Episode 694: Now You Deuce Me: 2025 Fall Preview

 It's that time of the year, when the summer sun begins to lessen, when the dog days of summer are over (thanks Florence + the Machine) and school has settled back... its the fall movie schedule.

And with that, the Fall Movie Preview of 2025!

New Yorgos! New Clooney! New Baumbach! More Mark Wahlberg! Josh O'Connor keeps showing up!  Emma Stone continues to ruin her life! Lizzy Olsen in a non-Avengers movie! Stephen King adaptations! Elphaba and Glinda are back! Mikey tries to say Anemone! Rose Byrne goes for the Oscar! Springsteen gets the Dylan treatment! Disney is back! And more magic movies! 

All of this, plus Dave finally pays off Dave'Stalgia, reviewing, and ranking, assigned classic movies from the 20s all the way up to the 70s! 

Movies discussed

• The Conjuring: Last Rites
• Hamilton the Musical the Movie
• Splitsville
• Twinless
• The Baltimorons
• The Cut
• The Glassworker
• Looking Through Water 
• Love, Brooklyn
• Preparation for the Next Life
• Highest 2 Lowest
• Code 3
• Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finale
• The Long Walk
• Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
• The History of Sound
• The Man in My Basement
• Rabbit Trap
• Tin Soldier
• The Threesome
• A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
• Him
• Another End
• Doin' It
• The Lost Bus
• Megadoc
• Steve
• Swiped
• Eleanor the Great
• Gabby's Dollhouse
• One Battle After Another
• Strangers: Chapter 2
• All the Devils are Here
• The Dead of Winter
• All of You
• Play Dirty
• Bone Lake
• Good Boy
• Shelby Oaks
• The Smashing Machine
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Roofman
• Soul on Fire
• Tron: Ares
• A House of Dynamite
• Anemone
• Deathstalker
• Fairyland
• If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
• Urchin
• The Woman in Cabin 10
• Vicious
• The Unexpecteds
• Ballad of a Small Player
• It Was Just an Accident
• After the Hunt
• Black Phone 2
• Good Fortune
• Pets on a Train
• Frankenstein
• The Mastermind
• The Wilderness
• Mr. Scorsese
• Hedda
• The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
• Regretting You
• Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
• Blue Moon
• Anniversary
• Stitch Head
• Bugonia
• Hallow Road
• The Thing with Feathers
• Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence 
• The Carpenter's Son
• Nouvelle Vague
• Die My Love
• Grand Prix of Europe
• Predator: Badlands
• Sentimental Value
• Nuremberg
• Peter Hujar's Day
• Train Dreams
• Keeper
• Now You Three Me
• The Running Man
• Trap House
• Arco
• Jay Kelly
• Rebuilding
• David
• Rental Family
• Sisu: Road to Revenge
• Wicked For Good
• Eternity
• 2topia
• Hamnet

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 619: See This, Not That - the '24 Oscar Edition

It's Oscar season, and we keep discussing the event leading up to Hollywood's big night (admittedly, The Deucies are Hollywood's REAL Big Night, but they haven't figured it out yet.)

And in an Oscar tradition that none of us are sure we've done before, Mikey and d$ invite in Friend of the Show, Lil G, Pride of Marietta Georgia, Radio Banker Apprentice, Garrison Ryfun to discuss the films of the major Oscar nominees, and which of those you should see... and which you should avoid at all costs.

First, though, Madame Web.  All three have seen it. All three have opinions, mostly starting with "Yikes."

Then, the just-announced casting of The MCU version of Fantastic Four -- are Vanessa Kirby, Pedro Pascal, and the other two the right call? Were there better names out there?

Finally... starting at the top with Bradley Cooper, we go through 13 actors and actresses with a larger body of work (as in, no Lily Gladstone!), discussing their films we recommend to watch, and which ones you should probably skip overall, plus a Wild Card choice from each. We talk Greta! Emma! Margot! Ruffalo! Gosling! RDJ! and more.  Plus, Mikey's hatred for "La La Land".

Episode 613: 2023's Surprise & Delights

Each year, there are the movies that perhaps are not on Mikey's, Dave's, or #XLessDrEarl's top fives or top tens, but they are still movies that surprised everyone... and delighted everyone... unexpected pleasant moviegoing experiences if you will.  

And we give our top five in this category in our annual Surprise & Delights episode... and like always, Friend of the Show, Miss Independent himself, Jeremy Burgess joins to give his fave underrated and unexpected performances as well.

First up, some chatter about movies that should be nominated for Best Picture, and a look at d$'s Christmas Gift to Burgess, the David Cronenburg film "Videodrome".

Then, the top five Surprise & Delights of the year, including Sydney Sweeney facing Reality... much love for a Sophia Coppola joint... several name drops for Jerry Butler... the differences in the movie and the 3 part series "Blackberry" on AppleTV... the year in horror... and much more.

Finally, the 2024 Burgentine's Day commences, as assignments are given from the likes of Aussie Nate... Melissa R... and the trio on the Deucecast.

Films discussed: 

• Air (Amazon Prime)
• Birth/ReBirth (Shudder)
• Blackberry (AMC+)
• Cha Cha Real Smooth (AppleTV+)
• David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (MAX)
• Godzilla Minus One (in theaters)
• Gran Turismo (Netflix)
• The Iron Claw (in theaters)
• It’s a Wonderful Knife (Shudder)
• Jesus Revolution (Netflix)
• Kim’s Video (unavailable)
• Plane (Starz)
• Polite Society (Amazon Prime)
• Poor Things (in theaters)
• Priscilla (for rental)
• Reality (MAX)
• The Royal Hotel (for rental)
• Shin Godzilla (for rental)
• Sick (Peacock Premium)
• Skinamarink (Hulu/Shudder/AMC+)
• Totally Killer (Amazon Prime)
• Wonka (in theaters)
• You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (Netflix)
• You Hurt My Feelings (for rental)
• You’re Killing Me (Showtime)

Ep 612: Who Won 2023?

The new year has begun, winter is crashing around us, and it's time to reflect on what made our moviedom in the last year... and for the second time, we ask, Who Won the Year? 

While #XLessDrEarl is unavailable, yachting off the coast of Madagascar, filling in is the Pride of Stone Mountain Georgia, Young G Ryfun... after a little catch-up, including whether Garrison is getting too old to stay up for New Year's at midnight, they dive into for a few losers first.

Before the winners, who actually lost?  DCU? MCU? Disney animation? Pixar? Indiana Jones?

Then, the winners of 2023... Barbenheimer... former wrestlers... Emma Stone... FAST Films... Japanese Kaiju... and one goddess who shows up again. 

And... what we really think about Rachel Zeigler and the new Snow White adaptation. 

Episode 572: The Oscar Winners Tourney

In the midst of the Oscar season, the SAG Awards, the PGA Awards, the BAFTAs, the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, and of course, The Deucies, we mustn't lose sight of the fact that we are still filling the Big Bracket with names and memorable, ICONIC, movie roles -- so what better way to merge  the award season into the Big Bracket with an Oscar Winner Tourney.

And to help decide this all important winner -- Lil G, the Spawn of Scotty Ryfun, joins Mike and d$ while #TwitterlessDrEarl is on assignment in Nova Scotia. 

Sixteen Oscar winning actresses -- only roles that won the golden statue, not just nominated, because if you're not first, you're last -- on one side, and 16 Oscar winning actors on the other.

Tonight's ep involves some incredible actresses -- Emma Stone and Jessica Chastain hope that being recent winners will cement their own legacy in the voters eyes, while Hollywood royalty like Vivian Leigh and Audrey Hepburn hope that multiple generations of stardom will put them through.  Gregory Peck's Atticus Finch strides through the courtroom of Bracket Opinion, while Daniel Plainview drinks your Big Bracket Milkshake. 

Some actresses appear twice, some movies get multiple shots at glory, and for some roles, this might be their only chance to move forward. 

And who knew that Mikey hated Gladiator so doggone much? 

 

Episode 502: Happy Little ReFlicktions

The frivolity and excitement of Ep 500 has come... and gone... and now the countdown to 600 begins RIGHT NOW with Episode 502, our first ReFlicktions in 6 weeks!

Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl serve up all the greatest and latest and leastest films seen in the last month or so, with some other random discussions, including Mikey's FUDRE Challenge... The career of Freddie Highmore… Jenn Hudson unlove… Bob Ross the Cultural Icon… John Cena’s films… d$’s computer issues… The career of Jim Cummings... 

Plus, the latest Top 5 of the Year, and the films submitted for this year's MikeTober!! 

Here are movies discussed, and where to find them (at recording time)

• The Vault (Netflix)
• The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (Netflix)
• Luca (Disney+)
• Respect (for rental)
• Happily (Roku)
• Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (Netflix)
• Vacation Friends (Hulu)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (Netflix)
• The Beta Test (unreleased at time of recording; releasing 11/4/21)
• Cruella (Disney+)
• Worth (Netflix)
• Fatale (HBO)
• Zola (for rental)
• Being James Bond (AppleTV+) (also not a movie)
• Malignant (HBO Max)
• Kate (Netflix)
• Sunshine (Hulu)
• Shang Chi & the Legend of the Ten Rings (Disney+ on 11/12/21)
• He’s All That (Netflix)
• Candyman (in theaters)
• The Killing of Two Lovers (Hulu)
• The Apartment (Criterion Channel)
• Big Trouble in Little China (Starz)
• My Son (Peacock)
• Venom: Let there Be Carnage (in theaters)
• Dirty Work (HBO Max)
• Dear Evan Hanson (in theaters)
• No Time to Die (in theaters)

Episode 426: Clay Comforts

In these times, it's important to take time to be safe and healthy, but sometimes you need just a little more security in your earholes. Which is why The Deucecast Movie Show guys -- Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl -- are bringing the world a list of "Comfort Movies"... movies that just make you feel good, or that you've seen so many times, it's a total escape to watch.

But to truly provide the comfort you may need, the DCMS brings on the dulcet tones of Friend of the Show Clay Shaver!  Back again to show up the crew with his awesome style, the show catches up with the old friend, bragging a little on the Spawn of Clay and her record making track style, as well as getting the latest COVID news from up north.

Then, in a game played for the first time since Episode 350 (Oct 2018), a rousing round of Reel or Unreel, as Dave calls out the movie description and Mikey, Clay, & #TwitterlessDrEarl have to decipher what is... well, real... or unreal...

And finally, the topic at hand, Comforting Films. Those movies that just make you feel good, that you can enjoy at any point in these troubled times. From a Jesus musical to a Nic Cage drama to retrieving a baseball to the movie that stole the Oscar from "Enchanted".

Movies featured, and where to stream them at recording time:

• The Cannonball Run (unavailable for streaming)
• Con Air (for rental)
• DieHard 2: DieHarder (HBO)
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Netflix)
• Go (CBS All Access) 
• Godspell (for rental)
• Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (Netflix)
• Inside Out (Disney+)
• The Intern (for rental)
• La La Land (DirecTV)
• Mallrats (for rental)
• Metropolitan (Showtime)
• The Music Man (DirecTV)
• Napoleon Dynamite (STARZ)
• Once (for rental)
• The Power of Glove (for rental)
• The Sandlot (STARZ)
• Star Wars (Disney+)
• The Terminal (for rental)
• The Wedding Singer (AMC On Demand)
• The Wizard (HBO)

The 2019 Deucie Award Nominations

Here are the nominations for the upcoming 6th Annual Deucie Awards, given for the best in film from the year of our Lord Two Thousand and 18, during an upcoming The Deucecast Movie Show episode.

