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Awards Season Preparations & How Silliness Fights Off The September Slump - ORC 9/27/24 Sep 27, 2024

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INTRO - This episode is the Zagat sketch from 1990’s SNL. “Ravioli, holy cannoli!” FUTURE MOVIE NEWS: 2:15 - The Life of Chuck has been acquired by NEON. 4:26 - Conclave, Maria, Queer, The Brutalist, etc… all get release dates. 10:01 - The Shrouds acquired by Janus Films. 11:03 - Tarantino says he would like to make a horror movie. 13:32 - Scorsese film delays & The Passion of the Christ 2 greenlit. AWARDS NEWS: 15:37 - The Golden Globes might still be corrupt. 24: 43 - Deadwyler, Ronan, Swinton & Moore, Reynolds & Jackman set their campaigns. 27:56 - Best International Feature Selections & India’s pick causes a stir. 31:32 - The Gotham Awards set The Piano Lesson for its ensemble tribute. BOX OFFICE UPDATE: 33:13 - Catching you up on the last two weekends of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. 36:34 - Projections for this weekend’s Wild Robot & Megalopolis debuts. TRAILERS: 38:52 - Maria gets its first pretty teaser. 39:22 - Ballerina is from the world of John Wick. 41:17 - Gladiator II trailer II has some bad CGI, but Denzel looks like he’s having fun. 43:36 - Rumours w/ Cate Blanchett lead to some NYFF pizza plans + a M1 epiphany. 45:17 - Thunderbolts is not allowed to continue the MCU’s Attitude Era. 47:05 - Don’t Move and why this is an impossible premise that is somehow alluring. 48:05 - Sinners gets a “we’ll see” from M1, which is better than his Rumours reaction. 49:07 - A Real Pain WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 50:22 - Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Brothers Story & M1’s Ryan Murphy rabbit hole. 53:32 - The Mr. McMahon doc series on Netflix about the WWE is pretty great. 57:01 - His Three Daughters and the two ridiculous people here reviewing it. 59:07 - How To Have Sex & the launch of two promising new careers w/ Bruce & Walker. 1:00:20 - Humane on Shudder was also much better than expected. 1:02:24 - Stop The Steal doesn’t salve or balm election worries. OUTRO- where we completely unravel after M1 reveals the real reason he didn’t love His Three Daughters. Please do contact us with your inevitable concerns after listening to this one. Otherwise, yes, we discuss what’s coming next after we see some upcoming movies in CT and NYC.

The Substance, His Three Daughters, Speak No Evil & 13 Films Reviewed - ORC 9/25/24 Sep 25, 2024

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INTRO - this movie review bundle needs a renewal on our pledge regarding why we love film criticism and do what we do. NON-SPOILER REVIEWS IN THIS EPISODE: The Substance & Why It Needs To Be Oscar Nominated - 4:20. His Three Daughters & Another Rave Review for Azazel Jacobs - 13:45. Speak No Evil breaks up the love fest - 16:14. Robot Dreams’ review here has to be an outlier - 18:58. The Garfield Movie and I know how you all look at me - 21:44. Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos - 23:29. Adam Sandler: Love You is innovative Sand-Man w/ Schneider at his best - 25:16. Dandelion is Kiki Layne playing a starving artist in trouble - 27:50. Scrambled is very funny with some great performances by comedians - 29:34. Boy Kills World has fun fights & characters but a messy plot - 31:29. The Killer makes me much more cynical about remakes - 33:57. Jackpot! And how the action comedy should’ve been funnier - 35:06 The Union didn’t get Grosse Pointe Blank right - 36:17. The Final: Attack On Wembley felt like a sports Woodstock ‘99 - 38:33. The Devil’s Bath has historical wisdom but horror trigger warnings abound - 40:17. OUTRO - 42:10. Contact us with your thoughts please. We have an Oscar Race Checkpoint, NYFF episodes, and Film Studies coming up soon. Read Kenzie Vanunu’s Interview w/ Coralie Fargeat as recommended in the episode: https://offscreencentral.com/2024/09/20/the-substance-interview-with-director-coralie-fargeat/ Read Anne Thompson’s piece on Indiewire as well please: https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/coralie-fargeat-feminist-body-horror-the-substance-1235048769/ Listen to Pop Culture Confidential w/ Christina Jeurling Birro & Ryan McQuade: https://www.popcultureconfidential.com/426-we-discuss-review-the-substance-from-writerdirector-coralie-fargeat-starring-demi-moore/

