Never Heard Of It: Recent Episodes
Shawn Harwell & Craig Moorhead
Shawn Harwell (writer, Red Oaks, Eastbound and Down, The Campaign) and Craig Moorhead (editor, The Heroes of Arvine Place, Nightmare Next Door) watch and discuss the movies that have fallen through their cracks. Tee Up episodes cover the people and stories behind the scenes and are followed by an entire episode dedicated to a spoiler-filled examination of the films themselves. Enjoy!
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.
This week Craig and Shawn are reunited with their guitar brother from another mother, filmmaker Todd Rohal! And not only do they talk up their thoughts on the 2005 Japanese comedy ‘Funky Forest: the First Contact,’ but they also get literally poetic. You don’t want to miss it.
This week Craig and Shawn travel once again to Japan from the comforts of their chairs (to once again make you uncomfortable in yours) in order to tee up all the funky details of the 2005 comedy 'Funky Forest: The First Contact.' It's a title so nice, they'll say it at least thrice. Maybe even fivce.
Come get educated!
This week, Shawn and Craig talk all about watching 1988's 'The Beast'. You guys, this is one of those movies - sadly overlooked and for no good reason. We'll get into everything with a little help from an email from Executive Producer Dale Pollock. You'll find out what the CORRECT title of this movie is, you'll hear an INCREDIBLE facsimile of the original 'The Beast' pitch, and you'll find out what you should do on the first day of shooting when none of your tanks show up. It's quite a ride! So come on in and check it out.
This week, Shawn and Craig tee up 1988's 'The Beast' a.k.a. 'The Beast of War' a.k.a. the Kevin Reynolds movie that doesn't star Kevin Costner. They get into it real good, too, from Craig getting excited about crew who worked on Night of the Creeps to Shawn's deep dive on Dale Dye. Don't dilly dally on this deep Dale Dye dive, dudes. Do it!
Craig and Shawn are back this week to dip their toes all the way into the waters of Matti Diop’s 2019 supernatural tinged drama ‘Atlantics.’ Will those toes be bitten off by toe-crazed sharks, causing them to bleed out, attracting only more sharks? Or will the two co-hosts with the co-most just talk about a movie the way they always do? Only one way to find out!
This week Craig and Shawn get into all the pertinent details they could (lazily) find about the 2019 Netflix film 'Atlantics,' from director Mati Diop. This one is literally related to episode 14. Come find out how!
Thanks for listening!
This week, Shawn and Craig talk all about watching 1973's 'Touki Bouki', a film straight out of Senegal that had them alternately thrilled, beguiled, intrigued, inspired and confused. But that's not terribly surprising, is it? These guys could barely make heads or tails of Teen Wolf back in Season 1. Who are we foolin'? Regardless - we all know their charm lies in their ignorance and these dudes have charm to spare. So go check out the movie on your own and then come back to have a good hardy laugh.
This week, Craig and Shawn tee up the 1973 Senegalese film 'Touki Bouki' (aka 'Journey of the Hyena'). This is a true never heard of it this week, you guys. None of that soft-boiled 'haven't heard about it in a while' or 'I watched it with one eye closed'. Neither of these ne'er-do-wells had any idea this movie existed until probably a couple of weeks ago. But there are plenty of people who are very aware of it - does the name 'Martin Scorsese' mean anything to you? No? How about 'Criterion Collection?' Still no? How about 'Abraham Lincoln'? Just checking because you seem pretty unfazed by all of this. The point is - we're gonna tee up something we are in no way prepared for and what's better than that? Give us a listen and then go check out the film!
This week Craig and Shawn run shine and give the law the slip as they serve up their thoughts on the 1958 Robert Mitchum drive-in staple, ‘Thunder Road.’
This week Craig and Shawn race once more down ‘Thunder Road,’ only this particular road is from 1958 and has Robert Mitchum’s sweat stains on it. Listen now for everything you need to know about the folks who made it and come back next week for an in-depth discussion of the film itself.
