Mike 1 has returned for this Oscar Race Checkpoint, covering his Hollywood vacation stories, the TIFF Galas & Special Presentations announcements and a fun catch-up on a bunch of incredible trailers from After The Hunt & Bugonia to Project Hail Mary & Downton Abbey to Predator Badlands & Keeper.

Top of the Show - Mike 1 Returns! He recaps his vacation, pneumonia & comeback.

THE TIFF LINEUP (+++ More Los Angeles Anecdotes from Mike1)

Hamnet (& Mike talks about Room Service in LA Hotels) - 9:07

Our Lost Bus & Wake-Up Dead Man Oscar Bets - 11:00

The Roofman will debut in Toronto & we review the trailer - 13:39

Why Rental Family with Brendan Fraser could be a sleeper contender - 16:03

Ralph Fiennes in The Choral & Agnieska Holland’s Franz - 19:26

Sundance & Cannes Carryovers (+ M1 & Swell do The Grove) - 22:32

Good Fortune, Ballad of a Small Player, Frankenstein, Hedda & Smashing Machine - 29:20

Sydney Sweeny is Christie + the next from Angelina Jolie & Al Pacino - 33:28

Unlikely genre choices for Miles Teller’s Eternity & Amanda Seyfried’s Anne Lee - 37:09

Actors turn Directors w/ Alex Winter, James McAvoy, Brian Cox & Maude Apatow - 38:42

Saoirse Ronan’s next, a Fuze lit in Hot Fuzz & Nuremberg will not be funny - 41:04

Chris Evans in Sacrifice, Scarlet for Animated Feature & Swiped on Bumble - 44:21

TRAILER BREAKDOWNS:

Julia Roberts in Luca Guadagnino’s After The Hunt - 47:25

Bugonia stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons & Fish Eye Lens for Yorgos - 51:49

Dakota Johnson appears perfect & awesome again in Splitsville - 54:42

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale launches its Best Picture campaign on MMO - 56:00

Ryan Gosling’s Project Hail Mary sets trailer viewing records - 58:34

Weapons is the one script that got away from Jordan Peele - 1:01:32

Glen Powell’s The Running Man feels very Purge-esque - 1:02:52

Mortal Kombat 2 is the ultimate middle aged white guy fantasy - 1:06:07

Predator: Badlands is a must see for Mike, Mike and Alien listeners - 1:07:50

Keeper puts Osgood Perkins in M. Night Shyamalan territory as a horror filmmaker - 1:10:20

OUTRO: M2 refuses to jinx future episodes. But of course, we do hope to be back soon with both Mikes on more episodes very very soon. There are a bunch of film studies, Oscar Race Checkpoints, and Boogie Mikes episodes that we want to record ASAFP, and God willing, we will do so. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar