Never Heard Of It

This week, Craig and Shawn talk about watching 1977's 'It Happened One Christmas', that Marlo Thomas movie that we teed up last week. When they said they were basing this movie on 'It's a Wonderful Life', boy howdy, they weren't kidding. Here all about how Orson Welles stacks up against Lionel Barrymore! How Marlo Thomas stacks up against Jimmy Stewart! How Christopher Guest stacks up against... the actor who played the same part as Christopher Guest! Man oh man, it's quite the celebration of Christmas spirit up in here!

This week, Shawn and Craig give you the backstory on 1977's 'It Happened One Christmas', a Marlo Thomas-produced TV movie that was based very, VERY heavily on 'It's a Wonderful Life'. Craig runs down the cast and crew - you'll be watching one of Christopher Guest's least known roles, for instance - and Shawn has some very cool info on how this movie was received both then and now. Let me tell you, this is one tee up that won't leave you wishing you'd never been born!

This week Craig and Shawn get the Christmas spirit while watching Brett Ratner’s 2000 romantic dramedy ‘The Family Man.’

Season’s greetings! This week Craig and Shawn kick off the holidays with a glimpse behind the scenes of the (Saint) Nicolas Cage & Tea Leoni 2000 romantic dramedy ‘The Family Man.’ Get those chestnuts roasting and join us!

Um... hey everybody. We need to talk. This week, Shawn and Craig watched 1973's 'Belladonna of Sadness' and they're going say some things about it. This is... I mean, man. Wow. This is a heavy, heavy, beautiful, disturbing, razor-sharp, and muddy as hell bit of business. And these two nimrods really dig into it. So... I mean, look - watch it if you want to? It's really something to see but it's also... hoo boy. It's both a hard recommend and hard TO recommend, knowhatimean? Enter at your own risk. 

Oh, boy howdy, you guys, have we got a heavy episode for you today. We're talking about the background of 'Belladonna of Sadness' an animated film out of Japan from 1973. It sounds like it's gonna be an intense ride so make sure you're of a mature age and that you're at least this tall before you strap in. Craig will tell you all about the cast and crew, which at the very least has some connection to Astro-Boy and Kurasawa, and Shawn will tell you all about the behind-the-scenes stories like the fact that this movie didn't make its US premiere until 2009, when all the rest of you were out watching Avatar, for the fifth time. Come on and hear all about it and then go check out the movie!

This week Craig and Shawn welcome filmmaker Heath C. Michaels to discuss the rules of rock in the 1983 Clive A. Smith directed animated sci-fi music tale ‘Rock & Rule.’

This week Craig and Shawn go to 11 in order to bang out all the important info you need to know about the 1983 animated sci-fi music laden cult flick ‘Rock & Rule.’

This week, Shawn and Craig talk all about watching the 1924 silent thriller 'The Hands of Orlac'! It's all about this fella Orlac and how he loses his hands and how he gets the hands of a killer grafted on to his arm stumps. A chiller, to be sure. And if you ever wanted to know how much these two DON'T know, this is the episode for you. Do they know if hand transplants are real or not? Nope. Do they know which character wrote which letter and when they did it? No, thanks. Do they know if you'll listen all the way to the end of this episode? Certainly not. Let's all find out together! Got check out 'The Hands of Orlac' and then give this bad boy a listen.

This week, Shawn and Craig put their noses to the grindstone for 1924's 'The Hands of Orlac', a movie that asks 'If you HAD to be in an accident where you lost both of your hands and you HAD to have the hands of a killer grafted on to your wrist-stumps, would that really be so bad?' The answer, to judge by the poster, is a big YES. But judging by the cast and crew and behind the scenes stories, and the fact that his movie is nearly 100 years old, this is a body horror story with serious legs. Will it prove to be head and shoulders above the rest? The only way to know is to knuckle down, lend an ear to this episode, and then cast your eyes on the movie itself.

This week Craig and Shawn exchange vows and carry each other over the threshold of the house that is the 1970 Leonard Kastle, Donald Volkman, and Martin Scorsese (whaaa’?!?) directed murder flick ‘The Honeymoon Killers.’ Thanks for listening!

This week Craig and Shawn kick off October with a look behind the scenes of the 1973 crime thriller ‘The Honeymoon Killers.’

This week, Shawn and Craig take a deep dive into mid-90s indie cinema with a first-of-its-kind movie, 1996's Cheryl Dunye-directed 'The Watermelon Woman'. Listen to these two fools fumble their way through a beloved cinematic landmark. Things discussed: relationship dynamics, cultural appropriation, Camelot Superstore, tasteful erotic scene-making, not being a lesbian, scrappy indie movies, and VHS movies that are priced to rent. Boy howdy, they step in it deep this time, people. Go watch the movie, then come listen!

This week, Craig and Shawn give you all the background info they could find on Cheryl Dunye's 1996 film ' The Watermelon Woman'. We're talking about a first-of-its-kind movie, here, folks! You will not get a more first-of-its-kind movie from this podcast this week! We talk about everything from CRAZY long credits lists to the problem with showing beautiful, natural sexual relations when part of your film is comprised of an NEA grant. There's a lot to chew on here and that's really not a pun, I promise! 

This week Craig and Shawn grab their spoons and chow down on the 1992 Alexandre Rockwell directed comedy ‘In the Soup.’

This week Craig and Shawn tee up all the salty ingredients of the 1992 indie comedy ‘In the Soup.’

This week Craig and Shawn talk about the Four Seasons hotel in New Yor-- strike that, they’re talking about the 1981 Alan Alda directed/starring movie of the same name. Easy mistake! But rest assured they’ve got opinions to share AND little chocolates for your pillows at night. So, come and listen and get a good night’s sleep. Enjoy!

This week Craig and Shawn talk not one, not two, not even three, but all four seasons when they tee up the Alan Alda directed 1981 comedy... 'The Four Seasons.' And if you can come up with a fifth season, they'll even talk about that. But until then, enjoy this tantalizing journey into the who, what, when and how this thing came to exist. They'll be back next week to weigh in with their thoughts on the film itself and, as always, thanks for listening!

This week, Shawn and Craig talk about watching 1976’s ‘Stay Hungry’. It’s a movie that throws Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Sally Field, and Jeff Bridges into a big stew that’s being stirred by Bob Rafelson and then serves it up hot. And this is an XXXL episode where we bring up questions they way Arnie brings up dumbbells - What are those capsules that guy is breaking and sniffing? Why is Jeff Bridges so sweaty? Arnold plays a fiddle? These questions and more will be either half-answered or at least alluded to - that’s the Never Heard of It guarantee!

This week, Shawn and Craig get into the details behind the Bob Rafelson-directed 1976 movie 'Stay Hungry'. This movie brings together Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Jeff Bridges and Sally Field in a one-time-only type of entertainment. Throw in Scatman Crothers, Robert Englund, Ed Begley, Jr., 32 metric tons of pectoral muscle and some questionable but still pretty fun karate moves and, boy oh boy, you've got our tee up for the one, the only, the Stay Hungry. Do give 'er a listen.