Dudes on Movies

It only took 300 damned episodes, but The Dudes are finally covering Citizen Kane, Orson Welles's masterpiece the polluted soul of the American Dream.  This movie is an essential, so please drop everything important, see the film, then join us for the discussion.            

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

What are your favorite movies about crooked Businessmen?

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We read your responses to our Questions of the Week for October 2025! 

Episode 295- Good Night and Good Luck - What are your favorite movies about phony patriotism?

Episode 296 - Locke - What are your favorite movies that take place in a confined location?

Episode 297 - American Beauty - What are your favorite movies about family turmoil?

Episode 298 - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - What are your favorite movies that made you un...

This is Sparta! Actually, it's our 300th episode! This film is full of ugly cinematography, idiotic motivations, and clumsy narrative. Listen to us rail on it for 90 minutes. And thanks for listening for all these years. Enjoy!    

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

What are your favorite OR LEAST FAVORITE dumb movies about masculinity?

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Join The Dudes for the 2nd edition of Director's Corner, a special series where we cover the life and work of legendary filmmakers.  You ever hear of Stanley Kubrick?  He's pretty good guys, and this is 2 hours of us talking about all his movies.  Tune in and tell a friend!

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The Dudes take on the Pharmaceutical Industry and search the great City of Chicago for a one-armed assassin for hire with 1993's The Fugitive.  Harrison Ford is the greatest, and if he corners you and starts scowling, you're so dead.  Please pick up some Portillo's and re-visit this fun movie with us.        

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

What are your favorite Summer Movie memories?

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In this new bonus series, Scott and Dave discuss the media they've been consuming. Film, Books, Podcasts, Videogames, and more!

Movies F.A.R.T.: The Movie (1991) Magazine Dreams (2023) Him (2025)

TV Chernobyl The Wire Stranger Things (Season 4)

Books/Magazines/Plays

Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life by Dan Nadel The Verge by Patrick Wyman

Videogames

10 Yard Fight

Resident Evil 7

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Little Nightmares 2

Pushmo

The Dudes head home for Thanksgiving with 1987's Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Steve Martin and John Candy make an incredible comedy team in this holiday classic. Their chemistry is hilarious and brings this John Hughes script to life. Tack on a downer (put still happy) twist, and you've got yourself a stew.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

What are your favorite movies that made you unexpectedly sad?

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The Dudes look into Suburban......you know what?  It's impossible to ignore, this is a famous movie starring disgraced actor Kevin Spacey.  The guy is a bad person, but the work of everyone else involved in the production needs to be acknowledged, so here we are.  Please tune in, and as always, thanks so much for listening!     

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

What are your favorite movies about family turmoil?

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We read your responses to our Questions of the Week for October 2025! 

Episode 291 - Saw II - What movies have the ugliest cinematography?

Episode 292 - Final Destination - What are your favorite elaborate movie deaths?

Episode 293 - It Follows - What are your favorite movies about curses?

Episode 294 - The Fly - What are your favorite medical horror moments?

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The Dudes are real bastards in 2013's Locke. This film takes place in a single location with one actor on screen, and somehow remains intriguing and thrilling the entire time. Tom Hardy give a great performance, tearing his life apart and contending with the demons of his past while on speakerphone. It's a great idea for a film, and it's pulled off beautifully. 

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

What are your favorite movies that take plac...

The Dudes try like Hell to maintain their faith in Democracy with 2005's Good Night and Good Luck.  This study of the great Edward R. Murrow standing up against Joe McCarthy and authoritarianism is even more relevant today than when it was released.  Guys, it's going to be OK, please don't lose hope.  The only way these bastards win is if we give up.     

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

What are your favorite movies about phony patriotism?

In this new bonus series, Scott and Dave discuss the media they've been consuming. Film, Books, Podcasts, Videogames, and more!

Movies One Battle After Another (2025) The Long Walk (2025) Marrowbone (2017)

TV King of the Hill (Season 14) Cobra Kai (Seasons 1-6)

Books/Magazines/Plays

The Slide Area by Gavin Lambert Mad Magazine by The Usual Gang of Idiots

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee

Podcasts

Post Games

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The Dudes discover the horrible side effects of teleportation in 1986's The Fly! This body horror masterpiece from David Cronenberg features disgusting makeup, tragic romance, and Jeff Goldblum's abs. All stuff we need more of! It can get pretty gross at times, but hey, if you vomit, at least you can slurp it back up.  

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

What are your favorite medical horror moments?

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The Dudes tell themselves it's the last time they trust a Jeff with 2014's It Follows.  This minimalist Horror film full of compelling drama and social commentary made a big impact when it was first released, and in the last 11 years has become a modern classic.  Forget about not going into the water, this movie renders you unable to trust pedestrians anymore.  

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

What are your favorite movies about curses?

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We read your responses to our Questions of the Week for August 2025! You'll also hear Dave explains how Society and It's a Wonderful Life deliver the same life lessons.

Episode 286 - 25th Hour - What are your favorite movies about betrayal?

Episode 287 - Inglorious Basterds - What are your favorite revisionist history stories?

Episode 288 - Pi - What are your favorite movies about recluses?

Episode 289 - Rope - What are your favo...

The Dudes cheat death in 2000's Final Destination. This smart horror film has an engaging premise and some genuinely shocking kills. It's not perfect, but who doesn't want to see death come for a bunch of teenagers with a Rube Goldberg device. 

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

What are your favorite elaborate movie deaths?

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The Dudes refuse to sit and listen despite multiple warnings and assurances with 2005's Saw II.  Tobin Bell is a great actor, and every scene he's in is interesting.  Corrupt Cops are a blight on our society, and this movie makes that clear.  There's more than one unpredictable twist, and they even make logical sense.  Somehow, all this doesn't make for a good movie.  But we're still here to have fun, so please join us!

QUESTION ...

The Dudes pledge to the Delta fraternity in 1978's Animal House. National Lampoon's first film created what we now know as the gross-out comedy. It's lewd, offensive, and somehow still humorous. Is it worth a watch today? Well, did we give up when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor? … I think you have your answer.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

What are your favorite movies about defeating rich snobs?

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In this new bonus series, Scott and Dave discuss the media they've been consuming. Film, Books, Podcasts, Videogames, and more!

Movies Trouble in Mind (1985) UHF (1989) Bring Her Back (2025) Weapons (2025) Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001) Rodan (1956) I Knew It Was You : Remembering John Cazale (2009) Conclave (2024)   TV Pee-Wee as Himself Queer for Fear Dark Winds (Season 1 & 2)

Books Mr. Know-It-All by John Waters

Podcasts Futu...