BEST PICTURE
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
A Quiet Place
Roma

DIRECTING AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTING BY A DIRECTOR
Ethan & Joel Coen (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
John Krasinski (A Quiet Place)
Yargos Lanthimos (The Favorite)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)

BEST ACTRESS
Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns)
Olivia Coleman (The Favourite)
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)
Lady Gaga (A Star is Born)
Charlize Theron (Tully)

BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale (Vice)
Nicolas Cage (Mandy)
Ben Foster (Leave No Trace)
Rami Malik (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Sam Elliot (A Star is Born)
Michael B Jordan (Black Panther)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams (Vice)
Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place)
Kathryn Hahn (A Private Life)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

BEST POPCORN FILM
Aquaman
Avengers Infinity War
The Meg
Mission Impossible Fallout
Skyscraper

BEST SCREENPLAY ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED
The Coen Brothers (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
John Kransinski (A Quiet Place)
Bo Birnham (Eighth Grade)
Charlie Wachtal & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)

BEST ANIMATED
Dr Seuss' The Grinch
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider Man: Into the Spider Verse

BEST SONG OR SCORE
"Can You Imagine That" from "Mary Poppins Returns" (Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyric by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
"The Place Where Lost Things Go" from "Mary Poppins Returns" (Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyric by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman)
"The Shallow" from "A Star is Born" (Music and lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomondo, and Andrew Wyatt)
The Score from "Spider-Man Into the Spider Verse" (score by Daniel Pemberton)
"When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" (Music & Lyrics by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch)

BEST DRAMA FILM
Green Book
Leave No Trace
Roma
Searching
Widows

BEST COMEDY FILM
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Game Night
Sorry to Bother You
TAG

BEST ACTION FILM
Aquaman
Avengers Infinity War
Black Panther
Bumblebee
Mission Impossible Fallout

BEST CAST ENSEMBLE
Avengers Infinity War
Bad Night at the Old Royale
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Widows

BEST FANTASY / SCI-FI
Annihilation
Black Panther
A Quiet Place
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story

THE WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom
The Nutcracker & the Four Realms
Pacific Rim Uprising
Robin Hood
A Wrinkle in Time

THE WORST ACTING PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Gerard Butler (Geostorm)
Scott Eastwood (Pacific Rim Uprising)
Amber Heard (Aquaman)
Keira Knightly (The Nutcracker & the Four Realms)
Oprah Winfrey (A Wrinkle in Time)

Episode 280: Mt Rushmore of Funny Ladies

It's June and its summertime!  Dave, Mikey and Pinky are the only hosts in this episode, where the guys give their fave funny girls of cinema.

Deucecast Trivia:  What movie was the first film the Deuce guys ever watched at the (then) new Rave Motion Picture Cinema, which changed the game for theatergoers?  Find out in Birthday Movies, and how 1982's June was an amazing month of film.

Some Rotten Tomato Potpourri happens, with guessing some scores of female led comedies like Bridesmaids... Our Brand is Crisis... The Proposal and more! Plus Dave's love of... The House Bunny (!!!)

Then, a celebration of the funny ladies, as the guys put their Mt Rushmore together featuring the most talented and hilarious women in film.

Plus a quick look at upcoming episodes!

Episode 268: The 2017 Deucie Awards (and Top Ten Faves!)

Roll out the red carpet as Mikey, Dave, and Pinky invite in celebs Jeremy Burgess and Terrance Malick Apologist, Wit Stillman Fan, World Famous Oncologist & Lover of Brie (Both Cheese & Larson) Dr Earl, and call in contributions from Shazbazzar and Jennifer Kaufman!

Forget the Oscars, forget the Golden Globes, forget the BAFTAs and everything else -- it's The Deucie Awards!

And during the awards, the guys list their Top Ten of 2016, with discussions on films like "The Invitation" and "The Lobster" and "Captain America Civil War" and "Blue Jay" and "OJ Made in America" and more and more.

Here are the 2017 Deucie Award Nominees...  Nocturnal Animals picked up 8 nominations, with La La Land getting 7... Manchester By the Sea grabbed 6 nods... Hell or High Water and Rogue One a Star Wars Story both get 5 each, while Loving takes 4, and with 3 nominations each, Arrival, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Captain America Civil War, Magnificent Seven and (for the Worst awards) Independence Day Resurgence.  Twenty two more films picked up 2 noms or less.

BEST PICTURE

-Arrival

-Hell or High Water

-La La Land

-Manchester By the Sea

-Nocturnal Animals

AWARD FOR DIRECTING ACHIEVEMENT

--Damien Chazelle - La La Land

--Barry Jenkins - Moonlight

--Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea

--David Mackenzie - Hell or High Water

--Denis Villeneuve - Arrival

BEST ACTRESS

--Amy Adams - Arrival

--Ruth Negga - Loving

--Sarah Paulson - Blue Jay

--Natalie Portman - Jackie

--Emma Stone - La La Land

BEST ACTOR

--Casey Affleck - Manchester By the Sea

--Joel Edgerton - Loving

--Ryan Gosling - La La Land

--Jake Gyllenhaal - Nocturnal Animals

--Michael Keaton - The Founder

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

--Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water

--John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane

--Aaron Taylor Johnson - Nocturnal Animals

--Nick Offerman - The Founder

--Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

--Amy Adams - Nocturnal Animals

--Viola Davis - Fences

--Helen Mirren - Eye in the Sky

--Michelle Williams - Manchester By the Sea

--Mary Elizabeth Winstead - 10 Cloverfield Lane

BEST ORIGINAL / ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

--Damien Chazelle - La La Land

--Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals

--Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester By the Sea

--Jeff Nichols - Loving

--Taylor Sheridan - Hell or High Water

BEST POPCORN FILM

--Captain America Civil War

--Deadpool

--Deepwater Horizon

--Magnificent Seven

--Rogue One A Star Wars Story

BEST ANIMATED FILM

--Finding Dory

--The Little Prince

--Kubo & the Two Strings

--Moana

--Zootopia

BEST SONG OR SCORE

--Another Day of Sun - La La Land

--We Know the Way - Moana

--You're Welcome - Moana

--Score - Rogue One A Star Wars Story

--Drive It Like You Stole It - Sing Street

BEST DRAMA

--Eye in the Sky

--Hell or High Wtaer

--Loving

--Manchester By the Sea

--Nocturnal Animals

BEST COMEDY

--Central Intelligence

--Don't Think Twice

--Hello, My Name is Doris

--La La Land

--The Nice Guys

BEST FANTASY/SCI FI

--Captain America Civil War

--Doctor Strange

--Rogue One A Star Wars Story

--Star Trek Beyond

--10 Cloverfield Lane

BEST ACTION FILM

--The Accountant

--Captain America Civil War

--London Has Fallen

--Magnificent Seven

--Rogue One A Star Wars Story

BEST ENSEMBLE

--Don't Think Twice

--Magnificent Seven

--Nocturnal Animals

--Rogue One A Star Wars Story

--Sing Street

WORST MOVIE

--Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice

--The Do-Over

--Independence Day: Resurgence

--Kindergarten Cop 2

--Zoolander 2

WORST ACTING PERFORMANCE

--Liam Hemsworth - Independence Day: Resurgence

--Judd Hirsh - Independence Day: Resurgence

--Dolph Lundgren - Kindergarden Cop 2

--Adam Sandler - The Do Over

--Ben Stiller - Zoolander 2

Episode 260: So Many January ReFlicktions

It's the start of a new year, and with that, the start of new movie goals and new movies seen!  Thus, the January ReFlicktions is super duper uper sized!

Welcoming back to the studio, Mikey, Pinky and Dave invite in friend of the show Clay Shaver, host of the Remodeling Clay Podcast, but also Witt Stillman fan, Terence Malick Apologist and Film Historian the Honorable Dr. Earl! 

Amongst the topics, you'll hear The heartbreaking scene with Casey Affleck… the heartbreaking scene of Sarah Paulson & Mark Duplass... and where does Dan Fogelberg come in?... A Judy Garland retrospective… pretentious Pinky…  a lot of McConaughey…  the joys of Werner Herzog, aka Vernah Herrzog… the delight of Emma Stone… how Mikey hates happiness… the best kinds of plane crashes… Meryl Streep gets nominated for everything… video game movies… Ellen Page’s young turn… the problem with Passengers… holiday adorableness

You'll also hear the movies assigned to Pinky for the 3rd Annual Valentine's Pink!  