Emmy Recaps, Post Festival Oscar Forecasts & Upcoming Theater Ziplines! - ORC 9/20/24 Sep 20, 2024

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INTRO - Emmys, Oscars and Zipline stories are all incoming this episode. AWARDS NEWS: 1:22 - Feinberg’s Post Festival Oscars Forecast on THR with a shocking new lead contender, Dune 2’s drift and other surprise strong showings. 5:35 - Emilia Perez selected by France for Best International Feature. 8:16 - The Life of Chuck is still without a distributor. 10:36 - Emilia Perez campaign strategies per Variety & some Lead Actress talk. MIKE, MIKE, & EMMY: 12:28 - Our glowing review of the broadcast: we’re happy with the Levy boys & presenters. 16:04 - Hacks beating The Bear and the REAL reason why it happened. 19:37 - Winner Tallies by Network and where we could have made the most money betting. 21:50 - Shogun has a historic season in the Drama Series categories. 23:03 - Baby Reindeer wins a bevy + LaMorne Morris makes us New Girl fans very happy. 25:57 - Other AlsoMike highlights like Kimmel’s joke & another loss for the Oscars writing team. 27:18 - Other Mike1 highlights like the progression on great TV reunions. FILM INDUSTRY NEWS: 29:39 - Ziplines, PickleBall Courts & luxury recliner seats are coming to ALL the theaters near you as the 8 largest North American movie theater chains have plans to upgrade over 21k screens over the next 3 years for 2.2B. Plus, A24 picks up The Friendship starring Tim Robinson of the memes we just laughed about for 5 minutes. TRAILERS: 35:04 - Blitz and some Dunkirk level potential after all. 37:23 - Mickey 17 and the Mikes’ excitement more so than awards buzz. 40:47 - Woman of the Hour and Anna Kendrick killing it in this new phase of her career. *POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT ON WOMAN OF THE HOUR. where M1 talks about the result of what happened in the real life story. 43:21 - Small Things Like These and how Cillian Murphy is following up his Oscar win. 45:22 - Heretic and how everyone is criticizing religion in movies nowadays. 46:42 - Brothers and how we’re in the bag for this Dinklage, Brolin, Glenn Close comedy. OUTRO 49:42 - How AlsoMike has seen the same man in his last 3 AMC movie watches, and should he introduce himself the next time this happens? Or is he Tyler Durden now? 51:59 - How to contact us, what’s coming next, and AlsoMike’s upcoming film festival plans.

Martha Feeg of Always Clapping Called This The Best Podcast Ever - ORC 9/16/24 Sep 16, 2024

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What Is This Episode - Top of Show . TIFF ENDS: The Life of Chuck Stuns in a People’s Choice Win - 1:35 Reviewing the Reviewers, With a Twist! - 5:00 Post Festival Movie Scores - 22:14 . FESTIVAL NEWS: Sundance is Down to 3 Finalist Cities - 24:08 Juror #2 Playing AFI Fest - 25:30 Joker 2 Tracks a $70M Domestic Opening - 26:16 Studio Acquisition Recap - 30:24 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: The Fire Inside Trailer #1 - 33:19 Your Monster Trailer #1 - 36:53 Venom The Last Dance Trailer #8,000,000 = 39:27 Salem’s Lot, Finally - 42:08 . WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: AlsoMike on The Killer’s Game - 48:18 Mike1 on The Strangers - 49:40 AM on Knox Goes Away - 50:34 AM on Parallel - 51:23 M1 on David Chase Doc - 52:33 AM on Out of Darkness - 54:52 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 55:40

