The Oscars COULD Delay 4 Months: Pros, Cons, And What Smells About The Plan - MMOW 5/14/20

Why can’t we all just get along (and move everything 4-6 months)? Well, we answer some of our own questions about the Oscars, film festivals, & theater reopenings the world over. We also review The Last Dance & UFC 249, & react to news on Hamilton, Tom Cruise & Scream 5. WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: 🏀The Last Dance eps 7+8 - 2:50 AlsoMike - 9:11 SNL Season Finale A Long Discussion on UFC 249 👊🏻 and its Handling of COVID Four Weddings and a Funeral The Assistant Spaceship Earth 🌎; Saint Francis Natalie Woods: What Remains Behind Mike1 - 24:17 The Life and Death of Phil Hartman on 20/20 Black Christmas 2019 🎁; Ozark WWE Money in the Bank 💰 NEWS OF THE WEEK: Oscars COULD Be Delayed 4 Months - 29:13 🚗Unhinged Resolves To Be First American Movie Back In Theaters - 36:50 DO YOU CARE (About…): 📽This Week’s New VOD/Premium/Streaming Releases - 40:18 (Olympic Dreams, Lucky Grandma, Seberg, more) Tom Cruise is Going to Space - 43:09 Horror Updates - 44:59 (Scream 5 News; Shamylan’s Great New Cast) The Rock and Emily Blunt Are Teaming Up, Again - 46:46 Disney News - 48:37 (Hamilton Going to Disney+; Mandalorian s2 Getting Boba Fett; Taika WaiStarWars) BOX OFFICE UPDATE: 🌠Theaters Which Have Re-Opened Have Done…Ok - 53:27 Hong Kong, Germany, UK, All Have Theater Plans Themselves - 54:38 VOD Box Office - 56:30 AN AUDIENCE INTERACTION ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT! - 58:25 😳 #6️⃣DEGREESOFMMO: Recap and Awards (and winner!) - 59:47 Winner + New Challenge - 1:04:03 Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 1:05:05 What Else Is Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 1:05:53 MMOW is back once again, and we’re still punchy from being on lockdown. So we open with What We’re Watching to stay sane, including sports like The Last Dance, UFC 249, & WWE’s Money In The Bank, tv specials like the SNL finale, true crime youtube deep dives, & a bunch of movies like Black Christmas, The Assistant, Spaceship Earth, Saint Francis, & Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind. Then in News of the Week, we discuss rumors from across the pond that the Oscars may bump their air date 3-4 months, the pros & cons, and why other events can’t even consider such a maneuver. We also react to how Russell Crowe’s Unhinged took the pole position for movie releases coming out of the lockdown & why this film might connect with audiences. In DYC, we preview next week’s movie releases from a Nick Kroll romcom to a gambling grandma. Mike 1 has thoughts about Tom Cruise heading to space with Elon Musk, as well as other news about the next films for M. Night Shyamalan, The Rock & Emily Blunt, & Scream. Then Also Mike weighs in on the Disney Plus Hamilton move, Boba Fett’s return to the galaxy far far away, and Taika Waititi’s next quarantine writing project. We dive into a box office update & recap the heartening numbers from Norway & Texas, lament the virtual earnings of some specialty films, and then forecast how things might go for other countries setting dates to reopen their movie theater doors, including what the latest on California means for Tenet. Then we finish up with a new #SixDegreesOfMMO before asking you to send us What You’re Watching movie & tv reviews for our next episode. So do send us those reviews via our social media. We’re @MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you might listen. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar, and we’re making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. Thanks for listening.