One Bafta After Another, Sinners Path to Best Picture + Send Help - ORC 1/29/26

It’s a deep dive into the Best Picture Race with One Battle After Another, Sinners, Hamnet and Marty Supreme leading the BAFTA nomination field. Plus, we discuss the rest of the snubs & surprises from both across the pond at BAFTA and the latest Hollywood guilds like the WGA and ACE Eddies. Plus, we review new Film & TV like Send Help +++ His & Hers, and discuss what one Mike has been watching in the Indie Spirit screener portal and what the other’s Mike’s latest happy-place film binge has been. BAFTA NOMINATIONS: One Battle After Another and Sinners Top the Field - 1:33 Current Oscar Best Picture Betting Odds - 5:41 The Oscars Best Picture and BAFTA Best Film High Nom Getter Study - 10:43 Hamnet’s chances at BAFTA - 14:01 How Sinners could win Best Picture - 16:50 Who has the edge with the preferential ballot? - 21:06 The Rest of the Tallies including some fun British Picks - 22:38 Is BAFTA’s new voting system working? - 28:58 WGA Nominations - 35:07 ACE EDDIE Nominations - 39:50 WHAT WE’RE WATCHING Send Help - 43:11 The Rip - 46:31 All That’s Left Of You - 48:25 His & Hers - 52:12 A Poet - 53:31 Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man - 56:00 Mike 1’s Latest Film Binge Watching Obsession - 57:25 OUTRO: Do please send us YOUR submissions to the MMO’s. We will be happy to read them on the podcast or debate our picks for winners (if you’d like to invent/present a category for us to discuss). Send these submissions to our socials or via email. Otherwise, we’d love some more 5 Star Ratings, positive reviews, likes and subscriptions… and as always, we thank you for your support. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar