Episode 693: The Top Ten of 1985

All things must come to an end, and that's our mantra as we head into the fall with the final snippet of our Summer Series... joining Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl to wrap up the summer long Top 10s is non other than the Podfather himself, the reason GOLverse exists, its Steve Glosson!

We spend a few finding out how the GOLverse is doing, Glosson fills us in on what's next, then we take a look at 1985... which celebs are turning 40 this year... who died in October of 1985... then a quick rundown at the box office winners and Oscar winners.

And then - the top ten of the year.  We got Coen Brothers... Albert Brooks... James Bond... Michael J Fox doing double duty... visiting the Goondocks... Garrison's recommendations... a vampire Chris Sarandon... wanting your two dollars... catching up with Mark Holton... Mahoney and his crew... ending the Cold War... Harrison Ford and the Amish... and debating on whether Adrian Balboa was a great inspiration or the worst thing in Rocky IV.

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

• Back to the Future - STARZ in TimeLoop
• Better Off Dead - HBO Max
• Blood Simple - HBO Max; Criterion Channel
• Brazil - rental
• The Breakfast Club - Starz in Teen Angst
• Fright Night - rental
• The Goonies - rental
• The Heavenly Kid - MGM+
• Ladyhawke - TubiTV
• Legend - rental
• The Legend of Billie Jean - TubiTV
• Lost in America - rental
• National Lampoon's European Vacation - rental
• Pee Wee's Big Adventure - rental
• Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment - rental
• Police Story - HBO Max
• Rambo First Blood Part 2 - rental
• Real Genius - TubiTV
• Rocky IV - Amazon Prime
• St. Elmo's Fire - rental
• Summer Rental - rental
• A View to Kill - rental
• Witness - MGM+

Episode 688: The Top Ten of 2001

It was a year of Hobbits on screen, a year of Playa to Playa Pimp to Pimp, a year of animated monsters,a year of Mogadishu on screen, a year of math on the window and a year of Seann William Scott getting work - the year was 2001.

So goes the latest in our summer series of Top Tens, with our guest, the Food For Thoughtcast host and Friend of the Show Melissa the Chef!

Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl invite in Melissa to talk about movies 24 years ago - the Best Picture winner, the Fannings first movies (Elle yes!) and the hot topics of the year. Plus, a countdown of all of our faves - everything from Wes Anderson to lamenting the non-work of Orlando Jones to why Mikey hates Lord of the Rings.

• A.I. Artificial Intelligence (rental)
• Amelie (rental)
• American Pie 2 (Starz in horny teens)
• A Beautiful Mind (rental)
• Black Hawk Down (Netflix)
• Bridget Jones Diary (MAX)
• Computer Chess (rental)
• Evolution (rental)
• Ghost World (Amazon Prime: TubiTV)
• Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (MAX; Peacock Premium)
• Heist (rental)
• Jay & Silent Bob Strikes Back (Paramount+)
• Legally Blonde (MGM+ Peacock Premium)
• Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Rings (MAX; Amazon Prime)
• Memento (Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium)
• Monsters Inc (Disney+)
• Oceans Eleven (TBS)
• On the Line (rental)
• The Princess Diaries (Disney+)
• Rat Race (rental)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (Hulu; Criterion Channel)
• Shrek (Peacock Premium)
• Training Day (Paramount+; MGM+)
• Waking Life (rental)
• Wet Hot American Summer (Starz in Horny Campers)
• Zoolander (Netflix; Paramount+)

Episode 687: The Top Ten of 1988

 Back for another week, as July kicks off and Happy 249th Birthday, 'Merica! 

This week's episode has nothing to do with July 4th or patriotism, but instead, the Top 10 Summer Series continues!  This week, Miss Independent, Jeremy Burgess, joins Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl take a look at the late 80s, in the year 1988! 

It was a year that saw Tim Allen and Annette Bening get their big break... Bill Murray go Christmas... Monty Python win an Oscar... Tom Hanks get seduced by an older lady... Tom Cruise outshine Dustin Hoffman... The Coreys peak... a double dose of Kevin Dillon... space Klowns... and of course, its Die Hard in a building! 

