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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. 1d ago

    Biutiful - The Saddest Movie Ever - BirdMike pt. 4 - Ep 547

    BirdMike: An Inarritu Rewatch Series continues with Part IV on the Oscar Nominated Biutiful starring Lead Actor Nom Javier Bardem. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF BIUTIFUL: Production Profile - 2:50 Expectations & Non-Spoiler Script Thoughts - 11:11 Performance Reviews - 17:28 Production Values - 20:28 Oscar Lens - 23:25 Spoiler Warning - 27:13 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW: Immediate Carryovers - 28:38 That Ending - 36:04 The Themes - 42:19 Plot Elements That Deserve Further Study & Addiction Addressed - 47:42 Final Thoughts / Final Grades - 59:16 OUTRO: Stay tuned for upcoming BirdMike episodes on Birdman: Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, The Revenant, Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, and Digger. We also have many more Oscar Race Checkpoints, covering everything from D23 through the Fall Film Festivals through some early season awards on the horizon, and we’ll continue to do film studies on contemporary films like Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma, etc. For all our videos and written reviews, please also make sure you’re following us on TikTok, Instagram, Letterboxd, X, etc. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    Biutiful - The Saddest Movie Ever - BirdMike pt. 4 - Ep 547

  2. 4d ago

    Babel - Where's Uncle Buck When You Need Him? - BirdMike pt. 3 - Ep 546

    Part 3 of BirdMike, our Alejandro G. Inarritu rewatch series is here, and this is the third of seven Oscar Nominated Films of his that we’ll cover in this series. Babel stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchette, Gael Garcia Bernal, Adriana Barraza, Elle Fanning, Rinko Kikuchi, Koji Yakusho, Mohamed Akhzam, Clifton Collins and Michael Pena, and it was nominated for 7 Academy Awards. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF BABEL: Production Profile - 1:40 Non-Spoiler Composition Thoughts - 8:56 Performance Reviews - 14:54 Production Values - 19:39 Oscar Lens - 22:48 Spoiler Warning - 24:45 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW OF BABEL: Diving into the Inciting Incident & the story in Japan - 26:28 Sins of the Father - 32:49 The Main Themes - 36:28 That Ending - 41:34 Any more worsts - 46:50 Final Thoughts / Final Grades - 49:07 OUTRO: Stay tuned for upcoming episodes on Biutiful, Birdman, The Revenant, Bardo and Digger. We will also be returning shortly with a few episodes of Oscar Race Checkpoint and some fun new announcements. In the meantime, make sure you’re following us on Tiktok and Letterboxd, where we’ve been the most active in recent weeks and enjoy our all our new video and written content. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    Babel - Where's Uncle Buck When You Need Him? - BirdMike pt. 3 - Ep 546

  3. Aug 8

    21 Grams - So Emotional, You Need BirdMike - Inarritu Rewatch pt. 2 - Ep 545

    We review 21 Grams, the second film of Alejandro G. Inarritu and the second episode of BirdMike: Our Inarritu Rewatch Series. The film stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Benicio Del Toro and features the cinematography of Rodrigo Prieto and the music of Gustavo Santaolalla. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF 21 GRAMS: Production Profile - 2:29 Non-Spoiler Script Thoughts - 6:56 Performance Reviews - 13:06 Production Values - 18:02 Oscar Lens - 24:27 SPOILER WARNING - 28:44 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW OF 21 GRAMS: Carryovers: Why & how did he structure the film this way? - 31:09 Discussing The Themes - 40:46 These characters have their vices - 43:54 That Ending - 48:22 The Sean Penn Character Study - 52:22 Final Thoughts & Final Grades - 56:37 OUTRO: Hopefully you continue to tune into future episodes of this series, despite our early wrestling matches with these films. We do want to combat the rest of them, continuing with Babel and Biutiful in the coming weeks. Obviously, we’re leading up to Digger starring Tom Cruise in the fall. Otherwise, you can stay tuned for future episodes of Oscar Race Checkpoint and Oscar Profile Movie Reviews, as well as more specials, interviews, etc… as we head into yet another awards season here on MMO. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    21 Grams - So Emotional, You Need BirdMike - Inarritu Rewatch pt. 2 - Ep 545

  4. Aug 5

    Fall Festival Lineups, Spidey Box Office & La Bola Negra's Big Chance - ORC 8/5/26

