Dudes on Cinema

Dudes on Cinema

Every week Zander talks to his good friend Jeff about movies. And their minds wander into every kind of subject. But mostly movies.

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November 22, 2025 73 mins

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his week we welcome back a podcast regular, friend of the show and uber-movie buff, Phil Smith. For a passionate discussion about everything from Blood Simple to the Gary Kent/Cliff Booth/Charles Manson connection. Fom Tales From The Crypt films to Sean Baker's filmography. Zander quizzes us on "The Macguffin" in films and we end with an incredible deep-dive of this week's homework: Robert Altman&a...

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Josh Morris returns to help the Dudes unpack their love of Megan 2.0 and Rosemary's Baby. Then we go over 2 great films with a fine tooth comb: PT Anderson's modern masterpiece, One Battle After Another and Peter Bogdonavich's not-as-modern masterpiece, Targets. This episode is for true movie fanatics and that's what you are so stop reading this and hit "PLAY"!

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Welcome writer/photographer/funny guy Scott Fritz to the show! Scott brings great ideas for under represented flicks. We discuss everything from documentaries to Steven Seagal, and Ricky Gervais to The Studio and Bone Tomahawk. A great discussion and then we deep dive Robert Redford's feel-good masterpiece, Ordinary People. We promise you probably won't need therapy after this week's episode...probably!

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The Dudes welcome Jeff's niece, writer/actor/educator and no longer a baby, Lindsay O'Brien. As they discuss The Rider. Amadeus, Boogie Nights and Jurassic Park. We all tell about our "celebrity encounters" in LA and Vegas--especially John C. Reilly. This week's deep dive is the 70's classic All The President's Men and the Dudes let Lindsay get a word in edgewise! It's a family ...

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Get to know us this week as we discuss adventures of living in LA/Hollywood. Discuss our mutual love of Robert Redford (RIP). And not only deep dive this week's flick: Minecraft, but also the new Superman movie and how they compare. From The Sting to the Spiderverse, we got it covered!

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The Dudes welcome Jeff's old friend and the World's Cutest Copywriter, Amy Densham of WordsAboutStuff.net to talk about everything from Arrival to Orphan Black. From Nobody 2 to Friendship. Amy brings her burning questions about cinema to ask us (as if we know anything, right?) and then we finish off with a freewheeling chat about this week's homework, The Swimmer, cult classic from 1968--as we try to g...

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The Dudes go solo again with a passionate episode--talking about the current tv shows they are into. Opining about everything from Caught Stealing and Paddington to The Wilhelm Scream to Carol Speed's Inside Black Hollywood. Exorcist ripoffs and Mary Poppins, Jeff has nice friends and then we deep dive Billy Wilder's classic Stalag 17--we will imprison you for an hour this week!

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It's No Guest Tuesday on Dudes on Cinema! Discussing movies Zander watched on a plane. LaKeith Stanfield, great sitcom pilots for failed shows, The Machine, Korean cinema and a deep dive into the beloved classic comedy, Some Like It Hot. Join us and we'll give you some Sugar! (see what I did there?)


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Actor/writer/director/friend of the pod, Tom Konkle returns this time for a talk about Ari Aster, David Lynch, Tim Burton, Star Wars, The Naked Gun and the never ending battle between Marketing and Art. Tom and the Dudes go for a very deep dive for a movie they all love: Billy Wilder's brilliant noir, Double Indemnity--bring your best femme fatale for this one!

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Roll out the red carpet for returning guest, Brandon Delany of MAB Sports podcast for a lively discussion about our love of Zach Cregger's Weapons and other new flicks like Eddington and Life Of Chuck and then sloppily segue to old films for homework: The Untouchables and The Phantom Of The Paradise directed by goood ooold Brian dePalma!


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Zander and Jeff go solo for an 80s heavy chat about violent action movies, slasher flicks and the difference between Year Of The Dragon and Black Rain and close with a deep dive of the de Palma thriller, Blowout. "Guests? We Don't need no stinkin' guests!"

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The Dudes welcome their old friend, Jason Bird, World Class Magician and author of Strolling for Dollars for a talk about Shark movies,Australian horror, Penn and Teller. Jason helps deep dive for the last of the PT Anderson films: Hard Eight and Punch-Drunk Love. This episode is magically delicious!

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Friends of the pod, Phil and Josh return for a raucus chat about nuclear disaster films and movies that enter the Zeitgeist and a very deep dive for this week's homework: PT Anderson's The Master and the 50th Anniversary release of Milos Forman's classic, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. It's "Feel Good Week" at Dudes On Cinema!


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Zander's writing partner joins the Dudes for a Mamet retrospective, bonds with Jeff over their love of Jackie Chan flicks and dishes the problem Universal has with Guy Pearce. Then Jeff fights a losing battle sticking up for this week's deep dive: The Phantom Thread. It's a cinematic throwdown so wear your Sunday Best suit of armor! 


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Zander introduces us to his friend Brandon Delany--actor, writer, director and MAB Sports podcaster for a passionate discussion of our all-time favorite films. Re-watchable comedies and the movies that changed our lives. And a very deep dive for Cameron Crowe's wild Vanilla Sky--Tom Cruise lovers unite!!!

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Help the Dudes welcome their first "Dudette", the beautiful cinephile, Kenya Corral. As they analyze everything from Once Upon A Time In Hollywood to 28 Years Later. The Burning Plain to our mutual love of Jennifer Lawrence. 3D dinosaurs and Kubrick's offbeat classic, Lolita. Finish with a deep dive of Cameron Crowe's masterpiece, Almost Famous. Look sharp, guys! We have a lady in our midst!!!

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Actor Kurtis Bedford, star of Scream, Beauty Sleep Symphony and The Pitt joins us to talk about his friend Dee Wallace and hosting the first podcast and his work with Ron Howard and Clint Eastwood and many more tales and then we deep dive Fincher's Gone Girl. Listen and learn!

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Fellow movie-lover Josh Morris joins us this week. Josh gets jury duty and Zander is a murder witness (!). The Player vs The Studio. Jeff REALLY should watch Dumb and Dumber. And Josh and the Dudes do a very very deep dive of Fincher's "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo." No top hat this week-- wear a hard hat!

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This week the Dudes welcome Jeff's friend, Phil Smith. We cover meeting celebrities at conventions, Vietnam war movie soundtracks, Phil comes of age in video stores, Ernest Vs Madea, Inspector Clouseau movies, Golden Girls is funny--Alice isn't and the guys teach Jeff about David Wayne. Settle in!


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Join the Dudes this time as they talk Kubrick and Army of Thieves. What's Up, Doc and the definition of mumblecore. Zander wears a bear suit and Jeff sings opera. If you need more edge, we discuss nudity in film and blackface on stage. RKO and A24. It's an all-encompassing chat for movieheads like you!

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