Episode 679: The Meanest Movie Moms

 It's a tradition around the Deucecast Movie Show that we always want to honor our moms on Mother's Day... and sometimes that means showing the world how lucky we are that our Moms are NOT the moms in movies.

This week on the show, Friend of the Show, Mr Independent himself Jeremy Burgess, joins d$, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl to talk all about the worst, meanest, sometimes most murderous and villainous moms in all the movies.  From creatures from space to cheerleader moms to grifting moms to abusive moms and more.

Plus, Burgess gives his take on not just small indie films to watch for, but some mainstream films that everyone should see. Then, a rousing game of Part 3 Rotten Tomatoes.

And, likely the first mention of Club Shay Shay on the podcast ever.

DCMS Ep 668: The Harrison Ford Top Ten

In honor of Captain America: Brave New World, your beloved Deucecast hosts make it all about one of Hollywood -- and our podcast's -- legendary figures: Harrison Ford.  Thus, it's time for the Harrison Ford Top Ten.

First up, a quick review of Captain America Brave New World - likes, dislikes, and a tease for next week's ReFlicktions.

And in a fun game, it's a round of Rotten Tomatoes with all February movies - random years, random weekends, random movie titles... and maybe the first time Charlie Chan films are mentioned. 

Finally, a complete listing of Harrison Ford's entire filmography, as d$, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl go movie by movie, title by title... sometimes blowing past them ("Journey to Shiloh"? "Zabriskie Point"??), sometimes spending a few minutes ("Star Wars"! "Blade Runner"!) and sometimes having full on discussions ("Working Girl"!) 

And at the end, the official Deucecast Harrison Ford Top Ten. 

Also... does anyone know where to find "Killroy Was Here" on streaming?

Episode 659: The Best Christmas Movie Draft Ever

Two voices always emerge every December, even if they haven't been heard on the show all year... first, The Cheetah Girls, reminding us that it is, in fact, a Marshmallow World... and second, the beloved Carnegie Hall headliner herself, Jennifer Kaufman... and it's now that very time!

In this episode, Mikey and d$ welcome in Friend of the Show Roth from Wyoming and the aforementioned Jenny Kauf, not only to catch up a little, but also to do our very first Christmas Movie Draft.

Picking films to fit into 7 categories - Movies with Santa... RomComs... Christmas Comedies... Christmas Classic films (anything from the 20th Century, really)... Unconventional holiday films... Short films (60 minutes or less)... and Wild Card... each of the foursome picks and drafts movies to their own lineup, in an effort to have the best Christmas Film lineup of the show!

And you decide -- let us know on X or in our DeuceCord which movie list you think won the day! 

Episode 634: My Favorite Summer... The Actors

The heat is on, and summer isn't even officially here yet! Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl are here for another edition of My Favorite Summer - and this time, we look at the scope of actors across movie history, and each pick out their ten faves.

From older gents like Jimmy Stewart to newer names like Tom Hardy, with Hollywood legends like Leo, Denzel, Harrison, Bobby D, and even more.  

Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl each give their top ten fave actors and why they are such a big deal to them. 

Plus, Rotten Tomatoes, the 2024 Box Office edition, takes place to kick off the show! 

Movies we recommend featuring our fave actors:

• The Aviator (Amazon Prime)
• Becky (Showtime)
• Birdman (for rental)
• Changing Lanes (PlutoTV)
• Collateral (Paramount+; Criterion Channel)
• The Devil Wears Prada (MAX)
• The Edge (MAX)
• Forrest Gump (Paramount+)
• The Fugitive (for rental)
• Glory (Amazon Prime; AMC+)
• Home Alone (Disney+)
• Inside Man (Netflix; Starz)
• It's a Wonderful Life (Amazon Prime; FreeVee)
• The Last of the Mohicans (for rental)
• Marathon Man (Starz)
• Matchstick Men (for rental)
• The Mission (for rental)
• Morning Glory (for rental)
• A Perfect World (for rental)
• Philadelphia (for rental)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (Disney+; Paramount+)
• Raising Arizona (Starz)
• Rear Window (Amazon Prime)
• Robin and Marion (for rental)
• The Rundown (Hulu; Peacock Premium)
• Silence of the Lambs (MGM+)
• There Will Be Blood (Paramount+)
• Toy Story (Disney+)
• Trading Places (for rental)

Episode 622: The Irishmen... and Women!

 Top of the morning to ya, as we like to say (confession, we never say this) as The Deucecast Movie Show celebrates both St Patrick's Day as well as Cillian Murphy's recent Oscar win -- which leads to Mikey, Dave, and #XlessDrEarl all giving the Top Five Irish Performances...

First up, a return to some of the familiar games, including Rotten Tomatoes, a little Potpourri edition this time, as well as random chatter leading up to the Top Five.

The Top Five this week is a discussion about not only best Irish actors and their performances, but those of Irish decent and ties - from a fave young ingenue who everyone loves (and is the only female to win TWO Deucie awards) to a classic star from a few generations ago, and a superstar that everyone knows to some that only have a few under their belt.

And then... the quick revelation of the upcoming Summer Series. We hope it's your favorite, actually.

Episode 616: The 2024 Movie Auction

It's that time of the year, when the annual Movie Auction takes place... and by "the annual", we mean the very first one we've ever done. 

In a concept borrowed from The Big Picture Podcast (all nods and love to Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey), Mikey and d$ are joined by Friends of the Show Garrison "Pride of Kennesaw" Ryfun and making his 2nd straight appearance, Roth from Wyoming to fill out their roster of films for 2024.

Everyone has a proverbial $1000 to work with, as various movies are put on the auction block and bid for - with the intentions of getting the movies that will make the most money domestically, as well as will get both Oscar and Golden Globe love in the fall of '24 and early 2025.

The big ones are all hear -- Deadpool 3, Furiosa, Inside Out 2, and Despicable Me 4 included -- plus some surprises, like a Smile sequel, a Sonic sequel, an Apes sequel, and an odd film picked out by Roth himself.

A Rotten Tomatoes game determines the draft order, and the chatter hits on everything from TayTay in the NFL and who Agent Argylle might actually be and more nonsense as per usual.

 

Episode 602: DeuceFellas - The Scorsese Top 5

 "You downloading me? You listenin' to me?!" That's right, it might sound like a DeNiro themed episode, but we actually turn our attention the legend behind the camera, one Martin Scorsese, as Dave, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl discuss and rank some of their fave Marty films.

First, a quick catch up, then a spoiler free review of the latest, "Killers of the Flower Moon", then the return of the Rotten Tomatoes game, this time with a little Scorsese Potpourri.

Then, the guys rank and discuss each of their fave Top 5 Scorsese directed films, with the full knowledge there a ton of them they haven't seen. Nonetheless, it still makes for a great conversation, as they discuss thoughts on "Goodfellas", on "Color of Money" (and Mary Elisabeth Mastrantonio, of course), on "Taxi Driver" and a ton more. 

Then, once the credits role, Steve signs off, and Casey counts 'em down, a special aftershow, spoiler filled review of "Killers of the Flower Moon"... chatting about the cast, the cinematography, the music, some Easter Eggs, how Lily Gladstone matched up with DeNiro and Leo, and the film's Oscar -- and Deucie -- chances. 

The films discussed and where to find them at time of recording:

• Australia! (Hulu)
• Boxcar Bertha (Amazon Prime; Tubi)
• Bringing Out the Dead (Amazon Prime; Paramount+; MGM+)
• Cape Fear (Starz in Menacing)
• The Color of Money (for rental)
• The Departed (for rental)
• Goodfellas (for rental)
• Infernal Affairs (for rental)
• Internal Affairs (Amazon Prime)
• The King of Comedy (Plex)
• Mean Streets (for rental)
• Silence (Paramount+)
• Taxi Driver (for rental)
• The Wolf of Wall Street (Netflix; Paramount+)

Episode 561: 3 Podcast Men (the guest host show)

While Mikey has missed maybe 2 episodes, and d$ has missed maybe 3 eps, and #TwitterlessDrEarl has only been a regular for the last few hundred eps, now for the first time in almost 12 years and 560 episodes, neither Mikey nor d$ nor #TwitterlessDrEarl are on the show itself.

Instead, three show icons, three show legends, three show fan favorites, three show regulars take over the show... Aussie Nate, Spawn of Ryfun, aka, Lil G, and Roth from Wyoming pick up the reigns as the regular guys are out of action for the week (re: d$ is in Orlando and Mikey is watching movies and #TwitterlessDrEarl just likes the weekend off) and after firing off a quick round of Rotten Tomatoes, they dive right into Top Five Recasted Characters.

