Episode 693: The Top Ten of 1985

All things must come to an end, and that's our mantra as we head into the fall with the final snippet of our Summer Series... joining Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl to wrap up the summer long Top 10s is non other than the Podfather himself, the reason GOLverse exists, its Steve Glosson!

We spend a few finding out how the GOLverse is doing, Glosson fills us in on what's next, then we take a look at 1985... which celebs are turning 40 this year... who died in October of 1985... then a quick rundown at the box office winners and Oscar winners.

And then - the top ten of the year.  We got Coen Brothers... Albert Brooks... James Bond... Michael J Fox doing double duty... visiting the Goondocks... Garrison's recommendations... a vampire Chris Sarandon... wanting your two dollars... catching up with Mark Holton... Mahoney and his crew... ending the Cold War... Harrison Ford and the Amish... and debating on whether Adrian Balboa was a great inspiration or the worst thing in Rocky IV.

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

• Back to the Future - STARZ in TimeLoop
• Better Off Dead - HBO Max
• Blood Simple - HBO Max; Criterion Channel
• Brazil - rental
• The Breakfast Club - Starz in Teen Angst
• Fright Night - rental
• The Goonies - rental
• The Heavenly Kid - MGM+
• Ladyhawke - TubiTV
• Legend - rental
• The Legend of Billie Jean - TubiTV
• Lost in America - rental
• National Lampoon's European Vacation - rental
• Pee Wee's Big Adventure - rental
• Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment - rental
• Police Story - HBO Max
• Rambo First Blood Part 2 - rental
• Real Genius - TubiTV
• Rocky IV - Amazon Prime
• St. Elmo's Fire - rental
• Summer Rental - rental
• A View to Kill - rental
• Witness - MGM+

DCMS Ep 668: The Harrison Ford Top Ten

In honor of Captain America: Brave New World, your beloved Deucecast hosts make it all about one of Hollywood -- and our podcast's -- legendary figures: Harrison Ford.  Thus, it's time for the Harrison Ford Top Ten.

First up, a quick review of Captain America Brave New World - likes, dislikes, and a tease for next week's ReFlicktions.

And in a fun game, it's a round of Rotten Tomatoes with all February movies - random years, random weekends, random movie titles... and maybe the first time Charlie Chan films are mentioned. 

Finally, a complete listing of Harrison Ford's entire filmography, as d$, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl go movie by movie, title by title... sometimes blowing past them ("Journey to Shiloh"? "Zabriskie Point"??), sometimes spending a few minutes ("Star Wars"! "Blade Runner"!) and sometimes having full on discussions ("Working Girl"!) 

And at the end, the official Deucecast Harrison Ford Top Ten. 

Also... does anyone know where to find "Killroy Was Here" on streaming?

Episode 667: The Oscar Snub Tourney

 In a world full of Oscar winners, there is also a large population of worthy performers who never had their own Academy Award moments.  Whether being nominated one time, or seven times, or no times, nary a winning ballot with their name on it.

Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl invite in Miss Independent himself, Jeremy Burgeydoodle, to discuss twenty four dudes and twenty three dames, all with bodies of excellent work. Actors from Ed Harris in "The Right Stuff" to Michael B Jordan's "Fruitvale Station" to d$'s girlfriend Amy Adams in "American Hustle" to Margot Robbie in... well, something good. 

Idris! Harrison! ScarJo! Mia! And so many more great thespians, all with one question - "Why don't they have an Oscar yet?", and tonight, we find out who truly defines that question.

Plus, the 8th Annual Burgentine's Day commences, as Jeremy discusses his assigned films - "About Time", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Notting Hill", "She's the One", and "A Single Man"... who wins and who falls to the bottom this year? 

Episode 647: Our All Time 10 Ten Favorite Films

It's the unofficial end to the summer series, dropping a day or two before summer actually ends -- but we waited until #XLessDrEarl was back in studio!  And here he is, joining d$ and Mikey as they count down their all time 10 favorite films ever (and give 11 thru 20 later on in the show)

Mikey and d$ have a recap of the All Time Top 10 given in Eps 214 and 218 (back in March of 2016), but for #XLessDrEarl, its a brand new list that none of us had ever heard.

And after a lengthy discussion on the films of Ernest, we dive in to the all time top ten... of course there is some crossover, and a little movement from previous lists to now -- and only a smattering of pretention.  You'll hear about Harry Ford and Michael Mann. Some Tom Hanks and Audrey Hepburn.  Morgan Freeman and Play It Again Sam... films from 1942 all the way up to 2010.

