THROUGH NEW DIRECTORS NEW FILMS:
Leila’s Brothers (and Its Horrible Controversy) + Shrimp Tacos - 52:55
Showing Up and World Famous Banana Pudding - 57:41
Autobiography + Suzume May Have Oscars Legs - 1:01:56
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MIKE1 RUNS DOWN A SMATTERING OF RECENT WATCHES - 1:08:57
(Rye Lane, Vengeance ’22, No Way Out ’87, Escape Room 2, Don’t Breathe 2)
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Erick’s Work/Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:17:27
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:18:16

Cannes Lineup, MAX Rebrand, and Why, Potter, Why? - ORC 4/19/23

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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UNOFFICIAL OFFICIAL CANNES STANDING OVATION TIMERS:
The Rundown of Ovations Thus Far - 2:31
The Hilarious 5 Minute Ovation Line of Demarcation - 5:12
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CANNES 2023 REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS:
Killers of the Flower Moon Trailer #1 - 9:03
Early Reviews of KotFM - 15:22
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Indy 5; Asteroid City; Club Zero - 18:20
Monster, Jeanne du Barry, May December - 29:30
The Sweet East, Firebrand, Zone of Interest - 38:40
Youth (Spring), Occupied City, Anatomy of a Fall - 46:17
Banel & Adama, The New Boy, About Dry Glasses - 52:25
How to Have Sex, The Delinquents - 56:20
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Predicting the Palme - 59:10
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:01:00
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:04:40

Cannes Partie Un + The 5 Minutes Standing Ovation Rule - ORC 5/25/23

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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CANNES AWARDS:
Anatomy of a Fall Wins the Palme - 3:03
Zone of Interest Wins the Grand Prix 2nd Place - 7:28
(And the Future of the International Feature Submission Process)
Fallen Leaves Wins Jury Prize, Reviews - 13:24
The Rest of the Awards (Director, Actor, Actress, etc) - 14:32
The Hotly Contested Palme Dog Award - 23:21
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CONTENDER TRAILERS:
Barbie Trailer #1 - 26:26
The Color Purple Trailer #1 - 30:28
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REVIEWS AND RECAPS:
AlsoMike’s The Little Mermaid ’23 Review - 33:20
Mike1’s Renfield Review - 38:25
AM’s The Machine, Blackberry Reviews - 40:10
M1’s Evil Dead Rise Review - 45:17
MMO Reviews Sisu - 46:30
AM’s You Hurt My Feelings Review - 49:10
M1’s Treasure of the Sierra Madre Review - 50:55
AM’s Mother Review - 53:32
M1’s On the Waterfront/East of Eden Reviews - 56:11
AM’s 2023 Documentary Trio Reviews - 59:30
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:03:35
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:05:23

Cannes Awards and The Little Mermaid Review - ORC 5/28/23

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ODDS N’ ENDS:
Joker 2 Trailer Beats Barbie’s Viewership - 2:03
We’re Very Wrong About Maxxxine - 5:23
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THE 2024 CANNES LINEUP IS ANNOUNCED:
Recent Cannes/Oscars Crossover - 8:19
The “Extended Looks” Irk Mikes - 10:45
WHO GETS MEGALOPOLIS? ANYBODY?! - 13:53
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Anora, The Apprentice, and Bird - 18:31
Kinds of Kindness, Oh Canada, Parthenope - 26:04
The Shrouds, The Substance, Rumors - 30:52
Emilia Perez, Limonov, The Balconettes - 36:30
The Girl w/ the Needle, The Second Act - 41:45
“Very White, and Very Male” - 45:12
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GOTHAMS WILL HAVE SOLO TV AWARDS SHOW - 46:27
WHY DID THE SPEAK NO EVIL REMAKE…?! - 48:35
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REVIEWS:
The First Omen - 52:45
Civl War - 56:34
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:06:17
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:07:02

Cannes' Lineup and some Civil War for Dessert - ORC 4/13/24

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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RECAPPING THE FESTIVAL OVATION LENGTH MEANINGS - 1:10
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CANNES 2024 BEGINS:
Meryl ONLY Gets a 2 Minute Ovation, The Failure - 2:02
Furiosa Proves Why Cannes Needs MMO - 4:15
The Second Act Basically Gets Boo’d or Whatever - 9:06
Some Early Cannes Surprises: Wild Diamond; Girl w/ the Needle - 11:00
Bird Proves Why Cannes Needs MMO - 13:28
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CANNES TRAILERS:
Megalopolis Trailer and Controversy/Guardian Article - 18:16
The Shrouds - 25:17
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CONTENER TRAILERS (NON-CANNES):
Wicked’s 74 Minute Pre-Movie Movie Trailer - 28:00
Didi Trailer #1 - 32:00
National Anthem Trailer #1 - 34:32
Never Let Go Trailer #1 - 37:18
It Ends With Us Trailer #1 - 38:22
You’re Cordially Invited - 39:55
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ALSOMIKE REVIEWS BACK TO BLACK - 42:02
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GREENLIGHT NEWS:
Happy Gilmore 2 Officially a Go - 45:21
Peter Jackson Blesses a Gollum Movie - 47:05
VENU Sports is a Coming Sports Bundle - 49:14
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 51:12
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 51:46

