Author: Scott Charboneau
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BONUS – Question of the Week Responses March 2024
We read your responses to our Questions of the Week for March 2024! Episode 208 – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Whose films are hard to watch because of the artist’s misdeeds? Episode 209 – The Crucible – What are your favorite movies about injustice? Episode 210 – Saturday Night Fever –… Read more
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214 – Bill & Ted Face the Music
The Dudes attempt to save the world, and their marriages, in 2020’s “Bill & Ted Face the Music”! This legacy sequel finds our most excellent heroes at a low point in their lives, not having lived up to their expectations. However, they get an opportunity to make things right with the help of their loving… Read more
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213 – Alien 3
The Dudes go into hypersleep, and are again greeted with terror with 1992’s Alien 3. This famously troubled production almost ended David Fincher’s career before it got started, but time has semi-kind to most of it, mainly due to still impressive practical special effects, and the always awesome Sigourney Weaver. Other movies discussed: In a… Read more
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212 – Pump Up the Volume
The Dudes broadcast their pirate signal to angsty high schoolers in 1990’s Pump Up the Volume! Get ready for some pre-grunge rebellion led by Christian Slater and the always amazing Samantha Mathis in her first major role. It’s filled with poignant drama, still relevant social commentary, and a feast of excellent underground tunes! So get… Read more
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211 – Celtic Pride
The Dudes pray for a Game 7 miracle and put Boston fans on blast with 1996’s Celtic Pride. While this sports-based comedy can be frustrating at times with unwanted athlete cameos, it still features decent humor and some fairly realistic basketball scenes. It’s also a mostly harmless good time at the movies that we don’t… Read more
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210 – Saturday Night Fever
The Dudes are staying alive in 1977’s Saturday Night Fever. Watch John Travolta dance his way through Brooklyn, women, and life in general. Will he learn to better himself? Will he “make it” with Annette? And will Bobby stop asking so many damn questions? Tune in to find out, and make it two slices two… Read more
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BONUS – Question of the Week Responses February 2024
We read your responses to our Questions of the Week for February 2024! Episode 204 – Face/Off – What are your favorite examples of actors mimicking other actors? Episode 205 – Sphere – What mediocre films do you enjoy the most? Episode 206 – The One I Love – What are the best movies with… Read more
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209 – The Crucible
The Dudes can’t recall one key Commandment with 1996’s The Crucible. Arthur Miller’s masterpiece was both a dramatization of terrible historical events as well as a powerful allegory against McCarthyism and the HUAC. Such witch-hunts unfortunately carry on to this day, and if this were a just world, the swine who start them would receive… Read more
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Oscars – 2023 Predictions
It’s time once again for the Dudes annual Oscar show. Join us as we make our picks in all of the major categories. You know how we feel at this point: we care about the nominees and discussing the films, and that’s where it ends. Can you imagine if they let us program the ceremony? … Read more
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208 – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Dudes visit Hogwarts for the first time with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! As the third film in the franchise, it develops a more mature tone while hanging on to some of the childish nature from the prior films. But does the film pull it off? Is Snape secretly in a metal… Read more
