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MMO is talk radio for movie fans with weekly news shows, reviews, previews, and special guests. We celebrate the Oscars by making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. If you love cinema, if you love showbiz, welcome home.

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: A Lovefest - Ep 548

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…

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

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…

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

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,…

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Biutiful - The Saddest Movie Ever - BirdMike pt. 4 - Ep 547

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day - Tom Silences His Critics - Ep 544

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…

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

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…

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Amores Perros - BirdMike: An Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Rewatch Part 1 - Ep 543

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 -…

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Our Odyssey Review 2 with Jazz Tangcay of Variety - How Can Ya Beat That? - Ep 542

Jazz Tangcay of Variety joins us to discuss The Odyssey. We talk through the box office and enjoy her review for about 25 minutes more of Non-Spoilers before we dive into each of the film’s major set pieces in our Spoiler Section. Make sure to follow Jazz Tangcay on social media, on Rotten Tomatoes, and of course, enjoy all of her work at Variety. https://variety.com/author/jazz-tangcay/ And if…

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The Odyssey - Part 1 of 2 - Bringing It All... The Oscars - Ep 541

Non-Spoilers for nearly 75 Mins, we discussed Oscars potential in all categories for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, before we dive into about 20 minutes on the film’s final act. This is Part I of our coverage of The Odyssey, followed by Part II with a very special guest in Variety’s Jazz Tangcay. NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF THE ODYSSEY: Critical & Audience Reception Numbers & Box Office Projections -…

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