Episode 493: Top Summer Movies 2015-2019

The series finale of The Summer Series takes hold this week, as movies from 2015 to 2019 wrap up a look in the last fifty years of summer films.

First, d$ jumps in to clarify the movie release window -- just to make sure there are no bus tread on his own sunburned by the Cancun heat back.

Then, Mikey kicks off the show with #TwitterlessDrEarl and Lil Garrison as they give their fave films from the last five (normal) years 

Amongst the topics:

the expanded summer debate... Terence Malick's Skyscraper... the love of Ant-Man & the Nice Guys... The Batman trailer with Nirvana... a New Bond... unfortunate baby drivers... Mikey's summertastic tropes... Tarantino's final films... Oscar talk from Nic Cage... 

Movies discussed and where to find them at time of recording:

• Ant-Man (2015) - Disney+
• Ant-Man & the Wasp (2018) - Disney+
• Baby Driver (2017) - FX Now
• Crazy Rich Asians (2018) - HBO Max
• Dope (2015) - for rental
• Dunkirk, son (2017) - HBO Max
• Love & Mercy (2015) - Hulu; Peacock
• Midsommar (2019) - Amazon Prime
• Mission: Impossible: Fallout (2018) - Paramount+ / FX Now
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) - Starz
• Operation Finale (2018) - Netflix
• Pop Star Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) - for rental
• Skyscraper (2018) - for rental 
• Wind River  (2017) - Chicken Soup for the Soul's Crackle

Episode 485: Top Summer Movies of 1985-89

The heat is on, as Glenn Frey would say -- fitting that it's from Miami Vice, a TV show right in the era that Dave, Mikey, & Dr Earl take on tonight!  The summer films from 1985 thru 1989, any movie that came out from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend in those respective years.

And the lists of "could be in my Top Five" are growing every block of movie years, and so it was important we bring on someone who was in their movie prime as the guys are -- Nick, host of Podcast of The Whills (and the new MOM CU), joins the show for the first time to break it all down and list them all out.

First up, a little chat on what exactly Podcast of the Whills actually is (hint: its from a Star War), then a little Brat Pack guess 'em game -- think you know the 80s movies of Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Rob Lowe, and Emilio Estevez? Think you know who woo'd Molly Ringwald in "Fresh Horses" or who was the plucky lawyer in "From the Hip"?  Play along, see if you can be the one in the group who dominated.

Then the Top Five Summer Films of 1985 thru 1989 -- some pretention of course... He-Man... Mel Brooks... Elisabeth Shue love... Dottie from Pee Wee love... Joey Pants mourns Ritchie... hot Cyrano de Bergerac talk... "I'll Buy THAT For a Dollar!"... d$'s pick for the best Vietnam movie ever made... and much more in a great discussion about the late 80s classics. 

Movies discussed and where they are streaming at the time of episode's recording:

• The Abyss (1989)... Amazon Prime
• Adventures in Babysitting (1987)... for rental
• Back to the Future (1985)... Netflix
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986)... for rental
• Die Hard (1988)... Hulu 
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)... AMC 
• Full Metal Jacket (1987) 
• Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (1989)
• Karate Kid II (1986)... for rental
• La Bamba (1987)... TubiTV
• License to Drive (1988)... MaxGo
• Masters of the Universe (1987)... Showtime
• Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)... HBO Max
• Robocop (1987)... Showtime
• Roxanne (1987)... Starz
• Sex Lies & Videotape (1989)... Showtime
• Spaceballs (1987).,. Showtime
• The Untouchables (1987)... Showtime

Episode 484: Top Summer Movies of 1980-84

Welcome back to Part 2 of the Summer Series -- last week, we ranked the summer movies of the 70s... this week, we jumped to the first half of the ME Decade -- 1980 to 1984! 

And gotta say, the harvest is massive.  Ranking any movie released from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day weekend in each of 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984, the film titles are legendary... Indiana Jones and Elliott and Kermit and Carol Anne and WOLVERINE and Shall We Play a Game and on and on and on... we've all got a list with a dozen or more names on it, and because the task is so daunting, what better way to tackle it than to bring on a podcasting legend and friend of the show SHAZBAZZAR!! 

We talk about where Shaz has been spending his time since the end of TechnoRetro Dads... avoiding Vic's Damone... playing a little IMDB Game... love of Marc Singer... the greatest fan film ever made... the 80s teens propensity to create world destroying technology... and so, so much more.

Settle in for one of the best episodes we've done in a long time!  

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

• The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 5th Dimension (1984)... Amazon Prime
• Airplane! (1980)... Starz
• Airplane: The Sequel (1982)... Starz  
• The Beastmaster (1982)... Amazon Prime
• Blade Runner (1982)... for rental
• Blade Runner Directors Cut (1992)... unavailable
• Blade Runner The Final Cut (2007)... HBO Max
• Caddyshack (1980)... HBO Max
• Cannonball Run (1981)... unavailable
  
• Condorman (1981)... for rental
• Cloak & Daggar (1984)... Peacock & Peacock Premium
• E.T.:  The Extra Terrestrial (1982)... Amazon Prime
• The Great Muppet Caper (1981)... Disney+
• The Last Starfighter (1984)... rental
• National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)... HBO Max
• Poltergeist (1982)... HBO Max
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)... Paramount+
• Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2015)... TubiTV
• Red Dawn (1984)... HBO Max
• Trading Places (1983)... Starz
• Tron (1982)... Disney+ 
• WarGames (1983)... Amazon Prime
• WarGames: The Dead Code (2008)... TubiTV