***This Incredibles 2 Review has a Spoiler Section***

The first (36) minutes are spoiler FREE. Then we play some spoiler music & dive into the plot.

Non-Spoiler Section for The Incredibles 2

Production Profile (Bird, Hunter, Long Development) - 3:22

Movie Specs (Record Box Office + Critics) - 10:51

Expectations (Raised by the Brand of Pixar?) - 14:26

Theater Going Experience (Giggly Kids) - 18:14

Production Values (Sight to Sound) - 21:43

Performances (Our Favorite Characters) - 26:52

Best/Worst Scenes (Jack Jack is funny) - 31:27

Oscar Lens (Best Animated Feature Plus?) - 32:16

Final Nonspoiler Thoughts (Watch or Don’t) - 34:08

Spoiler Warning Music Break - 35:25

Spoiler-Filled Section for The Incredibles 2

Carryovers/Worst Scenes (A Villain Problem) - 36:35

Best Scenes (The Action Sequences) - 43:29

More Best Scenes (The Jack Jack fight) - 51:54

Final Final Thoughts (And Grades) - 54:15

SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMENT ON OUR ITUNES! - 56:58

The Incredibles 2 is breaking box office records for animated films and putting up numbers closer to MCU films. Our production profile breaks down the cast & crew, the original film, and the production story behind the sequel. Then we discuss some of those early box office numbers and the high marks from critics and audiences alike in our overview of the movie specs.

The Mikes took another field trip to the movies, and we share our theater going story. We also discuss whether or not the Disney Pixar brand should raise our expectations, or do we lower them for animated films. Then we dive into our reviews of the production values including the eye popping animation and nostalgic musical score.

These characters are fun and fantastic, and we share our favorites while also mentioning which storylines may have fallen a bit flat as we do a brief non-spoiler review of the script. Then we glance over some best & worst scenes before offering our Oscar Lens on where the film may get nominated come awards season.

The spoiler music plays, and we open up with some of our worst scenes, but fear not. We come back around for a lot more praise for the film’s action and comedy as we break down all those best scenes we alluded to in the non-spoiler section. We end with our final grades and describe how we got there, putting a bookend on the two sections of the pod. How do our expectations & particular tastes affect the takeaways from this kind of movie? Tune in and fine out!

The Incredibles 2 is the latest in a long line of 2018 films we’ve reviewed as movie events. Check out our episodes on The Cloverfield Paradox, Black Panther, A Quiet Place, Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Hereditary to catch up on possible Oscar contenders. We’ve also given some way to early predictions for next year’s award season (ep 53), we’ve reviewed Cannes, Sundance, and SXSW in ep. 71, and we’ve previewed March & April (52), May & June (67), and we will preview July & August in our next episode.

Our Oscar Off-Season rolls on as we’ve also reviewed the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, and we’ve mined Oscar history for some fun retrospectives including 6 Best Original Song halfisodes, the 1989 Best Original Screenplay, and 1991 Best Actress races. There’s a ton of fun movie talk. So do check out our massive catalog of episodes.

Chat with us on social media, and let us know your thoughts on The Incredibles 2. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Gmail. We’re @MMandOscar on Twitter. Find our show on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, etc…, and please leave us a positive review if you enjoy our stuff. As always, thank you for listening. When reality sucks, watch movies with us.

***This Review of Hereditary is Spoiler Filled***

And oh boy, do you want it that way. WTF happened in that movie? Is there a great meaning? We tell you. Also, Mom, you may not like this one.

Updated Movie Specs ( A24 Box Office Records) - 2:55

Carryovers ( Review of the Soundtrack / Score) - 4:16

Oscar Lens (Toni Collette + what?) - 6:29

Plot Breakdown (WTF happened) - 13:33

Act 1 - 16:47

Act 2 - 30:45

Act 3 - 39:26

More Best Scenes (What we couldn’t say in non-spoilers) - 42:08

Worst Scenes (Child Actor Extras Tend to Suck) - 44:35

THEMES (WTF Does it all Mean?) - 46:47

AlsoMike’s Big Interpretation - 53:27

Final Grades - 1:03:15

Social Media/Leave Us An iTunes Comment - 1:05:32

Both Mikes rewatched the film since our Non-Spoiler Review of Hereditary (ep 75). Now it’s time to figure out WTF happened and what does it all mean. We may sit on fences at times on this pod, and one of us typically heckles the other when this happens. Since fences in this movie have Ann Dowds on the other side, we're way the hell away from fences in this episode!

