Episode 639: My Favorite Summer... The Action Movies

What good is My Favorite Summer if we can't have explosions, bad guys getting shot, car chases, high kicks to the face and more explosions?  Thats why we have the Action Movies! 

Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl bring in Friend of the Show Aussie Nate to talk about their favorite top ten all time movies consider action... and maybe a little sci-fi?  

First, birthday movies, learning how old Boyhood is, Runaway Bride, Angels in the Outfield and even Mikey's fave, Babar: The Movie.

Then, a Prime Day update, and Aussie's experience seeing his fave film in the theaters.

Finally, the guys chat about their own personal rankings of action movies, including Axel Foley's adventures, Jason Bourne's identity, Nic Cage out of prison, John McClane in airplanes and skyscrapers, John Wick falling down stairs, Jackie Chan kicking people, Indiana Jones being doomed, and the best portrayal of Wyatt Earp in cinematic history. 

Stick around for the Shark Talk in the stinger. 

Where the Movies are Streaming at Time of Recording

• Air Force One - AMC+
• The Avengers - Disney+
• Bad Boys II - Netflix
• Beverly Hills Cops III - Paramount+
• The Bourne Identity - for rental
• Captain American Winter Soldier - Disney+
• Cliffhanger - for rental
• Con Air - for rental
• The Condemned - FreeVee
• Die Hard - AMC+
• Die Hard 2: Dieharder - for rental
• Extreme Prejudice - for rental
• First Blood - for rental
• The Fugitive - TubiTV
• Hard Boiled - for rental
• Independence Day - Hulu
• Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom - Disney+
• Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade - Disney+
• John Wick Chapter 4 - Starz in Ninja
• Kingsman Secret Service - MGM+
• The Last of the Mohicans - for rental
• Leon: The Professional - Netflix
• Lethal Weapon - for rental
• Live Free or Die Hard - Showtime
• Mission Impossible II - Paramount+
• Mission Impossible: Fallout - Paramount+; MGM+
• The NeverEnding Story - for rental
• Old Boy - Netflix
• Police Story - MAX
• Raiders of the Lost Ark - Disney+
• The Rock - Peacock Premium
• The Rundown - Starz in The Rock
• Speed - Starz in Buses 
• Street Fighter - Netflix 
• Tombstone - Hulu
• True Lies - Hulu
• Young Guns - MGM+

Episode 638: HORIZON: A ReFlicktions Saga

 It's been two months since Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl reflected upon the flicks watched, so it's time to give another roundup of the newest, the oldest, and all the movies in the middle.

It's the latest Pixar tearjerker... a franchise that slaps... Nic Cage rolls up... music documentaries... movie documentaries... has-been actor documentaries... Yorgos is back... Eddie is back... Rocky the Rooster is back... Orlando Bloom is... sorta back?

Plus Mikey tries to give a minute by minute recap of Horizon in real time (but is stopped, thankfully)

The latest top five from each of the crew, plus movie assignments! 

Here is where to find the films discussed, at the time of recording: 

• Inside Out 2 (in theaters)
• Bad Boys Ride or Die (in theaters)
• Please Don’t the Pleasure of Foggy Mountain
• Snack Shack (MGM+)
• Hit Man (Netflix)
• The Bikeriders (in theaters)
• Pencils vs Pixels (Amazon Prime; TubiTV)
• Butchers Crossing (Hulu)
• Arcadium (Shudder; AMC+)
• A Quiet Place Day One (in theaters)
• MoviePass, Movie Crash (MAX)
• Trigger Warning (Netflix)
• Horizon: An American Saga (in theaters)
• Brats (Hulu)
• Drive Away Dolls (Peacock)
• Red Right Hand (Hulu)
• MaXXXine (in theater)
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (Netflix)
• Axel F (Netflix)
• Stop Making Sense (MAX)
• Madness in the Method (Amazon Prime; TubiTV; Tubi’s CracklePlex)
• I.S.S. (Showtime; Paramount+)
• Kinds of Kindness (in theaters)
• State and Main (Criterion Channel; TubiTV)
• Kill (in theaters)
• Seven Samurai (MAX; Criterion Channel)
• Fly Me to the Moon (in theaters)
• Longlegs (in theaters)
• The Blue Gardenia (Amazon Prime)
• Hang ‘Em High (Amazon Prime; AMC+)
• Margin Call (TubiTV)
• Three Muskateers (for rental)

DCMS Episode 637: My Favorite Summer... The Comedies

My favorite summer continues and this week, it's time to get funny with the ha-ha... because comedies are one of the most important genre of all. Because we love to laugh at the stupid, at the smart, at the dark, at the iconic, and at the silly. 

