What Is This Episode - Top of Show.OSCARS 2025 RECAP EPISODE:Red Carpet Fashion Takes From 2 UnFashionable Mikes - 1:53Pros/Cons of the Broadcast - 7:53.Show Open/Conan’s Monologue - 15:46Culkin Finishes His Supporting Actor Sweep - 20:51Video Packages for BP Noms - 23:04Flow Upsets in Animated Feature - 24:12A 50:1 Winner in Animated Short!!! - 27…

What Is This Episode - Top of ShowWELCOME THE DUKE, DAVID LONG!.OSCARS PREDICTION + GAMBLING PREVIEW SHOW:Explaining Odds + Welcoming Our Sponsor: Kalshi! - 2:02.Sign Up kalshi.com/mmo and bet on the Oscars!.Best Picture: Anora v Conclave - Literally, Place Your Bets - 8:47(Predictions - 22:43)Director: DGA All The Way? - 28:18.Lead Actress: Odds +…

What Is This Episode - Top of ShowWELCOME SCOTT FEINBERG OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER!.THE FEINBERG FINAL W/ SCOTT FEINBERG!:Who’s Scott’s Best Picture Winner? - 3:11How Scott Forecasts in Feinberg + The Role of SAG This Year - 10:40So Lead Actress Will Be…?? - 16:40.What Happened at DGA, and The Brutalist’s Burden - 20:43Why This Year’s Ratings Will …

What Is This Episode - Top of ShowWELCOME JAZZ TANGCAY OF VARIETY! .ANNUAL ARTISANS CHAT WITH JAZZ TANGCAY!:Checking in on Jazz/Talking LA Post Fires - 1:17Jazz Interviewing at the SBIFF - 4:29The Emilia Perez Controversy in the Tech Categories - 9:10The Brutalist’s AI Use and AI Going Forward - 10:40.Dianne Warren - Now?! Finally?! - 13:25The Make…

Here’s our instant reactions to the BAFTA winners including some potential Oscar Race shakeups in MAJOR categories, and we open with the stats to both prove & disprove that statement.BAFTA recent Oscar crossovers & this year has been drunk - 2:20 Conclave wins 4: Was it just a British thing? Will SAG clarify anything? - 4:26 The Brutalist wins 4: w…

We review most of the Oscar Nominated Shorts, I’m Still Here & The Girl with the Needle, update some of the experts predictions heading into BAFTA, react to VES, SCL & Artios + we recap all of the Super Bowl Movie Trailers and more!Updated Predictions from Experts, Our Feel + M1’s Ted Talk on Oscars History - 1:29 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS REVIEWED:Li…

Anora’s huge weekend at PGA, DGA, & CCA brings out the best and worst in all of the Oscars punditry (including us), and we must reckon with an entirely different race than we thought we’d be at heading into BAFTA and SAG. How Anora made honest men of us both - 1:34 Burning Questions on Anora’s Lead Actress & It’s Path To BP - 9:41 Stats on the Anor…

The Gascon Emilia Perez controversies have some fallout, we have to review some trailers for Fantastic Four & Jurassic World + review some new movies like Companion & One of Them Days before we dive into a massive Sundance 2025 segment with Reviewing The Reviewers, Guess Which RT Pull Quote is fake and Mike1’s new sick and twisted stipulation on al…

The Gascon Tweets controversy has been a horrible new development in this awards season. Although we will not re-read any of these tweets, we feel it's very necessary to cover this issue from all angles. Brief Discussion on the Grammys - 1:17KARLA SOFIA GASCON TWEETS CAUSE TERRIBLE CONTROVERSY: We don’t re-read Gascon’s Tweets. But here’s the overa…

This is OUR home-made awards show for the 2024-25 Awards Season, the 8th annual Mike, Mike and Oscars! And we’ve completely lost our minds this year. Enjoy. Though FYI there will be some lightly gooey mild spoilers about The Substance & Dune 2. THE RANDOM STUFF SECTION: Most Misleading Title - 2:42 Pervert Categories including Sex That Most Changed…

The Oscar Noms Fallout might include a backlash to a major contender. Plus, we examine some nominee box office returns and catch up on many new trailers in this Oscar Race Checkpoint.OSCAR NOMS FALLOUT:Is there a backlash brewing against Emilia Perez? - 1:41 Other Nomination Firsts - 9:00 Feinberg’s First Winner Forecast - 11:12 BOX OFFICE REPORT: …

