Quarter 2 of the movie calendar comes to a close as we dive into the Tenet news, 15 non-spoiler movie reviews, our top performances & films of the last 3 months, and some all-time stats on April, May, & June Oscar Noms + our favorite Q2 Best Picture Winners.

OSCARS 2021 NEWS:

Tenet Delayed…Again - 2:00

Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Indys All Move - 3:16

TIFF Will Be “Streamlined” - 3:56

Netflix Circles Trial of the Chicago Seven - 5:50

2020 Q2 MOVIE REVIEWS:

Miss Juneteenth - 11:21

Babyteeth - 13:40

Spelling the Dream - 16:55

7500 - 20:16

Premature - 22:28

The Vast of Night - 24:53

Time to Hunt - 29:07

The Hunt - 30:50

Becky - 32:42

The Invisible Man 35:25

Athlete A - 39:05

The Other Lamb - 42:20

And We Go Green - 45:07

QUARTER 2 OSCAR SUPERLATIVES:

What We’ve Covered From Q2 Recap - 47:21

Best Actor - 48:31

Best Actress - 51:12

Best Doc Feature - 52:52

Our Number 1 Fave Q2 2020 Films - 55:38

ALL TIME Q2 MOVIE OSCARS STATS:

How Many Q2 Movies Have Been Nominated At All Past Decade? - 57:10

Every Q2 Best Picture Winner (+ why?) - 58:35

Our Personal Faves - 1:05:50

Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 1:09:38

What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 1:10:45

This is a special episode of Oscar Race Checkpoint, where we discuss Quarter 2 of the film year 2020. If you enjoyed this show, do go back to our Oscar Race Checkpoint playlist on Soundcloud to find our overview of Quarter 1 with Ryan McQuade of InSession Film & Awards Circuit.

In this episode, we begin with some of the latest news on Tenet. Plus, we chat about the new TIFF format and if The Trial Of The Chicago 7 should be a Netflix film.

Then as a centerpiece, we review 13 films that one Mike or the other hasn’t had the chance to cover yet, including Miss Juneteenth, Babyteeth, Spelling The Dream, 7500, Premature, The Vast Of Night, Time To Hunt, The Hunt, Becky, The Invisible Man, Athlete A, The Other Lamb, + And We Go Green (before adding 2 more reviews of The Painter and the Thief & The Half Of It in the next segment). All these reviews are predominantly non-spoilers. HOWEVER, we can’t help but talk about a mid-movie scene in The Invisible Man.

To close out the show, we dive into a superlatives segment, where we talk about our favorite performances & films from the Quarter before enjoying a historical segment. Here, we recap some stats on how many Oscar nominated films have come from Q2 in the last 10 years. Then we discuss all 16 Best Picture Winners from the quarter and pick our favorites.

If you’re enjoying the show, do please take a moment to leave us a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts, and also, do please listen to our words of wisdom and check out Next Best Picture as we congratulate them on their latest milestone.

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