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

There’s Cannes Fallout, a new Box Office queen & king with Lilo & Stitch, plus major MCU news with the delay of Avengers: Doomsday. Plus, we review Friendship, The Rehearsal, Bring Her Back, Until Dawn, The Studio, new docs and many new trailers in this Oscar Race Checkpoint. 

CANNES FALLOUT: 
Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident Palme sparks international incident - 2:25 
Netflix buys Nouvelle Vague, a Bono Doc Review + the full Acquisitions Tally - 7:52 

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: 
Avengers: Doomsday delayed and what it means for the MCU - 11:42 
Damien Chazelle’s next film with Daniel Craig & Cillian Murphy - 15:49 
Gears of War for Netflix gets a director + M1’s casting hopes - 18:26 

A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE UPDATE: 
AM’s Lilo & Stitch Celebration & Review - 20:14 
Thoughts on Mission Impossible, Final Destination, Thunderbolts, & Sinners progress - 25:10 
Paul Rudd & Tim Robinson’s Friendship makes $$$ + AM’s Review - 32:40 
M1 breaks into a review of The Rehearsal: Season 2 - 36:08 
Minecraft, Accountant 2, and Hurry Up Tomorrow round out the top 10 - 38:34 

TRAILER REVIEWS:
Good Fortune is Dogma, starring Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen, & Sherry Cola - 41:25 
Caught Stealing from Darren Aronofsky & a stacked August - 43:30 
Zootopia 2 knows how to teaser - 46:41 
Jurassic World: Rebirth if it works will end a certain way - 47:56 
Materialists if it works will end a certain way - 50:34 

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 
Bring Her Back - 54:15 
Breaking into the Elio & Smurfs Trailers - 57:05 
Until Dawn - 58:10 
Santosh - 59:44 
Paddington In Peru - 1:01:42 
Breaking into the Sunset Boulevard Broadway Adaptation Rumors - 1:02:38 
Pee Wee As Himself - 1:04:54 
The Studio: Season 1 - 1:09:07 

OUTRO: 
Announcing our Upcoming Superman Rewatch Series - 1:13:09 
Announcing our Upcoming PTA Rewatch Series called “Boogie Mikes” - 1:14:23 
AM’s Upcoming Slate At Tribeca - 1:16:29 
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Lilo & Stitch Hits, Doomsday Delayed & Boogie Mikes - ORC 5/30/25

We did it! Tom Cruise is getting an honorary Oscar alongside Dolly Parton, Debbie Allan, & Wynn Thomas at the Governors Awards. Plus, we talk Venice Bound Films, AI Rules, great trailers for Springsteen, IKWYDLS & Spaceballs 2 +++ reviews for 28 Years Later, How To Train Your Dragon, and Elio. 

NEWS:
Governors Awards Recipients Announced for Tom Cruise & Dolly Parton - 1:14 
Jafar Panahi calls for end to Iran/Israel Conflict - 6:18 
MPSE Golden Reel Awards bans AI Noms - 11:50 
Blumhouse acquires the Saw franchise - 15:40 
Kathyrn Bigelow’s House of Dynamite gets a release date - 18:36 
Variety reports on 9 Venice Bound Films + MPAA Ratings for other Contenders - 21:32 

TRAILERS:
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere - 26:23 
I Know What You Did Last Summer - 32:27 
The Toxic Avenger - 38:59 
Him - 42:43 
Spaceballs 2 - 47:51 

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING // BOX OFFICE REPORT
How To Train Your Dragon Review - 50:36 
28 Years Later Review - 52:47 
Elio Review - 58:26 
Rest of the Top 10 + What To Watch On Streaming + Naked Gun Rewatches - 1:05:52 

OUTRO: M2 breaks M1’s chops about watching much more TV than Film. We own our hypocrisies and High School nicknames. Then you should leave us a 5 Star Review if you’re enjoying the show. Thank you for that. Plus, we discuss Mike 1’s upcoming vacation. But you shouldn’t get any interruption in your MMO because we banked some episodes. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar 


Tom Cruise's Oscar, Springsteen's Trailer + 28 Years Later - ORC 6/23/25

This Oscar Race Checkpoint talks about the Academy’s New Invitees, the James Bond Franchises’ next director and casting rumors, upcoming TIFF World Premieres + release updates for potential contenders, and there’s some initial reactions to F1 and M3GAN 2.0 in a Box Office Report. 

ACADEMY NEWS: New Academy Members & Board of Governors - 1:33 

007 NEWS - A Deep Dive into all the News & Casting Rumors:
Denis Villeneuve hired as the next director of Bond 26 + Writer Possibilities - 6:38 
Casting Rumors on the Top of the List + Other Potential Candidates - 12:16 

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: 
James Cameron’s Ghosts of Hiroshima & News on Avatars 4 & 5 - 38:49 
James Cameron’s The Devils + AlsoMike’s Love for Joe Abercrombie Books - 40:51 
TIFF World Premieres & Opening Night Film Announcements - 46:45 

RELEASE DATE UPDATES - 49:52 
Nouvelle Vague, It Was Just An Accident, Sentimental Value, The Mastermind and Train Dreams all get release dates. Plus, there’s a discussion on how NEON has done well with October and November releases in the past. 