What is This Episode? - Top of ShowAlsoMike Crushed His Predictions!.OSCAR NOM REACTIONS:Best Picture May Be Down to the Final Four - 2:48I’m Still Here and Nickel Boys Fill in Spots 9 + 10 - 8:27.No Bergers in Director - 19:15Actress Finally Clears Itself Up - 22:35Actors Have Some Apprentice Surprises - 25:31Supporting Actress Shows Strength for …

We make our final Oscar Nomination Predictions for the 97th Academy Awards, hear about Mike’s dream, and laugh with us or at us, we don’t care, as long as we’re all laughing. Tallies & Changing Philosophies - 4:15 Best Picture & A Surprise in the 10 - 6:36 Director & Chalk Picks We Hope Happen - 24:57 Actor & Separate Surprises We Like - 27:10 Actr…

Via a Cold Open, we explain how BAFTA & WGA nominations will hopefully offer a distraction for listeners as we all have heavy hearts amidst the wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Heavy hearts, but we’re grateful friends of our show are safe - 2:38 An update on the scope of the natural disaster - 3:38Awards Season Delays thus far & good people stepp…

Scott Yager reacts to the SAG nominations, and then the Mikes discuss the DGA Noms and BAFTA Longlists.SAG NOMINATIONS: (& sorry for sirens. Though it's just for 10 secs)Scott talks voting, campaigning and his membership - 2:11 Great Days for Last Showgirl, Wicked, Emilia Perez & A Complete Unknown - 4:56 Scott’s pick in Ensemble - 14:33Supporting …

We recap and review the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, and we not only react to the vibes, but we sensed them all along.Tallies, Headlines & Clap Backs - 1:19 Red Carpet Highlights - 7:45Host Nikki Glaser’s Triumph & Show Innovations - 10:19 Zoe Saldana & Kieran Culkin win the Supporting Actor Categories - 17:38 Margaret Qualley & Demi Moore Present + S…

The Holidays are a time for watching movies, and we need an entire episode to catch you all up on what we’ve caught up on… including The Brutalist, Babygirl, A Real Pain & over 40 movies. These reviews are mostly Spoiler Free. HOWEVER, we do discuss some mid-Act II events for a few movies like The Brutalist, Y2K and Juror No. 2. NEW FILMS REVIEWED:…

What Is This Episode - Top of ShowWELCOME KENZIE VANUNU! .NOSFERATU OSCARS PROFILE REVIEW:.Spoiler-Free Review:Review Scores, Box Office, Kenzie’s Nos Hype - 4:08Vampires are Back, Baby! - 7:59.Billy Skars and Willem Dafoe as Possible Noms - 13:17An Adapted Screenplay Push? - 18:08The Best Picture Path for Nosferatu - 22:50Lilly Rose Depp for Lead …

What Is This Episode - Top of ShowWELCOME DAVID LONG! - :45.HOLIDAY BETS W/ DAVID LONG, PART 2: GOLDEN GLOBES 2025:.GAMBLING TERMS, EXPLAINED - 2:32.GOLDEN GLOBES GAMBLING PICKS AND PREDICTIONS:David is Serving Berger’s - 4:34Emilia Perez Needs to Win This Globe - 17:32And Original Song, Too/Cinematic Achievement Trophy- 20:15.Best Actor Drama: Eve…

What Is This Episode - Top of ShowWELCOME DAVID LONG! - :45.HOLIDAY BETS W/ DAVID LONG, PART 1: OSCARS AND GLOBES BP:.GAMBLING TERMS, EXPLAINED - 1:48.CURRENT OSCARS BEST PICTURE ODDS:The Field, and Anora - 4:22The Brutalist is…Long - 7:16Splitting Season and a Possible BAFTA Preview - 11:28Placing Bets on Oscars BP Right now - 16:40.Globes Best Pi…

We discuss the 97th Shortlists for 11 Academy Awards categories including International and Doc Feature, Original Score and Song, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound & VFX + the 3 Short Films. International Feature: Gringmar Bergman & cute college stories about Italians - 1:30 Documentary Feature: the NBR could be anyone & next oscar year’s resolution - …

What Is This Episode - Top of Show.OSCARS TO STREAM ON HULU…FINALLY - 1:10.THE CRITICS’ CHOICE NOMS ARE OUT:Nom Tallies - 2:48Best Picture - 6:435 Locks? Or 7? - 10:04BP Comedy/Intl Feature - 14:00.Best Director Lets Them All In - 17:30Screenplays Give SOME Clarity - 19:13.Lead Categories Have Shortlists Narrowed - 23:50One Supporting Category is C…