It was a great list to discuss and we'd love to know YOUR faves too.

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

• Almost Famous - MGM+
• Andre Rublev
• The Big Lebowski - rental
• Blade Runner - rental
• Casablanca - MAX
• Chariots of Fire - rental
• Clerks - Netflix
• Days of Heaven - Criterion Channel
• The Empire Strikes Back - Disney+
• The Godfather - Paramount+
• Heat - Showtime
• Inception - rental
• The Last of the Mohicans - TubiTV
• Lawrence of Arabia - Amazon Prime
• The Mission - rental
• The Princess Bride - Disney+
• Pulp Fiction - Amazon Prime; Paramount+; AMC+
• Raiders of the Lost Ark - Disney+
• Roman Holiday - rental
• The Seventh Seal - MAX; Criterion Channel
• The Shawshank Redemption - TBS; rental
• Star Wars - Disney+
• Titanic - Paramount+
• To Kill a Mockingbird - TubiTV
• True Romance - rental
• You've Got Mail - rental 

 

Episode 642: My Favorite Summer... Fantasy Sci-Fi

It took the whole summer, but The Deucecast Movie Show finally managed to get a podcasting legend superstar... Steve Glosson makes his glorious return to the show! 

The latest, and one of three remaining, topics left in this year's My Favorite Summer series is our favorite Fantasy & Sci-Fi films!  Drew Goddard gets some love, we somehow talk about Mary Hart and Leeza Gibbons, and of course, most people don't follow the rules as out of three Top Tens, at least 40 movies are mentioned. 

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

• The Abyss - Hulu
• Aliens - Hulu; MAX
• Blade Runner - for rental
• Captain America: Civil War - Disney+
• Children of Men - Starz
• Dragonfruit - for rental
• E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial and His Adventures on Earth - for rental
• Ghostbusters - AMC+
• Godzilla - MAX
• Highlander - Crackle
• Inception - for rental
• Independence Day - Hulu
• Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom - Disney+
• Jurassic Park - for rental
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Amazon Prime; MAX
• Mad Max Fury Road - MAX
• Master of the Universe - TubiTV
• Princess Bride - Disney+
• Star Wars Original Trilogy - Disney+
• Star Wars Prequel Trilogy - Disney+
• Superman II - Amazon Prime; MAX
• The Terminator - AMC+
• Transformers: The Movie - unavailable 

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)

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 593: The Barbenheimer Dead Reckoning Asteroid Hustler... of destiny

Super long episode title befits a super long episode, and Mikey, d$, and #TwitterlessDrEarl have an awful lot to go over... it's July 2023 ReFlicktions and the meat of the summer blockbusters fall into this episode.

First up, Dave kicks it off with the first of two Katie Heigl movies as he begins to finish a quest that no one should really ever want to do.  #TwitterlessDrEarl does hit the Pretentious Corner once or twice, as Mikey dives into the Cannon Films schlock of bad Chuck Norris and the classic film of good Jack Lemmon. 

Both old movies and new are celebrated, and of course, the biggest of the summer - Asteroid City, Indy 5, Oppenheimer, Barbie, and MI Dead Recks P-1 all are covered here, as well as the guys' new Top 5. 

And the guys even touch on some of the controversy of the Barbie film and it's themes and possible agenda... 

And here are the films discussed this week, and where to watch them. 

• Wish Upon a Star (Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium; TubiTV)
• The Lost King (AMC+)
• Devotion (Paramount+)
• Evil Dead Rise (MAX)
• Extraction II (Netflix)
• Asteroid City (in theaters)
• Infinity Pool (Hulu)
• The Wrath of Becky (Hoopla)
• No Hard Feelings (in theaters)
• Shiva Baby (MAX)
• Alice Darling (STARZ)
• The Delta Force (MAX)
• WHAM! (Netflix)
• Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny (in theaters)
• Past Lives (in theaters)
• Bullitt (MAX)
• 100 Girls (Amazon Prime; TubiTV)
• Boys and Girls (Paramount+)
• Legion of Super Heroes (MAX)
• Cool Hand Luke (Amazon Prime)
• The Hustler (Watch TCM)
• Hunt Club (Amazon Prime; TubiTV)
• Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (in theaters)
• Joy Ride (in theaters)
• The Odd Couple (Showtime)
• Enola Holmes 2 (Netflix)
• Heathers (Amazon Prime; TubiTV)
• Klute (MAX)
• Harold and Maude (Showtime; Paramount+)
• Clerk (TubiTV)
• Oppenheimer (in theaters)
• Serpico (Amazon Prime; MGM+; Paramount+)
• Mean Streets (Criterion Channel; for rental)
• Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murder (Paramount+; Showtime)
• Invitation of a Murder (for rental)
• Operation Fortune (for rental)
• Step Brothers (Hulu)
• They Cloned Tyrone (Netflix)
• Jackass (rewatch)
• Barbie (in theaters)

