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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ACADEMY OFFICIALLY CONSIDERING A STUNT CATEGORY - 1:49
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FUTURE MOVIE/CONTENDER NEWS:
Next Avengers Movie May Have Its Director…and SIXTY Heroes - 5:44
Jordan Peele Met w/ Marvel - 10:09
The Four Beatles Are Rumored to be Found for Mendes’ Movies - 14:09
Spielberg Eyes May 2026 Film Date - 20:26
Sydney Sweeney Wants a Barbarella Remake - 26:10
Mike Flanagan Takes the Helm of Next Exorcist - 27:35
Paul Giamatti is Doing a Hostel TV Show?! - 30:27
Knives Out 3 Books Renner, Lohan, and Definite Killer Glenn Close - 31:41
Jurassic Why? is Happening - 34:30
Fire Inside, Anora, Others Move/Get Release Dates - 35:38
Joker 2, Maria, Queer All Reportedly to Premiere @ Venice - 40:24
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CONTENDER TRAILERS:
Alien Romulus Trailer #1 - 41:38
Venom The Last Dance Trailer #1 - 45:40
Maxxxine Trailer #2 - 47:52
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice Trailer #2 - 49:33
Moana 2 Teaser/Wolfs Trailer #1  - 52:31
The Outrun Trailer #1 - 54:46
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QUICK REVIEWS:
AlsoMike on Bad Boys Ride or Die - 55:58
MMO on In a Violent Nature - 58:14
AM on The Watchers - 1:00:39
M1 on Civl War - 1:02:21
M1 on Abigail - 1:04:21
AM on Babes - 1:06:04
The Great First Omen Battle of 2024 - 1:08:00
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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:15:44
Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:17:03

Define "Watching" + Bad Boys Review/Stunts @ The Oscars - ORC 6/9/24

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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BOX OFFICE REPORT:
Inside Out 2 Review/Box Office Records - 2:12
Are Theaters Ok? Bad Boys May Hold the Answer - 8:13
Tuesday Review by AlsoMike - 14:28
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INDUSTRY NEWS:
Sony Buys Alamo Drafthouse. First Studio to Own Theater Chain - 17:37
Paramount SkyDance Deal is Dead. What Now? - 23:30
Megalopolis Picked Up. Finally. By LionsGate - 30:33
The Deliverance Has a Great Cast, Bad Release Date - 34:15
WB and Bong Joon-Ho are Being Weird - 36:35
Brad Pitt’s F1 Movie to be Released by WB - 39:00
Jordan Peele is Cryptic - 41:37
Quick Tonys/TIFF Rundown - 43:22
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CONTENDER TRAILERS:
Piece by Piece Trailer #1 - 49:38
The Wild Robot Trailer #2 - 52:23
The Imaginary Trailer #1 - 54:21
Paddington in Peru Trailer #1 - 56:56
Smile 2 Trailer #1 - 58:44
(and Mike1 vs a Pack of Children)
A Real Pain Teaser - 1:01:53
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LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:04:08

Inside Out 2, AI Takeover Propaganda, and Challenging Children  - ORC 6/19/24

A Happy Final 4th of July to us all - Top of the Show

BOX OFFICE UPDATE + 2 AlsoMike Non-Spoiler Reviews
Inside Out 2 vs Minions - 1:39
A Quiet Place: Day One performs well, gets a solid Mike2 Review - 5:50
Kevin Costner has been punished for his sins - 10:51
Why Kinds of Kindness is M2’s New Obsession, A Teaser Review - 13:39

INDUSTRY NEWS: Mike1 Breaks It All Down
Paramount and Skydance Resume Talks, Reach Merger Agreement - 17:30
IATSE and the AMPTP Reach Deal to Avoid Another Type of Apocalypse - 22:36

ACADEMY NEWS: 487 New Members + A New Deal for the CEO - 28:34

FESTIVAL NEWS: 
Venice Announces its Sigourney Tribute, Beetlejuice 2 for Opening Night - 30:17
London Announces Blitz as Opener, Further Details About Plot Arise - 32:15
Tribeca Awards: Griffin In Summer & Casa Bonita Win Big - 35:19

TRAILER REVIEWS:
Here looks like its gonna win Best Picture, the trailer is so good - 41:18
Emmanuelle is Fifty Shades of French - 43:14
My Old Ass is more our speed, and Aubrey Plaza rules - 44:59
Heretic is another A24 Horror with a religious slant - 47:31
Longlegs is something we want ASAFP - 48:43
Trap didn’t need a 2nd trailer, we’re seeing it - 51:24

Circling back to Longlegs Over/Under at the Box Office - 53:42

OUTRO: Our Socials, What’s Coming Next, Words of Wisdom - 53:13

How Mikes Avoid The Apocalypse: Day One - ORC 7/3/24

INTRO - At least our schedules were open for THIS CRAZY BARRAGE OF MOVIE NEWS!