Returning to the show after being our co-announcer and narrator at this year's Deucie Awards, The Amish Girl herself Jenn Novotny brings all the smile and humor... as well as a rant on an innocent actress and her Oscar winning performance.

First up, a little Denzel game, and catching up with Jenn and her world travels. 

Then, Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl, along with Jenn, give their own top ten fave comedies of all time, from movies they grew up with to recent flicks to the legendary to the downright dumb.  

Mo Money?  You're welcome. 

I.E., E.G., F.U.

Here are the movies we discussed and where to find them streaming at the time of recording:

• Animal House (Animal House)
• Being There (The Criterion Channel)
• Best in Show (for rental)
• The Big Lebowski (for rental)
• Blades of Glory (Hulu; Paramount+)
• Caddyshack (Paramount+)
• Cannonball Run (unavailable)
• Clerks (Netflix)
• Couples Retreat (Hulu)
• Dazed and Confused (The Criterion Channel)
• Duck Soup (Amazon Prime)
• A Family Affair (Netflix)
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amazon Prime)
• A Fish Called Wanda (MGM+)
• 40-Year-Old Virgin (Amazon Prime)
• Get Shorty (MAX)
• Groundhog Day (AMC+)
• Grown-Ups (for rental)
• Gross Pointe Blank (for rental)
• Happy Gilmore (STARZ)
• Les Miserables (for rental)
• Liberal Arts (AMC+)
• Major League (MAX)
• Mo' Money (TubiTV)
• Monty Python & the Holy Grail (Netflix)
• Napoleon Dynamite (Hulu)
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (for rental)
• National Lampoon's Vacation (for rental)
• O Brother Where Are Thou? (Hulu)
• Office Space (Hulu; Paramount+)
• Roxanne (for rental)
• Rushmore (Hulu; Paramount+)
• Ruthless People (for rental)
• A Shot in the Dark (MAX; TubiTV)
• State and Main (The Criterion Channel)
• Tommy Boy (PlutoTV; for rental)
• Trading Places (Paramount+)
• The Wedding Crashers (for rental)

Episode 636: My Favorite Summer... The Documentaries

 In the latest genre of My Favorite Summer, d$, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl revisit a topic first explored in July 2015 - with Pinky and Clay Shaver back then, no less... Documentaries!

Now that all three have seen many, many more documentaries since Eps 183 and 184 (over 450 episodes since those days), it was time to redo the lists.  Since Pinky is still imprisoned in the Chinese gulag and Clay is coaching in the WNBA, we look to another filmmaker and production guy, friend of the show Ken Horstmann who joins the show to give his own lists.

Make sure to check the list below to find out where you can see a lot of these 

• All Things Must Pass - Peacock; TubiTV
• Amazing Grace - MAX
• American Movie - Amazon Prime
• Beyond the Gates of Splender - TubiTV
• Brooklyn Bridge - Hoopla
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams - AMC+
• Dark Days - Peacock; TubiTV
• A Decade Under the Influence - for rental
• A Disturbance in the Force - for rental
• Exit Through the Gift Shop - unavailable
• F for Fake - Max; The Criterion Channel
• The Fog of War - for rental
• The Fire of Love - Disney+, Hulu
• Free Solo - Disney+; Hulu
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse - for rental
• Hoop Dreams - MAX; Paramount+; The Criterion Channel 
• Icarus - Netflix
• The Inventor - MAX
• Jasper Mall - Amazon Prime, TubiTV
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi - Hulu; Peacock; AMC+; TubiTV
• The Kid Stays in the Picture - for rental
• The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - for rental
• A League of Ordinary Gentlemen - TubiTV
• Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 - for rental
• Lost in La Mancha - for rental
• Marwencol - for rental
• Murderball - Peacock; Amazon Prime; TubiTV
• Muscle Shoals - for rental
• Paradise Lost - for rental
• The Resurrection of Jake the Snake - Amazon Prime; TubiTV
• Rockafire Explosion - unavailable
• Score - TubiTV
• Searching for Sugarman - for rental
• Stop Making Sense - MAX
• They Shall Not Grow Old - for rental
• Tower - for rental
• 20 Days in Meripol - Hoopla
• Winnebago Man - TubiTV
• Won't You Be My Neighbor - Netflix

Episode 635: The Extra Stuff

The My Favorite Summer series takes a slight break this week, but not to give a classic episode... this week, d$, Mikey, and #XlessDrEarl drops in your lap a bunch of extra content...

