The Doofcast

This week, Ridley Scott made a romantic thriller in 1987 and we watched it! It's...bad! Then, we reveal the results of last week's canon vote and briefly discuss the Avatar 2 Trailer.  Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 2:43 - Someone to Watch Over Me 43:25 - Dr. Strangelove Results! 45:50 - Avatar 2 Te...

April's book has us checking out a post-pandemic world with Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on  YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Click here to submit a book for Book Club Next month's book is  The Terror by Dan Simmon...

This week our Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, it's the 1964 Satire Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should  Strangelove  be entered into Doof canon? Vote here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/66071542 Then we chat about criticism, what it...

This week, Ridley Scott follows up one of the greatest Science Fiction duos of all time with... a weird Tom Cruise fantasy movie. We're chatting about Scott's 1985 film Legend . Then we chat about what we like and what we don't like about Disney+'s Moon Knight Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:45 - L...

This week, we're just knocking down Ridley Scott Sci-Fi classic after Ridley Scott Sci-Fi classic with the director's third film: 1982's Blade Runner ! (We watched The Final Cut) Then we chat about Netflix's latest bad news and also announce some topics for some upcoming Doofcasts on a couple of TV shows Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and...

This week, part 2 of our 26-part series looking at the films of Ridley Scott. We're checking out 1979's seminal science fiction classic Alien ! We talked for a LONG time on this one, folks, so that's all there is this week.  Next week, Deconstructing Scott continues with Blade Runner! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.c...

We are finally ready to begin our next deep dive into a director. We have selected Sir Ridley Scott nad this week we look at Scott's first film: 1977's The Duellists Then, we look at the results of our vote on Galaxy Quest and finally honor Bruce Willis with our top 5 favorite of his performances. Next week, Deconstructing Scott continues with Alien ! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @...

This week our Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, it's the 1999 Star Tr ek love letter Galaxy Quest Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should  Galaxy Quest  be entered into Doof canon? Vote here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/64558897 Then we chat about what happened at the Oscars and proper ourselves for our n...

March sees us looking at a classic, influential novel with Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon.   Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on  YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Click here to submit a book for Book Club Next month's book is Station Eleven by Emily St...

This week on the Doofcast, Matt and Scott talk about some of the work of one of their favorite working directors: Mike Flanagan Then they dive into some spoilery details on Flanagan's Midnight Mass before briefly talking about Pixar's latest film Turning Red and wondering what the hell the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is doing  Support us on Patreon:  https://patreon.com/doofmedia F...

This week on the Doofcast, Matt and Scott take a look at the newest Batman film, Matt Reeves'  The Batman ! Then, for some reason, we thought it would be a good idea to attempt to rank all 14 Batman films. Let's see how this goes.  Support us on Patreon:  https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https:// doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTE...

This week on this extra stuffed special episode Matt and Scott are joined by Doof! Wheel of Time correspondent to talk all about the first season of the adaptation to one of Matt's favorite book series.  The first part of the episode contains only spoilers for the 8 episodes of season 1, then we move into a clearly delineated full Book spoilers discussion. Next week: The Batman Support us on Patre...

We've got a special bonus episode for you guys this week. Matt and Daniel once again got a look at Neal Stephenson's new book and they're here to talk about it.  Termination Shock is available everywhere, so go get it, then join in the conversation! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !  

This week out Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, it's the 2000 Coen Brothers classic O Brother, Where Art Thou? Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should  O Brother  be entered into Doof canon? Vote here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/63025491 Then we discuss our top 5 favorite film openings! Support us on Pat...

2021 Catch Up continues this week as Scott and Matt are joined by Alexandra and Sebastian from The View From Halfway Down, a new Bojack Horsman podcast on the Doof! Network to chat about Wes Anderson's newest film! Check out The View From Halfway Down: https://www.doofmedia.com/halfwaydown/ Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofm...

This week our 2021 catch up continues as we take a look a Del Toro's latest, Nightmare Alley Then we talk about if the Oscars matter in 2022 Next week, we're finally checking out Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:52 - Main Segment - Nightmare Alley 1:02:32- Oscars S...

This week, we're back with one of our favorite directors, M. Night Shyamalan to discuss his newest film: Old ! Then we do the extremely difficult task of ranking all of Night's films Next week, it's another Director's addendum with Guillermo Del Toro's Nightmare Alley Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES:...

Our first book of 2022 has us diving back into the work of the incredible Susanna Clarke as we discuss her 2020 novel Piranesi Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Click here to submit a book for Book Club Next month's book i...

This week out Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, it's the 2014 Wes Anderson film The Grand Budapest Hotel ! Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should The Grand Budapest be entered into Doof canon? Vote here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/61748899 Then we chat about our thoughts on Marvel's The Eternals, briefl...

This week, Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron Kinkaid D and take a look at the 2016 film A Monster Calls. It's a sad one! Then, we're talking about our top 5 movies that make us cry.   Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:55 - Main Segment - A Monster Calls 58:19 - Top 5 Movies that made us cry

Hey friends! Unfortunately, Matt and Scott were unable to find time to record an episode of the Doofcast this week! But we didn't want you folks empty-handed on your Friday morning. So we're releasing this bit from our Patreon bonus show Doof! After Dark where we...well...talk about a whole bunch of random nonsense.  Enjoy! We'll be back next week with A Monster Calls ! Want more Doof! After Dark?...

In our final book of 2021, we head to Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars. which is filled with some scientists acting like a bunch of dummies.  As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Click here to submit a book for Book Club Next mont...

This week, we take a look at Lana Wachowski's return to The Matrix! It's not the movie we expected. It might not even be the movie we wanted. But is it good!? We do a brief spoiler-free beginning part before transitioning to spoilers.  Then we rank all of the Wachowskis films! Next week, we're honoring a patron request and discussing A Monster Calls . Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @d...

This week on the show we wrap up 2021 by taking a look at it's biggest movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home. This is a full spoilers discussion from the start! You have been warned! Then, we chat about the results of last week's Doof Canon vote on It's a Wonderful Life and then we look back on 2021 and talk about our favorite and least favorite entertainment events.   Next week, we're taking on The Matr...

This week we asked our council to bring forth their favorite Christmas movies to be considered for our great list of Doof! Canon. Scott's favorite movie was nominated and thus we discuss the 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life. Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Coraline  be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/60282149 Then we each give our top 5 Chri...