Episode 644: My Favorite Summer... The Animation

What better way to close out an entire summer of top ten lists from across 8 different genres and 3 different movie roles than to look at the cartoons... the animated films! 

Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl jump right in with a look at each of their favorite films of the hand drawn and computer created fare. As you'd expect, lots of Pixar and Disney, but a little Rankin and Bass tossed in, plus Everything is Awesome, a little Cornholio, some smart rats, and a dying robot... only if you believe... in miracles. 

Here are the movies discussed and where to find them:

• Aladdin (Disney+)
• Beauty and the Beast (Disney+)
• Beavis & Butthead Do America (Paramount+)
• Cars 2 (Disney+)
• DuckTales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (Disney+)
• The Great Mouse Detective (Disney+)
• Hercules (Disney+)
• The Incredibles (Disney+)
• Inside Out (Disney+)
• Iron Giant (Paramount+)
• The Jungle Book (Disney+)
• The Last Unicorn (Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium)
• The Lego Movie (Netflix)
• The Little Mermaid (Disney+)
• The Lord of the Rings (for rental)
• The Prince of Egypt (for rental)
• Robin Hood (Disney+)
• The Secret of NIMH (MGM+)
• Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse (FXNow)
• The Sword in the Stone (Disney+)
• Toy Story 3 (Disney+)
• Transformers: The Movie (unavailable)
• Wall*E (Disney+)

Episode 366: Deucies ReFlicktions

It's the award season once again and the Sixth Annual Deucies nominations are out! Mikey, Dr Earl and Dave let their soothing voices infiltrate your earholes to tell you not only about the movies they've seen in the last month (Warren Beatty! Spike Lee! Barrett... Oliver?) AND to give you this year's batch of honorees vying for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Song/Score, Best Drama... and even Worst Acting Performance (Oprah, this may be your year!)


Amongst other things, topics discussed include... More about the Mary Poppins Meryl Streep sequence... Dr Earl on RBG and Felicity Jones... Dave brings the conspiracy documentaries... Mikey hating on Queen... a bad movie from Amy Adams... Upgrade is a better Venom... random Netflix symphonies... Dental shade... Knight of Cups Casting... Dave explains The Boulder Problem... and much more.

The List of Movies Discussed....
Mary Poppins Returns... On the Basis of Sex... Root Cause... TAG... Knight of Cups... STINK!... Blockers... Free Solo... Velvet Buzzsaw... D.A.R.Y.L... Tully... Song to Song... The Devil We Know... Green Book... They Shall Not Grow Old... Bohemian Rhapsody... Moonlight Serenade... Manhunter... Heaven Can Wait... The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part... Upgrade... High Flying Bird... Hearts Beat Loud... Valentine's Day... BlacKKKlansman

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 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 225: The Heigl & Wiig Obsession ReFlicktions

Only 775 episodes away from the Big 1000th episode! We'll let you know when its closer. In the meantime, Mikey, Pinky, Dave and Friend of the Show and Movie Historian Dr Earl come together to talk about the last four weeks of movies seen.

Discussions include... Pixar's Dino-sized misstep... the current Jungle Book and the WB attempt coming... the prison shanking mistakes of WWE's "Vendetta"... What made Dr. Earl decide he was heterosexual... What Marvel did right with Captain America... Dave's Unfortunate Katie Heigl Addiction... Mikey becoming a Wiigist... Dave making FastPasses during the show...

Movies discussed this month: Back in Time... DOPE... V for Vendetta... The Good Dinosaur... The Jungle Book... My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2... Vendetta... Chuck Norris vs Communism.. Can't Stop the Music... Three Musketeers... Four Musketeers... Walt Before Mickey... The Selfish Giant... Everybody Wants Some... Captain America Civil War... Elvis & Nixon... Best in Show... Jackie & Ryan... Hateship Loveship... Crossroads... Pay the Ghost... Regression... Keanu... Explorers... Batkid Begins... Special Correspondence... Good Night Mommy... Envy... Hush... Green Room... Duel... The '85 Bears... Adult Beginners... The LEGO Brickumentary...

The guys give their new Top Five of 2016 thus far... and with the help of Friends of the Show Shaz & Shua from TechnoRetro Dads Podcast and Clay Shaver of  the Remodeling Clay podcast, The Deucecast Movie Show is proud to present... "Dave'Splosion 2016", a collection of really bad action/sci fi/blow 'em up films that Dave will have to see in the next several weeks.

Episode 160: The Top Ten of 2014

The Oscars have come and gone... the Deuce nominations (see episode 159) are out and will be awarded in a few weeks... it's time to put to bed the 2014 favorite films, as d$, Mikey and Pinky list the movies of 2014 they enjoyed the most.

Joining the guys in the studio is Birmingham filmmaker Jeremy Burgess and music savant and local homeboy Craig McRee.

Did you know there were almost 700 official releases to theaters in 2014?  And only a handful made over 200 million at the domestic box office... and in a game of Box Office Mojo, the guys list them out one by one.  Or try to anyway (no, Boyhood didn't even come close)

And out of the favorite films ranked in 2014, there are five--the three hosts and two guests--lists given, and ZERO movies made it on all five lists.  The LEGO Movie made three as did Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy... Foxcatcher made four lists... Gone Girl made three... Boyhood only made two... and a bunch of other films like Whiplash, Snowpiercer, Magic in the Moonlight and Birdman pop up randomly.

Plus, discussions on the foreign film appeal of The Raid 2.... Margot Robbie becoming Harley Quinn... one of our guests "Storming out"... Keanu impressions... is Foxcatcher in a Fincher style... and what does "Mikey licks The Guest" even mean?  Find out. 

And our regular show of reviews returns next week, as you'll hear about The Kingsman: Secret Service, Election, Rocky movies I - V, The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (what the what?), The Equalizer, Lucy, Black and White and... Big Trouble in Little China!!  That's on next week's Reflicktions episode!

Ep LIV: Podcast of the Lost Ark

Welcome back to the 54th episode of The Deucecast, where the guys take on The Avengers, Robin Thicke music and even more...

We kick off the show with Mikey's 7th anniversary, following by his and Tommy the Producer's adventure in Overnight Geocaching after the Schaeffer Crawfish Boil Media Cast Pass recap... and where did Mikey's Boba Fett LEGO keychain go?  Find out in this episode...

d$ then kicks off a new venture, by introducing Disney On a Dollar, as he jumps into the world of Disney Vacation Planning!  Email disneyonadollar@gmail.com for help with your Disney trip! 

A great Buried Treasure unearths the legendary American Icon John Schneider and his wonderful music, with such great tunes as "Country Girls" and "What's a Memory Like You (doing in a love like this)"... Drewski takes on a great topic in The Smorg, with a discussion on expecations in movies and how it affects your liking or disliking of a particular movie, everything from Zombieland to Passion of the Christ to a big The Avengers vs The Dark Knight discussion.

The Big Three takes on our favorite movie experiences, covering such masterpieces as Back to the Future Part 3 to a Corey Haim classic to several Star Wars films.... and... Double O Kid.

More movies deeply discussed were The Doors and the new Star Trek film (Khaaaaaaan!) and Britney Spears' Crossroads and American Wedding...

And stick around after the ending music for a Spoiler Filled discussion on The Avengers and all its wonderful qualities.

Next week... Hurricane Rhett joins us for another great episode, and our Big Three takes on DVDs You Must Own, plus more Buried Treasure and, hopefully, a non-crawfish boil music minute from Mikey... that's on The Deucecast Episode LV: Alabama Mikey and the Podcast of Doom!

Mike's Music Minute:

How Do You Do - Mayer Hawthorne

Dave's Buried Treasure:

John Schneider's Greatest Hits

The Big 3: The One Where We Discuss Our Most Memorable Movie Watching Experiences in a Theater:

Dave's Choice - Scream [Blu-ray]
Drew's Choice - Star Trek - First Contact (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
Mike's Choice - Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Roundtable Randomness:

The Double O Kid
Crossroads
Sherlock: Season One [Blu-ray]

Episode LI: Podcast Magnolias

Enjoy this, the Fifty First episode of The (not yet) Award Winning Deucecast, (not yet) winner of 71 Webby Awards, plus (not yet) 8 BAFTAs! 

The guys welcome in Trey O'Neal, creator of (not yet) the award winning upstart site, StuckItToTheMan.com.  They jump into various topics, ranging from the jerk-ness of Ferris Bueller... blogging vs. building websites... Mikey's night out... Apple viruses... the meeting of Mikey and producer Tommy...

Mikey brings us some Moon Taxi for the Music Minute... we preview the upcoming LEGO Star Wars sequel... we discuss the Wilson Phillips reality show... and even more random crap that you know and love.

Friend of the Show Minnie Driver, in her Canadian
Grammy nominated turn in "Hard Rain"

Trey gets his first taste of Reel or UnReel... and our ReFliktions runs the gamut of new (Cabin in the Woods) to fairly recent (Hanna) to old (Tango & Cash) to older (Serpico) to Keanu (Henry's Crime).  And lest we forget, an indepth discussion of the amazing, fantastic, beautiful, historically accurate "Hard Rain" with Christian Slater and Mikey's Hollywood Girlfriend, Minnie Driver.

And our Big Three takes you on a bad movie journey with Top Great Casts in Bad Movies, with films like Oceans 12... Batman & Robin... K-Pax... and could Nothing But Trouble really be that bad?  Yes.