This week, Craig and Shawn hitchhike down 2018's 'Thunder Road'. Find out what Jim Cummings and crew laid down and if Craig or Shawn could handle any of it. Some things they weren't clear on. Other things? Very clear. But which things? Will they agree? Disagree? There's only one way to find out. Check out 'Thunder Road' and then come give this one a listen.
This week, Shawn and Craig tee up the 2018 indie 'Thunder Road'. They'll talk about the relatively new blood involved in getting this movie to the screen, there will be a number of mispronounced names, Craig will incorrectly guess a Best Picture winner, and Shawn will discuss his plans to move to France. It's all in here, so come and get it!
This week there's a storm a comin' and it's not just the 1983 Douglas Trumbull directed sci-fi thriller 'Brainstorm'... it's guest Peter Fedak from the A Little Snack podcast! Come join us as we make him record all his memories on laser tape and then speed away on our recumbent bikes. Trust us: it'll all make sense eventually, maybe.
Thanks for listening!
This week Craig and Shawn tee up Douglas Trumbull’s 1983 sci-fi thriller ‘Brainstorm.’ Put on your thinking hats, because there’s plenty to unpack here.
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This week, Shawn and Craig get a little antsy about 'Phase IV', the 1974 Saul Bass-directed sci-fi flick. There's just so much to talk about - from the macro photography and acting chops of the ants to the regular photography and acting chops of the humans. What happened to Clete? Can the ants read minds? It's a lot to digest. So jump on down into this anthill and let's do this.
No foolin', this week Shawn and Craig tee up the 1974 Saul Bass sci-fi insect freak out "Phase IV"! Man, this one's got a crazy pedigree. Not only is it directed by the guy who gave us both the titles for North by Northwest AND the logo for the YMCA, but it's also produced by the same guy who produced Manimal! What more do you need to know, right? Well, luckily there's plenty more that you need to know and this episode's got it. So go get it!
This week Craig and Shawn stay at home and avoid all human contact, except for that with Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon Ho. Fortunately, they all three made a movie together in 2008 called 'Tokyo!' and today's episode is going to tell you all you need to know about it. Just from a distance.
Be safe, be healthy, stay home, and thanks for listening!
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This week Craig and Shawn tee up the 2008 triptych 'Tokyo!' from three globally acclaimed directors who are not at all Japanese.
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This week, Shawn and Craig talk all about their experience watching Neil Jordan's 1988 movie 'High Spirits'. They'll talk good gags and bad gags, O'Toole and how he just doesn't phone it in, and even what might have been before this movie was taken away from Mr. Jordan. They also talk a bit about the movies they've watched recently, so you know this is gonna be a humdinger. Get on it!
This week, Shawn and Craig talk about the 1988 Neil Jordan movie 'High Spirits'. Craig gives you the rundown on this A-list cast that runs very deep. And Shawn talks about some behind-the-scenes drama that left at least one director of the movie none too pleased! So give a listen to this background on the movie and then go check it out!
This week Craig and Shawn talk through the 1994 Nicolas Cage, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz heist comedy, 'Trapped in Paradise,' with guest Brian Crane. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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This week, we get ready for Saint Nic to come to town! Shawn and Craig get into all the nitty gritty details of the 1994 Nic Cage Christmas movie 'Trapped in Paradise'. This is a movie with a pretty crazy pedigree - I mean, that cast! - and the behind-the-scenes stories do not disappoint. Do you like bank robberies? Madcap antics? Micky Rourke impressions? If it's any of the above, you are in for a great time!
Craig and Shawn share their thoughts on the 2016 Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood comedy crime drama, 'The Trust,' from filmmakers Alex and Benjamin Brewer.
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Craig and Shawn tee up the 2016 Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood starring crime flick, 'The Trust,' from filmmakers Alex and Benjamin Brewer.
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Craig and Shawn talk about the 1976 Chia-Hui "Gordon" Liu and Yue Wong martial arts comedy 'Dirty Ho.'
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Craig and Shawn talk about Shigehiro Ozawa's 1974 Sonny Chiba film 'The Street Fighter'
Craig and Shawn talk about Gene Fowler Jr.'s 1958 sci-fi film 'I Married a Monster from Outer Space.'