DCMS Ep 685: The Top Ten of 2004

 Welcome back to the summer! Father's Day has come and gone, and we are headed to the first official day of Summer, even though we are all burning up from the heat. And what can beat the heat?  MOVIES!

A return to 2004, the year d$ got married, the year The Deuce as a physical apartment ended, and Roth From Wyoming was a wee teen... and #XLessDrEarl was also there too somewhere.

Its the year of Peak Will Ferrell... love for Tom Hanks in an airport... voting for Pedro... Olympic hockey... White Goodman... Tom Cruise being bad... stealing the Declaration of Independence... Super Pixar... and much more, as the guys welcome in Roth from Wyoming to count down their faves from the Year of Our Lord 2004

Movies discussed, and where to find them (at time of recording)

• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burghendy - Paramount+
• Collateral - Paramount+
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Store - FX Now
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - MAX
• Friday Night Lights - STARZ In Quarterbacks
• Garden State - rental
• Hotel Rwanda - TubiTV
• The Incredibles - Disney+
• Kill Bill Vol 2 - rental 
• Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Hulu
• Man on Fire - Hulu; AMC+
• Million Dollar Baby - rental
• Miracle - Disney+
• Napoleon Dynamite - Hulu
• National Treasure - Disney+
• The Passion of the Christ - Netflix
• Sideways - Hulu
• Spanglish - Hulu
• The Terminal - rental
• Troy - AMC+
• 13 Going on 30 - Netflix
• Shaun of the Dead - Peacock Premium; STARZ in Zombies 
• Spartan - rental
• Spider-Man 2 - Disney+; FX Now
• Walking Tall - Peacock Premium; MGM+

Episode 684: The Top Ten of 1984

The year is 1984... Mikey and d$ were kids... Dr Earl was a young dude. And Aussie Nate wasn't even born... but it was a very, very good year! 

Its the second week of our Summer Series as we look back at many years past, and the greatest movies from those years... and today, we invite in Friend of the Show Aussie Nate, who picks the year 1984. 

When we did our Greatest Movie Year Tourney back in the day, 1984 was the winner and this year is stacked!

From fake band mockumentarys to movies that are pretty much be canceled to Indy trilogy to Axel Foley's first appearance to Daniel Sahn's first appearance (and did Johnny actually win? or cheat?) and the trouble with not feeding them after midnight, plus multiple Toxie movies and a neverending franchise, and the truth about Scotty Schwartz and Kidco... 

Next week!  2000!!

Movies Discussed & Where to find them currently

• Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai (Amazon Prime; TubiTV)
• Amadeus (for rental)
• Beverly Hills Cop (AMC+)
• Dune (Netflix)
• Firestarter (for rental)
• Ghostbusters (for rental)
• Gremlins (TubiTV)
• Greystoke (for rental)
• Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom (Disney+; Paramount+)
• The Karate Kid (for rental)
• Kidco (for rental)
• The Killing Fields (TubiTV)
• Muppets Take Manhattan (Disney+)
• The Neverending Story (TubiTV)
• Red Dawn (Amazon Prime; AMC+)
• Romancing the Stone (for rental)
• Sixteen Candles (HBO Max)
• The Terminator (MGM+; HBO Max)
• This is Spinal Tap (for rental)
• The Toxic Avengers (Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium)
• Voyage of the Rock Aliens (TubiTV)

Episode 683: The Top Ten of 2006

The summer is here!  We are but two weeks away from the official summer equinox, but it already feels hot and sassy outside. 

This summer, The Deucecast Movie Show is looking back at years prior to the show's beginning. As we approach our 700th episode, leading up to it we will be doing a series of Top Tens -- each one focusing in on a particular year.

Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl invite in Friend of the Show Garrison Ryfun, and G has picked The Year of Our Lord 2006.

We run through the year - the bigger news stories of the year, the top ten films, the Oscar noms and winners, even the Razzie Award highlights, plus where we exactly were in 2006... Mikey and Dave freshly married (though not to each other... not yet anyway), Dr Earl building hospitals in the Baja California dessert, and Garrison being the only kid in KinderCare who was familiar with Bong Joon Ho. 

Enjoy the show this week, and check back next week when we dive into... 1984! 