Episode 592: The Actor 1-2-3 Punch

Like sand through the hourglass, this is the Deuce of our Lives... because summer is whizzing by faster than you can name 14 straight Tom Hanks banger movies. #FanboySummer2023 rolls on as the latest loser winner guest joins the show -- returning Friend of the Show, Roth from Wyoming! 

Lots to get to on this show, including catching up with Roth and his latest ventures... then some birthday movies, including the incredible news that Seabiscuit is 20 years old!

A brand new game -- Everything Everywhere All At Once Upon a Time in Hollywood -- makes its debut on the show, as the crew pairs up movie titles for points. 

Finally, Mikey, d$, #TwitterlessDrEarl, and Roth give their favorite 1-2-3 Punch for actors... that is, which actors had the best back to back to back hit films, from double doses of Harry Ford to tripling up on our fave Katie Holmes ex... which leads to Mikey's own theme for the episode, in memory of Garrison Ryfun, of course.

Stick around throughout the episode to hear about Roth's charitable work with RISE Foundation of Wyoming and how you can help! 

(Way too many movies to list their streaming sources - you can do your work this week)

 

Episode 591: Fave Stunt Scenes

It's the week that "Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One: Across the Ghost Nationverse" opens (already d$'s fave films of 2023), and what better way to celebrate this landmark film occasion than to talk about fave stunts in movies.

And what better 2023 #FanboySummer Loser Winner Participant to have than Friend of the Show Revolving Part Time Co-Host the Pride of Albany, Georgia, Spawn of Ryfun, Lil G himself G Thang Garrison Ryfun join Mikey, d$, and #TwitterlessDrEarl to talk about it.

First up, a quick, non-spoiler preview review of the aforementioned MI flick, from Garrison, who is out from under his review embargo (apparently he saw it at Wal-Mart? Dunno), then a round of Rotten Tomatoes, Jackie Chan style.

Then, diving into the Top Five, the crew give their favorite practical stunts in movies, including pole fighters, plane droppers, backwards movers, sword fighters, hose swingers, Trans-Am jumpers, rapids swimmers, chariot racers, rain dancers, Bond cyclers, and EVEN MORE!

Stick around for an extra long stinger because none of us can shut up.

Movies discussed and where to find them:

• Ben-Hur (for rental)
• Dark Knight Rises (MAX)
• Death Proof (TubiTV)
• Deliverance (for rental)
• Die Hard (Hulu)
• The General (Amazon Prime; MGM+; TubiTV; FreeVee)
• Inception (for rental)
• Mad Max Fury Road (Crackle)
• Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (Paramount+) 
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Paramount+)
• The Princess Bride (Disney+)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (Disney+)
• Sherlock Junior (TubiTV)
• Singin' in the Rain (MAX)
• Skyfall (Netflix)
• Smokey & the Bandit (Netflix)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (for rental)
• Star Wars (Disney+)
• Tenet (TBS)
• Wheels on Meals (FreeVee)

 

Episode 589: Conceptual Sci-Fi

Once again, #FanboySummer moves by quickly, as this week, another

loser winner contributor joins the show, this time for best "Conceptual Sci-Fi".  What does that even mean?  We have no idea, but who cares... as per usual, we go with it and have a fantastic time doing so.

Joining the show is the Rocket Man himself, Uncle Brian E, as he, Mikey, d$, and #TwitterlessDrEarl play a little round of ABCDeez, borrowing from fellow podcaster Doug Benson, as we use letters from a movie phrase to call out movie titles, figure out the theme and try to match up.

Then, a series of categories, from "robots" to "time travel" to "realistic" and more, calling out movies in many of those categories, plus all the discussion that go with it.

