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  • 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 all of AlsoMike’s Reviews.

    AWARDS SEASON NEWS:
    Gascon Tweets Fallout - 2:07
    Fab 5 Presentation - 4:41
    Updated Feinberg Forecast Picks - 6:18
    Grammy Ratings - 8:08

    TRAILER REVIEWS:
    The Fantastic Four: First Steps - 9:23
    News Interjection: Jonathan Majors Could Be Brought Back to the MCU? - 11:52
    Final Destination: Bloodlines - 14:26
    Jurassic World: Rebirth & An Epic Mike1 Rant - 15:39

    WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - 20:26
    One of Them Days - 20:55
    Companion - 21:55

    SUNDANCE 2025: Guess The Fake RT Pull Quote + Shot Clock Buzzer Reviews - 25:36
    Kiss of the Spider Woman - 26:36
    Omaha - 28:57
    Peter Hujar’s Day - 31:41
    Sorry, Baby - 33:31
    Train Dreams - 35:36
    Twinless & Piracy Problems for Sundance Online - 37:31
    The Ballad of Wallis Island + Trailer Review - 41:05
    Bubble & Squeak - 43:27
    The Wedding Banquet + Trailer Review - 45:27

    Sundance Award Winners Lightning Round:
    Atropia, Andre Is An Idiot, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, East of Wall, DJ Ahmet - 47:59
    Cutting Through Rocks - 51:27
    Predators, The “To Catch A Predator” Doc - 52:46
    The Perfect Neighbor - 54:20
    The Things You Kill - 55:48
    Sukkwan Island, Luz, and Where The Wind Comes From - 57:31
    Midnight Section: The Thing with the Feathers, Rabbit Trap, Didn’t Die, and Together - 1:00:27

    OUTRO: Let us know your thoughts about anything you saw at Sundance. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar We’ll otherwise enjoy upcoming Oscar Race Checkpoint episodes on the Critics Choice Awards, PGA & DGA Winners, and the Super Bowl Trailers + we’re busy booking some guests and Mike1 gives AlsoMike one final shot clock for the Outro.

  • 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 - 1:17

    KARLA SOFIA GASCON TWEETS CAUSE TERRIBLE CONTROVERSY:
    We don’t re-read Gascon’s Tweets. But here’s the overall timeline - 3:01
    Fallout including Statements, Interviews & Missed Opportunities to Move Forward - 8:58
    Oscar Chances for Emilia Perez in several categories could be upended - 17:12

    THE BRUTALIST A.I. UNDER SCRUTINY - 25:17

    Original Songs petitioned to be re-incorporated into the Broadcast by SCL - 37:08

    THE LATEST SCREAM 7 CASTING NEWS SEGMENT - 42:11

    WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Non Spoiler Reviews Segment
    Presence - 43:52
    Twin Peaks Rewatch - 46:08
    Jack Lemmon Trio of Films Rewatching + Tampopo - 46:59

    Shoutout to The Awards Gambit for researching Acting Category Stats - 48:41

    OUTRO: With a Sundance episode incoming next and lots more Oscar Race Checkpoints as well, make sure you contact us with your thoughts. Mike1 discusses his stipulations for this next episode. Plus, we’re in awe of the movie watching prowesses of the Matt Neglia’s and Sean Fennessey’s of the world. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

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  • 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 World - 3:52
    Movie We’re Most Upset We Didn’t Watch Yet - 8:22
    Worst Film w/ a Great Trailer & Best Film / Bad Trailer - 9:13
    The Substance, Love Lies Bleeding, Tampopo Declarations - 10:53
    Prequel & Sequel Categories - 12:06
    The Learned Nothing Award - 14:48
    Dog Declarations + Horse - 15:24
    Craziest & Most Satisfying Endings Categories - 17:32

    THE ANIMATED FEATURE SECTION - 19:13

    PRODUCTION VALUES SECTION:
    Craft Declarations & Best Onscreen Costume Party - 20:25
    Tech Declarations, Best Non-Ape VFX & Best MUAH Special Effects - 23:28
    The Goo Section including Gooiest Goo - 27:54
    The Audio Section, including Mike 1’s Best Song, Score Declarations, & Most Sung - 30:56