First, the Deucies Reaction Show -- friends of the show, Garrison "Pride of Sylvester" Ryfun, Roth from Wyoming, Aussie Nate, and The Burgeler himself, Jeremy Burgess give their thoughts on the awards given, those snubbed, who should have won and who did win based on The 11th Annual Deucie Awards, episode 626.

Next, a little extra Jeremy Burgess, giving his thoughts on possible winners of the Deucie Screenplay Award.

If this is your first time listening to our show... we beg you, find another episode to get used to us.

If you are a regular listener... first, we're sorry, but then, THANKS and enjoy the randomness this week, and we'll see you for Documentaries next week!

Episode 634: My Favorite Summer... The Actors

The heat is on, and summer isn't even officially here yet! Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl are here for another edition of My Favorite Summer - and this time, we look at the scope of actors across movie history, and each pick out their ten faves.

From older gents like Jimmy Stewart to newer names like Tom Hardy, with Hollywood legends like Leo, Denzel, Harrison, Bobby D, and even more.  

Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl each give their top ten fave actors and why they are such a big deal to them. 

Plus, Rotten Tomatoes, the 2024 Box Office edition, takes place to kick off the show! 

Movies we recommend featuring our fave actors:

• The Aviator (Amazon Prime)
• Becky (Showtime)
• Birdman (for rental)
• Changing Lanes (PlutoTV)
• Collateral (Paramount+; Criterion Channel)
• The Devil Wears Prada (MAX)
• The Edge (MAX)
• Forrest Gump (Paramount+)
• The Fugitive (for rental)
• Glory (Amazon Prime; AMC+)
• Home Alone (Disney+)
• Inside Man (Netflix; Starz)
• It's a Wonderful Life (Amazon Prime; FreeVee)
• The Last of the Mohicans (for rental)
• Marathon Man (Starz)
• Matchstick Men (for rental)
• The Mission (for rental)
• Morning Glory (for rental)
• A Perfect World (for rental)
• Philadelphia (for rental)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (Disney+; Paramount+)
• Raising Arizona (Starz)
• Rear Window (Amazon Prime)
• Robin and Marion (for rental)
• The Rundown (Hulu; Peacock Premium)
• Silence of the Lambs (MGM+)
• There Will Be Blood (Paramount+)
• Toy Story (Disney+)
• Trading Places (for rental)

Episode 633: My Favorite Summer... The Dramas

The second part of My Favorite Summer brings the drama this week -- as the Deucecast Movie Show crew gives their own list of the serious stories from the world of cinema.

Joining Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl is the co-host of the Good Day 4 a Movie Podcast, Jacob Roth, aka Roth from Wyoming, as they chit-chat and then play a round of a game not played in these here parts in a while -- The Ryan Phillippe Game returns for the first time since 2022.

Then, the Top Ten Fave Dramatic Films... everyone has their own description, as some movies may be more of a dramedy than a drama... or maybe it's listed under drama for one, but will be in another category for another.

Legendary films like The Godfather make a few lists, 90s capers like True Romance is discussed, a tragedy unfolds in one film, a fort is defending in another, and movies from as far back as 1966 are covered, all the way up to last year.

Episode 632: My Favorite Summer... The Classics

 It's finally time for the summer and with it, the summer series at The Deucecast Movie Show! For the fourth... or fifth, who's counting... your fave movie podcast that you, but probably not any of your friends and definitely not most girls you know, are listening to is giving you a theme for the summer, a series of episodes intertwined with a common theme... this time, it's "My Favorite Summer". 
 
And for the summer, Dave, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl will be giving you the top tens of their favorites across movie genres, like comedies, dramas, animation, and more, and tonight, the Classics.  And of course, to rank the classics is our fellow cinephile and film snob, the pride of Toccoa Falls, Garrison Ryfun!

First, a little round of Movie Trivia from The Book, and then, diving right in... all of our all time fave films from all the years, from the early days of film up until the cut-off of 1969. 

Legendary directors like Wilder, Hitchcock, Fleming, and Lumet... incredible performances from the likes of Cary, Stewart, Bogie, Audrey... and sweeping plantation epics to tiny jury rooms to creepy hotels to pool halls.  

 

Episode 631: ReFlicktions of May

It's only a short list of films this time, so obviously it would be a short ReFlicktions show, right?  

Have you met us?  Mike, d$, and #XLessDrEarl are back in studio to give not only a recap of new-to-thee films seen over the last month, but also some recaps of rewatches overall.

The big films like Furiosa and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and IF are covered... the Mad Max saga is re-covered... fear that The Fall Guy bomb is a bad sign of things to come, the beauty of 80s Julia Roberts... more Bond... Mikey watches ALL of the X-Films... the first real mention of Reading Rainbow on the show... LaVar Burton talk... and the perfect movie, starring Michael Ironside.

