Mike, Mike, and Oscar

The Director/Producer of Class Action Park & How To Rob A Bank - Seth Porges joins our show to discuss his new film, SANTACON, which uncovers a treasure trove of footage of the group that started this red menace, the same people who launched Burning Man & the inspiration for Fight Club’s Project Mayhem, the Cacophony Society. You can check out Seth’s film at DOC NYC, including its World Premiere on November 13th at 6:45pm at the Village East Theater by Angelika with a 2nd screening on Saturday the 15th at 9:30pm: https://www.docnyc.net/film/santacon/ And SANTACON will also be available via the Online Screenings at DOC NYC here: https://tickets.docnyc.net/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtinfo=522060~bd725d56-8b11-414c-8cda-9ccb2ad3128d&_ga=2.65030766.1307042446.1762432735-1258641791.1760054829 On today’s show, Seth Porges discusses SANTACON from all angles past & present, including how the film fits with his filmography and films/TV that influence his style. Plus, we have fun discussing the Fight Club angle, the Michael Moore cameo, and much more! If you enjoy our show, please follow, like, subscribe, rate & review Mike, Mike, and Oscar wherever you get your podcasts, and stay tuned for more filmmaker interviews like these, more Oscar Profile movie reviews like Frankenstein, more special guest hosted shows like an upcoming Oscar Bets Special w/ the Duke of Bettingham himself - David Long, and of course, more episodes of our Hollywood and Awards News Coverage on Oscar Race Checkpoint with both of us Mikes via this same feed. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar SANTACON Website and Trailer: https://www.santacondoc.com/

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . BUGONIA OSCARS PROFILE . Spoiler-Free Review: Background: Box Office, Scores - 1:11 An Early Oscars Lens; Because…Wtf? - 4:24 Script Thoughts - 7:51 Performances - 10:33 Silverstone-assance - 15:10 Production Values - 17:20 OVER/UNDER HOW MANY NOMS? - 19:21 . SPOILER WARNING - 23:11 . Spoiler-Filled Review: So…Did You Know? - 24:14 Unreliable or Not - 27:37 Fearing the Laughter - 30:00 More Highs and Lows - 35:45 . . FINAL GRADES: 39:28 . . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 42:43

Gotham Nominations show particular strength for One Battle After Another. Plus, we discuss potential winners in each category and review a few of the nominees like Blue Moon & Familiar Touch. Film by Film Nomination Tallies: One Battle After Another stays super strong - 1:10 Blue Moon Review Part 1, underperformers + The Tribute Effect - 4:47 The Gotham Best Feature 10 and the categories Oscars Crossover History - 7:19 Review of Familiar Touch - 12:06 Best Director and more Obaa BOBO talk - 13:35 Breakthrough Director - 17:24 Original and Adapted Screenplay - 19:04 International Feature and an odd omission of Sentimental Value - 22:27 The Lead Performance winner could be chalk - 24:30 Blue Moon Review Part 2 - 27:41 The Supporting Performance Category is loaded with contenders - 28:42 Best Breakthrough Performer - 32:01 (Snubs? or) Contenders NOT Nominated / Submitted at the Gothams - 34:14 DOC NYC Shortlist & Gotham’s Best Doc Feature Category - 36:00 OUTRO: If you enjoy what we’re doing here, please leave us a kind rating and review, please like and subscribe, and please tell your friends about our show. Otherwise, stay tuned to our feed for more reviews like Bugonia and Frankenstein, interviews with special guests like more documentarians we have scheduled, and of course, stay tuned for more previews of all the big awards shows with us and our friends on Oscar Race Checkpoint. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

