Category: Podcast
Episodes of the Dudes on Movies podcast
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222 – Paris is Burning
The Dudes continue Pride 2024 with 1990’s Paris is Burning! This documentary gives an unrelenting look at late 80’s ball-culture in New York City, and has been placed in the National Library of Congress for being culturally significant. It’s a candid look that’s simultaneously fun and heartbreaking. We see it all: the good, the bad,… Read more
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221 – My Own Private Idaho
The Dudes elegantly start Pride 2024 with 1991’s My Own Private Idaho. Part Shakespeare, part faux-documentary, part avant-garde experiment, this genre-defying classic gave moviegoers a new perspective on street life, and showcased its two famous leads in ways we hadn’t seen before. So tune in for a discussion on New Queer Cinema, and Udo Kier… Read more
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220 – The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Dudes get blasted with radiation in 1957’s The Incredible Shrinking Man! What first seems like a silly tale of nuclear danger turns out to be so much more, tackling philosophical issues about what it means to be human, and how we too often take for granted the small things in life. Great special effects, and a… Read more
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219 – Mortal Kombat
The Dudes scream a movie title at you before the opening credits roll with 1995’s Mortal Kombat. Based on a video game that shaped our culture for better and worse, this less violent live-action adaptation features impressive fighting and attractive locations. So GET OVER HERE…and…FINISH HIM…and…FLAWLESS VICTORY…Man, the 90s were great. Other movies discussed: Drowning… Read more
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BONUS – Question of the Week Responses April 2024
We read your responses to our Questions of the Week for April 2024! Episode 212 – Pump Up the Volume – What are your favorite teen angst movies? Episode 213 – Alien 3 – What polarizing franchise films do you most admire? Episode 214 – Bill & Ted Face the Music – What is your… Read more
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218 – Attack the Block
The Dudes fight invading aliens, and systematic injustice, in 2011’s Attack the Block! This highly original sci-fi adventure not only delivers the thrills and laughs, but thoughtful commentary on modern day society. It also introduced the world to the commanding presence of a pre-Star Wars John Boyega. Both Dudes agree, everyone should be watching this… Read more
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217 – The Matrix
The Dudes finally tackle a modern classic with 1999’s The Matrix. If you live on this planet, there’s a good chance you’re very familiar with this movie, and our only hope is that our discussion measures up. The good news is that if you were blown away in 1999, nothing has changed since then. … Read more
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216 – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Dudes battle a tyrannical Alan Rickman in 1991’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves! This box office sensation brought grit and gore to a familiar tale, but it also brough criticism. Is Kevin Costner as bad as they say, does Morgan Freeman celebrate Life Day, and is Bryan Adams the real hero of the film?… Read more
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215 – Tiptoes
The Dudes patience is stretched far too taut with 2003’s Tiptoes, the insanely inappropriate outrage that entreats for the rights of Little People while casting a non-Little Person actor as a Little Person. Ugly, wrongheaded, shameful, and appalling, this legendarily terrible film is as rotten as movies get. It’s also called Tiptoes. For God’s sake… Read more
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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