And Mikey met up with Glosson to see Petra. Not Pantera.

Films discussed tonight:

Films for rental only: Alien Nation... Another Earth... Blade Runner... Close Encounters of the Third Kind... Contact... HER... Logan's Run... The Martian... Moon... Predestination... Primer... Serenity... Tenet... THX 1138...

Movies streaming:

Coherence (Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium; TubiTV)

Edge of Tomorrow (MAX)

Ex Machina (MAX)

The Fifth Element (AMC+)

Gattaca (TubiTV)

Episode 587: Recasting

After two weeks of First Timers in both FanBoySummer and on the show totally, it was time to bring a veteran to guest star -- as in, one time last summer (Ep 539) but now, the host of the Food for Thought Podcast, Melissa Reagan is here!

Her topic of choice for Dave, Mikey, and #TwitterlessDrEarl is to recast... recast what, you ask? Dealer's choice. Find a major role, put someone else there and see if it fits.

First up, the Birthday Movies, as we come to grips with the fact Ocean's 8 is five years old, Black Dog is 25 years old, The Great Outdoors is 35 years old and even more.

Then a new twist on an old game, Simple Summer Trivia, as all indication points to another big win for Mikey, who usually dominates in this game. 

And finally, what happens if River Phoenix becomes Han Solo?  And Harrison Ford plays Sam Spade?  We get a rundown of Hilary Swank's career post Oscar, and what manic personality should have played Genie in 2019's Aladdin remake? 

Some recasting roles at the time the actors were hot, and some recasting by taking modern actors and placing them into classic films - all makes for a good discussion.  And finally, somewhere d$ can drivel about his Snape complaints. 

Plus a bonus convo, with some real life "almost happened" roles from certain actors, including an unlikely pair that was considered for La La Land, a total near disaster for Forrest Gump, who could beat Viggo as Aragorn, and what if... just what if ScarJo wasn't the right person for Black Widow... 

Episode 554: The Best Henchmen in Film

Halloween is quickly approaching as the fall rolls on, and the spooky movies are already on deck for both Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl. But before they get to Halloween proper (and the annual Halloween ep coming in a few weeks), they'll spend a little time with some of the other mean, evil, and sometimes incompetent characters of film.

First, quick chatter about recent movies taken in, including "Amsterdam" and "Werewolf By Night", then a Rotten Tomatoes game featuring the good, and bad, movies made by the master of horror fiction, Stephen King himself. Everything from the acclaimed like "Stand by Me" to the forgotten, like "The Mangler".  Everyone figures Mikey will win this one too. Right? Right.

Then, the Henchmen. Those who don't run the show, but do the bidding of those movie villains who do. Then again, sometimes the Henchmen in question are really the ones in charge. Either way, each of the Deucecast trio brings their own favorites to their lists.

Plus... the short career of Alexander Godunov and a
multiverse world where Harrison Ford is a dentist on Friends and Tom Selleck wields a whip.

Episode 533: Aerial Dogfights

In just a week or so, the Deucecast Guys enter into the Danger Zone again, at a preview for Top Gun, so that leads the discussion to TOP FIVE DOGFIGHTS in movie history.  Snoop, Snoopy, The Bounty Hunger or Junkyard are not included.  A task too big for just d$, Mikey, and #TwitterlessDrEarl, so who do they turn to?  Of course, Hurricane Rhett, because this show has been on the rails way, way too long.

First, memories of the original Top Gun... where did everyone see it?  How young, and how many zippers were on those parachute pants?

Then, the top five movies with aerial battles, mostly featuring planes, but some with helicopters, even some fists, and a stealth fighter named Firefox.

Mikey has the Zoa on tap... Memphis Belle's true mission... the Time Vortex... Ken Olin gets a namedrop... USA Night Flight... the badness of Pearl Harbor... the goodness of Dunkirk... Mikey's weird voices... ID4 mistakes... AirWolf vs Blue Thunder, featuring Riptide... All the Iron Eagles...

• Air Force One (TubiTV)
• Dunkirk (HBO Max; Netflix)
• The Final Countdown (Peacock)
• Firebirds (Hoopla; for rental)
• Firefox (for rental)
• Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (Paramount+)
• Independence Day (Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium)
• Memphis Belle (for rental)
• Pearl Harbor (Amazon Prime; TubiTV)
• Star Wars: A New Hope (Disney+)
• Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Disney+)
• Top Gun (Netflix; Paramount+)
• Transformers (Paramount+)
• 12 O'Clock High (for rental)

Episode 504: Murder Mysteries

It's another Halloween season and another Deucecast Movie Show Halloween Themed episode!  Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl welcome in the Spawn of Scott Ryfun, aka Lil G, aka the Pride of Villa Rica, Garrison!

