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What Is This Episode - Top of Show . GLADIATOR II OSCARS PROFILE REVIEW: . Spoiler-Free Review: Review Scores, Our Gladiator I Memories - 2:15 Viewing Experiences - 9:33 That Guy Looks Familiar - 14:02 Performances - 16:40 The Denzel Debate - 18:33 . Production Values - 24:28 The VFX Issue - 28:45 Over/Under: 8 Noms - 30:46 . SPOILER WARNING - 33:55 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Tyson vs Paul II - 34:48 Caesar’s Palace - 38:45 Ups and Downs - 41:06 JUST SHOOT EM! - 47:02 He IS an Orator - 51:38 . FINAL GRADES - 56:50 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:01:52

INTRO - lots of Oscar Race Precursor Checkpointing for us today. AWARDS NEWS: The 15th Governors Awards - 1:20 A Documentary Feature Race Checkpoint - 6:53 The Camerimage Noms for Cinematography & Controversy - 13:34 THR’s Festival Standing Ovation Crossover Study - 16:12 FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: Spielberg’s upcoming UFO film is casting - 20:59 Christopher Nolan’s upcoming (werewolf) film is also casting - 23:34 BOX OFFICE REPORT: Catching Up on 2 Weeks Ago - 25:09 Red One confuses us - 25:39 The Final Gladiator II & Wicked Primer - 31:25 TRAILERS: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - 37:17 The Last Showgirl - 41:40 I’m Still Here - 43:50 Babygirl (Trailer 2) - 46:54 The Room Next Door (Trailer 2) - 48:21 How To Train Your Dragon - 49:33 WHAT WE’RE WATCHING - 51:41 A massive list of films that we’ve been watching, and there’s a whole lotta fun detours in the conversation. Your Monster, True Grit, Fear Street Part One, Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, Terms of Endearment, Sweet Smell of Success, Rumours, Challengers, Boy Kills World, Close To You, WNUF Halloween Special, My Old Ass, Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid. Dickweed. Manhunter, Charlie Wilson’s War, Shock and Awe, Vice, Shrinking Season 2, Letterkenny Seasons 1-8, Blue Ruin, and Mystic River. OUTRO - 1:13:55. How to contact us, your homework, words of wisdom as we prepare for Thanksgiving, and what’s coming next from us includes Gladiator II and Wicked film studies.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . CONAN O’BRIEN TABBED AS OSCARS HOST - :48 . . EMILIA PEREZ OSCARS PROFILE REVIEW: . Spoiler-Free Review: Emilia’s Purchase, Awards History, + Scores - 5:56 What...Is…This? - 10:53 Zoe Saldaña v Category Fraud - 13:39 Script/Song Thoughts + Production Values - 16:39 How Many Noms? - 22:19 . SPOILER WARNING - 26:36 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Yelling at Children - 27:31 Doctor, Doctor - 31:52 Not Forgetting the Top Tier Positives - 33:21 Emilia y Jessi - 36:18 . FINAL GRADES - 45:24 And the Folie of Relying on End of Year Studio Movies- 50:49 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 53:46

INTRO - Why we are exactly 75% accurate. Cinematography before that Golden Frog - 1:57 Costume Design & why the goths will not accept us - 4:13 Film Editing and a Mike 1 finally tells us how he really feels about Dune - 6:30 Makeup and Hairstyling and evil Donald Duck - 11:03 Production Design and the catacombs of what could have been - 13:39 Original Score and which makes the chores go the fastest - 16:15 Original Song and how Diane Warren gets in again - 19:15 Sound Design and how Dylan Goes Electric could be melodious - 21:18 Visual Effects and we shall divide the baby in twain - 22:36 International Feature and wishcasting for Ireland - 24:48 Documentary Feature and oops, we almost did it again - 29:30 Animated Feature and why it sucks that so many of these films are too good - 32:46 Supporting Actress and how our pandering to the Irish isn’t working at all - 35:21 Supporting Actor and how this is the key to several other categories - 38:32 Original Screenplay and how this category is all over the place - 42:46 Adapted Screenplay and what the popcorn bucket loving world thinks - 45:08 Lead Actor and Mike 2’s burger plan to watch The Brutalist- 47:40 Lead Actress and how we both believing a lot of hype right now - 53:58 Director and how drastically things have changed in this category - 59:53 Picture and the post election effect of it all - 1:04:58 Tallies to make us at least look like we can fake it as real pundits - 1:09:19 OUTRO - Let us know your thoughts & predictions, and if you like our show, please leave us some positive ratings and reviews. What’s Coming Next from us is a bunch of Film Study Reviews, and some words of wisdom that’ll makes your everyday life much better.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BIFA NOM ARE OUT: Overall Nom Tallies - 2:26 (and Big Orkney Talk) Best BIFA/International BIFA May Shape the Oscars - 6:17 Director and First Time Director - 10:23 Performing BIFAs - 12:35 . EUROPEAN FILM AWARD NOMS TOO: History and Nom Tallies - 17:32 Director and Screenwriter - 20:40 Performances - 22:30 What is Bye, Bye Tiberius? Mike1 Tells Us - 25:16 The Rest - 28:00 . HOLLYWOOD MUSIC AND MEDIA AWARD NOMS: History and Tallies - 32:11 Predictions and Categories - 34:06 Original Score Convo - 41:55 . TRAILER REVIEWS: September 5 - 46:22 The Brutalist Teaser - 48:32 Queer - 52:42 Maria + Unstoppable - 55:25 . WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: M1 on The Substance - 1:00:08 The Mikes Cope-Watches - 1:03:00 M1 on Daughters - 1:04:28 AlsoMike on Heretic - 1:06:19 and Other Docs, Daddio, We Grown Now, and more - 1:07:40 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:12:50

INTRO - Setting the stage for our positivity re: this Anora review + what you can expect from an Oscars Profile. NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: Anora’s Reception thus far - 2:19 Box Office Study of potential Best Picture Nom/Winner comparables - 4:29 Composition Thoughts - 10:24 Where do we give Sean Baker more credit? As a director, editor, writer? - 13:03 The Mikey Madison love fest & 3 tiers in Lead Actress - 14:36 Favorite Supporting Performance - 19:59 Heartstopping Production Values - 21:38 The Oscar Lens + Our Nomination Over/Under - 27:38 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW SECTION: Does any election result help or hurt the film? We’re recording on Monday night before the election takes place btw - 30:30 Why this is one of the best coming of age stories in a long time - 32:36 Pretty Woman Meets Uncut Gems Meets Midnight Cowboy - 34:50 The importance of rounding the characters & interpretations of that key fight scene - 36:22 The Ivan & Igor Conversation leads to a part 1 of the discussion on the ending - 40:15 Hilarious scenes & great NYC movie moments - 45:26 A nuanced back and forth over a red scarf & we finish our talk on the end scene - 47:08 How family dynamics underlie the film’s true sadness - 50:05 Final Grades & if we can see it winning Best Picture - 53:50 OUTRO - How Mike 1’s film year has turned around dramatically. You can reach out to us, and we tell you how. We also talk about what’s coming next from us including an incoming predictions special, more film studies, and especially, more episodes of Oscar Race Checkpoint. Plus, many naughty words from Anora herself to fittingly end the episode. Follow Us On X https://x.com/MMandOscar

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . GOTHAMS NOMS: Gothams: Oscars Indicators - 2:02 41 Films Nominated in 9 Categories - 5:31 MMO Gotham Predictions - 11:10 . MORE AWARDS NEWS: Disney Buys Grammy Rights for $500M; How Screwed Are the Oscars? - 20:45 The Substance to go Comedy/Musical for Globes - 24:30 Hans Zimmer’s Dune 2 Score Ineligible for Oscars - 26:56 WTF is Happening with Juror #2? - 28:24 . FILM FESTIVAL BEST PICTURE TALLY - 34:50 (Including AlsoMike’s Review of Memoir of a Snail - 37:47) . FUTURE MOVIE NEWS - 42:00 (A Romulus Sequel; Wuthering Heights w/ Elordi, Luca’s American Psycho Remake) . BOX OFFICE UPDATE: Smile 2 and Terrifier 3 Win Big the Last 2 Weeks - 46:32 Venom The “Last” Dance - 48:17 The Everlong Battle of PVOD vs Staying in Theaters - 51:10 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:01:20

