DEFECAST
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago -Three fools. One movie. Verbal excrement. Karl, Michael and Dave each month one of these friends pick a movie to watch with the other two. For two reasons, 1- to expose each other to new films we wouldn't otherwise watch and 2- they're fools!
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#109 The Big Lebowski
February 14, 2019 00:25 - 34 minutes - 39.4 MBThe boys get super chilled and laugh their butts off with The Dude, Walter, and Donny in The Big Lebowski. Synopsis Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
#108 Grosse Pointe Blank
February 14, 2019 00:19 - 52 minutes - 59.8 MBMichael takes us back to a time when movies were simpler and less controversial with John Cusack, Dan Aykroyd and Minnie Driver in Grosse Pointe Blank. Synopsis Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.
#107 Superman 1 & Superman 2: The Donner Cut
February 14, 2019 00:14 - 1 hour - 105 MBThe boys get Super-excited with the first superhero and the first big-budget superhero films and arguably the best Big Blue on film, Christopher Reeve's and Richard Donner's Superman and Superman 2: The Donner Cut. Synopsis Superman An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero. Superman 2: The Donner Cut Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three K...
#106 The Martian
February 14, 2019 00:05 - 45 minutes - 51.5 MBThe boys get stranded on Mars with Matt Damon in the Andy Weir adapted best seller by the same name, The Martian. Synopsis An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
#105 A Scanner Darkly
February 14, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes - 68.1 MBMichael takes us on a trippy adventure to the animated, drug-riddled California in Richard Linklater's, A Scanner Darkly. Synopsis An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
SPECIAL Oscars Episode
February 13, 2019 23:54 - 44 minutes - 50.8 MBThe boys talk about all the 2019 Oscar nominations. Including the first ever comic book movie to be nominated for best picture.
#104 The Blues Brothers
January 17, 2019 11:13 - 23 minutes - 26.4 MBThe boys are on a mission from god! Karl visits his childhood, Michael digs the tunes and Dave feels he's been robbed of time! Synopsis Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised.
#103 2018 Wrap Up!
January 17, 2019 11:07 - 1 hour - 104 MBThe boys wrap up their best and worst of 2018. Plus Dave almost dies live on the podcast and Michael and Karl show how much they care!
#102 Date With An Angel
January 17, 2019 11:01 - 26 minutes - 30.2 MBThe less said about how much Karl liked this movie the better while Dave's love increases for it and Michael is charmed by 1987's Date With An Angel. Synopsis Jim is soon to be married to Patty, but when he wakes up after a bachelor party thrown by his friends, he finds an injured angel in his pool.
#101 I, Tonya
January 17, 2019 10:56 - 30 minutes - 35.3 MBKarl wants to choke people and Michael is impressed with Margot Robbie ! Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
#100 We Made It!
November 29, 2018 01:21 - 1 hour - 93 MBWe made it! 100 episodes of Defecast! To celebrate we do something a little different and reflect back on 100 eps and talk a very special movie.
#099 Tombstone
November 28, 2018 02:11 - 29 minutes - 33.9 MBThe boys get pumped for Tombstone! Karl and Dave get excited of the one-liners while Michael gets excited over Billy Zane. Synopsis A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona, are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
#098 Two Hands
November 22, 2018 08:18 - 35 minutes - 40.6 MBThe second Australian film the boys watch. Karl and Dave go deep into the differences between Australian performances and the rest of the world and the boys lose Michael! Synopsis Nineteen-year-old strip club promoter Jimmy is just scraping by in the red-light district of Sydney when local crime lord Pando offers him a shot at working for his syndicate.
#097 Manchester By The Sea
November 07, 2018 23:35 - 27 minutes - 32 MBThe boys feel all the feels and are all pretty much on the same page for a change! Synopsis A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
#096 Hocus Pocus
October 24, 2018 23:05 - 20 minutes - 23.9 MBThe boys get stumped with the horror show that is Hocus Pocus! Synopsis A curious youngster moves to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.
#095 Big Fish
October 19, 2018 06:50 - 42 minutes - 48.8 MBMichael adds a new movie to his Top 5, Dave is also impressed while Karl still has issues with anything Tim Burton. Synopsis A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.