OSCARS HOST NEWS:
1:20 - Jimmy Kimmel then John Mulaney both turn down the job, and we wonder why.
4:33 - So who hosts??!! And it’s a huge list of names in play to go over.

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON ‘24: Hall H Marvel Presentations
17:39 - Robert Downey Jr’s return as Doctor Doom, and we have some conditions
27:05 - Why the Russo’s return makes sense and talking ourselves into RDJ some more.
31:30 - The Fantastic Four: First Steps and potential comic storylines including RDJ.
35:02 - Captain America: Brave New World and Harrison Ford’s mocap monster.

37:25 - Other SDCC Highlights including the Vice President’s Simpson Quotation, Ryan & Hugh’s surprise screening, some Alien Romulus viral marketing, In A Violent Nature’s sequel, Terminator 7 with John Cena, the BioShock movie, and trailers for films like Transformers One & Hellboy: The Crooked Man + The Penguin and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

BOX OFFICE UPDATE: 
41:45 - Deadpool & Wolverine sets many records, and we start the Cool Uncles Pod.
46:25 - Twisters has done terrible overseas as Mike 1 foreseen’d.
50:17 - Despicable Me 4, Inside Out 2, Longlegs and the rest of the top 10.

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS
54:28 - The Megalopolis production scandal worsens
56:44 - TIFF released Midnight Section films including Friendship & The Substance.
58:04 - NYFF picks Blitz for its Closing Night, and we get new premise details

OSCAR TRAILERS
1:00:40 - A Complete Unknown has a hype parade, but do we buy it?
1:06:21 - His Three Daughters seems like our kind of September movie

1:09:41 - OUR EPISODE OUTRO and where we discuss how you can reach us, conditional love for millionaires, and feeling the itch to gamble.

A Comic-Con Stunner as Marvel Brings Back RDJ + The Oscars Host Vacancy - ORC 7/30/24

INTRO - Why this episode is most definitely a hodgepodge.

AWARDS NEWS:
Eugene & Dan Levy may host the Emmys with their Canadian Americana - 2:11
Oscars Host Questions Continue as we bring up a 2nd Week’s worth of names - 4:11
Janet Yang has earned her re-election, but has much work yet to do - 8:52
BAFTAs New Kids Award + Rule Changes have us all constantly tinkering - 11:08
Kneecap & The Devil’s Bath begin that International Feature selections list - 19:52

FESTIVAL NEWS:
Our NYFF Main Slate Targets / Oscars Scouting - 22:52
Horizon Chapter 2 still playing Venice - 37:26
Mike Leigh, Emilia Perez composers to receive TIFF awards - 39:20
Telluride Lineup via Others’ Deductions & Reports - 41:20

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS:
Britney Spears Biopic Greenlit at Universal - 44:03
Ben Affleck to play Hulk Hogan in Killing Gawker movie - 46:57

BOX OFFICE REPORT / WHAT WE’RE WATCHING REVIEWS:
Deadpool & Wolverine has a great 2nd week - 52:14
Trap does ok box office and is big cheesy goofy fun per AM’s Review - 55:31

58:50 - The Mikes catch up on a full lightning round of non-spoiler reviews and grades for Oddity, Touch, + lots of Documentaries including I Am Celine Dion, Remembering Gene Wilder, Giannis: The Marvelous Journey, Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, Sue Bird in the Clutch, Federer: Twelve Final Days, Faye, The Beach Boys, Bratz, Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple, Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, The Blue Angels, Black Barbie, MoviePass MovieCrash, + docuseries Charlie Rose & The Matter of Pete Rose and Hard Knocks: An Offseason with the New York Giants.

OUTRO - Our socials, how to contact us, what’s coming next, and we look up the definition for hodgepodge. We were right all along, sadly.

