Mike, Mike, and Oscar

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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. Minions & Monsters & Mikes & Oscars - A Film Study - Ep 539

    2d ago

    Minions & Monsters & Mikes & Oscars - A Film Study - Ep 539

    Minions & Monsters is the movie we Mikes NEED right now, and therefore, we are proud to do a film study, especially because of how fun this movie was and what a terrific homage it was to film history. NON-SPOILER REVIEW: Reception & Box Office Discussions - 3:11 WHY WE NEED THIS MOVIE SO DESPERATELY - 8:38 A Pierre Coffin & Co-Filmmakers Profile - 10:22 General Thoughts & Rave Reviews - 13:21 Performance Notes & More General Thoughts - 17:50 A Review of the Production Values - 22:17 An Oscar Lens & Overview of the Animated Feature Race - 24:23 SPOILER WARNING - 26:30 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW: A Tribute To Hollywood History ONLY the Minions could pull off - 27:15 The only legitimate complaint Mike1 has - 30:19 The Framing Device & Why these A & B Storylines work so well together - 32:17 Mike1’s Screenwriting Lesson - 39:25 That Ending & Stinger Scenes - 41:14 What’s Next for the Minions & Despicable Me Franchises? - 47:13 Disney vs Illumination Round 2 - 48:53 Box Office Over/Unders for Moana + Minions & Monsters - 50:24 OUTRO: Stay tuned for more 2026 Film Study Episodes on The Invite, The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, etc. We’re also going to enjoy more episodes of Oscar Race Checkpoint including our Top 10 Films of the Year Thus Far + Fall Festival Lineup Announcements. Plus, we’ll soon be diving into to our Summer Series including our Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Rewatch Series and Mid-Year Oscars Report. Aaaand we discuss Obsession and oh by the way our final grades. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    1h 1m
  2. Jeff Barker Interview: Curry's Dad Wants Obsession Oscars Gold - Ep 538

    5d ago

    Jeff Barker Interview: Curry's Dad Wants Obsession Oscars Gold - Ep 538

    What Is This Episode - Top of Show + SPOILER WARNING at 40:15 . MMO INTERVIEWS JEFF BARKER OF OBSESSION! . A Fellow Cinephile and his Mental Health Background - 3:25 Jeff’s Upcoming Short Films: Good Tape + Medium Rare - 9:59 Similarities in Writing Between Jeff and Curry - 13:11 Professor of Chill + Screenplays - 16:32 . Script Consulting on Obsession + Anything But Ghosts - 21:05 Hansel, Gretal, and Jeff - 24:45 A Special Moment for A Special Family - 29:05 . Jeff’s Feelings on an Obsession Oscars - 33:00 Curry an Immediate Horror Comedy Maestro + Hollywood Royalty - 38:07 Texas Chainsaw Talk - 42:55 . Curry as a Storyteller Forever + Dad Advice - 45:12 . SPOILER WARNING at 40:15. Not really, but almost. . Find Jeff Online/What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 52:05 - https://jeff-barker.com/ - https://x.com/JB_JeffBarker - https://www.instagram.com/p/DYYFnNPD1D8/?img_index=9 - https://www.youtube.com/@Jeff-Barker

    57 min
  3. Venice Rumors, More Obsession Love & Digger Hype + Supergirl's Flop - ORC 6/26/26

    Jun 26

    Venice Rumors, More Obsession Love & Digger Hype + Supergirl's Flop - ORC 6/26/26

    New Academy Member: Jacob Elordi - can M1 deal with this? Then we discuss Venice Film Festival rumors and another Obsession centric Box Office Report before we dive into reviews for Supergirl, Voicemails for Isabelle and a bunch of other films old & new. And if that’s not enough, you get a Trailer Thoughts segment with our thoughts on ALL of the new trailers. NEWS: New Academy Members Invited including Elordi, so we discuss 007 casting - 1:20 The Knicks are Champions / Life of Pi Metaphor - 7:15 The Venice Film Festival selects its Jury President, Maggie Gyllenhaal - 8:32 Venice Film Festival Rumors including known and unknown (to us) contenders - 10:43 Anything Emmy’s? Sure. We hint at our favorite races incoming + Doc thoughts - 24:37 BOX OFFICE REPORT: Toy Story 5’s second week - 28:14 We remain Obsession Obsessed - 28:58 A word on the early buzz for The Invite - 36:02 Supergirl’s Flop & AlsoMike’s Review - 37:44 MORE WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Voicemails From Isabelle was great. WTF - 48:19 M1’s regularly scheduled watching of previous noms: The Grifters & Prizzi’s Honor - 54:02 M2’s regularly scheduled addiction to new films: Power Ballad, Pressure, I Love Boosters, The Furious, Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie & Scary Movie - 58:15 TRAILER REVIEWS: Digger (Teaser 2): The Tom Cruise Oscars Campaign Has Begun - 1:08:45 The Debut: Which Mike liked Magnolia and which did not REVEALED! - 1:14:37 Sense & Sensibility: The Finest Fee Fee Film of our Time - 1:20:08 I Want Your Sex: Olivia Wilde’s statement film - 1:22:42 Spider-Man: Brand New Day: Just release it. We’re ready - 1:25:28 Rapid Fire Takes for Primetime, Whalefall, Klara and the Sun, Shrek 5 & Hexed - 1:27:17 OUTRO: stay tuned to our feed for upcoming Oscar Race Checkpoints on the Fall Film Festival Lineup announcements amidst all our coverage of the rest of this big movie summer we’re about to start. Plus, did we just come up with the name for our Inarritu Rewatch Series??? https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar #mmo

    1h 37m
  4. Toy Story 5 Oscars Profile - We Still Got Friends - Ep 537

    Jun 21

    Toy Story 5 Oscars Profile - We Still Got Friends - Ep 537

    Toy Story 5 is a smash hit at the box office. But will it be nominated at the Oscars? We break it all down in this Oscars Profile review episode. NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION FOR TOY STORY 5: Reception, Scores & Box Office Projections - 3:14 The Premis & Our Movie Watching Stories - 5:41 Non-Spoiler Story Thoughts - 8:03 Voice Performance Reviews - 13:53 Music & VFX Reviews - 16:08 Animation Innovations - 19:23 Oscar Lens: How many noms are we predicting? - 23:12 SPOILER WARNING: 24:42 Using Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling: Rule No. 1 - What we admire in these characters - 25:34 Rules No. 6 & 13 - How To challenge and equip your protagonist - 31:02 Rule No. 16. - Raising the stakes - 34:44 Themes - 37:30 That Ending - 40:12 More Best Scenes - 43:22 Toy Story 6 speculation - 45:39 Final Grades & looking forward to more animated features this year - 48:42 OUTRO: Stay tuned to our feed for more Oscar Profiles in the Animated Feature category this year. We have several that we’re anticipating in the coming months. Plus, we’ll be diving into more Summer Movies set for release like Supergirl, The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, etc. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    54 min
  5. The Rock (1996) with Scott Yager of Challenge Mania! - A 30th Anniversary Celebration - Ep 536

    Jun 19

    The Rock (1996) with Scott Yager of Challenge Mania! - A 30th Anniversary Celebration - Ep 536

    Scott Yager of Challenge Mania joins us for a 30th Anniversary celebration & retrospective of The Rock (1996), starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage & Ed Harris. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF THE ROCK (1996): Great Action Film Scores - 3:55 Scott’s 1st Viewing Experience - 6:10 The Mikes’ 1st watches - 13:30 Its Legacy Holds Without A Sequel - 17:48 The James Bond Theory - 20:04 30th Anniversary - 24:11 Do we want a sequel or a remake? - 26:40 If we cast the remake - 31:45 Best San Francisco movie ever - 37:35 What Action Movies Still Have The Same Effect Today? - 41:02 SPOILER WARNING - 46:33 What Tarantino and Sorkin wrote (?) - 47:33 That Hans Zimmer Score - 55:04 Act I Discussions on Fun Character Intro’s & Plots Ahead of Their Time - 56:40 The Suite at the Fairmont Hotel & Running Amok in San Francisco - 1:10:45 Into the Alcatraz Scenes w/ a stacked crew - 1:17:13 Mid Movie Action Sequences & Must Have Merch - 1:26:18 Barreling to the End - 1:32:22 That Ending, A Fun Epilogue & More Sequel Thoughts - 1:34:40 Final Thoughts & Grades - 1:38:39 OUTRO: Follow Scott Yager’s work: https://challengemania.live/ https://x.com/SHOTOFYAGER https://www.patreon.com/ChallengeMania https://www.instagram.com/challengemaniapodcast/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/ChallengeManiaPodcast/ And enjoy Mike, Mike, and Oscar here: https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    1h 52m
  6. Glenn's Oscar, Obsession for Picture & Timmy's Viral Knicks Moment - ORC 6/16/26

    Jun 16

    Glenn's Oscar, Obsession for Picture & Timmy's Viral Knicks Moment - ORC 6/16/26

    Knicks superfan Timothee Chalamet referenced his Oscars loss in a viral moment after NY’s championship win. Will it hurt his chances? Glenn Close, Floyd Norman and Ridley Scott will receive Honorary Oscars at the Governors Awards. Plus, we have Tribeca Stories, Academy Initiatives, Box Office Reports & Contender Trailers all to discussion on this overdue episode of Oscar Race Checkpoint. THE KNICKS ARE THE 2025-26 NBA CHAMPIONS: Top of the Show But does Timothee’s viral moment haunt him? - 3:48 AWARD NEWS: Governors Awards Picks are in - Glenn Close, Floyd Norman & Ridley Scott - 11:52 Disclosure Day & Obsession Box Office could raise their Oscars Chances - 21:21 AMPAS to launch list of 50 Exceptional Indie Theaters after the 99th - 34:44 Elon Musk slams The Odyssey’s casting choices - 39:47 WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Also Mike's Tribeca Festival Stories: Win Son Bakery + Doc Meets World - 45:31 Clean Hands w/ a special appearance by Robert De Niro - 49:33 The Lions Bar + In Memoriam starring Marc Maron, Lily Gladstone etc - 54:16 Mike1 Recommendations: M1 shouts out The Tony’s - 59:25 M1 reviews Nirvana the band the show the movie - 1:00:16 M1 reviews Omaha starring John Magaro - 1:02:06 CONTENDER TRAILERS: The Social Reckoning seems like appointment viewing, but politically pointed - 1:04:54 Wildwood looks like an Animated Feature frontrunner - 1:07:32 Heart of the Beast could be much more of a contender than we first thought - 1:08:52 How To Rob A Bank makes us rethink our September biases - 1:10:32 OUTRO: Thanks to Jalen Brunson, Leon Rose, Mike Brown and everybody at the New York Knicks for giving AlsoMike the greatest weekend of his life. Thanks to all of our listeners who allowed us to spin this into an Oscars story. And thanks to everybody at the Academy and the Tribeca Film Festival, etc… for giving us more than enough movie topics to discuss in addition to AM’s Knicks miracle. Thank you! The Knicks are the champions! The Knicks are the Champions of the basketball world!!! https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    1h 16m
  7. Disclosure Day - E.T. Phone Broke - MMO UFO 3 - Ep. 535

    Jun 12

    Disclosure Day - E.T. Phone Broke - MMO UFO 3 - Ep. 535

    In part 3 of our MMO UFO miniseries, we review Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Coleman Domingo, Colin Firth and Eve Hewson (which we mispronounce as Hewitt for the entire film because ....Jennifer Love Hewitt?) NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: Difference in Opinion? - 2:32 Production Profile - Inception - 3:49 Best Spielberg in the last 20 years? - 5:40 Critical Reception vs Audience Scores & Early Box Office - 6:55 Why Obsession is a Best Picture nominee side rant & Back to DD Reception - 12:51 Non-Spoiler Script Thoughts - 16:22 Does Emily Blunt Get Nominated? - 21:56 Glowing Reviews of the Score, Cinematography, Editing - 26:24 Oscar Lens: Our Over/Under to how many, if any noms it’ll get - 33:06 SPOILER WARNING - 37:25 SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: Mike 1 on why politics have ruined the ending & message - 38:23 AlsoMike psychoanalyzes Mike 1’s belief in aliens - 45:14 Updated Spielbergian Themes & Remaining Generic - 48:37 Abandoning Intriguing Possibilities & Emily Blunt’s worst scene - 50:11 Issues with the Sci-Fi - 54:21 Issues with the bad guy - 59:45 Even the beginning didn’t get a follow through - 1:02:11 Some Best Scenes & Strong Starts - 1:03:30 Final Grades - 1:06:19 OUTRO: Discussion on how we like to do film festivals after spending some time at Tribeca and hinting at what’s next. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    1h 14m
  8. E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial Brings Hope to 2 Wayward Souls - MMO UFO Part 2 - ep 534

    Jun 10

    E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial Brings Hope to 2 Wayward Souls - MMO UFO Part 2 - ep 534

    We study Steven Spielberg’s E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial for our MMO UFO (mini) series leading up to Disclosure Day. NON-SPOILER REVIEW - 4:53 M1’s 1st Watch Memory & Does it live up to our childhoods? - 7:07 Development Backstory - 10:07 Reception: Box Office, Critical, Audience, Oscars Profile, etc - 14:59 Tremendous Child Actors Made This Movie Work - 17:25 Little Green Men & Men In Black Tropes - 22:04 Other Performance Reviews including the voice of E.T. - 28:41 Production Values featuring the illustrious John Williams - 32:50 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW: 36:50 Bad Friends, but Relatable Families - 38:05 Adorable Meet Cutes, Language Barriers & Frogs - 48:56 Peter Pan Storytime & Halloween is a rough day for mom - 57:07 Gripes - 1:01:39 That Glorious Ending - 1:07:18 OUTRO: We continue to discuss our expectations for Disclosure Day. So yes, make sure to stay tuned to our feed for upcoming episodes on Disclosure Day, the Tribeca Film Festival, The Rock, Toy Story 5, Supergirl, Summer Oscar Bets, The Odyssey etc… etc..

    1h 17m
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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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    MMO
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
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