Plus, assignments for Dave'Stalgia Part II, and the latest top 5 of the year! 

Here are the movies discussed, and where to find them at time of recording: 

• Mystic Pizza (MGM+; Showtime;
• Colors (MGM+; TubiTV)
• Alex & the List (Peacock Premium; TubiTV)
• The Fall Guy (in theaters)
• Extreme Prejudice (for purchase online)
• Premature (Paramount+)
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (in theaters)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales
• On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (MAX)
• Mad Max (MAX; Peacock Premium)
• Thunderbolt & Lightbolt (TubiTV)
• Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (MAX)
• IF (in theaters)
• X (Netflix)
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (MAX)
• Furiosa (in theaters)
• Butterfly in the Sky (Netflix)
• Mad Max Fury Road (MAX)
• X-Men (Disney+)
• X2: X United (Hulu; Disney+)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (Disney+; Starz)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Disney+; MAX; Starz)
• The Wolverine (Disney+)
• Logan (Disney+; FX Now)
• X-Men First Class (Hulu; Disney+; Starz)
• X-Men Days of Future Past (MAX)
• X-Men Apocalypse (Disney+)
• Dark Phoenix (Disney+; FX Now)
• The New Mutants (Disney+; FX Now)
• The Sunset Limited (MAX)
• Wild Cat (in theaters)

Episode 630: The 2024 Summer Movie Preview

Your long nightmare is over... as the Summer Movie Preview has returned!  Finally, Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl give the dish, the skinny, the 411 if you will, on many of the upcoming films over the next few months!  

With Anya Taylor-Joy set to ride the desert while Daisy Ridley swims the ocean, Will Smith Rides or Dies or Slaps, and Glen Powell has his big summer, and Harold Faltermeyer returns, and Dave Bautista goes soft... and Mikey not only Licks the Guest, but he also swoons over Costner... and much more!   

Plus, InternationEarl pays off!  The Good Doctor himself gives his rankings of the foreign films assigned to him.

And the first update of the Movie Auction held in Episode 614

Here is the list of movies mentioned (with the previews on the show itself)

May 24: Atlas (Netflix) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga The Garfield Movie

May 31:

Young Woman and the Sea

June 7:

Hit Man (Netflix)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

The Watchers

June 14:

Inside Out 2

June 21:

Kinds of Kindness

The Bikeriders

Thelma

June 28:

A Family Affair (Netflix)

A Quiet Place: Day One

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

July 3 (Wednesday):

Beverly Hills Cop: Alex F (Netflix)

Despicable Me 4

July 5:

MaXXXine

July 12:

Fly Me to the Moon

Longlegs

July 18 (Thursday):

My Spy the Eternal City (Amazon Prime)

July 19:

Twisters

July 26:

Deadpool & Wolverine

August 2:

Cuckoo

Harold and the Purple Crayon

August 9:

The Instigators (AppleTV+)

Borderlands

The Fire Inside

It Ends With Us

Trap

August 16:

The Union (Netflix)

Alien: Romulus

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

August 23:

Blink Twice

The Crow

August 30:

Reagan

They Listen

Episode 629: Our Favorite Movie Experiences

It's a May Day and the summer movie season is kicking off, and the Deucecast crew spends a little time reflecting and remembering some great movie theater stories from way back in the day!

First up, making his debut on the show is local film maker and movie fan, new Friend of the Show, Bubba Willis.  We catch up a little with him and find out his movie proclivities, then we finally get back to Birthday Movies!  And we even mention Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen again!

Then, a brand new movie trivia game - can you name all the Harry Potter films??

Finally, Dave, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl, with Bubba, list their fave movie experiences. High school, college, recently, or long ago, hanging out in theaters with friends, family, parents, dates, and even getting stood up (THANKS ALLISON).

Here are the movies mentioned and discussed, and where to find them at the time of recording

• Bomb City – Amazon Prime; Peacock+
• Event Horizon – Paramount+
• Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire – in Theaters
• Gremlins – rental
• The Haunting of Morella - unavailable
• Im Gonna Get You Sucka – MGM+; TubiTV
• License to Drive – Hulu; Starz
• A Man Called Jon – FreeVee; PureFlix
• Prepper - TubiTV
• Revenge in King – for rental
• The Royal Tenenbaums – Hulu
• Speed – Starz
• Star Wars Ep 1: The Phantom Menace – Disney+
• Star Wars Ep IV: A New Hope – Disney+
• Suburbanite – TubiTV; FreeVee
• Tango & Cash – for rental
• Tank – for rental
• Titanic – Amazon Prime; Paramount+

Episode 628: Our Favorite Star Wars Fight Scenes

 At the Deucecast Movie Show, we celebrate the most special days of the year, like Christmas, and Mother's Day, and Thanksgiving, and of course, both May the 4th Be With You, and it's follow, Revenge of the Fifth, and it's spiritual sequel Revenge of the Sixth.