NYFF62 Lineup Reactions, Affleck Hulkamania + a Trap Review HodgePodge - ORC 8/7/24

Make sure to read & listen to all of Clayton's work here:
https://variety.com/author/clayton-davis/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/variety-awards-circuit/id1536666553

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
Introducing Clayton Davis of Variety!
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The Oscars Hosting…Scene - 3:08
The Oscars/Emmys/Tonys Awards Web of Crossovers - 13:10
How the Emmys Vote; and FYC Differences Between Emmys and Oscars - 16:20
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THE OSCARS, FESTIVALS, and PREDICTIONS:
Why is Vegas So High on Dune 2’s Chances? - 23:44
Deadpool and Wolverine: Box Office Savior + The MCU Future - 29:30
Early Oscars Frontrunner Syndrome + Winding Narratives - 37:07
The Oscars Butterfly Effects + How Clayton Predicts Through the Year - 44:50
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Why TIFF’s People’s Choice May Be Different This Year - 55:24
What Clayton’s Heard of Joker 2 and Its Possible Oscar Shocker Within - 1:02:00
The Early Word on Upcoming Contenders or Pretenders - 1:05:12
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When Clayton Expects To See an Oscars Stunt Category - 1:09:24
And He Predicts Netflix Will Do WHAT?! - 1:14:56
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THE DROPOUT QUESTIONS:
How Clayton Got to Spend Time w/ Dropout - 1:22:28
GET. SAM. AN EMMY. NOM. - 1:28:03
Walking the Line Between Advocacy and Journalism - 1:30:00
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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:40:00

Clayton Davis on a Joker 2/Gaga Shocker, Awards Predicting, and Dropout's Amazingness

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
Introducing The Duke of Bettingham - David Long!
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SUMMER GAMBLING PREVIEW - BEST PICTURE:
Which Movie Has The Most Money On It Currently? - 2:43
Define “Value Betting” - 4:55
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The Current Betting Favorites:
Dune 2 (+250) - 8:40
(and a History Lesson in Just How Bizarre Dune’s Odds Are - 10:56)
Sing Sing (+400) - 17:12
Blitz (+650) - 20:34
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The 10 to 1 and Longer Shots:
Joker 2 (+1200) - 25:22
Anora (+1400) - 31:33
A Real Pain (+1400) - 35:15
Conclave (+1400) - 36:56
Nickel Boys (+1600) - 41:34
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The 20 to 1 Group - 44:59
(Nosferatu, Kinds of Kindness, Bird, Here, The Long Game, Fancy Dance)
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The 25 to 1 Group - 48:47
(Megalopolis, Queer, The Piano Lesson, Gladiator 2, Will & Harper, The Apprentice, More)
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The Super Duper Long Shots - 1:05:44
(Furiosa, Hard Truths, Maria, Saturday Night, Wicked, Inside Out 2, More)
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What About the As Yet Unlisted Movies? - 1:17:33
(Emilia Perez, A Complete Unknown, The Room Next Door, Beetlejuice 2, More)
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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:24:34

The Current Odds for the Best Picture Race w/ David Long! - ORC 8/14/24

AWARDS NEWS
Top of the Show - We immediately dive into the building buzz for Joker 2 and what it means.
9:04 - The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a surprise pick by Germany for the Oscars.

INDUSTRY NEWS
14:13 - Chick-Fil-A is starting a streaming service, and they’re already buying shows.

OSCAR TRAILERS
17:12 - Megalopolis yanks its 2nd trailer after they admit to fabricating quotes from critics.
26:00 - The Piano Lesson showcases Danielle Deadwyler and a captivating premise.
29:48 - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim looks like awesome anime

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS
32:48 - The Hemsworth Hulk Hogan Biopic has been scrapped.
33:58 - Rush Hour 4 has Brett Ratner attached. WTF.
35:40 - Noomi Rapace will play Mother Theresa
37:42 - An Anaconda remake might star Jack Black & Paul Rudd
39:29 - Tom Cruise will star in Alejandro Inarritu’s next film opposite a great cast

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING + Some Box Office Weekend Projections
42:21 - Strange Darling wins over AlsoDan & friend of the show, Andrew Morgan
46:48 - Projected Box Office Top 5 for the weekend of 8/23
47:35 - Blink Twice doesn’t short change us on thriller goods
52:48 - Jackpot is shockingly well written and pretty fun
54:21 - M1 goes back to John Ford’s Stagecoach + AlsoMike’s family movie nights of late.

OUTRO
57:58 - Our socials & how to contact us. What’s coming next might be an Emmys Betting Special before we discuss the fall film festivals for a bunch of shows. Then AlsoMike finds the phrase we were arguing about for the past 10 minutes.

