Episode 517: Movie Surprises & Burgess Delights

Each year, there are the movies that perhaps are not on Mikey's, Dave's, or #TwitterlessDrEarl'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 every year, Friend of the Show, Miss Independent Jeremy Burgess joins up for the episode, giving his own surprises and delights.

First up, Jeremy does his usual recommendations of independent films you might not have heard of, but need to see.

Then, the guys give their Top 5 Surprise & Delights of 2021, including musicals, unexpected sax players, superhero redemptions, Frank Grillo pleases, Matt Damon love, Requels, hate for Pete Davidson, love for Pete Davidson's work, and much more.

Then, not only does Burgess pay off assigned movies for the support given to his upcoming film "Don't Die" (including reviews for Layer Cake, Extract, and Two Hands), and then final assignments for 2022's Burgentine's Day.

It truly is a Burgeyfilled kinda episode =)

Movies discussed and where to find them streaming at time of recording

• 8-Bit Christmas (HBO Max)
• Army of Thieves (Netflix)
• The Bodyguard (HBO Max)
• Candyman (in theaters)
  
• Copshop (for rental)
• Extract (HBO Max)
• Fear Street (Netflix)
• It Happened One Night (for rental)
• The King of Staten Island (HBO Max)
• The King's Man (for rental)
• The Last Duel (HBO Max)
• Last Night in Soho (theaters)
• Layer Cake (for rental)
• Mass (for rental)
• Music Box: Listening to Kenny G (HBO Max)
• Passing (Netflix)
• The Power of the Dog (Amazon Prime)
• Rainy Day in New York (Amazon Prime)
• Stillwater (theaters)
• Taipei Suicide Story (Mubi)
• tick... tick... BOOM! (Netflix)
• Two Hands (Hoopla)
• Umbrellas of Cherbourg (HBO Max)
• Untold: Crimes & Penalties (Netflix)
• West Side Story (in theaters)
• Wonder Wheel (Amazon Prime)
• Yes Day (Netflix)
• Zack Snyder's Justice League (HBO Max)

Episode 417: Burgentines Day Nomination ReFlicktions

Happy Heart Day, a mere few days away, and Mikey and Dave are in-studio to celebrate.  On the Binder & Binder Law Hotline, the #TwitterlessDrEarl calls in, taking a break from the kidney transplant he was performing.

Also calling in for Burgentine's Day III, Miss Independent himself Jeremy Burgess, to discuss the movies assigned to him to watch for this week of romance.  Which film will be his #1?  And which show contributor assigned him the worst of the bunch (the answer may shock you!)

Along the way, the nominations for the 7th annual Deucie Awards are announced... with Little Women receiving 9 nominations... Marriage Story getting 7... Knives Out, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Parasite getting 5 each... A Hidden Life and Bombshell with 4... 1917, JoJo Rabbit, Doctor Sleep, Avengers Endgame, and Uncut Gems getting 3 each... and another 22 films getting 1-2 each... (the full nomination list will be posted this week)

Movies discussed (and where you can find them at the time of episode posting)

• 1917 (in theaters)
• A Hidden Life (in theaters)
• Southern Rites (HBO doc)
• Parasite (in theaters)
• One Day in September (Prime)
• A Song For You: Austin City Limits (Prime)
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Hulu)
• Little Women (in theaters)
• JoJo Rabbit (in theaters)
• Bad Boys for Life (in theaters)
• The Gentlemen (in theaters)
• Klaus (Netflix)
• I Lost My Body (Netflix)
• Blow Out (Prime)
• A Vigilante (Prime)
• Troop Zero (Hulu)
• Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (in theaters)
• Tell Me Who I Am (Netflix)

Episode 188: Independence Days

The 188th reiteration of The Deucecast Movie Show commences now!  Though Mikey, Pinky & d$ fancy themselves to be more mainstream, they do like a good indie film every now and then... problem is, more and more films are actually independent and not from a major studio...

What better way to wade through the madness than to call upon Terrance Malick fan and film historian Dr Earl AND Friend of the Show and Boyhood Apologist Jeremy Burgess!

Birthday movies kick off the show, as "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" is mentioned for one of the few times ever... five years old, I tell you!

Indie films is the topic, and among our favorite independent films tossed out are classics like Clerks and Memento and The Blair Witch and yes... a romantic comedy about Greek love, from executive producer Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.

Then, America's favorite classic film review, Pretty in Pink, as Young Pinky gives his review of the football masterpiece, "Necessary Roughness" with Scott Bakula and Robert Loggia... and yes, Kathy Ireland. In her prime.