For Episode 452, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and I recap and break down this massive week of film festival announcements including the full lineup for the 2025 Venice Film Festival, a majority of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) lineup, the Opening and Centerpiece announcements for the New York Film Festival, and what this all means for the Telluride Film Festival. For this week's poll, for Venezia 82 (mainly because we at least have the full lineup for this one), we ask, "Which Film From The 2025 Venice Film Festival Are You Most Looking Forward To?" And for last week's poll, for the first time this season, we asked, "Which Film Do You Feel Will Be The Next Best Picture Oscar Winner?" and we reveal your top 10 early results for this almighty important question. We also share our reactions to the trailers for Park Chan-wook's much-anticipated "No Other Choice," Aziz Ansari's "Good Fortune," Clint Bentley's "Train Dreams," Oliver Hermanus' "The History Of Sound," Rob Reiner's "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues," the A24 English dubbed re-release of "Ne Zha 2," reveal the 2009 NBP Film Community Award Nominations, answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! We will post the 2009 NBP Film Community Award nominations on the site for you to vote on tomorrow. Thank you all for listening, supporting, subscribing, and voting. You're all the very best fans we could ever ask for, and we look forward to seeing you all again next week!

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Episode 452 - The 2025 Venice & Toronto International Film Festival Lineups, "No Other Choice," "Good Fortune," "Train Dreams" & "Ne Zha 2" Trailers

Part 2 of Boogie Mikes is here as we review Paul Thomas Anderson’s second film, Boogie Nights. 

INTRO - Mike1 demands we leave our pre-show conversation in as a cold open. Mike2 edits it into the episode another way. It’s absurd. - Top of the Show

Production History and Reception for Boogie Nights -  6:08 
Our Watch Stories - 15:27 
Non-Spoiler Story Thoughts + Summary of its Awards Profile - 17:23
Quentin Tarantino’s lone beef with this movie - 23:42 
Review of the Performances - 28:37 
Review of the Production Values - 43:34 
Our Final Non-Spoiler Sales Pitch on why you should watch Boogie Nights - 50:27 

SPOILER WARNING - 52:30 

Why This Plot Is So PTA - 52:33 
Discussing The Themes - 57:24 
Let’s Talk About That Ending - 1:05:38 
Worst Scenes (Though there really are no worst scenes in this one) - 1:12:13 
Other Best Scenes - 1:17:20 
Final Grades & Final Thoughts - 1:23:21 

OUTRO: We hope you continue to watch PTA’s filmography with us. It is wise for us to disagree on the words of wisdom in this episode to continue the banter throughout this Outro, and if you like our asinine silliness, we hope you like, follow, subscribe, rate & review us. Thank you. Also, we’re sorry. Here’s a link to all our stuff. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar


Boogie Nights: A Literal Banger & PTA's Career Maker - Boogie Mikes Part 2 - Ep 485

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Our 2009 retrospective continues with Jason Reitman's Best Picture nominee "Up In The Air," starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Danny McBride, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, J. K. Simmons, Melanie Lynskey, Zach Galifianakis & Sam Elliott. Co-written by Sheldon Turner and based on Walter Kirn's 2001 novel of the same name, the story of a traveling corporate downsizer who has a change of heart about what he values in his life was timely upon its release following the 2009 global financial crisis and garnered strong reviews and earned five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. How does the film hold up today? Please join Alyssa Christian, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and me as we discuss the performances, direction, writing, editing, its awards season run, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. You can vote now on the winners of the 2009 NBP Film Community Awards here until August 16th, 2025. We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy our review! Thank you!

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"Up In The Air"

For Episode 453, no members of Next Best Picture were available today to join me for this week's episode so I looked in my contacts and called the one very special person who I felt would be most suitable to guest and discuss the announcement of the Closing Night film for the New York Film Festival (NYFF), Bradley Cooper's "Is This Thing On?," and what we believe will be announced for the Main Slate and Spotlight sections later this week. We reveal the winners of last week's poll, for the upcoming Venice Film Festival, where we asked, "Which Film From The 2025 Venice Film Festival (Venezia 82) Are You Most Looking Forward To?" And for last week's poll, for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), we ask, "Which World Premiere From The 2025 Toronto International Film Festival Are You Most Looking Forward To Seeing?" We also share our reactions to the trailers for "Avatar: Fire And Ash," "Eternity," "Zootopia 2," "Blue Moon," "Twinless," "The Threesome," answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Voting for the 2009 NBP Film Community Awards is underway and will run until August 16th. Please share to cast your vote if you haven't already. Thank you all for listening, supporting, subscribing, and voting. We will see you all again next week!

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Episode 453 - The 2025 New York Film Festival Lineup Predictions, "Avatar: Fire And Ash," "Zootopia 2," "Eternity" & "Twinless" Trailers

Part 3 of Boogie Mikes tackles Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia, his 3 hour epic drama starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Jason Robards, Melora Walters, Philip Baker Hall, and Jeremy Blackman. 

NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF MAGNOLIA:
Production Stories, Reception, Awards & The Tom Cruise Career Checkpoint - 2:01 
Roger Ebert’s Take + Non-Spoiler Script Thoughts - 11:07 
Review of the Performances - 15:45 
Review of the Production Values - 20:51 
Final Non-Spoiler Sales Pitch - 26:26 

SPOILER FILLED REVIEW OF MAGNOLIA: 28:52 
Why this movie is so PTA: and yet, why does he use so many narrative devices? - 30:36 
Asking some major questions - 36:39 
The Big Themes - 40:10 
That Ending: and what a mess we are trying to reckon with it - 44:31 
More Bests & Worsts - 1:03:20 

OUTRO: Please let us know your thoughts and explanations re: Magnolia. We’d love to read them. Here’s a linktree to all of our socials, and where else you can find our podcast. Please rate, review, like, and subscribe and help us spread the word about our show in a positive way. We thank you very much for doing so. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar





Magnolia and the Deus Ex Frogima - Boogie Mikes Part 3 - Ep 487

We discuss the new AMPAS President before reacting to the full NYFF63 lineup, the TIFF additions and tributes, and by deduction, we work out some of the Telluride slate. Plus we review Cloud, Sorry Baby & Together while also discussing new trailers for Rental Family, One Battle After Another, etc. 

ACADEMY NEWS:
Lynette Howell Taylor is our new President - 1:29 
Will the Oscars remain on ABC after Disney makes moves? - 3:52 

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS:
The NYFF Closes with Bradley Cooper’s latest + a Jim Jarmusch Centerpiece - 8:50 
NYFF63 Main Slate is loaded + That Jay Kelly Trailer - 11:26 
NY Spotlights The Boss, DDL & double Linklater + Blue Moon Trailer - 17:15 
TIFF Tributes are discussed + that Rental Family trailer is working well, maybe too well - 29:30 
TIFF Lineup Additions + that Left-Handed Girl Trailer - 34:05
Deducing Likely Telluride Lineup - 41:02  

MORE TRAILER BREAKDOWNS:
One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Tom Cruise jokes - 43:24 
Highest 2 Lowest, starring Denzel Washington & Jeffrey Wright - 48:45 
Ella McCay is one Mike’s dream and another Mike’s nightmare - 52:15 
Train Dreams, starring Joel Edgerton is another huge schism betwixt us - 54:49 
The Choral, starring Ralph Fiennes would win every Oscar in 1994 - 57:53 
Shelby Oaks from Chris Stuckman could be just our speed - 1:0015 

NON-SPOILER REVIEWS:
Cloud & Folktales at IFC Center + AlsoMike’s Burger Day in NYC - 1:02:29 
M1 reviews Sorry, Baby, The General’s Daughter + Quickies on Together & Oh, Hi! - 1:08:01 

OUTRO: We try to avoid jinxing Mike1’s health and fail. But if he survives, you can enjoy more Oscar Race Checkpoints in the future. As always, we appreciate all your support. Please follow us on social media, like & subscribe, rate & review - all that good stuff… and you can find a tree of all our links here. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

NYFF63 is STACKED, Brendan Fraser's Doing It Again & In Lynette We Trust - ORC 8/12/25

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Our 2009 retrospective is almost over. For our second-to-last review, we're taking a look at the year's Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, "The Secret In Their Eyes" starring Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, and Guillermo Francella. Directed, produced, and edited by Juan José Campanella and adapted from Eduardo Sacheri's novel "La pregunta de sus ojos," the film follows judiciary agents Benjamín Espósito and Irene Hastings as they investigate a murder in 1970s Argentina, set against the nation's turbulent political and social climate. Employing a nonlinear narrative and featuring a celebrated five-minute continuous stadium shot, it marked Campanella's fourth collaboration with Darín and earned critical acclaim for its screenplay, performances, and direction, grossing over $34 million worldwide and winning numerous awards, including the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film. How does the film hold up today? Please join Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and me as we discuss the performances, direction, writing, editing, its awards season run, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. You can vote now on the winners of the 2009 NBP Film Community Awards here until August 16th, 2025. We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy our review! Thank you!

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"The Secret In Their Eyes"

PTA REWATCH P. 5 - THERE WILL BE BLOOD REVIEW:

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Nonspoiler Review:

Production Story: How DDL Met Daniel Plainview - 4:17

Can You Tell a PTA Film? - 23:43 

DDL: The Last Dance - 29:01

Production Values and When a Horror Score Goes Drama - 39:50

What’s the Pitch to Make Someone Watch This? - 45:30

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SPOILER WARNING - 47:37

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Spoiler Review:

PTA Fusing Spielberg and Altman - 48:27

Does Plainview Love HIs Son? - 54:58

Capitalism: Get Consumed By It! - 57:35

Tick, Tick, Boom - 1:02:10

More Bests and Worsts - 1:10:07

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FINAL GRADES - 1:20:51

What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 1:22:45

There Will Be Blood, But No Milkshake - Boogie Mikes Part 5 - Ep 490

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, with week with special guests Conor Murphy and Natasha Waugh, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.

This August, we are taking a look at the films on the Irish Leaving Certificate Curriculum. This week, Celine Song's Past Lives.

Nora Moon was just twelve years old when her family emigrated from South Korea to Canada. Moving to New York to pursue a career as a writer, Nora tries her best to stay in contact with her childhood friend Hae Sung, who remained in Seoul. Time passes and the pair drift out of contact. Years later, Hae Sung reaches out to let Nora know that he will be visiting New York, causing Nora to confront and re-evaluate many of her life choices.

At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes

431. Past Lives - Leaving Cert 2025 (#---)

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

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