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• The Invite: Olivia Wilde's Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf - An Oscars Profile - Ep. 540 10.07.2026 1t 15min

  Olivia Wilde’s not afraid of Virgina Woolf. That’s for sure. She used the Mike Nichols’ film as her “North Star” in making this film, and it’s very apparent to us as we discuss all of the Oscars implications and awards season possibilities for The Invite, starring Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF THE INVITE: The Production Backstory - 2:01 Reception Scores & Box Office - 6:13 More Reasons Why We’re Rooting For This - 8:30 The Way Too Early Awards Profile - 12:55 The Premise & Our Watch Stories - 13:47 Non-Spoiler Script Thoughts & the Mike Nichols’ Influence - 17:25 Reviewing These Stellar Performances & Why It’s a Gothams Movie - 21:49 The Production Values - 27:24 An Oscars Lens + The Actor Awards speculation - 32:49 SPOILER WARNING // SPOILER FILLED REVIEW OF THE INVITE - 40:23 A SHOCKING CLAYTON DAVIS THEORY CONFIRMED? - 41:01 The Set-Up & Bone Chilling Resemblances to a Mike’s Family - 45:34 Verbal Jousts & The Family Guy joke that’ll be OUR north star for this episode - 47:24 More Superlatives for Olivia Wilde - 49:26 The Most Memorable Scenes & Commentary on Male Thinking - 51:01 A Series of Clever Moves By These Filmmakers - 56:28 Central Conflict & How Our Podcast Is Basically A Marriage - 1:00:35 That Ending - 1:07:28 Final Grades / Final Thoughts - 1:10:22 OUTRO: Stay tuned for upcoming Oscar Profile Reviews for huge new movies like The Odyssey, etc. Stay tuned for upcoming Oscar Race Checkpoints and upcoming special episodes discussing the ever-evolving Oscars Race. And stay tuned to our feed for our upcoming rewatch series on the films of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. But when you get all these, we have no idea and don’t want to jinx it - maybe soon, maybe never. Until then, we thank you for supporting our show with positive ratings, reviews and of course, by telling your friends about us. Thank you. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
• Midseason Awards, Our Top 10's & Most Anticipated + Odyssey 1st Reactions! - ORC 7/7/26 07.07.2026 1t 5min

  We discuss awards from the Midseason Astra’s & Annecy Film Festival + Odyssey first reactions, TIFF first film premieres, the July 4th Box Office downturn and a host of trailers & reviews, including our Top 10 Films of the Year & Top 5 Most Anticipated. HEADLINES: The Odyssey first reactions - 0:55 The 9th Midseason Astra Movie Awards - 4:09 OUR BEST OF THE YEAR THUS FAR & MOST ANTICIPATED LISTS: AlsoMike’s Top 10 Best Films of the Year Thus Far - 6:28 Mike1’s Top 10 Best Films of the Year Thus Far - 11:00 Our Most Anticipated Films still to come + Tarantino Talk - 13:06 OSCAR NEWS: Chief Oscars Officer resigns - 23:50 TIFF NEWS: Being Heumann, Prima Facie & The Assassins announced - 27:01 ANNECY FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: including the Gatto Teaser & Awards - 29:44 BOX OFFICE UPDATE: Minions & Monsters struggles as July 4th sees a downturn - 36:36 Obsession still progresses well, but did it go to PVOD too soon? - 40:23 The Rest of the Top 13 including AM’s Review of Leviticus - 43:28 TRAILER THOUGHTS: Werwulf, our worries & way too early Oscar guesses for Eggers - 47:50 Late Fame & M1’s heel turn on one of his favorite filmmakers - 51:16 The Weight, starring Ethan Hawke & Russell Crowe - 55:06 Super Troopers 3 is hopefully better than ST2 - 57:04 Wildwood (Featurette) has us dazzled - 58:42 OUTRO: We try not to jinx what’s coming next, but tell you anyway. Then we blabber on another few minutes about how we were efficient during the recording. Plus, we discuss our excitement for Evil Dead Burn, or lack thereof. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
• Minions & Monsters & Mikes & Oscars - A Film Study - Ep 539 03.07.2026 1t 1min

  Minions & Monsters is the movie we Mikes NEED right now, and therefore, we are proud to do a film study, especially because of how fun this movie was and what a terrific homage it was to film history. NON-SPOILER REVIEW: Reception & Box Office Discussions - 3:11 WHY WE NEED THIS MOVIE SO DESPERATELY - 8:38 A Pierre Coffin & Co-Filmmakers Profile - 10:22 General Thoughts & Rave Reviews - 13:21 Performance Notes & More General Thoughts - 17:50 A Review of the Production Values - 22:17 An Oscar Lens & Overview of the Animated Feature Race - 24:23 SPOILER WARNING - 26:30 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW: A Tribute To Hollywood History ONLY the Minions could pull off - 27:15 The only legitimate complaint Mike1 has - 30:19 The Framing Device & Why these A & B Storylines work so well together - 32:17 Mike1’s Screenwriting Lesson - 39:25 That Ending & Stinger Scenes - 41:14 What’s Next for the Minions & Despicable Me Franchises? - 47:13 Disney vs Illumination Round 2 - 48:53 Box Office Over/Unders for Moana + Minions & Monsters - 50:24 OUTRO: Stay tuned for more 2026 Film Study Episodes on The Invite, The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, etc. We’re also going to enjoy more episodes of Oscar Race Checkpoint including our Top 10 Films of the Year Thus Far + Fall Festival Lineup Announcements. Plus, we’ll soon be diving into to our Summer Series including our Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Rewatch Series and Mid-Year Oscars Report. Aaaand we discuss Obsession and oh by the way our final grades. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
• Jeff Barker Interview: Curry's Dad Wants Obsession Oscars Gold - Ep 538 30.06.2026 56min

  What Is This Episode - Top of Show + SPOILER WARNING at 40:15 . MMO INTERVIEWS JEFF BARKER OF OBSESSION! . A Fellow Cinephile and his Mental Health Background - 3:25 Jeff’s Upcoming Short Films: Good Tape + Medium Rare - 9:59 Similarities in Writing Between Jeff and Curry - 13:11 Professor of Chill + Screenplays - 16:32 . Script Consulting on Obsession + Anything But Ghosts - 21:05 Hansel, Gretal, and Jeff - 24:45 A Special Moment for A Special Family - 29:05 . Jeff’s Feelings on an Obsession Oscars - 33:00 Curry an Immediate Horror Comedy Maestro + Hollywood Royalty - 38:07 Texas Chainsaw Talk - 42:55 . Curry as a Storyteller Forever + Dad Advice - 45:12 . SPOILER WARNING at 40:15. Not really, but almost. . Find Jeff Online/What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 52:05 - https://jeff-barker.com/ - https://x.com/JB_JeffBarker - https://www.instagram.com/p/DYYFnNPD1D8/?img_index=9 - https://www.youtube.com/@Jeff-Barker
• Venice Rumors, More Obsession Love & Digger Hype + Supergirl's Flop - ORC 6/26/26 26.06.2026 1t 36min

  New Academy Member: Jacob Elordi - can M1 deal with this? Then we discuss Venice Film Festival rumors and another Obsession centric Box Office Report before we dive into reviews for Supergirl, Voicemails for Isabelle and a bunch of other films old & new. And if that’s not enough, you get a Trailer Thoughts segment with our thoughts on ALL of the new trailers. NEWS: New Academy Members Invited including Elordi, so we discuss 007 casting - 1:20 The Knicks are Champions / Life of Pi Metaphor - 7:15 The Venice Film Festival selects its Jury President, Maggie Gyllenhaal - 8:32 Venice Film Festival Rumors including known and unknown (to us) contenders - 10:43 Anything Emmy’s? Sure. We hint at our favorite races incoming + Doc thoughts - 24:37 BOX OFFICE REPORT: Toy Story 5’s second week - 28:14 We remain Obsession Obsessed - 28:58 A word on the early buzz for The Invite - 36:02 Supergirl’s Flop & AlsoMike’s Review - 37:44 MORE WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Voicemails From Isabelle was great. WTF - 48:19 M1’s regularly scheduled watching of previous noms: The Grifters & Prizzi’s Honor - 54:02 M2’s regularly scheduled addiction to new films: Power Ballad, Pressure, I Love Boosters, The Furious, Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie & Scary Movie - 58:15 TRAILER REVIEWS: Digger (Teaser 2): The Tom Cruise Oscars Campaign Has Begun - 1:08:45 The Debut: Which Mike liked Magnolia and which did not REVEALED! - 1:14:37 Sense & Sensibility: The Finest Fee Fee Film of our Time - 1:20:08 I Want Your Sex: Olivia Wilde’s statement film - 1:22:42 Spider-Man: Brand New Day: Just release it. We’re ready - 1:25:28 Rapid Fire Takes for Primetime, Whalefall, Klara and the Sun, Shrek 5 & Hexed - 1:27:17 OUTRO: stay tuned to our feed for upcoming Oscar Race Checkpoints on the Fall Film Festival Lineup announcements amidst all our coverage of the rest of this big movie summer we’re about to start. Plus, did we just come up with the name for our Inarritu Rewatch Series??? https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar #mmo
• Toy Story 5 Oscars Profile - We Still Got Friends - Ep 537 21.06.2026 53min