Toronto Reactions, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice & The Apprentice Trailer - ORC 9/12/24 Sep 12, 2024

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INTRO - where we say Beetlejuice 3 times and curse us all. BOX OFFICE UPDATE / WHAT WE’RE WATCHING 1:55 - Beetlejuice 2 makes good money stateside & M1 doesn’t believe M2’s good review. 6:41 - Deadpool & Wolverine, Reagan, Alien: Romulus, and It Ends With Us round out the top 5. 8:18 - AM likes Rebel Ridge on Netflix, and he also likes him some Taco Bell TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL REACTIONS PART I 11:59 - The Wild Robot and how M1 won’t let M2 walk back the Snail slander. 13:51 - Hard Truths and how M2 won’t let M1 walk back all the Oscar predictions. 17:49 - Nightbitch and how M2 probably won’t hit on this prediction, but here’s hoping 20:39 - We Live In Time and the furtive glances of a carousel horse. 23:44 - The Last Showgirl and hopes for some Pam Anderson Oscars buzz to help ratings 26:22 - Unstoppable, AlsoMike’s dumb transitions and Mike1’s fantasy dinner parties. 28:49 - Eden and Ron Howard’s apparently an odd fit for this. 31:10 - The Life of Chuck and how much we read full reviews vs Rotten Tomatoes 33:46 - Nutcrackers and why Mike1 is usually in the bag for David Gordon Green 35:16 - Heretic, how Hugh Grant should do well in horror and why M1 is old old old 38:33 - The Fire Inside and why we need films like this to be really good. 40:13 - The Friend and why we’re a little scared to see this but shouldn’t be. 41:39 - Memoir of a Snail, burning down Hot Topic, and if has seashells with shoes on. TRAILER REVIEWS 44:36 - The Apprentice and how it harkens us back to Rob Zombie’s Halloween. 47:40 - Saturday Night and llamas and cocaine and Great Expectations: a novel. 50:35 - House of Spoils and how dare they turn such beautiful food into mold and goo! 53:49 - It’s What’s Inside, double contractions and why Netflix really bought this one. 57:08 - OUTRO: why we’re worried about Gen Z and technology. Plus, we talk about how you can contact us, your homework before the next episode, and what’s coming next from us.

Venice Awards Itself With a Standing Ovation That's Still Going Right Now - ORC 9/8/24 Sep 08, 2024

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What Is This Episode - Top of Show . JOKER 2: NOT GREAT! APPARENTLY! Critic Takes - 2:14 Officially Oscars Worried - 7:20 . VENICE AWARDED THEIR WINNERS: The Room Next Door’s Standing Ovation is Still Happening - 8:53 A Surprise 2nd Place Winner - 14:02 April Seems Wildly Present - 15:51 The Brutalist Wins Best Director; Heals The Sick - 17:13 Nicole Kidman Upsets Angelina Jolie for Best Actress - 24:23 These Festivals Still LOVE Vincent Lindon - 26:47 Screenplay, Breakthrough Actor, More - 28:40 Queer Has Its First Look, Reactions - 32:06 The Cannes vs Venice Ovation Split - 35:20 . FINCHER’S NEXT FILM IS RUMORED - 39:23 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Nightbitch Trailer #1 - 41:12 The Nickelboys Trailer #1 - 43:49 Hard Truths Trailer #1 - 45:37 Will and Harper Trailer #1 - 47:07 Wicked Trailer #2 - 52:21 The Apprentice Clip - 54:00 A Minecraft Movie/Smile 2 Trailers - 56:52 The Wolfman Trailer #1 - 59:43 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 1:05:50

Telluride '24 w/ Ryan McQuade: A Full Recap + Oscars Buzz - ORC 9/5/24 Sep 05, 2024

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Make sure to follow, read and listen to all of Ryan McQuade’s work here: https://awardswatch.com/author/ryan-mcquade/ INTRO: AlsoMike welcomes back Ryan McQuade to talk through his experience at Telluride. We discuss how Ryan’s 10th guest hosting gig should be commemorated, Texas weather, and somehow, Glenn Close in The Deliverance. NON-SPOILER REVIEWS & OSCAR INFO: 4:55 - Conclave: the audacity of Pope, if it’s a Dad movie, stellar performances & intrusive audio 15:27 - Telluride Festival Info Part I: the layout of the town and the theaters. 18:47 - Nickel Boys: it’s innovative style, important POV, & breakthrough cinematographer 26:09 - The Piano Lesson: if it’s Samuel L. Jackson time, + great Deadwyler & Hawkins turns. 32:26 - The End: Michael Shannon’s singing voice & why it’s a surprise McQuade favorite. 38:14 - Saturday Night: a pitch perfect comedy & return to form for Jason Reitman. 43:37 - Telluride Festival Info Part II: The Food 48:55 - Anora: the undeniable Mikey Madison and Best Picture vibes. 54:08 - Emilia Perez: the likelihood of an original song and several acting contenders 58:05 - Maria: Jolie’s best, Ryan’s Larrain rankings & how EP is the Netflix BP play 1:02:50 - Telluride Festival Info Part II: Tips for having the best experience. 1:05:34 - A Real Pain and a sleeper contender in some MAJOR categories for Ryan 1:09:10 - OUTRO: where to follow Ryan and his upcoming work, a call for support, and what’s coming next from MMO.

Venice & Telluride First Reactions Kick Off Our Festival Coverage - ORC 8/31/24 Aug 31, 2024

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INTRO of us excited about a lot of these festival reactions and eventual travel plans of our own. AWARDS NEWS: 2:35 - Nikki Glaser will host the 82nd Golden Globes 4:44 - The Apprentice finds a distributor and pre-election release date VENICE FIRST REACTIONS: 8:21 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and does 3 mins in Italy equal 5 mins in France? 11:42 - Maria and how Angelina’s Venice reception resembles a recent Oscar winner. 15:22 - September 5 and a potential new contender enters the Oscars landscape 17:23 - Babygirl is the steamy thriller that’s been scored very high on first blush. TELLURIDE FIRST REACTIONS: 19:00 - A Quick Lineup Summary to start. 20:04 - Piece By Piece enters the best animated feature race with mostly good reviews. 21:05 - Conclave is getting strong Oscar signals, but has a few red flags. 24:43 - Nickel Boys might be building a major campaign with these great first reactions 26:49 - The Piano Lesson’s strong debut & teasing Ryan McQuade’s reactions on the next ep TRAILER REVIEWS: 28:07 - Emilia Perez and does a lousy trailer song drown out all of the great sounding buzz? 33:25 - Six Triple Eight should be slotted into the Original Score teases a powerful story. 35:24 - Memoir of a Snail might win an Oscar, and AlsoMike is very angry after this trailer. 39:09 - Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story documentary might make us all too emotional 40:29 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 could be saved by Jim Carry and SNL promotions. WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 42:05 - Shoresy is the best sports show ever. We both love it so much. 45:15 - Slingshot gives M2 his psychological thriller fix. 46:35 - Stress Positions hits him as very funny 48:13 - The Supremes at Earl’s All You Can Eat didn’t have enough food 49:24 - Find Me Falling actually showed a lot of food 50:48 - Marmalade had fun characters in a meh heist film + Docuseries Reviews for American Murder: Laci Peterson, Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose, & The Jinx Season 2. 54:32 - OUTRO: Where you can find us, M1’s spiel goes off the rails and then back on them again, + M2 talks about our film festival coverage / upcoming adventures.

Summer Box Office Report Cards + Future Projections & Over / Unders - ORC 8/29/24 Aug 30, 2024

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INTRO - Professor M1, Adjunct Prof M2 and why we’re not doing Emmy Bets. SUMMER MONTH BY MONTH BOX OFFICE RECAPS 2:31 - June Recap of how we did with our picks on Bad Boys, Inside Out 2, and A Quiet Place 4:46 - July’s huge wins for Minions, Longlegs + Deadpool & Wolverine. But Twisters was weird 6:26 - August’s Alien: Romulus victory + a surprise smash hit with It Ends With Us SUMMER BOX OFFICE REPORT CARDS BY STUDIO 9:18 - Disney is back! And deserving of the highest grade. 10:43 - Neon gets its smash hit in Longlegs and another terrific grade from us. 11:20 - Sony’s strong grade comes with franchise plays new & old. 13:18 - Universal’s grade is propped up by the Minions 14:51 - Warner Bros hopes for a massive fall after a disappointing summer. 16:25 - A24 doesn’t do much with Sing Sing YET, and MaXXXine was a letdown. 20:06 - Lionsgate had its worst case scenario, but at least it got jammed into 1 fiscal quarter FALL & WINTER OVER/UNDERS 22:48 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Venice reception & some debate on its projections. 29:49 - Transformers One is one of the trickier Over / Unders for us to set 33:40 - The Wild Robot could suffer from robot fatigue? 35:47 - Joker: Folie À Deux 38:00 - Sleeper Hit potential for Saturday Night, Terrifier 3, & Piece by Piece 39:42 - Smile 2 is hoping for big Halloween box office & we’re rooting hard for Anora 44:10 - Venom: The Last Dance has two Mikes on opposite sides of the goo here 46:27 - Nickel Boys, Here, Conclave, Blitz & A Real Pain cook up some Oscars intrigue. 48:26 - Gladiator II & Wicked both worry us a lot 51:39 - Moana 2 is another tricky O/U to set 52:54 - Early December’s Oscar Plays like Nightbitch & Hard Truths 52:37 - Kraven The Hunter and who is jacked up to see this one 54:50 - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim and how families are back 56:53 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 could hit a new level with the holiday corridor 58:14 - Mufasa: The Lion King is gonna be us being hilariously wrong 1:00:25 - Nosferatu is another highly anticipated one for the film people 1:03:52 - A Complete Unknown could resurrect Walk The Line numbers… or not. 1:08:31 OUTRO RECAP: MMO Socials, Your Homework, and how to contact us. Plus, we discuss what’s coming next with the fall festival Oscar Race Checkpoints and some words of wisdom about betting on the Emmys.

Joker 2 Buzz, Stream-Fil-A, That Megalopolis Trailer + Love for Strange Darling - ORC 8/24/25 Aug 25, 2024

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AWARDS NEWS Top of the Show - We immediately dive into the building buzz for Joker 2 and what it means. 9:04 - The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a surprise pick by Germany for the Oscars. INDUSTRY NEWS 14:13 - Chick-Fil-A is starting a streaming service, and they’re already buying shows. OSCAR TRAILERS 17:12 - Megalopolis yanks its 2nd trailer after they admit to fabricating quotes from critics. 26:00 - The Piano Lesson showcases Danielle Deadwyler and a captivating premise. 29:48 - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim looks like awesome anime FUTURE MOVIE NEWS 32:48 - The Hemsworth Hulk Hogan Biopic has been scrapped. 33:58 - Rush Hour 4 has Brett Ratner attached. WTF. 35:40 - Noomi Rapace will play Mother Theresa 37:42 - An Anaconda remake might star Jack Black & Paul Rudd 39:29 - Tom Cruise will star in Alejandro Inarritu’s next film opposite a great cast WHAT WE’RE WATCHING + Some Box Office Weekend Projections 42:21 - Strange Darling wins over AlsoDan & friend of the show, Andrew Morgan 46:48 - Projected Box Office Top 5 for the weekend of 8/23 47:35 - Blink Twice doesn’t short change us on thriller goods 52:48 - Jackpot is shockingly well written and pretty fun 54:21 - M1 goes back to John Ford’s Stagecoach + AlsoMike’s family movie nights of late. OUTRO 57:58 - Our socials & how to contact us. What’s coming next might be an Emmys Betting Special before we discuss the fall film festivals for a bunch of shows. Then AlsoMike finds the phrase we were arguing about for the past 10 minutes.

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