The movies discussed include The Peanuts Movie… Shaun the Sheep… Anomalisa… Kubo & the Two Strings… Gleason (doc)… Gotcha!... Manchester by the Sea… Blue Jay… Creep… Point Break… Boondock Saints… Other People… Meet in St. Louis… Jackie… Always Shine… Sing… Free State of Jones… The Late Bloomer… My Brilliant Career… Once Upon a Time in the West… Lo & Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (doc)… Into the Inferno (doc)… Marathon:  The Patriots Day Bombing… Balls of Fury… The Jungle Book… Barcelona… LA LA Land… Don’t Think Twice… Assassins Creed… Sully… Florence Foster Jenkins… Midnight Special… Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street… Fences… Moana… A Serious Man… Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles… Definitely Maybe… Hard Candy… Passengers… Criminal… Dog Eat Dog… Ghostbusters… The Holiday Engagement… A Fistful of Dollars…

Episode 253: Winter Movie Preview

Always looking ahead to the future, Mikey, Pinky & Dave brings you the previews of Winter Movies... The Official Winter Movie Preview, looking at what's upcoming over Christmas and into January and February.

Among the discussed topics...

Those "feel good Will Smith movies"... looking at the new ground covered by Star Wars films... in depth with Chris Pratt & J-Law... animated films with a bajillion movie star voices... a love of Crazy McConaughey... the narcissism of Bella Thorne... January dump months... the difference in Paul W.S. Anderson and Paul Thomas Anderson... the problem with evil videotapes... continuing the Cloverfield story line... movies that will be Oscar bait... the John Green sci-fi novel... 

Among the previews previewed... 

The raunchy "Office Christmas Party"... Will Smith in "Collateral Beauty"... "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"... Fassbender in "Assassin's Creed"... "Passengers"... the animated "Sing"... Denzel's directorial effort "Fences"... "Gold"... "Amityville: The Awakening"... "Underworld: Blood Wars"... Jamie Foxx in "Sleepless"... "XXX: The Return of Xander Cage"... "Split"... Michael Keaton's McDonald's movie "The Founder"... "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" (we promise!... maybe...)... "Rings"... "Fifty Shades Darker"... "John Wick: Chapter 2"... "The LEGO Batman Movie"... "A Cure for Wellness"... Matt Damon's weird war sci-fi "The Great Wall"... The Cloverfield story "The God Particle"... "20th Century Women"... Affleck takes the director's chair again in "Live By Night"... "Paterson"... "Patriot's Day"... "Monster Calls"... Scorsese's new film "Silence"... "La La Land"... Natalie Portman's biopic "Jackie"... d$'s girlfriend Amy Adams (and Pinky's boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal) in "Nocturnal Animals"... some social media flick called "Friend Request"... "The Space Between Us"... "Monster Trucks... 

Episode 205: The 2015 Lumps of Coal

It's a short show this week, so we hope you had a Merry Christmas and hope you do have a Happy, Happy New Year!  First, we say goodbye to Shotglass Digital Network... thanks Jimmy & the Shotglass family.  You guys have been amazing to our show and we cannot show enough appreciation for that!

This week, we go over the absolute dreck from the last year, discussing the five worst films we've seen in 2015.  Not all of them are from the last 12 months, but these are the worst films we've seen in those 12 months.

And we are talking baaaaaad films.  Not craptastic films.  Not films that are so bad they are good.  No.  Bad movies.  Horrible movies.  Movies that feature Jordana Brewster at the top.  Movies that say "Starring Kate Heigl".  Movies that feature the words "Cat" and "Woman" together.

Hear about what might be the biggest waste of a good cast to make a bad movie... hear Pinky get angry about a movie... hear d$ rail against The Fantastic Four (again)... hear Mikey talk about the movie that might be one of the worst films he's ever seen, this year or not.

That's all on the 2015 Lumps of Coal Episode!!

Episode 204: Our Grown-Up Celebrity Christmas List

Merry Christmas!  Kwanzaa!  Hanukkah!  Holidays!  Festivus!  Boxing Day!  And all of that!  It's the last of our month long Christmas episode series, as we bring on not only Dr. Earl, but host of the Remodeling Clay podcast, Clay Shaver!

The episode kicks off with Santa Mikey bestowing gifts upon the group (mostly from his own VHS collection... and by most, we mean "all") and then to a great game of Denzel.