    PERFORMANCE SECTION:
    Heliocentric Actor/Actress + Best & Worst White Mentor - 34:50
    Young Actors, Best Duos + Woulda Been Most Embarrassing Oscar Win - 40:24
    Best Trios + Key & Peele themed declarations - 47:18
    Best Quattro + Action & Drama Ensembles + Most Eccentric Villain - 50:20
    Most Nun + Best Comedy & Musical Ensemble - 58:59

    FIGHT SECTION + Best Stunts - 1:04:50
    NEW DIRECTORS TO WATCH - 1:07:44

    Finest Fee Fee Film - 1:09:46
    Best New Films Set in the 1950’s, 60’s, 70’s, etc - 1:11:02
    Worst Film Poopy - 1:12:47

    Each Mike’s Top 25 Films of the Year: Countdown - 1:15:52

    OUTRO: If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to go back to our Horror Movie Awards Show, The Scaries. Coming up next, we’ll have Oscar Race Checkpoints on Sundance & upcoming awards, and we’ll have some fun upcoming guests as well. As always, send us your thoughts. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

  • 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:
    The Holiday Corridor, PVOD Projections & Oscar Bumps - 17:10

    NEWS:
    Does the Timothee Chalamet SNL performance(s) help his chances? - 32:07
    Scream officially brings back 2 of the Core 4 - 34:56

    TRAILER REVIEWS:
    Superman - 38:16
    28 Years Later - 42:36
    Warfare - 45:35
    Black Bag - 49:27
    Happy Gilmore 2 - 51:48
    Karate Kid Legends - 53:02
    Death of a Unicorn - 55:35
    Concerns for Alto Knights - 57:50
    Opus - 59:41
    Mickey 17 - 1:00:31
    Concerns for Drop & The Amateur Trailers - 1:02:30
    But we love the second trailer for The Monkey - 1:04:45

    OUTRO - MMO’s might be next, or soon. Oscar Race Checkpoints are coming. Guests are coming. Feel free to reach out to us on social media here: https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar … plus, we talk about Christopher Nolan and Robert Eggers next movies in the outro. Enjoy watching all the Oscar movies.

  • What is This Episode? - Top of Show
    AlsoMike Crushed His Predictions!
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    OSCAR NOM REACTIONS:
    Best Picture May Be Down to the Final Four - 2:48
    I’m Still Here and Nickel Boys Fill in Spots 9 + 10 - 8:27
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    No Bergers in Director - 19:15
    Actress Finally Clears Itself Up - 22:35
    Actors Have Some Apprentice Surprises - 25:31
    Supporting Actress Shows Strength for ACU - 29:25
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    Screenplay Categories Focus on Wicked - 31:22
    Cinematography and Editing Are…Interesting - 35:47
    Costume Design, MUAH, Prod Design - - 41:52
    Musical Categories: Dianne, Finally?!? - 46:35
    Sound, VFX - 50:24
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    Doc Feature Was Somewhat Predictable for Once! - 54:00
    International Feature- 59:53
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    WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:02:21

  • 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
    Actress & A Lot of Serious Contenders In Play - 29:47
    Supporting Actor & Some Vulnerable Predictions - 40:52
    Supporting Actress & How We Cannot Be Surprised - 46:04
    Adapted & Original Screenplay - 51:24
    Cinematography & Film Editing - 57:11
    Costume Design + What If The Mikes Had More Access?- 1:02:46
    Make-up & Hairstyling & what looked yucky - 1:07:24
    Production Design & black goo planets - 1:10:52
    Original Score & worse scores you could have sex to - 1:17:38
    Original Song & dance to what makes you happy - 1:19:25
    Sound Design & Mike’s favorite scene of the year - 1:23:25
    VFX & what if they released a visual fx xenomorph into the dolby theater - 1:25:22
    Documentary & how this category is cursed - 1:30:06
    Animated & how it better be this 5 - 1:37:36
    International Feature & frolicking arm in arm towards certain destruction - 1:39:11