INTRO - It’s the 2024 Scaries, our 7th Annual Horror Movie Awards Show. There are light spoilers, meaning we have to give some context on a few films. THE RANDOM SECTION: Most Goo - 2:22 Grossest Food - 4:04 Worst Couple - 4:40 Wackiest Monsters 6:54 Best AND Worst Karaoke - 8:55 Would Have Been Superior If Bigfoot - 11:01 What Would You Say Yes To? - 12:00 Apocalyptic Future We Most Deserve - 13:50 Worst Marketing Campaign - 17:18 Random Section Declarations including Most Drinking of Water - 18:44 A QUICK BEST SCENES SECTION: Best Jump Scare of 2024 - 19:25 Kill That Belonged in a Terrifier Film - 21:54 Best Scene Declarations including Ickiest Grossest Barfiest Yuck - 23:16 PRODUCTION VALUES SECTION: Production Value Declarations including The Scary MUAH & Scariest Prop - 25:02 The Scary Golden Frog - 26:23 The Scary ACE Eddie - 27:31 The Voided Bowels Award - 28:20 PERFORMANCE SECTION: 1 Declaration - 31:09 Who Played It Better? Nun, Pop Star & Serial Killer (No Spoilers) - 31:55 Actor We Always Knew Would Be Good In A Horror Film - 34:33 Newcomer We Wanna See Do More Horror Films - 35:25 The Most Perfect Casting - 37:41 Who’s Amounted The Best Horror Resume? - 38:46 Harbinger of Most Doom - 42:24 Best Child Performance - 43:35 Best Supporting Performance - 44:54 Best Lead Performance - 46:13 Best Horror Ensemble - 48:56 COMPOSITION CATEGORY SECTION: Best Horror Screenplay - 50:03 Greatest Indictment on the Entertainment Industry - 50:34 Sneakiest Horror Film - 52:11 The Shudder Deep Cut Award - 52:47 The MMO Scary Razzie for Worst Film Scary Poopy - 54:00 Film We’ll Revere Most In 10 Years - 56:17 Declaration on IP That Earned 10 More Years of Sequels - 58:00 Directors To Watch List: 2024 Scaries Edition - 58:32 Horror Subgenres: Stock Up or Stock Down After 2024 - 59:30 Best Horror Film of the Year - 1:03:51 OUTRO - 1:07:00. Our Socials, how to contact us, a request for 5 star reviews + what’s coming next from us and how to find all of our Horror Movie Podcast Series, including our Scaries Playlist via our Soundclound RSS home base. Enjoy… and Happy Halloween!

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . CONCLAVE OSCARS PROFILE: . Spoiler-Free Review: Background/Viewing Experiences/Review Scores - 2:26 Writer/Director/Producers and Book vs Film - 8:01 . Fiennes for Best Actor? - 12:33 Did Isabella Rossalini Earn a Nom? - 14:26 Tucci, Lithgow, and the Rest of the Cast- 16:10 . Best Score So Far - 19:32 Production Design/Values - 21:48 . How Many Noms + The Official MMO Noms Total Over/Under - 24:32 . SPOILER WARNING- 32:30 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Conclave and Election Anxieties - 33:25 Welp, Let’s Talk About That Finale - 34:45 Benitez Speaks - 42:52 When Lawrence Went For John - 48:42 . FINAL GRADES - 1:01:30 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:05:53

Intro - It’s peace, love, and cupcakes with our special guest host, Andrew Morgan of Recent Activity https://recent-activity.captivate.fm/listen and What’s On Netflix https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/author/andrew-morgan/ Make sure to listen to Andrew and Shane’s podcast and read all of Andrew’s work. This episode will be about our terrific experience at the Woodstock Film Festival, including Non-Spoiler reviews of Anora, Emilia Perez, Flow, Oh Canada, Unstoppable, and Nightbitch. Plus, we have a deep conversation about the state of Netflix Original Movies in 2024 and look ahead to their Oscar chances. Anora, Her Best Picture Aspirations & Why We Must Get a Rewatch - 2:00 THE BIG EMILIA PEREZ & NETFLIX AWARDS DISCUSSION: Emilia Perez & How She May Break The Golden Globes Model- 11:15 But How We Certainly See A Lot of Noms for Emilia Perez - 19:13 Why doesn’t Netflix go towards more theatrical? - 22:40 The Overall Netflix Awards Outlook for 2024 - 32:51 Our Woodstock Film Festival Travelogue full of food stories, barhopping, the festival vibes and deers on the sidewalks - 40:01 Flow & Our Animated Feature Discussion - 47:04 Oh Canada and the maestro of the Q&A, Paul Schrader - 55:28 Unstoppable and the State of Streaming Sports Movies in 2024 - 1:06:57 Amanda Seyfried, Aya Cash Panel Discussion - 1:11:16 Nightbitch features Amy Adams, but a bunch of other terrible characters - 1:17:45 OUTRO - 1:20:00. Let’s pay our tolls. Andrew discusses what’s coming next on his podcast, Recent Activity and his busy writing schedule for What’s On Netflix. Make sure to leave both our shows 5 Star Ratings if you want to support what we do here, and as always, we thank you for doing so.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . STUDIOS MAKE THEIR CATEGORY PICKS FOR THE GLOBES: Comedy or Musical Category - 1:25 Drama Category - 6:38 What May Be This Year’s BoRhap? - 11:49 . TRAILER-PALOOZA: Pedro Paramo Trailer 1 aka Look! Hats! - 18:10 Joy Trailer 1 - 21:55 Bird Trailer 1 - 23:52 The Order Trailer 1 - 26:36 The Six Triple Eight Teaser 2 - 28:29 Wallace and Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl Trailer 1 - 30:36 The Monkey Teaser 1 - 34:32 The Electric State Trailer 1 aka An Exploitation of Oasis’ Reunion - 36:38 The Legend of Ochi Trailer 1 - 39:58 . REVIEWS: AlsoMike on Smile 2 - 42:22 AM on The Outrun + Rez Ball - 47:02 AM on Crossing - 49:30 MMO on Salem’s Lot - 51:02 Mike1 on Cuckoo - 55:01 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 58:31

INTRO - Lots of upcoming news, reviews, and trailers to make. Plus, sandwich & burger talk. OSCARS NEWS: 1:55 - This Rotating Host idea sounds awfully familiar. Can it work w/ Deadpool & Wolverine? NYFF REVIEWS: 10:27 - Maria > Downton Abbey, which is high praise. 14:51 - Blitz < Dunkirk, and no amount of margaritas could change my mind. 17:20 - Food Adventures to Hamburger America and Emily w/ margaritas galore. 21:46 - Dahomey is a surprise misfire for AM. OTHER NEWS: 26:35 - Christopher Nolan’s next film stars Matt Damon, and we reveal what it’s about! 29:33 - The Critics Choice Awards movie to E! Goodbye, CW. 31:17 - Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations + reviews of Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story, Super/Man: A Christopher Reeve Story, and Piece By Piece. BOX OFFICE UPDATES: 37:35 - Terrifier 3 wins the Box Office w/ The Wild Robot holding strong. 38:56 - Joker 2’s drop is a historically steep one while Terrifier 3 wins the weekend. 41:24 - Is Joker 2 one of the most disappointing sequels ever or is it still Rocky V? 44:09 - The Rest of the Top 10 and AM’s review of The Apprentice. CAMPAIGN NEWS: No, not those campaigns. 48:02 - September 5 & Emilia Perez awards strategy reports + Screenplay Category overview. TRAILER REVIEWS: 50:25 - Conclave (Trailer 2) might be the best thriller ever rated PG. 51:58 - Anora looks so great that it worries us as well. 55:44 - All We Imagine As Light needs to get some early momentum. OUTRO - Talking werewolves, how to contact us, talking sandwiches and then some more talk about werewolves, what’s coming next, here’s the sandwich I just ate described in detail, and wise words of wisdom for all the sandwich eaters and werewolf enthusiasts around the podcasting world.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . SATURDAY NIGHT OSCARS PROFILE: . Non-spoiler Review: Premise, Being Raised by SNL - 2:00 AlsoMike’s Disastrous NYFF Screening - 5:58 Script Thoughts - 11:55 . Oscars Lens: Picture/Screenplay/Editing - 16:04 Our Top 5 Performances - 21:30 How Many Noms? - 29:24 How Many Noms? (aka Mike1’s Gambling Intervention) - 26:56 . SPOILER WARNING - 38:28 . Spoiler-Filled Review: High on Highs, and Overstuffed Lows - 39:19 Play Ball - 52:35 Deft Punk - 57:45 Skating Around - 1:00:23 . FINAL GRADES - 1:02:55 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:06:57

INTRO - Crazy, Crazier, Craziest. BOX OFFICE REPORT: 0:51 - Joker 2’s Flop. 2:05 - Mike 1’s Lament. 4:13 - How Bad Was This Flop? What’s a recent box office comp? 6:28 - AlsoMike’s Review. 11:46 - M1 predicts how industry may react long term after this and let’s say Smile 2. 12:33 - Joker 2 Oscar Lens. 15:38 - The Rest of the Top 10 Includes The Wild Robot, Beetlejuice & The Substance. IN OTHER NEWS: 17:26 - Daniel Day-Lewis unretires to return for Anemone, directed by his son. 18:51 - Scream VII announces a 2026 February Release Date. TRAILER REVIEWS: 22:00 - Juror No. 2 and we’ll always have this trailer. 27:03 - Baby Girl and getting lost in our own milk jokes. 30:43 - Nosferatu and why M2 would like them all to shush. 32:54 - Emilia Perez and why the drama is working better than the musical thus far. 35:45 - Better Man and what’s with the monkey. 38:14 - A Complete Unknown and why we’re very angry to be liking this trailer so much. 41:09 - The Seed of the Sacred Fig and why this trailer makes this a must see film. MOVIE REVIEWS / WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 44:39 - We Live In Time gets a rave review, but M2 is not a Wedding Crasher. 49:06 - It’s What’s Inside was awesome, but not a background movie. 50:12 - A Different Man has a terrific Sebastian Stan, but Adam Pearson steals the show. 51:59 - My Old Ass was a happy place type of movie, but also proves are asses are old. 54:18 - Red Rooms was scary as hell, but became one of M2’s favorite films of the year. 57:13 - Will & Harper is a doc contender, but should get buzz for Picture per Mike1. 1:01:09 - OUTRO: How to reach out, your homework, some words of wisdom about our mortality, and what’s coming next for us re: our next film study and some festival going. Plus, you can lickety split with us. Wait.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Amanda of Swell Entertainment! Make sure to subscribe to Amanda's new channel, Girl Pop Go! https://www.youtube.com/@GirlyPopGo . THE WILD ROBOT OSCARS PROFILE: . Non-spoiler Review: Viewing Experiences - 1:44 The Inevitable Inside Out 2 Head to Head - 7:00 . Oscars Lens: Legitimate Best Picture Buzz? - 11:12 (Your Typical Mass Murdering Family Fare - 15:36) Voice Performances - 17:58 Production ValWHAT MORE. DO THEY HAVE. TO DO?! - 21:51 How Many Noms? (aka Mike1’s Gambling Intervention) - 26:56 . SPOILER WARNING - 28:55 . Spoiler-Filled Review: So Like…Did Skynet Write This? - 30:48 (Mike1’s Gambling Intervention, Redux - 33:49) Not Enough Death, Bird v Ship, and Other World Building Issues - 37:03 Rudolph and Lasers, Bruh - 47:18 The Swell v Mike1 Clifford Chronicles, Volume 13 - 52:45 The Moral of the Story of the Story - 57:17 Disney, But Not (and Not The Iron Giant 2, Either!) - 1:02:28 . FINAL GRADES - 1:06:09 . Where to Find Amanda’s Work - 1:09:00 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:10:03 - And as always, it is wise to Subscribe to Swell Entertainment! https://www.youtube.com/@SwellEntertainment

INTRO - This episode is the Zagat sketch from 1990’s SNL. “Ravioli, holy cannoli!” FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: 2:15 - The Life of Chuck has been acquired by NEON. 4:26 - Conclave, Maria, Queer, The Brutalist, etc… all get release dates. 10:01 - The Shrouds acquired by Janus Films. 11:03 - Tarantino says he would like to make a horror movie. 13:32 - Scorsese film delays & The Passion of the Christ 2 greenlit. AWARDS NEWS: 15:37 - The Golden Globes might still be corrupt. 24: 43 - Deadwyler, Ronan, Swinton & Moore, Reynolds & Jackman set their campaigns. 27:56 - Best International Feature Selections & India’s pick causes a stir. 31:32 - The Gotham Awards set The Piano Lesson for its ensemble tribute. BOX OFFICE UPDATE: 33:13 - Catching you up on the last two weekends of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. 36:34 - Projections for this weekend’s Wild Robot & Megalopolis debuts. TRAILERS: 38:52 - Maria gets its first pretty teaser. 39:22 - Ballerina is from the world of John Wick. 41:17 - Gladiator II trailer II has some bad CGI, but Denzel looks like he’s having fun. 43:36 - Rumours w/ Cate Blanchett lead to some NYFF pizza plans + a M1 epiphany. 45:17 - Thunderbolts is not allowed to continue the MCU’s Attitude Era. 47:05 - Don’t Move and why this is an impossible premise that is somehow alluring. 48:05 - Sinners gets a “we’ll see” from M1, which is better than his Rumours reaction. 49:07 - A Real Pain WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 50:22 - Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Brothers Story & M1’s Ryan Murphy rabbit hole. 53:32 - The Mr. McMahon doc series on Netflix about the WWE is pretty great. 57:01 - His Three Daughters and the two ridiculous people here reviewing it. 59:07 - How To Have Sex & the launch of two promising new careers w/ Bruce & Walker. 1:00:20 - Humane on Shudder was also much better than expected. 1:02:24 - Stop The Steal doesn’t salve or balm election worries. OUTRO- where we completely unravel after M1 reveals the real reason he didn’t love His Three Daughters. Please do contact us with your inevitable concerns after listening to this one. Otherwise, yes, we discuss what’s coming next after we see some upcoming movies in CT and NYC.

INTRO - this movie review bundle needs a renewal on our pledge regarding why we love film criticism and do what we do. NON-SPOILER REVIEWS IN THIS EPISODE: The Substance & Why It Needs To Be Oscar Nominated - 4:20. His Three Daughters & Another Rave Review for Azazel Jacobs - 13:45. Speak No Evil breaks up the love fest - 16:14. Robot Dreams’ review here has to be an outlier - 18:58. The Garfield Movie and I know how you all look at me - 21:44. Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos - 23:29. Adam Sandler: Love You is innovative Sand-Man w/ Schneider at his best - 25:16. Dandelion is Kiki Layne playing a starving artist in trouble - 27:50. Scrambled is very funny with some great performances by comedians - 29:34. Boy Kills World has fun fights & characters but a messy plot - 31:29. The Killer makes me much more cynical about remakes - 33:57. Jackpot! And how the action comedy should’ve been funnier - 35:06 The Union didn’t get Grosse Pointe Blank right - 36:17. The Final: Attack On Wembley felt like a sports Woodstock ‘99 - 38:33. The Devil’s Bath has historical wisdom but horror trigger warnings abound - 40:17. OUTRO - 42:10. Contact us with your thoughts please. We have an Oscar Race Checkpoint, NYFF episodes, and Film Studies coming up soon. Read Kenzie Vanunu’s Interview w/ Coralie Fargeat as recommended in the episode: https://offscreencentral.com/2024/09/20/the-substance-interview-with-director-coralie-fargeat/ Read Anne Thompson’s piece on Indiewire as well please: https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/coralie-fargeat-feminist-body-horror-the-substance-1235048769/ Listen to Pop Culture Confidential w/ Christina Jeurling Birro & Ryan McQuade: https://www.popcultureconfidential.com/426-we-discuss-review-the-substance-from-writerdirector-coralie-fargeat-starring-demi-moore/

INTRO - Emmys, Oscars and Zipline stories are all incoming this episode. AWARDS NEWS: 1:22 - Feinberg’s Post Festival Oscars Forecast on THR with a shocking new lead contender, Dune 2’s drift and other surprise strong showings. 5:35 - Emilia Perez selected by France for Best International Feature. 8:16 - The Life of Chuck is still without a distributor. 10:36 - Emilia Perez campaign strategies per Variety & some Lead Actress talk. MIKE, MIKE, & EMMY: 12:28 - Our glowing review of the broadcast: we’re happy with the Levy boys & presenters. 16:04 - Hacks beating The Bear and the REAL reason why it happened. 19:37 - Winner Tallies by Network and where we could have made the most money betting. 21:50 - Shogun has a historic season in the Drama Series categories. 23:03 - Baby Reindeer wins a bevy + LaMorne Morris makes us New Girl fans very happy. 25:57 - Other AlsoMike highlights like Kimmel’s joke & another loss for the Oscars writing team. 27:18 - Other Mike1 highlights like the progression on great TV reunions. FILM INDUSTRY NEWS: 29:39 - Ziplines, PickleBall Courts & luxury recliner seats are coming to ALL the theaters near you as the 8 largest North American movie theater chains have plans to upgrade over 21k screens over the next 3 years for 2.2B. Plus, A24 picks up The Friendship starring Tim Robinson of the memes we just laughed about for 5 minutes. TRAILERS: 35:04 - Blitz and some Dunkirk level potential after all. 37:23 - Mickey 17 and the Mikes’ excitement more so than awards buzz. 40:47 - Woman of the Hour and Anna Kendrick killing it in this new phase of her career. *POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT ON WOMAN OF THE HOUR. where M1 talks about the result of what happened in the real life story. 43:21 - Small Things Like These and how Cillian Murphy is following up his Oscar win. 45:22 - Heretic and how everyone is criticizing religion in movies nowadays. 46:42 - Brothers and how we’re in the bag for this Dinklage, Brolin, Glenn Close comedy. OUTRO 49:42 - How AlsoMike has seen the same man in his last 3 AMC movie watches, and should he introduce himself the next time this happens? Or is he Tyler Durden now? 51:59 - How to contact us, what’s coming next, and AlsoMike’s upcoming film festival plans.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . TIFF ENDS: The Life of Chuck Stuns in a People’s Choice Win - 1:35 Reviewing the Reviewers, With a Twist! - 5:00 Post Festival Movie Scores - 22:14 . FESTIVAL NEWS: Sundance is Down to 3 Finalist Cities - 24:08 Juror #2 Playing AFI Fest - 25:30 Joker 2 Tracks a $70M Domestic Opening - 26:16 Studio Acquisition Recap - 30:24 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: The Fire Inside Trailer #1 - 33:19 Your Monster Trailer #1 - 36:53 Venom The Last Dance Trailer #8,000,000 = 39:27 Salem’s Lot, Finally - 42:08 . WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: AlsoMike on The Killer’s Game - 48:18 Mike1 on The Strangers - 49:40 AM on Knox Goes Away - 50:34 AM on Parallel - 51:23 M1 on David Chase Doc - 52:33 AM on Out of Darkness - 54:52 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 55:40

INTRO - where we say Beetlejuice 3 times and curse us all. BOX OFFICE UPDATE / WHAT WE’RE WATCHING 1:55 - Beetlejuice 2 makes good money stateside & M1 doesn’t believe M2’s good review. 6:41 - Deadpool & Wolverine, Reagan, Alien: Romulus, and It Ends With Us round out the top 5. 8:18 - AM likes Rebel Ridge on Netflix, and he also likes him some Taco Bell TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REACTIONS PART I 11:59 - The Wild Robot and how M1 won’t let M2 walk back the Snail slander. 13:51 - Hard Truths and how M2 won’t let M1 walk back all the Oscar predictions. 17:49 - Nightbitch and how M2 probably won’t hit on this prediction, but here’s hoping 20:39 - We Live In Time and the furtive glances of a carousel horse. 23:44 - The Last Showgirl and hopes for some Pam Anderson Oscars buzz to help ratings 26:22 - Unstoppable, AlsoMike’s dumb transitions and Mike1’s fantasy dinner parties. 28:49 - Eden and Ron Howard’s apparently an odd fit for this. 31:10 - The Life of Chuck and how much we read full reviews vs Rotten Tomatoes 33:46 - Nutcrackers and why Mike1 is usually in the bag for David Gordon Green 35:16 - Heretic, how Hugh Grant should do well in horror and why M1 is old old old 38:33 - The Fire Inside and why we need films like this to be really good. 40:13 - The Friend and why we’re a little scared to see this but shouldn’t be. 41:39 - Memoir of a Snail, burning down Hot Topic, and if has seashells with shoes on. TRAILER REVIEWS 44:36 - The Apprentice and how it harkens us back to Rob Zombie’s Halloween. 47:40 - Saturday Night and llamas and cocaine and Great Expectations: a novel. 50:35 - House of Spoils and how dare they turn such beautiful food into mold and goo! 53:49 - It’s What’s Inside, double contractions and why Netflix really bought this one. 57:08 - OUTRO: why we’re worried about Gen Z and technology. Plus, we talk about how you can contact us, your homework before the next episode, and what’s coming next from us.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . JOKER 2: NOT GREAT! APPARENTLY! Critic Takes - 2:14 Officially Oscars Worried - 7:20 . VENICE AWARDED THEIR WINNERS: The Room Next Door’s Standing Ovation is Still Happening - 8:53 A Surprise 2nd Place Winner - 14:02 April Seems Wildly Present - 15:51 The Brutalist Wins Best Director; Heals The Sick - 17:13 Nicole Kidman Upsets Angelina Jolie for Best Actress - 24:23 These Festivals Still LOVE Vincent Lindon - 26:47 Screenplay, Breakthrough Actor, More - 28:40 Queer Has Its First Look, Reactions - 32:06 The Cannes vs Venice Ovation Split - 35:20 . FINCHER’S NEXT FILM IS RUMORED - 39:23 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Nightbitch Trailer #1 - 41:12 The Nickelboys Trailer #1 - 43:49 Hard Truths Trailer #1 - 45:37 Will and Harper Trailer #1 - 47:07 Wicked Trailer #2 - 52:21 The Apprentice Clip - 54:00 A Minecraft Movie/Smile 2 Trailers - 56:52 The Wolfman Trailer #1 - 59:43 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:05:50

Make sure to follow, read and listen to all of Ryan McQuade’s work here: https://awardswatch.com/author/ryan-mcquade/ INTRO: AlsoMike welcomes back Ryan McQuade to talk through his experience at Telluride. We discuss how Ryan’s 10th guest hosting gig should be commemorated, Texas weather, and somehow, Glenn Close in The Deliverance. NON-SPOILER REVIEWS & OSCAR INFO: 4:55 - Conclave: the audacity of Pope, if it’s a Dad movie, stellar performances & intrusive audio 15:27 - Telluride Festival Info Part I: the layout of the town and the theaters. 18:47 - Nickel Boys: it’s innovative style, important POV, & breakthrough cinematographer 26:09 - The Piano Lesson: if it’s Samuel L. Jackson time, + great Deadwyler & Hawkins turns. 32:26 - The End: Michael Shannon’s singing voice & why it’s a surprise McQuade favorite. 38:14 - Saturday Night: a pitch perfect comedy & return to form for Jason Reitman. 43:37 - Telluride Festival Info Part II: The Food 48:55 - Anora: the undeniable Mikey Madison and Best Picture vibes. 54:08 - Emilia Perez: the likelihood of an original song and several acting contenders 58:05 - Maria: Jolie’s best, Ryan’s Larrain rankings & how EP is the Netflix BP play 1:02:50 - Telluride Festival Info Part II: Tips for having the best experience. 1:05:34 - A Real Pain and a sleeper contender in some MAJOR categories for Ryan 1:09:10 - OUTRO: where to follow Ryan and his upcoming work, a call for support, and what’s coming next from MMO.

INTRO of us excited about a lot of these festival reactions and eventual travel plans of our own. AWARDS NEWS: 2:35 - Nikki Glaser will host the 82nd Golden Globes 4:44 - The Apprentice finds a distributor and pre-election release date VENICE FIRST REACTIONS: 8:21 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and does 3 mins in Italy equal 5 mins in France? 11:42 - Maria and how Angelina’s Venice reception resembles a recent Oscar winner. 15:22 - September 5 and a potential new contender enters the Oscars landscape 17:23 - Babygirl is the steamy thriller that’s been scored very high on first blush. TELLURIDE FIRST REACTIONS: 19:00 - A Quick Lineup Summary to start. 20:04 - Piece By Piece enters the best animated feature race with mostly good reviews. 21:05 - Conclave is getting strong Oscar signals, but has a few red flags. 24:43 - Nickel Boys might be building a major campaign with these great first reactions 26:49 - The Piano Lesson’s strong debut & teasing Ryan McQuade’s reactions on the next ep TRAILER REVIEWS: 28:07 - Emilia Perez and does a lousy trailer song drown out all of the great sounding buzz? 33:25 - Six Triple Eight should be slotted into the Original Score teases a powerful story. 35:24 - Memoir of a Snail might win an Oscar, and AlsoMike is very angry after this trailer. 39:09 - Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story documentary might make us all too emotional 40:29 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 could be saved by Jim Carry and SNL promotions. WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 42:05 - Shoresy is the best sports show ever. We both love it so much. 45:15 - Slingshot gives M2 his psychological thriller fix. 46:35 - Stress Positions hits him as very funny 48:13 - The Supremes at Earl’s All You Can Eat didn’t have enough food 49:24 - Find Me Falling actually showed a lot of food 50:48 - Marmalade had fun characters in a meh heist film + Docuseries Reviews for American Murder: Laci Peterson, Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose, & The Jinx Season 2. 54:32 - OUTRO: Where you can find us, M1’s spiel goes off the rails and then back on them again, + M2 talks about our film festival coverage / upcoming adventures.

INTRO - Professor M1, Adjunct Prof M2 and why we’re not doing Emmy Bets. SUMMER MONTH BY MONTH BOX OFFICE RECAPS 2:31 - June Recap of how we did with our picks on Bad Boys, Inside Out 2, and A Quiet Place 4:46 - July’s huge wins for Minions, Longlegs + Deadpool & Wolverine. But Twisters was weird 6:26 - August’s Alien: Romulus victory + a surprise smash hit with It Ends With Us SUMMER BOX OFFICE REPORT CARDS BY STUDIO 9:18 - Disney is back! And deserving of the highest grade. 10:43 - Neon gets its smash hit in Longlegs and another terrific grade from us. 11:20 - Sony’s strong grade comes with franchise plays new & old. 13:18 - Universal’s grade is propped up by the Minions 14:51 - Warner Bros hopes for a massive fall after a disappointing summer. 16:25 - A24 doesn’t do much with Sing Sing YET, and MaXXXine was a letdown. 20:06 - Lionsgate had its worst case scenario, but at least it got jammed into 1 fiscal quarter FALL & WINTER OVER/UNDERS 22:48 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Venice reception & some debate on its projections. 29:49 - Transformers One is one of the trickier Over / Unders for us to set 33:40 - The Wild Robot could suffer from robot fatigue? 35:47 - Joker: Folie À Deux 38:00 - Sleeper Hit potential for Saturday Night, Terrifier 3, & Piece by Piece 39:42 - Smile 2 is hoping for big Halloween box office & we’re rooting hard for Anora 44:10 - Venom: The Last Dance has two Mikes on opposite sides of the goo here 46:27 - Nickel Boys, Here, Conclave, Blitz & A Real Pain cook up some Oscars intrigue. 48:26 - Gladiator II & Wicked both worry us a lot 51:39 - Moana 2 is another tricky O/U to set 52:54 - Early December’s Oscar Plays like Nightbitch & Hard Truths 52:37 - Kraven The Hunter and who is jacked up to see this one 54:50 - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim and how families are back 56:53 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 could hit a new level with the holiday corridor 58:14 - Mufasa: The Lion King is gonna be us being hilariously wrong 1:00:25 - Nosferatu is another highly anticipated one for the film people 1:03:52 - A Complete Unknown could resurrect Walk The Line numbers… or not. 1:08:31 OUTRO RECAP: MMO Socials, Your Homework, and how to contact us. Plus, we discuss what’s coming next with the fall festival Oscar Race Checkpoints and some words of wisdom about betting on the Emmys.

