The Doofcast

This week we're taking a look at Ridley Scott's 15th film: 2005's Kingdom of Heaven . We watched the Director's Cut of the film which is vastly superior to the theatrical.  Then, we take a look at the top 10 box office films of the summer and try to figure out what the heck happened. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.co...

This week we finally review Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men ! Then, we induct Nic Cage into the Doof! Media Hall of Fame and decide on 10 quintessential Cage movies Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 4:22 - Matchstick Men 54:43 - Nick Cage Hall of Fame

This week, Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron Jody and take a look at  Peter Jackson's 1994 film Heavenly Creatures. Then, we talk about the first couple of episodes of House of the Dragon ! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 4:10 - Main Segment - Heavenly Creatures 1:02:06 - House of the Dragon...

This week on the show our 26-part series discussing the films of Ridley Scott reaches its midpoint as we chat about the director's 2001 War film Black Hawk Down .  Then, we discuss the results of our canon poll on Everything Everywhere All at Once and wrap up the episode with a brief spoiler-free review of Prey ! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writ...

Our series on Ridley Scott continues with the director's follow-up to the Oscar-winning Silence of the Lambs : 2001's Hannibal . Apologies for this episode ending so abruptly. We had some pretty bad technical issues in the middle of recording that prevented us from finishing this week. They're still being ironed out this week as Scott plans on screaming at his ISP until they are and hopefully we'l...

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 2022 Daniels' film Everything Everywhere All at Once  Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should  Everything Everywhere  be entered into Doof canon? Vote here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/69731598 Then we chat about all the MCU news from SDCC Next week...

At last! We have reached Ridley Scott's Gladiator!  Come listen to us talk about the biggest movie of Ridley's career Then Scott really wants you to watch The Rehearsal Next week: The Doof! Canon! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:42 - Gladiator 1:14:22 - Nathan Fielder is a genius 

This week on the show we chat about Ridley Scott's G.I. Jane , which is...fine.  Then we chat about the MCUs latest artistic struggles. Next week: Deconstructing Scott continues with Gladiator Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 2:06 - G.I. Jane 54:00 - Does the MCU have a problem?

This week on the show we discuss Ridley Scott's 9th film: 1996's White Squall . The 90s continue to be not very great for Sir Ridley, but Scott and Matt find plenty to like (and plenty of frustration) with this based on a true story film. Then we discuss the results of last week's Idiocracy vote and Matt talks about how much he loved Lightyear . Next week: Deconstructing Scott continues with G.I....

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 2006 Mike Judge comedy Idiocracy  Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should  Strangelove  be entered into Doof canon? Vote here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/68499404 Then we chat about how Obi-Wan doesn't work at all.  Next week: Deconstructing Scott...

In May we took a look at Dan Simmon's lengthy and emotional The Terror , a story about a group of sailors trapped in the artic. 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...

Ridley Scott's follow-up to his award-winning Thelma & Louise is... a terrible Christopher Columbus movie. Lame. We talk about  1492: Conquest of Paradise and why exactly this movie just doesn't work and what that means for our understanding of Ridley Scott. Then, we watched the first three episodes of Obi-Wan and have some thoughts.   Also, Scott saw Top Gun: Maverick ! Support us on Patreon...

Ridley Scott enters the 1990s with a bang! We're chatting about the Director's Oscar award-winning Thelma & Louise ! We loved this movie! Then...more freaking Star Wars talk.  Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 2:48 - Thelma & Louise 1:03:09 - Star Wars abandons the movies

This week, Ridley Scott continues to struggle through the 80s with his 1989 Japanese buddy cop action film Black Rain ! Then, we chat about the recent multiverse films we've seen.  Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter:  @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at  doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:38 - Black Rain 1:03:32 - Doctor Strange and the Everything Everywhere All At Once of...

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...