We break down the plot in fuller detail than usual because we’re building up to a grand theory of what this movie symbolizes. Will we be proven wrong in the coming Oscar buzz filled months? Or could we be the first (that we know of) to put forth this specific reading on the film? Crawl out the window and onto that limb with us. And yes, there will be a treehouse at the end of it all.

The episode begins with an Easter Egg from the first non-spoiler part, Mike No 1 updates us on the box office / movie specs, and he gives us a story from his second theater going experience that segways perfectly into our Oscar Lens on the film. Where will it contend? Toni Collette for Best Actress seems like an obvious place to start. We mention a bunch of other possibilities and tell you what to look for in the upcoming award season.

Then it’s plot breakdown time. With most movies, a full plot breakdown like this one is somewhat unnecessary and dare we say, could be boring. This batshit crazy story is NOT one of those movies. We thoroughly enjoy rehashing WTF happened in this film and connect the dots of the convoluted plot. Even if you haven’t had the chance to rewatch this (Rosemary’s) baby quite yet, you’ll appreciate how we reshuffle the events and exposition bombs of this narrative to give you a more linear throughline and clearer read on this crazy movie.

Finally, we discuss our theories on what it all means. There are layers to this rotten onion, and we peel most of them back for you in this episode. Major themes from the text work in conjunction with some of the imagery hidden in plain sight of the production design and through the demonic forces at work in this narrative. There’s a density to this story, and we try to make some logical connections for you. Take them with a grain of salt or consume what we say like a kid eating cake. Walnuts optional, your choice.

Hereditary is not the first 2018 Oscar contender we’ve reviewed thus far. We did a two part podcast on Black Panther, full OSP styled looks at A Quiet Place and Avengers: Infinity War, and we’ve also broken down some well reviewed films on Netflix like Veronica and Annihilation as well as a dark horse Oscar candidate like Deadpool 2 (the first had some momentum, remember).

Please keep those iTunes reviews coming. They do help us out a great deal. Also feel free to chat with us on social media. We are Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, & at Gmail (no commas of course). Then we’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, where we’re most active. As always, chat it up with us, and we thank you for listening. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar! (cluck)

***This Review of Hereditary is Spoiler Filled***

And oh boy, do you want it that way. WTF happened in that movie? Is there a great meaning? We tell you. Also, Mom, you may not like this one.

Updated Movie Specs ( A24 Box Office Records) - 2:55

Carryovers ( Review of the Soundtrack / Score) - 4:16

Oscar Lens (Toni Collette + what?) - 6:29

Plot Breakdown (WTF happened) - 13:33

Act 1 - 16:47

Act 2 - 30:45

Act 3 - 39:26

More Best Scenes (What we couldn’t say in non-spoilers) - 42:08

Worst Scenes (Child Actor Extras Tend to Suck) - 44:35

THEMES (WTF Does it all Mean?) - 46:47

AlsoMike’s Big Interpretation - 53:27

Final Grades - 1:03:15

Social Media/Leave Us An iTunes Comment - 1:05:32

Both Mikes rewatched the film since our Non-Spoiler Review of Hereditary (ep 75). Now it’s time to figure out WTF happened and what does it all mean. We may sit on fences at times on this pod, and one of us typically heckles the other when this happens. Since fences in this movie have Ann Dowds on the other side, we're way the hell away from fences in this episode!

We break down the plot in fuller detail than usual because we’re building up to a grand theory of what this movie symbolizes. Will we be proven wrong in the coming Oscar buzz filled months? Or could we be the first (that we know of) to put forth this specific reading on the film? Crawl out the window and onto that limb with us. And yes, there will be a treehouse at the end of it all.

The episode begins with an Easter Egg from the first non-spoiler part, Mike No 1 updates us on the box office / movie specs, and he gives us a story from his second theater going experience that segways perfectly into our Oscar Lens on the film. Where will it contend? Toni Collette for Best Actress seems like an obvious place to start. We mention a bunch of other possibilities and tell you what to look for in the upcoming award season.