    OUTRO - Let us know your picks. We’ll have Nomination Reactions next. Otherwise, you can hear us on WPLR 99.1 in Connecticut to discuss more about the Oscar Nominations on Wednesday morning. https://www.wplr.com/ https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

  • 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 - 3:38
    Awards Season Delays thus far & good people stepping up to help - 5:53

    BAFTA NOMINATIONS (+ WGA)
    Best Film & Overall Tallies - 13:42
    Director - 16:45
    Actor - 20:44
    Actress - 23:10
    Supporting Actor - 32:45
    Supporting Actress - 36:00
    Casting - 41:27
    Adapted Screenplay + WGA - 42:34
    Original Screenplay + WGA - 46:29
    Cinematography - 49:57
    Editing - 52:29
    Costume Design - 55:18
    Makeup & Hair - 58:51
    Production Design - 1:02:46
    Original Score - 1:05:18
    Sound - 1:08:18
    VFX - 1:10:22
    Documentary - 1:13:01
    Animated - 1:15:20
    Film Not in the English Language - 1:17:40

    OUTRO: do please support CA wildfire relief funds if you are able. Here’s a link to the California Community Fund https://www.calfund.org/ … Oscar Nomination Predictions are coming next from us, maybe with some PGA Nominations to help us. So as always, thank you for listening.

  • 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 - 14:33
    Supporting Actress - 16:40
    Supporting Actor - 19:43
    Lead Actor - 27:18
    Lead Actress - 35:06
    Mike 1 rejoins for his SAG thoughts & how it affects our previous theories - 44:57

    BEST DIRECTOR TALK: (& more Best Picture discussions)
    DGA Nomination Reactions, More on Picture + DGA Snubs - 50:54
    The First Time Director DGA Category & BAFTA Long List for Director- 59:07

    BAFTA LONG LISTS & THE BEST FILM CONTENDER RESUMES:
    Emilia Perez, Conclave, & The Brutalist - 1:00:32
    The Substance & how it ultimately could play with both Academies - 1:04:45
    A Complete Unknown & Wicked = stock up? - 1:08:02
    Anora & Dune: Part Two = stock down? - 1:10:34
    Kneecap & The Apprentice surprise in the BAFTA Long List Tallies - 1:14:22
    The rest of the BAFTA Long List Film By Film Tallies - 1:16:47

    OUTRO - We discuss our crazy upcoming recording schedule. Though here’s an important scheduling note. The Academy announced a 2 day extension on the Oscar Nomination Voting AFTER we stopped recording tonight. So Oscar Nominations will be announced next Sunday. Of course, our hearts go out to those in Los Angeles, and we hope we can offer a distraction with our show to those in need. Scott and the Mikes all wish everyone health and safety during these terrible fires.

    Otherwise, make sure to follow Scott Yager and enjoy Challenge Mania.
    https://x.com/SHOTOFYAGER
    https://challengemania.live/

    And follow us here: https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

  • 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 - 7:45
    Host Nikki Glaser’s Triumph & Show Innovations - 10:19
    Zoe Saldana & Kieran Culkin win the Supporting Actor Categories - 17:38
    Margaret Qualley & Demi Moore Present + Scary Commercials - 22:07
    Pope-U-Lar nearly bombs until it kills + Bates, Gunning & Coolidge hit - 24:08
    Conclave wins Screenplay, Emilia Perez wins International - 27:07
    Colin Farrell, Jodie Foster, Seth Rogen, Catherine O’Hara & Sophia Vergara all hit - 30:00
    The big Demi Moore moment of the night - 31:51
    Sebastian Stan wins for A Different Man + Gambling Line Movement - 35:32
    The Scoreboard Bits & Flow’s Longshot Victory in Animated Feature - 37:36
    Brady Corbet wins Director & who could possibly challenge him - 40:08
    Score is a cool win for Challengers & Song means vigorous dancing - 42:39
    Vin Diesel says “Hey, Dwayne.” - 46:12
    Wicked wins Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement - 47:53
    Baby Reindeer, Hacks & Shogun win the TV Series Categories - 49:26
    No Tributes on Stage, but Fernanda Torres pays homage to mother - 52:19
    Adrien Brody wins & our Connecticut Queen gets huge, proper applause - 54:31
    The Brutalist wins Best Drama, and Brady laughs in our faces - 56:54
    Emilia Perez wins big & we project future vibes before we sign off - 59:42

