Just a couple of dorks who love movies. Good movies, bad movies, everything in between.
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
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 Roth from Wyoming to fill out their roster of films for 2025.
Everyone has a proverbial $1000 to work with, as various movies are put on the auction block and bid for - with the intentions of getting the movies that will make the most money domestically, as well as will get both Oscar love in early 2026.
The big ones are all hear -- Fantastic Four, Avatar, Wicked, and Superman included -- plus some surprises, like live action Stitch and Toothless, a Peruvian Paddington, more dinosaurs, and Glen Powell running.
A Rotten Tomatoes game determines the draft order, and will Roth go rogue again??
So first, we highlight the lowlights of the year... films that didn't just quite resonate with us. Some from good directors, some with good scripts, and even some with great casts -- but movies that fell flat for one reason or another... and leave it to Dr. Earl to bring the big names to the list.
Then, after we bring the negative, we look at the positive, giving some great gifts all around -- to our fave actors, to our fave directors, even to studios to get them a little help. Plus, a few movies seen on behalf of others... and the first tangible gift ever given in a Christmas Gifts episode!
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!
We are talking one Thomas Mapother IV, aka, Tom Cruise, and it's time for the show to do our official Tom Cruise Top 10. Mikey and d$ are joined, as per usual, by #XLessDrEarl and a big movie fan, the Pride of Dahlonega, Spawn of The Voice of Valdosta, Lil Garrison Ryfun to count them down.
First, Garrison gives his review on the latest Pope romcom, "Conclave", with #XLessDrEarl chiming in a little.
Then, starting with "Endless Love" and ending with "Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning", and every Tom Cruise movie in-between - each of the guys list their fave Cruise films as we go along.
Finally, at the end of the show, an overall average is taken and the Official Tom Cruise Top Ten Films are announced!
Then, digging into our Top Five... the Top Five Witches in Movies. From the animated to the partly animated/real life, to the scary freaky, to the comical... and even the sort of kind of but not really witches.
Then, it's time for MikeTober, as Garrison "The Pride of Albany" Ryfun and Miss Independent Jeremy Burgess join d$ and Dr Earl in offering movies for Mikey to see -- and possibly be crowned the 2024 MikeTober Champ!
Films discussed and where to find them:
Its the fall, and its the Fall Movie Preview. And its the biggest one ever, as Mikey, d$, and guest host Garrison "Pride of Blue Ridge" Ryfun read 12 pages of upcoming films... not only lots of movies coming to the theaters, but also streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Prime and beyond.
Docs about Superman's life... cartoons about robots... more cartoons about robots... Matt Walsh asking a question... Frances Ford Coppola's latest disaster... why d$ doesn't care about Joker's singing... Mikey's pumped for new Askew... a new Stephen King adaption... Tom Hardy's last go-round... a bald Marky Mark... and so, so much more.
Plus, the five classic films assigned to d$ for watching and ranking.
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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:
First, a little round of Movie Trivia from The Book, and then, diving right in... all of our all time fave films from all the years, from the early days of film up until the cut-off of 1969.
Legendary directors like Wilder, Hitchcock, Fleming, and Lumet... incredible performances from the likes of Cary, Stewart, Bogie, Audrey... and sweeping plantation epics to tiny jury rooms to creepy hotels to pool halls.
And big movies like The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Godzilla x Kong, Civil War, and Challengers.
And Rebel Moon. Yikes.
Plus, assigned films make their return, with the payoff of Pineapple Express, Minari, While We're Young, and Mr. Jealousy
InternationEarl makes its 2024 appearance, with Dr Earl getting his films to watch.
And finally, the very first Top 5 of the year!
Here are the movies talked about and where to find them at the time of recording
#XLessDrEarl is here and shedding the show of the uncultured swine of a Kevin James fan known as d$ and the Nic Cage apologize called Mikey, bringing in Friend of the Show Jeremy "Miss Independent" Burgess and part time co-host Lil G, Garrison "Pride of Albany" Ryfun to discuss all things pretentious.
