Duper Bracket 2013: Final Round

What a great year 2013 was for movies. Putting together this year's bracket was hard work, but we feel comfortable with the four movies that made it to the end. We're very excited for what 2014 holds not just in film, but for us as well. Next week we'll be launching a new website (we're moving on from BlogSpot) and there will be a new episode to start the year off right. Before all of that though, here are the final four movies left in the Duper Bracket:

6 The Place Beyond the Pines

9 About Time

4 Nebraska

5 Rush

And here's how they finished:

In 4th place: Rush
Rush is a movie that's beloved by the Duper Friends and we regard it as one of the best sports movies of all time. As expected, Ron Howard did a great job directing, and the overall tone of the movie was superb. Daniel Bruhl and Chris Hemsworth each turned in great performances, and the two could very well be the best co-leads of 2013.

In 3rd Place: About Time
We were shocked and completely caught off guard by About Time. Seemingly yet another romantic comedy about time travel with Rachel McAdams, this movie is about a young man's relationships with his Father, Sister, and love of his life. Everyone we know who has seen this was emotionally affected by it. Can Bill Nighy be in everything? Please?

In 2nd Place: Nebraska
This black and white dark comedy was pretty close to perfect. It's simplistic feel made both significant and random moments impactful. It continues to build the case that Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Decedents) is one of the best directors working right now. Bruce Dern, Will Forte, and June Squibb all deserve major recognition for award season. The three of them made this movie so engrossing. Add Bob Odenkirk to an already great cast and it's easily one of the best movies of 2013.

The 2013 Duper Bracket Champion: The Place Beyond the Pines
Nobody can really be all that surprised, right? This received glowing reviews and reccomendations across the board amongst the Duper Friends. The unique three act structure was bold enough to grab our attention. A haunting, dare we say chilling performance by Ryan Gosling might have been enough but no, Derek Cianfrance took the movie to another level. The scenery in northern New York, a light yet impactful score, and great direction overall made this a truely special. The normally boring Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes made strong cases for themselves as actors. And can we add Dane DeHaan to the list of actors we want in everything? He has mastered the role as a dark, rebelious loner. We envision good things for the guy. Overall, each act tells an emotionally jarring story and even though some things don't wrap up nicely, this was a no-brainer when we got to our final four. Deservedly, The Place Beyond the Pines is our Best Movie of All-Time (for 2013) and Duper Bracket Champion.


Thanks for checking out the results, be sure to let us know YOUR top four movies of 2013 (@DuperFriends) and continue to use our Fandango link. The support so far has been great, and it really does help us out with no extra cost to you. Until next time, loyal listeners!

Duper Bracket 2013: Round 4

Section 1:
1 Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor
6 The Place Beyond the Pines

Section 2:
3 All is Lost
9 About Time

Section 3:
4 Nebraska
6 This is the End

Section 4:
3 Dallas Buyers Club
5 Rush

We have our Final Four! Tomorrow we'll crown the Best Movie of All-Time (for 2013). Also, next week we'll be launching our new website with a new episode to get 2014 started. 

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Duper Bracket 2013: Round 3 Results

Section 1:
1 Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor
4 The World's End

2 Inside Llewyn Davis
6 The Place Beyond the Pines

Section 2:
4 The Wolf of Wall Street
9 About Time

2 American Hustle
3 All is Lost

Section 3:
1 Mud
4 Nebraska

6 This is the End
15 Homefront

Section 4:
5 Rush
8 The Kings of Summer

2 Captain Phillips
3 Dallas Buyers Club

Eight movies left. Tomorrow I'll post the winners of the next round, then on Saturday we'll crown the Best Movie of All-Time (for 2013). Next week we'll be launching our new website with a new episode. Remember to use our Fandango link and tell someone about the Duper Friends.

Duper Bracket 2013: Round 2 Results!

Here are the results for Round 2! Before looking at them, remember to use our Fandango link to buy your movie tickets. Thanks for your continued support!

