Episode 692: ReFlicktions of State

Back after a month or two from ReFlickting, Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl are here to do just that - ReFlick'd on the movies they've seen in the last two months or so! 

Many films that have been out for weeks and weeks are finally covered - because can you really enjoy any of these movies until you hear what we have to say?

Covered this month includes Dave watching beautiful people on Netflix... New Supes... Pedro love and hate... knowing what movie you watched last summer... a series of documentaries on Netflix... ScarJo and Dinosaurs... John Cena is the President... Sandler's films for his friends... and Earl's love of Brie. Alison Brie. 

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

• F1 – In theaters
• 1776 – TubiTV
• Final Destinations Bloodlines – HBO Max
• M3GAN 2.0 – for rental
• Sunshine – Disney+
• Summer of 69 – Hulu
• Jurassic World Rebirth – in theaters
• Superman – in theaters
• My Oxford Year – Netflix
• I Know What You Did Last Summer – In theaters
• Eddington – In theaters
• Everyone Says I Love you – TubiTV
• Freaky Tales – HBO Max
• Fantastic Four First Steps – in theaters
• Nowhere to Run – for rental
• Together – in theaters
• And So It Goes – HBO Max
• Train Wreck documentaries – Netflix
• She Rides Shotgun – in theaters
• Weapons – in theaters
• The Naked Gun – in theaters
• Nobody 2 – In theaters
• Highest 2 Lowest – in theaters
• Happy Gilmore 2 – Netflix
• Night Always Comes – Netflix
• Deep Cover – Amazon Prime
• Head of State – Amazon Prime
• Novocaine – Paramount+; MGM+
• Companion – HBO Max
• Fountain of Youth – AppleTV+
• Dreamscape – Peacock Premium; TubiTV
• Starman - for rental

Episode 682: The 2025 Summer Movie Preview

 It's a quadra-annual tradition, as the Deucecast Movie Show compiles a list of movies that YOU need to see that will be dropping, releasing, and streaming in the next three months.

This week, #XLessDrEarl is returning from his attending Friend of the Show Roth from Wyoming's wedding to the wonderful Lady Roth from Wyoming, so Mike and d$ read the notes to show you what to expect.

First up, a quick review of MI: FiReck that hit theaters this weekend -- where it falls on the overall Mission Impossible rankings, and what they loved about it (full review featured in June's ReFlicktions)... then, the summer preview, with new John Wick... new Wes Andy... Predator won't die... the Smurfs won't go away... and someone thinks that someone cares about Dora... plus, Live Action Dragons, Pixar's film that no one is talking about... Brad Pitt drives fast... M3GAN is the hero now?... more live action dragons... Netflix sequels no one cares about... Superman and Fantastic Four get their day in the spotlight... Liam Neeson goes slapstick... Idris Elba and Sydney Sweeney doing work... some director named Ron Howard finally gets a follow up to his hit Cocoon... Spike and Denzel back together again... and Peter Dinklege goes Toxie...

Episode 662: The 2025 Movie Auction

It's that time of the year, when the annual Movie Auction takes place... and by "the annual", we mean the second one we've ever done! 

In a concept borrowed from The Big Picture Podcast (all nods and love to Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey), Mikey and d$ are joined by Friends of the Show Garrison "Pride of Kennesaw" Ryfun and Roth from Wyoming to fill out their roster of films for 2025.

Everyone has a proverbial $1000 to work with, as various movies are put on the auction block and bid for - with the intentions of getting the movies that will make the most money domestically, as well as will get both Oscar love in early 2026.

The big ones are all hear -- Fantastic Four, Avatar, Wicked, and Superman included -- plus some surprises, like live action Stitch and Toothless, a Peruvian Paddington, more dinosaurs, and Glen Powell running.

A Rotten Tomatoes game determines the draft order, and will Roth go rogue again?? 

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 555: The Most Inept Movie Bad Guys

When you get five and half-a-hunna episodes into your podcast, including 12 Halloween Episodes, you can't always do "Best Villains"... sometimes you have to go the other way, and do the "Worst Villains", or more specifically, "The Most Incompetent Bad Guys" in films.

October birthday movies up first, as Blade Runner 2049 celebrates its 5th birthday, The Might Ducks has it's 30th birthday, and The Manchurian Candidate turns 60 (RIP Angela Lansbury!)

Guest of the night, Miss Independent himself Jeremy Burgess joins the show to fill us on on Dust on the VCR as well as the update on the upcoming film Don't Die.

Then, Mikey, Dave, #TwitterlessDrEarl, and Burgess give their own list of greatly terrible bad guys in film -- written well but played poorly, or the storyline they are given is terrible, or flashy but totally ineffective for any number of reasons.

Finally, MikeTober #9 commences, with Mikey giving his recap and ranking of "Speak No Evil", "Dog Soldiers", "The Vanishing" and some other movie I can't remember but he didn't like as much. 
 

