We recap 2019’s Netflix Awards Season, discuss their strategies amidst the streaming wars, & then we preview their 2020 Oscar hopefuls. Andrew of the Nomcast joined Also Mike in this discussion on the state of Netflix & the Academy Awards. What Is This Episode?/Who Is NOMCast Andrew? - Top of Show A Potentially LOADED Netflix Awards Slate - 3:36 Reviewing Netflix’s Deep 2019 - 6:48 What Is Netflix’s Business Plan? - 17:20 How Bright Their Immediate Awards Future Is - 21:16 (And How Parasite’s Big Oscars Night Effects Netflix’s Future) $100M+ 2019 Oscars Campaign - 29:55 The Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+ Chess Match - 33:25 THE NETFLIX 2020 POTENTIAL CONTENDERS: The Year of de Armas - 39:16 Documentaries: Crip Camp, Dick Johnson Is Dead, Miss Americana, etc - 43:25 Live Action Possibilities: Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things - 45:46 The Old Guard; Tigertail; 40 Year Old Version - 48:46 Heavy Hitters: Ryan Murphy’s The Prom + The Boys in the Band - 50:25 Spike Lee’s Da Five Bloods - 51:52 The Willoughbys and Animated Features - 56:20 Netflix’s Strengths + Weaknesses RE Women Directors - 58:35 The 2020 Netflix Big 3: Hillbilly Elegy - 1:00:58 Mank - 1:05:22 Rebecca - 1:09:04 The Awards Season Narratives For This Netflix Year - 1:12:08 Words of Wisdom - 1:17:36 Your Homework - 1:18:18 What’s Next For MMO - 1:19:02 NOMCast + Our Socials - 1:20:25 Netflix was the most nominated movie studio of the past Academy Awards. They’ve also been one of the more controversial studios throughout the past awards season while remaining one of the most mysterious powers in the business. So as we begin this Year In Preview, we felt compelled to dedicate a full episode to Netflix. Luckily, we have the perfect guest host ready & willing to help us. He’s Andrew of the NOMcast, AKA the Netflix Original Movies Podcast, and we cannot recommend his show highly enough to our audience. His next episode covers To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, his last two shows covered Horse Girl & David Lynch’s What Did Jack Do?, and of course, he just spent a full awards season worth of content creation studying all of the Netflix Oscar contenders. So do follow Andrew at nomcastpod on Twitter & subscribe to his show via your favorite podcast provider. In this episode, AlsoMike & Andrew dissect how Netflix campaigned for their Oscar hopefuls during the past awards season and how successful they were at all the precursors and then with the Oscar Noms. We break into a fun tangent on how Netflix has positioned themselves in the streaming wars & what their strategies might be going into the 2020 film year. Then we go movie by movie to preview everything we know about this next slate of Netflix Oscar hopefuls. Can Spike Lee win more than just a screenplay trophy? Will Netflix help Glenn Close finally break through into the winner’s circle? Will David Fincher win over voters with his own father’s script in Mank? And which Netflix documentaries & animated films should continue their momentum in both those Oscar categories? It’s another great collaboration between MMO & the NOMcast, and if you enjoyed this episode, do please take a few seconds to leave us both a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts. We thank you for your cooperation and support. Finally, and as always, we want to know what you think. We’re at 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.