Then it’s plot breakdown time. With most movies, a full plot breakdown like this one is somewhat unnecessary and dare we say, could be boring. This batshit crazy story is NOT one of those movies. We thoroughly enjoy rehashing WTF happened in this film and connect the dots of the convoluted plot. Even if you haven’t had the chance to rewatch this (Rosemary’s) baby quite yet, you’ll appreciate how we reshuffle the events and exposition bombs of this narrative to give you a more linear throughline and clearer read on this crazy movie.

Finally, we discuss our theories on what it all means. There are layers to this rotten onion, and we peel most of them back for you in this episode. Major themes from the text work in conjunction with some of the imagery hidden in plain sight of the production design and through the demonic forces at work in this narrative. There’s a density to this story, and we try to make some logical connections for you. Take them with a grain of salt or consume what we say like a kid eating cake. Walnuts optional, your choice.

Hereditary is not the first 2018 Oscar contender we’ve reviewed thus far. We did a two part podcast on Black Panther, full OSP styled looks at A Quiet Place and Avengers: Infinity War, and we’ve also broken down some well reviewed films on Netflix like Veronica and Annihilation as well as a dark horse Oscar candidate like Deadpool 2 (the first had some momentum, remember).

Please keep those iTunes reviews coming. They do help us out a great deal. Also feel free to chat with us on social media. We are Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, & at Gmail (no commas of course). Then we’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, where we’re most active. As always, chat it up with us, and we thank you for listening. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar! (cluck)

***This Review of Hereditary is Spoiler Filled***

And oh boy, do you want it that way. WTF happened in that movie? Is there a great meaning? We tell you. Also, Mom, you may not like this one.

Updated Movie Specs ( A24 Box Office Records) - 2:55

Carryovers ( Review of the Soundtrack / Score) - 4:16

Oscar Lens (Toni Collette + what?) - 6:29

Plot Breakdown (WTF happened) - 13:33

Act 1 - 16:47

Act 2 - 30:45

Act 3 - 39:26

More Best Scenes (What we couldn’t say in non-spoilers) - 42:08

Worst Scenes (Child Actor Extras Tend to Suck) - 44:35

THEMES (WTF Does it all Mean?) - 46:47

AlsoMike’s Big Interpretation - 53:27

Final Grades - 1:03:15

Social Media/Leave Us An iTunes Comment - 1:05:32

Both Mikes rewatched the film since our Non-Spoiler Review of Hereditary (ep 75). Now it’s time to figure out WTF happened and what does it all mean. We may sit on fences at times on this pod, and one of us typically heckles the other when this happens. Since fences in this movie have Ann Dowds on the other side, we're way the hell away from fences in this episode!

We break down the plot in fuller detail than usual because we’re building up to a grand theory of what this movie symbolizes. Will we be proven wrong in the coming Oscar buzz filled months? Or could we be the first (that we know of) to put forth this specific reading on the film? Crawl out the window and onto that limb with us. And yes, there will be a treehouse at the end of it all.

The episode begins with an Easter Egg from the first non-spoiler part, Mike No 1 updates us on the box office / movie specs, and he gives us a story from his second theater going experience that segways perfectly into our Oscar Lens on the film. Where will it contend? Toni Collette for Best Actress seems like an obvious place to start. We mention a bunch of other possibilities and tell you what to look for in the upcoming award season.

Then it’s plot breakdown time. With most movies, a full plot breakdown like this one is somewhat unnecessary and dare we say, could be boring. This batshit crazy story is NOT one of those movies. We thoroughly enjoy rehashing WTF happened in this film and connect the dots of the convoluted plot. Even if you haven’t had the chance to rewatch this (Rosemary’s) baby quite yet, you’ll appreciate how we reshuffle the events and exposition bombs of this narrative to give you a more linear throughline and clearer read on this crazy movie.

Finally, we discuss our theories on what it all means. There are layers to this rotten onion, and we peel most of them back for you in this episode. Major themes from the text work in conjunction with some of the imagery hidden in plain sight of the production design and through the demonic forces at work in this narrative. There’s a density to this story, and we try to make some logical connections for you. Take them with a grain of salt or consume what we say like a kid eating cake. Walnuts optional, your choice.

