Episode 491: Deuce Jam: A New ReFlicktions

A regularly scheduled break from the Summer Series as our monthly ReFlicktions episode rolls in... 

Mikey, d$, and #TwitterlessDrEarl serve up, recount, and review another 40 films or so, many from 2021 and found streaming, but others part of completed lists (all the Ron Howard movies) or part of a franchise (F9) or even just catching up on older movies (PT 109??)

Plus, the troubles of Shia LaBeouf... The Rock in Fast Films... Netflix's problem with content... Chris Pratt's appeal... #TwitterlessDrEarl gets pretentious again... d$ loves Margot Robbie... and Mikey hates Bo Burnham

Movies Discussed and where they are streaming at time of recording:

• In the Heart of the Sea (2015) rental/Cinemax
• Inferno (2016) FX Movies
• Night Shift (1982) Starz
• Sahara (1943) Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Crackle
• Sahara (1995) for rental
• The Hollars (2016) Starz
• Good on Paper (2021) Netflix
• F9 (2021) in theaters
• The Big Sick (2017) Amazon Prime
• Dreamland (2019) Showtime
• The Ice Road (2021) Netflix
• America: The Motion Picture (2021) Netflix
• No Sudden Moves (2021) Netflix
• The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) HBOMax
• Streets of Fire (1984) Netflix
• The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) Peacock
• Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) HBO Max
• Troll Hunters: Rise of the Titans (2021) Netflix
• The Father (2020) for rental
• Kajillionaire (2020) HBO Max
• The Tomorrow War (2021) Amazon Prime
• The Forever Purge (2021) in theaters
• Black Widow (2021) in theaters
• The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) Hulu; EPIX; Paramount Plus
• Plastic Galaxy… (2014) TubiTV
• Fear Street 1994, Fear Street 78, Fear Street 1666 (2021)… Netflix
• Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something (2020) rental
• In the Heights (2021)… in theaters
• Bo Burnham: Inside (2021) Netflix
• Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021) Hulu
• Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)… Netflix
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: Always and Forever (2021)… Netflix
• Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)… in theaters
• Cosmic Sin (2021)… Netflix
• Jolt (2021)… Amazon Prime
• Snake Eyes (2021)… in theaters
• Infinite (2021)… Apple TV
• Shiva Baby (2021) HBO Max
• PT 109 (1963) HBO Max
• Brewster McLeod (1970) Watch TCM
• The Summer of Soul (…or, when the Revolution could not be televised) (2021)… Hulu

Episode 490: Top Summer Movies 2005-2009

The Summer Series has but a few time periods left as we approach the 2010s... but first, we have to finish out the 2000s -- that being movies released between Memorial Day and Labor Day in each 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009!

And our guest roster continues to shine, as Carnegie Hall icon and Mom of lots Jenn Kaufman joins the show once more. 

First, a new game called DEBUTS debuts, featuring a challenge to discover famous names who made their first appearances in this five year window. 

The, the top five films of that era, including a Donkey Kong doc... My Big Fat Greek Ruins... some Pixar love... a Harry Potter discussion... Julia vs Sandy B... the raunch in films of the time... Studio Ghibli name drops... Isla Fisher, the backup Amy... the fourth Die Hard... and then whether Heath Ledger wins the Oscar in a world in which he lives... and some hot Letterboxd talk... 

• Bangkok Dangerous (2008) - HBO Max
• Dark Knight (2008) - Hulu; HBO Max
• The Devil Wears Prada (2006) - Starz
• 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) - HBO Max
• Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - Peacock Premium
• Inglorious Basterds (2009) -  rental
• The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007 ) - rental
• Live Free or Die Hard (2007) - rental
• Mr. Brooks (2007) - rental
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) - HBO Max
• My Life in Ruins (2009) - rental
• Ponyo (2008) - HBO Max
• The Proposal (2009) - rental
• Ratatouille (2008) - Disney+ 
• Red Eye (2005) - rental
• Superbad (2007) - Netflix
• Up (2009) - Disney+
• Wedding Crashers (2005) - HBO Max

Episode 489: Top Summer Movies 2000 to 2004

The summer is half over, and the summer series is rounding the corner toward homestretch (that's a baseball metaphor for you folks out there). Mikey and Dave, again sans #TwitterlessDrEarl, take up the mantle of more summer cinema, this time the best from Memorial Day to Labor Day in 2000 to 2004, and the guys bring back Miss Independent himself Jeremy Burgess to the show.

After catching up with The Burgeler (new reality show premiered this Fall on ABC), they play a little 2000s themed Rotten Tomatoes game, with the possible first time mention of "Shark Tale" ever on the podcast (and maybe the first time since the early 2000s anyone has thought of it), then onto the Top Five.

Nic Cage and Costner both make random appearances, with Spielberg films about airports and pre-cognitions also show up. Plus, the lower of the Mission Impossibles, Jamie Foxx and his Collateral, the beginning of the super hero era, Harry Potter shows up, Nicole Kidman's classics, Jay and Silent Bob go after their MoFo movie check, and the Black Pearl.

And Dougray Scott. Or Doogray, as it may be.

Movies mentioned, and where they are streaming at the time of our recording:

• Collateral (2004) - for rental
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) - Amazon Prime
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) - for rental
• Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - for rental
• Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) - HBO Max
• Minority Report (2002) - Amazon Prime
• Mission: Impossible II (2000) - FX Now; Paramount+
• Open Range (2003) - Hulu
• The Others (2001) - for rental
• The Patriot (2000) - Netflix
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Disney+
• Sexy Beast (2001) - for rental
• Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Starz
• The Terminal (2004) - Netflix; Amazon Prime; Chicken Soup for the Soul's Crackle
• 28 Days Later (2002) - Hulu; Paramount+ ; EPIX
• X-Men (2000) - for rental
• X2: X-Men United (2003) - Disney+

Episode 488: Top Summer Movies of 1995-99

As Will Smith would tell us, it's truly summer summer summer time... and once again, it's time to sit back and unwind, especially with our list of summer films from 1995 to 1999!

And once again, the task it too big to take on with just Mikey and Dave (with #TwitterlessDrEarl still saving the lives of those beach goers, this time in the Cozumel sea), so returning to the show is the legend, the myth, the master, the Kwan, the e ching, the pride of Albany, GA, WRYFN radio Disc Jockey, Wolfman Ryfun!!

And the topic are those movies released between Memorial Day to Labor Day in each of 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999... and if you are Scotty Ryfun, you even stretch those rules a bit.

Some of the conversation includes Dennis Hopper bad guys... Gary Busey in general... Solo cups... Bowfinger... liking Attack of the Clones a lot... seeing Red Tails... Jim Carrey's dark turn... Ep I's stretching the rules... Nic Cage's holy triumvirate...

• Blade (1998) - HBO Max
• The Cable Guy (1996) - HBO Max
• Clueless (1995) - HBO Max
• Con Air (1997) - for rental
• Hercules (1997) - Disney+
• Independence Day (1996) - HBO Max
• Indian in the Cupboard (1995) - Hulu; EPIX
• Johnny Dangerously (1984) - for rental
• Mission: Impossible (1996) - FX Now
• Out of Sight (1998) - Starz
• The Rock (1996) - for rental 
• Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Showtime
• The Sixth Sense (1999) - for rental 
• Snake Eyes (1998) - HBO Max
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) - Disney+
• Tin Cup (1996) - HBO Max
• The Truman Show (1998) - for rental 
• Waterworld (1995) - Peacock Premium