Episode 678: Star Wars Adjacent Movies

 As we celebrate yet another May the 4th (be with you), Mikey, d$ and #XlessDrEarl change up their Star Wars topics a bit - instead of fave scenes or ranking the movies, this time, its a look at all the movies that Star Wars inspired... some that turned out to be legendary... some that turned out to be legendarily bad...

Can't Force alone, so the crew invites in Fan Fave and longtime friend of the show Hurricane Rhett Barnett, and he gives his own take on the 2024 comedy horror movie "Heretic" as well as a brief chat about the rerelease of "Revenge of the Sith", which has Mikey using the word "Refractory" and Rhett using the phrase "Marital Bed".

Then they play what turns about to be a disastrous version of "Everything Everywhere All At Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", which may end up being retired at some point because no one can play the stupid thing (note: d$'s opinion).

Then, a top five of Star Wars Adjacent, with some classic Flash Gordon and a chat about Sam Jones and Jacko (OY!), plus star fighters and dark stars and stars with battles beyond them, plus a glave, a hole, Ridley Scott's inspiration, and even kitchen appliances in a classic short film.

Episode 628: Our Favorite Star Wars Fight Scenes

 At the Deucecast Movie Show, we celebrate the most special days of the year, like Christmas, and Mother's Day, and Thanksgiving, and of course, both May the 4th Be With You, and it's follow, Revenge of the Fifth, and it's spiritual sequel Revenge of the Sixth.

To help Mikey, Dave, and #XLessDrEarl celebrate, we invite in first time Friend of the Show, videographer and vlogger and Disney sorta influencer and hardcore Star Wars fiend, THE Derek Frank!

First, a little background on Derek to open the show, followed by the return of America's favorite easy Q&A, Simple Star Wars Trivia (spoiler alert - Mikey always dominates), then a review on the epic re-watch everyone had this weekend over Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

And finally, the guys count down their favorite Star Wars fight scenes - not the epic space battles, but one on one or one on five or five on a hundred -- no Star Destroyers, rather blasters and space swords -- and to make the pot even sweeter, the lists cover all the screen media, including TV shows, not just the movies. 

And a quick chat on Tom Hanks Playtone movie studio! 

Episode 458: December Anticipation

 It's a December to Remember at The Deucecast Movie Show... or at least, Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl recalls their most desired December movies.

First up, a quick round of Box Office Mojo, calling out the biggest money makers released in Decembers past.  

Then, The Top Five Most Anticipated December Films -- not the best or worst December films that the guys have seen, but the movies that left them the most excited, and the most ready to see.  Some films worked out (Rogue One!) and some didn't (Hobbits!) and many fell in between. 

Movies discussed, and where they are streaming:

• Dune (1984) (HBO Max)
• H8ful Eight (2015) (Netflix)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) (HBO Max)
• Les Miserables (2012) (Netflix)
• Les Miserables in Concert (2010) (Hoopla)
• The Lord of the Rings (1978) (not streaming)
• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) (HBO Max)
• Oceans Twelve (2004) (Netflix)
• The Phantom of the Opera (2004) (HBO Max)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) (Disney+)
• Star Wars Ep VII: The Force Awakens (2015) (Disney+)
• This is 40 (2012) (for rental)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) (Amazon Prime; Hulu; EPIX; Netflix)
• Tron Legacy (2010) (Disney+)
• Vice (2018) (Hulu)

Episode 271: Movie Tourney Year Part VII

Once again, Pinky, Mikey & Dave come together to decide the greatest year of movies, ever... this time, with four more matches to finally set up the Entertaining Eight

After a quick chat about RetroZap Podcasting Network, a quick preview of Star Wars Celebration, which Mikey & Dave will be attending (while Pinky goes to prom with his fake girlfriend)

Plus... a throwback to Kenny Rogers' and how he turned our Love Around... and the story of Kenny Rogers' Roasters... and a quick bio of Tony "Tiny" Lister... and the remarkable gap between the years advancing...

1982
ET: The Extra Terrestrial... Rocky III... Poltergeist... 48 Hours... Tron... BladeRunner

vs 

2012
Marvel's The Avengers... Skyfall... Argo... Looper... Django Unchained...

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1989
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade... Batman... The Little Mermaid... Major League... UHF... When Harry Met Sally

vs

1999
The Matrix... Fight Club... The Sixth Sense... Star Wars The Phantom Menace... Toy Story 2... Office Space...

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1967
The Graduate... The Jungle Book... Guess Who's Coming to Dinner... Bonnie & Clyde... The Dirty Dozen... In the Heat of the Night... Cool Hand Luke...

vs 

1987
The Princess Bride... Lethal Weapon... The Untouchables... Wall Street... Full Metal Jacket

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1992
Boomerang... Aladdin... The Bodyguard... Unforgiven... Reservoir Dogs... Glengarry Glen Ross... Last of the Mohicans

vs

2015
Mad Max Fury Road... Inside Out... The Revenant.. Room... The Martian... Star Wars the Force Awakens... Jurassic World


Which movie year is your favorite??

Episode 216: The 2016 Deucie Awards

The Guitar Guy, aka iOTA, aka Sean Hape, nominated for Best
Music for Mad Max Fury Road...

It's the show when we finally close the book on The Year in Film 2015... Dave, Mikey & Pinky not only talk about their Top Ten Fave Films of 2015, but its also time for The 3rd Annual Deucecast Motion Picture Awards for the Best in Motion Picture Films, aka, "The Deucies".

Great films like Room, Kingsman Secret Service, that latest Star Wars film, Steve Jobs and even The Intern are remembered and celebrated here. 

Will Brie Larson get her first Deucie after being nominated 3 times in her career (twice this year), or will Emily Blunt steal it for her thrilling her performance in Sicario?

In the stacked Supporting Actor, what will become of a Bale vs Goggins vs del Toro vs Hardy vs Isaac battle? 

For the first time ever, there was a complete unanimous winner in a category!  

Will Fantastic Four take home The Worst Film Deucie, or will Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser finally win something?  

Find out the answers to these burning questions and more... plus a quick take on Zootopia! 

The Deucie Nomination List

BEST PICTURE

The Big Short

Mad Max Fury Road

The Revenant

Spotlight

Steve Jobs

AWARD FOR DIRECTING ACHIEVEMENT

JJ Abrams (Star Wars The Force Awakens)

Alenjandro Inarritu (The Revenant)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

George Miller (Mad Max Fury Road)

Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)

BEST ACTOR

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

Matt Damon (The Martian)

Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

BEST ACTRESS

Emily Blunt (Sicario)

Brie Larson (Room)

Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)

Daisy Ridley (Star Wars The Force Awakens)

Amy Schumer (Trainwreck)

BEST SCREENPLAY

JJ Abrams (Star Wars The Force Awakens)

Pete Docter (Inside Out)

Adam McKay & Charles Randolph (The Big Short)

Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)

Quentin Tarantino (The H8ful Eight)

MOST ENTERTAINING FILM

Furious 7 Inside Out Kingsman Secret Service

Mad Max Fury Road

Star Wars The Force Awakens

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale (The Big Short)

Benecio del Toro (Sicario)

Walten Goggins (The H8ful Eight) Tom Hardy (The Revenant)

Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Brie Larson (Trainwreck)

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The H8ful Eight)

Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

The Good Dinosaur

Home

Hotel Transylvania 2

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Avengers: Age of Ultron

The Big Short

The Hateful Eight

Spotlight

Star Wars The Force Awakens

BEST SCORE/SONG

iOTA aka Sean Hape (Mad Max Fury Road)

Johann Johannsson (Sicario) Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

Ryuichi Sakamoto (The Revenant) John Williams (Star Wars the Force Awakens)

BEST COMEDY

Inside Out

The Intern

Pitch Perfect 2

Sisters

Trainwreck

BEST ACTION FILM

Ant Man

Furious 7

Kingsman Secret Service

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

BEST FANTASY SCI FI

Ant Man

Ex Machina

Mad Max Fury Road

The Martian

Star Wars The Force Awakens

BEST DRAMA

The Big Short

The Hateful Eight

Room

Sicario

Spotlight

WORST ACTING PERFOrMANCE

Dave Franco (Unfinished Business)

Kevin James (Paul Blart Mall Cop 2)

Toby Kebbell (Fantastic Four)

David Space (Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser)

Channing Tatum (Jupiter Ascending)

WORST MOVIE

Fantastic Four

Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser

Paul Blart Mall Cop 2

Unfinished Business

Vacation

Episode 207: Retro Reflicktions with Joe Tavano

Another year is in full swing for The Deucecast Movie Show, and there is so much to get to in the coming weeks... however... first up, the monthly ReFlicktions show! This is where Mikey, Pinky & Dave give a huge rundown of the movies seen in the last month.

And this time, the guys are joined by frequent guest, movie historian and Terrance Malick apologist The Good Dr Earl... and RetroZap founder Joe Tavano.

The Deucecast Movie Show has joined RetroZap Podcasting Network, and Joe is here not only to welcome the show (or perhaps the hosts have just invited themselves?) but to talk a little about RetroZap and how great it is.

Then the discussion moves into a new discussion on Star Wars The Force Awakens (no spoilers spoken!) the into main movie discussion, where Pinky sees the brilliance of Corey & Corey... the guys discuss the lost potential of The Ridiculous Six... the length of H8Ful Eight... what Mikey intends for bad, Dave finds to be great... cannibalism and Kurt Russell... Bryan Cranston's amazing performance in a pretty good movie... Christian Bale's amazing performance in a really good movie... and Tom Hardy's upstaging of Leo DiCaprio by giving an amazing performance in an amazing movie.

And, of course, Dr Earl and Maria Conchita Alonso have a moment.

Movies discussed this month:

Star Wars The Force Awakens... Ridiculous Six… Krampus… Ex Machina… Flash Gordon… Bill Murray’s Very Murray Christmas… Spotlight… The Loft… The Running Man… Crazy Love… Creed… Trumbo… The Babadook… Girlfriends… That Sugar Film… Hateful Eight… Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure… Dune… Me, Earl & the Dying Girl… Bone Tomahawk… Sharknado… Joy… Pootie Tang… The Departed… License to Drive… Alien… The Iron Sheik… William Shatner’s Chaos on the Bridge… Sisters… Hotel Rwanda… Trojan War… Take Shelter… Shotgun Stories… People Places Things… The Revenant

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens Special

Because we love Star Wars: The Force Awakens so much, we decided to do a quick review show of the movie itself.

Spoilers? Not at first!

We give a big overview of the movie itself, its possibly legacy and how great it is, then give a 10 second countdown to the beginning of spoilers.

Be warned:  If you are still listening after those 10 seconds, and you haven't seen the movie... first, what is wrong with you?  But second, we will ruin it for you -- but you will have plenty of warning.

Also joining the show is old school The Deucecast contributor and now co-host of Card Trader Illuminerdy Podcast, Hurricane Rhett Barnett.  Enjoy the bonus episode and Merry Christmas!!!