Joker 2 Buzz, Stream-Fil-A, That Megalopolis Trailer + Love for Strange Darling - ORC 8/24/25

INTRO of us excited about a lot of these festival reactions and eventual travel plans of our own. 

AWARDS NEWS: 
2:35 - Nikki Glaser will host the 82nd Golden Globes
4:44 - The Apprentice finds a distributor and pre-election release date

VENICE FIRST REACTIONS: 
8:21 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and does 3 mins in Italy equal 5 mins in France?
11:42 - Maria and how Angelina’s Venice reception resembles a recent Oscar winner.
15:22 - September 5 and a potential new contender enters the Oscars landscape
17:23 - Babygirl is the steamy thriller that’s been scored very high on first blush.

TELLURIDE FIRST REACTIONS: 
19:00 - A Quick Lineup Summary to start.
20:04 - Piece By Piece enters the best animated feature race with mostly good reviews.
21:05 - Conclave is getting strong Oscar signals, but has a few red flags.
24:43 - Nickel Boys might be building a major campaign with these great first reactions
26:49 - The Piano Lesson’s strong debut & teasing Ryan McQuade’s reactions on the next ep

TRAILER REVIEWS: 
28:07 - Emilia Perez and does a lousy trailer song drown out all of the great sounding buzz?
33:25 - Six Triple Eight should be slotted into the Original Score teases a powerful story.
35:24 - Memoir of a Snail might win an Oscar, and AlsoMike is very angry after this trailer.
39:09 - Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story documentary might make us all too emotional
40:29 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 could be saved by Jim Carry and SNL promotions.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 
42:05 - Shoresy is the best sports show ever. We both love it so much.
45:15 - Slingshot gives M2 his psychological thriller fix.
46:35 - Stress Positions hits him as very funny
48:13 - The Supremes at Earl’s All You Can Eat didn’t have enough food
49:24 - Find Me Falling actually showed a lot of food
50:48 - Marmalade had fun characters in a meh heist film + Docuseries Reviews for American Murder: Laci Peterson, Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose, & The Jinx Season 2.

54:32 - OUTRO: Where you can find us, M1’s spiel goes off the rails and then back on them again, + M2 talks about our film festival coverage / upcoming adventures.

Venice & Telluride First Reactions Kick Off Our Festival Coverage - ORC 8/31/24

Make sure to follow, read and listen to all of Ryan McQuade’s work here: https://awardswatch.com/author/ryan-mcquade/

INTRO: AlsoMike welcomes back Ryan McQuade to talk through his experience at Telluride. We discuss how Ryan’s 10th guest hosting gig should be commemorated, Texas weather, and somehow, Glenn Close in The Deliverance. 

NON-SPOILER REVIEWS & OSCAR INFO:  

4:55 - Conclave: the audacity of Pope, if it’s a Dad movie, stellar performances & intrusive audio 
15:27 - Telluride Festival Info Part I: the layout of the town and the theaters.
18:47 - Nickel Boys: it’s innovative style, important POV, & breakthrough cinematographer
26:09 - The Piano Lesson: if it’s Samuel L. Jackson time, + great Deadwyler & Hawkins turns.
32:26 - The End: Michael Shannon’s singing voice & why it’s a surprise McQuade favorite.
38:14 - Saturday Night: a pitch perfect comedy & return to form for Jason Reitman.
43:37 - Telluride Festival Info Part II: The Food
48:55 - Anora: the undeniable Mikey Madison and Best Picture vibes.
54:08 - Emilia Perez: the likelihood of an original song and several acting contenders
58:05 - Maria: Jolie’s best, Ryan’s Larrain rankings & how EP is the Netflix BP play
1:02:50 - Telluride Festival Info Part II: Tips for having the best experience.
1:05:34 - A Real Pain and a sleeper contender in some MAJOR categories for Ryan

1:09:10 - OUTRO: where to follow Ryan and his upcoming work, a call for support, and what’s coming next from MMO.