    OUTRO - 1:03:18 - Programming Note. The BAFTA Long Lists will be covered in our next episode, not in the upcoming Critics Choice Awards Show. Due to all of our Globes coverage, we missed those Long Lists from across the pond.
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  • 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:

    The Brutalist - 1:26
    Oscars & Globes Betting Odds Updated For The Brutalist, etc - 14:36
    All We Imagine As Light then reviewing (September 5) Nowon East Village - 24:05
    Babygirl - 28:47
    The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, La Cocina & Y2K - 34:40
    The People’s Joker - 39:15
    A Real Pain - 41:32
    Bird - 45:18
    The Six Triple Eight - 47:14
    Small Things Like These - 49:21
    Out Of My Mind- 51:13
    Juror No. 2 - 54:17
    Red One, Sweethearts, Late Bloomers, Coup!, Lonely Planet - 59:03
    Rewatches of Will & Harper, My Old Ass, Conclave, etc - 1:03:11

    OLDER FILMS:

    Family Movie Nights: Hombre, The Shootist, The Crimson Pirate - 1:05:46

    Christmas Movies: The Feast of the Seven Fishes, It’s A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, The Holdovers - 1:07:12

    Mike’s Tour of the film year of 1967 continues: In The Heat of the Night & Guess Who’s Coming For Dinner, The Graduate, In Cold Blood, Bonnie & Clyde, Cool Hand Luke, Wait Until Dark, The Producers, The Dirty Dozen, Point Blank - 1:08:08

    OUTRO: Let us know your thoughts (especially with all the opinions we have to lay down in this episode). Plus, what's coming next might involve some radio time and words of wisdom.

  • What Is This Episode - Top of Show
    WELCOME KENZIE VANUNU!
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    NOSFERATU OSCARS PROFILE REVIEW:
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    Spoiler-Free Review:
    Review Scores, Box Office, Kenzie’s Nos Hype - 4:08
    Vampires are Back, Baby! - 7:59
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    Billy Skars and Willem Dafoe as Possible Noms - 13:17
    An Adapted Screenplay Push? - 18:08
    The Best Picture Path for Nosferatu - 22:50
    Lilly Rose Depp for Lead Actress - 30:14
    The Cinematography and PD Standard - 38:33
    Other Technical Categories - 43:51
    Will it Crash the Oscars Party? - 46:28
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    SPOILER WARNING - 51:23
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    Spoiler-Filled Review:
    Women Talking - 52:31
    In the Bedroom - 59:29
    Demolition Man - 1:03:57
    Prisoners - 1:13:17
    House of Gucci - 1:19:27
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    FINAL GRADES - 1:26:12
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    Where to Find Kenzie Online - 1:28:42
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    WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:30:15

  • What Is This Episode - Top of Show
    WELCOME DAVID LONG! - :45
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    HOLIDAY BETS W/ DAVID LONG, PART 2: GOLDEN GLOBES 2025:
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    GAMBLING TERMS, EXPLAINED - 2:32
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    GOLDEN GLOBES GAMBLING PICKS AND PREDICTIONS:
    David is Serving Berger’s - 4:34
    Emilia Perez Needs to Win This Globe - 17:32
    And Original Song, Too/Cinematic Achievement Trophy- 20:15
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    Best Actor Drama: Everything Fiennes…Right? -24:35
    Best Actor C/M: In A Word, A Mess - 32:10
    Lead Actress Drama: A Mike and an Upset - 36:37
    Lead Actress C/M: A Preview - 45:52
    Supporting Actor - 50:11
    Supporting Actress - 56:22
    Animated Featire - 1:01:56
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    WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:06:50

