Duel of the Greats

Duel of the Greats

Steve, Jeff, and Nate pit the biggest directors of film and ciniema one on one, film on film, to see how they stack up against eachother!

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April 23, 2025 50 mins
Planes can be good fodder for a solid thriller film. Everyone is confined to a tight space. They are in the air. And there’s always the pesky issue if needing somebody to fly the damn things!  All of these factors come into play in this week’s dual/duel where Executive Decision and Air Force One face Read more
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Who doesn’t love a good magic trick? Illusions! They’re illusions! And they can consume the lives of those who dedicate themselves to the craft.  The Prestige follows two magicians in a years long battle to our-do each other. As they both slowly succumb to their own obsessions what will be the cost? The Illusionist follows Read more
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Do you remember what it was like to play baseball as a kid? It was like magic. A game of endless entertainment and dreams. That’s what our two movies this week tap into.  Rookie of the Year is about Henry Rowengartner,a boy who gets injured only to discover this let’s him throw a fastball hard Read more
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March 17, 2025 97 mins
Do you want to break free? Wake up? See how far down this rabbit hole goes? Then this is the episode for you. Two men fight for their place in a world they didn’t know wasn’t real in The Matrix and Dark City.  Something was in the air around the time of 1998 and it Read more
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Skin that smokewagon! It’s western week here on this season of Dual of the Greats! And of course we have the famous battle of Wyatt Earp vs Tombstone. Both movies tackle the legend of the man himself but in entirely different ways.  Will Wyatt Earps depiction of the titular characters entire life make it the Read more
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You asked, we answered! After multiple requests and mentions about it we have decided to include the “dual” of White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen.  We have stepped outside our “normally scheduled programming” to bring you this episode. Which movie handled the “President is kidnapped” plot better? Listen and find out. This one’s for Read more
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From the time of “When Harry Met Sally” many rom-coms have tried to figure out whether men and women can be “just friends.” But something was in the air in 2011 that had people wondering if they could be *only* be more than friends? Instead of wondering if a relationship could be had without the Read more
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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 Read more
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February 10, 2025 60 mins
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 Read more
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We are two episodes in and we’ve got a special announcement! Your voices have been loud and we are listening! Comming Soon…. 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 Social Media! Twitter:@duelofthegreats / Instagram:@duelofthegreats Read more
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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 Read more
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January 27, 2025 26 mins
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 – Read more
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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 Read more
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July 22, 2024 108 mins
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 Read more
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July 15, 2024 90 mins
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 Read more
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July 8, 2024 65 mins
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 Read more
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July 2, 2024 17 mins
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 Read more
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June 24, 2024 69 mins
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 Read more
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June 20, 2024 76 mins
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 Read more
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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 Read more
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