Craig and Shawn talk about the Rene Clair directed 1942 comedy 'I Married a Witch,' starring Veronica Lake and Frederic March
Craig and Shawn talk the 1950 Nicholas Ray drama 'In a Lonely Place,' starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame
Brian and Shawn talk the 2008 Ryan Phillippe, Eva Green and Sam Riley thriller 'Franklyn'
Brian and Shawn discuss Michael Mann's 'The Keep,' starring Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jurgen Prochnow, Gabriel Byrne and Ian McKellen
Craig and Shawn talk the 1976 Scott Baio and Jodie Foster gangster children's musical 'Bugsy Malone.'
Craig and Shawn are joined by guest Tyler Baum to talk the 1968 Otto Preminger directed comedy ‘Skidoo.’
Craig and Shawn talk Richard Fleischer's 1959 crime drama 'Compulsion', starring Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman and Orson Welles
Craig and Shawn tee up the 1959 Orson Welles and Dean Stockwell crime drama 'Compulsion'
Craig and Shawn talk about the 1986 Paul Michael Glaser action flick 'Band of the Hand'
Craig and Shawn talk about the production and release of Bob Clark's 1974 horror hit 'Black Christmas'
Craig and Shawn talk about the cast and crew of the 1974 Bob Clark horror film 'Black Christmas'
This week, Craig and Shawn talk about Stanley Kubrick's debut feature 'Fear and Desire'.
Craig and Shawn continue their series on the movies of 1985 as they talk 'Back to the Future' and 'Teen Wolf'.
Craig and Shawn talk about the 1985 Best Picture nominees 'Prizzi's Honor,' 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' and 'Out of Africa.'
Craig and Shawn talk about the 1985 John Landis films 'Spies Like Us' and 'Into the Night'.
Craig and Shawn tee up the John Landis movies 'Spies Like Us' and 'Into the Night', which both came out in 1985.
Craig and Shawn tee up the 1985 rebellious lady adventures 'Desperately Seeking Susan' and 'The Legend of Billie Jean.'
Craig and Shawn Talk 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge' and 'Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning' and You'll Love It
Shawn and Craig give you a tee up for the episode on Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and Friday the 13th part V.
Craig and Shawn tee up the 1985 teen sex comedies 'Weird Science' and 'Private Resort.'
This week Craig and Shawn load up on garlic to both improve their respective breath and ward off the vampires in next week's 1985 movies of note: the horror comedy classics 'Fright Night' and 'Once Bitten." It's everything you wanted to know about these two flicks and a few things you didn't. Throw on those turtlenecks and enjoy!
This week, Craig and Shawn look at the alpha and omega of 1985 one-man-army movies - the Arnold Schwarzenegger kill-'em-up 'Commando' and the Chuck Norris head-scratch-'em-up 'Invasion USA'. We'll let you decide which one is alpha and which one is omega, but in terms of ignoring these two movies any longer, you have no choice. Let off some steam, listeners!
This week Craig and Shawn take a big ol' info dump on your podcast players in order to get you prepped for next week's 1985 throwdown. Chuck Norris returns to stave off an 'Invasion U.S.A.', while Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a much anticipated appearance and goes all 'Commando' on us. Will he EVER put on underwear? Don't know, but you better because you're gonna need it. Enjoy!
This week, Craig and Shawn go to war with two 1985 movies based on saving POWs in Vietnam - 'Rambo: First Blood Part II' and 'Missing in Action 2: The Beginning'. With a chorus of crickets singing behind them, Craig and Shawn sip mint juleps and discuss the finer points of these two actioners - the fuzzy politics, the body counts, the extremely flammable waterfalls. No leech remains unturned in part 3 of our series on the movies of 1985!
This week Craig and Shawn get your biceps sweaty in anticipation of our next full 1985 episode, where we will delve into the ultimate battle of colons. That's right, it's Rambo: First Blood Part II and Missing in Action 2: the Beginning.The titles are long, but the runtimes are short. Just like this episode. Enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn pick up where they left off back in the year 1985 and go straight to the heart of your childhood. 'Goonies,' 'Explorers,' and 'D.A.R.Y.L.' gave so many of us a reason to go outside and play without our parents telling us to, but how are they holding up 32 years later? Grab a walkie talkie and a Baby Ruth and get ready to find out. Enjoy!
This week, Shawn and Craig try something new - we start a series of episodes focused on the movies of a particular year, that year being 1985. in Part 1, we put on our historian hats and our Googling boots and bring you up to speed on the world that was! We also go into where your two hosts were as people - namely dumb kids who were way too lucky to be growing up in the Spielberg Kid Movie era. Enjoy!
Ahoy! This week Craig and Shawn go once more unto the breach for a SPOILER HEAVY discussion of one of the most talked about movies of the year/this podcast. Informed opinions fly like bullets, poignant thoughts pile up like dead bodies, and no ships are coming to save you from this incredible episode. So bunker down and enjoy!
This week's miniature episode is all about the time Craig watched 'Dunkirk' with Christopher Nolan, Harry Styles, and Dr. Ben Carson. Or is it? Hint: one of those three people wasn't actually at the screening Craig attended. Which one? You'll have to listen to find out, silly. Enjoy!
Well, here we are: 50 episodes in and it's been a hell of a party. Just not quite as hellish of a party as the one David Hyde Pierce throws in 2010's 'The Perfect Host.' This week Craig and Shawn went searching for the best movie you've never heard of according to the internet and the results are a little schizo. Enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn are back with another miniature dosage of the addictive audio drug that's guaranteed to never become an epidemic! Listen along as they talk watermelons, Coens, Carpenters, Polaroids, radiant cities, Dunkirks, silver springs (not to be confused with Silver Spring) and barely anything more. Episode 50 is almost upon us and, as always, thanks for listening!
This week Craig and Shawn sit and spit about the classic 1988 college comedy 'Dangerous Curves,' starring Tate Donovan, Grant Heslov, and - if you believe the German poster on IMDb - Leslie Nielsen. Sure, he's in it. But is he really in it enough to be poster worthy, Germany? And is this really a classic? Or even a comedy? Whose curves are these?? Why are they dangerous?!? Only one way to find out!
In this week's mini ep, Craig and Shawn take on a lot of high-falutin' subjects with their low-falutin' knowledge. Such as - the piracy of Deadpool, whether or not it's bad to edit the swears out of a filmmaker's movie (it is), whether or not the NYT list of best 25 films of the century is perfect (it's not), and a couple neato mosquito movies that are coming soon. Don't miss this one! But if you do, just don't tell anybody. Thanks.
This week Craig and Shawn dive into the 1961 thriller 'Night Tide,' starring an extremely young Dennis Hopper as a man who's dating a woman who might - just might - be a mermaid. Or might not. She might just really like swimming. Only one way to find out! Big thanks to listener Tyler Baum for the suggestion and, as always, thanks to everyone for listening!
This week Craig and Shawn are back with more of the good and much less of the bad (hopefully)! Topics include an historic win at the Cannes Film Festival, an upcoming book that has our fangs sharpened, new trailers, and an alternate ending to a movie we've only mentioned six hundred times already. Enjoy six hundred and one!
This week, Craig and Shawn check out Emir Kusturica's 1988 movie 'Time of the Gypsies'. This is a very, very enthusiastic recommend for anyone who hasn't seen it. Equally, enthusiastic is this episode, in which Craig and Shawn also wrestle with their poor grasp of geography and language while gushing over a movie that, let's face it, they may only just barely "get".
Enjoy!
Ahoy! We're back this week with another mini-episode to talk all the news that's fit to print on your eardrums. Topics include a new venture for Jordan Peele, the return of Roseanne, a Hollywood hijacking, the best endings of the decade and more! Thanks for listening and to our sponsors for not existing!
This week Craig and Shawn welcome Mary Ratliff, director of 2014's 'Good Game' documentary and the host of the Introductions Necessary podcast, to the, uhhh, podcast! Join us as we talk George Lucas bios, eSports, delivery boys, and the 1999 Korean crime comedy 'Attack the Gas Station!' It's gonna be a gas!
Today Craig and Shawn talk over a wide-assed range of topics, including but not limited to (and not necessarily including): the narrowly averted WGA strike, whether or not people like to watch stuff on TV, an out-of-the-blue movie from India cracking the top 5 box office in the US, Brian De Palma's upcoming joints, and Kendall Jenner's top 10 favorite ways to chillax. Enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn crank up their hair dryers and comb down their sideburns to talk the 1991 Tom DiCillo indie comedy "Johnny Suede." Who knew Brad Pitt would have such a bright future after playing a guy so stuck in the past? Probably literally no one. Probably. Enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn are joined once again by the co-host of the A Little Snack podcast, Brian Crane, to talk the news of the day! (Or yesterday. Or just any old day.) Topics include the inevitable 'Coming to America' sequel, 'Captain Marvel's' directors, Netflix's spending sprees, and Skynet's thoughts on your scripts. Enjoy!
This week, Craig and Shawn talk up the 1983 made-for-TV movie 'Murder in Coweta County', a rare team-up between oldsters Andy Griffith and Johny Cash that will open your mind to many things, like Opie's dad being a cold-blooded killer and the Man in Black being... well, he's still the Man in Black. Whatcha gonna do?
This week Craig and Shawn talk about things that all seem to more or less deal with miniature human beings, which is appropriate since this is a miniature episode. Topics include the teaser for the remake of Stephen King's It, Moana, The B.F.G, the problem with playgrounds in theaters and a little more! Toddlers rejoice!
This week, Craig shoves Shawn head first into 2016's 'Boo! A Madea Halloween'. Let's just say that neither one of them were ready for would come next. There are clowns, sure. And some spooky music. But there's a whole lot of other stuff that the uninitiated would never see coming. So give the movie a watch and give this episode a listen!
Time for another dose of news that may have slipped through your cracks! This week we talk South by Southwest, Craig's ass-handing of 'Get Out', and the latest trailer from Edgar Wright. Put your pants on and enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn welcome Nick Clement back to the fold to get illicit with the 1990 pitch-black Tony Scott and Kevin Costner party 'Revenge.' Along with co-hosting the excellent Podcasting Them Softly, Nick also writes for Variety and is working on a book about someone mentioned in this very episode! Is it Craig? Shawn?? Jerry O'Connell??? Only one way to find out. THANKS FOR LISTENING!
In today's mini ep, Shawn and Craig talk about the big Oscars Whoopsie of 2017, why comedy and horror don't get any respect at the Academy, plus assorted trailers and news and notes from the world of show.
Enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn welcome Brian James O'Connell, the creative master blaster behind 'Bloodsucking Bastards,' on to talk comedy, horror, and the 2013 comedy/horror 'Bad Milo.' Finally, all the questions of what would happen if a monster lived up your butt will be answered in full. REJOICE!
This week, Craig and Shawn rip through many of today's most important headlines. Namely: how do you make a movie about Michael Jackson's chimp? Can your friends make a good Halloween movie? What if Mulan wasn't a cartoon? What if an outdoor drive-in was INDOORS? And many other mind blowers. Don't miss it!
This week Craig and Shawn welcome independent theater manager and old film school chum Jason Barker to the non-existent studio to talk the 1959 Disney jig 'Darby O'Gill & the Little People.' Did you know Sean Connery made movies pre-Bond? Did you know that at least one of those movies has to do with Leprechauns? You do now. Thanks for listening and go visit The Lumina in Chapel Hill, NC!!
This week's mini ep finds Craig and Shawn talking the upcoming P.T. Anderson / D.D. Lewis reunion, the latest James Franco literary adaptation, Mel Gibson's return to intentional comedy, an Oscar snub, and how Liam Neeson is about to be in deep, deep, deep, deep snow. Thanks for listening!
In this week's episode, Craig and Shawn talk about the 1983 music industry spoof(?) 'Get Crazy', a movie that was described by its director as having "3000 punchlines and 1000 jokes". We love that line so much we've used it here and throughout the episode. So look forward to that!
