Episode 665: The Greatest ReFlicktions in Pod

It's the start of a new year, which means it's time for a new round of Movie ReFlicktions, as Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl are back to ReFlickt'd all the movies they've seen in the last several weeks!

A double dose of Liam Neeson kicks off the reviews, with Producer Tommy's offspring in a Lifetime Movie, The Don' biopic, a cartoon Hobbit, Jerry Buts is back with his thievery den, and Dr. Earl goes old school with some Javert and Jean Valjean. Also, d$ continues his love for his Hollywood beloved, but fears for the choices being made.

A slate of documentaries cover everything from Superman to Kermit to The Beach Boys to Michael McDonald's sound in Yacht Rock music. Plus a random chat about young Hollywood and much more.

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

• In the Land of Saints and Sinners
• You Better Watch Out (Lifetime Movie Network)
• A Complete Unknown (theaters)
• The Apprentice (rental)
• Nightbitch (Hulu)
• Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (MAX)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (theaters)
• Jim Henson: Idea Man (Disney+)
• NR24 (Netflix)
• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (Paramount+)
• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
• Music by John Williams (Disney+)
• Challengers (Amazon Prime; MGM+)
• Thelma (Hulu)
• Wolfs (AppleTV)
• The Substance (rental)
• I Used to be Funny (Netflix)
• A Different Man (MAX)
• Les Miserables (The Criterion Channel)
• Kill ‘Em All 2 (Netflix)
• Darkness of Man (Hulu)
• Marlowe (Amazon Prime)
• Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (in theaters)
• Kneecap (Netflix)
• The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)
• Brats (Hulu)
• Yacht Rock (MAX)
• The Beach Boys (Disney+)
• Moana 2 (in theaters)
• The Brutalist (in theaters)
• Unfrosted (Netflix)
• A Real Pain (Hulu)
• Wicked (in theaters)
• Through a Glass Darkly (MAX; The Criterion Channel)
• Flow (for rental)
• Wolfman (in theaters)
• Back in Action (Netflix)
• Nickel Boys (in theaters)
• Maria (Netflix)
• Lee (Hulu)

Episode 599: The Final 9 Roles

It took over 12 years to get here, but here we are.  Dave, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl are at the penultimate episode of an episode that feels bigger than 500.  A hundred eps bigger, as a matter of fact...

This is Episode 599.

As the Big Bracket finally takes shape, there are 27 movie roles that will vie for the title of "Most Iconic Movie Role of All Time" -- from Indiana Jones to Sally Albright to Derek Zoolander to James Bond and more... but we don't need 27. We need 36.

And to fill the final 9 roles, we've asked a podcasting legend, the one, the only Geek Out Loud's Steve Glosson to join the show and discuss.

With over 40 iconic movie roles in play, most will be eliminated outright, as round by round, more and more famous legendary names are dispensed, tossed aside like Mikey tosses aside Star Wars now...

Ethan Hunt gets a final shot... Harry Potter hopes to work some magic... Lord of the Rings has several nominees... Keanu Reeves has two up for debate... familiar names, previous losers like Carl Spackler, Freddy Krueger, and Kermit the Frog try once more.

And at the end of the episode, only 9 remain. The Final 9.

Episode 483: Top Summer Movies of The 1970s

Springtime is fading and summer is here!  And after ten seasons, The Deucecast Movie Show is finally doing an actual "Summer Series" -- the best Summer Movies of the summers past.

First up, it's a hostfull episode with Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl take a look at The Me Decade, and after a 70s themed round of Box Office Mojo, they rank their Top Five fave summer films released in the summers from 1970 to 1979.

Some amazing flicks from Altman, Spielberg, Monty Python, and Lucas, and some not great but still beloved movies from Altman, Heston, Bond, and not-Kevin James. And Burt Reynolds, of course.

Enjoy the first of The Summer Movie Series!

• Alien (for rental)
• American Graffiti (for rental)
• And Now For Something Completely Different (Starz)
• Chinatown (Paramount+;  Chicken Soup for the Soul's Crackle)
• I Am Legend (HBO Max; Hulu)
• Jaws (HBO Max)
• Jaws IV: The Revenge (HBO Max)
• Live & Let Die (TubiTV)
• McCabe & Mrs Miller (for rental)
• Memory: The Origins of Alien (Chicken Soup for the Soul's Crackle)
• The Muppet Movie (Disney+)
• Nashville  (for rental)
• The Omega Man (for rental) 
• The Parallax View (for rental)
• Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (Amazon Prime; Hulu, EPIX) 
• The Rescuers (Disney+)
• Smokey & the Bandit (AMC+; for rental)
• Star Wars (Disney+)

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 468: We Got a Bad Romance

Get your Lady Gaga on as the Deucecast Movie Show wants your loving, wants your respect, but still has bad romances... it's a Valentine's episode looking at the darker side of love -- Toxic relationships in movies.

First up, Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl invite in Friend of the Show, Miss Independent himself Jeremy Burgess, and the crew plays a RomCom Mojo game to start the show.

Next up, the Top Five Toxic Romance lists.  From divorces to couples violence to killing sprees and worse to karate chops to unnecessary Australian makeovers.... the movie romances that are at the best uncomfortable to at it's worst, dangerous.

Then.... Burgess gives his annual Burgentine's Day Report, giving a review on Down with Love... Sabrina... Crazy Stupid Love... and Philadelphia Story. Plus, some thoughts on a few previous movies from Burgentine's Day.

Plus, some after show Frat Pack chatter with Burgess chiming in on Vince Vaughn, and what truly makes the real Frat Pack.  

• ATL (TBS/TNT streaming; rental)
• Badlands (Criterion Channel; Watch TCM)
• Crazy, Stupid, Love. (rental)
• Down with Love (rental)
• Call Me By Your Name (Starz)
• The Fountain (Starz)
• Get Out (FX Now)
• Gone Girl (Hulu)
• The Graduate (HBO Max)
• Grease (Showtime; TubiTV; CBS All Access)
• I.Q. (CBS All Access)
• King Kong (1933) (HBO Max)
• Leaving Las Vegas (rental)
• Marriage Story (Netflix)
• The Muppet Movie (Disney+)
• Natural Born Killers (Starz)
• The Phantom Thread (HBO Max)
• The Philadelphia Story (HBO Max)
• Sabrina (Watch TCM; rental)
• Sid & Nancy (IndieFlix; rental)
• The Story of Us (rental)
• Sunset Boulevard (Amazon Prime)
• Twilight (Showtime)
• The War of the Roses (Starz)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (HBO Max)

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 202: Favorite Family Movies (ft Jennifer Kaufman!)

It's Christmas time and family is upon us as usual, meaning people everywhere, all over the house, getting all up in your way -- especially the kids.  So you need some safe movies to put on the TV for the children to watch, and we are here to help! And because we know you have a 1000 cartoons around, we make our list all non-animated.

Pinky, Mikey & d$ bring in the co-host of the Disney Nerds Podcast and the (sort of sometimes) host of the Delightful Life Podcast, Jennifer Kaufman!

After birthday movies (how old is Jumanji?!), Jennifer joins the guys for a spirited discussion on... Disney Bathrooms?  And Journey Into Imagination with Figment?  The secret of the pin board at the Pin Traders in Disney Springs?  Isn't this a movie show? What!?

A rousing round of Box Office Mojo gives us the lowdown on the biggest box office earners in 2015... then, we dive into The Good Dinosaur.

The group gives a great assortment of Non-Animated Family Films, including Muppet movies... The Santa Clause... The Goonies.. The Wizard of Oz... and a random appearance by Dr Earl helps the lists get even better! (The Descendants?!) 

Plus, are the Muppets irrelevant to the younger generation?  Great discussion.

Somewhere in there, you'll get a new level of the battle between "A Christmas Story" and "Christmas Vacation"... "Wicked" vs "The Wizard of Oz"... "The Wiz" vs "Dreamgirls"... how many kids Jennifer needs for a reality show... Mikey's daughter's strange crushes... Where Die Hard & Gremlins fall in the "Christmas Movie" listings... the wasted potential of Lindsay Lohan... and where Amy Adams & d$ finally got together.

And to wrap the show up, its the movie segment that is sweeping the nation, or at least our neighborhood where we broadcast, its Pretty in Pink, with a review of The Running Man!

Movies Made into TV Series

On this episode of The Deucecast Movie Picture Show... Mikey, Pinky & d$ once again join forces to fight the evils of non-movie watching, to promote the good of movie watching, and to discuss lots and lots of movies watched.

In ReFlicktions, bringing up the films seen in the last two weeks, the guys hit a number of titles, including "View From the Top"... "Mud"... "CLUE"... "The Evil Dead", the original.... "The World's End"... "Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams"... and a bunch of indy films that Mikey loved, like "Muscle Shoals" and "Zero Charisma".

The topic today included movies that were turned into television shows, like "Ferris Bueller"... "The Real Ghostbusters"... a few of the 403 "Stargate" reiterations... and d$'s love of "Muppet Babies".  Some tackled it from the angle of "good movies that were turned into good and bad shows", and we also hit the side of "eh movies turned into good tv shows", like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", to which Pinky had no idea that it was, in fact, a movie first.

The guys also touch on the movies that were assigned to them to see, including "Side Effects"... "Muriel's Wedding"... and an odd film that Pinky will put into his DVD collection from here on out.

The Ryan Phillippe Game returns, with Mikey, d$ and Pinky battling it out as to who can name the most films of a given actor, and in a new twist on "See This, Not That", names and topics are tossed out at random via the "Magic Movie Wheel".

Finally, d$ ends the show on a personal note, with a non-movie related topic, but is still good to hear...

Next go round... the guys take on "Football Themed Films" for the now-here football season... and don't forget next week's Intermission, where we discuss at length the Audrey Hepburn classic, "Sabrina"

FILMS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH

Elysium
Kick Ass 2
Moneyball
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Room 237
Trouble With the Curve
You're Next

Episode XXXVI: Podcast Hard

Happy Deuce Year!!!


Another year, another podcast for your listening, laughing, loving and learning pleasure... its Episode XXXVI: Podcast Hard.  While keeping tabs on the Discover Orange Bowl (and subsequent beatdown of Clemson at the hands of West Virginia), Mikey and d$ jump right in, discussing Christmas holidays, d$'s newborn's fabulous Christmas and a call-out to Wookiee's FourSquare addiction--and possible cooking of the books.

Mikey tells us of the magic, and crowds, of Walt Disney World and his first time on Star Tours... a great discussion on Captain EO... the upcoming Avatar project at Animal Kingdom... and spotting Nebraska and Bo Pellini.

d$ takes on the Music Minute with a little Mah Nah Mah Nah love, featuring The Muppets, with a movie review and some samples from the soundtrack.  He also shows some Marisa Tomei love in a Buried Treasure from 1992!

The Big Three reveals expectations for 2012... movies!  superheroes!  conventions!  neck structure?  Yeah!

And somewhere along the way, Demi Lovato's latest is discussed... Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, TinTin and Jumping the Broom are all reviewed... and the release of the newest "celebrities" on the upcoming Celebrity Apprentice!

Next week... we celebrate the cold weather by listing The Big Three Coolest Movies Ever... Mikey is back with his Music Minute... d$'s latest unearthed treasure... and so much more on The Deucecast Episode XXXVII:  Podcast Harder!


Dave's Music Minute:
The Muppets Soundtrack

Mike's Smorgasbord:
Birnbaum's Walt Disney World 2012

Dave's Buried Treasure:
My Cousin Vinny [Blu-ray]

Roundtable Randomness:
Mike's Favorite Movie of 2011 - 13 Assassins [Blu-ray]
Dave's Favorite Movie of 2011 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Demi Lovato Watch - Sonny with a Chance

Episode XX: Mikey Nipp & the Sorcerer's Podcast

Hear that rushing wind of complaint and disgruntle?  That can only mean one thing... Hurricane Rhett stops by The Deucecast Studios for Episode XX: Mikey Nipp & the Sorcerer's Podcast, tossing up a good rant about Bad Medicine.

 

We kick off the show with a full discussion of hibachi grills and the authenticity of scallops... Matt is pleased by his LA Noire... do tonsils have a purpose?... d$ recounts the mass eating that took place in his b'day week... and Mikey has a walker now!  Other topics include Big Boi's troubles... Matt's "Planet of the Apes" review... d$'s problems with the latest Katherine Heigl movie (and all of them, for that matter)... Kate Plus 8 = Cancelled... Jersey Shore revelations... and even more.

 

Mikey unearths a buried treasure so deep that its not even on DVD!  Discussing The Muppets, d$ unearths his displeasure for Clifford and Pepe, though Matt reveals his Pepe crush and his love for Faruiza Balk.

In this week's Music Minute, d$ takes us on a journey through his iPod, stopping along the way with Fergie... Sting... PM Dawn... The Fray... Sara Bareillis and more, while Matt's Smorg follows up on a few more movies watched, including pieces of crap like "Frozen"... "Let Me In"... "Tin Man" and more.

Our Big Three goes to those "Pleasant Surprises", movies we thought we'd hate but ended up really liking... movies like "Salt"... "Tangled"... "Easy A"... and the Christan Slater epic film, "Hard Rain."

And of course, Seagal Watch, this time taking us to the garden and back.

Join us next week for The Deucecast Episode XXI: Matty Rector & the Podcast of Secrets with Matt finding his own Buried Treasure and d$ taking on the Potluck Smorg... 

 

 

Mike's Buried Treasure:

• Muppets Tonight(1996-1998) - This is so buried there is no DVD release

Dave's Music Minute:

 

 

How To Save A Life - The Fray

 

Matt's Smörgåsbord:

• Let Me In [Blu-ray]

Top Movies That Pleasantly Surprised Us:

• Mike's Choice - Payback - Straight Up - The Director's Cut [Blu-ray]
• Dave's Choice - The Proposal [Blu-ray]
• Matt's Choice - The Matrix (10th Anniversary Edition in Blu-ray Book Packaging)
• Rhett's Choice - Office Space (Special Edition with Flair!) [Blu-ray]

 

Big Boi of the Week:

• Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son Of Chico Dusty [Explicit]

 

Seagal of the Week:

• The Glimmer Man