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MMO is talk radio for movie fans with weekly news shows, reviews, previews, and special guests. We celebrate the Oscars by making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. If you love cinema, if you love showbiz, welcome home.

  1. State of the Race with Ryan McQuade of AwardsWatch - OBAA vs the Field - ORC 10/8/25

    1 DAY AGO

    State of the Race with Ryan McQuade of AwardsWatch - OBAA vs the Field - ORC 10/8/25

    Ryan McQuade returns to discuss his film festival journeys, his love for One Battle After Another, and the state of the Oscars Race, especially as it pertains to OBAA, The Smashing Machine and other October films. Ryan McQuade’s favorite foods at Cannes, Telluride & AFI - 2:54 ON THE CLOCK: PTI STYLE PRESENTATIONS BY RYAN: 7:55 His 3 Minute Review of One Battle After Another - 8:28 A discussion of Modelos and white Michaels - 11:35 Review of The Smashing Machine: 3 Mins - 14:36 Smashing Machine’s box office flop & likely huge door budget - 17:32 How OBAA could lose Best Picture - 18:48 What other films could win Best Picture. Ryan talks the full field - 24:36 Hamnet Acting Campaign Strategies + Buckley as the Actress Favorite - 29:40 PERCENTAGE CHANCE: RYAN PREDICTS CHANCE OF NOM/WIN: OBAA to win Best Picture - 30:14 Leo to win Best Actor - 32:43 Emily Blunt & Teyana Taylor (+Chase Infiniti Talk) in Supporting Actress - 36:28 A quick Supporting Actor discussion re: Del Toro & Penn - 39:52 An official prediction on Chase Infiniti Nomination chances - 41:02 Benny Safdie for Nomination & PTA to Win Best Director - 42:58 A One Battle After Another Box Office Discussion - 46:01 The Rock for Lead Actor - 50:57 The Smashing Machine for MUAH - 55:27 Ryan talks other October movies: Anemone, Roofman, Springsteen & Blue Moon - 57:23 Ryan’s darkhorse Oscar Nom Predictions & Surefire Locks - 1:00:36 OUTRO: Make sure to follow all of Ryan McQuade’s work including his film festival movie reviews and the AwardsWatch Podcast (including Director Watch for his PTA series and series on many more great filmmakers) https://awardswatch.com/author/ryan-mcquade/ Follow RyanMcQuade77 on X https://x.com/ryanmcquade77 And you can also listen to him as a guest on Pop Culture Confidential, where friend of the show - Christina Jeurling Birro is doing wonderful work. https://www.popcultureconfidential.com/

    1h 10m
  2. The Smashing Machine - An Invulnerable Rock - Ep 498

    6 DAYS AGO

    The Smashing Machine - An Invulnerable Rock - Ep 498

    What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE SMASHING MACHINE OSCARS PROFILE . Nonspoiler Review: Rock and Safdie Passing Ships in the Night - 2:42 Expectations - 8:36 The Highs and Lows of the Script - 10:07 (And The Rock Becoming The Boulder - 13:33) Performances: It Goes to 11 - 16:47 How Many Noms?, p.1 - 21:43 Production Values - 22:50 How Many Noms?, p.2 - 27:34 . SPOILER WARNING - 29:05 . Spoiler Review: Mike1 Heel Turns on Rocky - 29:51 Your Toxic Lungs Filling Under - 39:30 Baseketball Shoutout - 42:33 More Highs and Lows - 46:02 . FINAL GRADES - 48:49 . . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 49:52

    54 min
  3. The Boogie Mikes Award Show - One Great PTA Movie After Another - Ep 497