Movies mentioned in the show, and where they are streaming at time of recording:

• Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (TubiTV) 
• The Avengers (Disney+)
• The Dead Zone (HBO Max)
• Don't Worry Darling (In Theaters; for rental)
• The Great Mouse Detective (Disney+)
• Fantastic Four (1994) (unavailable) 
• Fargo (Starz)
• Glory Road (Disney+)
• Halloween Ends (Peacock; In Theaters)
• It's Alive (unavailable) 
• Karate Kid III (Showtime)
• Mars Attacks (for rental)
• The Princess Bride (Disney+)
• Signs (for rental)
• Slugs (TubiTV)
• Speak No Evil (Shudder)
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Disney+)
• Quantum of Solace (Netflix; Amazon Prime
• Robin Hood (Disney+)
• V/H/S (Hulu)
• V/H/S 2: Rewinding Boogaloo (Hulu; Chicken Soup For the Soul's Crackle)
• X-Men (Disney+; Hulu)

Episode 534: Take My ReFlicktions Away

When Mikey, d$, and #TwitterlessDrEarl only have about 20 movies between them, thereby ensuring the ReFlicktions would be fairly short. We can't have that, so let's invite in the Pride of Kennesaw and the Spawn of Scotty Ryfun, the Lil G himself Garrison Ryfun.

We are here to spill the beans, no spoilers, plus discuss other hot topics like...

The simplicity of early Fantastic Four... #TwitterlessDrEarlsPretentiousCorner... Liam's too old... if Anna Paquin deserved her Oscar... Lucy Deakins whereabouts... old vs new Firestarter... Zac Efron's potential and what he needs to be in... surprising Jason Biggs... a rewatch of Tom Cruise... catching up with Rick Rossovich and Whip Hubley... Channing Tatum's RUFF watch... and the IP of Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers...

Plus, Garrison can't get away from Take My Breath Away...

And the movie assignments for the inaugural InternationEarl!!!

• The Fantastic Four (1994) - unavailable
• Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four (2015) - TubiTV
• Spaceship Earth (2020) - Hulu
• Andrei Rublev (1966) - Criterion; Freevee
• Memory (2022) - in theaters
• Dr. Strange (1978) - unavailable
• Jackass 4.5 (2022) - Netflix
• The Piano (1993) - for rental
• Firestarter (2022) - Peacock
• Firestarter (1984) - Peacock
• The Image Revolution (2013) - TubiTV
• Loser (2000) - STARZ
• Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) - Disney+
• DOG (2022) - for rental
• Senior Year (2022) - Netflix
• 8 ½ (1963) - HBO
• Nine (2009) - TubiTV
• Top Gun (1986) - Netflix; Paramount+
• About Last Night (2014) - Starz
• Fresh (2022) - Hulu
• The Adam Project (2022) - Netflix
• The Wild Bunch (1968) - HBO Max
• All Star Superman (2011) - HBO Max
• Hopscotch (1980) - Criterion Channel

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 284: The Magic City Con Live Show

It's the annual live show, straight from the podcast panel at the 2017 Magic City Con in Birmingham, AL!   Dave, Mikey & Pinky bring their Movie Chatter to a live audience, along with the Lover of Brie (Alison, Larsen & Cheese), Terence Malick Apologist, Film Historian and Wit Stillman Fan Dr Earl.  And sitting at the table with the guys is TechnoRetro Dads co-host Shazbazzar.

The show focuses on Guilty Pleasure Comic Book Movies... everyone loves The Dark Knight and The Avengers and Captain America... but not everyone loves... The Losers?  Green Hornet?  Batman 66'?? AND... Superman III.  Because Pinky is there. 

Joining the panel along the way is Marvel actor John Anderson, known as a Ravager in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 along with many other bit parts along the way, and in the audience, Geek Out Loud Poobah (podbah?) Steve Glosson!  

The all star panel talks about, among other things, Dave's issue with the Wonder Woman/BvS continuity... Bud the C.H.U.D.... The Stuff... Garth & K.A.R.R.... Gotham City vs Metropolis... The original predator... Affleck's Daredevil... Sean Connery's last film... How Jonah Hill can win an Oscar... miscasting Sue Storm... the first mention of Simon Says ever on the podcast... watching movies with Dr. Earl... calling Zoe Saldana a "loser"... the A-Team theme... Solarbabies and Jami Gertz... the Richard Pryor Theory on Superman III... Rocky III Sly Stallone...

And a live version of The Rotten Tomatoes game with audience members!  

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 189: Chevy Chase Reflections

Once again, the d$, Pinky & Mikey jump into the movie fray, giving our awesome audience of at least 4 people our rundown of the movies we've seen over the last month or so...

First up, though, America's favorite game named after America's favorite star of Cruel Intentions not named Reese Witherspoon or Sarah Michelle Gellar... that's right, its The Ryan Phillippe Game!  Pinky calls out the names and Mikey & d$ try to call out the names... can you name five films with Simon Pegg in them?  Exactly.  It's not that easy...

