Duel of the Greats

You’ve heard of a pregnant pause, but how about a pregnant nun?? Well, we’ve got two of them this week in our doppelganger movies. These are the most recent movies that we have ever reviewed as both of these movies came out in 2024 and are hardly over a year old but they have made their mark. These movies are the Sydney Sweeney passion project Immaculate and the horror movie prequel The First Omen...

The Dual of the Greats marches up the hill hoorah, hoorah! This week we take on our first ever animated movies in AntZ and A Bug’s Life. Both movies came out in the year 1998 (somebody needs to really look into the 97-98 period and all the doppelganger movies) and feature a plot of an ant colony that has to protect itself from external threats attempting to steal their resources. It’s there...

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Season 3 continues with our second set of doppelganger movies. This week we have the Pierce Brosnan vehicle Dante’s Peak facing off against the Tommy Lee Jones lead Volcano. Both movies came out in the early part of 1997 and featured dormant volcanoes that became active and threatened people in various locales. In Volcano, Tommy Lee Jones is aided by Anne Heche as he tries to save the city of Los...

Duel of the Greats is back for season THREE! Or should we say… DUAL of the Greats! Check out this episode to learn more about whats ahead for plans with the upcoming season! ALSO IT’S A DOUBLE DROP! Episode 1 is also LIVE! Subscribe and Rate us on Podcast Services! iTunes – Google Play – Stitcher – Spotify – RSS Did you like the show? Let us know! Email us! duelofthegreats@gmail.com So...

We’re back, baby! Season Three is here! And we’ve changed things up this season. You made have noticed we are now DUAL of the Greats. Why is that you ask? Wonderful question! Instead of putting one director against another we are going straight to the movies themselves. Forget about the directors! We’re putting doppelganger movies against each other. What’s a doppelganger movie? Another excellent...

It all comes down to this! For the second year in a row we have reached a draw and will present two films that must be decided on to get the winner. “We Rest Our Case” week has Jeff touting the greatness of Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” starring–for their first time altogether–Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci (who came out of retirement just for this role!). Nate will counter with anoth...

SHHHHH! (It’s undercover week. On this week’s show Steve, Nate, and Jeff discuss two fantastic movies from these two directors. Spike Lee lets us look in on an infiltration of the KKK by a black policeman portrayed by John David Washington in the 1970’s who enlists the help of Adam Driver. Meanwhile, Martin Scorsese’s The Departed gives us a behind the curtain look at an attempt to infiltrate the...

Biopic week is here! Whether you pronounce it bye-oh-pic or bye-op-ick is irrelevant cause the crew is talking about some good ones here. Martin Scorsese gives us his gloriously epic “The Aviator” starring Leonardo DiCaprio in his Oscar nominated role and Cate Blanchette in her first Oscar winning role. Spike Lee takes us on a journey through the life of the Civil Rights leader Malcolm X as Denzel...

Who’s ready for this week? It’s STAGED! On this weeks show our two directors take on a journey through two stories in which the entire thing is a setup, but who knows what? What is real and what is not real? Spike Lee’s “Inside Man” starring Denzel Washington matches wits with “Shutter Island” from Martin Scorsese, where one man’s quest to find a missing prisoner reveals more than he realized abou...

It’s Music Week! On this week’s show two movie-based films go head to head. Spike Lee’s “Mo’ Betta Blues” starring Denzel Washington goes head-to-head with “New York, New York” Martin Scorsese’s musical journey starring Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli.   Which movie did music the best? Which had the best musical journey? Which had the best “signature song?” Nate, Steve, and Jeff discuss all...

It’s “Controversy” week! Two movies that stoked the fires of controversy from these two directors. Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ” didn’t go over as he planned and was disowned by the Catholic Church. Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled” was a daring look at what it would be like to put on a minstrel show on cable TV.  Both movies were ambitious looks at very complicated topics. Both were me...

It’s “Buried Secrets” week on this installment of the podcast! Martin Scorsese’s “Cape Fear” goes up against Spike Lee’s “Red Hook Summer”.  Scorsese joins up with longtime collaborator Robert De Niro to make a film about how some people can’t let go of the past. While Lee teams up with a cast of many that have been in his films before dealing with how, for some people, the past will never leave t...