Hereditary is not the first 2018 Oscar contender we’ve reviewed thus far. We did a two part podcast on Black Panther, full OSP styled looks at A Quiet Place and Avengers: Infinity War, and we’ve also broken down some well reviewed films on Netflix like Veronica and Annihilation as well as a dark horse Oscar candidate like Deadpool 2 (the first had some momentum, remember).

Please keep those iTunes reviews coming. They do help us out a great deal. Also feel free to chat with us on social media. We are Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, & @Gmail (no commas of course). Then we’re @MMandOscar on Twitter, where we’re most active. As always, chat it up with us, and we thank you for listening. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar! (cluck)

***This Review of Hereditary is Spoiler Filled***

And oh boy, do you want it that way. WTF happened in that movie? Is there a great meaning? We tell you. Also, Mom, you may not like this one.

Updated Movie Specs ( A24 Box Office Records) - 2:55

Carryovers ( Review of the Soundtrack / Score) - 4:16

Oscar Lens (Toni Collette + what?) - 6:29

Plot Breakdown (WTF happened) - 13:33

Act 1 - 16:47

Act 2 - 30:45

Act 3 - 39:26

More Best Scenes (What we couldn’t say in non-spoilers) - 42:08

Worst Scenes (Child Actor Extras Tend to Suck) - 44:35

THEMES (WTF Does it all Mean?) - 46:47

AlsoMike’s Big Interpretation - 53:27

Final Grades - 1:03:15

Social Media/Leave Us An iTunes Comment - 1:05:32

Both Mikes rewatched the film since our Non-Spoiler Review of Hereditary (ep 75). Now it’s time to figure out WTF happened and what does it all mean. We may sit on fences at times on this pod, and one of us typically heckles the other when this happens. Since fences in this movie have Ann Dowds on the other side, we're way the hell away from fences in this episode!

We break down the plot in fuller detail than usual because we’re building up to a grand theory of what this movie symbolizes. Will we be proven wrong in the coming Oscar buzz filled months? Or could we be the first (that we know of) to put forth this specific reading on the film? Crawl out the window and onto that limb with us. And yes, there will be a treehouse at the end of it all.

The episode begins with an Easter Egg from the first non-spoiler part, Mike No 1 updates us on the box office / movie specs, and he gives us a story from his second theater going experience that segways perfectly into our Oscar Lens on the film. Where will it contend? Toni Collette for Best Actress seems like an obvious place to start. We mention a bunch of other possibilities and tell you what to look for in the upcoming award season.

Then it’s plot breakdown time. With most movies, a full plot breakdown like this one is somewhat unnecessary and dare we say, could be boring. This batshit crazy story is NOT one of those movies. We thoroughly enjoy rehashing WTF happened in this film and connect the dots of the convoluted plot. Even if you haven’t had the chance to rewatch this (Rosemary’s) baby quite yet, you’ll appreciate how we reshuffle the events and exposition bombs of this narrative to give you a more linear throughline and clearer read on this crazy movie.

Finally, we discuss our theories on what it all means. There are layers to this rotten onion, and we peel most of them back for you in this episode. Major themes from the text work in conjunction with some of the imagery hidden in plain sight of the production design and through the demonic forces at work in this narrative. There’s a density to this story, and we try to make some logical connections for you. Take them with a grain of salt or consume what we say like a kid eating cake. Walnuts optional, your choice.

Hereditary is not the first 2018 Oscar contender we’ve reviewed thus far. We did a two part podcast on Black Panther, full OSP styled looks at A Quiet Place and Avengers: Infinity War, and we’ve also broken down some well reviewed films on Netflix like Veronica and Annihilation as well as a dark horse Oscar candidate like Deadpool 2 (the first had some momentum, remember).