    2 OCT

    The Boogie Mikes Award Show - One Great PTA Movie After Another - Ep 497

    Part 11 and the finale of Boogie Mikes, our Paul Thomas Anderson rewatch series leading up to and reviewing One Battle After Another is here. And like we do with all our series, we wanted to celebrate it with one of our Homemade Awards shows, where we enjoy a slew of fun categories. NON-SPOILER SECTION: Though to be fair, we do allude to some often memed about scenes that are fully in the zeitgeist these days. So… it’s light spoilers and we do suggest watching ALL of these films regardless. Wildest Anecdote from a PTA Production - 3:05 Match the unofficial premise to the PTA film - 6:52 Most / Least Californian Stories - 9:08 Characters You’d Most Like To Hangout With - 11:30 Performance by a Non-Actor - 14:05 Cameo Sized Actress Performance - 15:22 Cameo Sized Actor Performance - 17:00 The Overacting Oscar - 18:16 Mr. Congeniality - 18:55 Miss. Congeniality - 20:29 Supporting Actor - 21:50 Supporting Actress - 25:03 Best Duo - 26:44 Lead Actor Categories - 28:08 Lead Actress - 29:50 Best Costumes, Editing, VFX, Sound Design & Best Cinemagraphy- 31:19 - Production Design + Best Makeup and Hairstyling - 33:36 Best Soundtrack & Original Score - 35:05 Our Top 10 Rankings of PTA Films - 38:42 SPOILER WARNING - 46:42 SPOILER SECTION: all 10 movies including One Battle After Another are fair game. Some Informal Processing - 47:27 Best & Worst Parent Character Awards - 51:26 Theme Declarations Sections - 53:58 PTA Characters You’d Least Like To Party With - 55:25 Best / Worst PTA Movie Scene At A Restaurant - 59:26 Most Evil AND Funny Scene - 1:03:15 Hardest We’ve Laughed At a PTA Movie - 1:06:15 Most Badass Scene - 1:09:24 Most Thrilling Sequence - 1:12:11 Craziest and 2nd Craziest Final Acts - 1:15:22 Wildest Final Shots and Weirdest Epilogues - 1:17:31 What are PTA’s Trademark Scenes? And what is our PTA Movie cinematic bliss?? - 1:19:10 OUTRO: If you’ve enjoyed this episode, make sure to click on our entire playlist for Boogie Mikes, our PTA Rewatch Series. And maybe check out one of our other Rewatch Series. We’ve done Halloween/Michael Myers, MMO Screams, Mike Mike and Alien, the Conjuring Universe, 2 Mike 2 Furious, the Mission Impossible Films, the MCU, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, the Joker Character Study, the James Bond Character Study and more. You can find all of these playlists under that tab in our Soundcloud RSS Home feed. Otherwise, if you’ve enjoyed our work, please rate & review us positively, like & subscribe and most of all, please tell your friends and relatives about our show. We truly appreciate everybody who have been tuning in and we hope to bring you more rewatch series in the future. If you have an idea for our next series, also let us know! https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    1h 26m
  4. One Battle After Another - Anywhere From 8 to 197 Noms - Boogie Mikes p.10 - ep 496

    26 SEPT

    One Battle After Another - Anywhere From 8 to 197 Noms - Boogie Mikes p.10 - ep 496

    What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BOOGIE MIKES P.10: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER . Nonspoiler Review: A Lifelong Pursuit - 2:20 Money, and the Many Ways it Matters - 5:13 Expectations/Script Thoughts - 15:47 Performances/Casting: Leo’s/Penn/s Best Ever? - 22:04 Production Values - 31:07 How Many Noms? - 35:30 . SPOILER WARNING - 38:19 . Spoiler Review: Who Would Phillip Have Played?/Daddy Daughter Day - 39:24 Sex, Bay Bee - 44:14 PTA: Crime Boss - 48:02 Saint Nick - 50:34 Finale - 58:06 What Does Leo Know? - 1:02:12 More Highs and Lows - 1:04:45 . FINAL GRADES - 1:10:25 . . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 1:11:46

    1h 15m
  5. Kimmel Returns, September Movie Reviews, and Grogu - Oscar Race Checkpoint 9/23/25

    24 SEPT

    Kimmel Returns, September Movie Reviews, and Grogu - Oscar Race Checkpoint 9/23/25

    We discuss Jimmy Kimmel’s reinstatement, the latest developments in Best International Feature, a September MovieReview Bundle including reviews of Downton Abbey, The Long Walk, AKA Charlie Sheen, etc +++ new trailers like Anaconda, The Housemaid, & Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. NEWS: Jimmy Kimmel’s Late Night Show has been taken off suspension - 1:02 Best International Feature Updates including some surprising selections - 15:03 World Soundtrack Awards mean everything and nothing - 19:49 WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale - 22:32 Let’s Start A Cult - 27:48 The Long Walk - 29:11 I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) - 32:46 Caught Stealing - 34:55 The Roses -36:28 The Ruse - 37:53 Twinless & Splitsville - 38:48 Aka Charlie Sheen - 41:20 Lurker - 43:40 Eden - 45:11 Freaky Tales - 47:30 The Baltimorons - 48:38 TRAILER THOUGHTS: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu - 50:36 Father Mother Sister Brother - 52:28 The Running Man - 54:55 Anaconda - 56:01 The Housemaid - 58:09 Urchin - 1:00:59 OUTRO: One Battle After Another is around the corner. So we hope you’ve enjoyed our PTA Rewatch Series, Boogie Mikes. You can otherwise hear about our Woodstock Film Festival tickets. So if you’re enjoying our work, please rate & review, like & subscribe, and share the good word about our show. As always, we thank you. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    1h 7m
  6. Licorice Pizza - Boogie Mikes pt. 9 - Romeo, Oh No - Ep 495

    20 SEPT

    Licorice Pizza - Boogie Mikes pt. 9 - Romeo, Oh No - Ep 495

    What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BOOGIE MIKES P.9: LICORICE PIZZA REVIEW . Nonspoiler Review: PTA’s Real Life Evolved - 2:06 Review Scores/Awards Goods - 4:53 Script Thoughts - 9:03 Performances/Production Values - 15:52 Can This Be Recommended? - 30:15 . SPOILER WARNING - 34:01 . Spoiler Review: May December Oh No - 35:00 Romeo and Juliet - 37:27 More Highs and Lows - 45:35 Why This Ending? - 54:37 . FINAL GRADES - 55:25 . . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 57:57

    1 hr
  7. Hamnet Wins TIFF, '25 Emmys & International Feature Shaping Up - ORC 9/17/25

    17 SEPT

    Hamnet Wins TIFF, '25 Emmys & International Feature Shaping Up - ORC 9/17/25

    Hamnet wins the People’s Choice Award as we wrap up our thoughts on TIFF, and we dive into the Best International Feature category amidst many new National Selections. Then we dive into a centerpiece look at the Primetime Emmy Awards, and we finish by catching up with some new movie trailers including the latest looks at Springsteen, Christy & Wicked: For Good. Our condolences to Charlie Kirk’s family and our sadness at Robert Redford’s passing atop the show make us grateful to have the chance to discuss happier things like awards, even if that means sad movies or series in play. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale - 2:07 TIFF WRAP UP Hamnet wins the People’s Choice Award - 4:00 Hidden Gems List: Other Well Received Films From TIFF we haven’t hit yet - 9:51 Other TIFF Awards including the International People’s Choice - 12:02 Best International Feature Oscar: National Selection Updates - 14:04 PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS: Nate Bargatze as host + happiness for the Colbert moments - 21:14 The Limited SeriesETC Categories - 24:11 The Comedy Series Categories - 25:30 Drama Series surprises - 27:39 TRAILER REVIEWS: Song Sung Blue - 31:07 Wicked: For Good - 33:36 Is This Thing On? - 36:17 Wuthering Heights - 40:11 Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere - 42:30 Christy - 46:51 OUTRO: Make sure to listen to our Pod Pick episode of our recent appearance on Chaz and AJ in the Morning on 99.1 WPLR on 9/15/25. Here’s a link to our Fall Movies Preview + Early Oscar Buzz Segment. https://www.wplr.com/2025/09/15/pod-pick-fall-movies-to-see-or-skip/ Otherwise and as always, please rate us 5 stars, like, subscribe and review us positively if you enjoy the work we are doing. This goes a long way to helping us spread the word about our podcast. Thank you for doing so. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    57 min
  8. Phantom Thread - Ooo I Want You, IDK If I Need You - Boogie Mikes Part 8 - Ep 494

    14 SEPT

    Phantom Thread - Ooo I Want You, IDK If I Need You - Boogie Mikes Part 8 - Ep 494

    What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BOOGIE MIKES P.8: PHANTOM THREAD REVIEW . Nonspoiler Review: PTA Goes Goth - 2:40 Review Scores/Awards Goods - 5:15 Script Thoughts - 9:29 Performances/Production Values - 15:16 PTA’s Best? - 24:05 . SPOILER WARNING - 26:27 . Spoiler Review: Happiness is Punishment - 27:20 Alma’s Hand, Cyril’s House - 30:57 Mama - 39:55 That Girl is Poison - 42:10 . FINAL GRADES - 47:58 . . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 48:49

    51 min
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MMO is talk radio for movie fans with weekly news shows, reviews, previews, and special guests. We celebrate the Oscars by making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. If you love cinema, if you love showbiz, welcome home.

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  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
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