Cannes opens, and we react to some 1st reactions to Annette & Val. The Academy has a new class of members including Janet Jackson, & we celebrate them. Then we talk 4th of July movie watching from the box office to Fear Street & No Sudden Move to a recap of AFI DOCS.

What is This Episode? - Top of Show

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CANNES HAS STARTED:

Annette’s Taco Tenor - 2:08

VAL Trailer and Reaction - 8:52

$75M Deal @ Cannes Market - 14:25

Florian Zeller + a Loaded Cast Ready The Son - 16:32

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ACADEMY NEWS:

395 New Invitees Join The Academy - 17:35

SAG AFTRA Presidential Election News - 21:10

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BOX OFFICE REPORT:

Good News For The Top 10 - 24:50

Black Widow + Hope for DBO - 26:05

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FILM REVIEWS:

LFG; Sisters On Track; The Courier; Dream Horse - 30:30

AQP2; Fear Street 1994; Werewolves Within - 31:34

No Sudden Move - 36:22

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ALSOMIKE’S RECAP OF AFI DOCS:

The Neutral Ground - 41:25

Storm Lake - 43:45

Pray Away - 46:06

Luchadoras; The One and Only Dick Gregory; No Straight Lines - 51:15

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Where to Find Us/LEAVE US A 5* REVIEW! - 55:58

What’s Next/Words of Wisdom - 56:48

Cannes has begun with some worthy tributes of Spike Lee and Jodie Foster. Then we celebrate how Adam Driver pays tribute with our reactions to Cannes opening night and Day 1, highlighted by Annette and Val.

We move into some Academy and Guild news as AMPAS welcomes in a big new class of members and SAG AFTRA may be ushering in a new era of leadership. M1 has hot takes and pizzazz to spare, which is good, because Also Mike barely knows what is happening when they’re not talking about movies.

Lucky for us both though, we have a new slate of 4th of July movies. So you get an optimistic box office update after the US and Europe saw one of its better weekends since covid began, and go figure, there’s even more hype to come with the Black Widow projections. Did somebody impersonate us, or have our worries for movie theaters begun to subside?

Then we enjoy another huge Make The Case / What We’re Watching movie review segment to continue to cover the overall slate of our late June, early July viewing. We weigh in on LFG, Sisters On Track, The Courier, and Dream Horse. Then AM peppers M1 with some questions on A Quiet Place Part II, Fear Street Part I: 1994, and Werewolves Within before we both get salty over No Sudden Move.

Finally, as promised, Also Mike makes his recommendations from AFI DOCS, including the Daily Show’s CJ Hunt film The Neutral Ground, audience award winner Storm Lake, the upcoming Ryan Murphy Netflix film Pray Away, and several rewarding film watches like Luchadoras, The One And Only Dick Gregory, and No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics. Check them out, and go back to our 12 Tribeca Gems episode for more of our film festival reviews.

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