To help Mikey, Dave, and #XLessDrEarl celebrate, we invite in first time Friend of the Show, videographer and vlogger and Disney sorta influencer and hardcore Star Wars fiend, THE Derek Frank!

First, a little background on Derek to open the show, followed by the return of America's favorite easy Q&A, Simple Star Wars Trivia (spoiler alert - Mikey always dominates), then a review on the epic re-watch everyone had this weekend over Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

And finally, the guys count down their favorite Star Wars fight scenes - not the epic space battles, but one on one or one on five or five on a hundred -- no Star Destroyers, rather blasters and space swords -- and to make the pot even sweeter, the lists cover all the screen media, including TV shows, not just the movies. 

And a quick chat on Tom Hanks Playtone movie studio! 

Episode 627: The ReFlicktions Express (the extended cut)

After weeks of finishing up 2023, complete with last week's The Deucie Awards, it's finally time to bring in the rundown of all the movies seen in recent weeks (and months)... as Timberlake would sing, "IT'S GONNA BE MAY... ReFlicktions"

Dave goes through several classic (and maybe not as classic) films, while Mikey discusses his rankings of how 3.5 on Letterboxd may or not be indicative that he hates the movie.  Also, why Daryl Hannah may not be very smart... Dr Earl gets a little pretentious... John Cena bringing it... the early Kendricks film... Earl's Poor Things rant... why Daisy Ridley may not be very good... more Baumbach... 

And big movies like The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Godzilla x Kong, Civil War, and Challengers.

And Rebel Moon. Yikes.

Plus, assigned films make their return, with the payoff of Pineapple Express, Minari, While We're Young, and Mr. Jealousy

InternationEarl makes its 2024 appearance, with Dr Earl getting his films to watch.

And finally,  the very first Top 5 of the year! 

Here are the movies talked about and where to find them at the time of recording

• The Great Escape (Amazon Prime; MGM+; TubiTV)
• 20 Days of Mariupol (PBS; For rental)
• Mean Girls: The Musical: The Movie: The Musical Movie (Paramount+; MGM+)
• Rolling Thunder (TubiTV)
• While We’re Young (MAX)
• Ricky Stanicky (Amazon Prime)
• 2010 (Netflix)
• Pineapple Express (Netflix)
• Wonka (MAX)
• Legal Eagles (Netflix)
• Cabrini (for rental)
• A Woman Under the Influence (MAX)
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (for rental)
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (in theaters)
• Road House (Amazon Prime)
• Flywheel (for rental)
• Poor Things (Hulu)
• Trolls Band Together (Peacock)
• Migration (Peacock)
• Hunt to Kill (Starz)
• Fire with Fire (Starz)
• Wild Card (Paramount+; Showtime)
• One Life (for rental)
• Freud’s Last Session (Netflix)
• Damsel (Netflix)
• American Assassin (Netflix)
• Arizona (Hulu)
• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (in theaters)
• Lisa Frankenstein (Peacock)
• Minari (Netflix)
• Wicked Little Letters (for rental)
• Dirty Harry (for rental)
• Movie Hoarders (TubiTV; Tubi’s CrackleMoviePlex)
• Dream Scenario (MAX)
• Supercell (Hulu)
• New Orleans (TCM; Amazon Prime)
• Don’t Die (streaming)
• The Marsh King’s Daughter (Hulu)
• Scoop (Netflix)
• The Greatest Hits (Hulu)
• Steve (Martin): A Documentary in Two Pieces (AppleTV+)
• Name of the Rose (Amazon Prime; TubiTV; FreeVee)
• Mr. Jealousy (Peacock; TubiTV; FreeVee)
• The Greatest Hits (Hulu)
• Civil War (in theaters)
• Monkey Man (in theaters)
• Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver (Netflix)
• The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (in theaters)
• The Jewel Robbery (Watch TCM)
• Anyone But You (Netflix)
• Abigail (in theaters)
• Irish Wish (Netflix)
• Challengers (in theaters)

Episode 626: The 2024 Deucie Awards (and the Top 10 of the Year)

Normally, when you hear "A tradition unlike any other", you think The Masters, as that's the slogan. However, it is a slogan that more closely describes THE DEUCIE AWARDS!!

