Olivia Wilde’s not afraid of Virgina Woolf. That’s for sure. She used the Mike Nichols’ film as her “North Star” in making this film, and it’s very apparent to us as we discuss all of the Oscars implications and awards season possibilities for The Invite, starring Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton.
NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF THE INVITE:
The Production Backstory - 2:01
Reception Scores & Box Office - 6:13
More Reasons Why We’re Rooting For This - 8:30
The Way Too Early Awards Profile - 12:55
The Premise & Our Watch Stories - 13:47
Non-Spoiler Script Thoughts & the Mike Nichols’ Influence - 17:25
Reviewing These Stellar Performances & Why It’s a Gothams Movie - 21:49
The Production Values - 27:24
An Oscars Lens + The Actor Awards speculation - 32:49
SPOILER WARNING // SPOILER FILLED REVIEW OF THE INVITE - 40:23
A SHOCKING CLAYTON DAVIS THEORY CONFIRMED? - 41:01
The Set-Up & Bone Chilling Resemblances to a Mike’s Family - 45:34
Verbal Jousts & The Family Guy joke that’ll be OUR north star for this episode - 47:24
More Superlatives for Olivia Wilde - 49:26
The Most Memorable Scenes & Commentary on Male Thinking - 51:01
A Series of Clever Moves By These Filmmakers - 56:28
Central Conflict & How Our Podcast Is Basically A Marriage - 1:00:35
That Ending - 1:07:28
Final Grades / Final Thoughts - 1:10:22
OUTRO: Stay tuned for upcoming Oscar Profile Reviews for huge new movies like The Odyssey, etc. Stay tuned for upcoming Oscar Race Checkpoints and upcoming special episodes discussing the ever-evolving Oscars Race. And stay tuned to our feed for our upcoming rewatch series on the films of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. But when you get all these, we have no idea and don’t want to jinx it - maybe soon, maybe never. Until then, we thank you for supporting our show with positive ratings, reviews and of course, by telling your friends about us. Thank you. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