BOX OFFICE UPDATE:
F1 Initial Reactions / Teaser Review + Discussion on Apple’s Theatrical Commitment - 54:31
M3GAN 2.0’s lackluster Debut + the rest of the Top 5 - 1:01:01 

OUTRO: We have exciting plans for the rest of this week and next. So stay tuned to the feed for future episodes. Plus, it is wise to enjoy your summer picnics and vacations. Hopefully you can still include us at MMO in your plans as you travel and kick back. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar 

007 Casting Rumors, James Cameron Future Films & F1 Reactions - ORC 7/2/25

For Episode 455, I am joined by Katie Johnson, Josh Parham & Tom O'Brien to discuss the 2025 New York Film Festival (NYFF) Spotlight announcement and the final additions to the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) lineup. We reveal the winner of last week's poll for NYFF63, where we asked, "Which Film From The 2025 New York Film Festival Main Slate Are You Most Looking Forward To Seeing?" For this week's poll, now that we know the full lineups for Venice, TIFF50 and NYFF63 (with Telluride to announce still, but with many of its titles already inferred), we're asking, "Which 2025 Fall Film Festival Films Are You Most Excited To See?" We also share our reactions to the trailers for "Marty Supreme," "It Was Just An Accident," "Eleanor The Great," "Steve," reveal the 2009 NBP Film Community Award Winners, answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Thank you all for listening, supporting, subscribing, and voting. We will see you all again next week!

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Episode 455 - Final NYFF63 & TIFF50 Lineups, "Marty Supreme," "It Was Just An Accident," "Steve" & "Eleanor The Great" Trailers

What if YouTube bought the broadcast rights to the Academy Awards? We discuss the latest rumors via Bloomberg. Otherwise, we also break down trailers for Marty Supreme, It Was Just An Accident, Ballad of a Small Player, Keeper, etc. We discuss the Lineup for Fantastic Fest & other movie news before reviewing / revisiting some new releases from Highest 2 Lowest & Freakier Friday to Superman & Weapons. 

OSCAR NEWS:
Bloomberg report on YouTube vying for the rights to broadcast the Oscars - 1:46 
Best International Feature Selection Announcements begin - 10:36 

TRAILER REVIEWS: 
Marty Supreme enters the race with our allegiance - 13:33 
It Was Just An Accident seems like an tense thriller - 19:08 
Ballad of a Small Player from Mr. Burger & starring Colin Farrell - 23:23 
Peter Hujar’s Day featuring the beautiful words of Owen Gleiberman - 27:38 
The History of Sound from Oliver Hermanus + Paul Mescal & Josh O’Connor - 30:22 
Steve stars Cillian Murphy ala Half Nelson & Stand and Deliver - 32:55 
Keeper proves we love Osgood Perkins & Neon’s trailers for Oz Perkins films - 35:11 
Good Boy deserves all the Oscars because he is such a good boy!!! - 37:36 

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: 
Wicked 2 buzz as Cynthia Erivo set for the Santa Barbara Kirk Douglas Award - 40:11 
Fantastic Fest Lineup Highlights - 44:25 

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS:
Frankenstein, Fairyland & Urchin Release Date Updates - 49:00 
Sandra Huller to star in Pawel Pawlikowski’s 1949 - 52:32 
Guy Pearce may play Rupert Murdoch for Danny Boyle - 53:50 

BOX OFFICE UPDATE & WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
Weapons Rewatch & 2nd Week atop the Box Office - 55:02 
A positive Freakier Friday Review - 57:33 
Nobody 2 disappoints - 58:35 
The Rest of the Top 10 include a Fantastic Four disappointment - 1:00:30 
M1’s catches up with Superman - 1:02:23 
Sydney Sweeney’s Jeans controversy & Americana bomb - 1:05:18 
AM reviews East of Wall - 1:07:31 
The brothers’ road trip to see Highest 2 Lowest - 1:09:22 
Alien: Earth early review - 1:14:22 

OUTRO: Hopefully you heed these words of wisdom as we head into film festival season. Plus, we refuse to jinx ourselves. Please sprinkle some salt. Also, if you enjoy our work, do please feel free to join us in our movie conversations this fall via our social media, and you can also help us by spreading the good word about our podcasts with positive ratings, reviews, likes, and subscribes. Here’s a linktree: https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar 

Marty Supreme Enters The Race + YouTube's Oscar Play - ORC 8/20/25

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