Please keep those iTunes reviews coming. They do help us out a great deal. Also feel free to chat with us on social media. We are Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, & @Gmail (no commas of course). Then we’re @MMandOscar on Twitter, where we’re most active. As always, chat it up with us, and we thank you for listening. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar! (cluck)

***This second look at 1991’s Best Actress is gloriously full of spoilers for the terrible Bette Midler and Laura Dern movies at the center of this episode.***

LAURA DERN IN RAMBLING ROSE:

Laura Dern Bio/Filmography - 3:44

Rambling Rose Movie Specs/Plot Overview - 7:30

Worst Scenes - 12:30

(Including Maybe the Worst “Worst Scene” Ever?) - 16:34

Best Scene - 24:04

BETTE MIDLER IN FOR THE BOYS

Bette Midler Bio/Filmography - 30:59

For The Boys Movie Specs/Plot Overview - 36:19

Best Scenes - 46:14

Worst Scenes - 47:30

Perfecting Perfection AKA Our ReRanks:

The Best Actress Category - 53:42

The Films of 1991 - 56:46

Actresses and Movies of the Year - 1:01:17

RATE AND REVIEW US ON ITUNES/Social Media - 1:05:39

This is Part 2 of our 1991 Best Actress Oscar Retrospective covering Laura Dern’s Rambling Rose and Bette Midler’s For the Boys. The first part (ep 74) discussed Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs, and both Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise. That episode went non-spoilers for those 2 great movies, and we do recommend you go back and listen to it and see those films.

This episode features spoilers for both shitty films Rambling Rose and For The Boys, and you’re welcome. These movies suck, and we do not recommend you watch them. So our guilt in going full spoilers here is assuaged by the sheer entertainment value you can draw from our rage against these movies. Enjoy.

So to begin part 2, we first cover Laura Dern’s crazed performance in the Robert Duvall / Diane Ladd depression era domestic drama Rambling Rose. We begin with a bio / filmography of Laura Dern’s unique and illustrious career, where her blockbuster performances are few and far between many eclectic choices in serious indie dramas like those of David Lynch as well as colossal award winning TV roles such as her Emmy win in Big Little Lies.

Rambling Rose commits cardinal sins, in both the screenwriting and filmmaking realms of the storytelling. However good Dern’s performance might be, it is overshadowed by the morally bankrupt scenes and the astonishingly callous male perspective thereof.

For the Boys is a hot mess. The film overshoots the mark of trying to be an epic performance piece spanning 3 wars and decades in the life of Bette Midler’s Dixie Leonard. Luckily, we give credit where it’s due, but there’s also some schlock. We’re amazed a film this bad could be nominated for Hollywood’s highest honors, despite the preceding bio / filmography / discography of one of our greatest treasures from the stage, screen, and billboard top 100 charts, Bette Midler.

We complete the retrospective with a thorough look at the year of 1991 in film with our segment of Perfecting Perfection. Both Mikes rerank the performances. Then we have fun reminiscing about all the notable films of 1991 before Mike No. 1 gives his top 5 Best Actresses, and Also Mike, his top 10 films. Also, I say Kurt Douglas when I mean Kurt Russell. Whoops.

There are plenty more retrospectives where this came from in our back catalog, as well as 6 Best Original Song halfisodes for all you Oscar junkies. We’ve also covered the heck out of last Oscar Season, Netflix, the entire MCU, and we’ve reviewed the big hits of 2018 and previewed next year’s award season with a host of episodes ranging from movie events to theatrical previews to hollywood news chats.

Chat with us on social media, and please help us spread the word about our show. One way is to leave us a review on iTunes, and you can also follow/like/subscribe/ retweet / share, etc… on Instagram, Twitter, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and Reddit. As always, thank you for listening. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

***This second look at 1991’s Best Actress is gloriously full of spoilers for the terrible Bette Midler and Laura Dern movies at the center of this episode.***

LAURA DERN IN RAMBLING ROSE:

Laura Dern Bio/Filmography - 3:44

Rambling Rose Movie Specs/Plot Overview - 7:30

Worst Scenes - 12:30

(Including Maybe the Worst “Worst Scene” Ever?) - 16:34

Best Scene - 24:04

BETTE MIDLER IN FOR THE BOYS

Bette Midler Bio/Filmography - 30:59

For The Boys Movie Specs/Plot Overview - 36:19

Best Scenes - 46:14

Worst Scenes - 47:30

Perfecting Perfection AKA Our ReRanks:

The Best Actress Category - 53:42

The Films of 1991 - 56:46

Actresses and Movies of the Year - 1:01:17

RATE AND REVIEW US ON ITUNES/Social Media - 1:05:39

This is Part 2 of our 1991 Best Actress Oscar Retrospective covering Laura Dern’s Rambling Rose and Bette Midler’s For the Boys. The first part (ep 74) discussed Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs, and both Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise. That episode went non-spoilers for those 2 great movies, and we do recommend you go back and listen to it and see those films.