  Toy Story 5 is a smash hit at the box office. But will it be nominated at the Oscars? We break it all down in this Oscars Profile review episode. NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION FOR TOY STORY 5: Reception, Scores & Box Office Projections - 3:14 The Premis & Our Movie Watching Stories - 5:41 Non-Spoiler Story Thoughts - 8:03 Voice Performance Reviews - 13:53 Music & VFX Reviews - 16:08 Animation Innovations - 19:23 Oscar Lens: How many noms are we predicting? - 23:12 SPOILER WARNING: 24:42 Using Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling: Rule No. 1 - What we admire in these characters - 25:34 Rules No. 6 & 13 - How To challenge and equip your protagonist - 31:02 Rule No. 16. - Raising the stakes - 34:44 Themes - 37:30 That Ending - 40:12 More Best Scenes - 43:22 Toy Story 6 speculation - 45:39 Final Grades & looking forward to more animated features this year - 48:42 OUTRO: Stay tuned to our feed for more Oscar Profiles in the Animated Feature category this year. We have several that we’re anticipating in the coming months. Plus, we’ll be diving into more Summer Movies set for release like Supergirl, The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, etc. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
• The Rock (1996) with Scott Yager of Challenge Mania! - A 30th Anniversary Celebration - Ep 536 19.06.2026 1t 51min

  Scott Yager of Challenge Mania joins us for a 30th Anniversary celebration & retrospective of The Rock (1996), starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage & Ed Harris. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF THE ROCK (1996): Great Action Film Scores - 3:55 Scott’s 1st Viewing Experience - 6:10 The Mikes’ 1st watches - 13:30 Its Legacy Holds Without A Sequel - 17:48 The James Bond Theory - 20:04 30th Anniversary - 24:11 Do we want a sequel or a remake? - 26:40 If we cast the remake - 31:45 Best San Francisco movie ever - 37:35 What Action Movies Still Have The Same Effect Today? - 41:02 SPOILER WARNING - 46:33 What Tarantino and Sorkin wrote (?) - 47:33 That Hans Zimmer Score - 55:04 Act I Discussions on Fun Character Intro’s & Plots Ahead of Their Time - 56:40 The Suite at the Fairmont Hotel & Running Amok in San Francisco - 1:10:45 Into the Alcatraz Scenes w/ a stacked crew - 1:17:13 Mid Movie Action Sequences & Must Have Merch - 1:26:18 Barreling to the End - 1:32:22 That Ending, A Fun Epilogue & More Sequel Thoughts - 1:34:40 Final Thoughts & Grades - 1:38:39 OUTRO: Follow Scott Yager’s work: https://challengemania.live/ https://x.com/SHOTOFYAGER https://www.patreon.com/ChallengeMania https://www.instagram.com/challengemaniapodcast/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/ChallengeManiaPodcast/ And enjoy Mike, Mike, and Oscar here: https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
• Glenn's Oscar, Obsession for Picture & Timmy's Viral Knicks Moment - ORC 6/16/26 16.06.2026 1t 15min