Section 1:
1 Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor
8 Pacific Rim

4 The World's End
5 Star Trek: Into Darkness

6 The Place Beyond the Pines
14 Only God Forgives

2 Inside Llewyn Davis
10 The Wolverine

Section 2:
1 12 Years A Slave
9 About Time

4 The Wolf of Wall Street
12 Out of the Furnace

3 All is Lost
6 The Way, Way Back

2 American Hustle
10 Thor: the Dark World

Section 3:
1 Mud
9 Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2

4 Nebraska
12 Oblivion

3 Jurassic Park 3D
6 This is the End

7 Iron Man 3
15 Homefront

Section 4:
1 Gravity
8 The Kings of Summer

4 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
5 Rush

3 Dallas Buyers Club
11 Bad Milo!

2 Captain Phillips
7 Warm Bodies

On to Round 3! Now there's 16 movies left, the real contender's for the Best Movie of All Time (for 2013) are becoming more clear. From here we'll have two podcasts that will wrap up our bracket. Here's what will be in each.

Part 1: The bracket continues as we go from 16 to 8, then from 8 to 4.

Part 2: First we decide the worst movie of 2013, then we will discuss the final four movies and vote to decide the Best Movie of All Time (for 2013).

Duper Bracket 2013: Round 2 Match-Ups!

Here are the match-ups for round two of the Duper Bracket. Which of these 32 will go on? Which of these will go all the way to our final round? Stay glued to this site to find out! The results will be posted on December 31st!

Section 1:
1 Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor
8 Pacific Rim

4 The World's End
5 Star Trek: Into Darkness

6 The Place Beyond the Pines
14 Only God Forgives

2 Inside Llewyn Davis
10 The Wolverine

Section 2:
1 12 Years A Slave
9 About Time

4 The Wolf of Wall Street
12 Out of the Furnace

3 All is Lost
6 The Way, Way Back

2 American Hustle
10 Thor: the Dark World

Section 3:
1 Mud
9 Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2

4 Nebraska
12 Oblivion

3 Jurassic Park 3D
6 This is the End

7 Iron Man 3
15 Homefront

Section 4:
1 Gravity
8 The Kings of Summer

4 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
5 Rush

3 Dallas Buyers Club
11 Bad Milo!

2 Captain Phillips
7 Warm Bodies

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-Jacob Halterman

Duper Bracket 2013: Round 1 Results!

Some hard choices had to be made, but thankfully all four of us made it out alive. Check back with us at the beginning of the New Year for the rest of the match ups to be decided. Here's the results of the first round:

Section 1:

1 Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor

16 R.I.P.D

8 Pacific Rim

9 V/H/S/2

5 Star Trek: Into Darkness

12 The Frozen Ground

4 The World's End

13 Now You See Me

6 The Place Beyond the Pines

11 Ender's Game

3 Zero Dark Thirty

14 Only God Forgives

7 Metallica Through the Never

10 The Wolverine

2 Inside Llewyn Davis

15 The Fifth Estate

Section 2:

1 12 Years a Slave

16 The Hangover: Part III

8 Anchorman 2

9 About Time

5 Prince Avalanche

12 Out of the Furnace

4 The Wolf of Wall Street

13 All is Bright

6 The Way, Way Back

11 Oz: the Great and Powerful

3 All is Lost

14 Delivery Man

7 Prisoners

10 Thor: the Dark World

2 American Hustle

15 Hell Baby

Section 3:

1 Mud

16 A Good Day to Die Hard

8 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

9 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

5 Frozen

12 Oblivion

4 Nebraska

13 Escape Plan

6 This is the End

11 John Dies at the End

3 Jurassic Park 3D

14 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

7 Iron Man 3

10 World War Z

2 Enough Said

15 Homefront

Section 4:

1 Gravity

16 Identity Thief

8 The Kings of Summer

9 Fast and Furious 6

5 Rush

12 The To Do List

4 Hunger Games: Catching Fire

13 Pain and Gain

6 Saving Mr. Banks

11 Bad Milo!

3 Dallas Buyers Club

14 Admission

7 Warm Bodies

10 The Heat

2 Captain Phillips

15 Insidious: Chapter 2

Duper Bracket 2013: Round 1 Begins!

To decide the Best Movie (of All-Time) of 2013, we came up with a bracket. Said bracket contains the movies we enjoyed the most in 2013, some of them *cough* Hangover 3 *cough* are in there to round out our number to 64. Their ranking is determined by their rating based on a certain website dedicated to movies and fresh tomatoes. This little site gathers reviews by critics and uses the average to tell us if they are "Fresh" or "Rotten". It's pretty nifty. Our gang of four will vote until four films are left and in typical Duper Friends fashion, four of us will pitch one of those movies and after one last vote we will crown our first ever Best Movie of the Year.

Tweet at us (@DuperFriends) and give us your Final Four and/or let us know if there's a movie you wish we would have included. Without further delay, here are our brackets:

Section 1:

1 Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor

16 R.I.P.D

8 Pacific Rim

9 V/H/S/2

5 Star Trek: Into Darkness

12 The Frozen Ground

4 The World's End

13 Now You See Me

6 The Place Beyond the Pines

11 Ender's Game

3 Zero Dark Thirty

14 Only God Forgives

7 Metallica Through the Never

10 The Wolverine

2 Inside Llewyn Davis

15 The Fifth Estate

Section 2:

1 12 Years a Slave

16 The Hangover: Part III

8 Anchorman 2

9 About Time

5 Prince Avalanche

12 Out of the Furnace

4 The Wolf of Wall Street

13 All is Bright

6 The Way, Way Back

11 Oz: the Great and Powerful

3 All is Lost

14 Delivery Man

7 Prisoners

10 Thor: the Dark World

2 American Hustle

15 Hell Baby

Section 3:

1 Mud

16 A Good Day to Die Hard

8 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

9 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

5 Frozen

12 Oblivion

4 Nebraska

13 Escape Plan

6 This is the End

11 John Dies at the End

3 Jurassic Park 3D

14 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

7 Iron Man 3

10 World War z

2 Enough Said

15 Homefront

Section 4:

1 Gravity

16 Identity Thief

8 The Kings of Summer

9 Fast and Furious 6

5 Rush

12 The To Do List

4 Hunger Games: Catching Fire

13 Pain and Gain

6 Saving Mr. Banks

11 Bad Milo!

3 Dallas Buyers Club

14 Admission

7 Warm Bodies

10 The Heat

2 Captain Phillips

15 Insidious: Chapter 2

End of the Year Plans

The end of the year is upcoming, and I'm here to tell you all what is happening behind the scenes.

• Standard Episodes
• Special Episodes
• New Location

Standard Episodes

There will be at least one more episode like you all have come to know and love coming out before January 1st. There may be two new episodes, but that may fall through since the crew is incredibly busy outside of the podcast.

Special Episodes

Jacob and I are discussing every day the logistics and structure of an "End of the Year Awards" special series of episodes. We're almost done with getting schedules of other crew together to record these set of episodes. More details will follow.

New Location

Jacob has been tooling around with a considerably better looking website, and all I have to do is put the links to the episodes on their corresponding posts on the other site. As it is still under construction, we don't want to flip the switch until all of the posts migrate with no issue. I can say without a doubt that we want our new site to launch alongside our first episode of the movies of the New Year. More details are to follow.

That is all of the news that has come to mind at this point, and as always, you can follow us on Twitter @DuperFriends. You will also find all of our Twitter profiles as being followed by the show's account. Also! Our Facebook page is being updated alongside this blog and, in the future, our new website. Feel free to share the show if you like it to your friends- on Facebook, Twitter, or by word of mouth. -----> Facebook Page

Thank you all, and until the next episode, I'm off to watch some pretty garbage movies to keep me cynical! 

-Allen

Episode 15: If Vince Vaughn...

The Duper Friends get a really rad guest who busts out his maths talents to win over the crew. They discuss what comedy movies should get sequels at the beginning of the episode.

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Allen: Homefront
Gage: Delivery Man
Jacob: Frozen
Kyler: Hungry Games: Catching Fire

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Episode 14: Alf Battles!

The Duper Friends join you later than they would have liked in this episode where we are missing a member. We talk about casting for the Ant Man movie and movies that we watched that week.


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Allen: The World's End
Gage: All is Lost
Jacob: Place Beyond the Pines

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Episode 13: Martin Short and the Newsies!

Goofs abound, and laughs are guaranteed in this episode of The Duper Friends!. I'm sure Jacob would like to make a retraction and give Gage back his award-winning goof.



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Allen: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Gage: Grown Ups 2
Alex: Pacific Rim
Jacob: About Time

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Episode 12: Superhero Sequel Spectacular!

The gang gets together to talk about superhero sequels, and why they think [the movies] are the best!


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Allen: Ghost Rider 2: Spirit of Vengance
Gage: Iron Man 3
Alex: X2: X-Men United
Jacob: Thor 2

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Episode 11: A Whole Bunch of Turkeys

I say 'turkeys' because... Ender's Game brings out a bunch of goofs that none of us are proud of.


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Allen: RIPD
Andrew/Gage: Ender's Game
Alex: Monsters University
Jacob: Free Birds

Episode 10: Iffy for Twelve

This podcast is brought to you by the MPAA, who have rated this episode PG-13 for "Language and iffy for twelve". And "Bigfoot".



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Allen: The Counselor AND Bigfoot
Gage/Andrew: Only God Forgives
Alex: Bad Grandpa
Jacob: Kings of Summer

Episode 9: Dozens and Dragons

I really like that game, I play it every thirteen hours! Oh, right... Movies Podcast...


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Allen: Zero Charisma
Andrew/Gage: Fifth Estate
Alex... Wasn't here!!!
Rosanna: Enough Said
Jacob: Escape Plan

Episode 8: Cat Flu

A conspiracy is at foot! Or hand! Whichever works best for you, really. Join the DuperFriends and figure out what is going on....


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Allen: Frozen Ground
Andrew/Gage: Machete Kills
Alex: Captain Phillips
Jacob: Escape from Tomorrow

Episode 7: I'm A Prisoner!!

HELP I'M A PRISONER!!! Not really, I just wanted to get your attention. On this episode, I feel really good about my chances in this contest but DO I WIN??? One thing is for sure, the song that opens up the episode will bum you out!

-Love, Allen


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Allen: Prisoners
Andrew/Gage: Metallica: Through the Never
Alex: Gravity
Jake: All is Bright

Episode 6: Insert Rush Joke

B-b-b-b-bonus episode! We're just trying to catch up as much as we can before the end of the year gets here, but don't let that stop you from listening!


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Allen: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Andrew/Gage: Don Jon
Alex: Rush
Jake: Bad Milo and Don Jon

Episode 5: Backstreet's Back!

Sorry for the late posting, there will be new episodes on Friday and Sunday to make up for it! Thanks for listening guys and share this episode on Facebook and Twitter if you liked it!

*NOTE: This episode was recorded weeks before our Spookycast*
*ANOTHER NOTE: Sorry for the poor audio quality. We were forced to record in a tin can and the audio reflects that.*

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Allen: Fright Night (1985)
Gage/Andrew: Shaun of the Dead
Alex: Scary Movie 3
Jacob: This is the End

Episode Spooky (4): Halloween

I was out of town all day while recording went on, and how do the rest of the crew repay me? By not mentioning me once. Yeah, I listened to the whole thing hoping they would at least vaguely reference my corporeal self not existing in the confines of Jacobs house... But Reid seemed like a good replacement for me!


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Allen: NOTHING!!
Gage/Andrew: Poltergeist
Alex: Trick R Treat
Jacob: V/H/S/2
Reid: Grindhouse