Telluride '24 w/ Ryan McQuade: A Full Recap + Oscars Buzz - ORC 9/5/24

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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JOKER 2: NOT GREAT! APPARENTLY!
Critic Takes - 2:14
Officially Oscars Worried - 7:20
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VENICE AWARDED THEIR WINNERS:
The Room Next Door’s Standing Ovation is Still Happening - 8:53
A Surprise 2nd Place Winner - 14:02
April Seems Wildly Present - 15:51
The Brutalist Wins Best Director; Heals The Sick - 17:13
Nicole Kidman Upsets Angelina Jolie for Best Actress - 24:23
These Festivals Still LOVE Vincent Lindon - 26:47
Screenplay, Breakthrough Actor, More - 28:40
Queer Has Its First Look, Reactions - 32:06
The Cannes vs Venice Ovation Split - 35:20
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FINCHER’S NEXT FILM IS RUMORED - 39:23
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CONTENDER TRAILERS:
Nightbitch Trailer #1 - 41:12
The Nickelboys Trailer #1 - 43:49
Hard Truths Trailer #1 - 45:37
Will and Harper Trailer #1 - 47:07
Wicked Trailer #2 - 52:21
The Apprentice Clip - 54:00
A Minecraft Movie/Smile 2 Trailers - 56:52
The Wolfman Trailer #1 - 59:43
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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:05:50

Venice Awards Itself With a Standing Ovation That's Still Going Right Now - ORC 9/8/24

INTRO - Emmys, Oscars and Zipline stories are all incoming this episode.

AWARDS NEWS: 
1:22 - Feinberg’s Post Festival Oscars Forecast on THR with a shocking new lead contender, Dune 2’s drift and other surprise strong showings.

5:35 - Emilia Perez selected by France for Best International Feature. 
8:16 - The Life of Chuck is still without a distributor. 
10:36 - Emilia Perez campaign strategies per Variety & some Lead Actress talk.

MIKE, MIKE, & EMMY: 
12:28 - Our glowing review of the broadcast: we’re happy with the Levy boys & presenters. 
16:04 - Hacks beating The Bear and the REAL reason why it happened.
19:37 - Winner Tallies by Network and where we could have made the most money betting. 
21:50 - Shogun has a historic season in the Drama Series categories.
23:03 - Baby Reindeer wins a bevy + LaMorne Morris makes us New Girl fans very happy.
25:57 - Other AlsoMike highlights like Kimmel’s joke & another loss for the Oscars writing team. 
27:18 - Other Mike1 highlights like the progression on great TV reunions. 

FILM INDUSTRY NEWS:
29:39 - Ziplines, PickleBall Courts & luxury recliner seats are coming to ALL the theaters near you as the 8 largest North American movie theater chains have plans to upgrade over 21k screens over the next 3 years for 2.2B. Plus, A24 picks up The Friendship starring Tim Robinson of the memes we just laughed about for 5 minutes.

TRAILERS:
35:04 - Blitz and some Dunkirk level potential after all. 
37:23 - Mickey 17 and the Mikes’ excitement more so than awards buzz.

40:47 - Woman of the Hour and Anna Kendrick killing it in this new phase of her career.
*POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT ON WOMAN OF THE HOUR. where M1 talks about the result of what happened in the real life story.

43:21 - Small Things Like These and how Cillian Murphy is following up his Oscar win.
45:22 - Heretic and how everyone is criticizing religion in movies nowadays.
46:42 - Brothers and how we’re in the bag for this Dinklage, Brolin, Glenn Close comedy. 

OUTRO
49:42 - How AlsoMike has seen the same man in his last 3 AMC movie watches, and should he introduce himself the next time this happens? Or is he Tyler Durden now? 

51:59 - How to contact us, what’s coming next, and AlsoMike’s upcoming film festival plans.

Emmy Recaps, Post Festival Oscar Forecasts & Upcoming Theater Ziplines! - ORC 9/20/24

INTRO - this movie review bundle needs a renewal on our pledge regarding why we love film criticism and do what we do. 

NON-SPOILER REVIEWS IN THIS EPISODE: 

The Substance & Why It Needs To Be Oscar Nominated - 4:20. 
His Three Daughters & Another Rave Review for Azazel Jacobs - 13:45. 
Speak No Evil breaks up the love fest - 16:14. 
Robot Dreams’ review here has to be an outlier - 18:58. 
The Garfield Movie and I know how you all look at me - 21:44. 
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos - 23:29. 
Adam Sandler: Love You is innovative Sand-Man w/ Schneider at his best - 25:16. 
Dandelion is Kiki Layne playing a starving artist in trouble - 27:50. 
Scrambled is very funny with some great performances by comedians - 29:34. 
Boy Kills World has fun fights & characters but a messy plot - 31:29. 
The Killer makes me much more cynical about remakes - 33:57. 
Jackpot! And how the action comedy should’ve been funnier - 35:06
The Union didn’t get Grosse Pointe Blank right - 36:17. 
The Final: Attack On Wembley felt like a sports Woodstock ‘99 - 38:33. 
The Devil’s Bath has historical wisdom but horror trigger warnings abound - 40:17. 

OUTRO - 42:10. Contact us with your thoughts please. We have an Oscar Race Checkpoint, NYFF episodes, and Film Studies coming up soon.

Read Kenzie Vanunu’s Interview w/ Coralie Fargeat as recommended in the episode: https://offscreencentral.com/2024/09/20/the-substance-interview-with-director-coralie-fargeat/

Read Anne Thompson’s piece on Indiewire as well please: 
https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/coralie-fargeat-feminist-body-horror-the-substance-1235048769/

Listen to Pop Culture Confidential w/ Christina Jeurling Birro & Ryan McQuade: https://www.popcultureconfidential.com/426-we-discuss-review-the-substance-from-writerdirector-coralie-fargeat-starring-demi-moore/

The Substance, His Three Daughters, Speak No Evil & 13 Films Reviewed - ORC 9/25/24

INTRO - Crazy, Crazier, Craziest. 

BOX OFFICE REPORT:
0:51 - Joker 2’s Flop. 
2:05 - Mike 1’s Lament. 
4:13 - How Bad Was This Flop? What’s a recent box office comp? 
6:28 - AlsoMike’s Review. 
11:46 - M1 predicts how industry may react long term after this and let’s say Smile 2. 
12:33 - Joker 2 Oscar Lens. 
15:38 - The Rest of the Top 10 Includes The Wild Robot, Beetlejuice & The Substance. 

IN OTHER NEWS:
17:26 - Daniel Day-Lewis unretires to return for Anemone, directed by his son. 
18:51 - Scream VII announces a 2026 February Release Date. 

TRAILER REVIEWS:
22:00 - Juror No. 2 and we’ll always have this trailer. 
27:03 - Baby Girl and getting lost in our own milk jokes. 
30:43 - Nosferatu and why M2 would like them all to shush. 
32:54 - Emilia Perez and why the drama is working better than the musical thus far. 
35:45 - Better Man and what’s with the monkey.
38:14 - A Complete Unknown and why we’re very angry to be liking this trailer so much. 
41:09 - The Seed of the Sacred Fig and why this trailer makes this a must see film.

MOVIE REVIEWS / WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
44:39 - We Live In Time gets a rave review, but M2 is not a Wedding Crasher. 
49:06 - It’s What’s Inside was awesome, but not a background movie. 
50:12 - A Different Man has a terrific Sebastian Stan, but Adam Pearson steals the show. 
51:59 - My Old Ass was a happy place type of movie, but also proves are asses are old. 
54:18 - Red Rooms was scary as hell, but became one of M2’s favorite films of the year. 
57:13 - Will & Harper is a doc contender, but should get buzz for Picture per Mike1. 

1:01:09 - OUTRO: How to reach out, your homework, some words of wisdom about our mortality, and what’s coming next for us re: our next film study and some festival going. Plus, you can lickety split with us. Wait.

The Joker 2 Belly Flop + Reviewing We Live In Time & Juror No 2's Same Old Trailer - ORC 10/9/24

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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GOTHAMS NOMS:
Gothams: Oscars Indicators - 2:02
41 Films Nominated in 9 Categories - 5:31
MMO Gotham Predictions - 11:10
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MORE AWARDS NEWS:
Disney Buys Grammy Rights for $500M; How Screwed Are the Oscars? - 20:45
The Substance to go Comedy/Musical for Globes - 24:30
Hans Zimmer’s Dune 2 Score Ineligible for Oscars - 26:56
WTF is Happening with Juror #2? - 28:24
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FILM FESTIVAL BEST PICTURE TALLY - 34:50
(Including AlsoMike’s Review of Memoir of a Snail - 37:47)
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FUTURE MOVIE NEWS - 42:00
(A Romulus Sequel; Wuthering Heights w/ Elordi, Luca’s American Psycho Remake)
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BOX OFFICE UPDATE:
Smile 2 and Terrifier 3 Win Big the Last 2 Weeks - 46:32
Venom The “Last” Dance - 48:17
The Everlong Battle of PVOD vs Staying in Theaters - 51:10
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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:01:20

Gotham Noms/Predix, and Disney Threatening The Oscars with the Grammys - ORC 11/2/24

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

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