Next week, we try to drag Hurricane Rhett kicking and screaming to the currently being renovated The Deucecast Studios as we discuss Our Big Three Favorite TV Moms... Mikey brings more Schaeffer artists... d$ has a great Buried Treasure in store... and you'll find all of this in The Deucecast Episode LII: The Podcast of the Traveling Pants!

Mike's Music Minute:
Go check out the Schaeffer Crawfish Boil May 4-5 in Birmingham, AL

Moon Taxi - "Cabaret"

Dave's Buried Treasure:
Hard Rain [Blu-ray]

Go check out Special Guest Trey's Website Stuck It To The Man

Roundtable Randomness:

• Star Wars Lego: The Padawan Menace [Blu-ray]
• Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Bueller... Bueller... Edition) [Blu-ray]
• Tango & Cash [Blu-ray]
• Minnie Driver Movies

Episode VII: Curse of the Black Podcast

Michael reveals his love for this
Oscar nominated classic

On this week's show... d$ rants about expensive sunglasses at discount malls... Matty complains about power outages... and Mikey talks about his love for The Hot Chick... also, we give props to The Deucecast First Lady... Friday Night Lights... the music of MuteMath... a discussion on the upcoming fall TV season... Ashton Kutcher on Two & a Half Men... How Harrison Ford has become a bitter, bitter old man... Spinderella's upcoming bio-pic (maybe?)... Lots of Piratey talk...
Gaming news include LEGO Pirates (and what other movies would make good LEGO games?  Back to the Future!  The Goonies!  Killer Clowns from Outer Space?)... LA Noire... Call of Duty 3 and more...

The three guys play a round of Simple Star Wars Trivia, where the questions are ridiculously easy....

And we ask the important questions... are Twilight fans called "Twi-Hards" (yes)? Are haters "Twi-Softs"? "Twi-Nots"? And is Mikey on Team Edward or Team Jacob? 

Plus, in this edition of SEAGAL WATCH... Steven and Vladimir Putin... BFFs? 
All this and more on The Deucecast Ep VII: The Curse of the Black Podcast...

The following links will take you to Amazon for purchases... go through us, they get a few bucks, we get a few pennies... plus, you can buy more than whats linked here! 

The Deuce Approved Music:

Yes, he keeps playing with the drum on this head...MuteMath at the Alabama Theater, Nov 2009 (shot by Tommy):

• MuteMath - Armistice
• Smooth Love Jams of the 90's

The Deuce Approved Movies:

• The Hot Chick
• Kuffs
• Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy (Seven-Disc Blu-ray)
• Killer Klowns from Outer Space
• The Patriot (Steven Seagal) 

The Deuce Approved Video Games:

• LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (PS3,Xbox 360, Wii, DS, 3DS, PSP)
• Assassin's Creed Revelations (PS3, XBOX 360)

Seagal Movie of the Week:

• Above the Law [Blu-ray]

JOIN US NEXT WEEK... we'll have d$'s full review of his Disneyland Adventure... Hurricane Rhett will join us in the studio with his new "Circle of Idiocy" (tm)... and more on The Deucecast Ep VIII:  Dead Man's Podcast...

Episode I: The Podcast Menace

Listen to episode one

We've done it... Mike, Matty Rice, DJ Shawn and Tommy put together the first official episode of The Deucecast...
Listen in as we discuss WrestleMania XXVII... April Fool's Pranks online... Christian Slater's bad tv resume... Lego Star Wars Clone Wars... The Avett Brothers... birthdays... IKEA... Star Tours 2.0... and among other things, the origins of The Deuce.

A Deuce name from way back sends in listener email, and we include our own rants on movie concessions and, of course, Snooki.

Mike's Music Minute

Tunes From Some Bands You've Heard of:

• The Vines, "Gimmie Love"
• Eddie Vedder, "Longing To Belong" 

Tunes To Expand Your Musical Palate: SXSW Special Edition

• Fitz & the Tantrums - Pickin' Up The Pieces
• Le Butcherettes - Sin Sin Sin
• Glasser - Apply EP
• Esben and the Witch - Violet Cries

The Avett Brothers Evangelism Mix created bt Matt: 1) Shame
2) Distraction #74 3) Murder in the City 4) The Weight of Lies 5) Salina 6) Head Full Of Doubt/Road Full Of Promise

Matt's Video Game Extravaganza

• Red Dead Redemption (PS3 , Xbox 360)
• L.A. Noire (PS3 , Xbox 360)
• LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (PS3, Xbox 360 , Wii , 3DS , DS , PSP) (read Matt's review here)

Deuce Approved Programming For Your Viewing Pleasure

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Movie [Blu-ray]
• Star Wars The Clone Wars: The Complete Season One & Two (TV Series) [Blu-ray]
• WWE: Wrestlemania 27 [Blu-ray]

Next week... Buried Treasures brings an old flick... Mikey brings more music... a special This Week in Deuce History... and Hurricane Rhett begins Rhett's Rants.