Category: Podcast
Episodes of the Dudes on Movies podcast
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BONUS – Question Of The Week Responses May 2025
We read your responses to our Questions of the Week for March 2024! Episode 269 – Interview With The Vampire – What are the most elegant Horror Movies? Episode 270 – American Gangster – What are your favorite movies about Drug Dealers? Episode 271 – Napoleon Dynamite – What are your favorite movies about awkward Read more
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274 – Funeral Parade of Roses
The Dudes get experimental with 1969’s Funeral Parade of Roses. Equal parts surreal, profound, and beautiful, this film is entirely unpredictable, and deliberately makes a strong stance that being gay or trans is entirely normal no matter what you think about it. It’s weird and lovely and you will never forget it. QUESTION OF THE Read more
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273 – Maurice
Pride 2025 kicks off with class and panache with 1987’s Maurice, a Merchant-Ivory joint full of wit and sophistication. This tale of repression in early 20th Century England will both move you and outrage you, sometimes within the same scene. We’ve come a long way, and yet much of this movie that takes place in Read more
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272 – Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
The Dudes discover sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll in 1970’s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Written by Roger Ebert and directed by Russ Meyer, this debauched trip towards fame and fortune not only glamorizes late 60’s counter culture, it satirizes Hollywood conventions of the era. This is our happening and it freaks us Read more
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BONUS – Question Of The Week Responses April 2025
We read your responses to our Questions of the Week for May 2025! Episode 265 – Planet of the Apes – What are your favorite Sci-Fi films with deeper meanings? Episode 266 – Lost In Translation – What are the most cathartic moments in Cinema? Episode 267 – Chinatown – What are your favorite cinematic Read more
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271 – Napoleon Dynamite
Vote for The Dudes, and all your wildest dreams will come true with 2004’s Napoleon Dynamite. This endearing comedy about awkwardness and orange perms resonated with audiences, because even with all the hijinks, it was grounded enough to feel completely authentic. You wanna play us? QUESTION OF THE WEEK What are your favorite movies about Read more
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270 – American Gangster
The Dudes fight 1970’s NYC crime and corruption in 2007’s American Gangster. Watch Denzel as he recruits his family, cuts out the middle man, and take over the drug trade. All while Russell Crowe tries to figure it out and deal with his personal problems. Josh Brolin rounds out the cast with an unforgettable performance Read more
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Steven Spielberg – Director’s Corner #1
Join The Dudes for the first edition of Director’s Corner, a special new series where we cover the life and work of legendary filmmakers. And who better to begin such a series with than the great Steven Spielberg? Don’t miss this one everybody, and get ready for more! Thanks for listening! If you want more Read more
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269 – Interview With The Vampire
Drink from The Dudes and live forever with 1994’s Interview With The Vampire. This adaptation of the first entry from Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles was long-awaited, and with a few exceptions, mostly lived up to fan expectations. It’s a sumptuous good time featuring elegant costumes and music, along some of the best hair in Cinema Read more
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268 – The Legend of Drunken Master
The Dudes get wasted and fight evil businessmen in 2000’s The Legend of Drunken Master! This Jackie Chan vehicle combines some of his most exciting fight sequences with an important plot and lots of humor. It released in the 2000s, was made in the 90s, but feels like the 80s. Grab yourself a drink and Read more
