Hard Eight is a gambler’s gambling movie, a riveting neo-noir and the first episode in our PTA rewatch series, Boogie Mikes. Hard Eight stars John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson and Philip Baker Hall, and it premiered at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival from director Paul Thomas Anderson. NON-SPOILER FILM STUDY OF HARD EIGHT:PTA Bio + M…

This Oscar Race Checkpoint includes Tribeca stories, takes on the Tonys & WB news + Reviews of Materialists, Ballerina, Final Destination & Phoenician Schemes & Trailers for Lost Bus, Eddington, Oh Hi & The Naked Gun.TRIBECA STORIES:Corner Bistro and the Burger People - 1:28 Josh Gad in A Tree Fell in the Woods - 4:16 Hal & Harper + Smashed - 6:32 …

What Is This Episode - Top of ShowIntroducing The Duke of Bettingham David Long!.SUMMER OSCAR BETS, PART II:Explaining Odds in Gambling (featuring Kalshi Odds) - 4:05.Lead Actor: Who The Duke Claims Offers the Best ROI- 7:40Lead Actress: A Conversation of Many “No” Bets - 20:06Supp Actor: The First Lines of the Season - 28:24Supp Actress: Maybe the…

What Is This Episode - Top of ShowIntroducing The Duke of Bettingham David Long!.SUMMER BEST PICTURE BETS:Explaining Odds in Gambling - 5:01.After the Hunt, Sentimental Value - 8:51Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Small Player - 18:29Avatar 3, Highest to Lowest, Sinners - 29:00Frankenstein, The Lost Bus, One Battle, Life of Chuck, Sorry Baby - 35:23.Bugonia,…

We dive deep into analysis of new Oscar Contender Trailers like Wicked: For Good, Frankenstein, Wake Up Dead Man, Kiss of the Spider Woman, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey & more. Plus, we review The Life of Chuck, Dangerous Animals, Mountainhead, Karate Kid: Legends & lots more as well. TRAILER REVIEWS:Wicked: For Good - 2:00 Frankenstein - 8:22 Wake…

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 inter…

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 Ovati…

What Is This Episode - Top of Show“IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT” WINS THE PALME D’OR.MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING: OSCARS PROFILE:.Spoiler-Free Review:Scores, Box Office, and the Cruise-ness of It All - 3:21Why Paramount Doesn’t Need This to Break the Bank - 12:13Script Thoughts - 14:18Chaotic, Boring, Mishandled…Amazing - 19:00.Tom Cruise - …

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:…

What is This Episode? - Top of Show.CANNES IS UNDERWAY:DeNiro Hints at Trump Tariff Unrest - 2:24Mission Impossible Meh - 11:23.A “Febrile” Reviewing the Reviewers of the In Competition Films - 16:24The Best Review of 2025, and What’s with These Pushes? - 28:11.GOLDEN GLOBES ADD BEST PODCAST - 38:23.CONTENDER TRAILERS:The Smashing Machine - 45:47We…

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 -…

It’s Part One of our Way Too Early 2025-26 Oscars Predictions Special, or Guarantees Special as we should have called it. Screenplays, VFX, Sound, Score, Song, the Shorts, yes - The Shorts, Make-up & Hairstyling, plus Lead Actor and Actress are all discussed.Original Screenplay reveals films where we’re heavy + where Vegas leans - 3:07 Adapted Scre…

We very much enjoyed Thunderbolts*, and here’s our full film study review treatment. Non-spoilers begins with big discussions on the MCU and its box office trends, and as always, we build to an Oscars Lens. Then we go beat by beat and discuss the plot in the spoiler filled second half. NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION:A big discussion of the recent phase…

What Is This Episode - Top of Show.SINNERS OSCARS PROFILE:.Spoiler-Free Review:Historic Box Office/Review Scores and WB Redemption - 2:06Coogler’s “Studio Ruining” Deal - 11:52The Fumbling of Marketing Black Helmed Films Internationally - 15:00Expectations/What is an Oscars Movie? - 18:43.Michael B Jordan - 23:11Casting/Supporting Performances - 25…

What is This Episode? - Top of ShowMike1 Almost Died.NEW RULES FOR ACADEMY VOTING:New “Must Watch” Rule - 4:00Academy Widows Can Go to Screenings - 12:08Casting Gets a “Bake-Off” Shortlist - 14:13The “Diane Warren” Rule - 18:07PGA Deadlines Moved - 22:15AI Finally Gets Rules That Aren’t Rules - 23:55Oscars/Awards Schedule Finalized - 27:27.MIKE1’S …

April’s box office bounce back is driven by A Minecraft Movie, and creatively, we have seen an upswing in the quality of 2025 films as well with Sinners, The Ballad of Wallis Island, Warfare, etc. In fact, AlsoMike delivers a baker’s dozen of new movie reviews in this episode.3:10 - A Minecraft Movie: discussing the blockbuster box office, social m…

Christina Jeurling Birro of the outstanding podcast, Pop Culture Confidential joins us to discuss the Cannes Film Festival and the films announced in the lineup for its 78th edition. Plus, we happily begin with some talk about the new Oscars Category… Stunts! Finally, we are getting a Stunts Design Academy Award - 2:09CANNES FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGEC…

From A24 through Warner Bros, we go studio by film studio and discuss their known film slates and focus on the undated films that could vie for Film Festival love.A24: Eddington, Highest 2 Lowest, The Entertainment System Is Down, etc - 2:21 Amazon/MGM: After the Hunt, Madden, Hedda - 16:12 Apple Original Films: The Lost Bus, F1 - 18:11 Bleecker St…

With Cinemacon in the rearview, we look ahead at the Fall & Winter Film Release Calendar and discuss the Oscars chances for all of the major films.Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 2 - 1:03 September’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, One Battle After Another, etc - 7:41 October’s The Smashing Machine, After The Hunt, Good Fortune, etc - 18:04 November’s …

It’s a spring news catch-up episode! Conan & Nikki return as show hosts, Will Smith raps about the slap, and the Academy apologizes for their statement re: Hamdan Ballal. Plus, we dive into lots of Emmys, Sundance, studio shake-ups, and early takeaways from Cinemacon. Otherwise, sorry… the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood news dropped after we stopped…

Mike1 returns to break down the Spring & Summer release calendar as we speculate which films could have Oscar chances, which films could have a chance to be hits for their studios, and which films the Mikes will enjoy watching most/least.Recent Oscar Noms from the Spring & Summer - 1:57 THE SPRING & SUMMER FILM CALENDAR:March Meltdown at the Box Of…

Andrew Morgan of Recent Activity & What’s On Netflix returns to MMO for this Best (& Worst) of the 2025 Film Year Special Episode. We begin with how we handled our Oscars Hangovers, and then dive into some preliminary talk about how critics got onto their high horses after watching The Electric State. NOTE: All reviews in this episode will be spoil…

Izzy of Be Kind Rewind returns to MMO to give her Oscars thoughts and, most importantly, take Mike1 to school!Be Kind Rewind Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/@bkrewindBe Kind Rewind Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/c/bkrewind/postsMike, Mike, and Oscar Linktreehttps://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscarBởi MMO

Variety's Chief Awards Editor Clayton Davis rejoins MMO to put a final bow on Oscars 2025...and cast the Awards Circuit Off-Broadway Conclave Play?!***Spoiler Warning for Conclave at the end during the final question***Make sure to check out Clayton's work at Variety!https://variety.com/author/clayton-davis/https://variety.com/t/awards-circuit-podc…

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!https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/author/scott-feinberg/.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…

What Is This Episode - Top of ShowWELCOME JAZZ TANGCAY OF VARIETY! https://variety.com/author/jazz-tangcay/.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 …

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…