For the 11th time, Dave and Mikey, now joined by #XLessDrEarl, preside over the "people's movie awards"... and the top 10 of the year as well! 

And to assist, the Deucecast crew invites in many friends of the show, from Burgess to Kaufman to Aussie to the Ryfuns and even more -- with an assist from The Main Street Electrical Podcast co-host Jenn Novotny, it's quite an award-fest!

In addition, Dave, Mikey, and Dr Earl give their own fave films of the year -- you can likely guess the films that make all three lists, but there are a few out of left field as well.

Make sure to catch Ep 621 from a few weeks ago, where we do our "just outside the top ten" list...

Make sure to follow along with the winners! 

BEST PICTURE 1 American Fiction 2 Barbie 3 Godzilla Minus One 4 The Holdovers 5 The Iron Claw 6 Maestro 7 Oppenheimer 8 Past Lives BEST ACTOR 1 Bradley Cooper (Maestro) 2 Zac Efron (The Iron Claw) 3 Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) 4 Glenn Howerton (Blackberry) 5 Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) 6 Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) BEST ACTRESS 1 Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall) 2 Greta Lee (Past Lives) 3 Carey Mulligan (Maestro) 4 Natalie Portman (May December) 5 Margo Robbie (Barbie) 6 Emma Stone (Poor Things) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1 Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer 2 Viola Davis - Air 3 Jodie Foster - Nyad 4 Vanessa Kirby - Napoleon 5 Julianne Moore - May December 6 Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers BEST DIRECTING ACHIEVEMENT BY A DIRECTOR WHO DIRECTED A FILM 1 Bradley Cooper - Maestro 2 David Fincher - The Killer 3 Greta Gerwig - Barbie 4 Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer 5 Alexander Payne - The Holdovers 6 Celine Song - Past Lives BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 1 Sterling K Brown - American Fiction 2 Willem Dafoe - Poor Things 3 Matt Damon - Oppenheimer 4 Robert DeNiro - Killers of the Flower Moon 5 Robert Downey Jr - Oppenheimer 6 Ryan Gosling - Barbie BEST ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 1 Anatomy of a Fall 2 Asteroid City 3 Barbie 4 The Holdovers 5 Oppenheimer 6 Past Lives BEST ANIMATED FILM 1 Elemental 2 Leo 3 Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse 4 The Super Mario Brothers Movie 5 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem JACOB PINKY PINKERTON AWARD FOR BEST BRAIN CANDY MOVIE 1 Anyone But You 2 Gran Turismo 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 4 John Wick 4 5 Meg 2 :The Trench 6 MI: Dead Reckoning Part 1 BEST DOCUMENTARY 1 David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived 2 A Disturbance in the Force 3 Sly 4 Still: A Michael J Fox Movie 5 Taylor Swift: the Eras Tour BEST ENSEMBLE CAST 1 Air 2 Asteroid City 3 Killers of the Flower Moon 4 Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning 5 Oppenheimer BEST ACTION FILM 1 The Equalizer 3 2 Extraction 2 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 4 John Wick 4 5 Mission Impossible: Dead Recks BEST SONG OR SCORE 1 Ludwig Goransson (Oppenheimer) 2 Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Killer) 3 Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) 4 Dua Lipa - Dance the Night, Barbie 5 "I'm Just Ken" music and lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (Barbie) BEST DRAMA 1 The Holdovers 2 The Killer 3 Oppenheimer 4 Past Lives 5 You Hurt My Feelings BEST COMEDY 1 American Fiction 2 Anyone But You 3 Asteroid City 4 Barbie 5 Blackberry BEST SCI-FI/HORROR 1 The Creator 2 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 3 Godzilla Minus One 4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 4 5 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Deucecast Classic: 2016's All Time Top Ten

It's a classic ep this week, as we combine TWO episodes -- Ep 214 and Ep 218, both from March 2016 -- with special guests Clay Shaver and Jeremy Burgess

Both episodes run through our (then) all time top 10 movies, as we were finishing up a series giving our top 100... 

Here are the original show notes!

 Finally... it's here!  Dave, Mikey & Pinky have entered the Top Ten in our year long series of our Top 100 favorite films... and because it's so monumental, the Deucecast Movie Show gang had to bring in two of their favorite dozen or so guests -- Local Birmingham filmmaker Jeremy Burgess and host of the Remodeling Clay podcast Clay Shaver -- to give senseless... er, senseful films.

But first, a rousing game of Chronology, with great categories like "The Mitten"... "Bale-Out"... "Mikey Likey"... and of course, the always loved "Potent Potables".

Starting with a reminder of how each of the participants came up with their own Top Ten.

Jeremy offers up a John Carpenter masterpiece, talks about his favorite horror films and the movie that "is underrated for being overrated" and possible "date rapey".

Pinky falls in love with Anna Kendrick and cancer, talks about a movie fetish and lists the best Rings film...

Clay discusses a Vietnam classic, his best Kevin Smith and a quintessential buddy cop film...

Dave has more Anna Kendrick meets airport stories, celebrates a sinking ship and an Elton John song...

and Mikey feels some heat, feels some Breakfast and has some romance. Some True Romance.

Also, Kate Hudson may or may not come on our show, ever...

Next, how lowly ranked should "Pulp Fiction" actually be?

And... coming soon, a new reality show called... "The Burgeler"?

AND THEN

It's been a year in the making, but here it is... five films from Mikey, from Dave, and from Pinky, along with special guests Remodeling Clay Shaver and local filmmaker Jeremy Burgess, who give their five of all time.

Jumping right in, with Mikey's #5, the discussions flow on where Diehard 2 stands in the original trilogy... two Gregory Peck films... the delight of "In Bruge"... a double dose of Andy Dufresne... Harrison Ford makes a big splash... when "Pulp Fiction" is too low... a film that millennials should discover... Dave's previous favorite film ever until this one... Thoughts on "Blade Runner 2"... Pinky's weird party going habits... the generation gap between Bale's & Keaton's Batman... how to get ripped off after being paid $4 billion... and who does Jeremy think is kidding when they talk about their favorite film?

Plus, tips on creating your own Top 100...

Episode 625: Wrasslin' Movies (ft The Gloss)

 FINALLY... Steve Glosson has COME BACK... to... The Deuuuuuuucecast...

Fresh off a heckuva WrestleMania 40 weekend, Mikey and Dave chat a little bit about their favorite WWE Superst... WWE Wrestlers in movies!  And the best way to do that is to bring on someone who appears on a Wrasslin show, the original Geek, Steve Glosson.

First, a mandatory discussion about WM40, which took place a day before recording, with favorite matches, what the WWE did right, the storytelling, maybe a few things we'd change and more.

Then, we dive into our Top 5 movie roles of professional wrestling superstars - both past and present - with the rule being we cannot list anyone more than once.

Getting their due are the usuals like The Rock, Cena, Bautista and more... and a few names out of left field, like Big Daddy Kool... Bam Bam Bigelow... and a former WCW Champion.

Also, random chatter on things like the Superman Death storyline in comics... Civil War in comics and movies... an upcoming documentary passion project from Steve... d$'s 200th episode coming up... and anything else we can think of! 

Movies discussed:

• Be Cool
• Body Slam
• The Condemned
• Grown-Ups 2
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• The Iron Claw
• Jumanji
• Major Payne
• The Marine
• No Holds Barred 
• The Princess Bride 
• The Punisher
• The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
• The Resurrection of Jake the Snake
• The Rundown
• Scream
• Spider-Man
• They Live

Episode 624: The Pretentious Corner

It's been promised forever, and The Deucecast Movie Show has finally delivered.  Pretention reigns on this episode, as d$ is out of town and Mikey is relegated to behind the scenes where no one can hear him whine.

#XLessDrEarl is here and shedding the show of the uncultured swine of a Kevin James fan known as d$ and the Nic Cage apologize called Mikey, bringing in Friend of the Show Jeremy "Miss Independent" Burgess and part time co-host Lil G, Garrison "Pride of Albany" Ryfun to discuss all things pretentious.

First, a little Oscars chat... then a take on Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire... an update on Burgess' film "Don't Die"... streaming services (RIP FilmStruck) to find such pretentious films... and a definition of Pretention from the crew.

They list their five fave pretentious films, including gems from Wim Wenders (pronounced VIM VENDERS by the way) and Malick and Fassbender and much, much more. Grab your smoking jacking, swirl your brandy snifter, and adjust your monocle...

Episode 623: Non-Scary Ghosty Movies

 With the release of the latest Ghostbusters movie, "Frozen Empire", we thought it was only fitting that we do something around the very heart of the sequel -- Ghosts! 

But it's not Halloween so we decided to talk some Ghost Stories that aren't scary.  Friendly ghosts, baseball playing ghosts, Christmas ghosts, Romantic Ghosts and so much more. 

And what better way to discuss this topic than to bring in some experts... Brock Parker making his return to the podcast (since June 2021!) and bringing his lovely wife Jessica along, representing the Alabama ghostbusters!

Plus, what the Alabama Ghostbusters are doing now, how to join, and where to find them... and an honest, spoiler free review of "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire"

Episode 622: The Irishmen... and Women!

 Top of the morning to ya, as we like to say (confession, we never say this) as The Deucecast Movie Show celebrates both St Patrick's Day as well as Cillian Murphy's recent Oscar win -- which leads to Mikey, Dave, and #XlessDrEarl all giving the Top Five Irish Performances...

First up, a return to some of the familiar games, including Rotten Tomatoes, a little Potpourri edition this time, as well as random chatter leading up to the Top Five.

The Top Five this week is a discussion about not only best Irish actors and their performances, but those of Irish decent and ties - from a fave young ingenue who everyone loves (and is the only female to win TWO Deucie awards) to a classic star from a few generations ago, and a superstar that everyone knows to some that only have a few under their belt.

And then... the quick revelation of the upcoming Summer Series. We hope it's your favorite, actually.

Episode 621: The Almost Top 10 Top Five

The Academy Awards are finally completed, which means the Awards Season has but one stop... the Deucie Awards.  And to give out the awards, you need the nominations... so tonight, two special guests and Friends of the Show step up to reveal all that you have been wishing for (and you'll find below)

First, though, Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl discuss a little Oscar recap -- what was snubbed, the surprises, the chalk of it all, the good parts and the bad. 

Then, they take a look at their fave films of the year, and while all of their Top 10s are coming up in a few weeks, along with the actual Deucie Awards, they loo
k just outside the Top 10, at numbers 11 through 15 on their lists. What just missed out on Mikey's Top 10, sitting in that next 5? What made d$'s 11 to 15, that may have made in the other guys top 10s?  And what movies are crossovers, appearing on everyone's lists?

And then finally... the nominations are out... 

BEST PICTURE 1 American Fiction 2 Barbie 3 Godzilla Minus One 4 The Holdovers 5 The Iron Claw 6 Maestro 7 Oppenheimer 8 Past Lives BEST ACTOR 1 Bradley Cooper (Maestro) 2 Zac Efron (The Iron Claw) 3 Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) 4 Glenn Howerton (Blackberry) 5 Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) 6 Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) BEST ACTRESS 1 Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall) 2 Greta Lee (Past Lives) 3 Carey Mulligan (Maestro) 4 Natalie Portman (May December) 5 Margo Robbie (Barbie) 6 Emma Stone (Poor Things) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1 Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer 2 Viola Davis - Air 3 Jodie Foster - Nyad 4 Vanessa Kirby - Napoleon 5 Julianne Moore - May December 6 Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers BEST DIRECTING ACHIEVEMENT BY A DIRECTOR WHO DIRECTED A FILM 1 Bradley Cooper - Maestro 2 David Fincher - The Killer 3 Greta Gerwig - Barbie 4 Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer 5 Alexander Payne - The Holdovers 6 Celine Song - Past Lives BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 1 Sterling K Brown - American Fiction 2 Willem Dafoe - Poor Things 3 Matt Damon - Oppenheimer 4 Robert DeNiro - Killers of the Flower Moon 5 Robert Downey Jr - Oppenheimer 6 Ryan Gosling - Barbie BEST ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 1 Anatomy of a Fall 2 Asteroid City 3 Barbie 4 The Holdovers 5 Oppenheimer 6 Past Lives BEST ANIMATED FILM 1 Elemental 2 Leo 3 Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse 4 The Super Mario Brothers Movie 5 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem JACOB PINKY PINKERTON AWARD FOR BEST BRAIN CANDY MOVIE 1 Anyone But You 2 Gran Turismo 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 4 John Wick 4 5 Meg 2 :The Trench 6 MI: Dead Reckoning Part 1 BEST DOCUMENTARY 1 David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived 2 A Disturbance in the Force 3 Sly 4 Still: A Michael J Fox Movie 5 Taylor Swift: the Eras Tour BEST ENSEMBLE CAST 1 Air 2 Asteroid City 3 Killers of the Flower Moon 4 Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning 5 Oppenheimer BEST ACTION FILM 1 The Equalizer 3 2 Extraction 2 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 4 John Wick 4 5 Mission Impossible: Dead Recks BEST SONG OR SCORE 1 Ludwig Goransson (Oppenheimer) 2 Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Killer) 3 Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) 4 Dua Lipa - Dance the Night, Barbie 5 "I'm Just Ken" music and lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (Barbie) BEST DRAMA 1 The Holdovers 2 The Killer 3 Oppenheimer 4 Past Lives 5 You Hurt My Feelings BEST COMEDY 1 American Fiction 2 Anyone But You 3 Asteroid City 4 Barbie 5 Blackberry BEST SCI-FI/HORROR 1 The Creator 2 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 3 Godzilla Minus One 4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 4 5 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts