105 So Dark . . . Taxi Driver, The Color Purple, To Kill A Mockingbird

Brian and Jim do a deep dive into the Drama category this week. The list is full of heavy hitters. Will it be Taxi Driver, The Color Purple, or To Kill A Mockingbird? Find out What’s In The Box?!

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Episode Notes

In this episode:

• Evansville weather is stupid

• Get to know the Duders Mortal Kombat edition

  • Listen to our special Mortal Kombat episode here

  • Listen to our first Halloween episode here

• Movie Talk

  • Jim reviews a movie from Family Video & his first theater movie of the year

  • Brian reviews a double feature from his pandemic list

• Dave Bautista

• Check out the Official Dude, What?! Archive

What’s In the Box?!

• Taxi Driver (1976)

• The Color Purple (1985)

• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

SHOW SPOILERS

The guys discuss:

• Another true Dude, What?! movie

• Brian had high expectations for this film

• The Color Purple is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Alice Walker

• Listen to the Dances With Wolves episode here

• Danny Glover

• The use of humor in Dramatic films

• Whoopi Goldberg was great

• Issues with the Soundtrack

• How much they hate content that is highlighted in this film

• Fatherhood cycles and legacies

• Brian Takes On The World

  • 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

  • IMDb

  • Metacritic

  • Rotten Tomatoes

  • Roger Ebert

Movies Mentioned in this episode

• The Color Purple (1985 Drama)

• The Salvation (2014 Action/Drama)

• Escape Plan (2013 Action/Thriller)

• Godzilla vs. Kong (2021 Action/Sci-Fi)

• Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018 Action/Crime)

• Jaws (1975 Adventure/Thriller)

• Pleasantville (1998 Comedy/Drama)

• Black Panther (2018 Action/Adventure)

• Training Day (2001 Crime/Drama)

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