Our 8th Annual Horror Movie Awards Show is here as we celebrate the very best, the very worst, and very weird of everything horror since last Halloween. Nosferatu, Sinners, 28 Years Later, Weapons are all eligible for awards. Plus we find some hidden gems. It was another loaded year in horror, and we’re here for it all. And as always, all MMO Award Shows are light to no spoilers. Random Stuff Section featuring M1’s Haiku writing, Most Goo, Terrible singer/songwriter impersonations, and the Best Marketing Campaigns, etc - 2:14 Best Scenes Section featuring The Ickiest Grossest Barfiest Yuck, The M1 Squealer + Best & Worst Endings, etc - 14:59 Production Values Sections featuring The Yelly, The Scary ACE Eddie, Worst Teeth, Scariest Prop, Craziest Face MUAH & Worst New Halloween Costumes, etc - 19:50 Performance Section featuring Most/Least Annoying Couples, Harbinger of Most Doom, Best Karaoke Partners + Best Supporting & Lead Performances, etc - 28:30 Composition Section featuring - New Directors To Watch, Spookiest Fee Fee, Horror IP That Will Be Remembered Best in 10 Years, The Shudder Deep Cut Award, The MMO Razzie & Best Horror Film of the Year, etc - 38:44 OUTRO: Make sure to send Netflix a message this weekend re: theatrical viewing. Plus, we discuss what’s coming next on MMO, including some more coverage of the horror genre and other upcoming episodes. If you enjoy what we’re doing here, please rate & review, like & subscribe, and above all, please tell your friends about our podcast. We really appreciate it. Happy Halloween, everybody! https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

Amy Herdy - documentary film producer of the Oscar Nominated The Hunting Ground, the 7x Emmy nominated Allen v Farrow + other award winning films & series like The Bleeding Edge, On The Record, Harry & Meghan, etc - Amy is now making her directorial debut with Parrot Kindergarten, available in select theaters on November 3rd. Synopsis for Parrot Kindergarten & Career Bio for our guest, Amy Herdy - Top of the Show The film’s origin story - 4:44 How her perceptions were changed - 6:53 Did Ellie get along with the film crew? - 8:07 The size & scope of the production + advice from Doug Liman - 9:40 Why she needed to direct - 12:09 The hard earned payoffs in this type of storytelling - 13:53 How her past career as an investigative journalist drives her work - 16:12 Being inspired by My Octopus Teacher, Errol Morris, etc - 19:12 Watch the Full Trailer for Parrot Kindergarten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT_sY-2eOIM OUTRO: Thanks to Amy Herdy and to the team at Parrot Kindergarten for coming on Mike, Mike, and Oscar. If you’re new to the show, enjoy our lengthy back catalog of reviews, interviews and series, including our ongoing Hollywood News and Awards Analysis show called Oscar Race Checkpoint, also available on the same feed. You can help support us by leaving a like, hitting that subscribe button or as always, leaving a strong rating or review. Here’s our linktree where you can do so. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . SPRINGSTEEN OSCARS PROFILE . Spoiler-Free Review: Background: The Pundit Parade, Box Office, Scores - 2:22 Plot Premise, Expectations - 7:11 3 Movies Too Many?/Who is This For?/BioDoc Issues - 9:27 Performances - 13:49 The Odd State of the Actor Categories - 18:18 Production Values - 25:17 WILL WHITE BE NOMINATED? - 26:44 . SPOILER WARNING - 28:31 . Spoiler-Filled Review: We’re Waiting… - 29:12 It Ain’t Easy Having Green - 33:14 What Could’ve Been - 38:13 . FINAL GRADES: 43:05 . . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 46:31 https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