This episode features spoilers for both shitty films Rambling Rose and For The Boys, and you’re welcome. These movies suck, and we do not recommend you watch them. So our guilt in going full spoilers here is assuaged by the sheer entertainment value you can draw from our rage against these movies. Enjoy.

So to begin part 2, we first cover Laura Dern’s crazed performance in the Robert Duvall / Diane Ladd depression era domestic drama Rambling Rose. We begin with a bio / filmography of Laura Dern’s unique and illustrious career, where her blockbuster performances are few and far between many eclectic choices in serious indie dramas like those of David Lynch as well as colossal award winning TV roles such as her Emmy win in Big Little Lies.

Rambling Rose commits cardinal sins, in both the screenwriting and filmmaking realms of the storytelling. However good Dern’s performance might be, it is overshadowed by the morally bankrupt scenes and the astonishingly callous male perspective thereof.

For the Boys is a hot mess. The film overshoots the mark of trying to be an epic performance piece spanning 3 wars and decades in the life of Bette Midler’s Dixie Leonard. Luckily, we give credit where it’s due, but there’s also some schlock. We’re amazed a film this bad could be nominated for Hollywood’s highest honors, despite the preceding bio / filmography / discography of one of our greatest treasures from the stage, screen, and billboard top 100 charts, Bette Midler.

We complete the retrospective with a thorough look at the year of 1991 in film with our segment of Perfecting Perfection. Both Mikes rerank the performances. Then we have fun reminiscing about all the notable films of 1991 before Mike No. 1 gives his top 5 Best Actresses, and Also Mike, his top 10 films. Also, I say Kurt Douglas when I mean Kurt Russell. Whoops.

There are plenty more retrospectives where this came from in our back catalog, as well as 6 Best Original Song halfisodes for all you Oscar junkies. We’ve also covered the heck out of last Oscar Season, Netflix, the entire MCU, and we’ve reviewed the big hits of 2018 and previewed next year’s award season with a host of episodes ranging from movie events to theatrical previews to hollywood news chats.

Chat with us on social media, and please help us spread the word about our show. One way is to leave us a review on iTunes, and you can also follow/like/subscribe/ retweet / share, etc… on Instagram, Twitter, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and Reddit. As always, thank you for listening. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

***This second look at 1991’s Best Actress is gloriously full of spoilers for the terrible Bette Midler and Laura Dern movies at the center of this episode.***

LAURA DERN IN RAMBLING ROSE:

Laura Dern Bio/Filmography - 3:44

Rambling Rose Movie Specs/Plot Overview - 7:30

Worst Scenes - 12:30

(Including Maybe the Worst “Worst Scene” Ever?) - 16:34

Best Scene - 24:04

BETTE MIDLER IN FOR THE BOYS

Bette Midler Bio/Filmography - 30:59

For The Boys Movie Specs/Plot Overview - 36:19

Best Scenes - 46:14

Worst Scenes - 47:30

Perfecting Perfection AKA Our ReRanks:

The Best Actress Category - 53:42

The Films of 1991 - 56:46

Actresses and Movies of the Year - 1:01:17

RATE AND REVIEW US ON ITUNES/Social Media - 1:05:39

This is Part 2 of our 1991 Best Actress Oscar Retrospective covering Laura Dern’s Rambling Rose and Bette Midler’s For the Boys. The first part (ep 74) discussed Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs, and both Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise. That episode went non-spoilers for those 2 great movies, and we do recommend you go back and listen to it and see those films.

This episode features spoilers for both shitty films Rambling Rose and For The Boys, and you’re welcome. These movies suck, and we do not recommend you watch them. So our guilt in going full spoilers here is assuaged by the sheer entertainment value you can draw from our rage against these movies. Enjoy.