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a new Box Office champion! Then we discuss Academy News and the Lineups for the Venice, New York and Toronto International Film Festivals, amongst several other pressing industry topics before ending with our thoughts on La Bola Negra’s theatrical release date plan, the Peacock/YouTube update and that WB/Paramount deal. BOX OFFICE REPORT: Spider-Man: Brand New Day sets all kinds of records - 1:11 The Odyssey holds strong - 5:36 ACADEMY NEWS: Lynette Howell Taylor is re-elected as President of AMPAS - 8:44 THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP: Venice has an opening night selection in Ink - 11:09 - Only 1 female directed film lands in the main competition - 12:40 - Main Competition notables from Primetime to Lee Change Dong - 22:05 Werner Herzog calls in to promote Bucking Fastard! - 25:05 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 64: Godzilla Minus Zero is the Spotlight Gala - 27:59 Paper Tiger & 14th are the Opening and Closing Nighters - 29:17 Behemoth is the Centerpiece & we review the Teaser Trailer - 32:24 Thoughts on the rest of NYFF 64’s Main Competition - 35:18 TIFF: I Play Rocky and it’s 1st trailer - 36:05 Misty Green’s first trailer from Chris Rock - 39:28 Other TIFF Galas for potential contenders like Elsinore & Tender Loving Care - 42:23 Intriguing Premieres from Filmmakers like Courtney Cox & Michael Dowse - 50:43 Previously Announced Big Premieres & Crossovers From Sundance - 56:24 - Cannes Crossovers & La Bola Negra’s Theatrical Play + Netflix Questions, YouTube/Peacock Deal Reactions & TIFF People’s Choice Award Speculation - 59:12 - Crossovers from Venice & Deductions for Telluride - 1:08:08 Films Not Going To Any Festivals? - 1:10:22 Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial finds a new home at NEON - 1:17:27 Paramount/WB Thoughts - 1:19:05 OUTRO: Make sure to follow us on social media for daily videos (on tiktok & instagram) +++ written reviews (on Letterboxd). We’re everywhere on the internet, and we’re all over the place in this outro, discussing our future plans for YouTube, etc. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    Fall Festival Lineups, Spidey Box Office & La Bola Negra's Big Chance - ORC 8/5/26

  5. Jul 31

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day - Tom Silences His Critics - Ep 544

    Summer Blockbusters have a new champion as Spider-Man: Brand New Day resets the record books and for good reason. This movie is as fun a crowdpleaser as you’re gonna find, and of course we loved it too. No Spoilers for the first half of the episode until we dive into the plot and the future of the MCU in the 2nd half. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY: Highly rated reception numbers - 3:10 Biggest Box Office Preview Numbers Ever - 4:30 Why Gen Z should be running Hollywood - 7:27 Marvel better learn the right lessons from this - 9:16 Our Theatergoing experiences - 12:08 Destin Daniel Crettin’s Bonafides & Our History w/ Holland - 13:30 Performance Reviews: How Tom & Zendaya are silencing critics - 17:34 The VFX Oscar Category Discussion + Oscar & Globes Talk - 24:58 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW: 34:00 The Big Moment & Best Characters - 34:50 Intrigue Going Forward - 40:03 Some Weaknesses & Nitpicks, but cathartic nonetheless - 47:37 Funny Little Moments Throughout - 56:10 Final Questions, Final Thoughts & Final Grades - 59:32 OUTRO: If you enjoy our podcast, please follow us on social media. M1 has been posting videos like crazy, and M2 just started going wild on Letterboxd. Plus, you can look forward to more Oscar Profile movie reviews in August as well as more Oscar Race Checkpoints, including Box Office Reactions to all of the records being broken by The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day - Tom Silences His Critics - Ep 544

  6. Jul 28

    Odyssey & Spider-Man Box Office Bliss + San Diego Comic Con Takeaways - ORC 7/28/26

    Box Office results for The Odyssey and forecasts for Spider-Man: Brand New Day are bliss. But we are finding reasons to worry after San Diego Comic Con announcements for other CBM’s. BOX OFFICE REPORT: The Odyssey’s 90M 2nd Weekend - 1:34 Spider-Man Hype & what films benefitted most from having trailers before Odyssey - 10:22 That Other Mommy Trailer & Previewing Upcoming Horror Movies - 18:03 Dune Part Three’s second trailer - 21:53 Moana, Toy Story 5 + Minions & Monsters assessments - 26:09 Evil Dead Burn & other small to mid budget movies are working - 29:24 Retiring an Obsession Take - 31:34 What’s next for Backrooms? - 34:05 SAN DIEGO COMIC CON: The big Marvel Discussion including Coogler, Gosling & Doomsday thoughts - 36:28 WB/DC takes on Lanterns, Clayface & The Batman II - 48:29 Resident Evil’s latest trailer & worries for Zach Creggar - 54:15 Netflix’s Ray Gunn gets a release date - 59:47 Paramount’s Ebenezer marks a Johnny Depp Hollywood return - 1:01:36 Who’s going to play the next Freddy Krueger? - 1:05:42 OUTRO: we update you on what’s coming next with our coverage of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, our Inarritu rewatch series and future previews of the fall film festivals. Plus, we finally find some optimism about certain things we wrestled with this entire episode. Better late than never! https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    Odyssey & Spider-Man Box Office Bliss + San Diego Comic Con Takeaways - ORC 7/28/26

  7. Jul 24

    Amores Perros - BirdMike: An Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Rewatch Part 1 - Ep 543

    BirdMike: An Inarritu Rewatch begins with our film study of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s feature film debut, the Oscar nominated Amores Perros, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Emilio Echevarria and Goya Toledo. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF AMORES PERROS: Digger’s First Full Trailer Thoughts - 1:35 Production Profile / Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biography - 5:21 General Non-Spoiler Review Thoughts - 12:27 Performances - 18:59 Production Values - 21:49 Oscar Lens - 26:45 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW OF AMORES PERROS: 31:29 Explanation of the BirdMike Fly-In and the Bear Attack! - 32:12 Immediate Carryovers: Toxic Nice Guys 2000 Ed. - 34:04 The Themes: What Is Love? Baby Don’t Hurt Me - 40:14 Key Plot Devices: The Dogs - 47:11 That Ending - 54:17 Worsts - 59:17 Final Thoughts & Grades - 1:03:35 OUTRO: Stay tuned to our feed for more BirdMike: An Inarritu Rewatch as we’ll continue this series with the Oscar nominated 21 Grams next. Plus, you can now subscribe to us on Letterboxd at MikeMikeOscarAM (for “AlsoMike” written reviews and movie lists). https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

    Amores Perros - BirdMike: An Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Rewatch Part 1 - Ep 543

  8. Jul 22

    Our Odyssey Review 2 with Jazz Tangcay of Variety - How Can Ya Beat That? - Ep 542

    Jazz Tangcay of Variety joins us to discuss The Odyssey. We talk through the box office and enjoy her review for about 25 minutes more of Non-Spoilers before we dive into each of the film’s major set pieces in our Spoiler Section. Make sure to follow Jazz Tangcay on social media, on Rotten Tomatoes, and of course, enjoy all of her work at Variety. https://variety.com/author/jazz-tangcay/ And if you want to listen to a much longer Non-Spoiler section, then go back to Part 1 of our Film Study on The Odyssey where we go a full 75 minutes of Non-Spoilers and Oscars Lens discussions. NON-SPOILER REVIEW SECTION: Rewatch Experiences - 2:26 Updated Reception Scores - 6:16 Box Office - 9:12 Jazz Tangcay’s Review - 16:38 What’s the early Oscar buzz? - 19:04 Her process and plans to cover the film this season - 22:41 SPOILER FILLED REVIEW: The Prologue - 26:33 Cyclops Puppets & The Practice Effects Imperative - 31:08 Troy & Popcorn Buckets & Production Design - 36:56 Laestrygonians, Dolphins & Hot Tickets - 42:05 Circe, Dolby Sound Mix Scares & Samantha Morton Hype - 47:36 Hades & His Stylistic Statement - 51:37 The Sirens, Damon Superlatives & A Tom Holland Defense - 54:50 Charbydis & Scylla and Understanding VFX - 58:18 Modern Day Themes & Smart Decisions - 1:01:08 Filming Techniques Used In That Finale - 1:08:21 OUTRO: Two nitpicks - 1:11:26 Re-Ranking The Acting Performances on Rewatch - 1:13:10 The last few nitpicks - 1:15:20 Final Grades - 1:22:19 The Words of Wisdom today are to follow Jazz Tangcay on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jazzt21/ Follow her on X/Twitter: https://x.com/jazzt And make sure to subscribe to her podcast alongside Clayton Davis & Co at Variety’s Awards Circuit. https://variety.com/t/awards-circuit-podcast/ Also please follow us on Letterboxd. We just joined Letterboxd, but we already have 2 reviews and 5 lists posted with a whole lot more coming. https://letterboxd.com/MikeMikeOscarAM/

    Our Odyssey Review 2 with Jazz Tangcay of Variety - How Can Ya Beat That? - Ep 542
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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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    2017 - 2026
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