AWARDS NEWS Top of the Show - We immediately dive into the building buzz for Joker 2 and what it means. 9:04 - The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a surprise pick by Germany for the Oscars. INDUSTRY NEWS 14:13 - Chick-Fil-A is starting a streaming service, and they’re already buying shows. OSCAR TRAILERS 17:12 - Megalopolis yanks its 2nd trailer after they admit to fabricating quotes from critics. 26:00 - The Piano Lesson showcases Danielle Deadwyler and a captivating premise. 29:48 - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim looks like awesome anime FUTURE MOVIE NEWS 32:48 - The Hemsworth Hulk Hogan Biopic has been scrapped. 33:58 - Rush Hour 4 has Brett Ratner attached. WTF. 35:40 - Noomi Rapace will play Mother Theresa 37:42 - An Anaconda remake might star Jack Black & Paul Rudd 39:29 - Tom Cruise will star in Alejandro Inarritu’s next film opposite a great cast WHAT WE’RE WATCHING + Some Box Office Weekend Projections 42:21 - Strange Darling wins over AlsoDan & friend of the show, Andrew Morgan 46:48 - Projected Box Office Top 5 for the weekend of 8/23 47:35 - Blink Twice doesn’t short change us on thriller goods 52:48 - Jackpot is shockingly well written and pretty fun 54:21 - M1 goes back to John Ford’s Stagecoach + AlsoMike’s family movie nights of late. OUTRO 57:58 - Our socials & how to contact us. What’s coming next might be an Emmys Betting Special before we discuss the fall film festivals for a bunch of shows. Then AlsoMike finds the phrase we were arguing about for the past 10 minutes.

INTRO - It's another fully loaded Oscar Race Checkpoint. BOX OFFICE UPDATE 1:02 - Romulus earnings are strong + Ryan and Blake’s shared success 6:41 - Rest of the Top 15 includes Coraline’s comeback & the Borderlands bomb MAKE THE CASE: QUICK NON-SPOILER REVIEWS 7:57 - Cuckoo had awesome style and nearly as much goo as an alien film 10:15 - This Woman and the Sea rave review has enraged everyone 11:50 - Strange Darling teases to be a possible film study from us AWARDS NEWS 12:50 - Joaquin Phoenix Leaves Todd Haynes Detective Romance Film 19:05 - Eugene & Dan Levy confirmed as Emmy Hosts. Do they have enough prep time? 20:20 - Gotham Awards add Best Director & Breakthrough Performer categories 22:12 - Latvia Selects Flow as its Best International Feature D23: FUTURE MOVIE NEWS 23:19 - Disney’s Body Swap Comedies + All The Sequel Announcements 25:19 - Mufasa Trailer 2 is still not winning us over 27:04 - Moana 2 is cuteness overload 28:04 - Snow White has one Mike in favor and the other against CASTING NEWS 29:20 - Nicholas Cage will play John Madden 32:42 - Dominic Sessa will play Anthony Bourdain FILM FESTIVAL NEWS 34:32 - NYFF Spotlight Section adds some targets to our watchlist 42:30 - The Venice Schedule has been released 45:21 - TIFF adds even more special presentations TRAILER REVIEWS 46:18 - Saturday Night’s alright for fighting 49:04 - The Outrun is gonna be Saoirse Ronan’s 5th nom 51:12 - Woman of the Hour is a freaky true story 52:39 - The Room Next Door causes a major debate over fake snow 54:08 - A Quickie Nightbitch Book Review 54:43 - The Substance throws AlsoMike once again, proving he has lost his mind 56:34 - Y2K looks very funny 58:50 - OUTRO: Our socials, how to contact us, if AlsoMike will go and party with the hippies and bigfoot, what’s coming next from us, extension chords and words of wisdom.

INTRO - This will be quite the passionate finale of Mike, Mike, and Alien. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF ALIEN: ROMULUS 2:00 - Development Backstory post Fox & Hulu + some creative viral marketing 4:50 - Strong reception numbers & early box office, yet some polarizing tweets & scores 7:37 - Our Theatrical Moviegoing Experience was a Mike, Dan, Mike & Alien Popcorn Bucket. 11:25 - Non Spoiler Script thoughts outlines many pros & cons, potholes, yet no plot holes 16:38 - Praiseworthy performances & characters that differentiate this from other Alien films 22:14 - In Space, No One Can Hear You Set A Scene: some high highs & low lows for the production values and the first of three Mike1 speeches on what makes this franchise great. 30:37 - SPOILER WARNING FOR OUR SPOILER FILLED REVIEW OF ALIEN: ROMULUS 31:24 - The Requiem, or why this film will be remembered has to be the ending, and Mike1 delivers his second big speech on what is otherwise working great in this film. 41:12 - The Most & Least Mike Like Moves pays homage to Dora The Explorer. 45:50 - The Game Over Man (where you knew a fatal error was made) is a segment that showcases Mike's third speech on how we’d never survive a horror movie. 48:06 - Themes we’d rather not dwell on, I mean we could, but we’re not gonna: invokes several good discussions on fan service and the tech of the film. 53:14 - Underrated Smart Moves includes praise for some great character work, expansions on the mythology, and a burning question about how they’ll handle the sequel, if there is one. 1:00:41 - Least Scary, Scary Moment re: facehuggers, but we have more praise for the writing 1:02:28 - Get Away From Them, You Bitch (or most goosebump inducing moments). 1:05:11 - Nagging Questions We Can’t Stop Thinking About 1:10:39 - Quantifying the Goo for Alien: Romulus might just be our masterpiece. 1:19:44 - Final Grades & Our Top Films of the Franchise 1:21:25 - THE OUTRO: includes our socials, your homework, and how to contact us. We also give a requiem for this Mike, Mike, and Alien series and go back through our episode library to recall all of our previous rewatch series. Then we discuss what’s coming next from us including upcoming Oscar Race Checkpoints, film festival coverage and film study review episodes.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing The Duke of Bettingham - David Long! . SUMMER GAMBLING PREVIEW - BEST PICTURE: Which Movie Has The Most Money On It Currently? - 2:43 Define “Value Betting” - 4:55 . The Current Betting Favorites: Dune 2 (+250) - 8:40 (and a History Lesson in Just How Bizarre Dune’s Odds Are - 10:56) Sing Sing (+400) - 17:12 Blitz (+650) - 20:34 . The 10 to 1 and Longer Shots: Joker 2 (+1200) - 25:22 Anora (+1400) - 31:33 A Real Pain (+1400) - 35:15 Conclave (+1400) - 36:56 Nickel Boys (+1600) - 41:34 . The 20 to 1 Group - 44:59 (Nosferatu, Kinds of Kindness, Bird, Here, The Long Game, Fancy Dance) . The 25 to 1 Group - 48:47 (Megalopolis, Queer, The Piano Lesson, Gladiator 2, Will & Harper, The Apprentice, More) . The Super Duper Long Shots - 1:05:44 (Furiosa, Hard Truths, Maria, Saturday Night, Wicked, Inside Out 2, More) . What About the As Yet Unlisted Movies? - 1:17:33 (Emilia Perez, A Complete Unknown, The Room Next Door, Beetlejuice 2, More) . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:24:34

Make sure to read & listen to all of Clayton's work here: https://variety.com/author/clayton-davis/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/variety-awards-circuit/id1536666553 What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Clayton Davis of Variety! . The Oscars Hosting…Scene - 3:08 The Oscars/Emmys/Tonys Awards Web of Crossovers - 13:10 How the Emmys Vote; and FYC Differences Between Emmys and Oscars - 16:20 . THE OSCARS, FESTIVALS, and PREDICTIONS: Why is Vegas So High on Dune 2’s Chances? - 23:44 Deadpool and Wolverine: Box Office Savior + The MCU Future - 29:30 Early Oscars Frontrunner Syndrome + Winding Narratives - 37:07 The Oscars Butterfly Effects + How Clayton Predicts Through the Year - 44:50 . Why TIFF’s People’s Choice May Be Different This Year - 55:24 What Clayton’s Heard of Joker 2 and Its Possible Oscar Shocker Within - 1:02:00 The Early Word on Upcoming Contenders or Pretenders - 1:05:12 . When Clayton Expects To See an Oscars Stunt Category - 1:09:24 And He Predicts Netflix Will Do WHAT?! - 1:14:56 . THE DROPOUT QUESTIONS: How Clayton Got to Spend Time w/ Dropout - 1:22:28 GET. SAM. AN EMMY. NOM. - 1:28:03 Walking the Line Between Advocacy and Journalism - 1:30:00 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:40:00

