Mike, Mike, and Oscar

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 REVIEWS & OSCAR INFO:

4:55 - Conclave: the audacity of Pope, if it’s a Dad movie, stellar performances & intrusive audio

15:27 - Telluride Festival Info Part I: the layout of the town and the theaters.

18:47 - Nickel Boys: it’s innovative style, important POV, & breakthrough cinematographer

26:09 - The Piano Lesson: if it’s Samuel L. Jackson time, + great Deadwyler & Hawkins turns.

32:26 - The End: Michael Shannon’s singing voice & why it’s a surprise McQuade favorite.

38:14 - Saturday Night: a pitch perfect comedy & return to form for Jason Reitman.

43:37 - Telluride Festival Info Part II: The Food

48:55 - Anora: the undeniable Mikey Madison and Best Picture vibes.

54:08 - Emilia Perez: the likelihood of an original song and several acting contenders

58:05 - Maria: Jolie’s best, Ryan’s Larrain rankings & how EP is the Netflix BP play

1:02:50 - Telluride Festival Info Part II: Tips for having the best experience.

1:05:34 - A Real Pain and a sleeper contender in some MAJOR categories for Ryan

1:09:10 - OUTRO: where to follow Ryan and his upcoming work, a call for support, and what’s coming next from MMO.

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 Globes

4:44 - The Apprentice finds a distributor and pre-election release date

VENICE FIRST REACTIONS:

8:21 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and does 3 mins in Italy equal 5 mins in France?

11:42 - Maria and how Angelina’s Venice reception resembles a recent Oscar winner.

15:22 - September 5 and a potential new contender enters the Oscars landscape

17:23 - Babygirl is the steamy thriller that’s been scored very high on first blush.

TELLURIDE FIRST REACTIONS:

19:00 - A Quick Lineup Summary to start.

20:04 - Piece By Piece enters the best animated feature race with mostly good reviews.

21:05 - Conclave is getting strong Oscar signals, but has a few red flags.

24:43 - Nickel Boys might be building a major campaign with these great first reactions

26:49 - The Piano Lesson’s strong debut & teasing Ryan McQuade’s reactions on the next ep

TRAILER REVIEWS:

28:07 - Emilia Perez and does a lousy trailer song drown out all of the great sounding buzz?

33:25 - Six Triple Eight should be slotted into the Original Score teases a powerful story.

35:24 - Memoir of a Snail might win an Oscar, and AlsoMike is very angry after this trailer.

39:09 - Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story documentary might make us all too emotional

40:29 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 could be saved by Jim Carry and SNL promotions.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:

42:05 - Shoresy is the best sports show ever. We both love it so much.

45:15 - Slingshot gives M2 his psychological thriller fix.

46:35 - Stress Positions hits him as very funny

48:13 - The Supremes at Earl’s All You Can Eat didn’t have enough food

49:24 - Find Me Falling actually showed a lot of food

50:48 - Marmalade had fun characters in a meh heist film + Docuseries Reviews for American Murder: Laci Peterson, Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose, & The Jinx Season 2.

54:32 - OUTRO: Where you can find us, M1’s spiel goes off the rails and then back on them again, + M2 talks about our film festival coverage / upcoming adventures.

INTRO - Professor M1, Adjunct Prof M2 and why we’re not doing Emmy Bets.

SUMMER MONTH BY MONTH BOX OFFICE RECAPS

2:31 - June Recap of how we did with our picks on Bad Boys, Inside Out 2, and A Quiet Place

4:46 - July’s huge wins for Minions, Longlegs + Deadpool & Wolverine. But Twisters was weird

6:26 - August’s Alien: Romulus victory + a surprise smash hit with It Ends With Us

SUMMER BOX OFFICE REPORT CARDS BY STUDIO

9:18 - Disney is back! And deserving of the highest grade.

10:43 - Neon gets its smash hit in Longlegs and another terrific grade from us.

11:20 - Sony’s strong grade comes with franchise plays new & old.

13:18 - Universal’s grade is propped up by the Minions

14:51 - Warner Bros hopes for a massive fall after a disappointing summer.

16:25 - A24 doesn’t do much with Sing Sing YET, and MaXXXine was a letdown.

20:06 - Lionsgate had its worst case scenario, but at least it got jammed into 1 fiscal quarter

FALL & WINTER OVER/UNDERS

22:48 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Venice reception & some debate on its projections.

29:49 - Transformers One is one of the trickier Over / Unders for us to set

33:40 - The Wild Robot could suffer from robot fatigue?

35:47 - Joker: Folie À Deux

38:00 - Sleeper Hit potential for Saturday Night, Terrifier 3, & Piece by Piece

39:42 - Smile 2 is hoping for big Halloween box office & we’re rooting hard for Anora

44:10 - Venom: The Last Dance has two Mikes on opposite sides of the goo here

46:27 - Nickel Boys, Here, Conclave, Blitz & A Real Pain cook up some Oscars intrigue.

48:26 - Gladiator II & Wicked both worry us a lot

51:39 - Moana 2 is another tricky O/U to set

52:54 - Early December’s Oscar Plays like Nightbitch & Hard Truths

52:37 - Kraven The Hunter and who is jacked up to see this one

54:50 - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim and how families are back

56:53 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 could hit a new level with the holiday corridor

58:14 - Mufasa: The Lion King is gonna be us being hilariously wrong

1:00:25 - Nosferatu is another highly anticipated one for the film people

1:03:52 - A Complete Unknown could resurrect Walk The Line numbers… or not.

1:08:31 OUTRO RECAP: MMO Socials, Your Homework, and how to contact us. Plus, we discuss what’s coming next with the fall festival Oscar Race Checkpoints and some words of wisdom about betting on the Emmys.

AWARDS NEWS

Top of the Show - We immediately dive into the building buzz for Joker 2 and what it means.

9:04 - The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a surprise pick by Germany for the Oscars.

INDUSTRY NEWS

14:13 - Chick-Fil-A is starting a streaming service, and they’re already buying shows.

OSCAR TRAILERS

17:12 - Megalopolis yanks its 2nd trailer after they admit to fabricating quotes from critics.

26:00 - The Piano Lesson showcases Danielle Deadwyler and a captivating premise.

29:48 - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim looks like awesome anime

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS

32:48 - The Hemsworth Hulk Hogan Biopic has been scrapped.

33:58 - Rush Hour 4 has Brett Ratner attached. WTF.

35:40 - Noomi Rapace will play Mother Theresa

37:42 - An Anaconda remake might star Jack Black & Paul Rudd

39:29 - Tom Cruise will star in Alejandro Inarritu’s next film opposite a great cast

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING + Some Box Office Weekend Projections

42:21 - Strange Darling wins over AlsoDan & friend of the show, Andrew Morgan

46:48 - Projected Box Office Top 5 for the weekend of 8/23

47:35 - Blink Twice doesn’t short change us on thriller goods

52:48 - Jackpot is shockingly well written and pretty fun

54:21 - M1 goes back to John Ford’s Stagecoach + AlsoMike’s family movie nights of late.

OUTRO

57:58 - Our socials & how to contact us. What’s coming next might be an Emmys Betting Special before we discuss the fall film festivals for a bunch of shows. Then AlsoMike finds the phrase we were arguing about for the past 10 minutes.

INTRO - It's another fully loaded Oscar Race Checkpoint.

BOX OFFICE UPDATE

1:02 - Romulus earnings are strong + Ryan and Blake’s shared success

6:41 - Rest of the Top 15 includes Coraline’s comeback & the Borderlands bomb

MAKE THE CASE: QUICK NON-SPOILER REVIEWS

7:57 - Cuckoo had awesome style and nearly as much goo as an alien film

10:15 - This Woman and the Sea rave review has enraged everyone

11:50 - Strange Darling teases to be a possible film study from us

AWARDS NEWS

12:50 - Joaquin Phoenix Leaves Todd Haynes Detective Romance Film

19:05 - Eugene & Dan Levy confirmed as Emmy Hosts. Do they have enough prep time?

20:20 - Gotham Awards add Best Director & Breakthrough Performer categories

22:12 - Latvia Selects Flow as its Best International Feature

D23: FUTURE MOVIE NEWS

23:19 - Disney’s Body Swap Comedies + All The Sequel Announcements

25:19 - Mufasa Trailer 2 is still not winning us over

27:04 - Moana 2 is cuteness overload

28:04 - Snow White has one Mike in favor and the other against

CASTING NEWS

29:20 - Nicholas Cage will play John Madden

32:42 - Dominic Sessa will play Anthony Bourdain

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS

34:32 - NYFF Spotlight Section adds some targets to our watchlist

42:30 - The Venice Schedule has been released

45:21 - TIFF adds even more special presentations

TRAILER REVIEWS

46:18 - Saturday Night’s alright for fighting

49:04 - The Outrun is gonna be Saoirse Ronan’s 5th nom

51:12 - Woman of the Hour is a freaky true story

52:39 - The Room Next Door causes a major debate over fake snow

54:08 - A Quickie Nightbitch Book Review

54:43 - The Substance throws AlsoMike once again, proving he has lost his mind

56:34 - Y2K looks very funny

58:50 - OUTRO: Our socials, how to contact us, if AlsoMike will go and party with the hippies and bigfoot, what’s coming next from us, extension chords and words of wisdom.

INTRO - This will be quite the passionate finale of Mike, Mike, and Alien.

NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF ALIEN: ROMULUS

2:00 - Development Backstory post Fox & Hulu + some creative viral marketing

4:50 - Strong reception numbers & early box office, yet some polarizing tweets & scores

7:37 - Our Theatrical Moviegoing Experience was a Mike, Dan, Mike & Alien Popcorn Bucket.

11:25 - Non Spoiler Script thoughts outlines many pros & cons, potholes, yet no plot holes

16:38 - Praiseworthy performances & characters that differentiate this from other Alien films

22:14 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Set A Scene: some high highs & low lows for the production values and the first of three Mike1 speeches on what makes this franchise great.

30:37 - SPOILER WARNING FOR OUR SPOILER FILLED REVIEW OF ALIEN: ROMULUS

31:24 - The Requiem, or why this film will be remembered has to be the ending, and Mike1 delivers his second big speech on what is otherwise working great in this film.

41:12 - The Most & Least Mike Like Moves pays homage to Dora The Explorer.

45:50 - The Game Over Man (where you knew a fatal error was made) is a segment that showcases Mike's third speech on how we’d never survive a horror movie.

48:06 - Themes we’d rather not dwell on, I mean we could, but we’re not gonna: invokes several good discussions on fan service and the tech of the film.

53:14 - Underrated Smart Moves includes praise for some great character work, expansions on the mythology, and a burning question about how they’ll handle the sequel, if there is one.

1:00:41 - Least Scary, Scary Moment re: facehuggers, but we have more praise for the writing

1:02:28 - Get Away From Them, You Bitch (or most goosebump inducing moments).

1:05:11 - Nagging Questions We Can’t Stop Thinking About

1:10:39 - Quantifying the Goo for Alien: Romulus might just be our masterpiece.

1:19:44 - Final Grades & Our Top Films of the Franchise

1:21:25 - THE OUTRO: includes our socials, your homework, and how to contact us. We also give a requiem for this Mike, Mike, and Alien series and go back through our episode library to recall all of our previous rewatch series. Then we discuss what’s coming next from us including upcoming Oscar Race Checkpoints, film festival coverage and film study review episodes.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show

Introducing The Duke of Bettingham - David Long!

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SUMMER GAMBLING PREVIEW - BEST PICTURE:

Which Movie Has The Most Money On It Currently? - 2:43

Define “Value Betting” - 4:55

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The Current Betting Favorites:

Dune 2 (+250) - 8:40

(and a History Lesson in Just How Bizarre Dune’s Odds Are - 10:56)

Sing Sing (+400) - 17:12

Blitz (+650) - 20:34

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The 10 to 1 and Longer Shots:

Joker 2 (+1200) - 25:22

Anora (+1400) - 31:33

A Real Pain (+1400) - 35:15

Conclave (+1400) - 36:56

Nickel Boys (+1600) - 41:34

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The 20 to 1 Group - 44:59

(Nosferatu, Kinds of Kindness, Bird, Here, The Long Game, Fancy Dance)

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The 25 to 1 Group - 48:47

(Megalopolis, Queer, The Piano Lesson, Gladiator 2, Will & Harper, The Apprentice, More)

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The Super Duper Long Shots - 1:05:44

(Furiosa, Hard Truths, Maria, Saturday Night, Wicked, Inside Out 2, More)

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What About the As Yet Unlisted Movies? - 1:17:33

(Emilia Perez, A Complete Unknown, The Room Next Door, Beetlejuice 2, More)

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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:24:34

Make sure to read & listen to all of Clayton's work here:

https://variety.com/author/clayton-davis/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/variety-awards-circuit/id1536666553

What Is This Episode - Top of Show

Introducing Clayton Davis of Variety!

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The Oscars Hosting…Scene - 3:08

The Oscars/Emmys/Tonys Awards Web of Crossovers - 13:10

How the Emmys Vote; and FYC Differences Between Emmys and Oscars - 16:20

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THE OSCARS, FESTIVALS, and PREDICTIONS:

Why is Vegas So High on Dune 2’s Chances? - 23:44

Deadpool and Wolverine: Box Office Savior + The MCU Future - 29:30

Early Oscars Frontrunner Syndrome + Winding Narratives - 37:07

The Oscars Butterfly Effects + How Clayton Predicts Through the Year - 44:50

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Why TIFF’s People’s Choice May Be Different This Year - 55:24

What Clayton’s Heard of Joker 2 and Its Possible Oscar Shocker Within - 1:02:00

The Early Word on Upcoming Contenders or Pretenders - 1:05:12

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When Clayton Expects To See an Oscars Stunt Category - 1:09:24

And He Predicts Netflix Will Do WHAT?! - 1:14:56

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THE DROPOUT QUESTIONS:

How Clayton Got to Spend Time w/ Dropout - 1:22:28

GET. SAM. AN EMMY. NOM. - 1:28:03

Walking the Line Between Advocacy and Journalism - 1:30:00

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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:40:00

INTRO - Why this episode is most definitely a hodgepodge.

AWARDS NEWS:

Eugene & Dan Levy may host the Emmys with their Canadian Americana - 2:11

Oscars Host Questions Continue as we bring up a 2nd Week’s worth of names - 4:11

Janet Yang has earned her re-election, but has much work yet to do - 8:52

BAFTAs New Kids Award + Rule Changes have us all constantly tinkering - 11:08

Kneecap & The Devil’s Bath begin that International Feature selections list - 19:52

FESTIVAL NEWS:

Our NYFF Main Slate Targets / Oscars Scouting - 22:52

Horizon Chapter 2 still playing Venice - 37:26

Mike Leigh, Emilia Perez composers to receive TIFF awards - 39:20

Telluride Lineup via Others’ Deductions & Reports - 41:20

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS:

Britney Spears Biopic Greenlit at Universal - 44:03

Ben Affleck to play Hulk Hogan in Killing Gawker movie - 46:57

BOX OFFICE REPORT / WHAT WE’RE WATCHING REVIEWS:

Deadpool & Wolverine has a great 2nd week - 52:14

Trap does ok box office and is big cheesy goofy fun per AM’s Review - 55:31

58:50 - The Mikes catch up on a full lightning round of non-spoiler reviews and grades for Oddity, Touch, + lots of Documentaries including I Am Celine Dion, Remembering Gene Wilder, Giannis: The Marvelous Journey, Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, Sue Bird in the Clutch, Federer: Twelve Final Days, Faye, The Beach Boys, Bratz, Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple, Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, The Blue Angels, Black Barbie, MoviePass MovieCrash, + docuseries Charlie Rose & The Matter of Pete Rose and Hard Knocks: An Offseason with the New York Giants.

OUTRO - Our socials, how to contact us, what’s coming next, and we look up the definition for hodgepodge. We were right all along, sadly.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show

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MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 6: COVENANT 2017:

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Non-spoiler Review:

Creating Creation - 2:27

Bizarre Writing Backgrounds - 5:55

Reception/Our Viewing Experiences - 9:47

The Big Budget Horror Curse - 15:03

“If Everything Splatters, Nothing Matters”/Performances - 19:34

In Space, No One Can Hear You Set a Scene (Best Production Values) - 22:16

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SPOILER WARNING - 26:03

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Spoiler-Filled Review:

The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - 26:42

Most Mike-Like Move/Un-Mike Like Move - 32:11

The Game Over Man (The Point in Which You KNEW A Fatal Error Was Made) - 40:50

Themes We’d Rather Not Dwell On - 44:13

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Underrated Smart Move/The Least Scary, Scary Moment - 46:25

Get Away From Them, You Bitch (or The Most Goosebump Inducing Moment) - 50:01

The Nagging Question You Can’t Stop Thinking About - 53:14

Quantifying the Goo - 57:49

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Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:06:11