#094 Tokyo Godfathers
October 16, 2018 21:14 - 30 minutes - 34.6 MBMichael reveals his favourite Anime director with Satoshi Kon & Shôgo Furuya's (co-director), Tokyo Godfathers but fails to impress Dave & Karl. Synopsis On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo find a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
#093 American Graffiti
October 02, 2018 23:19 - 48 minutes - 55.6 MBKarl takes the boys for a cruise down the strip of memory lane. The boys watch George Lucas's second feature film, American Graffiti. Synopsis A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
#092 Phenomenon
September 23, 2018 07:14 - 46 minutes - 53 MBKarl recounts how this movie gave him his interest in science, Michael feels the all the feels and Dave convinces us how incredible some of the acting is with Phenomenon. Synopsis An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
#091 The Red Turtle
September 14, 2018 01:59 - 39 minutes - 45.3 MBBasically "WE LOVE THIS MOVIE! WE LOVE THIS MOVIE! WE LOVE THIS MOVIE!" And Karl gets emotional... again. Synopsis A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a red turtle, which changes his life.
#090 Attack The Block
September 14, 2018 01:47 - 29 minutes - 33.9 MBKarl and Michael get nostalgic for their teen years and Dave doesn't like black aliens! Synopsis A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
#089 Bill & Ted 1 & 2
September 06, 2018 10:27 - 34 minutes - 39.4 MBThe boys have a double feature this week with Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey... WOW! Synopsis 1. Two seemingly dumb teens set off on a quest to prepare the ultimate historical presentation with the help of a time machine. 2. A tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals.
#088 The Florida Project
August 24, 2018 02:28 - 38 minutes - 44.2 MBThe boys take a trip to Florida and live in the shadow of that damn Mouse as they watch Sean Baker's The Florida Project. Synopsis Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.
#087 Inception
August 10, 2018 01:06 - 44 minutes - 50.5 MBThis week Karl is reminded why Christopher Nolan is one of the best Directors working in Hollywood but that's still not enough for Inception to make it to the top of the boys Favourite Nolan Movies List. Synopsis A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.
#086 SPECIAL James Gunn Controversy
August 05, 2018 22:53 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBAnother special episode where we talk about the hot gossip or the latest controversy of Hollywood and the entertainment industry. This week we talk about James Gunn's firing from Disney, Roseanne and the outrage culture spreading through all media.
#085 The Equalizer
August 05, 2018 05:13 - 31 minutes - 36.4 MBKeeping the ball rolling with films none of us have seen the boys watch Denzel Washington at his coolest in The Equalizer. Synopsis A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her.
#084 The Book Of Life
August 05, 2018 05:01 - 25 minutes - 29.3 MBDiving deep into Michaels goodie bag this week with The Book Of Life. Synopsis Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart, embarks on an adventure that spans three fantastic worlds where he must face his greatest fears.
#083 Predator
July 28, 2018 06:40 - 48 minutes - 56 MBIn anticipation of Predator being rebooted the boys watch the original and Karl get's weepy, in his pants, at his all time favourite film. Synopsis A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
#082 The Notebook
July 06, 2018 00:09 - 42 minutes - 48.3 MBPossibly the most ridiculous film picked by Dave, on this podcast, that delivered one word that Karl will never forget. Synopsis A poor yet passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman, giving her a sense of freedom, but they are soon separated because of their social differences.
#081 Summer Wars
July 05, 2018 01:26 - 45 minutes - 52.4 MBMichael takes the boys back to Japan and tries to bring some culture to Defecast with the virtual anime, Summer Wars. Synopsis A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday.
#080 Indiana Jones and The Raiders of The Lost Ark
June 29, 2018 09:59 - 31 minutes - 36.1 MBKarl gets Dave & Michael to take a ride with the action adventure film that started it all with Raiders of The Lost Ark. Synopsis In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
#079 Reign Over Me
June 15, 2018 06:56 - 42 minutes - 48.1 MBKarl & Dave get weepy watching Adam Sandler act the f*** out of this one. Michael gets gushy over Shadow of the Colossus and makes a connection that either Karl or Dave could have picked up on. A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
#078 The Conjuring
June 02, 2018 01:15 - 48 minutes - 55.1 MBMichael comforts Dave and Karl goes from afraid to rage while watching James Wan's, The Conjuring. Synopsis Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
#077 ARQ
May 24, 2018 03:41 - 27 minutes - 31.4 MBThe boys get caught in a loop as Dave isn't impressed, Michael is "meh" and Karl gets lost with his words. Synopsis Trapped in a lab and stuck in a time loop, a disoriented couple fends off masked raiders while harboring a new energy source that could save humanity.
#076 Let Me In
May 17, 2018 00:35 - 38 minutes - 44.5 MBKarl gets drunk and Michael & Dave talk a helluva lot about vampires, love and genre with Matt Reeves, Let Me In. Synopsis A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian.
#075 Mulholland Drive
May 11, 2018 23:23 - 39 minutes - 44.8 MBDave has no idea what he's watching while Michael and Karl dig David Lynch's darma, mystery, thriller, dreamy story telling in, Mulholland Drive. Synopsis After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
SPECIAL Avengers Infinity War
May 03, 2018 00:36 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBWe've collectively been waiting 10 years for this movie and you couldn't help but feel as if you were watching and apart of history with this film! And all three of us loved it. Here is the Defecast review of Avengers: Infinity War.
#074 Toy Story
May 03, 2018 00:05 - 32 minutes - 37.4 MBThe boys need a massive pick me up after last week so Karl takes them back to the toy box to play with some old friends in Toy Story. Synopsis A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.
#73 To The Wonder
April 28, 2018 00:07 - 29 minutes - 33.7 MBThe title of this film says it all because we are still wondering what the f*** we just watched! Synopsis After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.
#072 Walk The Line
April 19, 2018 01:05 - 29 minutes - 33.8 MBMichael gives us our first bio-pic on Defecast about one of his heroes, the original man in black, Johnny Cash. Karl is impressed with the singing, Dave almost misses the movie and Michael get's erect! Synopsis A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
#071 The Bad Batch
April 12, 2018 02:19 - 31 minutes - 35.7 MBKarl takes the boys to a the wasteland wear Aquaman eats people & NEO is drug peddling party boy! Synopsis Banished to a wasteland of undesirables, a young woman struggles to find her feet among a drug soaked desert society and an enclave of cannibals.
#070 The Abyss
April 05, 2018 00:09 - 40 minutes - 46.2 MBKarl gets confused (again), Michael has length issues and the Dave loves puppets in movies saga continues in James Cameron's 1989 sci-fi classic, The Abyss. Synopsis A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.
#069 What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
March 28, 2018 23:27 - 50 minutes - 58.2 MBThe boys get deep on this one with Michael getting personal with a film that speaks to him on many levels. Synopsis After his father's death, Gilbert has to care for his mentally disabled brother, Arnie, and his morbidly obese mother, which is suddenly challenged when love walks into his life.
#068 The Lion King
March 16, 2018 12:17 - 33 minutes - 38.4 MBKarl figures out his love for bromances, the boys get a bit taken back with how good animation was in the 90's and maturity turns Pride Rock dirty! Synopsis: A Lion cub crown prince is tricked by a treacherous uncle into thinking he caused his father's death and flees into exile in despair, only to learn in adulthood his identity and his responsibilities.
#067 The Dark Crystal
March 16, 2018 12:09 - 38 minutes - 43.9 MBthe fabled "lost episode". After a mishap Karl finds the Dark Crystal episode. Frank Oz & Jim Henson don't do it for Karl (except for Fizzgig) while Davey & Michael revisit childhood friends. Synopsis: On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and so restore order to his world.
#066 Seven Psychopaths
February 28, 2018 11:43 - 38 minutes - 43.8 MBThe boys continue their 'writers' theme of films. Karl exposes his Sam Rockwell hard on and Dave & Michael challenge it with their Christopher Walken erections in Seven Psychopaths. Synopsis A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
SPECIAL Atonement with special guest Zoya
February 22, 2018 02:25 - 43 minutes - 50.2 MBSpecial guest Zoya joins Michael & Karl to break their hearts watching James McAvoy, Keira Knightley & Benedict Cumberbatch in Atonement. Synopsis Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a thirteen-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
#065 Nocturnal Animals
February 22, 2018 02:14 - 32 minutes - 37.3 MBThe boys keep the writing theme going with Amy Adams, Michael Shannon & Jake Gyllenhaal in Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals. Synopsis A wealthy art gallery owner receives a draft of her ex-husband's new novel, and once she starts reading it she just cannot put it down.
#064 The NeverEnding Story
February 15, 2018 00:21 - 29 minutes - 33.3 MBThe boys watch a horse & their childhood die! Synopsis A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
#063 Kung Fu Hustle
February 01, 2018 22:26 - 32 minutes - 37.1 MBMichael teaches Karl & Dave Kung Fu...Hustle? Synopsis In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.