INTRO - Why this episode is most definitely a hodgepodge. AWARDS NEWS: Eugene & Dan Levy may host the Emmys with their Canadian Americana - 2:11 Oscars Host Questions Continue as we bring up a 2nd Week’s worth of names - 4:11 Janet Yang has earned her re-election, but has much work yet to do - 8:52 BAFTAs New Kids Award + Rule Changes have us all constantly tinkering - 11:08 Kneecap & The Devil’s Bath begin that International Feature selections list - 19:52 FESTIVAL NEWS: Our NYFF Main Slate Targets / Oscars Scouting - 22:52 Horizon Chapter 2 still playing Venice - 37:26 Mike Leigh, Emilia Perez composers to receive TIFF awards - 39:20 Telluride Lineup via Others’ Deductions & Reports - 41:20 FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: Britney Spears Biopic Greenlit at Universal - 44:03 Ben Affleck to play Hulk Hogan in Killing Gawker movie - 46:57 BOX OFFICE REPORT / WHAT WE’RE WATCHING REVIEWS: Deadpool & Wolverine has a great 2nd week - 52:14 Trap does ok box office and is big cheesy goofy fun per AM’s Review - 55:31 58:50 - The Mikes catch up on a full lightning round of non-spoiler reviews and grades for Oddity, Touch, + lots of Documentaries including I Am Celine Dion, Remembering Gene Wilder, Giannis: The Marvelous Journey, Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, Sue Bird in the Clutch, Federer: Twelve Final Days, Faye, The Beach Boys, Bratz, Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple, Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, The Blue Angels, Black Barbie, MoviePass MovieCrash, + docuseries Charlie Rose & The Matter of Pete Rose and Hard Knocks: An Offseason with the New York Giants. OUTRO - Our socials, how to contact us, what’s coming next, and we look up the definition for hodgepodge. We were right all along, sadly.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 6: COVENANT 2017: . Non-spoiler Review: Creating Creation - 2:27 Bizarre Writing Backgrounds - 5:55 Reception/Our Viewing Experiences - 9:47 The Big Budget Horror Curse - 15:03 “If Everything Splatters, Nothing Matters”/Performances - 19:34 In Space, No One Can Hear You Set a Scene (Best Production Values) - 22:16 . SPOILER WARNING - 26:03 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - 26:42 Most Mike-Like Move/Un-Mike Like Move - 32:11 The Game Over Man (The Point in Which You KNEW A Fatal Error Was Made) - 40:50 Themes We’d Rather Not Dwell On - 44:13 . Underrated Smart Move/The Least Scary, Scary Moment - 46:25 Get Away From Them, You Bitch (or The Most Goosebump Inducing Moment) - 50:01 The Nagging Question You Can’t Stop Thinking About - 53:14 Quantifying the Goo - 57:49 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:06:11

INTRO - At least our schedules were open for THIS CRAZY BARRAGE OF MOVIE NEWS! OSCARS HOST NEWS: 1:20 - Jimmy Kimmel then John Mulaney both turn down the job, and we wonder why. 4:33 - So who hosts??!! And it’s a huge list of names in play to go over. SAN DIEGO COMIC CON ‘24: Hall H Marvel Presentations 17:39 - Robert Downey Jr’s return as Doctor Doom, and we have some conditions 27:05 - Why the Russo’s return makes sense and talking ourselves into RDJ some more. 31:30 - The Fantastic Four: First Steps and potential comic storylines including RDJ. 35:02 - Captain America: Brave New World and Harrison Ford’s mocap monster. 37:25 - Other SDCC Highlights including the Vice President’s Simpson Quotation, Ryan & Hugh’s surprise screening, some Alien Romulus viral marketing, In A Violent Nature’s sequel, Terminator 7 with John Cena, the BioShock movie, and trailers for films like Transformers One & Hellboy: The Crooked Man + The Penguin and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. BOX OFFICE UPDATE: 41:45 - Deadpool & Wolverine sets many records, and we start the Cool Uncles Pod. 46:25 - Twisters has done terrible overseas as Mike 1 foreseen’d. 50:17 - Despicable Me 4, Inside Out 2, Longlegs and the rest of the top 10. FUTURE MOVIE NEWS 54:28 - The Megalopolis production scandal worsens 56:44 - TIFF released Midnight Section films including Friendship & The Substance. 58:04 - NYFF picks Blitz for its Closing Night, and we get new premise details OSCAR TRAILERS 1:00:40 - A Complete Unknown has a hype parade, but do we buy it? 1:06:21 - His Three Daughters seems like our kind of September movie 1:09:41 - OUR EPISODE OUTRO and where we discuss how you can reach us, conditional love for millionaires, and feeling the itch to gamble.

What is This Episode? - Top of Show . DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE REVIEW: . Spoiler-Free Review: Reception/Scores/Viewings/Box Office - 2:15 Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds and What Was MCU Plan B?? - 10:20 NOMINATE. HUGH. DAMMIT… - 23:38 …And an Academy Question - 26:00 Technical Categories - 30:51 How Many Noms? - 34:17 . SPOILER WARNING - 39:20 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Slow-Mowin’ Em Down - 40:17 Sad Pool - 44:15 Dear Cassandra - 49:42 Gang’s All Here - 56:00 Closure. Or Closure? - 59:40 . FINAL GRADES - 1:07:11 . . What’s Next/Words of Wisdom - 1:13:30

A TIFF 2024 RUNDOWN: 1:47 - Previously Announced TIFF Premieres: We get the obligatory Family Guy reference out of the way. Then we discuss how Eden is about hot people on an island, why we need to be right about Nightbitch, and whether We Live In Time is more Brooklyn or Goldfinch. TIFF GALAS & SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: 4:01 - Opening Night with Nutcrackers from David Gordon Green and that stupid Adam Sandler movie that one of us thinks is great. 6:25 - Closing Night with Rebel Wilson’s The Deb 7:48 - From Cannes to TIFF: Anora, Bird, Emilia Perez, Oh Canada, Rumours, & The Shrouds. 9:40 - Better Man via Robbie Williams starts a whole Pearl Jam riff 11:20 - A cryptic Conclave book report. 12:07 - Other big name films we’ve been following forever like Hard Truths from Mike Leigh, Heretic from A24, Piece by Piece from Lego, The End from the artist formerly known as Michael Shannon, The Fire Inside from MGM, The Return from a ripped Ralph + Will & Harper from Sundance. 15:25 - The Piano Lesson announces the Washington family takeover of Hollywood. NEW TIFF ARRIVALS INTO THE OSCARS LANDSCAPE: 18:07 - 40 Acres has Danielle Deadwyler vs Canadian Cannibals! 19:04 - Familiar stories modernized with Brett Goldstein in All Of You, banshee Barry vs Christopher in Bring Them Down, Sandra Oh in Can I Get a Witness?, a jacked Orlando Bloom in The Cut, plus The Motorcycle Diaries director is ironically back in I’m Still Here. 21:48 - The Last Showgirl has us hoping for a Pam Anderson Oscars campaign 22:58 - Millers in Marriage is the next from Edward Burns that’s better than The Family Stone. 24:32 - Relay seems like Hell or High Water or The Accountant. 25:09 - Riff Raff seems funny with Jennifer Coolidge, Bill Murray and Pete Davidson 26:10 - Sharp Corner stars Ben Foster who may or may not walk off into the woods. 27:22 - The Order intrigues us with Hoult, Law, Smollett, Maron, Baylin, etc. 29:10 - The Penguin Lessons is probably not Mr. Popper’s Penguins. 29:44 - Pedro Paramo and why his bonafides make it a potential contender 31:13 - Sketch seems like a funny Harold and the Purple Crayon w/ D’Arcy Carden & Tony Hale. 32:27 - Unstoppable and how we hope Jlo gets some good press with this one. 34:14 - Without Blood is the next from Angelina Jolie and Cinecitta Studios. THE 81ST VENICE FILM FESTIVAL: 35:18 - A Recap of the News on the Jury, Tributes, and Opening Night Film 36:19 - Maria and why Angelina Jolie could be a favorite for the Volpi Cup. 37:01 - Queer and why Luca Guadagnino’s work promises a high floor 38:15 - Pedro’s Room Next Door and how we get sidetracked re: premise writing. 39:43 - Joker Folie à Deux and our mixed review of the second trailer. 43:44 - April and how M2 has faith in this director. 44:38 - The Brutalist and the allure of the mysterious and wealthy client 46:34 - Babygirl and when we momentarily lose our morality. 47:58 - Harvest and the intrigue of good young actors. 48:45 - Wolfs and the callback that also includes your obligatory Tarantino reference. 49:28 - Baby Invasion and why it has to be Harmony Korine. 50:12 - Intriguing Venice Docs and why M2 owes you some doc reviews. THE NYFF OPENING NIGHT FILM ANNOUNCEMENT - NICKEL BOYS 51:00 - Aunjanue Ellis as a Supporting Actress play, the history of previous Opening Nighters from NYFF at the Oscars, and another major contender centered on a child protagonist. (Plus, we get a quick happy story from Uncle Mike). 55:25 - OUR OUTRO and how to contact us. Plus, you hear about a handful of upcoming episodes, get some Austin Powers quotes, and a discussion on how we would do Telluride if we ever go.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 5: PROMETHEUS 2012: . Non-spoiler Review: Ridley is Ready for a Prequel - 2:09 BladeRunner Type Prequel - 6:46 Our Viewing Experiences - 11:45 Script Thoughts - 16:10 Performances - 18:05 In Space, No One Can Hear You Set a Scene (Best Production Values) - 21:42 . SPOILER WARNING - 26:25 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - 27:08 Most Mike-Like Move/Un-Mike Like Move - 33:15 The Game Over Man (The Point in Which You KNEW A Fatal Error Was Made) - 38:17 Themes We’d Rather Not Dwell On - 41:26 . Underrated Smart Move/ The Least Scary, Scary Moment - 43:53 Get Away From Them, You Bitch (or The Most Goosebump Inducing Moment) - 47:18 The Nagging Question You Can’t Stop Thinking About - 48:25 Quantifying the Goo - 51:50 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 59:45

