Joker wins Venice, Bad Boys For Life & Black Christmas debut trailers, It Chapter Two wins the weekend box office, Hard Knocks needs a bonus episode, the People’s Choice Awards have noms, “for the moment” we have hope for Spider-Man, & a new SixDegreesOfMMO.

NEWS OF THE WEEK: THE VENICE FF AWARDS

The Joker Wins The Golden Lion - 1:23

Other Award Winners - 7:48

A Convenient Narrative - 9:02

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:

AlsoMike - 14:00

(Hard Knocks; Late Night; Secret Life of Pets 2; American Factory; Mistress America)

Best Thing He Saw This Week: 22:30

An NFL See, Buy, Skip - 23:09

Mike1 - 26:10

(NCAA FB; The Happytime Murders)

SIXDEGREESOFMMO:

Recap and Awards - 29:35

Winner + New Challenge - 34:50

BOX OFFICE UPDATE - 39:02

TRAILER THOUGHTS:

Bad Boys For Life Trailer 1 - 41:33

Black Christmas Trailer 1 - 45:00

Between Two Ferns Trailer 1 - 47:32

Tall Girl Trailer 1 - 48:23

Gretel and Hansel Trailer 1 - 49:50

Other Surprises - 51:32

DO YOU CARE (About…):

This Week’s New Releases - 52:35

People’s Choice Awards Noms - 54:06

Will Poulter’s Casting in Amazon’s LotR Show - 56:13

Adele Lim’s Dispute w/ WB Over CRA Pay - 57:52

The Gags the Clown Film Update - 1:00:36

Sony’s CEO Comments on Spider-Man - 1:02:21

Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 1:05:14

What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 1:06:23

Oscars & popular film world news come back together again in this MMO Weekly episode. For we discuss what Joker’s win at the Venice Film Festival could mean for its awards season & box office hopes. There’s also a new set of People’s Choice Awards nominations to break down, and The Goldfinch debuts in theaters along with a sneak preview of Downton Abbey. We discuss these awards season / hollywood news stories & much more in this MMOW.

And here’s that much more part. What We’re Watching reviews Hard Knocks: The Oakland Raiders (& somehow Deflategate) to fire you up for the return of the NFL. We also watched Late Night, The Secret Life of Pets 2, American Factory, Mistress America, Star Wars: Empire of Dreams, The Happytime Murders, & some painful backdoor covers in college football that we connect to the cinema of the 1970’s.

Your SixDegreesOfMMO submissions must pass a tough test, but you prevail nonetheless. It Chapter Two won the box office, but how did it do against projections? We also react to trailers of Bad Boys For Life, Black Christmas, Between Two Ferns, Tall Girl, and Gretel & Hansel. Then we dissect a bunch of news stories in DYC like our thoughts on Hustlers & The Goldfinch, the new lead for The Lord of the Rings tv series, the controversy over the pay gap on the sequel for Crazy Rich Asians, Gags the Clown & those 2016 Clown Sightings, & we follow up with some news on Spider-Man, Sony, & the MCU.

It’s another loaded weekly variety show for your Monday listening. If you’re enjoying MMO, do please leave us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts. Click on our show, scroll down a few seconds, and then you’ll be able to rate us.

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