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 620: Let's Dune This... March ReFlicktions

The awards season is almost over - we've got a few days until the Academy Awards, and another day or so after until the nominations for the real awards, the Deucies

Until then, it's time to talk about the films that have been viewed, seen, watched, absorbed and enjoyed in the last month or so... and on the heels of the biggest movies the year -- Dune 2 -- its time to talk about it! 

First up, a few birthday movies - what did come out in March in 2019, 2014, 1994, 1979 and so on... including the first mention of "Wing Commander" in what is likely a very long time.

Then, we dive right in, showcasing classic movies like "Safety Last" and "Gimme Shelter" and Oscar bait, like "Maestro" and "Strays" and fresh on the screen, like "Spaceman" and yes, the full review of the crapfests known as "Argylle" and "Madame Web".

Plus, Rachel McAdams in a period piece... Dr Earl enjoying the Barb... why Michael hates "May December" so much... and could Carey Mulligan make every single thing she's in just that much better?

And finally, the long lost return of Assigned Films, introducing the "Time Bandits" rule.

Movies assigned:

Dave: Minari and Legal Eagles

Mikey: Mr. Jealousy and Name of the Rose

Earl: While We're Young and Pineapple Express

Movies discussed and where to find them at time of recording

• Leo (Netflix)
• May December (Netflix)
• American Fiction (in theaters)
• Argylle (in theaters)
• Society of the Snow (Netflix)
• Are You There God Its Me Margaret (Starz)
• Madame Web (in theaters)
• The Zone of Interest (for purchase)
• You Hurt My Feelings (Showtime; Paramount+ )
• Lover Stalker Killer (Netflix)
• The Marvels (Disney+)
• Shortcomings (Netflix)
• The Machine (Netflix)
• Chowchilla (MAX)
• Barbie (MAX)
• Freelance (Hulu)
• Strays (Amazon Prime)
• Timebomb Y2K (MAX)
• They Called Him Mostly Harmless (MAX)
• Bottoms (Amazon Prime; MGM+)
• Safety Last (MAX)
• The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)
• Dune 2 (in theater)
• Cat Person (Hulu)
• Gimme Shelter (MAX)
• Spaceman (Netflix)
• Maestro (Netflix)

Episode 450: Breakthroughs and Breakouts

The Deucecast guys round the corner and are less than a year's worth of episodes to the big 500... coming next September!  But until then, Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl have to give the world the four hundred and fiftieth episode!

Joining the show at the top is Miss Independent himself, Jeremy Burgess, to give the update first on "Jasper Mall", the 2020 documentary that is the favorite to win Best Doc at the 2021 Deucie Awards... then an update on fundraising for the new movie "Don't Die".

Then a new game, "You Never Forget Your First" with a look at the first roles of many of the biggest stars in Hollywood, plus Eric Roberts.

Then, the Top Five Best Breakthroughs in Film, including Earl's pretention... Burgess picking some new blood... an old flame for Mikey... a controversial pick from d$... and a riff on how popular "American Flyers" actually was. No, we know, you have never heard of it either.  

And finally, the movie selection for the annual MikeTober Horror Movie Revue! 

Episode 359: Holiday ReFlicktions

Merry Christmas (just passed) and Happy New Year and in between time, in the meantime, it's the rundown of the movies that Mikey, Dave and #Twitterless Dr Earl has seen in the last several weeks.

Among the discussions, the guys touch on the problem with YA movies... the flop of Mortal Engines... Natalie Portman in Annihilation... Hot Burgess Talk... Mikey's Shudder... Mikey's Star is Born... Dave's turning the corner on Vanessa Hudgens... and tapping into the Spider-Verse.

And the final Top Five of the Year is released, with a Top Ten of 2018 coming in a few months!

Movies reviewed:
Robin Hood... Annihilation... Kalifornia... First Reformed... The Ballad of Buster Scruggs... The Commuter... Minding the Gap... The Other Side of the World... The Front Runner... Summer of '84... Mayhem... Revenge (not the Costner flick)... Green Book... Instant Family... A Star is Born... Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse... The Christmas Chronicles... Attack of the Killer Donuts... Roma... Once Upon a Deadpool...

Episode 337: Won't You Be My ReFlicktions

So many movies, so little time, but Mikey, Dave and #TwitterlessDrEarl are here to tell you all about them. It's the ReFlicktions show, where the group talks about the movies they've seen since the last time they did ReFlicktions and talked about the movies they'd seen. So as the venerable Mister Rogers would say please won't you be our neighbor.

Topics include such brilliant banality as 70s street gangs vs 90s street gangs in movies, missing Emily Blunt in Sicario,  Emma being Billie Jean (not my lover), Imogen Poots last name, The Rock rocks, don't fall in love with a Dreamer, John Cho's acting prowess, Dave liking The Purge, Earl liking The Incredibles, the fall of the housing market, and the feel good of Mister Rogers.

The Movies discussed in this episode :
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)... Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)... I Kill Giants... Sicario... Rachel Getting Married... Doubt... Battle of the Sexes... Sicario 2... Pineapple Express... Reality Bites... The Little Hours... Won't You Be My Neighbor... Skyscraper... Inconceivable... Pay the Ghost... Snowden... The Dreamers... Capturing the Friedmans... Columbus... Hotel Transylvania 2: Summer Vacation... The Ultimate Gift... The Resurrection of Gavin Stone... The Equalizer 2... Jurassic World... Fanboys... The Purge: Election Year... Miller's Crossing... Ant-Man & the Wasp... Incredibles 2... California Typewriter... Too Big to Fail... Margin Call...

Episode 322: Deuce Deuce Bang Bang ReFlicktions

Just Mikey and Dave on this edition of The Deucecast Movie Show, as they give a rundown of all the good (a Nic Cage movie!), the bad (a Nic Cage movie!) and everything in between (a Nic Cage movie!)

They get right to the action, and along the way, tackle such pressing issues as good and bad Nic Cage... Dave crushin' on a hot Michelle Monaghan... Mikey verbally destroying K-Stew... Munchhausen by Proxy... Emily Blunt's perfect casting... and lots of questions about Wakanda.

Movies discussed:

The Darkest Hour… Kiss Kiss Bang Bang… I Tonya… Gilbert… Personal Shopper… Edge of Seventeen… Mommie Dead & Dearest… Good Time… When We First Met… Army of One… Arsenal… The Mummy… Celeste & Jesse Forever… The Girl on the Train… Table 19… Stasis… Wilson… Frances Ha… Paint It Black… Battle of the Sexes… Wind River… Death Wish… Annihilation… Black Panther…

Episode 264: ReFlicktions & That Pittsburgh Feeling

Now that that silly love stuff is over, it's time to get to real issues of the day... like how can Mikey, Dave, and Pinky have a ReFlicktions show that is under 2 hours?  Especially when Witt Stillman Fan, Movie Historian, Terence Malick Apologist and Brie Larsen Lover Dr Earl and host of the Remodeling Clay Podcast, Clay Shaver.

The 4th Annual Deucie Award Nominations are released on this episode!!!

Topics discussed include:
Carrie Fisher chit-chat... the legacy of National Lampoon... Mikey's Nic Cage Netflix obession... DAD! I DON'T WANNA BE IN YOUR GANG!!!... a six minute breakdown on Jennifer Beals in Flashdance... Jackie's scoring... Mikey hates being happy... Pinky La La Loves It... early 90s hood movies... and a history of Detroit's economy...

Remodeling Clay Shaver gives us a Be Kind // Rewind take on Smokey & the Bandit...

Movies discussed:
Bright Lights (doc)... Wishful Drinking (doc)... Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (doc)... Dying of the Light... Life, Animated (doc)... For the Love of Spock (doc)... Sing... Flashdance... Everybody Wants Some... Jackie... La La Land... Moonlight... Silence... Menace II Society... Straight Outta Compton (doc)... Can We Take a Joke (doc)... Hello, My Name is Doris.... Detropia (doc)... Sense & Sensibility... Beware the Slender Man (doc)... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot... Men, Women & Children... Live By Night... Criminal... Cafe Society... The Accountant... Manchester By the Sea.... Top Spin (doc)... Boondock Saints... The Founder... Patriot's Day... Deepwater Horizon... Captain Fantastic... Blue Jay... Sing Street... Hidden Figures... Split... Christine

Episode 258: 2016's Lumps of Coal

Throughout the year, there are good movies, there are bad movies, and there are movies that Dave, Mikey and Pinky watch that are just terrible.  So as the last of the Christmas themed episodes, the trio give their worst films of the year they've seen.

A great round of The Denzel Game kicks off the episode, as they try to come up with who starred in "Slow West"... Pinky mentions the words "Midnight Meat Train"... Who is Marion Cotillard?... and what exactly is that "Female baseball movie" called??

And then... the worst films of 2016. The films that just hurt the eyes that watched them and melded the brains that absorbed them.  Movies like "Transporter: ReFueled" or "Goya's Ghost" or the Village People bio pic, "Can't Stop the Music".

Turkeys that starred the normally beloved Nat Portman or Bill Murray or Marisa Tomei or Larry the Cable Guy...

And how can you not love a movie with Bugs Bunny AND Michael Jordan?  Dave tells you how.

What animated movie almost makes Mikey angry?   And finally... Pootie Tang.

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 251: Mikey + Affleck = Forever ReFlicktions

It's November and it's time for movie talk!  Mikey, Dave & Pinky welcome in Remodeling Clay Shaver

Some of the things discussed on this ep...

The Tom Hardy Mumble syndrome... Revisiting MikeTober... More King of Kong talk... Fassbender as Steve Jobs... Ben Affleck & his Indonesian Fighting Style... Race relations & the 13th amendment... Turning the Corner on Tilda Swinton... Dave's sudden interest in Lauren Ambrose... Nat Portman as a western girl... the wonderful name of Goodnight Robicheaux...

Also, everyone's top five has switched up... and find out how well Scrooged holds up in another edition of Be Kind // Rewind!

Movies reviewed & discussed...
Wolf Creek... Mudbloods (doc)... Man vs Snake: The Long & Twisted Tale of Nibbler (doc)... Cold in July... We are What We Are... The Trust... Holy Hell... The Better Angels... Susperia (1977)... Raiders: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (doc)... Joy... The Revenant... Steve Jobs... Jack Reacher: Never Go Back... The Hitcher... Jane Got a Gun... The Barkley Marathon (doc)... The Accountant... Deepwater Horizon... Sleepwalk With Me... Spotlight... The Town... The Girl on the Train... The Man with One Red Shoe... 13th (doc)... Eye in the Sky... Doctor Strange... Cooties... Mascots... We Need to Talk About Kevin...  Arrival... The Hustler... Morphine: Journey of Dreams (doc)... Magnificent 7...

Episode 227: The Mount Rushmore of Actresses

Mikey, Dave and Pinky return for another rousing rendition of the best movie podcast you'll listen to when you are listening to this one!  In episode 219, the podcast guys gave you their choices of favorite actors of all time.

But first and foremost, the Rotten  Tomatoes game, featuring movies with some of the most often talked about ingenues of the cinematic cinema.... and that includes Kristen Stewart and a rare appearance by the Coyote Ugly Girl herself!

And then, it's the Mount Rushmore of Actresses.   The favorites of the group, both in talent, in beauty, in roles and in awesome.

So listen up, and make your own list... who would be in your Mount Rushmore of Actresses?