This week’s theme is “A Day in the Life”. Both films center around one man’s journey that takes place in a single day. Spike Lee has his grounded take with “25th Hour” starring Edward Norten, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, and Rosario Dawson. Meanwhile, Martin Scorcese takes a different approach with the surreal and comedic “After Hours” starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda...

From the Streets week is here! These two legendary directors tell stories of Steet-level gangsters who try to climb to the top only for it all to come crashing down. Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci reunite with Scorsese again in ‘Casino’, a spiritual successor to Goodfellas. And they all go up against newcomer Mekhi Pfeiffer in one of his first starring roles going to battle with two of this season&#...

It’s Sports week! Our two directors square off with movies that revolve around sports and athletes. Both directors enlist the help of their best collaborators as Martin Scorsese taps Robert De Niro to play the real life boxer Jake LaMotta in “Raging Bull” and Spike Lee calls upon his multi-collaborator Denzel Washington to play the fictional Jake Shuttlesworth in “He Got Game”.  Both movies...

It’s paranoia week on Duel of the Greats! But Paranoia of what? Of whom? Are they watching? Are they listening? Are they on the podcast right now? They are, in fact, Spike Lee’s “Summer of Sam” and Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver”. Two movies that take place in New York and make everyone a suspect.  Steve, Nate, and Jeff dive into these films and look at which one was the better depiction of parano...

Season 2 rolls on! After reviewing the first movies of Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese we now move on to their best! While the consensus may not be universal, it is generally accepted that Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas” and Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” are these directors best films. Others may have made more money or had more awards nominations but these are the two that have stood the test of...

We’re back, baby! Season two has begun! After the epic battle that was Steven Spielberg vs. Ridley Scott last season, we come back this year with two new directors who are legends in their own right, Spike Lee vs. Martin Scorsese. These two directors have an incredibly long and varied filmography and we’ve got some great films to review and compare throughout this season so be sure to join us to s...

What a long, fun ride it has been! Last week we crowned Steven Spielberg as our champion. In the final episode, Season 1 of Duel of the Greats concludes with a look back at our picks. Did we get it right? Wrong? Hard to say? Producer Brandon joins the fun and tells us how we did. We also hint at what lies ahead. Thanks for joining us this season! Subscribe and Rate us on Podcast Services! iTunes –...

It’s We Rest Our Case week! The Final Battle has arrived! It’s a bit of a different format this week as Steve will take a movie directed by Ridley Scott and plead his case for why it shows why Ridley should be the victor in season one. Going up against him is Jeff picking a movie from Steven Spielberg that showcases why Spielberg should be standing alone at the end of this season. Steve’s pi...

It’s time to take a peek behind the curtain! If you’ve been listening this long, you’ve probably picked up on our movie tastes, likes, and dislikes. We wanted to give you a more formal introduction to what makes us tick, cinematically at least. Each of us sat down and talked about several of our favorite movies, a few of our least liked films, and some movies that surprised even ourselves. Enjoy a...

It’s Freaky Friday! Alright, it’s not actually Friday, it’s whatever day you’re listening to this podcast, but it’s a perfect day to listen to the crew discuss which directors, Steven Spielberg or Ridley Scott, got the most out of different actors. There will be seven total actors discussed today and which performances were better under each director. Leonardo DiCaprio, Eric Bana, Harrison Ford, A...

It’s “Far From Home” week on Duel of the Greats! Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra Terrestrial matches up against Ridley Scott’s White Squall. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve are away from home and coming of age with alien friends and a semester at sea. Spielberg and Scott both both try ton replicate that feeling of growing up and losing innocence in a world run by adults. Will they ta...

It’s “Stranded” week on Duel of the Greats! Steven Spielberg’s The Terminal matches up against Ridley Scott’s The Martian. This week Jeff, Nate, and Steve are simultaneously left behind and stuck in bureaucratic limbo. Spielberg and Scott both took a gamble by telling fairly lighthearted stories of a man seeing red: red tape and red dust, respectively. Which movie is better at using mo...