Episode 673: The Criterion Crew

 Dave and Mikey decide to give the reigns over this week to The Criterion Crew aka Garrison, Burgess, and Dr. Earl. So prepare for a pretentious extravaganza of film discussion.

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".

Episode 671: 21st Century March Movies

 It's almost the Ides of March (a movie that ironically was not released in March) and it's time to look back over the last 25 Marches -- with the best movies from the 3rd month of the year in the 21st Century!

First, d$, Mikey, and #XLessDrEarl opens up the show with a quick look at "Mickey 17", the latest from Garrison Ryfun's director boo, Bong Joon-ho, and the good... and the bad... and the bad... and maybe some of the good. 

Then, checking out the March classics - from PG&E fightin' lawyers to ninja gang wars to The Rock's gay bodyguard - to the new soon-to-be classics like sand worms to Wes Anderson's animated pooches to John Goodman's creepy cellar dwelling. 

Plus... what did we forget?  A lot, unfortunately. 

Movies Discussed, and where they are streaming:

• 10 Cloverfield Lane (Amazon Prime; MGM+)
• 300 (Peacock Premium)
• The Batman (MAX)
• Dune Part Two (Netflix; MAX)
• Erin Brockovich (Netflix)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (for rental)
• Everything Everywhere All At Once (MAX)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (for rental)
• High Fidelity (Hulu)
• Inside Man (for rental)
• Isle of Dogs (Disney+)
• John Carter (Disney+)
• Joyeux Noel (for rental)
• Logan (Disney+)
• Memento (Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium)
• Panic Room (for rental)  
• The Place Beyond the Pines (for rental)
• Romeo Must Die (for rental)
• Spartan (for rental)
• Sunshine Cleaning (Amazon Prime; Peacock Premium; STARZ in Redheads)
• Waking Sleeping Beauty (Disney+)
• Watchmen (MAX)
• We Were Soldiers (for rental)
• While We're Young (for rental)
• Zootopia (Disney+)

Episode 670: The 2025 Spring Movie Preview

The winds of March are upon us, and Spring is right around the corner... as is the latest Movie Preview!

Mikey has put forth hours and hours and hours of time copying and pasting, and now he, d$, and #XLessDrEarl are presenting all the movies you will want to see over the next few months!

First, a quick recap of the Academy Awards... what they got right, what they got wrong, and did Zoe Saldana earn her trophy?

Then, the birthday movies of 2020, 2015, 2010 and more -- as we enter the Five Years since the world (and theaters) shut down.  And even a mention of Baby Secret of the Lost Legend.

Finally, the Spring Movie Preview with new flicks from Soderbergh and Cronenberg... Samara Weaving back onscreen... will Snow White actually succeed... Ben Affleck is back to do some more counting... Paul Rudd killing a unicorn... Statham back to do what Statham does... Alejandro and the No Bueno Day... Not that Havoc, this new Havoc... and does anyone actually like Blake Lively?

Over 60 films are previewed!