Episode 676: The 2025 Deucie Awards (and our Top 10 of the Year)

 With the year 1/4th over, it is time to finally stick a fork into 2024 movies, with our list of our favorite films... AND awarding the best films of the year.

It's the coveted Deucie Awards, and for the 12th year in a row, Mikey, d$ and Dr. Earl are here to give out the best in Comedy, Drama, Cinematography, Animation, Documentary, Music, Screenplay, Sci-Fi/Horror, Brain Candy, and of course, the acting awards, direction, and Best Picture!

The Brutalist has a record 8 nominations, with Civil War getting 7 noms, A Complete Unknown with 6, while Dune Part Two and Wicked each getting 5. 

Can Denis Villeneuve get his 3rd Deucie Award of his career?  Can Saoirse Ronan get her third?  Or can Florence Pugh join Denis, Saoirse, and Adam Driver as the only movie makers to get 2?  

Plus, what films impressed Dr. Earl, Mikey, and d$ that they end up on their respective Top Ten lists of the year?  And you'll recognize a lot of the voices you hear on this ep, as we get all of our faves to assist! 

Episode 672: The Gene Hackman Top 10

Tis a sad fact that we all must face at some point - our Hollywood legends have begun to fall.  It was easy to take the deaths of Cary Grant or Bing Crosby or Natalie Wood as we barely knew them as celebrities, only the movies they gave us to entertain us.

But it is a sad fact that time is undefeated, and names like Hoffman, Eastwood, Pacino, Streep, Hanks, DeNiro, those celebrities we've watched in their primes and beyond, will become names of the past... thus, Gene Hackman has moved to that hallowed ground. With reverence and love, Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl take a look at the entire filmography of one Mr Hackman, and listing off their own personal favorite roles - all to come up with a definitive Top 10 of Gene's movies.

Along the way, they try to define the generation of movie stars in the 70s and 80s (New Hollywood?), plus give quick reviews of new films "Novocaine" and "Black Bag".

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 655: The Tom Cruise Top 10

 He's one of the last real superstars, and last real movie stars that we've had in Hollywood, and no, we aren't talking about our friend Jeremy Burgess...

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! 

 

Episode 647: Our All Time 10 Ten Favorite Films

It's the unofficial end to the summer series, dropping a day or two before summer actually ends -- but we waited until #XLessDrEarl was back in studio!  And here he is, joining d$ and Mikey as they count down their all time 10 favorite films ever (and give 11 thru 20 later on in the show)

Mikey and d$ have a recap of the All Time Top 10 given in Eps 214 and 218 (back in March of 2016), but for #XLessDrEarl, its a brand new list that none of us had ever heard.

And after a lengthy discussion on the films of Ernest, we dive in to the all time top ten... of course there is some crossover, and a little movement from previous lists to now -- and only a smattering of pretention.  You'll hear about Harry Ford and Michael Mann. Some Tom Hanks and Audrey Hepburn.  Morgan Freeman and Play It Again Sam... films from 1942 all the way up to 2010.

It was a great list to discuss and we'd love to know YOUR faves too.

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

• Almost Famous - MGM+
• Andre Rublev
• The Big Lebowski - rental
• Blade Runner - rental
• Casablanca - MAX
• Chariots of Fire - rental
• Clerks - Netflix
• Days of Heaven - Criterion Channel
• The Empire Strikes Back - Disney+
• The Godfather - Paramount+
• Heat - Showtime
• Inception - rental
• The Last of the Mohicans - TubiTV
• Lawrence of Arabia - Amazon Prime
• The Mission - rental
• The Princess Bride - Disney+
• Pulp Fiction - Amazon Prime; Paramount+; AMC+
• Raiders of the Lost Ark - Disney+
• Roman Holiday - rental
• The Seventh Seal - MAX; Criterion Channel
• The Shawshank Redemption - TBS; rental
• Star Wars - Disney+
• Titanic - Paramount+
• To Kill a Mockingbird - TubiTV
• True Romance - rental
• You've Got Mail - rental 

 

Episode 642: My Favorite Summer... Fantasy Sci-Fi

It took the whole summer, but The Deucecast Movie Show finally managed to get a podcasting legend superstar... Steve Glosson makes his glorious return to the show! 