And then, The Deucecast Movie Show opens up the Santa bag and hands out great Christmas gifts to some Hollywood actors & actresses... like Shailene Woodley... and Jake Gyllenhaal... and Terrance Malick... Rick Moranis... Lindsay Lohan and many more, getting the gifts they deserve!

Plus, the "30 Year Reboot Rule" gets introduced for the first time... and...

Mikey extends the olive branch to none other than Anna Kendrick... get your Christmas spirit this week with our Christmas Movie Show!

Episode 190: Tough Chicks & Teresa

Back in the studio for your weekly edition with the best in movies and more, and this time d$, Mikey & Pinky are joined by fan girl extraordinaire, co-host of Fangirls Going Rogue and of Disney Vault Talk and of a 1000 other things, Teresa Delgado!

Jumping right in, the topic is "Bad A** Movie Chicks", or to keep it from getting an explicit tag, "Tough Chicks in Movies"... the Bride.. Ripley... Sarah Connor... and of course... Olive Pendergast.  Wait... what?

Even a few controversial choices are tossed in... like... Rose from "Titanic".  Argue away.

Later, the episode finds it's way into Harry Potter lore, where the gang discusses their first venture into Potterworld, some of the differences in the movies and books, characters that were cast correctly--and miscast--and yes, d$ makes a case for Alan Rickman being wrongly cast...

All of this and more in this week's The Deucecast Movie Show

Episode 185: Top 100... 80 thru 71

Back when Lindsay Lohan was awesome, beautiful,
wonderful and normal.  And check out those hotties
in the back.

The numbers get smaller, and the hits just keep getting bigger (RIP, Casey Kasem)... it's another Top 100 Favorite Films episode, as Mikey, Pinky & d$ give you their 80th favorite films.  Then their 79th... followed by their 78th... and even though mathing is hard, you'll see where this ends up, all the way down to 71...

After a quick trip into the films of Rob Schneider in a "See This Not That" segment, the fave films start coming... who is the pansy who loves The Blind Side?   Who is the weirdo who loves Little Miss Sunshine so much?  And who truly is "MagnoliaFan69"?  Abigail Breslin makes two appearances this time around, as does Sandra Bullock, while music from The George Baker Selection, Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross and even Ray Stevens is heard, another film is crossed over on two lists and listen to Mikey's list carefully... something just doesn't line up (but it will make sense in a (back to the) future episode, we promise!

Oh, and Mikey says "Woody Harrelanaissance".  Don't ask why.  Or how.

Episode 166: The 2015 Deucie Awards (with Reflcktions)

It's that time of year when we, at The Deucecast Movie Show, take the Academy Awards to task, and give out our own awards for the best in film of 2014... Is Birdman truly the best picture, or could Nightcrawler be it?   Will Emma Stone win a Deucie for Supporting Actress, or even best Actress?  And what was the most entertaining film of the year?  And the worst?  The best action movie?  The best sci-fi?  The best written?  And will Johnny Depp be the worst actor, or will Kevin Costner out-suck him in film?  Those answers and more are in this episode.

Plus, we have a great discussion about the roles Jennifer Aniston has taken... is there such a thing as a Cageissance, and should there be?... what movie is so bad that Paris Hilton is the best thing in it?... and who brings up McCabe & Mrs Miller? 

Movie historian and Terance Malickian Dr Earl joins us for this episode, as we give out awards, talk movies and give our reviews on:

Predestination... Along Came Polly... Robocop (the original)... November Man... Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day... McFarland USA... Joe... Mystic River... McCabe & Mrs Miller... The Lazerus Effect... The Other Woman... Focus... Pretty in Pink... The Machine... A Good Marriage... Big Driver... Chappie... The DUFF... The Divergent Series: Insurgent... Ida... The Hillzzzzz... Bronson... White Bird in a Blizzard... Unfinished Business... Paddington... Timbuktu... Foxcatcher... The Drop... Scre4m... Run All Night... The Dark Crystal... Domestic Disturbance... Frank... Chef... That Guy 2: That Gal Who Was in that Thing... Road Hard

And, our first edition of the Top Five of 2015