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Prey-ing To Janet Yang - ORC 8/8/22 Aug 08, 2022

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What is This Episode- Top of Show . JANET YANG BECOMES NEW ACADEMY PRESIDENT - 2:13 . TEASING OUR UPCOMING BIG WB EPISODE: The Tease/Why We’re Doing It - 4:52 Joker 2 Gets Release Date, Confirms Gaga - 8:40 . STUDIO/INDUSTRY NEWS: Netflix Moves Rustin; Starts Its Oscars Run? - 12:58 Cinemark’s Earnings are an Industry Microcosm - 15:36 Neon is Looking to Sell. Who’s Buying? - 23:16 . FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: Glass Onion to Close BFI London - 31:34 NYFF Gets a Curious Centerpiece, and Armageddon Time - 33:30 TIFF’s Announces More Selections, Including Midnight Madness Showings - 39:26 Dead For a Dollar Correction - 42:16 . BANSHEES OF INISHERIN TRAILER - 43:20 . MAKE THE CASE/BOX OFFICE REPORT: Bullet Train Review + Box Office Report - 47:27 Luck - 54:04 Thirteen Lives - 55:34 Prey - 59:14 (Prey, Hulu, and Why WB Should Be Paying Attention - 1:06:31) The African Desperate - 1:08:10 Bob’s Burgers; Beavis and Butthead; RRR; Munich The Edge of War; The Girl in the Picture - 1:09:38 . . Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:12:48 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:13:20

NYFF/Telluride/TIFF: The Mustard Cuts - ORC 8/3/22 Aug 03, 2022

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What is This Episode? - Top of Show . NYFF ANNOUNCES ITS DEBUT FILM - 2:10 . TIFF HAS A PARTIAL, AND LOADED, LINEUP: Venice/TIFF Crossover Films - 5:15 Cannes Debuts Play TIFF Too - 6:31 Bowie’s Moonage Daydream + Trailer Review - 8:27 Spielberg Decides to Open Fablemans Here - 11:46 Women Talking, Too - 13:48 Empire of Light, My Policeman, The Woman King - 16:00 Netflix Top Open Exclusives - 17:09 (The Swimmers, Wendall and Wild, The Good Nurse, more) Apple Will Have Entries Too - 24:22 (Greatest Beer Run, Raymond & Ray, Causeway) Searchlight Brings The Menu + Chevalier - 28:00 Stephen Frears, Nic Cage: Buffalo Hunter, and Dominatrixing - 29:43 . Did TIFF Expose Telluride Premieres? - 34:50 . BAFTA CHANGES ITS NOMINATING PROCESS (AGAIN) - 36:06 (Affecting The Acting Categories and Best Director) . DGA, CC, MUAH’S ALL SET THEIR DATES - 43:41 . OSCAR CONTENDER TRAILERS: Till Trailer #1 - 45:39 Strange World Trailer #1 - 48:36 GDT’s Pinocchio Trailer #1 - 53:10 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE - 55:04 DC SuperPets Flops? Will Nope Rise Over Seas? What Went Wrong With Lightyear? . MAKE THE CASE - 1:03:03 (AlsoMike Quick Reviews Marcel the Shell, Honor Society, Rise, and Not Okay) . . Where to Find Erick’s/Our Work/LEAVE US A 5* REVIEW! - 1:11:50 What’s Next/Words of Wisdom - 1:12:57

Will Apologizes, HFPA Sells, Venice is Set, and Mike1 Sins Unforgivably - ORC 7/30/22 Jul 30, 2022

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What is This Episode- Top of Show . WILL SMITH APOLOGIZES ON SOCIAL MEDIA - 2:32 . KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON PUSHED TO 2023: What’s Happened So Far - 10:55 So It’s Just Never Happening, Right? - 13:33 Marty and Leo Greenlight Their Next Project - 20:24 . THE HFPA SELLS ITSELF - 21:53 . VENICE 2022 IS SET: The Jury - 27:25 In Competitition Films - 28:07 (White Noise, Banshees of Inisherin, Blonde, Bones & All, The Eternal Daughter, No Bears, The Son, Tar, The Whale) Out of Competition Films - 45:43 (Dead for a Dollar, Don’t Worry Darling [+ trailer and drama!], Master Gardener, Pearl, The Hanging Sun) Venice’s Equality Issues - 56:03 TIFF/Venice Crossovers - 58:10 . COMIC CON TRAILERS AND NEWS: Wakanda Forever Trailer Shakes the Internet - 59:00 Phase 4/5/6 Films - 1:04:20 An XMen Explanation? - 1:07:08 Shazam Fury of the Gods Trailer Worries Us - 1:08:25 Black Adam Beckons for Superman - 1:09:38 First Look at John Wick 4 - 1:12:44 . A MIKE1 UNFORGIVABLE SIN - 1:14:09 . . Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:18:19 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:19:10

Summer Oscars w/ Erick Weber! - The Best of the Year So Far- ORC 7/28/22 Jul 28, 2022

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It's Our Summer Oscars Special! . What is This Episode- Top of Show Introducing Erick Weber of Awards Ace! . Starting AT THE MULTIPLEX - 1:30 Adapting in the Entertainment World - 5:01 Why is KotFM Moving To Next Year? - 6:44 . HYPING UP SOME SMALLER INDIES - 9:29 (Poser, The Phantom of the Open, Brian and Charles, Watcher) . THE ALREADY RELEASED OSCAR PLAYERS: A Brief History - 18:53 The Academy, The Calendar, and The Toppest Gun - 19:50 The Box Office and The Awards Momentum - 22:16 The Church of Tom - 29:19 Can EEAAO Get Everything, From Everywhere - 31:30 Austin Butler and the Path for Elvis - 37:37 . RAPID FIRE POWER RANKINGS: Nope vs The Batman - 43:48 Is Nope a Success for Universal? - 46:52 Making Sense of VFX - 48:10 Which Performance Are We Sleeping On? - 50:15 Which Studio Leads Animated Feature? - 52:40 . Where to Find/Follow Erick - 55:50 . . Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 58:15 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 59:00

Nope Review - Oscars Profile - When 6/8ths Isn't 3/4ths - Ep 415 Jul 23, 2022

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What is This Episode- Top of Show . NOPE OSCARS PROFILE: Spoiler-Free Review: Universal’s Marketing is Aces Currently - 3:24 Review Scores/Box Office/Expectations - 4:30 Script Composure - 8:34 Performances - 16:01 Production Values - 20:05 How Many Noms - 25:13 . SPOILER WARNING - 27:20 . Spoiler-Filled Review: And the Theme Is…. - 28:41 Freak Out - 32:07 Snapshot - 37:42 Rules, Animals, and Frustrations - 42:34 What We’re Sure is Here, What May Be - 47:41 Is This Fair? - 53:00 . FINAL GRADES - 1:00:10 . . Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:07:21 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:08:33

Halloween Ends Trailer Analysis - The Copycat Cunningham Conundrum - MMO Does Halloween 11 Jul 21, 2022

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What is This Episode- Top of Show . HALLOWEEN KILLS TRAILER BREAKDOWN: Box Office/Is Mike1 Excited? - 1:57 Premise/Where Halloween Kills Left Off - 4:40 Wild Speculation and Looney Tunes Injuries - 9:35 The Corey and Copycat Conundrums - 14:10 Beat-by-Beat Through the Trailer = 18:51 . TRAILER QUESTIONS: Fair Thee Well, Laurie? - 28:14 The Big Four Questions - 33:04 Box Office Over/Under - 40:00 . . Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 41:16 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 42:07

Wolverine, Jean Grey, and Professor X 2.0 Castings Fire Up the Rumor Mill - ORC 7/18/22 Jul 18, 2022

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What is This Episode- Top of Show . CONTENDER TRAILERS/NEWS: Halloween Ends Trailer Update - 1:53 She Said Trailer #1 - 5:01 Bodies Bodies Bodies Trailer #2 - 11:58 Aged Wisdom Jordan Peele - 17:00 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE - 19:35 . MAKE THE CASE: AlsoMike Reviews The Sea Beast - 26:10 Mike1 on Everything, Everywhere… - 30:04 AM on Where The Crawdads Sing - 38:10 M1 on Cha Cha Real Smooth - 42:30 AM on Persuasion - 49:30 AM on Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris - 53:38 . EARLY REVIEWS FOR THE GRAY MAN - 57:42 . FUTURE FILM QUICK HITS: Olivia Colman’s Empire of the Light Gets a 2022 Release Date - 1:02:44 TIFF Gets More Debuts - 1:04:13 Salem’s Lot May Be Foreshadowing for WB - 1:05:15 Amy Winehouse’s Biopic Gets Director - 1:09:13 Scream 6 Gets Samara Weaving, Still No Neve - 1:11:36 MCU Rumored XMen Castings - 1:16:03 (including the potential new Wolverine, Jean Grey, and Professor X 2.0) Kaluuya Out for Black Panther 2, and the Disney+ Fallout - 1:19:19 . . Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:23:04 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:23:47

Unqualified Emmy Nom Reaction Show - Mike, Mike, and Emmy 2022 - ERC(?) 7/14/22 Jul 14, 2022

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What is This Episode- Top of Show . MIKE MIKE AND EMMY NOMS 2022: Does the TV Academy Watch Everything? - 1:08 . MOST NOMS: By Company/Studio/Network - 4:37 Mike1’s TV Viewing Habits - 7:26 . THE DRAMA CATEGORIES: Saul, Euphoria, Ozark, Succession - 10:51 Severance/Squid Game - 15:27 What Happened w/ Stranger Things s4? - 19:07 Yellowjackets - 21:38 Drama Snubs - 24:30 . COMEDY CATEGORIES: Gushing Over Abbott Elementary - 26:42 Only Murders s1 - 31:00 Barry s3 - 33:07 Curb, Ted Lasso, Hacks , Maisel - 36:26 Snubs - 42:33 . LIMITED SERIES CATEGORY - 45:57 TV MOVIE CATEGORY - 48:28 . . HFPA ASKS FIPRESCI TO VOTE ON GLOBES - 51:58 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE - 59:37 . . Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:07:29 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:08:18

Thor Love and Thunder Review - A Definitive Psychoanalysis of Grumpy Mike1 - Ep 414 Jul 09, 2022

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What is This Episode- Top of Show . THOR LOVE AND THUNDER REVIEW: Spoiler-Free Review: Box Office/Review Numbers/Theater Experience/Plot Premise - 2:07 Expectations as a Human Shield - 6:42 Mike1 is a Grump - 8:53 Composition Thoughts - 10:36 Production Values - 18:55 Where’s This Rank in MCU-ology? - 25:34 (or What The Hell is Wrong with Mike1?) . SPOILER WARNING - 31:51 . Spoiler-Filled Review: Ride the Lightning - 32:26 Mr. Universe - 38:48 WHO. CARES? - 45:06 High Comedy, Punching Up, Son of Zeus, and WTFs - 52:00 Other Highlights - 1:01:20 . . FINAL GRADES - 1:03:33 . . Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:08:42 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:09:34

Fantastic BIFs and Where to Minion - ORC 7/7/22 Jul 07, 2022

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What is This Episode- Top of Show . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Amsterdam Trailer #1 - 1:28 The Woman King Trailer #1 - 6:55 . OSCARS 2023 NEWS: BIFA is Going Gender-Neutral - 11:34 What Categories Would Translate from BIFA to Oscars? - 15:28 . BOX OFFICE UPDATE: Minion Mania is Real (and Film Review) - 26:32 (And Its Historic Box Office Opening - 35:40) Maverick, Dominion, and the Rest of the Top 10 - 38:08 Everything Everywhere Sweeps HCA Midyear Awards - 47:27 . FINAL THOR LOVE AND THUNDER PREVIEW - 49:16 . JAMES CAMERON LOVES AVATAR, PROBABLY HATES YOU - 54:07 . TOM CRUISE IS A CRAZY PERSON, CHAPTER 7043 - 1:02:45 . EMMY NOMS PREVIEWS/FILM REVIEWS ODDS N’ ENDS: Hacks s2, Stranger Things s4, Barry s3 - 1:06:28 Mr Malcom’s List/Phantom of the Open/Spiderhead Reviews - 1:11:45 TV Movie Emmy Nom Possibilities - 1:17:32 . . Contact Us/LEAVE US 5* REVIEWS! - 1:21:27 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:22:20

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