We’ve been preparing our entire lives for the 82nd Golden Globe Nominations. 1:24 - Who’s voting? It’s not Dad’s Golden Globes + Stats from last year.4:34 - Talking tallies: Emilia Perez has a big surge + Substance leads fun surprises. 7:21 - Director category talk + power rankings of who’s safest.11:08 - Picture Drama + unique lone nominations in …

We discuss NBR, AFI, IDA, Indie Spirits, Saturns + the Seattle Critics, going category by category starting with Best Picture to discuss the rest of this week's many Oscar Race Checkpoints.The Big Best Picture Conversation - 1:44 - We discuss the Best Picture category in light of how this week’s NBR & AFI confirmed strong starts for Wicked, Sing Si…

What is This Episode? - Top of Show.ASTRA AWARD NOMS GIVEN OUT:List of Noms per Movie - 3:16A Wicked Road - 5:05.AWARDS NEWS:The Girl with the Needle Wins the Golden Frog - 11:11BIFA Gives Their Crafts - 13:32AARP Awards Their Noms - 16:43AAFCA Select Their Tributes - 20:05Chalamet and Mangold Get Gothams Tributes Too - 22:16.BOX OFFICE REPORT:Wick…

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 Internatio…

INTRO - Why we unexpectedly enjoyed this movie.NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: Critical, Box Office and Awards Receptions Thus Far - 2:11 Does It’s Part Oneness Disqualify Wicked for Best Picture? - 5:53Our Expectations and Experiences at the Movie Theaters - 7:19 General Story Thoughts + Our Relationship to the Musical / Book - 11:13 Review of the Per…

What Is This Episode - Top of Show.GLADIATOR II OSCARS PROFILE REVIEW:.Spoiler-Free Review:Review Scores, Our Gladiator I Memories - 2:15Viewing Experiences - 9:33That Guy Looks Familiar - 14:02Performances - 16:40The Denzel Debate - 18:33.Production Values - 24:28The VFX Issue - 28:45Over/Under: 8 Noms - 30:46.SPOILER WARNING - 33:55.Spoiler-Fille…

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 Christophe…

What Is This Episode - Top of Show.CONAN O’BRIEN TABBED AS OSCARS HOST - :48..EMILIA PEREZ OSCARS PROFILE REVIEW:.Spoiler-Free Review:Emilia’s Purchase, Awards History, + Scores - 5:56What...Is…This? - 10:53Zoe Saldaña v Category Fraud - 13:39Script/Song Thoughts + Production Values - 16:39How Many Noms? - 22:19.SPOILER WARNING - 26:36.Spoiler-Fill…

What Is This Episode - Top of Show.BIFA NOM ARE OUT:Overall Nom Tallies - 2:26(and Big Orkney Talk)Best BIFA/International BIFA May Shape the Oscars - 6:17Director and First Time Director - 10:23Performing BIFAs - 12:35.EUROPEAN FILM AWARD NOMS TOO:History and Nom Tallies - 17:32Director and Screenwriter - 20:40Performances - 22:30What is Bye, Bye …

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 - 13:39Origina…

INTRO - Setting the stage for our positivity re: this Anora review + what you can expect from an Oscars Profile.NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: Anora’s Reception thus far - 2:19 Box Office Study of potential Best Picture Nom/Winner comparables - 4:29 Composition Thoughts - 10:24 Where do we give Sean Baker more credit? As a director, editor, writer? - …

What Is This Episode - Top of Show.GOTHAMS NOMS:Gothams: Oscars Indicators - 2:0241 Films Nominated in 9 Categories - 5:31MMO Gotham Predictions - 11:10.MORE AWARDS NEWS:Disney Buys Grammy Rights for $500M; How Screwed Are the Oscars? - 20:45The Substance to go Comedy/Musical for Globes - 24:30Hans Zimmer’s Dune 2 Score Ineligible for Oscars - 26:5…

INTRO - It’s the 2024 Scaries, our 7th Annual Horror Movie Awards Show. There are light spoilers, meaning we have to give some context on a few films. THE RANDOM SECTION: Most Goo - 2:22 Grossest Food - 4:04 Worst Couple - 4:40 Wackiest Monsters 6:54 Best AND Worst Karaoke - 8:55 Would Have Been Superior If Bigfoot - 11:01 What Would You Say Yes To…