This week Craig and Shawn take a listener suggested stroll down debate lane to discuss the pros and cons of re-creating dead people's faces in 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.' If that's not enough, what if we told you we also discussed piracy? Still not enough? There's more! But stop being greedy, please.
This week Craig and Shawn resist the urge to pun you into oblivion as they talk about the 2016 documentary Nuts! from director Penny Lane. The film tells the tale of noted surgeon and radio pioneer John R. Brinkley, whose famed goat gland procedure catapulted him to wealth and notoriety. Thanks for listening!
What's happening? Our first mini-ep of 2017 catches you up on all that was seen over the holidays, discusses Steven Soderbergh's own 2016 list, talks up another podcast, ruminates on a highly recommended book and looks at the year's box office. Not even we know how we fit all this into 23 minutes. Enjoy!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We're coming out of the gate strong in 2017 with the first of an untold number of future episodes where we finally watch a movie we should've seen a long ass time ago. Today's movie is the 1967 Best Picture winner "In the Heat of the Night,' directed by Norman Jewison. Expect trivia, context, a reading, some singing, and much more! Thanks for listening!
Shawn and Craig save Christmas with their year end ramblings - what they shoulda seen, what the coulda seen, what they did see, and what you can put on in the background to accompany your family fighting about politics. One thing they don't do is predict box office, which is probably smart. This will be their last podcast until they return on January 4th with a podcast about In The Heat of the Night. So let's get on with it!
In this episode, Craig and Shawn stumble through the listener suggested film 'A Field in England', the best psychotronic period film about guys in a field ever made. Special thanks to Alex Callaghan for suggesting this sucker!
In this week's mini-episode, Craig and Shawn shoot the poo about a project you can help get off the ground, a project the Pope is blessing off the ground, and a hypothetical project that needs a Garfield, Driver or Isaac to get anywhere near the ground. All that plus the bi-weekly bad news for fans of getting things right. Enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn welcome novelist, screenwriter, and 'Red Oaks' co-creator Joseph Gangemi to the confession booth to talk about his impressive career, as well as the 1985 Michael Dinner directed dramedy 'Heaven Help Us.' Want to find out which one of this film's actors went on to have a career in porn? Only one way to find out... Thanks for listening!!
In this week's mini-episode, Shawn and Craig spout off about The Arrival and how it was written and then about Doctor Strange and how it got done. And you better believe there are also some bulletproof, rock solid box office predictions for the Thanksgiving weekend, as well. Enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn pretend to be someone they're not in order to climb up to 'The House on Telegraph Hill,' the 1951 thriller from legendary director Robert Wise. Will they make it to the top or crap out half-way up because they're horribly out of shape? Only one way to find out. So cut the brakes, fire up your chemistry set, and pour a glass of orange juice: this one's Wise beyond its years. (Get it?)
This week Craig and Shawn are back from the polls to talk the new Trainspotting 2 trailer, a rare public appearance by Terrence Malick, a fancy new streaming option and a little bit more! Come along and bring your box office predictions too, because this week one of them gets straight up psychic.
This week Shawn and Craig welcome filmmaker Heath Michaels (Yeardley) into the NHOiT Studios to talk about his own filmmaking career, with some good tricks and tips you can follow (like never take a ride from a stranger who offers a trick about tips) and also to talk about 1982's hilarious and disturbing Quest for Fire, a movie about cavemen and the mysterious fires that elude them. Enjoy!
Hello, Boys and Ghouls! This week we get all scary with news of the spooky 'Suspiria' remake, the dastardly anniversary of Scorsese's 'The Departed,' and the terror that is IMDb and those awful monsters who use it. And if that doesn't make you wet your pants in fright, then our ghastly box office predictions will chill you straight to your skeleton-hole. Happy Halloween everybody!
Special Halloween Heard of It episode! That's right, we're living deliciously with Robert Eggers' 2016 indie horror juggernaut 'The VVitch.' As usual, we're late to the occult parties but this little gem is new to streaming and if you're in the same boat as we were then this is the perfect excuse to get caught up. So come join us and see if you live to talk about it!! (*This episode may or may not be endorsed by the church of Satan. Just FYI.)