  • What Is This Episode - Top of Show
    WELCOME DAVID LONG! - :45
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    HOLIDAY BETS W/ DAVID LONG, PART 1: OSCARS AND GLOBES BP:
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    GAMBLING TERMS, EXPLAINED - 1:48
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    CURRENT OSCARS BEST PICTURE ODDS:
    The Field, and Anora - 4:22
    The Brutalist is…Long - 7:16
    Splitting Season and a Possible BAFTA Preview - 11:28
    Placing Bets on Oscars BP Right now - 16:40
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    Globes Best Picture Drama - 30:51
    Best Picture Comedy or Musical - 37:10
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    WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 50:37

  • 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 - 13:30
    Original Score: liar youtubers & Mike hits the speorg note - 23:48
    Original Song: performing vigorously & the correct snubs - 30:24
    Makeup & Hair: smooching heinie & two dolts getting it right- 39:01
    Sound Design: the Everything/Nothing & the NBR illuminati - 41:41
    VFX: our wholeness & Droop Goo McBoob - 44:00
    The Tallies: Good Days, Bad Days & the D.E.D. Dead - 46:20

    OUTRO - CDG & how everything’s coming up Mike. Da money is mine, and you can leave us your thoughts. What’s coming next is scratching an itch amongst friends, and wayyy too much information about AM’s upcoming NYC trip to see movies.

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    OSCARS TO STREAM ON HULU…FINALLY - 1:10
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    THE CRITICS’ CHOICE NOMS ARE OUT:
    Nom Tallies - 2:48
    Best Picture - 6:43
    5 Locks? Or 7? - 10:04
    BP Comedy/Intl Feature - 14:00
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    Best Director Lets Them All In - 17:30
    Screenplays Give SOME Clarity - 19:13
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    Lead Categories Have Shortlists Narrowed - 23:50
    One Supporting Category is Clear…The Other… - 33:38
    Best Young Actor/Actress + Ensemble Award - 40:03
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    TECH CATEGORIES:
    Editing - 42:19
    Doc Feature is Trollier Than Ever - 43:46
    MUAH Noms, Original Score/Song, Cinematography - 45:49
    Production Design, Costumes, VFX - 51:51
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    WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 56:45

  • 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 this category.
    14:45 - Musical or Comedy having more heft this year + our hopes for the BP race.
    19:03 - The Cinematic or Box Office Achievement Award is getting dumber.
    24:49 - The Lead Actress Conversation with shocking snubs and a deep field.
    32:07 - Lead Actor seems Drama side heavy.
    34:58 - Supporting Actor, and we debate which are the leading two in the race.
    37:58 - Supporting Actress, and all how our worries are solved.
    42:30 - International Feature sparks fun side convos on BIFA’s, Books, & BP.
    46:28 - Animated Feature ends up in a Lord of the Rings conversation.
    50:05 - Original Score becomes a rave.
    52:43 - Original Song is a category without a frontrunner.

    OUTRO - Athletic comps for this episode. Make sure to send us your thoughts on these nominations by clicking on the linktree for our socials. Plus, we discuss what’s coming next from us including more Oscar Race Checkpoints, some upcoming betting specials and many jinx moments and/or reverse jinxes. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

  • 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 Sing & several other films. On the flipside, we doubt the Gladiator and Dune sequels. Then we breakdown what the Indie Spirit Feature, First Feature, and Cassavettes categories tell us about the year in film at large.

    Best International Feature - 18:43
    - The Girl with the Needle and The Seed of the Sacred Fig are on the rise. Plus, we further discuss whether or not All We Imagine As Light can sustain momentum towards a Picture nom.

    Best Director & Jon M. Chu’s good week - 22:10
    The Best Screenplays & the Hard Truths bit lives anew - 25:11

    Lead Acting Category Questions including Mikey & Coleman hopes - 28:51
    Supporting Categories leads to talk on Kieran’s strength and Elle’s surprise win - 35:59
    Some early tech talk on Cinematography & Editing + More on the Docs with IDA - 43:19
    Animated Feature: Flow’s surge + reviews of That Christmas & Spellbound - 47:09

    A Quick Thing on the Saturn Awards + a review of Fly Me To The Moon - 50:05
    A Quick Thing on the Seattle Critics Society - 55:41

    WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
    The Order - 57:03
    The Hustler & The Color of Money - 58:09
    The Great Lillian Hall - 1:00:04
    A Woman Under The Influence - 1:01:51

    OUTRO - Send us your thoughts via social media. A reminder that we’re now on Blue Sky. Please rate and review us. Also, please make sure to stay ready for upcoming Oscar Race Checkpoints on the upcoming Golden Globes and Critics Choice Noms + the Oscar Shortlists and then get ready for some fun guests for Oscar Bets and Nosferatu. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

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    ASTRA AWARD NOMS GIVEN OUT:
    List of Noms per Movie - 3:16
    A Wicked Road - 5:05
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    AWARDS NEWS:
    The Girl with the Needle Wins the Golden Frog - 11:11
    BIFA Gives Their Crafts - 13:32
    AARP Awards Their Noms - 16:43
    AAFCA Select Their Tributes - 20:05
    Chalamet and Mangold Get Gothams Tributes Too - 22:16
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    BOX OFFICE REPORT:
    Wicked and Gladiator 2 Are Having Great Weekends - 24:44
    But Not as Great as Moana 2 - 27:45
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    TRAILERS:
    Lily and Stitch Live Action Teaser - 30:21
    Snow White Live Action Trailer - 31:52
    Elio - 35:47
    The Six Triple Eight Trailer #2 - 37:15
    Queer Trailer #2 - 40:08
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    WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
    MMO on The Piano Lesson - 43:14
    AM on Lee, Parachute, The Good Half, Joy, Casa Bonita Mi Amor, Witches
    M1 on Satan Wants You!, The Killing, Snack Shack, Places in the Heart, The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon
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    WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:05:10
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  • 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
    International Feature goes twice to All We Imagine As Light - 14:13
    Documentary goes twice to No Other Land - 17:22
    Breakthrough Director goes to Vera Drew of the People’s Joker - 19:39
    Gotham Screenplay to Azazel Jacobs, NYFCC to Anora - 21:34
    Thoughts on the Gothams Livestream / Broadcast - 24:03
    Gotham Tribute commentary featuring Sing Sing’s big moment - 30:02
    A Few More NYFCC Awards to Cover - 37:50

    BOX OFFICE REPORT:
    Further breakdowns of the Record Setting Weekend for Moana 2 & Wicked - 41:32

    WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
    Juror No 2 - 47:16
    Nutcrackers - 49:44
    Beatles ‘64, Yacht Rock, The Last of the Sea Women - 50:43
    Five Easy Pieces - 52:53
    Rio Bravo, The Searchers, Unforgiven - 53:57
    Network - 58:21
    Through A Glass Darkly, Superman, Madden Docuseries - 1:00:17

    OUTRO - How to contact and follow us, more Oscar Race Checkpoints to come, and some words of wisdom to live by this (and every) awards season.
    https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

  • 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? - 5:53
    Our Expectations and Experiences at the Movie Theaters - 7:19
    General Story Thoughts + Our Relationship to the Musical / Book - 11:13
    Review of the Performances, a Best Actress Convo & a Supporting Surprise - 18:14
    Review of the Stupendous (Steampunk?) Production Values - 28:05
    The Oscar Lens, including our Over/Under on the number of Oscar Noms - 32:12

    Spoiler Warning - 39:46

    SPOILER FILLED REVIEW SECTION:
    No One Mourns the Wicked - 40:31
    Dear Old Shiz - 45:55
    The Wizard and I + What Is This Feeling?- 47:54
    Something Bad - 49:28
    Dancing Through Life - 52:17
    Popular + I’m Not That Girl - 55:11
    One Short Day + I’m A Sentimental Man - 56:19
    Defying Gravity - 57:56

    Final Takes / Grades - 1:04:17

    OUTRO - 1:05. Tell us your thoughts. We have a linktree now https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar and we have a makeshift production meeting to discuss our next episode, which will probably be an Oscar Race Checkpoint. Plus, we discuss our upcoming Thanksgiving plans.