The latest, and one of three remaining, topics left in this year's My Favorite Summer series is our favorite Fantasy & Sci-Fi films!  Drew Goddard gets some love, we somehow talk about Mary Hart and Leeza Gibbons, and of course, most people don't follow the rules as out of three Top Tens, at least 40 movies are mentioned. 

Here are the movies talked about, and where to find them streaming at the time of recording:

• The Abyss - Hulu
• Aliens - Hulu; MAX
• Blade Runner - for rental
• Captain America: Civil War - Disney+
• Children of Men - Starz
• Dragonfruit - for rental
• E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial and His Adventures on Earth - for rental
• Ghostbusters - AMC+
• Godzilla - MAX
• Highlander - Crackle
• Inception - for rental
• Independence Day - Hulu
• Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom - Disney+
• Jurassic Park - for rental
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Amazon Prime; MAX
• Mad Max Fury Road - MAX
• Master of the Universe - TubiTV
• Princess Bride - Disney+
• Star Wars Original Trilogy - Disney+
• Star Wars Prequel Trilogy - Disney+
• Superman II - Amazon Prime; MAX
• The Terminator - AMC+
• Transformers: The Movie - unavailable 

Episode 641: My Favorite Summer... The Horror of Suspense

Only a few weeks left as My Favorite Summer begins to wind down... we've laughed at the comedies, we've cried at the dramas, we've sweated over the action, we've fawned over our favorite actresses and fangirled on our fave actors... now, grab your blankets and hide your eyes, its the Horror and Suspense of it all.  

Mikey, d$, and #XTwitterlessDrEarl bring back Friend of the Show and Fan Fave The Burgler himself, Jeremy "Miss Independent" Burgess.  After giving the update on what to see at the upcoming Sidewalk Film Festival, the guys jump into their Top 10s of Suspense and Horror films all around.

Stephen King makes several appearances, as does Bruce Campbell's Ash character, with ghosts, demon babies, chainsaws, creepy sci-fi, Hitchcock, classic John Cena, and of course, THE BEEEESSSSS.

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

• Alien - Hulu; FXNow
• Army of Darkness - for rental
• The Cabin in the Woods - Peacock Premium
• Carrie - MAX
• Cat People - for rental
• Creepshow - for rental
• Cube - Amazon Prime; TubiTV
• Dead Again - for rental
• Diabolique - MAX
• Evil Dead II - for rental
• The Exorcist - for rental
• Fright Night - MAX
• Halloween - AMC+; Shudder
• The Hitcher - MAX
• Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person - for rental
• The Invisible Man - for rental
• Jaws - MAX
• Let the Right One In - Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium
• Phantasm - Peacock Premium
• Poltergeist - MGM+
• Psycho - Amazon Prime
• Raw - for rental
• Rosemary's Baby - Amazon Prime; Paramount+
• 78/52 - 
• Se7en - for rental
• The Shining - for rental
• The Silence of the Lambs - MGM+
• Stephen King's IT - for rental
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Peacock Premium; TubiTV
• The Thing - for rental 
• Trick or Treat - for rental
• Videodrome - for rental
• The Wicker Man - Amazon Prime; Freevee

Episode 640: My Favorite Summer... The Actresses

We are hitting the dog days of summer and headed to the homestretch of My Favorite Summer - and after talking about our favorite Actors a few weeks back, it's time to turn our attention to the much fairer side... our favorite Actresses! 
We invited our great friend of the show, the host of the Food for Thought Podcast and our resident Chef Melissa Reagan -- and we begin the show with a Top Ten list for our Rotten Tomatoes game, in what might be the longest DCMS game we've ever done... then we leap into our Top Ten All Time Fave Actresses.

Some classics, like Ingrid, some Gen X crushes like Sally, and some modern queens like Anna and Elizabeth.  A little crossover, plus we all list a movie of each choice YOU should watch! 