Today, Shawn and Craig talk rumors about Disney buying out Netflix, trailers for Get Out and Jackie, the Netflix doc The Witness, and then they deliver their rock solid box office prognostifications for the coming weekend.
Enjoy!
This week, Craig and Shawn blather their way through 1973's 'Nothing But The Night', one of the much beloved Hammer Films starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. But is it much beloved? It's got sax jazz and English accents and child murder so, I mean... yeah, maybe? No matter what, it's something to see. And we done seent it. So come on in, pull up a chair and set a spell. We need to talk.
This week Craig and Shawn talk the upcoming Netflix show Haters Back Off, the late Curtis Hanson, the box office and absolutely nothing else. Except, oh yeah, Craig was nominated for an Emmy once. Big whoop. It's not like he won! Shawn could've been nominated for all kinds of Emmys, but Shawn took his name out of contention to focus on less frivolous things. Like podcasting. So there. Enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn are joined by Podcasting Them Softly hosts Nick Clement and Frank Mengarelli to talk the 1984 Abel Ferrara sleaze-fest 'Fear City.' Don't know this flick? You're about to get up to speed quicker than Billy Dee Williams can say "Don't Rock and Roll me." Why are you even still reading this? GO LISTEN!
This week, Shawn and Craig talk over the hyper, hyper, ultra mega realism of the movie 'In Cold Blood' and how that ultimate super duper realism is heavily sold in its trailer. Then we make some incredibly well-informed prognostications about the weekend's box office. And we haven't been wrong every time, have we? No, I'd say not. Enjoy!
This week we welcome actor/writer/director Bob Hardison (ANGRY WHITE MAN) to talk the James Franco directed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel 'Child of God.' If you've been pining for us to get into poop, necrophilia, and banjo music then Christmas came early this year, my friends. So put on a sweater, pucker up your lips, and meet us beneath the audio mistletoe!
On today's episode, Shawn and Craig talk about a possible follow up to The Big Lebowski featuring the Jesus, a remake of the movie of the boardgame Clue, how Humphrey Bogart's house is somehow producing a movie (I think?) and then our bulletproof, can't miss predictions as to what the box office will be come September 2nd. Be there!
On today’s episode, we take things from a woman’s perspective - namely Peggy Crane & Gretchen Harwell, wives to Shawn and Brian, but you can guess who goes with who. They talk their way through 1996’s ‘Bound’, the first feature from the Wachowski siblings and, man, there’s a lot to unpack here. Thankfully, Gretchen and Peggy are not afraid to go for it. Meanwhile, Shawn and Brian snicker a lot and make jokes. Real mature, guys.
In today's mini-'sode, Craig and Shawn talk the cost of doing business with Baz Luhrmann and the cast of the next Ocean's flick. After that they make box office predictions so bold you'll swear they've never seen a movie before in their lives! Enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn are not only in the same room with each other, but also with co-host of the A Little Snack podcast and storyboard artist Brian Crane! Join them as they soak up the Gatlinburg Nights and munch on well-fingered breadsticks! And if you hate Italy, boy/ragazzo have they got a movie for you: Paul Schrader's 1990 adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel, 'The Comfort of Strangers.'
In today's mini-episode, Craig and Shawn talk Trainspotting 2, M. Night Shyamalan's next mini-masterpiece 'Split', and then, to your chagrin, they predict the coming weekend's box office, a battle to the death between 'Suicide Squad' and 'Nine Lives'. Who will win? Who will lose? Who will listen? In all three cases, hopefully someone. Enjoy!
This week, Craig and Shawn talk up 2014's 'White God', a movie about dogs and how they're always waging war on humanity. Seriously, it's like all the time now! Stop with the war on humanity, amirite? Anyhoo, it's set in Budapest, which is cool, and it features Ed Hardy fragrances, which is a little less cool. Enjoy!
This week's travel-sized episode takes a moment to reflect, a moment to consider whether or not Tarantino can actually retire, and a moment to say we may have been wrong. And a couple other moments too. So have a moment with us, won't you? It'll only take a very brief period of time.
