For Episode 439, I am joined by Katie Johnson, Lauren LaMagna, and Will Mavity to discuss the announcement of the new rules for the Academy Awards and the additions to the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. We also reveal the winner of last week's poll for the release of "The Accountant 2" asking, "Which Is Your Favorite Ben Affleck performance?" and ask this week's poll question for the release of "Thunderbolts*" asking "What Is Your Favorite Movie About A Ragtag Group Of Misfits?" We also react to the trailers for "Predator: Badlands," "I Know What You Did Last Summer," "Heads Of State," answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Thank you all for listening, supporting, and subscribing. We hope you enjoy this episode, and we will see you all next week.

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Episode 439 - New Oscar Rules, 2025 Cannes Film Festival Additions, "Predator: Badlands," "I Know What You Did Last Summer" & "Heads Of State" Trailers

What is This Episode? - Top of Show
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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

Bonjour NBP Community! For Episode 442, I am joined by Dan Bayer on the Croisette in France for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. In this week's episode, we take a break from the film festival at the midway point to discuss the various films we've been watching, including "Die, My Love," "Eddington," "Sirat," "Sound Of Falling," "The Chronology Of Water," "Nouvelle Vague," "The Secret Agent," "The Phoenician Scheme" and more! We also go over the polls for the release of "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning," asking, "Which Is Your Favorite "Mission: Impossible" Film?" We also reveal the winner of last week's poll asking," "Which Films From The 2025 Cannes Film Festival Are You Most Excited To See?"There are no trailers or answers to your fan-submitted questions, but we hope you enjoy hearing about what movies you have to look forward to with another recap to come for the second week of the festival next week! Thank you all for listening, supporting, and subscribing. We hope you enjoy this episode.

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Episode 442 - The 2025 Cannes Film Festival (So Far), "Die, My Love," "Nouvelle Vague," "Eddington," "The Secret Agent" & "The Chronology Of Water"

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

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What Is This Episode - Top of Show
“IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT” WINS THE PALME D’OR
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING: OSCARS PROFILE:
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Spoiler-Free Review:
Scores, Box Office, and the Cruise-ness of It All - 3:21
Why Paramount Doesn’t Need This to Break the Bank - 12:13
Script Thoughts - 14:18
Chaotic, Boring, Mishandled…Amazing - 19:00
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Tom Cruise - 21:42
Ensemble - 24:34
Production Values - 26:55
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SPOILER WARNING - 30:12
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Spoiler-Filled Review:
The Mike1 School of Film Marketing - 31:08
“Hey, Why Not…” for A Few, Minor, Basically Invisible, Tiny Plot Holes - 33:26
Gabriel’s Dead End + Fan Service - 42:01
Star Wars-ing - 44:32
Parts of This Movie That’d Kill the Mikes - 47:32
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FINAL GRADES - 53:58
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MMO What’s Next/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 57:10

Mission Impossible 8 The Final Reckoning Oscar Profile - RUN, TOM! AGAIN! - Ep 480

For Episode 443, Dan Bayer and I are back from the south of France to give you Part 2 of our 2025 Cannes Film Festival recap, including our reactions to the award winners. Tune in as we touch on many of the movies which premiered in the second week of the festival including the Palme d'Or winner "It Was Just An Accident," "Sentimental Value," "Resurrection," "Alpha," "Pillion," "Highest 2 Lowest," "Splitsville," "Eleanor The Great," "A Private Life," "The History Of Sound," "The Mastermind," "Honey Don't!" and more! For this week's poll, as the festival ends, we ask, "Which Film From The 2025 Cannes Film Festival Are You Most Looking Forward To Seeing?" We also reveal the winner of last week's poll for the release of "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning," asking, "Which Is Your Favorite "Mission: Impossible" Film?" give our reactions to the trailer for Darren Aronofsky's "Caught Stealing," answer your fan-submitted questions and more! Thank you all for following us on this incredible journey by listening, supporting, and subscribing. We hope you enjoy this episode, and we'll see you next week.

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Episode 443 - Final 2025 Cannes Film Festival Recap, Award Winners & "Caught Stealing" Trailer

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

Das Licht wirft Schatten, Yin braucht sein Yang, damit geht es in dieser Folge um Captain America 4 und Cannes. 

Das Filmfestival in Südfrankreich ist über die Bühne gegangen und so haben sich Tobit und Lucas die kommenden Filme mal genauer angesehen. Brave New World ist mittlerweile auf der Streaming Plattform Disney Plus gelandet und wurde von den beiden ebenfalls nachgeholt. Zudem schleichen sich die neue Oslo Trilogie von Dag Johan Haugerud sowie der Kultfilm Only Lovers Left Alive von Jim Jarmusch unauffällig in das Hörvergnügen.

218: Captain Cannes

"Dangerous Animals" had its world premiere in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its brutal shark kills, handling of genre tone, and Jai Courtney's unhinged performance as the serial killer who feeds his victims to sharks and films them in the process. Courtney was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his experience making the film, which you can listen to below! Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Independent Film Company. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Dangerous Animals" Star Jai Courtney

A podcast by NextBestPicture.com that reviews the latest film releases and discusses various topics within the world of film and the awards race.

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.

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