Here is the list of movies recommended on the show, and where to find them: 

• The Adjustment Bureau - Netflix
• Adventures in Babysitting - Disney+
• American Hustle -  Netflix 
• Before the Devil Knows Your Dead - Paramount+
• Blood Simple - MAX
• Blue Jasmine - for rental 
• Bridges of Madison County - for rental
• The 'burbs - unavailable
• Deconstructing Harry - Peacock Premium; TubiTV
• The Descendants - for rental
• Doubt - for rental
• Drop Dead Gorgeous - unavailable
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotlight Mind - STARZ
• The Favourite - for rental
• Garden State - MAX
• Heroes - for rental
• The Holiday - for rental
• I Love Trouble - Hoopla
• In America - for rental
• Kodachrome - Netflix
• Lady MacBeth - STARZ
• Love Letters - Amazon Prime
• Morning Glory - for rental
• Murder on the Orient Express - for rental
• Noelle - Disney+
• Panic Room - MAX
• Parkland - Amazon Prime; TubiTV
• Punchline - PlutoTV; for rental
• The Quiet Man - for rental 
• Rob Roy - MGM+; TubiTV
• Sabrina - for rental
• Sicario - Amazon Prime
• The Souvenir - MAX
• Rent - Hoopla; for rental
• The Time Traveler's Wife - MAX
• What's Love Got to Do With It - for rental
• Where'd You Go Bernadette - for rental
• Widows - for rental
• You Can Count on Me - Hoopla; for rental

Episode 639: My Favorite Summer... The Action Movies

What good is My Favorite Summer if we can't have explosions, bad guys getting shot, car chases, high kicks to the face and more explosions?  Thats why we have the Action Movies! 

Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl bring in Friend of the Show Aussie Nate to talk about their favorite top ten all time movies consider action... and maybe a little sci-fi?  

First, birthday movies, learning how old Boyhood is, Runaway Bride, Angels in the Outfield and even Mikey's fave, Babar: The Movie.

Then, a Prime Day update, and Aussie's experience seeing his fave film in the theaters.

Finally, the guys chat about their own personal rankings of action movies, including Axel Foley's adventures, Jason Bourne's identity, Nic Cage out of prison, John McClane in airplanes and skyscrapers, John Wick falling down stairs, Jackie Chan kicking people, Indiana Jones being doomed, and the best portrayal of Wyatt Earp in cinematic history. 

Stick around for the Shark Talk in the stinger. 

Where the Movies are Streaming at Time of Recording

• Air Force One - AMC+
• The Avengers - Disney+
• Bad Boys II - Netflix
• Beverly Hills Cops III - Paramount+
• The Bourne Identity - for rental
• Captain American Winter Soldier - Disney+
• Cliffhanger - for rental
• Con Air - for rental
• The Condemned - FreeVee
• Die Hard - AMC+
• Die Hard 2: Dieharder - for rental
• Extreme Prejudice - for rental
• First Blood - for rental
• The Fugitive - TubiTV
• Hard Boiled - for rental
• Independence Day - Hulu
• Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom - Disney+
• Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade - Disney+
• John Wick Chapter 4 - Starz in Ninja
• Kingsman Secret Service - MGM+
• The Last of the Mohicans - for rental
• Leon: The Professional - Netflix
• Lethal Weapon - for rental
• Live Free or Die Hard - Showtime
• Mission Impossible II - Paramount+
• Mission Impossible: Fallout - Paramount+; MGM+
• The NeverEnding Story - for rental
• Old Boy - Netflix
• Police Story - MAX
• Raiders of the Lost Ark - Disney+
• The Rock - Peacock Premium
• The Rundown - Starz in The Rock
• Speed - Starz in Buses 
• Street Fighter - Netflix 
• Tombstone - Hulu
• True Lies - Hulu
• Young Guns - MGM+

Episode 636: My Favorite Summer... The Documentaries

 In the latest genre of My Favorite Summer, d$, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl revisit a topic first explored in July 2015 - with Pinky and Clay Shaver back then, no less... Documentaries!

Now that all three have seen many, many more documentaries since Eps 183 and 184 (over 450 episodes since those days), it was time to redo the lists.  Since Pinky is still imprisoned in the Chinese gulag and Clay is coaching in the WNBA, we look to another filmmaker and production guy, friend of the show Ken Horstmann who joins the show to give his own lists.

Make sure to check the list below to find out where you can see a lot of these 

• All Things Must Pass - Peacock; TubiTV
• Amazing Grace - MAX
• American Movie - Amazon Prime
• Beyond the Gates of Splender - TubiTV
• Brooklyn Bridge - Hoopla
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams - AMC+
• Dark Days - Peacock; TubiTV
• A Decade Under the Influence - for rental
• A Disturbance in the Force - for rental
• Exit Through the Gift Shop - unavailable
• F for Fake - Max; The Criterion Channel
• The Fog of War - for rental
• The Fire of Love - Disney+, Hulu
• Free Solo - Disney+; Hulu
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse - for rental
• Hoop Dreams - MAX; Paramount+; The Criterion Channel 
• Icarus - Netflix
• The Inventor - MAX
• Jasper Mall - Amazon Prime, TubiTV
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi - Hulu; Peacock; AMC+; TubiTV
• The Kid Stays in the Picture - for rental
• The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - for rental
• A League of Ordinary Gentlemen - TubiTV
• Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 - for rental
• Lost in La Mancha - for rental
• Marwencol - for rental
• Murderball - Peacock; Amazon Prime; TubiTV
• Muscle Shoals - for rental
• Paradise Lost - for rental
• The Resurrection of Jake the Snake - Amazon Prime; TubiTV
• Rockafire Explosion - unavailable
• Score - TubiTV
• Searching for Sugarman - for rental
• Stop Making Sense - MAX
• They Shall Not Grow Old - for rental
• Tower - for rental
• 20 Days in Meripol - Hoopla
• Winnebago Man - TubiTV
• Won't You Be My Neighbor - Netflix

Episode 633: My Favorite Summer... The Dramas

The second part of My Favorite Summer brings the drama this week -- as the Deucecast Movie Show crew gives their own list of the serious stories from the world of cinema.

Joining Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl is the co-host of the Good Day 4 a Movie Podcast, Jacob Roth, aka Roth from Wyoming, as they chit-chat and then play a round of a game not played in these here parts in a while -- The Ryan Phillippe Game returns for the first time since 2022.

Then, the Top Ten Fave Dramatic Films... everyone has their own description, as some movies may be more of a dramedy than a drama... or maybe it's listed under drama for one, but will be in another category for another.

Legendary films like The Godfather make a few lists, 90s capers like True Romance is discussed, a tragedy unfolds in one film, a fort is defending in another, and movies from as far back as 1966 are covered, all the way up to last year.

Episode 626: The 2024 Deucie Awards (and the Top 10 of the Year)

Normally, when you hear "A tradition unlike any other", you think The Masters, as that's the slogan. However, it is a slogan that more closely describes THE DEUCIE AWARDS!!

For the 11th time, Dave and Mikey, now joined by #XLessDrEarl, preside over the "people's movie awards"... and the top 10 of the year as well! 

And to assist, the Deucecast crew invites in many friends of the show, from Burgess to Kaufman to Aussie to the Ryfuns and even more -- with an assist from The Main Street Electrical Podcast co-host Jenn Novotny, it's quite an award-fest!

In addition, Dave, Mikey, and Dr Earl give their own fave films of the year -- you can likely guess the films that make all three lists, but there are a few out of left field as well.

Make sure to catch Ep 621 from a few weeks ago, where we do our "just outside the top ten" list...

Make sure to follow along with the winners! 

BEST PICTURE 1 American Fiction 2 Barbie 3 Godzilla Minus One 4 The Holdovers 5 The Iron Claw 6 Maestro 7 Oppenheimer 8 Past Lives BEST ACTOR 1 Bradley Cooper (Maestro) 2 Zac Efron (The Iron Claw) 3 Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) 4 Glenn Howerton (Blackberry) 5 Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) 6 Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) BEST ACTRESS 1 Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall) 2 Greta Lee (Past Lives) 3 Carey Mulligan (Maestro) 4 Natalie Portman (May December) 5 Margo Robbie (Barbie) 6 Emma Stone (Poor Things) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1 Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer 2 Viola Davis - Air 3 Jodie Foster - Nyad 4 Vanessa Kirby - Napoleon 5 Julianne Moore - May December 6 Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers BEST DIRECTING ACHIEVEMENT BY A DIRECTOR WHO DIRECTED A FILM 1 Bradley Cooper - Maestro 2 David Fincher - The Killer 3 Greta Gerwig - Barbie 4 Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer 5 Alexander Payne - The Holdovers 6 Celine Song - Past Lives BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 1 Sterling K Brown - American Fiction 2 Willem Dafoe - Poor Things 3 Matt Damon - Oppenheimer 4 Robert DeNiro - Killers of the Flower Moon 5 Robert Downey Jr - Oppenheimer 6 Ryan Gosling - Barbie BEST ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 1 Anatomy of a Fall 2 Asteroid City 3 Barbie 4 The Holdovers 5 Oppenheimer 6 Past Lives BEST ANIMATED FILM 1 Elemental 2 Leo 3 Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse 4 The Super Mario Brothers Movie 5 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem JACOB PINKY PINKERTON AWARD FOR BEST BRAIN CANDY MOVIE 1 Anyone But You 2 Gran Turismo 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 4 John Wick 4 5 Meg 2 :The Trench 6 MI: Dead Reckoning Part 1 BEST DOCUMENTARY 1 David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived 2 A Disturbance in the Force 3 Sly 4 Still: A Michael J Fox Movie 5 Taylor Swift: the Eras Tour BEST ENSEMBLE CAST 1 Air 2 Asteroid City 3 Killers of the Flower Moon 4 Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning 5 Oppenheimer BEST ACTION FILM 1 The Equalizer 3 2 Extraction 2 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 4 John Wick 4 5 Mission Impossible: Dead Recks BEST SONG OR SCORE 1 Ludwig Goransson (Oppenheimer) 2 Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Killer) 3 Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) 4 Dua Lipa - Dance the Night, Barbie 5 "I'm Just Ken" music and lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (Barbie) BEST DRAMA 1 The Holdovers 2 The Killer 3 Oppenheimer 4 Past Lives 5 You Hurt My Feelings BEST COMEDY 1 American Fiction 2 Anyone But You 3 Asteroid City 4 Barbie 5 Blackberry BEST SCI-FI/HORROR 1 The Creator 2 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 3 Godzilla Minus One 4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 4 5 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Deucecast Classic: 2016's All Time Top Ten

It's a classic ep this week, as we combine TWO episodes -- Ep 214 and Ep 218, both from March 2016 -- with special guests Clay Shaver and Jeremy Burgess

Both episodes run through our (then) all time top 10 movies, as we were finishing up a series giving our top 100... 

Here are the original show notes!

 Finally... it's here!  Dave, Mikey & Pinky have entered the Top Ten in our year long series of our Top 100 favorite films... and because it's so monumental, the Deucecast Movie Show gang had to bring in two of their favorite dozen or so guests -- Local Birmingham filmmaker Jeremy Burgess and host of the Remodeling Clay podcast Clay Shaver -- to give senseless... er, senseful films.

But first, a rousing game of Chronology, with great categories like "The Mitten"... "Bale-Out"... "Mikey Likey"... and of course, the always loved "Potent Potables".

Starting with a reminder of how each of the participants came up with their own Top Ten.

Jeremy offers up a John Carpenter masterpiece, talks about his favorite horror films and the movie that "is underrated for being overrated" and possible "date rapey".

Pinky falls in love with Anna Kendrick and cancer, talks about a movie fetish and lists the best Rings film...

Clay discusses a Vietnam classic, his best Kevin Smith and a quintessential buddy cop film...

Dave has more Anna Kendrick meets airport stories, celebrates a sinking ship and an Elton John song...

and Mikey feels some heat, feels some Breakfast and has some romance. Some True Romance.

Also, Kate Hudson may or may not come on our show, ever...

Next, how lowly ranked should "Pulp Fiction" actually be?

And... coming soon, a new reality show called... "The Burgeler"?

AND THEN

It's been a year in the making, but here it is... five films from Mikey, from Dave, and from Pinky, along with special guests Remodeling Clay Shaver and local filmmaker Jeremy Burgess, who give their five of all time.

