Episode 680: The Updated MCU Rankings

The MCU served us up another chapter in their long saga of Cinema, and it's time for d$, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl to give an MCU Ranking. 

We invite in Fan Fave and Friend of the Show, the Pride of Villa Rica Georgia, Young Garrison "Spawn of Ryfun" Ryfun calls in, Marvel fan that he is. 

Starting with 2008's "Iron Man", the guys run through the entire MCU, and all of it's faves, giving their list of their faves, ultimately giving a Top Ten from each, then a show Top Ten. 

How does your top ten align with ours?

Here is the list of the MCU films & dates released

Episode 619: See This, Not That - the '24 Oscar Edition

It's Oscar season, and we keep discussing the event leading up to Hollywood's big night (admittedly, The Deucies are Hollywood's REAL Big Night, but they haven't figured it out yet.)

And in an Oscar tradition that none of us are sure we've done before, Mikey and d$ invite in Friend of the Show, Lil G, Pride of Marietta Georgia, Radio Banker Apprentice, Garrison Ryfun to discuss the films of the major Oscar nominees, and which of those you should see... and which you should avoid at all costs.

First, though, Madame Web.  All three have seen it. All three have opinions, mostly starting with "Yikes."

Then, the just-announced casting of The MCU version of Fantastic Four -- are Vanessa Kirby, Pedro Pascal, and the other two the right call? Were there better names out there?

Finally... starting at the top with Bradley Cooper, we go through 13 actors and actresses with a larger body of work (as in, no Lily Gladstone!), discussing their films we recommend to watch, and which ones you should probably skip overall, plus a Wild Card choice from each. We talk Greta! Emma! Margot! Ruffalo! Gosling! RDJ! and more.  Plus, Mikey's hatred for "La La Land".

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 482: Most Meaningful Movies

In the latest Deucecast Movie Show, Mikey & Dave give #TwitterlessDrEarl the night off to go handle some sort of neurosurgeony things, longtime friend of the show, author/singer/blogger/supermom/Carnagie Hall headliner Jenn Kaufman returns!!!

Some chit chat and catch up moments, including the latest films Kaufman has watched, then a Kaufman themed Rotten Tomatoes game, which leads into the Top Five of the show.

And the top five is Most Meaningful Films... those movies that might be amazing, might be terrible, or somewhere in between, but hold a special place in the hearts of the three on the show.  Mikey, d$, and Kaufman all share anecdotes about kids, lifelong fandom, recent films that really stuck with them and more. 

Plus an extended stinger because everyone on the show loves to hear themselves talk. 

Movies discussed and where to stream them at the time of episode recording:

• Black Dog (Starz)
• Bridget Jones Diary (Starz)
• Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Amazon Prime; TubiTV)
• Dr. No (TubiTV)
• Can't Hardly Wait (rental)
• Cuba & the Cameraman (Netflix)
• Evil Dead II (rental)
• Iron Man (Disney+)
• Miracle (Netflix; Disney+)
• The Muppets (2011) (Netflix; Disney+)
• The Muppet Movie (Disney+)
• Rio (Amazon Prime; Disney+; Hulu)
• Star Wars (Disney+)
• Titanic (Starz)
• The Untouchables (Showtime)

Episode 407: The 2019 Winter Preview

The temperature has dropped, the weather is blistery and the holidays are coming... its Wintertime! And with Wintertime, Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl team up to bring the annual Winter Movie Preview.

Among films discussed... "Aaron Brockovich", aka "Dark Waters" with Mark Ruffalo... the Playmobil movie no one wanted... Dave wonders who will play him in the Richard Jewell movie...  what the heck is Jennifer Hudson doing... some movie about Star Wars something... the unlikely chick movie that everyone is excited about... Bautista remakes his Stuber movie, just PG's it... what is RDJ thinking... the 90s artist Snow gets his own biopic, we think... bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do... Margot Robbie forcing everyone to see a movie no one wants because she's Margot Robbie... the horror known as Fantasy Island... and Harrison Ford grunts his way through the wilderness.

And much, much more on this Winter Preview!

Episode 375: Avengers Endgame Primer

It's a moment we've been waiting for since last April... but now its Avengers Endgame Week!!! Dave and Mikey already have their tickets, as well as #TwitterlessDrEarl, and bringing in the original OG, the Young G, every since he was a lower case G, but now he's a Big G, girls see he got the money, hunnah dolla bills y'all... the Son of the Pride of Tifton Georgia, little Garrison Ryfun.

Kicking it off right at the top, the guys run through all of the movies in the Cinematic Timeline -- not just years released, but chronological in the story's timeline, with Captain Marvel coming right at the end.

For most people, this would be refresher, perhaps covering movies no one has seen in a while (Thor!?)... the guys talk about first appearances in each movie (where did Bucky show up?  What about Howard Stark?  And Black Widow??), giving their takes on each of the films, and finally give their top five faves each, and the essentials of the MCU.

And a refresher on the end credit scenes... all getting you ready for the Avengers Endgame premiere! 

Episode 331: Magic City Con 2018 Live Show

Coming from the Magic City Con (the biggest comic book nerd fest in Birmingham that weekend, we promise), The Deucecast Movie Show presents a fun show full of cool this week.

First, Michael and Dave, sans #TwitterlessDrEarl (on missions to El Salvador doing open heart surgeries), are in a featured live show, with a live audience!  A great round of Simple Star Wars Trivia opens up the show, then the guys give their top 5 of the week, Fave Disaster Movies... in honor of the upcoming "Skyscraper", which is DieHard in a building.  

Armageddon!  Deep Impact!  Twister!  2012!  And many more disasters on screen both in great and not so great film.

After the panel ends, the guys catch up with AMC's "Comic Book Men's" co-star Ming Chen for a quick 20 minutes chat about DC and Marvel, best comic book to movie translations and fun Star Wars stuff. 

Then, Mikey has 20 minutes with actor Jeremy London, notable for 7th Heaven, Mallrats and Gods & Generals.  

Overall, it was a great con and a great episode full of movie and pop culture!

Episode 323: See This, Not That - The Avengers

Springtime has sprungtime, as The Deucecast Movie Show counts down the days until Avengers Infinity War, as Mikey and Dave welcomes in Friend of the Show, Wit Stillman Fan, Lover of Brie (Allison, Larsen & the Cheese), Terrance Malick Apologist, Film Historian and Nasal Surgeon, specializing in condom removals, the estimable Twitterless Dr Earl!

And as another special treat, calling in all the way from Tifton Albany Waycross Valdosta Bainswick, radio host and My Star Wars Story creator, Friend of the Show Scott Ryfun!  

Dave and Ryfun connect over common friends in Brunswick, as well as The Void Experience in Disney Springs.  Mikey and Ryfun then bond over a great meeting back at Star Wars Celebration last year.  

Then, to the main segment, an extended game of "See This / Not That", where the crew takes on the cast of The Avengers Infinity War.  One by one, Mikey, Dave, Ryfun and Dr Earl each give you the movie you should see and one to avoid with each of the Avengers, from Chris Evans to Robert Downey Jr to Zoe Saldana to ScarJo to Liz Olsen and everyone in between. 

And we mention Steve Glosson many times over.

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 308: 2017s Christmas Gifts

Merry Christmas from all the guys at The Deucecast Movie Show!  Joining Mikey & Dave is Friend of the Show turned semi sorta co-host Wit Stillman Fan, Film Historian, Brie Fan (Larsen, Allison & Cheese), Terence Malick Apologist & Nobel Prize Winning Turn Your Head & Cough Guy Dr Earl!

And because he's the like the Jelly of the Month Club -- the gift that keeps on giving all year round -- Remodeling Clay Shaver joins the group for the annual Gift Giving Extravaganza!

First up, a quick round of the little-played Doug Benson's Build a Title game (and it's quick, as it doesn't go far...), then Santa Claus makes an appearance.

Christmas presents are handed out to the likes of Katherine Heigl and to Robert Zemekis and DC Head Honcho Geoff Johns and even to Friend of the Show Jennifer Kaufman and The Retrozap dot com Podcasting Network PodFather Retro Joe!

And yes, to Friend of the Show Jeremy Burgess.  Him too.

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 277: Pinky's Prom Night ReFlicktions

To kick off summer, Dave, Mikey, & Pinky has a jam packed ReFlicktions Episode to give you, as there are many, many things in this 2.5 hour awesomefest.

And what better way to celebrate than to bring in Brie Lover (Larson, Alison & Cheese), Wit Stillman Fan, Terence Malick Apologist & Film Historian, world renowned -ologist Dr Earl, plus podcast extraordinaire Remodeling Clay Shaver.

Kicking off the episode is a look at Pinky's Prom Night... then you'll hear a discussion on the amount of Netflix Original Programming... the birth of The Amen Corner... more Fast and Furious than you can shake a can of NOS at... this dude named Macon Blair that we all love... Dave's affection for Anna Popplewell... Robert Downey Jr's early issues...

Also, a full review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

The Pretty in Pink gives a review of the Cold War era The Manhattan Project... Clay Shaver gives an updated look at This is Spinal Tap on Be Kind // Rewind...

And the very FIRST Top Five Movies of 2017 of the year

Plus... the return of The Demi Lovato Tweet of the Week

FINALLY... The RETURN OF DAVE'SPLOSION!!!

Movies Discussed:

The Manchurian Candidate… Smurfs: The Lost Village… Martin Luther… Florence Foster Jenkins… ID Resurgence… Tramps… The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe… Casting Jon Benet… Secret in Their Eyes… Free Fire… Fate of the Furious… The Case for Christ… Captain Fantastic… Cyclops… King Arthur: Legend of the Sword… The Circle… Prince Caspian… The LEGO Batman Movie… Small Crimes… Cheap Thrills… Ghost in the Shell… Star Wars The Clone Wars Movie… The Battered Bastards of Baseball… Singles… Win It All… Phenomenon… Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2… Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates… To the Wonder… Beginners… Less Than Zero… The Discovery…. Girlfriends Day… American Honey… Split… 

Episode 263: Valentine's Pink (ft J-Kauf!)

Love is in the air, but there are some techie issues in this episode, so just be forewarned.

Mikey, d$ and Pinky celebrate the time of love with a Valentine's Day themed episode!  And what better way to celebrate love for you, the audience, then to invite in Wit Stillman fan, Terance Malick Apologist and Film Historian, world renowned cardiologist Dr Earl!

And then, for a voice from the fairer side, a call is given to Friend of the Show Jennifer "The Delightful Life" Kaufman!

First up, a round robin version of Rotten Tomatoes, the Potpourri edition.  Everyone comes up with a movie and the critics score is predicted.  Kate & Leopold!  Crossroads! Even a bare bottomed Ned Beatty classic!

Then, the Top Five Romantic Chemistry Duos in Film.... actors & actresses in films that provided the best, sweetest, cutest pairings in cinema.  Duos like Meg & Billy... or Meg & Tom... maybe Swayze and Jenn... Mike and Kathy, romancing the stone... Joaquin and ScarJo in some techno-love...

Finally, the results of Valetine's Pink.  Which love stories assigned to Pinky had his heart all a flutter?  Maybe Robert Downey Jr in Two Girls & a Guy?  Or d$'s pick of My Life in Ruins?  Or maybe the Kaufman romcom of Bridget Jones Diary?  Or how about some dreck that Friend of the Show Jeremy Burgess picked?  Maybe Broadcast News, or even Kissing a Fool?

Episode 228: Forget Everything You Think You Know... A Marvel-ous Discussion

Forget Everything You Think You Know!!!!  A few weeks back, after the debacle that was Batman Vee Superman Dawn of Justice, the movie guys had a long discussion on the good (not much) and bad (much) on DC movies.

With Pinky out on location filming his first movie, Dave and Mikey welcome in friend of the show, Terrence Malick Apologist and Film Historian Dr Earl, and welcome back to the studio the Rantmaster Extraordinaire Hurricane Rhett to discuss Marvel movies.

After Birthday Movies (Cannonball Run is how old?!), the group dives in discussion topics like...

• The total rundown of all main Marvel films since 1986's Howard the Duck
• Fox Studios problem with X-Men
• Which X-Men can carry a movie, and who would fail
• The Fassbender to McKellen problem
• Jennifer Lawrence mailing it in
• Sony's Spiderman dilemma
• What has been with Spidey and what could have been 
• Sony and Disney Marvel working together
• Possible recasting of RDJ and Chris Evans
• The test that is Dr. Strange
• Marvel's approaches to the movies 
• #SoWhiteAvengers
• The future movies coming up 
• The Marvel TV (Daredevil, Jessica Jones) melding into the cinematic universe
• Brie Larson as Captain Marvel

Also, with some questions of Al Gore's Interwebs, the topic turns to what Marvel should have done differently... who should have been the original Sue Storm in 2005... the future of Inhumans and Mutants... and what the heck a CTI is...

Enjoy this lively discussion of where Marvel movies have been, where they are now and where they are going!