So to begin part 2, we first cover Laura Dern’s crazed performance in the Robert Duvall / Diane Ladd depression era domestic drama Rambling Rose. We begin with a bio / filmography of Laura Dern’s unique and illustrious career, where her blockbuster performances are few and far between many eclectic choices in serious indie dramas like those of David Lynch as well as colossal award winning TV roles such as her Emmy win in Big Little Lies.

Rambling Rose commits cardinal sins, in both the screenwriting and filmmaking realms of the storytelling. However good Dern’s performance might be, it is overshadowed by the morally bankrupt scenes and the astonishingly callous male perspective thereof.

For the Boys is a hot mess. The film overshoots the mark of trying to be an epic performance piece spanning 3 wars and decades in the life of Bette Midler’s Dixie Leonard. Luckily, we give credit where it’s due, but there’s also some schlock. We’re amazed a film this bad could be nominated for Hollywood’s highest honors, despite the preceding bio / filmography / discography of one of our greatest treasures from the stage, screen, and billboard top 100 charts, Bette Midler.

We complete the retrospective with a thorough look at the year of 1991 in film with our segment of Perfecting Perfection. Both Mikes rerank the performances. Then we have fun reminiscing about all the notable films of 1991 before Mike No. 1 gives his top 5 Best Actresses, and Also Mike, his top 10 films. Also, I say Kurt Douglas when I mean Kurt Russell. Whoops.

There are plenty more retrospectives where this came from in our back catalog, as well as 6 Best Original Song halfisodes for all you Oscar junkies. We’ve also covered the heck out of last Oscar Season, Netflix, the entire MCU, and we’ve reviewed the big hits of 2018 and previewed next year’s award season with a host of episodes ranging from movie events to theatrical previews to hollywood news chats.

Chat with us on social media, and please help us spread the word about our show. One way is to leave us a review on iTunes, and you can also follow/like/subscribe/ retweet / share, etc… on Instagram, Twitter, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and Reddit. As always, thank you for listening. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

***This second look at 1991’s Best Actress is gloriously full of spoilers for the terrible Bette Midler and Laura Dern movies at the center of this episode.***

LAURA DERN IN RAMBLING ROSE:

Laura Dern Bio/Filmography - 3:44

Rambling Rose Movie Specs/Plot Overview - 7:30

Worst Scenes - 12:30

(Including Maybe the Worst “Worst Scene” Ever?) - 16:34

Best Scene - 24:04

BETTE MIDLER IN FOR THE BOYS

Bette Midler Bio/Filmography - 30:59

For The Boys Movie Specs/Plot Overview - 36:19

Best Scenes - 46:14

Worst Scenes - 47:30

Perfecting Perfection AKA Our ReRanks:

The Best Actress Category - 53:42

The Films of 1991 - 56:46

Actresses and Movies of the Year - 1:01:17

RATE AND REVIEW US ON ITUNES/Social Media - 1:05:39

This is Part 2 of our 1991 Best Actress Oscar Retrospective covering Laura Dern’s Rambling Rose and Bette Midler’s For the Boys. The first part (ep 74) discussed Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs, and both Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise. That episode went non-spoilers for those 2 great movies, and we do recommend you go back and listen to it and see those films.

This episode features spoilers for both shitty films Rambling Rose and For The Boys, and you’re welcome. These movies suck, and we do not recommend you watch them. So our guilt in going full spoilers here is assuaged by the sheer entertainment value you can draw from our rage against these movies. Enjoy.

So to begin part 2, we first cover Laura Dern’s crazed performance in the Robert Duvall / Diane Ladd depression era domestic drama Rambling Rose. We begin with a bio / filmography of Laura Dern’s unique and illustrious career, where her blockbuster performances are few and far between many eclectic choices in serious indie dramas like those of David Lynch as well as colossal award winning TV roles such as her Emmy win in Big Little Lies.

Rambling Rose commits cardinal sins, in both the screenwriting and filmmaking realms of the storytelling. However good Dern’s performance might be, it is overshadowed by the morally bankrupt scenes and the astonishingly callous male perspective thereof.