Jumping right in, with Mikey's #5, the discussions flow on where Diehard 2 stands in the original trilogy... two Gregory Peck films... the delight of "In Bruge"... a double dose of Andy Dufresne... Harrison Ford makes a big splash... when "Pulp Fiction" is too low... a film that millennials should discover... Dave's previous favorite film ever until this one... Thoughts on "Blade Runner 2"... Pinky's weird party going habits... the generation gap between Bale's & Keaton's Batman... how to get ripped off after being paid $4 billion... and who does Jeremy think is kidding when they talk about their favorite film?

Plus, tips on creating your own Top 100...

Episode 621: The Almost Top 10 Top Five

The Academy Awards are finally completed, which means the Awards Season has but one stop... the Deucie Awards.  And to give out the awards, you need the nominations... so tonight, two special guests and Friends of the Show step up to reveal all that you have been wishing for (and you'll find below)

First, though, Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl discuss a little Oscar recap -- what was snubbed, the surprises, the chalk of it all, the good parts and the bad. 

Then, they take a look at their fave films of the year, and while all of their Top 10s are coming up in a few weeks, along with the actual Deucie Awards, they loo
k just outside the Top 10, at numbers 11 through 15 on their lists. What just missed out on Mikey's Top 10, sitting in that next 5? What made d$'s 11 to 15, that may have made in the other guys top 10s?  And what movies are crossovers, appearing on everyone's lists?

And then finally... the nominations are out... 

BEST PICTURE 1 American Fiction 2 Barbie 3 Godzilla Minus One 4 The Holdovers 5 The Iron Claw 6 Maestro 7 Oppenheimer 8 Past Lives BEST ACTOR 1 Bradley Cooper (Maestro) 2 Zac Efron (The Iron Claw) 3 Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) 4 Glenn Howerton (Blackberry) 5 Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) 6 Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) BEST ACTRESS 1 Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall) 2 Greta Lee (Past Lives) 3 Carey Mulligan (Maestro) 4 Natalie Portman (May December) 5 Margo Robbie (Barbie) 6 Emma Stone (Poor Things) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1 Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer 2 Viola Davis - Air 3 Jodie Foster - Nyad 4 Vanessa Kirby - Napoleon 5 Julianne Moore - May December 6 Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers BEST DIRECTING ACHIEVEMENT BY A DIRECTOR WHO DIRECTED A FILM 1 Bradley Cooper - Maestro 2 David Fincher - The Killer 3 Greta Gerwig - Barbie 4 Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer 5 Alexander Payne - The Holdovers 6 Celine Song - Past Lives BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 1 Sterling K Brown - American Fiction 2 Willem Dafoe - Poor Things 3 Matt Damon - Oppenheimer 4 Robert DeNiro - Killers of the Flower Moon 5 Robert Downey Jr - Oppenheimer 6 Ryan Gosling - Barbie BEST ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 1 Anatomy of a Fall 2 Asteroid City 3 Barbie 4 The Holdovers 5 Oppenheimer 6 Past Lives BEST ANIMATED FILM 1 Elemental 2 Leo 3 Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse 4 The Super Mario Brothers Movie 5 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem JACOB PINKY PINKERTON AWARD FOR BEST BRAIN CANDY MOVIE 1 Anyone But You 2 Gran Turismo 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 4 John Wick 4 5 Meg 2 :The Trench 6 MI: Dead Reckoning Part 1 BEST DOCUMENTARY 1 David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived 2 A Disturbance in the Force 3 Sly 4 Still: A Michael J Fox Movie 5 Taylor Swift: the Eras Tour BEST ENSEMBLE CAST 1 Air 2 Asteroid City 3 Killers of the Flower Moon 4 Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning 5 Oppenheimer BEST ACTION FILM 1 The Equalizer 3 2 Extraction 2 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 4 John Wick 4 5 Mission Impossible: Dead Recks BEST SONG OR SCORE 1 Ludwig Goransson (Oppenheimer) 2 Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Killer) 3 Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) 4 Dua Lipa - Dance the Night, Barbie 5 "I'm Just Ken" music and lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (Barbie) BEST DRAMA 1 The Holdovers 2 The Killer 3 Oppenheimer 4 Past Lives 5 You Hurt My Feelings BEST COMEDY 1 American Fiction 2 Anyone But You 3 Asteroid City 4 Barbie 5 Blackberry BEST SCI-FI/HORROR 1 The Creator 2 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 3 Godzilla Minus One 4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 4 5 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts