Episode 690: The Top Ten of 1994

The summer series continues, as Dave, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl finally gets to talk about a 90s year! 

Leave it to new-to-the-show Galaxy Joe from Rule the Galaxy Podcast to bringing in one of the most heralded years in the 90s - the year that brought John Travolta back... that had Jimmy Cameron making non blue people movies... had Tim Robbins crawling through a 500 yard tunnel of poop... left Ben Stiller as the responsible one... made Michael Keaton yelling "stop the presses!"... and Natalie Portman being 12. 

It was over 30 years ago, but gives us quite a fantastic top ten.

Here are the films discussed, and where to find them streaming (at least at the time of recording)

• Chunking Express (HBO Max)
• Clerks (for rental)
• Dumb and Dumber (TubiTV)
• Forrest Gump (Peacock Premium+; Paramount+)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (MGM+)
• Leon: The Professional (for rental)
• The Lion King (Disney+)
• The Madness of King George (MGM+)
• Maverick (for rental)
• The Paper(for rental)
• Pulp Fiction (Paramount+)
• Quiz Show (for rental)
• Reality Bites (for rental)
• The Ref (for rental)
• The River Wild (for rental)
• The Shawshank Redemption (for rental)
• Speed (HBO Max)
• Star Trek: Generations (MGM+; Paramount+)
• True Lies (Hulu)
• Wyatt Earp (for rental)

Episode 643: My Favorite Summer... The Directors

It's the true dog days of summer, as My Favorite Summer has only two eps left before the big pay-off -- Mikey, d$'s and #XLessDrEarl's top ten fave films of all time. 

But first, after listing our favorite actors and actresses, it's time for the Directors!  We invite in Friend of the Show and Elder Movie Statesman, the Voice of Marietta, Scotty Ryfun! 

We chat about our fave movie filmmakers, the movies they have given us, the styles we love, and our own qualifications of how they are favorites... and Ryfun gives quite a defense of both George Lucas and "The Rise of Skywalker". It's not really right, but it's at least passionate. 

And even the Spawn of Ryfun shows up! 

Here is a list of movies discussed and where to find them streaming: 

• The Abyss (Hulu)
• Aliens (Hulu; MAX)
• The Apartment (TubiTV)
• Black Hawk Down (for rental)
• Brewster McLeod (for rental)
• Captain America: The First Avenger (Disney+)
• Charade (Amazon Prime)
• Crimson Tide (for rental)
• Duel (for rental)
• Empire of the Sun (for rental) 
• Fargo (Amazon Prime; TubiTV)
• The Godfather trilogy (Paramount+)
• Inception (for rental)
• The In-Laws (for rental)
• Joy (MAX)
• The Lost Weekend (for rental)
• Matchstick Men (for rental)
• Memories of Murder (TubiTV)
• Mother (Peacock Premium; Crackle)
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Hulu)
• Patriots Day (Netflix) 
• Radio Flyer (for rental)
• Rear Window (The Criterion Channel)
• Red State (TubiTV)
• Rope (for rental)
• Ruthless People (for rental)
• Skin Deep (Amazon Prime)
• A Serious Man (MAX)
• Strangers on a Train (TubiTV)
• The Terminal (Amazon Prime)
• While We're Young (MAX)

Episode 569: Who Won 2022?

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?  And maybe for the first time, because we can't remember, we ask Who Also Lost the Year?

First up, a few quick reviews -- "Living", as seen by Dr Earl, "Aftersun" as seen by Mikey and Dr. Earl, and "Women Talking", as seen by Mikey and Dave... and those Oscar nominated films lead into the discussion of the recent Oscar nominations, with Mikey going all in on Top Gun Maverick... Dave making a case for Everything Everywhere All At Once... and Dr Earl chiming in with pretention.

Then, a top five of the winners and the losers... how can Margot Robbie be both?  And Tom Hanks down year, with Tom Cruise's amazing year... who won the animation game... big time directors taking a hit, but big time blockbusters becoming a hit... too much Korg, just enough Jimmy Cam, and not enough Hong Chau.

Of course, the usual rabbit trails of random conversation. 

Episode 566: The Way of the ReFlicktions (Part 1)

Every January, the Deucecast trio jumps into ReFlicktions after what is likely a 6-7 week break from ReFlickting movies... and that means a mondo sized ReFlicktions episode - but for your listening pleasure...

...and because not only is Mikey leaving town for the weekend, but d$ has weekend commitments as well, the 2.5 hour episode is now going to be 2 episodes!

First... the last vestiges of Christmas cinema, with horror Santas and returns to Indiana and Dickens and England.

Then, diving into the non-holiday stuff, #TwitterlessDrEarl gets pretentions with Inerratu and classic with Bing... d$ discusses the controversy on Strange World... Mikey hates Criminals named Emily but loves blue Na'vi... and a movie that we all forgot - Memory.

Check out the films we discussed on the episode (and where they are streaming) and come back next week for the likes of Glass Onion, new Baumbach, Will Smith's new slave epic, Brendan Fraser's comeback and a long discussion on the merits (and debauchery) of Babylon.

• Violent Night (in rental)
• A Christmas Story Christmas (HBO Max)
• Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (Netflix)
• Your Christmas or Mine (Amazon Prime)
• The Man Who Invented Christmas (Starz)
• Christmas with the Campbells (AMC+)
• The People We Hate at the Wedding (Amazon Prime)
• The Santa Clause (Disney+)
• Christmas Bloody Christmas (Shudder; AMC+)
• Strange World (Disney+)
• Holiday Inn (for rental)
• It’s a Wonderful Binge (Hulu)
• Emily the Criminal (Netflix)
• SR (Netflix)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules (Disney+)
• Memory (Amazon Prime)
• Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Netflix)
• Blood Relatives (Shudder; AMC+)
• Don’t Make Me Go (Amazon Prime)
• Avatar: The Way of Water (in theaters)

Episode 564: The 2022 Lumps of Coal

Like the Masters, its a tradition unlike any other... the Annual Lumps of Coal episode.

Out of the dozens of films The Deucecast Movie Show loved, out of the hundreds of movies the Deucecast Movie Show liked... there are a handful of movies -- or in #TwitterlessDrEarl's case, tropes, patterns, directors and the like -- that just didn't land... or maybe landed with a crash and burn in a bad way.

Hopping straight to it, the guys rail on how hard it is to muck up a great cast and make a terrible movie (yet Hollywood finds a way)... when the crimes of the future becomes a crime in making a film in the present... when Jessica Chastain tries 355, but delivers a Zero... when Benaffleck Ana de Armes' his marriage... the Jim Cameron movie that won't end... and Zac Efron flames out big time.

Plus, this year's winner of "The Movie that Broke Mikey".

Films discussed in this week's episode, and where to find them at the time of recording:

• Avatar Way of Water (in theaters)
• Blacklight (Amazon Prime; Paramount+; EPIX)
• Crimes of the Future (Hulu)
• Deep Water (Hulu)
• Firestarter (Amazon Prime)
• Men (for rental)
• Moonfall (HBO Max)
• Morbius (Netflix)
• Multiverse (Hulu)
• Quantum Cowboys (unavailable for streaming)
• Robert Zemeckis' Pinocchio (Disney+)
• Serena (Hoopla; Kanopy)
• The 355 (Amazon Prime)
• Thor Love & Thunder (Disney+)
• Walking Tall: The Payback (TubiTV)

Episode 563: Christmas Gifts 2022

It's that time of year once again... The Cheetah Girls have returned to spread their vocals, their mirth, and their marshmallow world all up in your earholes as its the Annual Christmas Gift Episode -- the one where we, that being Mikey, d$, #TwitterlessDrEarl, and Christmas Gift perennial Lil G Spawn of Ryfun Pride of Waycross Garrison, give out the best movie related gifts to the studios, to the people, to the actors, and even some to each other.

The theme music rolls and the festive festives for the entire show!

First up... a spoiler free -- then a spoiler filled -- review of "Avatar: The Way of Water"

NOTE: We talk spoilers from 14:42 to around 21:50 of the episode, so if you haven't seen it or don't want to hear, then heed the time stamp accordingly

Then the gifts... to Tom Cruise! To Netflix execs! To Bob Iger! To Michael Giacchino! And the creation of a brand new, free, ad-supported streaming service that you should subscribe to!