INTRO: Let’s talk about how Mike is becoming Tyler Durden. MIKE, MIKE, AND EMMY: - We go show by show to recap and tally up all of the 76th Primetime Emmy Nominations, ending each section with some conversation on the snubs, the Vegas betting lines, plus a smattering of predictions, bets, and over/unders. 3:49 - Tallies by Network 5:55 - Comedy Series Categories 20:09 - Drama Series Categories 31:38 - Limited or Anthology Series Categories + Best TV Movie. OSCAR TRAILERS: 39:11 - Anora and why they should start engraving Mikey Madison’s Oscar now please. 41:47 - Conclave and why it's not Lithgow, but probably Tucci. 45:51 - A Different Man and why we’re rooting for him. 48:21 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and why another Jenna Ortega dance should go viral. 50:20 - Captain America: Brave New World and why it’s good he’s no Steve Rogers. 53:25 - The Deliverance and why our deaths would end up in the tabloids. 58:19 - Alien: Romulus and why there’s gonna be lunch for the aliens. WHAT ELSE WE’RE WATCHING: Non-Spoiler Reviews. 1:03:28 - Sing Sing and how M2 will tease an eventual Oscars Profile film study 1:05:47 - Twisters and how M2 basically became Glen Powell on the drive home. 1:10:38 - Dropout’s Game Changer and how Sam Reich got snubbed at the Emmys. OUTRO: Socials, the best Going-To-Sleep-Movies, and what’s coming next.

What Is This Episode - Top of Show LONGLEGS REVIEW . Non-spoiler Review: Specs/Review Scores - 2:20 Critics and the Job of Overhyping - 7:16 “The Scariest Film of the Decade?!” - 9:41 The Weight of Innovation + A Procedural Plea - 16:00 Performances - 20:57 Production Values - 25:57 Oscars? - 28:12 . SPOILER WARNING - 29:48 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Nicky Legs - 30:34 Super Duper - 36:04 Meanings, Subtext, and General WTF - 39:26 More Worsts and Bests - 47:51 . FINAL GRADES - 57:50 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 58:27

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Gladiator 2 Trailer #1 - 2:49 F1 Teaser #1 - 8:40 The Substance Teaser #1 - 11:42 Alien Romulus Feature - 14:44 . FESTIVAL NEWS: Francis Ford Coppola Turns Motel Project Into Revenue - 18:00 Emilia Perez Gets Oscar-y Release on Netflix - 19:01 TIFF Announces 5 More World Premieres - 20:30 We Live in Time Trailer #1 - 22:50 . PARAMOUNT HAS A SALE DEAL TO SKYDANCE: What Happened/How We Got Here - 26:33 Is This a Done Deal?/Why TV Is SO in the Crosshairs - 28:40 Movie Theaters, Paramount+, and the Inevitable “Ultimate Bundle” - 33:22 Shari Redstone’s Piece - 38:20 The New Men in Charge/The Market’s Reaction - 39:21 Licensing and the Future of Cable - 42:10 . AWARDS NEWS: Astra Midseason Awards Given - 48:01 . BOX OFFICE UPDATES/REVIEWS: Despicable Me 4 Review from AlsoMike - 52:41 Did Inside Out 2 Just Secure Itself a Best Picture Nom? - 55:00 AlsoMike on Maxxxine - 58:55 Horizon Part 2 Pulled From Theaters - 1:00:38 AlsoMike LOVED The Movie Kill - 1:04:36 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:07:38

What Is This Episode - Top of Show KINDS OF KINDNESS OSCARS PROFILE . Non-spoiler Review: Background/Reception/Review Scores - 2:08 AlsoMike is Seeing Signs Everywhere/Viewing Experiences - 4:46 Ranking the Anthology Stories - 9:30 Performances - 13:28 Sweet Dreams Have Meanings, See? - 20:00 . SPOILER WARNING - 22:25 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Speaking Biblically - 23:51 Development Angle - 35:25 The Philosopher Take (or We’re Way Out of Our Depths Here) - 42:05 . FINAL GRADES/SUMMARY - 46:09 . . LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 47:50

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 4: ALIEN RESURRECTION ’97: . Non-spoiler Review: Joss Whedon, Danny Boyle, and How We Got Here - 1:30 (Including the Near On Set Death of Ron Pearlman) Reception/Box Office/Awards/Viewing Experiences - 8:04 Script Thoughts - 11:06 Performances - 14:20 Production Values - 17:13 . SPOILER WARNING - 19:42 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - 20:22 In Space, No One Can Hear You Set a Scene (Best Production Values) - 25:01 Most Mike-Like Move/Un-Mike Like Move - 29:12 The Game Over Man (The Point in Which You KNEW A Fatal Error Was Made) - 35:12 Themes We’d Rather Not Dwell On - 39:19 . Get Away From Them, You Bitch (or The Most Goosebump Inducing Moment) - 46:06 The Nagging Question You Can’t Stop Thinking About - 48:25 Quantifying the Goo - 53:35 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:02:20

A Happy Final 4th of July to us all - Top of the Show BOX OFFICE UPDATE + 2 AlsoMike Non-Spoiler Reviews Inside Out 2 vs Minions - 1:39 A Quiet Place: Day One performs well, gets a solid Mike2 Review - 5:50 Kevin Costner has been punished for his sins - 10:51 Why Kinds of Kindness is M2’s New Obsession, A Teaser Review - 13:39 INDUSTRY NEWS: Mike1 Breaks It All Down Paramount and Skydance Resume Talks, Reach Merger Agreement - 17:30 IATSE and the AMPTP Reach Deal to Avoid Another Type of Apocalypse - 22:36 ACADEMY NEWS: 487 New Members + A New Deal for the CEO - 28:34 FESTIVAL NEWS: Venice Announces its Sigourney Tribute, Beetlejuice 2 for Opening Night - 30:17 London Announces Blitz as Opener, Further Details About Plot Arise - 32:15 Tribeca Awards: Griffin In Summer & Casa Bonita Win Big - 35:19 TRAILER REVIEWS: Here looks like its gonna win Best Picture, the trailer is so good - 41:18 Emmanuelle is Fifty Shades of French - 43:14 My Old Ass is more our speed, and Aubrey Plaza rules - 44:59 Heretic is another A24 Horror with a religious slant - 47:31 Longlegs is something we want ASAFP - 48:43 Trap didn’t need a 2nd trailer, we’re seeing it - 51:24 Circling back to Longlegs Over/Under at the Box Office - 53:42 OUTRO: Our Socials, What’s Coming Next, Words of Wisdom - 53:13

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 3: ALIEN3 ’92: . Non-spoiler Review: The Mess Which Was Film Production - 2:30 “Alien3 is Rocky V”/Reception - 15:06 Viewing Experience - 17:28 The Professional Fallout of Those Involved - 19:30 . Performances - 22:19 In Space, No One Can Hear You Set a Scene (Best Production Values) - 25:19 . SPOILER WARNING - 28:52 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - 29:53 Most Mike-Like Move/Un-Mike Like Move - 35:04 The Game Over Man (The Point in Which You KNEW A Fatal Error Was Made) - 38:30 Themes We’d Rather Not Dwell On - 41:06 Underrated Smart Move/ The Least Scary, Scary Moment - 45:42 . Get Away From Them, You Bitch (or The Most Goosebump Inducing Moment) - 48:58 The Nagging Question You Can’t Stop Thinking About - 51:17 Quantifying the Goo - 53:23 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 57:08 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 58:38