It’s part 3 of our Woodstock Film Festival movie reviews as we discuss the 26th Awards Ceremony and some must see movies that won hardware. Plus, we review The Black Phone 2 & Shelby Oaks before diving into a non-spoiler AND spoiler review segment on After the Hunt. 26th WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS: An Audience Awards Winner getting its “second wind” in the Oscars race? - 3:52 The Plague w/ Joel Edgerton wins Best Narrative Feature competition - 7:05 Steal This Story, Please! Wins Documentary Audience Award + Our Review - 8:35 https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/2025-film-guide?filmId=689656bde56d04276a7b8bb5 Floating Carousel wins the Ultra Indie Award + Our Review - 11:24 https://bestdressedfilms.com/floating-carousel The Floaters wins Excellence in Directing Award + Review - 15:05 https://floatersmovie.com/ OTHER WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL RECOMMENDATIONS / REVIEWS: The Ark: a doc on an animal refuge in the Ukraine - 19:30 https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/2025-features?filmId=6888d194890a9096ccbc5cce River of Grass: a doc on the alarming state of the Everglades in Florida - 23:31 https://www.riverofgrassfilm.com/ Park Avenue: an NYC drama featuring a stupendous Fiona Shaw - 26:04 On The End featuring Tim Blake Nelson in his best role since Buster Scruggs - 28:11 https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/2025-film-guide?filmId=68a721e699412b9ef7b6ba8b Eloise and the Dress: a hilarious short film in need of the feature film treatment - 31:14 https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/2025-film-guide?filmId=68bede7a397fa68e1fb335a0 Whale 52: an emotional and adorable animated short feat the voice of Bruce Villanch - 32:45 https://whale52themovie.com/ WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: The Black Phone 2 - 34:53 Shelby Oaks - 36:29 After The Hunt Non-Spoiler Section - 39:28 Spoiler Section for After The Hunt - 45:47 OUTRO: There’s a big musical biopic hitting theaters soon called Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. There’s a horror holiday, which we like to cover. Plus, we have Gotham Awards Nominations next week. Otherwise, we’re planning more reviews, previews, and interviews that we hope you’ll continue to enjoy. So please follow, like, subscribe, rate and review us via our socials or wherever you get your podcasts. As always, thank you for doing so. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

Hamnet, Rental Family, Is This Thing On?, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Sentimental Value, Hedda, The Secret Agent and more films, restaurants and travel all reviewed LIVE! from the 26th Woodstock Film Festival. More shownotes coming soon (after I settle back in from a long trip). For Part 2 of our Woodstock Festival Reviews, make sure to subscribe to the Recent Activity podcast. https://recent-activity.captivate.fm/listen We will be reviewing Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Jay Kelly, Train Dreams, Cover-Up, The Perfect Neighbor, A House of Dynamite, and the Netflix Oscars Slate in this upcoming episode. Otherwise, stay tuned for part 3 of our Woodstock Coverage later this week on MMO for another Oscar Race Checkpoint covering the Woodstock Awards and Indie Film Discoveries we loved and would like to feature... including The Ark, Floating Carousel, Adult Children, On The End, Park Avenue, and Eloise and the Dress.

Delilah Napier & Lucy Powers are the filmmakers and stars of Floating Carousel, a new dark comedy about modern day dating in NYC, premiering this weekend at the 26th Woodstock Film Festival. An Introduction to the Filmmakers - Top of the Show Synopsis & Cast for Floating Carousel - 1:27 This is based on a wild true story - 2:37 Their Writing Process - 7:26 Giving Their Actors Freedom to Roll - 9:23 Wanting the Anti-RomCom - 11:10 Putting together a great ensemble - 13:22 Writing their scenes into shape - 15:26 Wearing many hats - 16:32 Delilah Napier on her character of Olivia - 17:35 Lucy Powers on her character of Ruby - 19:34 Premiering at the Woodstock Film Festival - 21:08 For Tickets to Floating Carousel at the 26th Woodstock Film Festival https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/2025-film-guide?filmId=687e4450e65ffc8913359594 Watch the Trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF7ep7g2ap0&t=1s And learn more about the film: https://bestdressedfilms.com/floating-carousel https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32023816/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_0_in_0_q_Floating%2520Carousel As for MMO, here’s how to contact us. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . MMO INTERVIEWS ADULT CHILDREN STAR/PRODUCER THOMAS SADOSKI! . How Adult Children Came to Exist - 3:43 HOF TV vs Indy Movie Prep - 6:32 A Purposefully Nostalgic Drama - 10:55 When Tom Found Josh - 16:19 . The Meaning and Importance of Woodstock FF - 19:38 Hollywood’s “Bottom Line-ism” + The Genre w/ Most Freedom - 26:40 . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 34:05 . Film Website: https://www.521films.com/adultchildren . Watch the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrwWPER90zA&t=1s .

