What Must Change

***This is a Non-Spoiler Episode***

Though we talk about some broad-strokes of “Vice.”

Intro / Failed New Year’s Resolutions / Big Things - Top of the Show

Our Shared Resolutions For Hollywood At Large:

Number 1 - 3:11

Numero B - 5:28

Resolution III: A Dragon Tattoo Story - 8:25

The Mikes Present Each of Their 5 Film Industry Resolutions for 2019:

What Mike 1 wants for Halloween in 2019 - 11:45

The Movie Talk Underground & Also Mike - 13:57

Mike 1 Gets All Intellectual On Us - 16:16

Make Also Mike’s Movie Subscription Service Great Again - 18:34

The DCEU & Mike 1 want to like each other again - 22:09

What We Always Say - Said Slightly Faster by Also Mike - 25:19

Mike 1 Doesn’t Want Much, Just The Best Movies Ever in 2019 - 27:25

Also Mike Asks “Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?” - 29:44

And Thinks Ava DuVernay & Yorgos Lanthimos Tell Us How - 32:38

Finally, Just Fucking Do What Mike 1 Says NOW!!! - 37:35

Outro / Upcoming Programming / Social Media & Words of Wisdom - 38:20

It’s 2019. It’s a new year and a fresh start. So we wanted to share our hopes & dreams with you all regarding the industry we love to love & hate to hate, the Hollywood Film Business. Here’s our Film Industry New Year’s Resolutions all in one handy dandy podcast! (Yes, I just referenced Blues Clues, and I’m not sorry.)

At times, however, we must be serious, and we do offer up some honest to goodness hopes for social justice movements in Hollywood and around the world. We’ve supported them throughout our history, and we’ve covered many of these stories on previous MMO Weeklies & Hollywood Hot Take episodes in our back catalog. Therefore, it’s more than appropriate that we drive these imperatives home at the top of the episode in our Shared Resolutions segment.

Then we dish out an entire kitchen’s worth of 10 hot takes as we each offer 5 film industry resolutions for your listening pleasure. We’re our usual goofy and talkative selves, and although some of these might be familiar, we also prepare some unique dishes here. (& yes, I must be hungry while writing this.)

The Mikes weigh in on some of their favorite movie franchises, the Oscar voting process, how to enhance the theater-going business, and we get big picture about film criticism, movie talk podcasting, politics, and screenwriting throughout these resolutions. If ever an episode characterized our mission statement as a podcast, this is that episode. So you don’t wanna miss it.

There’s much more awards season chatter to come. We’ll have Golden Globes predictions for you next, and we’ll cover the red carpet affair on next week’s MMOW. Our Oscar Sprint Profile series will continue with If Beale Street Could Talk and Beautiful Boy, and you can check out 31 episodes on 29 films from 2018 to get your fix on all of the contenders. Then if you’re craving some lighter chit chat, don’t let the Christmas spirit die and listen to our Very Merry MMO Holiday Movie Review series.

As always, let us know what you think. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. We’re @MMandOscar on Twitter, and you can find us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Tune In, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, and just about everywhere you can listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, keep watching those movies with us.