Tarantino & Scorsese make more news, Robbie & Theron enter the race, Animated & Documentary feature require major updates, smaller film festivals give out awards, & we discuss 5 new contender trailers + 3 movie reviews including Pain and Glory.

WHAT IS THIS EPISODE? - 1:05

OSCAR CATEGORY ROUND-UPS:

32 Animated Films Submitted for Oscars Consideration - 1:40

Critics Choice Documentary Noms Handed Out - 6:25

INDUSTRY NEWS:

AMC Goes Streaming - 14:21

OUaTiH Cancels China Debut - 18:00

(And a Post Production Story Update - 23:45)

NYFF Week 2 Wraps Up - 25:12

Other Film Festival Wins - 28:51

A Parasite Plea From Mike1 - 31:22

More AFI Fest Preview - 33:10

CONTENDER NEWS:

Bombshell Debuts, Gets Raves - 35:01

(And Trailer 2 Review)

Scorsese Takes Aim At Marvel…Again - 39:12

OSCAR TRAILER REVIEW:

Marriage StoryTrailer 2 - 44:18

The Report Trailer 1 - 46:11

Frozen Int’l Trailer - 48:56

Beanpole Trailer 1 - 50:39

MAKE THE CASE:

Making the Case Abominable - 52:21

Making the Case Furie - 54:37

Making the Case Pain and Glory - 55:57

FUTURE OSCARS NEWS - 1:00:42

Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 1:03:29

What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 1:04:37

We needed this Oscar Race Checkpoint more than ever because a whole lotta news broke. The animated feature category announced the 32 films under consideration for Academy voters, and the Critics Choice Documentary Awards announced their nominations. So we opened the show with long looks at those two categories.

AMC announced a “new” streaming service, where we weigh the pros & cons. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has been banned from Chinese theaters, Sony wants to recut the film, but Tarantino won’t do it. Of course, we cannot help but dive into a large Quentin convo here. Then we canvas some film festival updates from New York, London, Miami, 919, and AFI. We’re more than happy to profile films we’ve yet to preview, and Mike 1 offers a plea to you, our movie loving audience.

Bombshell earns rave reviews, and both Margot Robbie & Charlize Theron enter the race after it’s LA premiere. Then we analyze Bombshell’s new trailer, as well as those for the emotional roller coaster of Marriage Story, the legal nightmare of The Report, a cuteness overload in Frozen II, & the intentionally awkward in Beanpole.

Then to finish, we make the case & review Abominable, Furie, + Pain and Glory before discussing a fun story and a potential new rewatch series (or 2) with a look ahead to a contender for Oscars 2021. Enjoy yet another jam-packed Oscar Race Checkpoint for your weekend.

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