First, a quick overview of the recent box office release "DUNE", with discussions on the film itself, performances, the vision that is Rebecca Ferguson, it's box office staying power, Jason Mamoa, comparisons to the book, and much more.

Then, a chat about favorite Murder Mystery films -- Agatha Christie characters to Daniel Craig to classic flicks to Korean gems to the best movie made from a board game since Battleship.

And finally, Mikey gives the results of 2021's MikeTober, with a bonus MikeTober for the Listeners

Movies Discussed, and where to find them at time of recording

• Blood Simple (1984) - HBO Max
• Clue (1985) - Paramount+ 
• Cure (1997) - Criterion Channel
• Dune (1984) - HBO Max
• Dune (2021) - HBO Max; in theaters
• The Fugitive (1993) - HBO Max
• Gosford Park (2001) - for rental
• Insomnia (1997) - Criterion Channel
• Insomnia (2002) - HBO Max
• The Kid Detective (2020) - STARZ
• Knives Out (2019) - Amazon Prime
• The Long Goodbye - Hoopla
• The Maltese Falcon (1941) - HBO Max
• Memento (2000) - TubiTV; for rental
• Memories of Murder (2003) - Hulu
• Murder by Death - for rental
• Old Boy (2003) - unavailable
• Sea of Love (1989) - for rental
• A Shot in the Dark (1964) - HBO Max
• Sleuth (1972) - unavailable 

MikeTober Films & bonus MikeTobery too!

• The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020) - Netflix
• The Ghost & Mr Chicken (1966) - for rental
• The Howling (1981) - AMC+ / for rental 
• Near Dark (1987) - unavailable
• One Cut of the Dead (2017) - AMC+ / for rental
• Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse - for rental
• Stephen King's Silver Bullet (1985) - AMC+ / for rental

Episode 487: Top Summer Movies of 1990-94

The heat is hot, the years roll by, the summer movies pile up, and the list gets better and better? What does that all mean? Heck if we know... but we do know that after 486 episodes, it was time to have on local Ghostbusters expert and awesome southern boy Brock Parker, co-host of the Bama Geeks Podcast!

Brock joins Dave & Mikey (Dr Earl being away on medical missions... at the beach...) as they first do a little Box Office Mojo about money makers in the 1990s... then they move onto the Top Summer Films of 1990 to 1994, any movie released from Memorial Day to Labor Day in each of those years.

Amongst the random topics... 

The South Alabama Brock/d$ connection... The video wars between Blu Ray and HDDVD... Howie Long's acting prowess... Brock's Little Mermaid story... The Jack Ryan multi-verse... who returns for Young Guns III... seeing movies on Troy's campus... the Forrest Gump soundtrack... the best Alan Rickman??... the best Ghostbuster song??... are Ghostbuster superfans looking forward to the new film... and Wolverine's F bomb... 

And the infamous Mikey makes Ernie Hudson break down incident...
 

 Movies discussed and where to find them at the time of podcast recording:

• Back to the Future III (1990) - entire trilogy on Netflix 
• Broken Arrow (1996) - for rental 
• Cleaning Up the Town: Ghostbusters Remembered (2020) - Chicken Soup for the Soul's Crackle
• Dead Again (1991) - for rental 
• Dick Tracy (1990) - for rental
• Forrest Gump (1994) - for rental 
• The Fugitive (1993) - for rental
• Hard Target (1993) - for rental 
• Jurassic Park (1993) - Peacock
• Mo' Money (1992) - Amazon Prime
• Patriot Games (1992) - Peacock Premium
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) - HBO Max; TubiTV
• Sleepless in Seattle (1993) - Showtime
• So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) - Starz 
• T2: Judgement Day (1991) - for rental 
• TOMBSTONE!!! (1993) - for rental 
• Wyatt Earp - who cares. watch Tombstone instead
• Young Guns 2 - (1990) for rental 

Episode 485: Top Summer Movies of 1985-89

The heat is on, as Glenn Frey would say -- fitting that it's from Miami Vice, a TV show right in the era that Dave, Mikey, & Dr Earl take on tonight!  The summer films from 1985 thru 1989, any movie that came out from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend in those respective years.

And the lists of "could be in my Top Five" are growing every block of movie years, and so it was important we bring on someone who was in their movie prime as the guys are -- Nick, host of Podcast of The Whills (and the new MOM CU), joins the show for the first time to break it all down and list them all out.

First up, a little chat on what exactly Podcast of the Whills actually is (hint: its from a Star War), then a little Brat Pack guess 'em game -- think you know the 80s movies of Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Rob Lowe, and Emilio Estevez? Think you know who woo'd Molly Ringwald in "Fresh Horses" or who was the plucky lawyer in "From the Hip"?  Play along, see if you can be the one in the group who dominated.

Then the Top Five Summer Films of 1985 thru 1989 -- some pretention of course... He-Man... Mel Brooks... Elisabeth Shue love... Dottie from Pee Wee love... Joey Pants mourns Ritchie... hot Cyrano de Bergerac talk... "I'll Buy THAT For a Dollar!"... d$'s pick for the best Vietnam movie ever made... and much more in a great discussion about the late 80s classics. 

Movies discussed and where they are streaming at the time of episode's recording:

• The Abyss (1989)... Amazon Prime
• Adventures in Babysitting (1987)... for rental
• Back to the Future (1985)... Netflix
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986)... for rental
• Die Hard (1988)... Hulu 
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)... AMC 
• Full Metal Jacket (1987) 
• Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (1989)
• Karate Kid II (1986)... for rental
• La Bamba (1987)... TubiTV
• License to Drive (1988)... MaxGo
• Masters of the Universe (1987)... Showtime
• Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)... HBO Max
• Robocop (1987)... Showtime
• Roxanne (1987)... Starz
• Sex Lies & Videotape (1989)... Showtime
• Spaceballs (1987).,. Showtime
• The Untouchables (1987)... Showtime

Episode 484: Top Summer Movies of 1980-84

Welcome back to Part 2 of the Summer Series -- last week, we ranked the summer movies of the 70s... this week, we jumped to the first half of the ME Decade -- 1980 to 1984! 

And gotta say, the harvest is massive.  Ranking any movie released from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day weekend in each of 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984, the film titles are legendary... Indiana Jones and Elliott and Kermit and Carol Anne and WOLVERINE and Shall We Play a Game and on and on and on... we've all got a list with a dozen or more names on it, and because the task is so daunting, what better way to tackle it than to bring on a podcasting legend and friend of the show SHAZBAZZAR!! 

We talk about where Shaz has been spending his time since the end of TechnoRetro Dads... avoiding Vic's Damone... playing a little IMDB Game... love of Marc Singer... the greatest fan film ever made... the 80s teens propensity to create world destroying technology... and so, so much more.

Settle in for one of the best episodes we've done in a long time!  

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

• The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 5th Dimension (1984)... Amazon Prime
• Airplane! (1980)... Starz
• Airplane: The Sequel (1982)... Starz  
• The Beastmaster (1982)... Amazon Prime
• Blade Runner (1982)... for rental
• Blade Runner Directors Cut (1992)... unavailable
• Blade Runner The Final Cut (2007)... HBO Max
• Caddyshack (1980)... HBO Max
• Cannonball Run (1981)... unavailable
  
• Condorman (1981)... for rental
• Cloak & Daggar (1984)... Peacock & Peacock Premium
• E.T.:  The Extra Terrestrial (1982)... Amazon Prime
• The Great Muppet Caper (1981)... Disney+
• The Last Starfighter (1984)... rental
• National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)... HBO Max
• Poltergeist (1982)... HBO Max
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)... Paramount+
• Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2015)... TubiTV
• Red Dawn (1984)... HBO Max
• Trading Places (1983)... Starz
• Tron (1982)... Disney+ 
• WarGames (1983)... Amazon Prime
• WarGames: The Dead Code (2008)... TubiTV

Episode 455: Hail to the Chief

Hail to the Chief, he's the Chief that we all Hail! Mikey and Dave, sans #TwitterlessDrEarl this time, jump right in with an episode long version of Like, Love, Hate, Hate-Like.

The concept is to take various Movie Presidents - those who have played the POTUS in a film or two, and come up with a movie that the guys both just like.... then a film the guys love... then one they pretty much can't stand... and finally, a movie they kinda hate themselves for liking.

Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Charlize Theron, Bill Murray, Michael Keaton, and Chris Rock all get the L/L/H/HL treatment 

• Aeon Flux (Hulu)
• Age of Adeline (Freeform)
• Air Force One (Hulu)
• Atomic Blonde (for rental)
• Basic Instinct (Netflix)
• Black Rain (for rental)
• Bruce Almighty (for rental)
• Cars (Disney+)
• Charlie's Angels (CBS All Access)
• Cowboys & Aliens (HBO Max)
• Deep Impact (for rental)
• Disclosure (for rental)
• Dogma (not streaming)
• Down to Earth (Amazon Prime; CBS All Access)
• Fatal Attraction (Amazon Prime)
• The F8 of the Furious (for rental)
• Firewall (HBO Max)
• The Fugitive (for rental)
• Ghostbusters (for rental)
• Ghost of Girlfriend's Past (Netflix)
• Glory (Netflix)
• Grown Ups (USA Streaming)
• Hamlet (CBS All Access)
• Hancock (for rental)
• Hard Rain (CBS All Access)
• Head of State (not streaming)
• Hollywood Homicide (Starz)
• Italian Job (for rental)
• Jackie Brown (Starz)
• Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (for rental)
• The Jewel of the Nile (Amazon Prime)
• Kingpin (CBS All Access; Showtime)
• Mad Max Fury Road (for streaming)
• Madagascar (for rental)
• The Monuments Men (for rental)
• Morning Glory (Showtime; Netflix; CBS All Access)
• Multiplicity (for rental)
• My Life(for rental)
• Need for Speed (for rental)
• New Jack City (for rental)
• Nurse Betty (Peacock)
• Nutcracker & the Four Realms (Disney+)
• The Paper (Showtime)
• Reindeer Games (Hoopla; for rental)
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Showtime)
• Robocop (for rental)
• Scrooged (for rental)
• Se7en (HBO Max)
• Sgt Bilko (Peacock)
• Snow White & The Huntsman (for rental)
• Space Jam (FreeForm)
• Spider-Man Homecoming (for rental)
• Transcendence (not available, thankfully)
• Wall Street (Amazon Prime)
• War of the Roses (Starz)
• Wild Thing (Amazon Prime; Hulu; Epix)
• Working Girl (Amazon Prime; Hulu; Epix)

Episode 439: Patriotic Roles

This year's July 4th has come and gone, but the guys at the Deucecast want to still celebrate America in the movies and the best way to do that is to give their list of the best patriotic characters in film.
Dave, Mikey, and #TwitterlessDrEarl bring in Little G, coming in from New Brunscross, GA, to give the top five patriotic roles in movies.

Up first, a Rated R version of Box Office Mojo, then followed by the Top Five... including discussions on Young Indiana Jones... Jay Underwood... #TwitterlessDrEarl gets serious about justice... Mikey lauds the Jewel, the Stone, the Nile, and the Romance... Little G harkens the first mention of soccer legend Pele on the show... lots of Patriot titles... Dave picks the wrong Kirk... and much more.

Here are movies mentioned in this episode, and where they are streaming at time of recording:

• Air Force One (Netflix)
• Allan Quartermain & the Lost City of Gold (Vudu Free; Pluto TV)
• Argo (fubo)
• Cinderella Man (Starz)
• Clear & Present Danger (fubo)
• Clerks (Hoopla; Max Go)
• Glory (fubo; Roku; Pluto TV; DirecTV)
• Hunt for Red October (fubo; DirecTV; Sling)
• Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (Netflix)
• Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom (Netflix)
• Jewel of the Nile (DirecTV)
• Just Mercy (Hoopla)
• King Solomon's Mine (Vudu Free; TubiTV)
• Miracle (Disney+)
• Mission Impossible (FX Now)
• Mission Impossible: Fallout (Amazon Prime; Hulu)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (The Criterion Collection)
• The Patriot (Hulu)
• Patriot Game (Amazon Prime)
• Patriot's Day (Netflix; WWE Network)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (Netflix)
• Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (TubiTV)
• Romancing the Stone (DirecTV)
• Star Trek (2009) (HBO Max)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (Amazon Prime)
• Top Secret (Showtime)
• Twelve Angry Men (both 1957 & 1997 versions are for rental)
• Victory (DirecTV)
• Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (not streaming)
• xXx (Fubo)