What Is This Episode - Top of Show.CONCLAVE OSCARS PROFILE:.Spoiler-Free Review:Background/Viewing Experiences/Review Scores - 2:26Writer/Director/Producers and Book vs Film - 8:01.Fiennes for Best Actor? - 12:33Did Isabella Rossalini Earn a Nom? - 14:26Tucci, Lithgow, and the Rest of the Cast- 16:10.Best Score So Far - 19:32Production Design/Value…

Intro - It’s peace, love, and cupcakes with our special guest host, Andrew Morgan of Recent Activity https://recent-activity.captivate.fm/listen and What’s On Netflix https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/author/andrew-morgan/ Make sure to listen to Andrew and Shane’s podcast and read all of Andrew’s work.This episode will be about our terrific experien…

What Is This Episode - Top of Show.STUDIOS MAKE THEIR CATEGORY PICKS FOR THE GLOBES:Comedy or Musical Category - 1:25Drama Category - 6:38What May Be This Year’s BoRhap? - 11:49.TRAILER-PALOOZA:Pedro Paramo Trailer 1 aka Look! Hats! - 18:10Joy Trailer 1 - 21:55Bird Trailer 1 - 23:52The Order Trailer 1 - 26:36The Six Triple Eight Teaser 2 - 28:29Wal…

INTRO - Lots of upcoming news, reviews, and trailers to make. Plus, sandwich & burger talk.OSCARS NEWS:1:55 - This Rotating Host idea sounds awfully familiar. Can it work w/ Deadpool & Wolverine? NYFF REVIEWS:10:27 - Maria > Downton Abbey, which is high praise. 14:51 - Blitz < Dunkirk, and no amount of margaritas could change my mind. 17:20 - Food …

What Is This Episode - Top of Show.SATURDAY NIGHT OSCARS PROFILE:.Non-spoiler Review:Premise, Being Raised by SNL - 2:00AlsoMike’s Disastrous NYFF Screening - 5:58Script Thoughts - 11:55.Oscars Lens:Picture/Screenplay/Editing - 16:04Our Top 5 Performances - 21:30How Many Noms? - 29:24How Many Noms? (aka Mike1’s Gambling Intervention) - 26:56.SPOILE…

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 Wil…

What Is This Episode - Top of ShowIntroducing Amanda of Swell Entertainment!Make sure to subscribe to Amanda's new channel, Girl Pop Go!https://www.youtube.com/@GirlyPopGo.THE WILD ROBOT OSCARS PROFILE:.Non-spoiler Review:Viewing Experiences - 1:44The Inevitable Inside Out 2 Head to Head - 7:00.Oscars Lens:Legitimate Best Picture Buzz? - 11:12(Your…

INTRO - This episode is the Zagat sketch from 1990’s SNL. “Ravioli, holy cannoli!”FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: 2:15 - The Life of Chuck has been acquired by NEON. 4:26 - Conclave, Maria, Queer, The Brutalist, etc… all get release dates. 10:01 - The Shrouds acquired by Janus Films. 11:03 - Tarantino says he would like to make a horror movie. 13:32 - Scorsese …

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’ revie…

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 distribut…

What Is This Episode - Top of Show.TIFF ENDS:The Life of Chuck Stuns in a People’s Choice Win - 1:35Reviewing the Reviewers, With a Twist! - 5:00Post Festival Movie Scores - 22:14.FESTIVAL NEWS:Sundance is Down to 3 Finalist Cities - 24:08Juror #2 Playing AFI Fest - 25:30Joker 2 Tracks a $70M Domestic Opening - 26:16Studio Acquisition Recap - 30:24…

INTRO - where we say Beetlejuice 3 times and curse us all.BOX OFFICE UPDATE / WHAT WE’RE WATCHING1:55 - Beetlejuice 2 makes good money stateside & M1 doesn’t believe M2’s good review.6:41 - Deadpool & Wolverine, Reagan, Alien: Romulus, and It Ends With Us round out the top 5.8:18 - AM likes Rebel Ridge on Netflix, and he also likes him some Taco Be…

What Is This Episode - Top of Show.JOKER 2: NOT GREAT! APPARENTLY!Critic Takes - 2:14Officially Oscars Worried - 7:20.VENICE AWARDED THEIR WINNERS:The Room Next Door’s Standing Ovation is Still Happening - 8:53A Surprise 2nd Place Winner - 14:02April Seems Wildly Present - 15:51The Brutalist Wins Best Director; Heals The Sick - 17:13Nicole Kidman U…

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 REVI…

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 Globes4:44 - The Apprentice finds a distributor and pre-election release dateVENICE FIRST REACTIONS: 8:21 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and does 3 mins in Italy equal 5 mins in France?11:42 - Maria…