From a super spy to a dark knight to a space smuggler to Old Kris Kringle himself, Lil G, Aussie, and Roth serve up their fave characters that were redone even better.

Also, Garrison has never seen Christmas Vacation, and hates Ernest movies, so he will likely not ever be asked back.

Here are movies listed and discussed, and where to find them at the time of recording:

• Batman Forever (the one with Val, but not the nipple suit) - HBO Max
• Becoming Bond - Hulu
• Casino Royale - Netflix
• Clear and Present Danger (1994) - Netflix; Paramount+
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - HBO Max
• Hercules - Disney+
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Amazon Prime; Disney+; Peacock Premium
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994) - Disney+ 
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - HBO Max
• Ocean's Eleven (1960) - for rental
• Ocean's Eleven (2001) - for rental
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service - for rental
• Paddington - Netflix
• Paddington 2 - HBO Max
• Patriot Games (1992) - Amazon Prime; Paramount+; EPIX
• Solo: A Star Wars Story - Disney+
• Spider-Man: Homecoming - STARZ; STARZ in Teens Bitten By Spiders & Gaining Extraordinary Powers
  
• Star Trek (2009) - Netflix; Paramount+
• Tomb Raider - for rental
• 12 Angry Men (1957 version) - TubiTV
• 12 Angry Men (1997 version) - TubiTV
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine - STARZ; STARZ in Mutant

Episode 554: The Best Henchmen in Film

Halloween is quickly approaching as the fall rolls on, and the spooky movies are already on deck for both Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl. But before they get to Halloween proper (and the annual Halloween ep coming in a few weeks), they'll spend a little time with some of the other mean, evil, and sometimes incompetent characters of film.

First, quick chatter about recent movies taken in, including "Amsterdam" and "Werewolf By Night", then a Rotten Tomatoes game featuring the good, and bad, movies made by the master of horror fiction, Stephen King himself. Everything from the acclaimed like "Stand by Me" to the forgotten, like "The Mangler".  Everyone figures Mikey will win this one too. Right? Right.

Then, the Henchmen. Those who don't run the show, but do the bidding of those movie villains who do. Then again, sometimes the Henchmen in question are really the ones in charge. Either way, each of the Deucecast trio brings their own favorites to their lists.

Plus... the short career of Alexander Godunov and a
multiverse world where Harrison Ford is a dentist on Friends and Tom Selleck wields a whip.

Episode 531: Actors Who Did the Footballs

Now that all the 2021 lists are over, and the ReFlicktions for last month have been ReFlickted, its time to finally move forward with new lists, new topics, and old movies to discuss!

In honor of this year's NFL Draft, which just happened and to which likely 2 of the 3 Deucecasters (Dave, Mikey, Dr Earl) have no idea who was #1 (Minka Kelly, maybe?), it's time to talk a little football acting.

First up, a little May the Fourth Be With You chitchat, then the return of The Rotten Tomatoes Game (and the first mention of Knute Rocke in 531 eps), then, this week's Top Five... Football Players (college and pro) who turned to acting. Some cameo roles (as in, why Brett Favre is in Miami) and Bernie Casey gets a nod and a few names Rock multiple lists and even Burt Reynolds shows up.

Plus... both Robert Urich and John Metuszak might be making their debut mentions. Maybe. Unclear.

Episode 503: Actresses We Miss

The Deucecast Crew, including Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl love movies and the actresses in them, and felt it was high time to pay tribute to those who have since departed this mortal coil... especially since we gave the love to the Actors a few weeks ago (Ep 496), its time to do the same for the fairer gender.

Joining the show is the Spawn of Scotty Ryfun, the pride of Kennesaw, Lil G Garrison, as #TwitterlessDrEarl and Mikey give thoughts on The Last Duel, while Lil G and Dave look at Halloween Kills.

A round of Rotten Tomatoes ensues, featuring the film of one up and coming actor that you may not even know the name of -- but we know you've seen him.

Then, proper nods to the dead and buried, included legendary names like Hepburn and Gilda and Cloris and Ingrid and more.  Finally, a late addition of Birthday Movies for October!

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 479: Bad Movie Moms

It's Mother's Day and Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl want to give a nod to their own moms and those moms out there we love. And what better way to honor those moms than to look at the movies... and see which moms to totally avoid.

First, a Mother (F***) themed version of The Rotten Tomatoes Game, taking on the films of the Mother dude himself.

Then, a look at the worst moms in movies, from Shirly MacLaine to Ally Sheedy to telekinesis to Goonies to even some animated bad Disney matriarchs. 

A quick discussion on the Oscars that just happened, and finally, #TwitterlessDrEarl gives his take on this year's SpirituEarl films -- Mary, Joseph, some musical numbers, and whatever crap Burgess tossed up. 

Here's where to find the films discussed, at the time of this recording:

American Pie (Peacock)

Back to the Future (Netflix; Amazon Prime)

Bad Moms (FXNow)

Carrie (1976) (Showtime)

Cinderella (Disney+)

Friday the 13th (Starz)

The Goonies (not streaming)

The Graduate (HBO Max)

Little Sister (Amazon Prime)

Mommie Dearest (Amazon Prime)

Mother (Hulu)

Mrs Doubtfire (for rental)

Rapunzel (Disney+)

Terms of Endearment (Starz)

Tommy (for rental)

Episode 475: The 10th Anniversary Show

It's been ten long, crazy years and 1000s of movies, lots of video games, several third wheel co-hosts and 475 episodes, it's The Deucecast Movie Show's 10th Anniversary! Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl ring in the next decade with an episode that looks at the best films of 2011!

First, Birthday Movies return, with the films released 5, 10, 15, 20 and more years ago in April of those years - Along Came a Spider, Primal Fear, Out for Justice and Bad News Bears is how old? 

Rotten Tomatoes themed game centered around the movies released in early April, around the time The Deucecast Episode I: The Podcast Menace was dropped onto the world.

And then, the Top Ten Fave Films of 2011, as ranked by your hosts.  From documentaries about tort reform to MMA movies to baseball sabremetrics to Marvel superheroes to how to get into the Dune canon.

Plus, stick around to the end for a little soundbyte of the beginning. 

And thanks to RetroZap for keeping us around for five years, and to all of our listeners for 10 years of listening!! 

Episode 472: Natural Disaster Movies

In a rare move for The Deucecast Movie Show, the topic describes the show itself -- a total disaster.  But this time, it's natural disasters, born by God and Mother Nature.

First up, Dave and Mikey give their review on the new Disney film "Raya & the Last Dragon"... while the award winning #TwitterlessDrEarl nods approvingly.  Then, a little round of the Rotten Tomatoes Game.

Finally, the Top Five list of fave Natural Disaster movies -- not man made, not alien created, but just weather conditions and space gone mad.  Everything from animal crackers on Liv Tyler's stomach to overturned ships to Deus ex Rockina, its all the disasters you could need.

Where you can find the movies discussed:

• ...and the Band Played On (HBO Max)
• Armageddon (rental)
• Children of Men (rental)
• Crawl (Amazon Prime; Hulu)
• Dante's Peak (rental)
• Earthquake (rental)
• Hard Rain (Amazon Prime)
• Melancholia (Amazon Prime; Hulu)
• Perfect Storm (rental)
• The Poseidon Adventure (rental)
• San Andreas (rental)
• Sunshine (rental)
• Take Shelter (rental)
• Twister (rental)
• Volcano (Starz)

Episode 464: 2021 Surprise and Delights

The Deucecast Movie Show strives to be an escape and the guys do their best this week to shut out the world for an hour and give you some movie chatter... and this time, it's all about being surprised, delighted, or in some cases, both.

Movies that were thought to be a little silly, or movies approached with apprehension because "Surely, this movie can't be any good?" and yet, IT WAS! 

First up, some January Birthday Movies, giving you the five, ten, twenty more year anniversaries of films you've heard of... and some you haven't. Cause that The Way Back ain't got no Affleck in it.

A little round of January Movie Rotten Tomatoes, with a Christian Slater triple play, and then the top five... the films that Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl watched and were happy to report were actually pretty good.

It's a fun episode, revisiting the good times in front of a screen of some sort... and the kickoff to the annual Year End Best Episodes! 

Episode 454: Second Chance Movies

It's a big week at The Deucecast Movie Show... no, not because of some election thing, but because another episode is dropping!  Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl take a look at movies that deserved a second chance. 

First up, Birthday Movies! Toy Story! Harry Potter! Star Wars! Rocky! Transylvania 6-5000! What movies are turning 5, 10, 15 and 20 years old or more.

Next up... a little game called Rotten Tomatoes Potpourri, tossing up movies and predicting the Rotten Tomatoes scores

Finally, those movies that you watched and didn't care for, but upon a rewatch, kinda dug... or those movies you liked well enough, but the 2nd time around, really got into. These are "Second Chance Movies" that the crew lists today. 

Movies from DC... The Muppets... horror comedies and Tarantino joints... Pixar failures... and men of Mystery.  Along the way, some great chatter on the rising of the DC Cinematic Universe... the movie that is SOLO: A Star Wars Story... and how some animated films get an undeserved bad rap... plus, #TwitterlessButNotDiscordlessDrEarl's corner turn on a Christmas classic, Mikey's dawn of justice and d$'s getting out. 

Movies Discussed (and where to stream them at the time of recording)

• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (HBO Max)
• Get Out (for rental)
• The Good Dinosaur (Disney+)
• The Hateful Eight (Netflix)
• Mars Attack (for rental)
• M*A*S*H (for rental)
• Muppets from Space (Showtime)
• Mystery Men (Peacock)
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (for rental)
• Oceans Twelve (Netflix)
• Payback (unavailable)
• Scream (unavailable)
• Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney+)
• Spanglish (unavailable)
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Disney+)

Episode 449: Viva la Deucecast

An episode of the Deucecast Movie Show with a twinge of queso and salsa, Mike, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl all take a look at some great films from South of the Border.

First up, a quick round of Rotten Tomatoes Potpourri, calling out the critics scores of classics like A Fistful of Dollars, and Weird Science and so on.

Then, the guys pick their fave films starring those in the Mexican community... a Hispanic cast... a plot revolving around Mexican scenery... anything that relates to our neighbors to the South! 

Episode 446: Tomato Disparities and Honoring Chadwick Boseman

 As 2020 rolls on, the hits keep on coming, and The Deucecast Crew -- Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessButNotDiscordlessDr Earl just roll with them.

First, a quick look at "New Mutants" and the reopening of theaters.  Then, the guys address the gut punch that happened over the weekend... the death of Chadwick Boseman.

Discovering the news from a tweet, the guys talk about the untimely passing of Boseman, and his great movie roles and legacy. 

Finally, it what seems like something not nearly important, yet entertaining, the guys give their top five movies with the largest gap between critics score and audience score on Rotten Tomatoes... familiar topics like Kevin Smith movies to less critically acclaimed, yet audience fave films from Alex Kendrick.  #TwitterlessButNotDiscordlessDrEarl even expresses his admiration for David Spade, while Dave loves The Rock wielding a 2x4, and Mikey quotes Chaucer...

Stick around for one final Chadwick Boseman nod.

Show are provided by @Artisterman -- find him on Twitter!

Episode 444: The Best of the Worst 1980s

After the Deucecast Crew -- Mikey, Dave, & #TwitterlessButNotDiscordlessDrEarl -- did the Best of the Worst of the 1970s, as well as the 90s, 00s, and 10s in previous episodes, it was time to wrap up the series with the one decade untouched... The 1980s.

Such a show can only be done with the right kind of guest, someone who can speak to the most enjoyable crap the 1980s has to offer -- none other than the RetroZap Podfather RetroJoe Tavano, calling in from his Massachusetts Mobile Studio.

First up, the first edition of Rotten or Notten, picking which film is on the good side of 60% and which one is below it. Then, the guys give their list of good bad movies, including some gross trading cards... Corey & Corey... the glaive... Yeardley Smith, Casey Siemaszko, and Terry O'Quinn... Bad Tom Cruise... Jon Bon Jovi's Blaze of Glory... Fair is Fair... and so much more.

Films discussed, and where streaming at time of recording

• Beastmaster (Amazon Prime)
• Can't Buy me Love (HBO Max)
• Cocktail (for rental)
• Condorman (only in Mikey's imagination)
• The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (only in RetroJoe's Memory)
• Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Cinemax)
• Hero at Large (for rental)
• Howard the Duck (Peacock)
• Krull (for rental)
• License to Drive (for rental)
• The Legend of Billie Jean (for rental)
• Masters of the Universe (Starz)
• Maximum Overdrive (for rental)
• Oh God, You Devil (VUDU)
• Rawhead Rex (for rental)
• Silver Bullet (for rental)
• Stroker Ace (Starz)
• A View to Kill (for rental)
• Watchers (unavailable)
• Young Guns (Starz)
• Young Guns II (Starz)