Mario, Tom and Andy talk about some non-horror, non-spooky films: Megalopolis (1:30), The Wild Robot (11:45), and Kinds of Kindness (34:45)

Megalopolis, The Wild Robot, Kinds of Kindness

It’s the second half of our 100% Accurate Way Too Early Oscars Predictions for 2025/26. In this episode, we discuss the Supportings, Casting, Director, Picture and 12 categories in all!

Cinematography - 2:16 
Film Editing - 5:07 
Animated 9:38 
International - 13:09 
Documentary - 17:51 
Costume Design - 20:24 
Production Design - 23:24 
Supporting Actor - 29:00 
Supporting Actress - 37:24 
Casting - 41:17 
Director - 45:00 
Picture - 52:00 

OUTRO - Go back and enjoy our entire Oscars Year In Preview Series as we discussed the calendar, reviewed Sundance, and previewed Cannes. Do look forward to our continuation of our Oscar Profile Movie Reviews series as we’ll do film study episodes on upcoming contenders. But first, we cannot wait to review the reviewers and time the standing ovations from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival later this week. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar


Part 2 of our 100% Accurate Oscars Predictions for 2025/26 - ORC 5/13/25

Mitte September - Das Jahr ist schon zu drei Vierteln an uns vorbeigezogen. Dennis und Tobit befinden sich deswegen in Alarmbereitschaft! Nicht nur diskutieren sie die Dystopie-Idee THE LONG WALK, das Chaos am Filmset in COBWEB oder außerirdische Tagesreisen in ELIO, sondern  wagen einen Blick in die Zukunft... und wir haben gelernt: Das Restjahr hat noch so einige Filmperlen parat.

227: Trailer-Bilanz, des is leiwand

"Bugonia" is an absurdist black comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos from a screenplay by Will Tracy that adapts the 2003 South Korean film "Save the Green Planet!" by Jang Joon-hwan. The film follows two young men who kidnap a powerful CEO, suspecting that she is secretly an alien who wants to destroy Earth. The film stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone. It had its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival and also screened at the Telluride Film Festival to positive reviews. Stone, Plemons, Lanthimos, and Tracy were all kind enough to spend time speaking with us about their work and experiences making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Focus Features. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interviews With "Bugonia" Stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Director Yórgos Lanthimos & Screenwriter Will Tracy

November, where nothing bad ever happened to a Kennedy, and we’re watching the strangely vast ensemble perform for Emilio Estevez in the build up to an event that would land us where we are now, I guess (among many many other things) and play a game of Casting Kennedys. Also, Johnny catches up on I Swear, there’s chatter about the Roofman, Bugonia, Shelby Oaks, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, The Mastermind and Johnny has specific thoughts, with slight spoilers, on the film Regretting You. What an ensemble we made ourselves, we are the Emilio Estevezes (Estevee?) of podcasting.
THE FERRYMAN UPON THE PLAINS - Andrew’s First Novel - Out Now!
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321 - Bobby

For this week's main podcast review, Ema Sasic, Will Mavity, and guest Ben Langford join me to discuss the latest film from Yorgos Lanthimos, "Bugonia," starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone. With a screenplay by Will Tracy, the film is an English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film "Save the Green Planet!" by Jang Joon-hwan that had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its compelling performances, pitch-black comedic writing, and otherworldly direction from Lanthimos. What did we think of it, though? Put on your conspiracy theory hats and tune in as we discuss these elements, its themes, tone, messaging, craftsmanship, awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Yaaaaaaaaay :)

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"Bugonia"

What Is This Episode - Top of Show
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BUGONIA OSCARS PROFILE
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Spoiler-Free Review:
Background: Box Office, Scores - 1:11
An Early Oscars Lens; Because…Wtf? - 4:24
Script Thoughts - 7:51
Performances - 10:33
Silverstone-assance - 15:10
Production Values - 17:20
OVER/UNDER HOW MANY NOMS? - 19:21
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SPOILER WARNING - 23:11
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Spoiler-Filled Review:
So…Did You Know? - 24:14
Unreliable or Not - 27:37
Fearing the Laughter - 30:00
More Highs and Lows - 35:45
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FINAL GRADES: 39:28
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What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 42:43

Bugonia Oscars Profile - Do You Know Your Enemy? - Ep 504

Dennis und Tobit haben die große Viennale 2025 hinter sich: Und heuer jagte ein Jahreshighlight das nächste! Uns bleibt keine andere Wahl, darüber zu reden, mal mit sentimentalem Gemüt, mal in farbfroher Lust! Es war nur ein kleiner Unfall, wenn wir durch die Kinosäle gestolpert sind, auf der Jagd, ein Screening nach dem anderen, und jedes ist wie eine kleine Wiedergeburt. Wir entschuldigen uns, hören auf einen hochpolitischen Hilfeschrei und weniger auf zwei Verschwörungstheoretiker. Ach ja, und Dennis hat auch nen Anime gesehen, der ganz gut ist!

234: Rache, Mord, Tränen | Viennale 2025

On this episode, Brendan and Megan discuss Yorgos Lanthimos' new film BUGONIA, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons!

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Review: Bugonia

Yorgos Lanthimos' fourth collaboration with Emma Stone yields a darkly comedic thriller about two conspiracy theorists who kidnap a CEO, determined to reveal the truth that she's an alien from Andromeda. We've all at least considered it.

While funny and absurd, Bugonia is also tragic and misanthropic, and we're unconvinced that its ending is either earned or fitting, despite Mike's insistence that he's seen it coming for weeks. We consider the film's messaging, aesthetics, and tone; what its stars bring to it and how they differ; what the title might mean; and how a comparison with Alex Garland's Ex Machina reveals the lacks in the storytelling here. We pick at Bugonia left, right and centre, but despite our complaints, it showed us a very entertaining time, and there's a lot about it to recommend.

Recorded on 9th November 2025.

464 - Bugonia

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

Are You Movie Mad? Is the podcast that asks the most difficult question one man has ever faced. Cinephile Andrew Jones is perpetually flabbergasted that Johnny Ellis uses the online moniker 'Movie_Mad' yet at any given moment seems not to understand any movie references. Join Andrew as he journeys through a collection of films to educate Johnny and ask if Johnny is Mad about the movie he watched or remains Movie Mad.

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.

"I have this romantic idea of the movies as a conjunction of place, people and experiences, all different for each of us, a context in which individual and separate beings try to commune, where the individual experience overlaps with the communal and where that overlapping is demarcated by how we measure the differing responses between ourselves and the rest of the audience: do they laugh when we don’t (and what does that mean?); are they moved when we feel like laughing (and what does that say about me or the others) etc. The idea behind this podcast is to satiate the urge I sometimes have when I see a movie alone – to eavesdrop on what others say. What do they think? How does their experience compare to mine? Snippets are overhead as one leaves the cinema and are often food for thought. A longer snippet of such an experience is what I hope to provide: it’s two friends chatting immediately after a movie. It’s unrehearsed, meandering, slightly convoluted, certainly enthusiastic, and well informed, if not necessarily on all aspects a particular work gives rise to, certainly in terms of knowledge of cinema in general and considerable experience of watching different types of movies and watching movies in different types of ways. It’s not a review. It’s a conversation." - José Arroyo.

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The best movie reviews, news, and podcast out there! Two guys that know movies and love talking about them!

Mario Ponzio and Tom Nolan have each made a list of their 100 most pivotal films. Each week they will discuss another pair and break-down how they influenced them as film-goers and as people until they get to number 1.  They will also tackle just released, under-the-radar, and bad films, all while drinking different tasty local beers every week. Films, Beers, Talking.

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