The guys dive into topics like the John Hughes of young adult novels... Pinky's favorite Taken movie... an Ed Helms upcoming project makes us all throw up a little... The comedic status of Will Ferrell and who is on top now... the legacy of Chevy Chase and if he truly was that good... and Mikey uses the word "enigmatic"?

And an entire diatribe from d$ on how bad Fantastic Four actually is

The monthly type five becomes a Top Ten of the Year So Far for the three hosts... find out what stays at #1 for everyone, and what moves around.

And here is the list of films that are discussed on this episode... Pixels... It Follows... The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (doc)... Punch Drunk Love... Taken 8, aka Run All Night... Paper Towns... Apocalypse Now... Heart of Darkness (doc)... Must Love Dogs... South Paw... Self / Less... From Dusk til Dawn... The Search for General Tso (doc)... Vacation... For the Love of Movies (doc)... Creep... Mega Mind... The Skeleton Twins... Face // Off... Mission Impossible Rogue Nation... Pumpin Iron (yes, that one with Ahnold)... Fantastic Four (2015).. Fantastic Four (1994)... Mr. Holmes... Minions... Life of Crime... Outcast... They Came Together... The 'Burbs... Shaun  the Sheep... The Gift... Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street... Jiro Dreams of Sushi (doc)... June 17th, 1994 (doc)... The Man from U.N.C.L.E.... The Break-Up... Straight Outta Compton... Cop Car... The Stanford Prison Experiment... The Prince... Hercules... Waking Sleeping Beauty (doc)... Agent 47... The Divergent Series: Insurgent... Blood Simple

Episode 177: Comics to Movies

Back and better than ever, The Deucecast Movie Show brings you the best in titillating movie conversation and deep film discussion!  Mikey, Pinky & d$ are joined by frequent contributors The Enchanting Nikki B & Dr Earl, our resident film historian and Terrence Malick Apologist.

First up, a round of The IMDb Game, where towards the end, things go completely haywire, numbers are flying and #mathing is hard...



I can tell you who did NOT make the list of fave comic character
film adaptations...

Then, an extended version of Stay Seated / Walk Out, which poses random cinematic questions and the crew decides whether it's viable...

Is The Rock the most bankable action star in Hollywood?  Should Vin Diesel keep making Furious movies?  How does Sam Worthington compare to Tom Hardy and his luscious lips?  And what's at stake for Pixar's "Inside Out" when it comes to stacking up with Disney's animated classics? 

The main topic is "Fave Comics to Movies" when it comes to comic characters... how does Hugh Jackman's portrayal of Wolverine in the films compare to the character in the pages of the comics?  What about Robert Downey Jr?  And of course, Samuel L. Jackson, who was the inspiration for a modern retooling of a character that he ended up playing in the films themselves... and many many more.  Heck, even Karl Urban and Jackie Earle Haley gets some love!

Finally... who do you cast as the new Spider-man?  The Deucecast Movie Show has a few ideas...

Episode 174: The 2015 Summer Movie Preview

Help us channel our inner Fresh Prince (Mikey) and DJ Jazzy Jeff (d$) and sing with us... "Summer Summer Summer time... time to sit back and watch flicks..."  Oh, where is Pinky?  He's our Spinderella to Mikey's Salt and d$'s Pepa.  #WordUp

Anyway, speaking of summer, its time for our June through August Summer Preview, highlighting the most anticipated... and least anticipated... films coming up very, very soon.

A little Box Office Mojo starts it off, where the guys decide who wins between movie matches like "Inception" vs "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and "The Rock" vs "Ransom" and "Big Daddy" vs "The Blair Witch Project."

Then, we kick off our official preview, with the ins and outs of... "Spy" with Melissa McCarthy... "Live from New York", the documentary about Saturday Night Live... "Jurassic World" and our love for PrattPrattPratt... "Inside Out" as the guys take on Pixar's latest efforts... apathy towards "Entourage"... Mark Ruffalo's Oscar Bait... "Ted 2" and "Magic Mike XXL"... whether anyone cares about "Terminator Genysys"... the potential for success of "Ant Man"... "Pixels", starring Adam Sandler, and only one of the hosts is looking forward to it... "Train Wreck" with Amy Schumer... "Dark Places" and why one of it's stars will keep Pinky away... "South Paw" and Mikey's and Pinky's salivating over Jake Gyllenhaal... Armie Hammer's new film "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."... the Oscar Bait potential for "Straight Outta Compton"...

Also.. "Minions"!... "Fantastic Four"!... "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation"!... and Pinky's rule on watching horror movies in the theater.

And what movies are the guys looking forward to the most, and what movies would disappoint Mikey, Pinky and d$ the most if they flopped (PS, Pinky hates "Thor").  Find out in the latest episode of The Deucecast Movie Show!