For the Boys is a hot mess. The film overshoots the mark of trying to be an epic performance piece spanning 3 wars and decades in the life of Bette Midler’s Dixie Leonard. Luckily, we give credit where it’s due, but there’s also some schlock. We’re amazed a film this bad could be nominated for Hollywood’s highest honors, despite the preceding bio / filmography / discography of one of our greatest treasures from the stage, screen, and billboard top 100 charts, Bette Midler.

We complete the retrospective with a thorough look at the year of 1991 in film with our segment of Perfecting Perfection. Both Mikes rerank the performances. Then we have fun reminiscing about all the notable films of 1991 before Mike No. 1 gives his top 5 Best Actresses, and Also Mike, his top 10 films. Also, I say Kurt Douglas when I mean Kurt Russell. Whoops.

There are plenty more retrospectives where this came from in our back catalog, as well as 6 Best Original Song halfisodes for all you Oscar junkies. We’ve also covered the heck out of last Oscar Season, Netflix, the entire MCU, and we’ve reviewed the big hits of 2018 and previewed next year’s award season with a host of episodes ranging from movie events to theatrical previews to hollywood news chats.

Chat with us on social media, and please help us spread the word about our show. One way is to leave us a review on iTunes, and you can also follow/like/subscribe/ retweet / share, etc… on Instagram, Twitter, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and Reddit. As always, thank you for listening. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

***We review the new 2018 Halloween Trailer***

There are some allusions to the films of the Halloween franchise, and of course, we break down the new trailer. Otherwise, there are some vintage Mike 1 rants you don’t wanna miss.

Intro - what is this Devil & the Advocate Format? - 1:03

Mike 1’s Opening Rant - 2:02

The Devil (Also Mike) Interviews the Advocate - 4:06

Mike No 1’s Final Thoughts - 15:20

We love antagonizing one another. So we now love recording these Devil & the Advocate quickisodes. This time, it’s Also Mike interviewing Mike 1 about one of his favorite film franchises, the Michael Myers slashers of Halloween.

Also Mike gets the hosting gig, and Mike no 1 gets the opening rant. Hot takes fly fast and furious, and blood is spilled in the process. We break down the cast & crew from Jamie Lee Curtis to the involvement of Blumhouse, director David Gordon Green, and last but not least, John Carpenter himself.

Mike 1 breathes fire into the microphone and he spreads his dragon wings and chars the remains of all of Also Mike’s questions during the interview portion of the pod. We then give some space for closing arguments about why one of us is thoroughly hyped for this movie, and how the other is secretly excited to see it as well.

If you liked this quickisode DATA format, check out our first installment when Also Mike ranted & raved against Solo: A Star Wars Story. Hear how the Sabacc tables were turned on the Mikes in this episode.

Do check out the rest of our massive catalog of movie chat filled episodes. We’ve given the full non-spoiler review treatment to this year’s highly touted horror masterpiece, Hereditary. We’re planning a full deep dive into spoiler territory on Hereditary for you soon. We’ve also reviewed other horror movie events like last year’s Get Out, this April’s A Quiet Place, and we gave a non-spoiler review for Veronica in our Netflix Quarterly. If you like horror films of a trashier variety, we’ve also devoted a full episode to The Cloverfield Paradox, which dropped onto Netflix in January on Super Sunday.

We’ve otherwise recorded an array of Oscar centric podcasts including a full award season of reviews and recaps on the 2017 Oscar films. There’s a host of Oscar retrospectives as we’ve mined some of the better stories from Academy’s past. In fact, our 1991 Best Actress Retrospective features Jodie Foster’s performance in one of the best horror films ever made, The Silence of the Lambs.

MMO has also covered 2018’s build up to the red carpet as we’ve reviewed all the biggest blockbusters and Oscar contenders released thus far including Marvel’s Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War. These episodes are part of our series on the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe for you comic book film fans.. So there’s a podcast for any taste in our backlog of episodes. Check them out!

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The summer is just getting started, and we’ll have a ton of audio content still to come. We’re a year round film podcast, and we hope to become one of your go-to entertainment outlets during your busy schedule. When reality sucks, or even when unreality horrifies you, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!