Why Cannes Needs MMO - ORC 5/17/24

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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CANNES 2024, PART 2:
Megalopolis is a Partial Pundit Parade - 1:33
Kinds of Kindness is Yorgos Being Yorgos - 6:38
Emilia Perez May Be The Big Breakout - 12:13
Oh Canada Disappoints - 16:02
Horizon Brings the Mikes to Their Breaking Point - 17:34
The Substance is a Dark Horse Palme Contender - 23:10
Rumours is for the Political Junkies - 26:50
The Apprentice is Level Headed - 28:40
The Surfer/On Becoming a Guinea Fowl - 30:58
Caught By The Tides/When The Light Breaks - 32:26
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#UnofficialOfficialFestivalOvationOfficials + Palme Race Check In - 34:08
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LONGLEGS TRAILER 2 REACTIONS - 40:10
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BOX OFFICE REPORT/REVIEWS:
IF Has a Confusing Week at #1 - 44:08
AlsoMike Reviews The Strangers ’08 - 46:41
AM on I Saw the TV Glow - 49:40
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 53:35
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 54:27

Cannes Rolls On, But The Mikes Are Livid - ORC 5/21/24

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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FOUR DAY OLD CANNES REVIEW + WRAP-UP:
Anora Wins Palme, Oscars Next? - 2:09
All We Imagine As Light Wins 2nd Place - 8:57
Emilia Perez’s Best Actress Award(S) May Have Backfired - 11:40
The Substance, Seed of the Sacred Fig Win Screenplays - 16:57
Grand Tour Has the Best Director - 23:31
Jesse Plemons Wins Best Actor and Highlights New K of K Teaser - 24:40
Black Dog Comes w/ a Warning - 28:51
A Trio of Awards w/ Serious Gravitas - 30:53
Palme Dog Winner + Best First Film Winner - 34:44
Shockingly Low Scores for 2 Big Name Movies - 38:35
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Acquisitions Tally - 40:45
Unofficial Official Festival Ovation Officials Rundown - 45:23
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 50:44
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 51:54

Four Day Late Cannes 2024 Recap Spectacular! - ORC 5/30/24

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. 

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The Cannes Lineup with Christina Jeurling Birro: An Oscars Year In Preview Part 4 - ORC 4/12/25

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CANNES IS UNDERWAY:
DeNiro Hints at Trump Tariff Unrest - 2:24
Mission Impossible Meh - 11:23
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A “Febrile” Reviewing the Reviewers of the In Competition Films - 16:24
The Best Review of 2025, and What’s with These Pushes? - 28:11
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GOLDEN GLOBES ADD BEST PODCAST - 38:23
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CONTENDER TRAILERS:
The Smashing Machine - 45:47
Weapons - 49:51
Highest 2 Lowest Teaser - 54:31
F1 - 57:44
Materialists - 59:28
Superman Trailer #8000 - 1:01:50
Conjuring Last Rites - 1:06:59
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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:09:19

A "Febrile" Cannes Opening - ORC 5/17/25

It’s part II of our Cannes Film Festival coverage, and we have a lot of passionate thoughts. You get our reviewing the reviewing, and we keep you up to date on those ovations. Plus, we discuss a half dozen trailers and review a batch of new movies while we’re at it. 

CANNES PART DEUX: Reviewing the Reviewers 
Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme - 1:24 
Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague - 7:41 
Lynn Ramsay’s Die, My Love - 17:37 
Ari Aster’s Eddington - 23:49 
The Secret Agent starring Wagner Moura - 28:19 
A Magnificent Life from Sony Pictures Classics - 34:02 
Kristen Stewart’s The Chronology of Water - 35:24 
Harris Dickinson’s Urchin - 37:11 
Pillion starring Alexander Skarsgard - 38:41 
Christian Petzold’s Mirrors No. 3 - 41:15 
Other Notable Receptions & The Standing Ovations Tally Through Sunday - 42:18

TRAILER REVIEWS: 
Ballerina - 44:54 
Together - 47:34 
Bring Her Back - 52:55 
Predator: Badlands - 55:32 
Nobody 2 - 57:44 

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
The Accountant 2 - 58:38 
Clown in a Cornfield - 1:00:11
The Surfer - 1:01:50 
The Legend of Ochi - 1:03:55 
Streaming Movie Reviews: Summer of ‘69, Nonnas & Another Simple Favor - 1:06:33 

What Mike1 has been watching, including Dimension 20, Taskmaster, The Studio, The Last of Us, and The NBA Playoffs - 1:07:44 

OUTRO - We have another production meeting live on the air to discuss our next movie review film study. Plus, we talk more about how we’d handle the Cannes experience if we were made official timekeepers of the applause. 


Cannes '25 Part Deux: From Rapturous to Somewhat Muted - ORC 5/20/25

It’s our 3rd episode on the 2025 Cannes Film Festival as we discuss award winners like It Was Just An Accident and Sentimental Value. Plus, we enjoy awards talk on Highest 2 Lowest, The History of Sound, etc. 

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE PART III: 
Palme D’or Winner - It Was Just An Accident - 1:47 
Sentimental Value gets a 19? Minute Standing Ovation - 8:06 
Recapping other winners like The Secret Agent - 16:30 
The Young Mother’s Home wins Best Screenplay for the Dardenne Bros - 18:15
Resurrection from Bi Gan - 19:23 
The Little Sister wins best Actress - 20:21 
Highest 2 Lowest Oscars Talk - 22:55 
A Private Life and Splitsville are comedies getting strong reviews - 29:58 
The Mastermind from Kelly Reichardt - 33:48 
Alpha from Julia Ducournau - 36:55 
The History of Sound from Oliver Hermanus - 39:35 
Eleanor The Great from Scarlett Johansson & June Squibb - 42:10 
Un Certain Regard Winner - The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo - 44:32 
Pillion + Urchin wins several + this year’s Palme Dog section - 45:35 
A Cannes Acquisitions Summary makes the Neon/Mubi rivalry a real thing - 47:31 
The Standing Ovations Tally from MMO - 50:20 
Best International Films Possibilities - 51:35 

OUTRO - What’s coming next from us includes more Oscar Race Checkpoints and Oscar Profile Reviews. Plus, we’ll be sending out the Bat Signal soon to a returning guest. Otherwise… and as always, we want to hear your thoughts on which films you’re most excited to see from Cannes. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

Cannes Awards '25, Emerging Oscar Contenders & The New Goulet - ORC 5/26/25

Game Of Thrones (with spoilers..FF 12 mins if you don’t want them), Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer 2, Cannes & Tribeca Film Festival News, Avengers: Endgame box office, Zac Efron as Ted Bundy, & the Sonic the Hedgehog recall are all featured in this MMO Weekly!

***SPOILER FULL GAME OF THRONES DISCUSSION FOR THE FIRST 12 MINUTES***
Look, we tried to stay non-spoilers with our Season 8, ep. 4 review, but it was impossible.

Game of Thrones Talk - 1:35

What We’re Watching:
Mike1 - 12:41
(SNL, Barry, XMen Apocalypse, Steve Jobs, The Letter, Inside Man, and what happened to Clive Owen?)
See, Buy, Skip - 20:49

AlsoMike - 21:44
(Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile; Netflix Stand-Ups [Amy Schumer, Anthony Jeselnick, Jimmy Carr, Kevin Hart, Nate Bargatzi]; Bosch; I Think You Should Leave; Lunatics; Serenity)
See, Buy, Skip - 32:29

Trailer Thoughts:
Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer 2 - 34:46
Sonic Trailer 1 - 40:19
Gay Chorus Deep South - 44:15
House of Hummingbird - 45:40

SixDegreesOfMMO:
Recap + Runners Up: 48:20
Winner - 56:28
Next Week’s Challenge - 57:03

Box Office Update - 58:13

John Singleton/Peter Mayhew Passings - 1:02:33

Do You Care (About):
This Week’s Theatrical Releases - 1:05:00
Sonic’s Upcoming Changes - 1:08:37

Oscar Race Update:
Once Upon a Time in Cannes - 1:11:14
And The Specials Will Close Cannes - 1:13:26
Burning Cane Won Tribeca - 1:15:28
Other Tribeca Awards - 1:17:48

Coming Next on MMO - 1:21:37

Your Homework/Social Medias/Words of Wisdom - 1:22:51


The new Tuesday MMOW schedule is working out well for us. So we're gonna stick with it. We reviewed Game of Thrones atop the show, and the big news Monday was the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer 2.

Our first two segments also featured reviews of Barry and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, and Serenity, as well as some fun re-watches like Steve Jobs & Inside Man. Then we also review that Sonic trailer as well as a few of the award winners from the Tribeca film fest.

Our SixDegreesOfMMO challenge last week was a tough one. But as usual, you managed to make easy work of it, and we were very impressed. So we have too much fun talking about those submissions before giving you a Tribeca / Spider-Man themed challenge for next week.

The Avengers box office continued to Wow us, and we break down some of the updated numbers and records set by the movie event of the year. Unfortunately, there are some sad news stories to report with the passings of John Singleton and Peter Mayhew. We pay some tribute there of course.

Our DYC segment asks a bunch of questions about next week’s theatrical releases including some talk about Detective Pikachu, which we’ll review the following week. Then we discuss the Sonic fiasco more fully before jumping into a film festival news segment for our Oscar Race Update. Cannes added both a closer in The Specials and a major draw in Once Upon a Time In Hollywood. Tribeca announced it’s awards winners, and of course, we have now added a bunch of films to our watch lists.

As always, let us know what you think. Send those responses to SixDegreesOfMMO & have fun with our twitter questions. 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!

MMO Weekly 5/7/19 - Game of Cannes, Battle of Tribeca

We recap the Cannes Film Festival & do a full segment on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The reception for Aladdin surprises us, the Vanity Fair Star Wars article intrigues us, and new trailers delight us for Toy Story 4, Downton Abbey, The Nightingale, Terminator: Dark Fate, & Plus One

OSCAR RACE UPDATE:

Bong Joon-Ho Wins the Palme D’Or/Netflix vs Cannes - 1:27
Atlantics Wins the Grand Prix - 5:23
History of the Palme D’Or - 8:33
Cannes Buzz: Domestic vs International - 9:42
Other Cannes Awards - 11:41

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood:
Cannes Reception - 14:28
Tarantino SNAPS!, Right? - 15:36
Reviewing the 1st Full Trailer - 20:27

MMO ANNOUNCES A NEW SERIES RE-WATCH - 22:48

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
AlsoMike - 25:18
(At the Heart of Gold, Still Laugh In)

The UnAuthorized Bash Brothers Experience - 28:01

Mike1 - 30:43
(After Life, Bryan and Vinny, Paranoia)


SIXDEGREESOFMMO:
Recap and Runners Up - 32:35
Winner - 37:53
Next Week’s Challenge - 38:50

BOX OFFICE UPDATE - 39:41

DO YOU CARE (ABOUT):
This Week’s New  Releases - 42:07
Jason Mitchell Headlines - 44:03
Vanity Fair’s New Star Wars Spread - 46:57
Nolan’s Tenet Film - 51:30

TRAILER THOUGHTS:
Toy Story 4 Full Trailer 1 - 52:52
Downton Abbey Full Trailer 1 - 55:33
The Nightingale Full Trailer 1 - 58:05
Terminator: Dark Fate Full Trailer 1 - 59:04
Plus One Full Trailer 1 - 1:02:40

MMO ASKS: WHAT’S YOUR GOT FINALE? - 1:03:50
(Spoiler Warning - 1:04:47)
(Your Entries - 1:05:09)


Your Homework/Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 1:12:44



The Oscar Race Update leads this special Sunday edition of MMO Weekly. Why Sunday? Well, the Cannes Film Festival announced their awards on Saturday. So we wanted to cover those ASAFP. Monday is also a picnic day for most of you, and now you can listen to MMOW en route to your R&R, but you also get a full day of listening to our weekly variety show a day early. Here’s a bonus 5th episode for the week. We said we’d make it up to ya, and here you go. It’s another loaded slate of Hollywood News, and we’re all over it.

One of our favorite filmmakers, Bong Joon-Ho won the Palm D’or at Cannes for his new film, Parasite. We discuss his career and what this selection might mean for its Oscar hopes. Then we run through all the other major winners from Antonio Banderas to Celine Sciamma. But we can’t discuss this year’s Cannes film fest without a huge segment on Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. We discuss “The Snap,” the new trailer, how long is a good standing ovation, and what, if anything comes from the film’s awards shut out.

Our audience interaction takes two parts in this episode. We discuss our winners from this week’s SixDegreesOfMMO and give you a new challenge. Then at the end of the episode, we breakdown all of your Game of Thrones Rewrites, where we dive into spoilers. Thanks once again for all your excellent submissions!

The week also offered a bunch of important news stories. We must address the Jason Mitchell story. But we also get into happier matters like a preview of next week’s theatrical releases, this past week’s box office projections, that awesome new article about The Rise of Skywalker in Vanity Fair, and the upcoming Christopher Nolan spy movie, Tenet. Then we review new trailers for Toy Story 4, Downton Abbey, The Nightingale, Terminator: Dark Fate, & Plus One.

As always, please submit your responses to SixDegreesOfMMO, and we’ll have more Twitter questions for you throughout the week. 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!

MMOW for MDW 2019 - All Things Cannes and Controversies, Covered Clearly

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