Deucecast Classic: The Political Movies

This week, we drop an episode that premiered on November 6th, 2016, including d$, Mikey, #TwitterlessDrEarl, and Pinky (!) -- these are the original show notes from that episode, or find it here. 

It's election season here in 'Merica, and to recognize, Mikey, Pinky, and Dave are talking favorite political films!  And who better to bring in to discuss such movies than the President of the Pretentious
Corner, the Witt Stillman fan, the Film Historian, the Terence Malick Apologist himself, the honorable Dr Earl.

First up, a round of The Ryan Phillippe Game, where you have to name all the films of a certain actor like Kurt Russell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Owen Wilson or Charlize Theron and more.

And then... fave political movies!   People trying to win an election!  Leaders trying to stop a war!  Superheroes trying to stay on the right side of America!  Movies like Lincoln!  Argo!  Wag the Dog! Captain America Civil War!

A great recommendation for the movie "Failsafe" as well, if you can find it, and for "Eye in the Sky", which is now available on Netflix.

So enjoy the list of political movies and tell us your own faves!

DISCLAIMER:  There isn't any talk of the current political climate, nor it's candidates, its merely a list of favorite films involving not just government, but anything where a leadership plays a game of hierarchy for positioning...

Episode 285: ReFlicktion Homecoming

After a quick weekend of a live show and getting their nerd on, Mikey, Dave and Pinky are back in the studio , welcoming in friend of the show Wit Stillman fan, Terence Malick apologist, Brie Fan (Alison, Larsen & Cheese), Film Historian and part time proctologist for fun, Dr Earl.

Among the topics include Mikey's diet fail... the real purpose of Freeform Channel (Harry Potter, of course)... the Fantastic Four of '94... Robert Downey Jr's early stuff... political Weiners... GLOW Gals... Crackle's app... the Just Watch app... love for Spidey... being tired of Gru... the glory of The Southerners... doubling down on meat eating... and is Anthony Hopkins overrated?

Some great discussion on Spider-Man: Homecoming, Baby Driver & Transformers: The Last Knight

Also, the top five of the year and some more movie assignments!

Movies discussed this month:

Batman & Bill (doc)… The Southerner (1945)… Tower (doc)… That Sugar Film (doc)... Fantastic Four (1994)… Doomed! The Making of Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four (doc)… Chaplin… Disgraced (doc)… Weiner (doc)… Mindhorn… Shimmer Lake… Rushmore… GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (doc)… Wonder Women… War on Everyone… Adaptation… Baby Driver… Okja… Handsome… Hologram For a King… It Comes at Night... Spider-Man Homecoming… The LEGO Batman Movie… Cars 3… Despicable Me 3… Grindhouse (Planet Terror & Death Proof)… Colossal… Transformers: The Last Knight… A History of Violence… Gone Baby Gone… Silicone Cowboys (doc)… The Sting… High Noon... Night of the Living Dead… Glory… Parenthood… The Shallows... 

And in the credits, a quick review of the documentary Dying Laughing, the doc Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic, the animated Rio 2, the British comedy I Give It a Year. 

Episode 249: Favorite Political Movies

It's election season here in 'Merica, and to recognize, Mikey, Pinky, and Dave are talking favorite political films!  And who better to bring in to discuss such movies than the President of the Pretentious Corner, the Witt Stillman fan, the Film Historian, the Terence Malick Apologist himself, the honorable Dr Earl.

First up, a round of The Ryan Phillippe Game, where you have to name all the films of a certain actor like Kurt Russell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Owen Wilson or Charlize Theron and more.

And then... fave political movies!   People trying to win an election!  Leaders trying to stop a war!  Superheroes trying to stay on the right side of America!  Movies like Lincoln!  Argo!  Wag the Dog! Captain America Civil War!

A great recommendation for the movie "Failsafe" as well, if you can find it, and for "Eye in the Sky", which is now available on Netflix.

So enjoy the list of political movies and tell us your own faves!

DISCLAIMER:  There isn't any talk of the current political climate, nor it's candidates, its merely a list of favorite films involving not just government, but anything where a leadership plays a game of hierarchy for positioning...