This Oscar Race Checkpoint reviews Is This Thing On? At the NYFF +++ A House of Dynamite, The Mastermind, The Lost Bus, John Candy: I Like Me, Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, and My Father the BTK Killer. Plus, as always no spoilers. Upcoming coverage of the Woodstock Film Festival & NYFF Ticketing - Top of the Show Meeting a Celeb at random at the Angelika Film Center - 5:40 A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE - 9:20 Steam: dim sum in the West Village + The Owl’s Tail & Dive 75 drinks - 14:51 IS THIS THING ON? - 20:49 The Mastermind - 26:08 John Candy: I Like Me - 28:50 Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now - 31:24 My Father, the BTK Killer - 33:58 The Lost Bus - 35:20 OUTRO: we hope you’re looking forward to the rest of the Woodstock Film Festival. We’ll have two interviews to release later this week… and perhaps a few more episodes next week. Otherwise, stay tuned for more Oscar Race Checkpoints, Oscar Profiles and special guests, and if you enjoy our work, please rate & review, like & subscribe and tell people about our show. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

What is This Episode? - Top of Show . UPCOMING MOVIE NEWS: Elordi, Bond Elordi?! - 4:14 Every Dude Bro Actor Will be in Heat 2 - 7:14 . AWARDS NEWS: Chase Infinity to Run as Lead Actress - 10:51 Song Sung Blue is a Comedy for Globes - 15:07 Paul Mescal Goes Supporting for Hamnet - 16:33 Diego Luna/JLo Supporting, Tonatiuh Lead for Spider Woman - 17:58 (And AM Reviews Kiss of the Spider Woman, misremembers William Hurt) If I Had Legs... a Comedy for Globes - 22:52 . WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: AM on Anemone - 24:53 M1 on Wayward - 28:56 AM on Roofman - 30:33 AM on Bone Lake - 32:16 M1 has New Takes on Halloweens 4+5 - 34:30 AM on Steve - 35:20 M1 Stands by H20 - 37:42 AM on Ghost Trail - 38:46 AM is VERY High on Deaf President Now! - 39:51 . CONTENDER TRAILERS: Wicked for Good and Original Song Tease - 42:30 No Other Choice Trailer #2 - 44:02 Die My Love Trailer #2 - 45:53 Nuremberg Trailer #2 - 47:48 The Bride! Trailer #1 - 48:40 . . WHAT’S NEXT/LEAVE US 5 STARS/WORDS OF WISDOM - 51:03

Ryan McQuade returns to discuss his film festival journeys, his love for One Battle After Another, and the state of the Oscars Race, especially as it pertains to OBAA, The Smashing Machine and other October films. Ryan McQuade’s favorite foods at Cannes, Telluride & AFI - 2:54 ON THE CLOCK: PTI STYLE PRESENTATIONS BY RYAN: 7:55 His 3 Minute Review of One Battle After Another - 8:28 A discussion of Modelos and white Michaels - 11:35 Review of The Smashing Machine: 3 Mins - 14:36 Smashing Machine’s box office flop & likely huge door budget - 17:32 How OBAA could lose Best Picture - 18:48 What other films could win Best Picture. Ryan talks the full field - 24:36 Hamnet Acting Campaign Strategies + Buckley as the Actress Favorite - 29:40 PERCENTAGE CHANCE: RYAN PREDICTS CHANCE OF NOM/WIN: OBAA to win Best Picture - 30:14 Leo to win Best Actor - 32:43 Emily Blunt & Teyana Taylor (+Chase Infiniti Talk) in Supporting Actress - 36:28 A quick Supporting Actor discussion re: Del Toro & Penn - 39:52 An official prediction on Chase Infiniti Nomination chances - 41:02 Benny Safdie for Nomination & PTA to Win Best Director - 42:58 A One Battle After Another Box Office Discussion - 46:01 The Rock for Lead Actor - 50:57 The Smashing Machine for MUAH - 55:27 Ryan talks other October movies: Anemone, Roofman, Springsteen & Blue Moon - 57:23 Ryan’s darkhorse Oscar Nom Predictions & Surefire Locks - 1:00:36 OUTRO: Make sure to follow all of Ryan McQuade’s work including his film festival movie reviews and the AwardsWatch Podcast (including Director Watch for his PTA series and series on many more great filmmakers) https://awardswatch.com/author/ryan-mcquade/ Follow RyanMcQuade77 on X https://x.com/ryanmcquade77 And you can also listen to him as a frequent guest on Pop Culture Confidential, where friend of the show - Christina Jeurling Birro is doing wonderful work. https://www.popcultureconfidential.com/

What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE SMASHING MACHINE OSCARS PROFILE . Nonspoiler Review: Rock and Safdie Passing Ships in the Night - 2:42 Expectations - 8:36 The Highs and Lows of the Script - 10:07 (And The Rock Becoming The Boulder - 13:33) Performances: It Goes to 11 - 16:47 How Many Noms?, p.1 - 21:43 Production Values - 22:50 How Many Noms?, p.2 - 27:34 . SPOILER WARNING - 29:05 . Spoiler Review: Mike1 Heel Turns on Rocky - 29:51 Your Toxic Lungs Filling Under - 39:30 Baseketball Shoutout - 42:33 More Highs and Lows - 46:02 . FINAL GRADES - 48:49 . . What’s Next From MMO/Leave Us 5 Stars! - 49:52

Part 11 and the finale of Boogie Mikes, our Paul Thomas Anderson rewatch series leading up to and reviewing One Battle After Another is here. And like we do with all our series, we wanted to celebrate it with one of our Homemade Awards shows, where we enjoy a slew of fun categories. NON-SPOILER SECTION: Though to be fair, we do allude to some often memed about scenes that are fully in the zeitgeist these days. So… it’s light spoilers and we do suggest watching ALL of these films regardless. Wildest Anecdote from a PTA Production - 3:05 Match the unofficial premise to the PTA film - 6:52 Most / Least Californian Stories - 9:08 Characters You’d Most Like To Hangout With - 11:30 Performance by a Non-Actor - 14:05 Cameo Sized Actress Performance - 15:22 Cameo Sized Actor Performance - 17:00 The Overacting Oscar - 18:16 Mr. Congeniality - 18:55 Miss. Congeniality - 20:29 Supporting Actor - 21:50 Supporting Actress - 25:03 Best Duo - 26:44 Lead Actor Categories - 28:08 Lead Actress - 29:50 Best Costumes, Editing, VFX, Sound Design & Best Cinemagraphy- 31:19 - Production Design + Best Makeup and Hairstyling - 33:36 Best Soundtrack & Original Score - 35:05 Our Top 10 Rankings of PTA Films - 38:42 SPOILER WARNING - 46:42 SPOILER SECTION: all 10 movies including One Battle After Another are fair game. Some Informal Processing - 47:27 Best & Worst Parent Character Awards - 51:26 Theme Declarations Sections - 53:58 PTA Characters You’d Least Like To Party With - 55:25 Best / Worst PTA Movie Scene At A Restaurant - 59:26 Most Evil AND Funny Scene - 1:03:15 Hardest We’ve Laughed At a PTA Movie - 1:06:15 Most Badass Scene - 1:09:24 Most Thrilling Sequence - 1:12:11 Craziest and 2nd Craziest Final Acts - 1:15:22 Wildest Final Shots and Weirdest Epilogues - 1:17:31 What are PTA’s Trademark Scenes? And what is our PTA Movie cinematic bliss?? - 1:19:10 OUTRO: If you’ve enjoyed this episode, make sure to click on our entire playlist for Boogie Mikes, our PTA Rewatch Series. And maybe check out one of our other Rewatch Series. We’ve done Halloween/Michael Myers, MMO Screams, Mike Mike and Alien, the Conjuring Universe, 2 Mike 2 Furious, the Mission Impossible Films, the MCU, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, the Joker Character Study, the James Bond Character Study and more. You can find all of these playlists under that tab in our Soundcloud RSS Home feed. Otherwise, if you’ve enjoyed our work, please rate & review us positively, like & subscribe and most of all, please tell your friends and relatives about our show. We truly appreciate everybody who have been tuning in and we hope to bring you more rewatch series in the future. If you have an idea for our next series, also let us know! https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar