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GLADIATOR II OSCARS PROFILE REVIEW:

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Spoiler-Free Review:

Review Scores, Our Gladiator I Memories - 2:15

Viewing Experiences - 9:33

That Guy Looks Familiar - 14:02

Performances - 16:40

The Denzel Debate - 18:33

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Production Values - 24:28

The VFX Issue - 28:45

Over/Under: 8 Noms - 30:46

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SPOILER WARNING - 33:55

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Spoiler-Filled Review:

Tyson vs Paul II - 34:48

Caesar’s Palace - 38:45

Ups and Downs - 41:06

JUST SHOOT EM! - 47:02

He IS an Orator - 51:38

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FINAL GRADES - 56:50

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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:01:52

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.

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CONAN O’BRIEN TABBED AS OSCARS HOST - :48

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EMILIA PEREZ OSCARS PROFILE REVIEW:

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Spoiler-Free Review:

Emilia’s Purchase, Awards History, + Scores - 5:56

What...Is…This? - 10:53

Zoe Saldaña v Category Fraud - 13:39

Script/Song Thoughts + Production Values - 16:39

How Many Noms? - 22:19

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SPOILER WARNING - 26:36

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Spoiler-Filled Review:

Yelling at Children - 27:31

Doctor, Doctor - 31:52

Not Forgetting the Top Tier Positives - 33:21

Emilia y Jessi - 36:18

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FINAL GRADES - 45:24

And the Folie of Relying on End of Year Studio Movies- 50:49

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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 53:46

INTRO - lots of Oscar Race Precursor Checkpointing for us today.

AWARDS NEWS:

The 15th Governors Awards - 1:20

A Documentary Feature Race Checkpoint - 6:53

The Camerimage Noms for Cinematography & Controversy - 13:34

THR’s Festival Standing Ovation Crossover Study - 16:12

FUTURE MOVIE NEWS:

Spielberg’s upcoming UFO film is casting - 20:59

Christopher Nolan’s upcoming (werewolf) film is also casting - 23:34

BOX OFFICE REPORT:

Catching Up on 2 Weeks Ago - 25:09

Red One confuses us - 25:39

The Final Gladiator II & Wicked Primer - 31:25

TRAILERS:

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - 37:17

The Last Showgirl - 41:40

I’m Still Here - 43:50

Babygirl (Trailer 2) - 46:54

The Room Next Door (Trailer 2) - 48:21

How To Train Your Dragon - 49:33

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING - 51:41

A massive list of films that we’ve been watching, and there’s a whole lotta fun detours in the conversation. Your Monster, True Grit, Fear Street Part One, Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, Terms of Endearment, Sweet Smell of Success, Rumours, Challengers, Boy Kills World, Close To You, WNUF Halloween Special, My Old Ass, Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid. Dickweed. Manhunter, Charlie Wilson’s War, Shock and Awe, Vice, Shrinking Season 2, Letterkenny Seasons 1-8, Blue Ruin, and Mystic River.

OUTRO - 1:13:55. How to contact us, your homework, words of wisdom as we prepare for Thanksgiving, and what’s coming next from us includes Gladiator II and Wicked film studies.

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BIFA NOM ARE OUT:

Overall Nom Tallies - 2:26

(and Big Orkney Talk)

Best BIFA/International BIFA May Shape the Oscars - 6:17

Director and First Time Director - 10:23

Performing BIFAs - 12:35

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EUROPEAN FILM AWARD NOMS TOO:

History and Nom Tallies - 17:32

Director and Screenwriter - 20:40

Performances - 22:30

What is Bye, Bye Tiberius? Mike1 Tells Us - 25:16

The Rest - 28:00

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HOLLYWOOD MUSIC AND MEDIA AWARD NOMS:

History and Tallies - 32:11

Predictions and Categories - 34:06

Original Score Convo - 41:55

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TRAILER REVIEWS:

September 5 - 46:22

The Brutalist Teaser - 48:32

Queer - 52:42

Maria + Unstoppable - 55:25

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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:

M1 on The Substance - 1:00:08

The Mikes Cope-Watches - 1:03:00

M1 on Daughters - 1:04:28

AlsoMike on Heretic - 1:06:19

and Other Docs, Daddio, We Grown Now, and more - 1:07:40

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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:12:50

INTRO - Why we are exactly 75% accurate.

