Dudes on Cinema

Send us Fan Mail Help the Dude welcome back fan-favorite guest, Brandon Delany from MAB Sports podcast as they talk about great political movies. Brandon insists we see Digger. Fred Melamed's filmography (we are nerds!). Jeff experiences Legally Blonde. SNL memories. Zander wants 5 good Chevy Chase movies. New Movie Term: split diopter.  We take this week's homework, John Carpenter'...

Send us Fan Mail This week the Dudes welcome back movie buff and friend of the show, Josh Morris (5 Time Club!) Jeff feels like he needs to talk about The Nutty Professor 1963. Our love for Boogie Nights knows no bounds. Burt Reynold's toupee. Thomas Jane works. Zander liked the Unabomber movie. Josh saw Digger but we have not. Josh shuts down a lady on her phone in the theatre. So we discuss...

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes welcome back writer/dad Jeff Dresback for an animated look at great commentary tracks. The Sisters Brothers needs more exposure. PT Anderson rules. We were charmed by The Sheep Detectives. LA is great for film noirs. We talk about The Taking of Pelham 123. Apes in movies. Zander explains Forbidden Fruits. New World is a modern Korean classic. Then we discuss, in depth, t...

Send us Fan Mail Join the Dudes for a passionate discussion about: the virtues of the Mega Bus. Jeff's Korean kick continues with Colony and Hope. This week's movie term is "Plot Armor". Is Imax always worth it? The Coen's True Grit. Southern Noir films. Sweet Smell of Success and El Camino. And we really enjoyed this week's deep dive, Wag the Dog. Hail to the Chiefs...

Send us Fan Mail Join the Dudes as we discuss the importance of movie editors. Our love of Brad Bird. Verticals are all the rage. Come From Away is a great musical. We really enjoyed Normal with Bob Odenkirk. Movies about women who kick ass. Jeff needs to watch more Mission Impossible movies. Fincher's The Killer vs Mank. Shawshank is timeless. And we deconstruct this week's homework: Ba...

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes fly solo this week as Zander returns from his directing gig--Leapfrog--what's it like to direct a movie he wrote? Jeff saw The End of Oak Street and Camp Miasma. And Colony! Zander finally jumps on The Visit's bandwagon!. Slasher spoofs. Welcome to Happiness confounds Zander. We love Killer Joe but is it funny? The Florida Project amazes. And we top it all off...

Send us Fan Mail One more Encore before back to our regularly schedule content. 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 f...

Send us Fan Mail Join the Dudes as they welcome lovely actress, Sara Martinez-Collins. as they share their love of the late Phil Hartman and Paul Reubens. THe Housemaid gets the Dudes treatment. Sara tells us what's new at Universal Studios. Chat about The Running Man, Ex-Machina, Jeff loved Hoppers, Zander loved A Chorus Line, Sara loved Roofman. Zander gives us a list of movies with controv...

Send us Fan Mail Join the Dudes as they welcome writer/producer/director Davey "Wolf" Perez who starts on a chat about the late director, Stuart Gordon's flms. Jeff follows Zander's advice to watch Knight and Day. How old serials affect modern action flicks. Best exposition in films. Iconic Indiana Jones. Turn your kids onto older movies!.Wolf recommends Andor. We all love Anim...

Send us Fan Mail Join the Dudes this week as they try to love Backrooms. What does "low-budget" really mean? Horror movies in the theatre. Dr Who is cool--too bad we never watched it. We revisit Apollo 13. Ron Howard directs. Zander pours Dan Akroyd's vodka. Joe Pesci tips well. Dustin Hoffman blew our minds in Bob Fosse's brilliant, Lenny! Other controversial comics. Smokey an...

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes welcome back actor/writer, Jeff Dresback for a passionate Eddie Deezen discussion. We unpack The Invite. More Olivia Wilde, please! Hollywood Babylon and Electric Boogaloo! Cutter's Way is interesting. Arthur holds up. Refn's movies are worth discussing, so we do. The state of Horror today. Lanthimos' movies are worth discussing, so we do. We tune into Tun...

Send us Fan Mail This week the Dudes finally welcome Zander's old friend, writer/actor/director, Jeff Shakoor!  Staying Alive needs more love. Carnage is so nasty and funny. Dudes on screenwriting. Shakoor writes Sam Shepard's last scene. We all liked You Can Count On Me and Obsession is awesome. Jack Warden's resume. Zander loves John Cena. Check out Carolina Caroline! We celebrate...

Send us Fan Mail This week the Dudes welome back one of our regular guests, movie fanatic, Josh Morris. Amanda wins Jason Voorhees. Another Widow's Bay discussion. In defense of Don't Worry, Darling. We all liked Ready Or Not 2. What's up with The Pope of Greenwich Village? This week's movie term : Behavior Movies. U-571 held us in thrall. Josh's dad worked on submarines s...

Send us Fan Mail Join the Dudes this week as they spoil Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner. Ricky Jay is full of tricks. Then we talk about more movies with twists. Toy Story 5 is way better than it should be. We miss James Gandolfini, don't you? Murder By Death is very funny (and very problematic lol). Neil Simon writes screenplays. Sean Penn directs movies. Creepy Mormon documentaries... The...

Send us Fan Mail This week the Dudes welcome for the first time one of our oldest friends, actor Tim Cummings. Wilhelm Scream revisited. The Usual Suspects still holds up. Mamet on screen. Famous actors do plays. Undertone makes podcasts scary. Return of Movie Terms with the "Idiot Plot".King of Comedy is so funny. The Social Network was enough for Jesse Eisenberg. What's up with Ci...

Send us Fan Mail Dudes on Jaywalking... again? Dudes on car wrecks. The Guest is a crazy flick. Se7en is a delightful family film. Netflix true-crime series. The Room spawns The Disaster Artist. Super Dark Times is super good. Zemeckis begins with I Wanna Hold Your Hand. We both love political thrillers. But we REALLY love this week's homework, Alexander Payne's brilliant, Sideways. Pop...

Send us Fan Mail Zander returns from his trip to New York. Jeff revisits Sin City and rethinks it. We Blink Twice this week. Zander watches the Springsteen biopic on the plane. Jeff discloses his love of Disclosure Day. Zander loves the Counting Crows documentary. Sally Field acts again. Is This Thing On? And then we show our undying love for Alexander Payne with a deep, deep dive on this week&apo...

Send us Fan Mail the Dudes are on fire this week as Jeff compare Widow's Bay to other, better horror tv shows. Zander sees Scary Movie 6 and is charmed by North By Northwest  Cary Grant gets laughs. Jeff loves Arachnophobia! Train To Busan is awesome, isn't it? Backrooms is discussed. The Drama asks an important question. This week's deep dive is Peter Bogdanovich's superb The...

Send us Fan Mail join the Dudes this week as they talk about their high hopes for the new Scary Movie. YouTube influencers make it big in horror. We love the Golden Girls and other sitcoms. Jeff liked Chunking Express. Movie novelizations. Michael Crichton made us smarter. Zander does theatre in LA and Jeff watches it. Theatre chat. Jeff revisits E.T. and "wow"! And Dee Wallace stories....

Send us Fan Mail the Dudes welcome back magician/writer/entrepreneur, Jason Bird who has been watching Palm Royale and Zander is watching Widow's Bay. Zander loved Hokum as much as Jeff.  Chekhov's Knife. Rosario Dawson is awesome. We all love Broadcast News and James L Brooks. Hollywood Babylon is bullshit. Charles Gemora plays apes. Then we hit the homework with a Woody Allen double fe...

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes have personal issues. The merits of jaywalking. Jeff makes meatloaf and Zander scoots. Vegas theatre chat. Zander recommends Remarkably Bright Creatures. Jeff enjoyed Ready or Not 2. Hokum and Obsession keep horror alive. Knights of Baddassdom. Corrider Crew helps Jeff. LA Confidential vs Zodiac. Shane Black entertains us. Kramer vs Kramer holds up beautifully. Dustin is...

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes have surgeries. Jeff loves Popstar finally! "Cringesploitation" We wanted to like Redux Redux, but...Top 5 Woody Allen flicks. Jeremy Saulnier and S Craig Zahler test our mettle..Jim Cummings again. And the the Dudes tackle this week's homework, Norman Jewison's "true" story, the Denzel Washington classic, The Hurricane. Don't "BLO...

Send us Fan Mail Zander passes a kidney stone so of course we talk about Gilbert and Sullivan operettas! Dark City > The Matrix. Roger Ebert Fan Club. Coen Bros Fan Club. The Lonely Island guys direct. Jeff loved Hokum. Zander loved Balls Up. Spiderverse is next level great! Apex is good on Netflix. Then we hop in the Wayback Machine for this week's deep dive, Norman Jewison's comedy...

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes welcome back producer/writer/editor David Martinez as they discuss the virtues of new horror like The Bride and The Bone Temple. David makes racy videos. Watch Trailers From Hell. What makes a "Bad" movie bad? Acting jobs in Vegas. Zander and David love ALF. We all love Tucker and Dale. Parents is a cool movie. Jonah Hill directs. Then we deep dive this week&ap...

Send us Fan Mail This week the Dudes talk about the movie posters they have owned/lost. The great movie poster artists. The Big Lebowski--the Dudes say hello to The Dude! Chinatown is still awesome. Todd Phillips invented comedy. Burt Reynolds 70s comedies. The Drama with Zendaya really impressed Jeff. LA Confidential rocks! Time to rewatch Nobody's Fool. The syndicated sitcoms we grew up on....