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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: A Lovefest - Ep 548 Aug 26, 2026

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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 Anderson. It’s already one of our favorite films of the year, and this is our film study episode. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF CAMP MIASMA: Production Profile, Cannes & Early Reception Scores - 3:46 Our issues with modern day platform releases - 4:32 The Premise & Non-Spoiler Script Thoughts - 12:45 Performance Reviews - 17:10 Production Values featuring some of our favorite music in film this year - 20:53 Our Oscar Lens, including Gothams & Spirits talk - 28:31 Spoiler Warning - 32:59 SPOILER REVIEW OF TEENAGE SEX & DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA: A joyous film about sex - 34:02 Meta, requel, and allegory takes - 39:52 The Russian Doll of it all - 41:53 Analyzing the title - 47:40 Profound casting - 48:34 That Oner - 49:26 More Best Scenes re: Slasher Genre & The Candy - 52:53 A few nitpicks - 57:25 Final Thoughts & Grades - 58:47 OUTRO: We’ve just launched our YouTube channel. So please subscribe and like our videos. There’s already a first video posted, plus you can listen to a selection of our podcasts, and we will be posting many more exclusive videos in the near future as well as live webcasts and video versions of our podcast. https://www.youtube.com/@MikeMikeandOscar And here’s our linktree: https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

Emmy Hope, Netflix Worry + Oak Street, Amziah & Tony w/ Andrew Morgan! - ORC 8/21/26 Aug 21, 2026

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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 & Streaming. AUGUST MOVIES - The End of Oak Street - 1:30 The Rivals of Amziah King - 9:18 Tony & How To Transfer Letter Grades into Stars on Letterboxd - 12:48 Don’t Say Good Luck - 17:58 The Last House - 22:34 72 Hours - 25:24 THE STATE OF NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM - 28:52 What is the Netflix Brand and what’s been good so far in 2026? What’s the Netflix Awards Slate and what’s in their pipeline for 2027 & beyond!? THE 78TH PRIMETIME EMMYS: Who are we rooting for in the Drama Series Categories? - 53:12 In the Comedy sections? - 58:47 And in the Limited Series / Anthology or TV Movie categories? - 1:04:39 NEW TV RECOMMENDATIONS - 1:07:55 We discuss Tires, Sterling Point, Ted Lasso, Reacher, Lanterns and more! OUTRO: Words of Wisdom today are to consume all of Andrew Morgan’s work at Recent Activity and Whats-On-Netflix. Please follow, like and subscribe to his work, and we discuss what we both have coming up next and our film festival plans to end the episode. Read Andrew’s Movie Reviews at Whats-On-Netflix: https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/author/andrew-morgan/ Listen to Recent Activity wherever you get your podcasts: https://recent-activity.captivate.fm/listen Follow Andrew Morgan on X: https://x.com/jokesondrew https://x.com/recentactpod And now you can watch Recent Activity on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@RecentActPod As for Mike, Mike, and Oscar, here’s our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

X-MEN 2028, NYFF64 Spotlight & Why Serious Yodeling Should Not Exist - ORC 8/18/26 Aug 18, 2026

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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 box office boom, and we also review a dozen new Oscar contender trailers on this latest episode of Oscar Race Checkpoint. D23: The Marvel Cinematic Universe X-MEN are revealed! - 2:33 …Including Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Kit Connor as Cyclops, Maya Boyd as Storm, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Adam Driver as Mister Sinister and Christopher Abbott as Prof X. Other D23 Announcements - 19:02 …Including The Incredibles 3, Coco 2, Ghost Market, The Bluey Movie, Lilo & Stitch 2, Zootopia 3, Frozen 3, Romy & Michelle 2, Ice Age: Boiling Point, & Star Wars: Starfighter. The Avengers: Doomsday Special Look Trailer Review - 24:31 BOX OFFICE REPORT: Spider-Man’s 3rd weekend + Oak Street & Odyssey - 35:32 FILM FESTIVAL NEWS NYFF64 Spotlight Additions including Fjord, Club Kid and A Statement - 39:44 The Only Living Pickpocket in NY Trailer Review - 46:11 TIFF Additions including Bucking Fastard, Wild Horse Nine & A Liberation - 48:12 Midnight Madness adds Na Hong-jin’s Hope + Trailer Review - 49:40 MORE OSCAR TRAILERS: Primetime starring Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen of To Catch A Predator - 54:04 Paper Tiger from James Gray, Driver, Scarjo & Miles Teller - 57:52 Gentle Monster starring Lea Seydoux - 59:34 Josephine starring Channing Tatum & Gemma Chan - 1:01:49 The Thomas Crowne Affair starring Oscar Winner, Michael B. Jordan - 1:04:25 OUTRO: Mike and I discuss his upcoming vacation, pending summer cold and our next guest hosted episode on our recent activity watching august movies, netflix and emmy nominees. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

Biutiful - The Saddest Movie Ever - BirdMike pt. 4 - Ep 547 Aug 13, 2026

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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

Babel - Where's Uncle Buck When You Need Him? - BirdMike pt. 3 - Ep 546 Aug 11, 2026

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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

21 Grams - So Emotional, You Need BirdMike - Inarritu Rewatch pt. 2 - Ep 545 Aug 08, 2026

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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

Fall Festival Lineups, Spidey Box Office & La Bola Negra's Big Chance - ORC 8/5/26 Aug 05, 2026

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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

Spider-Man: Brand New Day - Tom Silences His Critics - Ep 544 Jul 31, 2026

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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

Odyssey & Spider-Man Box Office Bliss + San Diego Comic Con Takeaways - ORC 7/28/26 Jul 28, 2026

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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

Amores Perros - BirdMike: An Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Rewatch Part 1 - Ep 543 Jul 24, 2026

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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

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