Dudes on Movies
We discuss a single movie each week; breaking it down with humor, insight, and all around dudeness. www.dudesonmovies.com
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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 everybody.
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 - What are your favorite movies about idiot friends? Episode 211 - Celtic Pride - What are the most and least accurate sports movies?
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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 daughters and several other versions of themselves. Although...
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 been semi-kind to most of it, mainly due to still impressive practical special effects, and the always awesome Sigourney Weaver.
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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 your bubble gum, turn it up, ...
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 get much of anymore, so kick back and enjoy on...
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 is good.
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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 a small cast?
Episode 207 - The Last Temptation of Christ - What are the best movies about faith?
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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 swift retribution. All tha...
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? We'd be done in an hour, and people would have fun for once. Strap in!
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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 band? And why is Gary Oldman riding a bird-horse? Tune in to find the answers!
The Dudes spread a message of love in 1988's The Last Temptation of Christ. This Scorsese passion project spawned a worldwide controversy due to its sympathetic and exaggerated portrayal of biblical characters and events. Not just protests, but actual death threats and violence. Sometimes these are the things Men must face to accomplish something greater.
Other movies discussed:
Class of 1984 (1982) - Directed by Mark L. Lester
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The Dudes stumble into a romantic Event Horizon with 2014's The One I Love, one of the strangest love stories ever told. Though this movie contains only 3 actors with onscreen speaking roles, its ambition is limitless, and by the end the voice of Mama Cass will play on a loop in your head for days afterward. Let's just get it going now! "While I'm far away from you, my baby..."
Other movies discussed:
The Devil All The Time...
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Episode 199 - Before Sunrise - What are your favorite movies that take place over a single day?
Episode 200 - Being There - What are your favorite final performances?
Episode 201 - Midsommar - What are your favorite movies about cults?
Episode 202 - The Hunger - What are your favorite movies about strange medical phenomenon?
Episode 203 - Oldboy - What cinematic ...
The Dudes don't often find themselves pondering mediocrity, but that's the case this week with 1998's Sphere, an atmospheric but often tedious Science Fiction adventure. Weirdly edited, unevenly paced, and sometimes a gigantic mess, even the bombastic ending leaves you wanting after 135(!) misspent minutes. All aboard.
Other movies discussed:
Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) - Directed by Peter Jackson
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The Dudes attempt to explain an experimental surgery gone wrong in 1997's Face/Off! This unhinged action film from acclaimed director John Woo is just as awesome as it is ridiculous. Excellently crafted action sequences, and incredible mimicry from its two stars, propel this off-the-wall crowd pleaser beyond its plot holes and into the the action movie hall of fame. Don't try to explain it: just enjoy it. Wooo!
Other movies discu...
In this Bonus Hangout episode, Scott and Dave give you their thoughts on the state of the show, as well as additional insight into when they screw up. Its a lot of fun, and its all for the benefit of our favorite people: The Listeners! Thank you so much everybody!
(Photo: Cate Blanchett and Todd Field at Criterion.)
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Dudes On Demand 2024 makes its final stop in South Korea with 2003's Oldboy, the brutal, stylish, relentless masterpiece that asks you to think very carefully about revenge. Infamous for its brutality and shocking twists, it's also entirely grounded and the kind of human drama you can't believe you can identify with.
Other movies discussed:
The Wonder (2022) - Directed by Sebastian Lelio
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989) - Directed ...
The Dudes live forever and ever in 1983's The Hunger! This sexy vampire tragedy ponders mortality and eternity in a way that only Tony Scott could: with soft-blue light and billowing curtains. The mood is set, and the cycle must continue, so grab your ankh, practice your cello, and engage in monkey science, because we're on the hunt for eternal youth. And high quality goth music.
Other movies discussed:
The Iron Claw (2023) - Direc...
On its first international stop, Dudes On Demand 2024 goes way out of your phone's signal range with 2019's Midsommar. If you're patient, this movie delivers massively in every scenario. And if these events disturb you, try to remember its just a spring clean for The May Queen.
Other movies discussed:
Blood Feast (1963) – Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis
Candyman (1992) – Directed by Bernard Rose
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