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BOX OFFICE REPORT/REVIEWS: Inside Out 2 Makes Second Weekend DBO History - 1:14 AlsoMike Reviews The Bikeriders - 7:16 AM Reviews Ghostlight - 12:31 Mike1 Reviews I Saw the TV Glow - 17:14 M1 Reviews I Used to be Funny - 19:50 M1 Reviews We Grown Now - 22:48 AM Reviews Exhuma - 24:34 . CLAYTON DAVIS INTERVIEWS ACADEMY CEO BILL KRAMER: On Fundraising; Future ABC Negotiations - 26:16 On POC Leadership Exodus; Best Picture Pre-Reqs; Nonprofit-ism - 28:44 On Voting Numbers Becoming Public; Stunt Oscar; Gender Neutrality - 32:53 . GOTHAMS SET DATE/HIS THREE DAUGHTERS GETS RELEASE - 39:58 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Nosferatu Teaser #1 - 44:05 The Front Room Trailer #1 - 47:35 Emilia Perez Trailer #1 - 50:44 The Killer’s Game Trailer #1 - 52:35 . WHAT IS FILM CRITICISM OBJECTIVITY? - 55:55 . . LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:00:04

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 2: ALIENS ’86: . Non-spoiler Review: Production Notes- 3:28 The 80’s Sequels Shaped Culture - 6:09 Cameron vs The Studio - 8:44 Critical Reception and Action Not Horror - 12:30 . Script Thoughts - 17:40 Performances - 22:21 In Space, No One Can Hear You Set a Scene (Best Production Values) - 28:39 (or James Cameron vs Tea Time) . SPOILER WARNING - 34:10 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - 39:11 Most Mike-Like Move/Un-Mike Like Move - 44:02 The Game Over Man (The Point in Which You KNEW A Fatal Error Was Made) - 53:04 Themes We’d Rather Not Dwell On - 56:59 Underrated Smart Move - 1:00:11 The Least Scary, Scary Moment - 1:02:25 Get Away From Them, You Bitch (or The Most Goosebump Inducing Moment) - 1:06:45 The Nagging Question You Can’t Stop Thinking About - 1:08:54 Quantifying the Goo - 1:12:56 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:19:45 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:20:31

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BOX OFFICE REPORT: Inside Out 2 Review/Box Office Records - 2:12 Are Theaters Ok? Bad Boys May Hold the Answer - 8:13 Tuesday Review by AlsoMike - 14:28 . INDUSTRY NEWS: Sony Buys Alamo Drafthouse. First Studio to Own Theater Chain - 17:37 Paramount SkyDance Deal is Dead. What Now? - 23:30 Megalopolis Picked Up. Finally. By LionsGate - 30:33 The Deliverance Has a Great Cast, Bad Release Date - 34:15 WB and Bong Joon-Ho are Being Weird - 36:35 Brad Pitt’s F1 Movie to be Released by WB - 39:00 Jordan Peele is Cryptic - 41:37 Quick Tonys/TIFF Rundown - 43:22 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Piece by Piece Trailer #1 - 49:38 The Wild Robot Trailer #2 - 52:23 The Imaginary Trailer #1 - 54:21 Paddington in Peru Trailer #1 - 56:56 Smile 2 Trailer #1 - 58:44 (and Mike1 vs a Pack of Children) A Real Pain Teaser - 1:01:53 . . LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:04:08

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MIKE, MIKE, AND ALIEN, PART 1: ALIEN ’79: . Non-spoiler Review: How This Script Was Made: ft. Jon Carpenter, Lynch’s Dune, and Total Recall?! - 1:48 Bringing in Ridley - 6:21 Critical/Audience/Our Reception - 9:45 Great Horror, Great SciFi - 15:41 The Famous Cast - 20:10 . SPOILER WARNING - 24:10 . Spoiler-Filled Review: The Requiem (or What This Movie Is Best Known for and Its Impact) - 25:04 Most Mike-Like Move/Un-Mike Like Move - 29:24 The Game Over Man (The Point in Which You KNEW A Fatal Error Was Made) - 33:34 Themes We’d Rather Not Dwell On - 38:13 Underrated Smart Move - 41:00 The Least Scary, Scary Moment - 42:50 In Space, No One Can Hear You Set a Scene (Best Production Values) - 46:11 Get Away From Them, You Bitch (or The Most Goosebump Inducing Moment) - 51:30 The Nagging Question You Can’t Stop Thinking About - 55:52 Quantifying the Goo - 58:03 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:03:38 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:04:20

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . ACADEMY OFFICIALLY CONSIDERING A STUNT CATEGORY - 1:49 . FUTURE MOVIE/CONTENDER NEWS: Next Avengers Movie May Have Its Director…and SIXTY Heroes - 5:44 Jordan Peele Met w/ Marvel - 10:09 The Four Beatles Are Rumored to be Found for Mendes’ Movies - 14:09 Spielberg Eyes May 2026 Film Date - 20:26 Sydney Sweeney Wants a Barbarella Remake - 26:10 Mike Flanagan Takes the Helm of Next Exorcist - 27:35 Paul Giamatti is Doing a Hostel TV Show?! - 30:27 Knives Out 3 Books Renner, Lohan, and Definite Killer Glenn Close - 31:41 Jurassic Why? is Happening - 34:30 Fire Inside, Anora, Others Move/Get Release Dates - 35:38 Joker 2, Maria, Queer All Reportedly to Premiere @ Venice - 40:24 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Alien Romulus Trailer #1 - 41:38 Venom The Last Dance Trailer #1 - 45:40 Maxxxine Trailer #2 - 47:52 Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice Trailer #2 - 49:33 Moana 2 Teaser/Wolfs Trailer #1 - 52:31 The Outrun Trailer #1 - 54:46 . QUICK REVIEWS: AlsoMike on Bad Boys Ride or Die - 55:58 MMO on In a Violent Nature - 58:14 AM on The Watchers - 1:00:39 M1 on Civl War - 1:02:21 M1 on Abigail - 1:04:21 AM on Babes - 1:06:04 The Great First Omen Battle of 2024 - 1:08:00 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:15:44 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:17:03

What Is This Episode - Top of Show Introducing Kolby Mac! . SUMMER BOX OFFICE PREVIEW W/ KOLBY MAC: June Week 1: What Happened in May? What to Expect from Bad Boys Ride or Die? - 2:24 June Week 2: Can Inside Out 2 Reach 1’s Heights? - 11:10 June Week 3: Quick Bike Ride to Chicago - 14:49 (with a quick In a Violent Nature Tease) June Week 4: The Horizon Question - 24:23 . July Week 1: MINIONS! - 32:30 July Week 2: A Mixed Bag w/ Longlegs’ Curiosity - 40:35 July Week 3: Everybody Do the Twist(s) - 45:33 July Week 4: The Deadpool Weekend - 49:18 . August Week 1: Nothing to End Wolverine’s Run - 52:12 August Week 2: What Will Borderlands Do? - 55:18 August Week 3: The Crow Leads the Way - 1:02:06 August Week 4: Not…Much - 1:05:30 . MORE HOPE FOR SUMMER OR FALL? - 1:07:49 . . Where To Find Kolby/Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:13:57 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:15:02

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . DUNE PART TWO OSCARS PROFILE: . Nonspoiler Review: . Mike1’s Got Issues - 2:20 Picture/Director Chances - 6:30 World Building Pros and Cons - 10:44 Performances - 15:05 Production Values - 23:50 How Many Noms? - 26:27 . SPOILER WARNING - 29:08 . Spoiler-Filled Review: What’s Paul Got To Do With It? - 31:18 “So Why Am I Watching At All?” - 42:01 Worm Holes - 44:43 Egghead Buffoonery - 47:00 Why Do I Care, pt 2 - 52:15 Stress and Pull - 53:46 . FINAL GRADES - 54:51 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 57:18 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 58:14

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . FOUR DAY OLD CANNES REVIEW + WRAP-UP: Anora Wins Palme, Oscars Next? - 2:09 All We Imagine As Light Wins 2nd Place - 8:57 Emilia Perez’s Best Actress Award(S) May Have Backfired - 11:40 The Substance, Seed of the Sacred Fig Win Screenplays - 16:57 Grand Tour Has the Best Director - 23:31 Jesse Plemons Wins Best Actor and Highlights New K of K Teaser - 24:40 Black Dog Comes w/ a Warning - 28:51 A Trio of Awards w/ Serious Gravitas - 30:53 Palme Dog Winner + Best First Film Winner - 34:44 Shockingly Low Scores for 2 Big Name Movies - 38:35 . Acquisitions Tally - 40:45 Unofficial Official Festival Ovation Officials Rundown - 45:23 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 50:44 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 51:54