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We Need To Talk About Pinocchio (And NBR/AFI/AAFCA Top 10s) - ORC 12/11/22 Dec 11, 2022

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What is this episode - Top of Show . NBR TOP 10 RELEASED: Top Gun Maverick is #1 Atop The Top 10 - 2:00 Stats and Oscars/NBR Crossover - 5:14 Other NBR Awards - 9:45 . AFI TOP 10: The List - 15:28 Stats and Oscars/AFI Crossover - 17:36 . AAFCA TOP 10: The Woman King is #1, Nope is Nowhere - 23:25 List Omissions - 27:00 . HFPA MAKES SOME BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tab Jerod Carmichael As Host - 28:04 Helen Hoene Lays Out Changes During First Interview in Year+ - 29:40 . WTF DC, PART 2: THE WRATH OF JENKINS - 35:07 . MAKE THE CASE: AlsoMike Reviews Emancipation - 45:58 AlsoMike Reviews Devotion - 50:44 Mike1 Reviews All Quiet on the Western Front - 54:30 The Mikes Review GDT’s Pinocchio - 58:18 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:07:42 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:08:45

In Which Mike1 Breathes Fire and Fury, A Few Times - ORC 12/8/22 Dec 08, 2022

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What is this episode - Top of Show . OSCARS NEWS AND UPDATES: Recapping the People’s Choice Awards - 2:06 Aftersun Crushes the BIFAs - 6:03 (The Silent Twins Review - 13:50) Atlanta FCAA Crowns EEAAO - 18:14 . THE MIKES HAVE WORDS FOR THE AVATAR 2 EARLY REACTIONS - 22:55 (Including the Major Shift of Avatar 2’s Best Picture Betting Odds - 29:22) . MAX?! - 30:54 . MAKE THE CASE: The Subjective Objectivity Conundrum - 31:31 Mike1 on Tar - 34:00 Mike1 on Til - 41:06 Mike1 Scolds Everybody on the Reception of She Said - 45:25 . A GIANT, IMPORTANT INDUSTRY CONVERSATION - 54:34 . AlsoMike on Lady Chatterly’s Lover - 58:13 AlsoMike on Violent Night - 1:00:29 AlsoMike on A Wounded Fawn - 1:04:16 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:07:58 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:08:51

Did NYFCC Undo All the Gotham's Good? - ORC 12/4/22 Dec 04, 2022

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What is this episode - Top of Show . OSCARS NEWS AND UPDATES: 2023 Show Will Present All 23 Awards - 3:01 Will Smith Interview w/ The Daily Show for Emancipation - 9:37 . NEW YORK FILM CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARDS: Setting the Stage, Jafar Panahi’s/Afersun’s Special Awards - 22:46 Marcel the Shell Gets a Big Animated Win - 26:00 Top Gun Nets a Cinematography Win - 29:08 Banshees, Tar Clean Up Major Categories - 30:00 . ALSO MIKE MAKES THE CASE: Glass Onion Review - 44:04 Goodnight Oppy - 47:43 She Said for a 2nd Time - 54:14 (And The Mess Supporting Actress is Turning Into - 59:35) . Bitterbrush, Sr, GotG Holiday Special Reviews - 1:03:19 . CONTENDER TRAILER REVIEWS: Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 Trailer #1 - 1:06:44 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Trailer #1 - 1:09:52 Future Best Picture Winner Cocaine Bear Trailer #1 - 1:12:42 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:15:06 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:16:07

The Gothams Were Great, Horrible; Mean Everything, Nothing - ORC 11/30/22 Nov 30, 2022

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What is this episode - Top of Show . THE 2022 GOTHAM AWARDS: Some Legitimate Greatness to Behold - 3:03 Muring Review - 7:37 Todd Field and his Large Hat Win Screenplay - 10:41 Happening Gave Our First Surprise of the Night - 12:46 Michelle Williams Gets Honored + Doc Feature Stays Crazy - 16:10 Venice’s Alberto Barbera Recognized - 18:36 Joel Kim Booster Has a Great Quote - 21:13 James Gray and Todd Field(’s Hat) Seem Fun - 22:44 Gina Prince-Bythewood and the Moment of the Night - 28:08 Charlotte Wells Gets Her Day, Is Billie Eilish - 32:15 Sydney Poitier and Johnathan Majors are the Coolest Men Ever - 35:16 The Safdies and Adam Sandler Deserve More Awards - 36:50 Ke Huy Quan Makes His Oscars Case - 40:32 Danielle Deadwyler Beats a LOADED Field, and Isn’t Present - 42:28 EEAAO Entrenches Itself w/ a Best Feature Win (Over Tar) - 46:57 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE: The Fabelmans Path to Profitability May Not Exist - 52:36 Wakanda Forever, Glass Onion Did Great At Least - 1:03:05 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:04:14 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:05:00

The Fabelmans Review - Another Year, Another Frontrunner, Another Mikes' Meh - Ep 422 Nov 28, 2022

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What is this episode - Top of Show . THE FABELMANS OSCAR PROFILE REVIEW: . Spoiler-Free Review: Doldrums, Expectations, and Box Office Potential - 3:01 The Best Picture Frontrunner Examination - 6:32 Script Thoughts - 17:05 Filmmaking Efficiency - 20:22 The Pundit Parade and Preferential Ballot Play - 25:01 Performances/How Many Total Noms? - 28:11 . SPOILER WARNING - 38:08 . Spoiler Review: Numb to React; Slow to Arc - 38:58 Mama Fabelman and the Trait Worse Than Danger - 43:12 The Happy Happy Highs - 49:07 Lynch Laughs and Actual Editing - 51:30 More Bests - 54:26 Inconsistency in Visions - 59:33 Meet Me in the Middle - 1:02:16 The Hirsch of the Matter - 1:04:27 Fabelmans Forebodes Financial Worry for Theaters? - 1:06:45 . FINAL GRADES - 1:12:00 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:13:50 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:14:32

The Return of the Jed-Iger - ORC 11/24/22 Nov 24, 2022

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What is this episode - Top of Show . BOB IGER RETURNS AS DISNEY CEO; BOB CHAPEK OUT: What Went Down - 1:46 Why Now? - 4:17 Chapek’s Legacy/Disney’s Next Moves - 8:14 A Netflix/Disney Merge?! - 11:25 The Streaming “Wars” - 14:39 Is DC is Disney’s Crosshairs? - 21:05 . ACADEMY HANDS OUT THEIR GOVERNOR AWARDS - 24:16 . INDY SPIRIT NOMS ANNOUNCED: Changes to This Year’s Eligibility/Nom Leaders - 27:23 Where’s The Whale? - 29:16 Best Feature, Director, Screenplay Could Be Smackdowns - 31:20 Performance Categories - 34:50 Aftersun, Tar Well Represented in the Techs - 38:44 . INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION NOMS - 43:47 All The Beauty and the Bloodshed Review - 44:46 IDA Doc Snubs - 48:14 . SUNSET CIRCLE AWARD NOMS - 50:10 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE: Last Weekend’s Numbers/Box Office Disconnect - 52:00 The Menu Review - 55:37 All Quiet on the Western Front Review - 1:03:48 Aftershock Review- 1:07:23 Stutz Review - 1:09:50 Spirited, A Christmas Story Christmas Reviews - 1:11:33 . . Where to Find David’s Work/Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:15:17 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:19:54

2023 Oscars Gambling Preview 1.0 w/ David Long! - ORC 11/19/22 Nov 20, 2022

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What is this episode - Top of Show Introducing “The Duke of Bettingham” David Long! . OSCARS 2023 NOVEMBER GAMBLING PREVIEW: Explaining Odds and Episode Layout - 1:43 . BEST PICTURE: The Fabelmans - 3:48 Babylon - 9:29 Everything, Everywhere - 12:10 Women Talking, Tar, She Said - 15:04 Which Longshot Could Pose The Biggest Threat? - 21:44 The Path To a Maverick Best Picture Win - 29:28 The Super Duper Long Shots - 31:01 . LEAD ACTRESS: Cate Still the Leader - 36:00 Then a Mess of Margot, Michelles, and Others - 38:33 Florence Pugh Puts Forth Fun in The Wonder - 46:39 JLaw, Frances, Hathaway Round Out The Longshots - 48:35 . LEAD ACTOR: Brendan Fraser is Entrenched as a Favorite - 51:43 Who’s Actually #2? Is Hugh Jackman Still in the Top 5? - 56:50 Wide Open for Noms, Maybe Not for Winners - 1:00:28 The Tom Cruise of it All - 1:06:19 Possible Impending Backlash for The Whale - 1:10:18 . BEST DIRECTOR: Spielberg, Polley, Chazelle, Daniels, Maria Shraeder Make Top 5 Odds - 1:13:24 David Reviews Bardo - 1:18:22 The Rest of the Field - 1:23:13 Super Long Shots - 1:25:58 . . Where to Find David’s Work/Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:34:45 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:36:39

Jimmy, BIFA, Marcel, and All The Shoes They Have to Fill - ORC 11/16/22 Nov 16, 2022

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What is this episode - Top of Show . JIMMY KIMMEL WILL HOST THE OSCARS: His 3rd Time - 4:30 Why is He Back? - 5:59 . EUROPEAN FILM AWARD NOMS ANNOUNCED - 12:20 . BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARD NOMS: Aftersun Leads the Nominating Tallies - 15:33 What Could be This Year’s Rocks? - 18:25 Best British Ind Film + BAFTA/Oscars Correlation - 22:54 The Genderless Performance Categories - 25:16 Best International Independent Film Means Oscars Nom - 31:42 . CRITICS’ CHOICE DOCUMENTARY WINNERS: Goodnight Oppy Wins 5 Awards - 32:41 Which Doc is the Frontrunner, and What’s That Mean to Doc Feature Branch? - 34:04 Other Winners - 37:14 . MARCEL THE SHELL/APOLLO 10.5 ELIGIBLE IN ANIMATED FEATURE - 38:47 (Should Avatar 2? - 41:05) Animated Feature Contenders - 43:52 . WEIRD REVIEW/IS OSCARS INELIGIBLE - 46:34 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: The Whale Trailer #1 - 49:11 I Wanna Dance With Somebody Trailer #2 - 54:30 Empire of the Light Trailer #2 - 57:48 . BOX OFFICE REPORT: Wakanda Forever Present and Future is Green - 59:33 Black Adam Did Well, But Has Surprising Numbers - 1:03:11 Rest of DBO Top 10 - 1:05:00 (Incl Paramount’s Pledge to Lean Into Horror) . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:09:42 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:10:36

Wakanda Forever Review - A Proper Goodbye, A Surprising Move On - Ep 421 Nov 12, 2022

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What is this episode - Top of Show . WAKANDA FOREVER REVIEW: , Non-Spoiler Review: The Impossible Task - 2:44 Expectation Talk - 6:47 Script/Director Thoughts - 9:22 Viewing Experiences - 13:00 Depth and Complexity of Characters - 16:55 Production Values/Oscars Lens - 22:18 How Many Noms? - 25:25 . SPOILER WARNING - 31:23 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Starting with Good Bye - 32:15 Letitia’s Lead - 35:10 Where IS Everybody?! - 36:51 Conflicts, Build Ups, and Back Stories - 43:40 Shuri v Namor v Shuri - 49:02 To War, To War, To War We Gonna Go - 50:54 In Namor a Villain? - 52:50 Goodbye 2.0 - 56:19 Don’t Fear the Spear - 1:02:22 . FINAL GRADES/Mid Credit Scene - 1:03:14 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:07:06 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:08:19

The 2022 Scaries - Our Annual Horror Awards Show - Ep 420 Nov 09, 2022

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What is this episode - Top of Show . MMO Is Finally Back! - 1:12 The Mikes Fight About Recaps and Spoilers - 3:42 Defending the Jimmy Kimmel Host Pick - 6:35 . THE 2022 SCARIES: Best 2022 Horror Setting for Podding - 9:38 Worst/Best ’22 Horror Movie Food - 14:56 Cringiest Horror Dance Scene/Angering Doctor Who Fans - 20:42 Worst or Best Entertainment Stage Act - 28:05 Best AlsoMike Inappropriate Laughter - 29:40 Most Cursed Characters of 2022 - 31:11 . Worst Kids in 2022 Horror - 35:38 Best Young Actor in 2022 Horror - 37:48 Best 2022 Thriller Lead Actress - 39:44 Best 2022 Slow Burn Lead Actress - 42:00 2022 Horror Protagonist You Most Trust w/ Your Life - 47:12 Best Supporting Actress in 2022 Horror - 48:52 Unexpectedly Great Supporting Actor in 2022 Horror - 53:05 . Which 2022 Aging Horror Monster Do You Fight? - 54:15 Best Actor in a Villainous Performance/AM’s Speak No Evil Thoughts - 56:33 Best Actress in a Villainous Performance - 1:00:19 Best Male Performance Kind of a Villain - 1:01:23 2022 Scary Good Directors To Watch List - 1:03:58 . Best Animated Horror Feature of 2022 - 1:09:55 Best International Horror Feature of 2022 - 1:11:30 Differently Abled Horror Highlights - 1:13:53 Best Score/Music in 2022 Horror - 1:17:42 Best Jump Scare/Production Value of 2022 Horror - 1:19:04 Scariest Horror Sex Scene/Best Bloody Massacre - 1:23:10 Funniest Horror Movie of 2022 - 1:26:33 . 2022 Horror IP w/ Best Legacy in 10 Years - 1:29:17 MMO 2022 Horror Razzie - 1:30:55 Best 2022 Indie Horror - 1:34:00 Best 2022 Box Office Horror - 1:35:48 Best 2022 Horror Picture - 1:37:19 . . Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:43:10

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