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This week's guest is a welcome return of Amy Densham copywriter and host of Words About Stuff podcast. Resident Evil revisited. Amy's Letterboxd reviews vs Jeff's Letterboxd reviews. Revisiting Fargo and Jurassic Park. Roger Deakins films movies. We deep dive 2 great Halloween flicks: Mike Dougherty's cult classic, Trick r' Treat and Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece, The Devil's Backbone. Bust out a sack of candy and listen to this week's DOC!

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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's The Thing and juxtapose it with Zach Cregger's Resident Evil ( see? Nerds!) 

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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 rude theatre patrons. Big Trouble in Little China kept us entertained. We hype our favorite movie podcasts. And then we get creepy with this week's homework, John Carpenter's The Fog. "There's something in the fog...and it's the Dudes on Cinema!"

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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, thie homework, Barry Levinson's masterpiece, Rain Man. Dudes on Cinema is definitely excellent, definitely excellent, very definitely excellent this week!

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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 of Cinema! 

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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: Barry Levinson's Bugsy. Put on your top hat and your bullet-proof vest and listen to this week's DOC!

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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 with this week's homework, Postcards from the Edge for the last film  of the Mike Nichols block. Check your inboxes folks! This week's DOC is Signed, Sealed and Delivered!

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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 freewheeling chat about this week's homework, The Swimmer, cult classic from 1968--as we try to get Amy to love it as much we do (Spoiler Alert: we fail)--dive into the deep end with us!

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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 controversies which allows us to segue into this week's homework, Scorseses's modern classic, The Wolf of Wall Street. Listen this week and you will be..."Gooble Gobble One of Us"!

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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 Animal Kingdom. Movies that take place in one day. Then we deep dive this week's movie, Scorsese's surreal After Hours. You wouldn't dream about missing this week's DOC!