  Knicks superfan Timothee Chalamet referenced his Oscars loss in a viral moment after NY’s championship win. Will it hurt his chances? Glenn Close, Floyd Norman and Ridley Scott will receive Honorary Oscars at the Governors Awards. Plus, we have Tribeca Stories, Academy Initiatives, Box Office Reports & Contender Trailers all to discussion on this overdue episode of Oscar Race Checkpoint. THE KNICKS ARE THE 2025-26 NBA CHAMPIONS: Top of the Show But does Timothee’s viral moment haunt him? - 3:48 AWARD NEWS: Governors Awards Picks are in - Glenn Close, Floyd Norman & Ridley Scott - 11:52 Disclosure Day & Obsession Box Office could raise their Oscars Chances - 21:21 AMPAS to launch list of 50 Exceptional Indie Theaters after the 99th - 34:44 Elon Musk slams The Odyssey’s casting choices - 39:47 WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Also Mike's Tribeca Festival Stories: Win Son Bakery + Doc Meets World - 45:31 Clean Hands w/ a special appearance by Robert De Niro - 49:33 The Lions Bar + In Memoriam starring Marc Maron, Lily Gladstone etc - 54:16 Mike1 Recommendations: M1 shouts out The Tony’s - 59:25 M1 reviews Nirvana the band the show the movie - 1:00:16 M1 reviews Omaha starring John Magaro - 1:02:06 CONTENDER TRAILERS: The Social Reckoning seems like appointment viewing, but politically pointed - 1:04:54 Wildwood looks like an Animated Feature frontrunner - 1:07:32 Heart of the Beast could be much more of a contender than we first thought - 1:08:52 How To Rob A Bank makes us rethink our September biases - 1:10:32 OUTRO: Thanks to Jalen Brunson, Leon Rose, Mike Brown and everybody at the New York Knicks for giving AlsoMike the greatest weekend of his life. Thanks to all of our listeners who allowed us to spin this into an Oscars story. And thanks to everybody at the Academy and the Tribeca Film Festival, etc… for giving us more than enough movie topics to discuss in addition to AM’s Knicks miracle. Thank you! The Knicks are the champions! The Knicks are the Champions of the basketball world!!! https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
• Disclosure Day - E.T. Phone Broke - MMO UFO 3 - Ep. 535 12.06.2026 1t 13min

  In part 3 of our MMO UFO miniseries, we review Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Coleman Domingo, Colin Firth and Eve Hewson (which we mispronounce as Hewitt for the entire film because ....Jennifer Love Hewitt?) NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: Difference in Opinion? - 2:32 Production Profile - Inception - 3:49 Best Spielberg in the last 20 years? - 5:40 Critical Reception vs Audience Scores & Early Box Office - 6:55 Why Obsession is a Best Picture nominee side rant & Back to DD Reception - 12:51 Non-Spoiler Script Thoughts - 16:22 Does Emily Blunt Get Nominated? - 21:56 Glowing Reviews of the Score, Cinematography, Editing - 26:24 Oscar Lens: Our Over/Under to how many, if any noms it’ll get - 33:06 SPOILER WARNING - 37:25 SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: Mike 1 on why politics have ruined the ending & message - 38:23 AlsoMike psychoanalyzes Mike 1’s belief in aliens - 45:14 Updated Spielbergian Themes & Remaining Generic - 48:37 Abandoning Intriguing Possibilities & Emily Blunt’s worst scene - 50:11 Issues with the Sci-Fi - 54:21 Issues with the bad guy - 59:45 Even the beginning didn’t get a follow through - 1:02:11 Some Best Scenes & Strong Starts - 1:03:30 Final Grades - 1:06:19 OUTRO: Discussion on how we like to do film festivals after spending some time at Tribeca and hinting at what’s next. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
• E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial Brings Hope to 2 Wayward Souls - MMO UFO Part 2 - ep 534 10.06.2026 1t 16min

  We study Steven Spielberg’s E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial for our MMO UFO (mini) series leading up to Disclosure Day. NON-SPOILER REVIEW - 4:53 M1’s 1st Watch Memory & Does it live up to our childhoods? - 7:07 Development Backstory - 10:07 Reception: Box Office, Critical, Audience, Oscars Profile, etc - 14:59 Tremendous Child Actors Made This Movie Work - 17:25 Little Green Men & Men In Black Tropes - 22:04 Other Performance Reviews including the voice of E.T. - 28:41 Production Values featuring the illustrious John Williams - 32:50 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW: 36:50 Bad Friends, but Relatable Families - 38:05 Adorable Meet Cutes, Language Barriers & Frogs - 48:56 Peter Pan Storytime & Halloween is a rough day for mom - 57:07 Gripes - 1:01:39 That Glorious Ending - 1:07:18 OUTRO: We continue to discuss our expectations for Disclosure Day. So yes, make sure to stay tuned to our feed for upcoming episodes on Disclosure Day, the Tribeca Film Festival, The Rock, Toy Story 5, Supergirl, Summer Oscar Bets, The Odyssey etc… etc..
• Close Encounters: How Bud Heavy is the Theme Song to the Waining American Dream - MMO UFO 1 - ep 533 02.06.2026 1t 18min

  What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MMO UFO: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF A THIRD KIND . Spoiler-Free Review: Background, Spielberg’s Inspirations - 2:28 Spielberg: Good; Not an A-Hole - 7:15 Reception in the 70’s - 11:00 Script Thoughts - 16:31 Performances - 24:28 Do The VFX Hold Up After 50 Years? - 30:33 Other Production Values - 33:58 The 1977 Best Picture Conversation - 35:13 . SPOILER WARNING - 37:26 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Literally Though, What IS a Spoiler? - 38:34 Maybe WE are the Dumb Ones - 45:57 WOW to Meh - 48:50 Gone Roy: Bud Heavy as the Soundtrack to the Forgotten American Dream - 50:28 Working Through the Plot - 56:30 . How Would a Secret Sequel Work? - 1:06:43 . . FINAL GRADES - 1:10:15 (And New Spielberg vs the New YouTube Director Crews) . . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 1:14:20
• Backrooms Oscars Profile - He's 20, It's Great, and Now We Hate Ourselves - Ep 532 29.05.2026 1t 14min

  What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BACKROOMS OSCARS PROFILE . Spoiler-Free Review: The 4Chan Origins - 2:26 Scores, Projected Box Office, The YouTube of It All - 6:34 “He DiDn’T dIrEcT tHaT!” - 10:42 Script Thoughts - 15:34 Do You Go In? - 17:43 Do We Have Faith Answers Will Come Eventually? - 20:04 Performances - 25:21 Production Values (Backrooms’ Obsession Problem) - 28:23 . SPOILER WARNING - 36:18 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Best Guesses At Themes - 37:14 Is She Gone? What’s With Mom? ANSWER THESE! - 44:46 Dinner’s Ready. But Why is She? - 49:07 Rope Diving and a Theory of Evolution - 54:10 Ahoy Matey - 58:07 The Most Important Question - 1:02:10 . FINAL GRADES - 1:03:07 . . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 1:09:32
• Lucia Alenar Iglesias: Writer/Director of Forastera - MMO Interviews - Ep 531 27.05.2026 31min

  Forastera opens this weekend. Make sure to check out the film at the Film Forum if you’re in NYC. Make sure to check it out in Santa Barbara, and seek out this film in the upcoming weeks and months as it expands theatrically. Information on the Film https://grasshopperfilm.com/film/forastera/ Tickets for Opening Weekend https://filmforum.org/film/forastera Watch The Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq1Mjl8Bni8
• Cannes Awards 2026 - Fjord wins the Palme for NEON's 7th in a row! - ORC 5/25/26 25.05.2026 1t 3min

  Fjord wins the Palme! All of a Sudden’s Virgine Efira & Tao Okamoto win Best Actress, the boys from Coward win Best Actor, and La Bola Negra and Fatherland tie in Director. The Cannes Awards are here, and we discuss them all. Plus, we continue to review the reviewers and tally the ovations in Part III of our coverage of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. BOX OFFICE REPORT: The Mandalorian and Grogu Reviewed - 1:35 Obsession Rewatched - 4:36 CANNES COVERAGE PART III: Fjord wins the Palme and a bunch of independent awards - 9:44 Minotaur takes 2nd - 15:37 A tie in Director between La Bola Negra and Fatherland - 18:03 Netflix Acquisitions: La Bola Negra, Gentle Monster & In Waves - 20:31 Best Actress to Efira & Okamoto from All of a Sudden - 21:40 Best Actor to Macchia & Champagne of Coward & MUBI’s Acquisitions - 23:58 The Jury Prize to The Dreamed Adventure - 23:36 Best Screenplay to A Man of His Time - 27:54 Un Certain Regard’s FIPRESCI PRIZE & Camera D’or to Benimana - 29:43 Everytime and Elephants in the Fog take 2 other top prizes - 33:58 Past Un Certain Regard Film That Have Gone onto Oscar Noms - 37:47 The Queer Palme goes to Teenage Sex and Death - 38:43 A24’s Club Kid scores the largest acquisition price at Cannes - 39:23 Victorian Psycho isn’t set in the Middle Ages but has contemporary music - 41:59 Out of Competition Discussions - 46:51 John Travolta’s Propeller One Way Night Coach, South Korea’s Zombie Film - Colony, Nicholas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell, Andy Garcia’s Diamond & Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s The Samurai and the Prisoner. The Final Standing Ovations Tally - 55:22 OUTRO: Make sure to follow us on social media as we comment on everything happening in the movie business. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
• Cannes Reviews Part 2 - Is The Palme D'Or Down to a Final 4? - ORC 5/23/26 21.05.2026 56min

  What Is This Episode - Top of Show . NETFLIX IS PUTTING CLIFF BOOTH IN IMAX - 1:43 . CANNES 2026, PART 2: The Black Ball Gets a TWENTY MINUTE* Ovation - 8:53 Fjord is a Palme Threat - 14:31 The Man I Love Brings Malek Back to Oscars Fringe - 23:36 Sheep in the Box/Bitter Christmas Are Middling - 28:00 Minotaur Makes 4 - 34:28 The Unknown’s Review Leads to a Mike Fight - 36:51 . Overall Ovation Standings So Far - 42:15 What Films Can Win the Palme? - 43:50 . . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 52:36
• Cannes '26 Coverage Part 1: A Culture of Applause + Conan Returns for the 99th - ORC 5/19/26 19.05.2026 1t 3min

  Conan returns as the Oscars Host, and we discuss the advantages of this. Then we dive into the Cannes Film Festival in part I of our coverage episodes, including an early Palme D’or and Best Picture favorite that one of us already predicted!!! CONAN RETURNS AS OSCARS HOST - 2:10 CANNES COVERAGE 2026 Part I - 10:20 Paper Tiger and the Mikes have separate rants about the applause timers - 10:42 All of a Sudden and AlsoMike rants against Mike1’s prediction powers - 19:03 Fatherland, the 5 Minute Rule & Multiple Acting Noms in the same category? - 26:55 Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma finally makes us happy - 34:52 Why Parallel Tales is considered the worst film ever made? - 38:10 Gentle Monster & Lead Actress Campaign for Lea Seydoux - 41:04 Clarissa and the stellar cast that makes an awards run possible - 47:03 The Beloved is not Sentimental Value, nor does it seem sentimental - 48:39 Hope seems cool - 50:48 Tallying the Ovations - 56:37 John Travolta’s Outfit - 58:36 OUTRO: Stay tuned for more coverage episodes on the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where we will continue to Review The Reviewers & Tally The Standing Ovations. You’re welcome. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandosc
• Obsession: A Horror Film Study of Curry Barker's Smash Debut - Ep 530 16.05.2026 1t 9min

  It’s our film study of Curry Barker’s film - Obsession, and yes, we debate some Oscar / other Awards chances here for this new horror smash hit. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF OBSESSION: Production Profile + Reception & Scores - 2:22 Theater Going Stories + Composition Thoughts - 8:46 Performance Reviews - 17:15 More Writing Thoughts + Original Screenplay Oscar Category Forecast - 21:48 Production Value Reviews & Why Comedians Make Good Horror - 27:51 Final Oscar Lens Debate - 32:52 Spoiler Warning - 38:16 SPOILER REVIEW OF OBSESSION: A Fun Love Square - 38:28 MMO Love Advice for all Humanity - 46:45 Who is Wish Nikki? Real Nikki?? - 49:41 Escalations & Curiosities & Objections - 53:39 That Ending, Elevated Horror? & Drawing From The Classic Romances - 59:33 What’s next for Barker, this “franchise?” - 1:05:10 Final Grades - 1:06:19 OUTRO: This may indeed be an Oscars contender. Irregardless, we love covering the best in horror year round, building to our Scaries: Horror Movie Awards Show on Halloween. So stay tuned to our feed for more horror movie reviews incoming. Otherwise, we’ll be covering the Cannes Film Festival from our perch here in Hollywood East. So you should also stay tuned for all of the Reviewing the Reviewers and Timing the Ovations that we love to hate to love every spring in upcoming Cannes episodes of Oscar Race Checkpoint! https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
• Summer Box Office Over/Unders - $1.2B for The Odyssey? $700M for Grogu? Find Out! - ep 530 12.05.2026 1t 22min

  What Is This Episode - Top of Show . SUMMER BOX OFFICE OVER/UNDERS: . Comparing January - March of the Last Few Years - 2:19 Project Hail Mary: O/U $700M? - 8:08 April Box Office/Super Mario Bros O/U $1B? - 10:11 Michael O/U $800M - 12:55 . May/Devil Wears Prada 2 O/U $750M? - 16:53 AM Reviews Mortal Kombat II/The Sheep Detective - 21:57 Mandalorian and Grogu O/U $700M? - 26:00 Rest of May’s Slate (Obsession, Is God Is, etc) - 32:27 . Masters of the Universe/Scary Movie - 37:07 Disclosure Day O/U $525M? - 40:20 Toy Story 5 O/U $925M? - 46:12 Supergirl O/U $455M? - 52:00 . Minions and Monsters O/U $1B? - 59:25 Moana O/U $1B? - 1:01:25 The Odyssey O/U $1.2B? - 1:04:18 Spider Man O/U $1.2B? - 1:09:42 . The Troubling August Layout - 1:11:08 . . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 1:19:41
• 100% Accurate Predictions 2027 Part Two - Best Picture, Director + Tallies & Winners ORC 5/8/26 08.05.2026 55min

  It’s Part 2 of our 100% Accurate Way Too Early Oscar Predictions, where we discuss the Best Picture, Screenplays, Director and many of the other craft categories. Plus, you get our Nomination Tallies for our overall leaders and Winner Picks! Post Narnia-Move Prediction Changes - 1:54 Original Screenplay - 4:45 Adapted Screenplay - 9:28 Makeup and Hairstyling - 12:55 Costume Design - 17:33 Production Design - 22:24 Cinematography - 25:21 Film Editing - 27:33 Casting - 30:05 Director - 34:10 Going Back To Pick Winners - 39:27 Best Picture + Nomination Tallies - 43:55 OUTRO: Stay tuned to our podcast feed for more Oscar Race Checkpoints covering the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, and many more Oscar Profile Reviews covering the releases of this year. We’ll also continue to have special episodes and interviews with great guests. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
• New Academy Rules, Narnia Goes Theatrical & The Odyssey Trailer 2 - ORC 5/5/26 06.05.2026 1t 14min

  New Academy Rules add significance to the Film Festival Circuit, and they add intrigue to the acting categories amongst many others. Then we discuss the Narnia calendar change, a Box Office Report on Devil Wears Prada 2 & Michael +++ new trailer reviews for The Odyssey, Tony, Resident Evil, etc. NEW ACADEMY RULES: Re: A.I. - 1:46 International Feature Shake-Up - 9:15 Acting Category Changes - 25:25 Miscellaneous rule additions - 33:01 FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew moves to February - 39:09 An aside non-spoiler review of Apex on Netflix - 41:47 Cut Off loses its release date - 42:23 BOX OFFICE REPORT: Top 5 of heavy hitters like Devil Wears Prada 2 & Michael - 43:01 The Michael sequel idea - 44:30 Hokum Non-Spoiler Review - 47:16 The Rest of the Top 10 from The Mummy through The Drama - 49:44 NEW TRAILERS: The Odyssey Trailer 2 - 51:16 Tony - 54:39 Resident Evil - 56:34 One Night Only - 58:42 Jackass: Best and Last - 1:02:35 Verity - 1:05:03 OUTRO: Stay tuned to our feed for our part II of our 100% Accurate Way Too Early Predictions, upcoming film studies, and future Oscar Race Checkpoints on the Cannes Film Festival, etc. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar