Daniel Day-Lewis Returns + Summer Box Office Report Cards - ORC 8/25/25

Summer Box Office Report Cards are the episode’s centerpiece. Until then, we discuss Daniel Day-Lewis’ return, JLO’s latest musical and new animated feature contenders during our Trailer Reviews segment. We review new movies like K-Pop Demon Hunters, Honey, Don’t, Relay and Eenie Meenie during our Box Office Report and What We’re Watching segments. Plus, AlsoMike turns heel with a shockingly bad review of a beloved classic. Clayton Davis’ latest piece on “No Kings” in the Race Thus Far - 1:50 TRAILER REVIEWS: Anemone, starring Daniel Day-Lewis - 5:04 Arco, a new animated feature contender from NEON - 9:04 The Mastermind, a future MMO classic from Kelly Reichardt - 12:26 Hedda, a new YouTube trailer hit gives us Saltburn & sexy Downton Abbey vibes - 15:14 Eleanor The Great, a hope that this movie might not actually be another Goldfinch - 17:31 Kiss of the Spider Woman, a JLO starrer with a 2nd trailer that gives us pause - 19:48 BOX OFFICE REPORT: K-Pop Demon Hunters, Also Mike’s Review + Netflix’s #1 Box Office Sing-A-Long - 23:20 Talking Weapons’ holding strong and the rest of the Top 8 - 24:13 Reviewing Honey, Don’t - 25:51 Reviewing Relay, starring Riz Ahmed and discussing the rest of the Top 15 - 27:28 SUMMER BOX OFFICE REPORT CARDS (BY GENRE & SINCE MAY): Superhero Films: Thunderbolts*, Superman & The Fantastic Four - 30:44 Pure Action like Mission Impossible, Ballerina, etc. + A Lone Sports Film Hit in F1 - 34:34 Comedies from Friendship to The Naked Gun - 37:01 Dramas like The Life of Chuck & Eddington + Romances like Materialists - 40:13 Horror is still crushing it at the box office from Clown in a Cornfield through Weapons - 44:06 Family Films are buoying it all from Lilo & Stitch through Jurassic World - 46:55 WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Other than what we’ve reviewed already… Eenie Meenie + a Sinners rewatch - 50:35 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It + The Last Detail revisited by M1 - 52:34 M2’s slander filled heel turn for a beloved classic. What has he done?! - 55:55 OUTRO: Make sure to throw your rotten vegetables at AlsoMike via social media. You can find all our links here https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar Otherwise, if you’re somehow still taken with us, do please support our show by liking, subscribing, rating, and reviewing our podcast favorably in the eyes of all the algorithms out there. We certainly thank you for sticking by us during these contemptible times.