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Mike, Mike, and Oscar
MMO is a podcast for movie fans with weekly awards news shows, reviews, previews, and special guests. We celebrate the Oscars by making awards season year round, without the stuffiness.
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Mike, Mike, and OscarThe 2026 Scaries - Our 9th Annual Horror Movie Awards Show - 10/29/26
Our Annual Horror Movie Awards Show celebrates the very best in the genre from Halloween 2025 through this year, and what a year it’s been. Indie Films have…
Mike, Mike, and OscarYou Can See Everything p.2 - Truth Isn't Truth Anymore - 10/28/26
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, P2 . Non-Spoiler Review: The Rocky Box Office Road - 3:22 Scores, Viewing Experiences - 9:57 Is…
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You Can See Everything p1: The Best Picture Path w/ Variety's Clayton Davis 10/24/26
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, P1 ft Clayton Davis: . Non-Spoiler Review: Nathan and Lance Bios - 3:53 Site Scores, Awards…
Mike, Mike, and OscarThe 2026 Woodstock Film Festival w/ Andrew Morgan: An Acting Categories Revue - ORC 10/21/26
We talk about The 4 Acting Categories and how these races are stacking up after we saw a bunch of the primary contenders at the 2026 Woodstock Film Festival…
Mike, Mike, and OscarIvan & Sydney Cash of Sydney Cash Makes Too Much Art - A 2026 Woodstock Film Festival Interview - 10/15/26
Director Ivan Cash and the subject of this documentary, his father Sydney Cash join us for a very special interview episode ahead of the World Premiere of…
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Grace Barry, Director of Our Dark Horse - A 2026 Woodstock Film Festival Interview - 10/14/26
Grace Barry, the director and a co-producer on the documentary, Our Dark Horse joins us for an interview ahead of her sold out World Premiere at the Woodstock…
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John Murlowski & Shylo Molina of On The Line - A 2026 Woodstock Film Festival Interview - 10/13/26
On The Line director, John Murlowski and actor, Shylo Molina join me for a very special interview ahead of the film’s World Premiere this Friday October 16th…
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Nacho Arenas, Director of Blow The Horn - A 2026 Woodstock Film Festival Interview - 10/12/26
Blow The Horn stars Tracee Ellis Ross, Ken Leung, Lake Bell, Joshua Boone, Dallas Roberts and Wrenn Schmidt. It’s adapted from an award winning play from…
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Other Mommy - Ok But WHY Were You Expecting Something Else? 10/10/26
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . OTHER MOMMY REVIEW: . Non-Spoiler Review: Review Scores, Morons + Trailers + Blumhouse Lately - 2:32 Let’s Talk About…
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NYFF Recaps, Globe Previews, Sense & Sensibility Reviews + Digger Eulogies - ORC 10/7/26
Oscar Race Checkpoint returns with a look at how the NYFF64 Premieres like Godzilla Minus Zero, Artificial, A Statement and Behemoth may affect Best Picture…
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Digger Oscars Profile - This Could've Been an Email 10/3/26
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . DIGGER OSCARS PROFILE, BIRDMIKE FINALE: . Non-Spoiler Review: BirdMike Ends with a Thud - Top of Show Pam and Mike Leave…
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Fall Oscar Bets with David Long - The Odyssey vs La Bola Negra vs Dune 3 - ORC 10/1/26
David Long returns to the show for a Fall Oscars Betting Special Episode, and we discuss the gambling lines and markets for Best Picture, the four acting…
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Primetime - Our Animal Brains vs Critical Thought - 9/26/26
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . PRIMETIME OSCARS PROFILE: . Non-Spoiler Review: . Lance Oppenheimer: NOT OBAMA - Top of Show “Not Interested in a Biopic”…
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Digger's Debut, La Bola Negra Wins TIFF & The Paramount Settlement Details - ORC 9/24/26
Digger reactions are in, we talk about La Bola Negra’s big win at TIFF, Mike 1 discusses the Paramount Settlement, and we review a fresh bunch of Oscar…
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Resident Evil - The Gatekeepers v. Zac Cregger 9/19/26
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . RESIDENT EVIL OSCARS PROFILE: . Non-Spoiler Review: . Cregger Getting to RE - 1:36 The Fan-Made Controversy - 3:44 …
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Emmys, Venice Awards & TIFF Takeaways - ORC 9/16/26
We’re barely qualified to comment on the Emmys. But we forge onward. We were not in Venice or Toronto either. But we have Oscar Race takeaways nonetheless…
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Hope Oscars Profile - One Mike Sings Rihanna and the Other Tells a HUGE Lie
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . HOPE OSCARS PROFILE: . Non-Spoiler Review: . Na Hong-jin’s filmography and history/Film Numbers- 2:00 Expectations/Script…
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Telluride & Venice Open Up The Oscar Race - ORC 9/8/26
The Oscars Race has exploded after Telluride and Venice. The Acting categories are much more formidable, the Best Picture 10 is all but impossible to predict…
Mike, Mike, and OscarThe Revenant - We Are Not Real Men - BirdMike p.6 - ep. 550
Another awesome movie, part 6 of our Inarritu Rewatch Series studies The Revenant, a 3x Oscar Winner for Best Director, Cinematography and Lead Actor, Leonardo…
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BirdMan - or To Be an Artist is To Be a Botonist - BirdMike p.5 - ep549
What Is This Episode - Top of Show + SPOILER WARNING . BIRDMIKE IÑÁRRITU REWATCH P.5 - BIRDMAN . Non-Spoiler Review: . “What I’ve been through…” - 4:00 A…
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: A Lovefest - Ep 548
Jane Schoenbrun’s latest film is an innovative Horror Comedy, an incisive commentary on the slasher genre and a showcase for Hanna Einbinder and Gillian…
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Emmy Hope, Netflix Worry + Oak Street, Amziah & Tony w/ Andrew Morgan! - ORC 8/21/26
Andrew Morgan of Recent Activity and Whats-On-Netflix returns to review August Films, the state of Netflix, our Emmy hopes & all our recent activity on TV &…
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X-MEN 2028, NYFF64 Spotlight & Why Serious Yodeling Should Not Exist - ORC 8/18/26
The new X-Men cast has been revealed, amongst other big movies announced at the D23 expo. Plus, we discuss additions to NYFF64 & TIFF, some more info on the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Odyssey - Part 1 of 2 - Bringing It All... The Oscars - Ep 541
Non-Spoilers for nearly 75 Mins, we discussed Oscars potential in all categories for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, before we dive into about 20 minutes on…
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The Invite: Olivia Wilde's Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf - An Oscars Profile - Ep. 540
Olivia Wilde’s not afraid of Virgina Woolf. That’s for sure. She used the Mike Nichols’ film as her “North Star” in making this film, and it’s very apparent to…
Mike, Mike, and OscarMidseason Awards, Our Top 10's & Most Anticipated + Odyssey 1st Reactions! - ORC 7/7/26
We discuss awards from the Midseason Astra’s & Annecy Film Festival + Odyssey first reactions, TIFF first film premieres, the July 4th Box Office downturn and…
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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…
Mike, Mike, and OscarJeff 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…
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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…
Mike, Mike, and OscarToy 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Close Encounters: How Bud Heavy is the Theme Song to the Waining American Dream - MMO UFO 1 - ep 533
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MMO UFO: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF A THIRD KIND . Spoiler-Free Review: Background, Spielberg’s Inspirations - 2:28 Spielberg…
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Backrooms Oscars Profile - He's 20, It's Great, and Now We Hate Ourselves - Ep 532
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BACKROOMS OSCARS PROFILE . Spoiler-Free Review: The 4Chan Origins - 2:26 Scores, Projected Box Office, The YouTube of It…
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Lucia Alenar Iglesias: Writer/Director of Forastera - MMO Interviews - Ep 531
Forastera opens this weekend. Make sure to check out the film at the Film Forum if you’re in NYC. Make sure to check it out in Santa Barbara, and seek out this…
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Cannes Awards 2026 - Fjord wins the Palme for NEON's 7th in a row! - ORC 5/25/26
Fjord wins the Palme! All of a Sudden’s Virgine Efira & Tao Okamoto win Best Actress, the boys from Coward win Best Actor, and La Bola Negra and Fatherland tie…
Mike, Mike, and OscarCannes Reviews Part 2 - Is The Palme D'Or Down to a Final 4? - ORC 5/23/26
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . NETFLIX IS PUTTING CLIFF BOOTH IN IMAX - 1:43 . CANNES 2026, PART 2: The Black Ball Gets a TWENTY MINUTE* Ovation - 8:53…
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Cannes '26 Coverage Part 1: A Culture of Applause + Conan Returns for the 99th - ORC 5/19/26
Conan returns as the Oscars Host, and we discuss the advantages of this. Then we dive into the Cannes Film Festival in part I of our coverage episodes…
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Obsession: A Horror Film Study of Curry Barker's Smash Debut - Ep 530
It’s our film study of Curry Barker’s film - Obsession, and yes, we debate some Oscar / other Awards chances here for this new horror smash hit. NON-SPOILER…
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Summer Box Office Over/Unders - $1.2B for The Odyssey? $700M for Grogu? Find Out! - ep 530
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . SUMMER BOX OFFICE OVER/UNDERS: . Comparing January - March of the Last Few Years - 2:19 Project Hail Mary: O/U $700M? -…
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100% Accurate Predictions 2027 Part Two - Best Picture, Director + Tallies & Winners ORC 5/8/26
It’s Part 2 of our 100% Accurate Way Too Early Oscar Predictions, where we discuss the Best Picture, Screenplays, Director and many of the other craft…
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New Academy Rules, Narnia Goes Theatrical & The Odyssey Trailer 2 - ORC 5/5/26
New Academy Rules add significance to the Film Festival Circuit, and they add intrigue to the acting categories amongst many others. Then we discuss the Narnia…
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 with Jazz Tangcay of Variety - An Oscars Profile - Ep 529
Variety’s Jazz Tangcay joins the show for the central 40 minutes of the episode to discuss The Devil Wears Prada 2’s production values, including work by some…
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100% Accurate Way Too Early 2026/27 Oscar Locks! - ep 528
100% Accurate Way Too Early 2026/27 Oscar Locks! - ep 528 by MMO
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Cinemacon News, The Pictures Finish, and the Mikes Rumble - YIP 6 - ep 527
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . YEAR IN PREVIEW PART 36: CINEMACON + THE PICTURES, P.5 . CinemaCon Updates to YIP Studios: Amazon/MGM Has Spaceballs 2…
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Sony & Universal Slates from I Swear to Werwulf - Oscars Year In Preview pt 5 Ep 526
Our Oscars Year In Preview Series continues with deep dives into the slates at Sony and Universal. Plus, we review Exit 8, Normal, The Super Mario Bros Galaxy…
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Cannes Lineup '26 + Neon & Paramount Slates - The Pictures Part 3 - YIP ep 525
Our Oscars Year In Preview Series continues with Part III of “The Pictures!” In this episode, we discuss the 2026 Cannes Film Festival Lineup and the slates…
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'26 Pictures Part 2: From IFC to Netflix and the Controversies Coming - ep 524
What Is This Episode - Top of Show Oscars 2027, ’28 Have Their Dates - 1:10 Movies We Missed Last Ep - 3:40 . YEAR IN PREVIEW PART 3: THE PICTURES, P.2 …
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The Travel Companion: An Interview w/ Filmmakers Alex Mallis & Travis Wood - Ep. 523
Filmmakers Alex Mallis and Travis Wood discuss their film, The Travel Companion, opening in select cities this weekend on April 10th. The film has a high 92%…
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The 2026 Pictures part 1: From Amazon to Disney - 2026/27 YIP p.2 - ep 522
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . YEAR IN PREVIEW PART 2: THE PICTURES, P.1 . 1-2 Special Studio - 2:21 A24 - 4:48 (incl The Drama, The Invite, Misty Green…