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... 

• 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+

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)

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! 

 It's a quadra-annual tradition, as the Deucecast Movie Show compiles a list of movies that YOU need to see that will be dropping, releasing, and streaming in the next three months.

This week, #XLessDrEarl is returning from his attending Friend of the Show Roth from Wyoming's wedding to the wonderful Lady Roth from Wyoming, so Mike and d$ read the notes to show you what to expect.

First up, a quick review of MI: FiReck that hit theaters this weekend -- where it falls on the overall Mission Impossible rankings, and what they loved about it (full review featured in June's ReFlicktions)... then, the summer preview, with new John Wick... new Wes Andy... Predator won't die... the Smurfs won't go away... and someone thinks that someone cares about Dora... plus, Live Action Dragons, Pixar's film that no one is talking about... Brad Pitt drives fast... M3GAN is the hero now?... more live action dragons... Netflix sequels no one cares about... Superman and Fantastic Four get their day in the spotlight... Liam Neeson goes slapstick... Idris Elba and Sydney Sweeney doing work... some director named Ron Howard finally gets a follow up to his hit Cocoon... Spike and Denzel back together again... and Peter Dinklege goes Toxie...

 Another month, another set of movies, another attempt from the MCU to try to revive the MCU... it's time for ReFlicktions! Dave, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl are back to discuss another round of films seen, assigned, and watched over the last few weeks...

Amongst the topic of conversation, Benaffleck returns to count and shoot... d$ and his Netflix docs... Anna Kendrick swings and misses... Rami Malek swings and misses... Val Kilmer swings and misses... Viola Davis swings and misses... Tom Hardy swings and misses... MCU hits a home run... Walter Matthau gets busy... death comes for us all... and a movie Mikey refuses to watch. It's also InternationEarl as our Dr. Earl pays off the films from around the world he's seen, as assigned by d$, Mikey, and Friends of the Show Burgess and Garrison. Plus, top Five of the Year so far, and new film assignments.

• The Accountant 2 (in theaters)
• Oklahoma City Bombing: An American Terror (Netflix)
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Disney+)
• Havoc (Netflix)
• Another Simple Favor (Amazon Prime)
• The Amateur (in theaters)
• A Deadly American Marriage (Netflix)
• Thunderbolts* (in theaters)
• G20 (Amazon Prime)
• Love Hurts (Peacock)
• Nonnas (Netflix)
• The Saint (Paramount+; MGM+)
• Sinners (in theaters)
• Charlie Verrick (for rental)
• Black Bag (Peacock Premium)
• Final Destinations: Bloodline (in theaters)
• The Long Good Friday (MAX; The Criterion Channel)
• A Single Shot (Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium)
• Wildcat (The Criterion Channel)
• The Gazebo (for rental)
• Memory (for rental)
• Holy Spider (Netflix)

InternationEarl Movies (alphabetized) 

• Embrace of the Serpent (Jeremy assigned) (Kanopy; Fandor)
• In Order of Disappearance (d$ assigned) (Amazon Prime)
• The Promised Land (Michael assigned) (Hulu)
• A Taxi Driver (Garrison assigned) (Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium)

The MCU served us up another chapter in their long saga of Cinema, and it's time for d$, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl to give an MCU Ranking. 

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?

 It's a tradition around the Deucecast Movie Show that we always want to honor our moms on Mother's Day... and sometimes that means showing the world how lucky we are that our Moms are NOT the moms in movies.

This week on the show, Friend of the Show, Mr Independent himself Jeremy Burgess, joins d$, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl to talk all about the worst, meanest, sometimes most murderous and villainous moms in all the movies.  From creatures from space to cheerleader moms to grifting moms to abusive moms and more.

Plus, Burgess gives his take on not just small indie films to watch for, but some mainstream films that everyone should see. Then, a rousing game of Part 3 Rotten Tomatoes.

And, likely the first mention of Club Shay Shay on the podcast ever.

 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.

It's been a while but finally, the door has been closed on 2024 with last week's Deucie Awards (congrats to all the winners!) and Mikey, d$, and #XLessDrEarl are here with their first batch of post-Deucie ReFlicktions, plus the first Top Five of the Year list!

Off the top of the show, Miss Independent and The Pride of Tifton Garrison Ryfun, along with hosts Mikey and d$, assign foreign, aka InternationEARL, movies to the Good Doctor for watching and reviewing in an upcoming episode.

Then, the list of films seen over the last 7 or 8 weeks... d$ sees classic Warren Beatty... Dr Earl takes on controversial Netflix... and Mikey finds rare Kevin Smith.  Plus, a longer talk on the good and bad of Mickey17... love for Soderbergh... not love for the latest Chris Pratt... docs about Clue, Kaufman (Andy, not Jen), and murderous daughters... prescient pope stuff... Reggie Miller vs Spike Lee... Jack Black successfully always being Jack Black... and much love for the latest Michael B Jordan joint.

Then, the first Top Five of 2025!

 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!