First, a little Oscars chat... then a take on Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire... an update on Burgess' film "Don't Die"... streaming services (RIP FilmStruck) to find such pretentious films... and a definition of Pretention from the crew.
They list their five fave pretentious films, including gems from Wim Wenders (pronounced VIM VENDERS by the way) and Malick and Fassbender and much, much more. Grab your smoking jacking, swirl your brandy snifter, and adjust your monocle...
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".
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 $1000 to work with, as various movies are put on the auction block and bid for - with the intentions of getting the movies that will make the most money domestically, as well as will get both Oscar and Golden Globe love in the fall of '24 and early 2025.
The big ones are all hear -- Deadpool 3, Furiosa, Inside Out 2, and Despicable Me 4 included -- plus some surprises, like a Smile sequel, a Sonic sequel, an Apes sequel, and an odd film picked out by Roth himself.
A Rotten Tomatoes game determines the draft order, and the chatter hits on everything from TayTay in the NFL and who Agent Argylle might actually be and more nonsense as per usual.
It's the last stop before Christmas Day, with the 9th Annual Christmas Gift episode -- and the fourth Gifts ep in a row with Garrison "The Pride of Villa Rica" Ryfun joining up!
In this episode, the final 2023 Birthday Movies kicks the show off, with Aquaman turning 5, LOTR3 turning 20, Tombstone turning 30, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang turning a lot older than you'd think.
After catching up with Mikey's and Garrison's 2023 movie numbers, it's another edition of Everything Everywhere All At Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, following the first ever round last summer.
Then the gifts -- Gal Gadot needs a break... WWE gets a multiverse... some films and filmmakers get better coverage... and the world gets more Whit Stillman... and much more.
Finally, Mikey hands out tangible gift bags, while d$ and G-Ryfun hand out their own gifts, with a stop in the pretentious corner (sort of) and returning to the well for a few films.
Stick around to the very end... it's a delight.
Also, does #XlessDrEarl really want to see "It's a Wonderful Knife?"
And then, the guys do a ranking of their top 10 (out of the 12) theatrical releases of Chris Nolan movies... from the most well known -- Inception, Interstellar, Dunkrik -- to the less known -- Following -- to the forgotten gems -- The Prestige, Insomnia -- and of course, Big Oppy.
And moving on begins immediately with a new ReFlicktions show! Since there hasn't been one of these since August, there is a lot to say!
We double up on Jason Statham, dive deep into Jewish teen angst on Netflix, talk about films from Deucie nominated Friend of the Show Burgess, give you the good (Mia Goth!) and the bad (No more Vacation Friends!) and the obscure (who is Flora?)
Plus, a brand new Top 5 of 2023 from everyone, and... MikeTober festivities begin with the assigned films from d$, Dr Earl, Burgess, Ryfun, Aussie Nate, and Roth from Wyoming.
From Episode 291 to Episode 599, 36 movie roles were chosen and now will face off one on one... a majority vote rules, as the crew goes through the match ups one at at time.
But what fun is a Movie Role Bracket if there aren't more Friends of the Show joining up? And Friends of the Show join up... producing the show is Roth from Wyoming and stepping in is Lil G "Pride of Albany" Ryfun... then along the way comes (in order of appearance...) Lil Andy... Aussie Nate... Hurricane Rhett... "Amish" Jenn Novotny... Jenny Kaufman... Matty Mink... Uncle Brian... Coach DiBello... and of course, The Icon, Scotty "Ryfulicious" Ryfun...
It's absolutely the longest episode we've ever done, as we agreed early on there would be no Big Bracket in 601 -- the group powers through the entire show. New theme songs, familiar favorites, jokes fly, Garrison drives, Mikey has a delay, Earl changes his mind, d$ keeps it all moving.
Enjoy the show.
Make sure you tune into some of our fave podcasts...
Roth from Wyoming & the Good Day 4 a Movie Podcast
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Hurricane Rhett and On the Doc
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Jenn Novotny and The Main Street Electrical Podcast
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Matt Mink and The Soundtrack of Life
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The Ryfun Boys and WGIGAM Podcast
Also, don't forget Melissa Reagan and the Food For Thoughtcast
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Craig Harmann and the Harmanny Music Education Podcast
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Jonny Hile and the Captain's Logs & Lightsabers
Your Bracket:
Play In games:
(32) Sally Albright vs (33) "Good" Will Hunting
(29) Belle vs (36) Anna Scott
(31) George Bailey vs (34) Castor Troy
(30) Prince Akeem vs (35) Joe Miller
ROUND ONE
(1) Darth Vader vs 32/33 winner
(16) The Joker vs (17) Peter Venkman
(9) Mary Poppins vs (24) Jerry Maguire
(8) Capt Jack Sparrow vs (25) Uncle Buck
(4) Superman vs 29/36 winner
(13) Freddy Krueger vs (20) Jack Torrence
(12) Kermit vs (21) Nick Fury
(5) Batman vs (28) Derek Zoolander
(2) Indiana Jones vs 31/34 winner
(15) Ironman vs (18) Dracula
(10) Rocky Balboa vs (23) Robin Hood
(7) Harry Potter vs (26) The Bandit
(3) James Bond vs 30/35 winner
(14) Woody vs (19) Captain America
(11) The Terminator vs (22) Gollum
(6) Vito Corleone vs (27) Beetlejuice
And what better 2023 #FanboySummer Loser Winner Participant to have than Friend of the Show Revolving Part Time Co-Host the Pride of Albany, Georgia, Spawn of Ryfun, Lil G himself G Thang Garrison Ryfun join Mikey, d$, and #TwitterlessDrEarl to talk about it.
First up, a quick, non-spoiler preview review of the aforementioned MI flick, from Garrison, who is out from under his review embargo (apparently he saw it at Wal-Mart? Dunno), then a round of Rotten Tomatoes, Jackie Chan style.
Then, diving into the Top Five, the crew give their favorite practical stunts in movies, including pole fighters, plane droppers, backwards movers, sword fighters, hose swingers, Trans-Am jumpers, rapids swimmers, chariot racers, rain dancers, Bond cyclers, and EVEN MORE!
Stick around for an extra long stinger because none of us can shut up.
Movies discussed and where to find them:
But to do something so big, we have to have a big roster of Friends of the Show... Spawn of Ryfun, Lil G, Garrison.... the father of the Spawn of Ryfun, that being Scotty RyRy... and the pride of The Beaches of Cheyenne, Roth from Wyoming.
Together with d$, Mikey, and #TwitterlessDrEarl, they dive in to figure out the battles between View Askew and Aurora, Illinois... between dimwits and stoners... between classic duos both odd and slapsticky...
And Garrison makes a surprise turn in his quest to see Ethan Hunt win the whole tourney. A betrayal if you will.
And who knew these guys loved Twilight so much?
Featured in the tournament:
Harry & Lloyd
Ricky Bobby & Cal
Jay & Silent Bob
Wayne & Garth
Harold & Kumar
Bill & Ted
Romy & Michelle
Tai, Dionne, and Cher
Jules & Vincent
Thelma & Louise
Johnny Utah & Bohdi
Lone Star & Dark Helmet
Ethan & Luther
Goose & Maverick
Tango & Cash
Murtaugh & Riggs
Frodo & Samwise
Legolas & Gimli
Jack & Rose
Johnny & Baby
Forrest & Bubba
Rocky & Apollo
Qui Gon & Darth Maul
Neo & Morpheus
Marty & Doc
Jake & Elwood
Abbott & Costello
Oscar & Felix
Andy & Red
Tyler & Narrator
Dom & Brian
Edward & Jacob