Cinematography before that Golden Frog - 1:57

Costume Design & why the goths will not accept us - 4:13

Film Editing and a Mike 1 finally tells us how he really feels about Dune - 6:30

Makeup and Hairstyling and evil Donald Duck - 11:03

Production Design and the catacombs of what could have been - 13:39

Original Score and which makes the chores go the fastest - 16:15

Original Song and how Diane Warren gets in again - 19:15

Sound Design and how Dylan Goes Electric could be melodious - 21:18

Visual Effects and we shall divide the baby in twain - 22:36

International Feature and wishcasting for Ireland - 24:48

Documentary Feature and oops, we almost did it again - 29:30

Animated Feature and why it sucks that so many of these films are too good - 32:46

Supporting Actress and how our pandering to the Irish isn’t working at all - 35:21

Supporting Actor and how this is the key to several other categories - 38:32

Original Screenplay and how this category is all over the place - 42:46

Adapted Screenplay and what the popcorn bucket loving world thinks - 45:08

Lead Actor and Mike 2’s burger plan to watch The Brutalist- 47:40

Lead Actress and how we both believing a lot of hype right now - 53:58

Director and how drastically things have changed in this category - 59:53

Picture and the post election effect of it all - 1:04:58

Tallies to make us at least look like we can fake it as real pundits - 1:09:19

OUTRO - Let us know your thoughts & predictions, and if you like our show, please leave us some positive ratings and reviews. What’s Coming Next from us is a bunch of Film Study Reviews, and some words of wisdom that’ll makes your everyday life much better.

INTRO - Setting the stage for our positivity re: this Anora review + what you can expect from an Oscars Profile.

NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION:

Anora’s Reception thus far - 2:19

Box Office Study of potential Best Picture Nom/Winner comparables - 4:29

Composition Thoughts - 10:24

Where do we give Sean Baker more credit? As a director, editor, writer? - 13:03

The Mikey Madison love fest & 3 tiers in Lead Actress - 14:36

Favorite Supporting Performance - 19:59

Heartstopping Production Values - 21:38

The Oscar Lens + Our Nomination Over/Under - 27:38

SPOILER FILLED REVIEW SECTION:

Does any election result help or hurt the film? We’re recording on Monday night before the election takes place btw - 30:30

Why this is one of the best coming of age stories in a long time - 32:36

Pretty Woman Meets Uncut Gems Meets Midnight Cowboy - 34:50

The importance of rounding the characters & interpretations of that key fight scene - 36:22

The Ivan & Igor Conversation leads to a part 1 of the discussion on the ending - 40:15

Hilarious scenes & great NYC movie moments - 45:26

A nuanced back and forth over a red scarf & we finish our talk on the end scene - 47:08

How family dynamics underlie the film’s true sadness - 50:05

Final Grades & if we can see it winning Best Picture - 53:50

OUTRO - How Mike 1’s film year has turned around dramatically. You can reach out to us, and we tell you how. We also talk about what’s coming next from us including an incoming predictions special, more film studies, and especially, more episodes of Oscar Race Checkpoint. Plus, many naughty words from Anora herself to fittingly end the episode.

Follow Us On X https://x.com/MMandOscar

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GOTHAMS NOMS:

Gothams: Oscars Indicators - 2:02

41 Films Nominated in 9 Categories - 5:31

MMO Gotham Predictions - 11:10

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MORE AWARDS NEWS:

Disney Buys Grammy Rights for $500M; How Screwed Are the Oscars? - 20:45

The Substance to go Comedy/Musical for Globes - 24:30

Hans Zimmer’s Dune 2 Score Ineligible for Oscars - 26:56

WTF is Happening with Juror #2? - 28:24

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FILM FESTIVAL BEST PICTURE TALLY - 34:50

(Including AlsoMike’s Review of Memoir of a Snail - 37:47)

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FUTURE MOVIE NEWS - 42:00

(A Romulus Sequel; Wuthering Heights w/ Elordi, Luca’s American Psycho Remake)

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BOX OFFICE UPDATE:

Smile 2 and Terrifier 3 Win Big the Last 2 Weeks - 46:32

Venom The “Last” Dance - 48:17

The Everlong Battle of PVOD vs Staying in Theaters - 51:10

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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:01:20

INTRO - It’s the 2024 Scaries, our 7th Annual Horror Movie Awards Show. There are light spoilers, meaning we have to give some context on a few films.

THE RANDOM SECTION:

Most Goo - 2:22

Grossest Food - 4:04

Worst Couple - 4:40

Wackiest Monsters 6:54

Best AND Worst Karaoke - 8:55

Would Have Been Superior If Bigfoot - 11:01

What Would You Say Yes To? - 12:00

Apocalyptic Future We Most Deserve - 13:50

Worst Marketing Campaign - 17:18

Random Section Declarations including Most Drinking of Water - 18:44

A QUICK BEST SCENES SECTION:

Best Jump Scare of 2024 - 19:25

Kill That Belonged in a Terrifier Film - 21:54

Best Scene Declarations including Ickiest Grossest Barfiest Yuck - 23:16

PRODUCTION VALUES SECTION:

Production Value Declarations including The Scary MUAH & Scariest Prop - 25:02

The Scary Golden Frog - 26:23

The Scary ACE Eddie - 27:31

The Voided Bowels Award - 28:20

PERFORMANCE SECTION:

1 Declaration - 31:09

Who Played It Better? Nun, Pop Star & Serial Killer (No Spoilers) - 31:55

Actor We Always Knew Would Be Good In A Horror Film - 34:33

Newcomer We Wanna See Do More Horror Films - 35:25

The Most Perfect Casting - 37:41

Who’s Amounted The Best Horror Resume? - 38:46

Harbinger of Most Doom - 42:24

Best Child Performance - 43:35

Best Supporting Performance - 44:54

Best Lead Performance - 46:13

Best Horror Ensemble - 48:56

COMPOSITION CATEGORY SECTION:

Best Horror Screenplay - 50:03

Greatest Indictment on the Entertainment Industry - 50:34

Sneakiest Horror Film - 52:11

The Shudder Deep Cut Award - 52:47

The MMO Scary Razzie for Worst Film Scary Poopy - 54:00

Film We’ll Revere Most In 10 Years - 56:17

Declaration on IP That Earned 10 More Years of Sequels - 58:00

Directors To Watch List: 2024 Scaries Edition - 58:32

Horror Subgenres: Stock Up or Stock Down After 2024 - 59:30

Best Horror Film of the Year - 1:03:51

OUTRO - 1:07:00. Our Socials, how to contact us, a request for 5 star reviews + what’s coming next from us and how to find all of our Horror Movie Podcast Series, including our Scaries Playlist via our Soundclound RSS home base. Enjoy… and Happy Halloween!

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CONCLAVE OSCARS PROFILE:

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Spoiler-Free Review:

Background/Viewing Experiences/Review Scores - 2:26

Writer/Director/Producers and Book vs Film - 8:01

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Fiennes for Best Actor? - 12:33

Did Isabella Rossalini Earn a Nom? - 14:26

Tucci, Lithgow, and the Rest of the Cast- 16:10

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Best Score So Far - 19:32

Production Design/Values - 21:48

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How Many Noms + The Official MMO Noms Total Over/Under - 24:32

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SPOILER WARNING- 32:30

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Spoiler-Filled Review:

Conclave and Election Anxieties - 33:25

Welp, Let’s Talk About That Finale - 34:45

Benitez Speaks - 42:52

When Lawrence Went For John - 48:42

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FINAL GRADES - 1:01:30

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WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:05:53