This week Craig and Shawn open up a briefcase full of Neil Simon and spend it all on Herbert Ross's 1983 dramedy 'Max Dugan Returns.' Join them as they teach Matthew Broderick impressive skills by paying someone else to teach him impressive skills and solve the quintessential movie mystery of young Craig's life.
This week's mini-ep is all about computers writing short film scripts, Helen Mirren's most anticipated upcoming movie, a Slingblade reunion of sorts and the movies opening this very weekend! How will know what to think if you don't listen? So listen!
This week Craig and Shawn talk Hopper and subs, soldiers and Pontiacs, and, naturally, popcorn and Swedish Fish. That can only mean one thing: we watched the 1984 submarine-less submarine movie 'The Inside Man.' Join us as we heat up the Cold War and whip towels at each other!
On today's mini-episode, Shawn and Craig talk up Zootopia's fine B.O., Mr. Magoo's dad, Soul Soul Soul: The Murray Murray Story, and a whole lot more. Don't miss this bite-sized morsel, listening fans!
This week Craig and Shawn change schedule and dig into the musty audio vaults to bring you the previously unreleased and first episode they ever recorded. The movie discussed is 2013's 'Wetlands,' which has absolutely nothing to do with Florida and everything to do with the human body. Enjoy!
Today Craig and Shawn are all over the map - Trainspotting 2, Ghostbusters the newboot, The Shining and Kubrick's Napoleon. What secrets are revealed? What ideas are explored? What insights are discovered? None, really, but that hasn't stopped you before, has it? Enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn become the Chaplin and Welles of talking about Chaplin and Welles as they discuss the 1947 serial killer comedy, 'Monsieur Verdoux.' If you too somehow missed Chaplin's turn as a wife murdering polygamist, then you definitely don't want to miss this episode or people will almost certainly make fun of you. Enjoy!
This week Craig and Shawn talk more stuff that you've probably already heard of, mostly because it all existed two decades ago. Topics include reboots for Jumanji and Zorro, the Blade Runner sequel casting, Ronald Reagan comedies and more! Thanks for listening!
This week Craig and Shawn take their cue from listener David Pyles and check out the 1974 avant-garde comedy 'Rhinoceros' directed by Tom O'Horgan. Finally all your questions about whether or not Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, and Karen Black are pachyderms will be answered in full. Strap your horns on and enjoy!
Shawn and Craig talk The Exorcist as it pertains to amusement parks, lawsuits as they pertain to Paramount, babysitters as they pertain to adventures, and Muppets. Enjoy!
This week on the big show, Shawn and Craig pick over the carcass of John Boorman's 1985 movie 'The Emerald Forest', a movie suggested this week by Heath "Hollywood" Michaels. We're gonna get into it about dams and Boothes and broken bones, so don't miss this one!
This week's mini-episode yet again finds Craig and Shawn talking about things you've actually heard of. Topics include the Lytro cinema camera, upcoming live action films of notable animated properties, sharks, and only slightly more!
This week Shawn made Craig watch the 2015 German drama 'Phoenix,' which inexplicably was not nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film even though one of these two knuckleheads was certain it had been. Listen as they butcher pronunciations, inaccurately revisit history, giggle at character names, and so much more. Enjoy!
This week's mini-episode again finds Craig and Shawn talking about things you've actually heard of. Topics include Batman v Superman: Global Box Office, Rohal goes Swimming, Linklater goes Nickelodeoning, a pleasant surprise via AT&T and only slightly more!
This week, Craig made Shawn watch 1941's 'Man Hunt', a Fritz Lang movie that asks the question "Assassinate Hitler? Why not?" and lets things rip on out from there. See: Nazis get hunted, Nazis get to hunting, and also the purest of romance. An uneasy mix? Maybe, but it doesn't change the fact that this movie has it all!
This week's mini-episode again finds Craig and Shawn talking things you've actually heard of. Topics include Ford & Spielberg, Horror & Anthologies, Zoos and Topias, Back to the Future 2 & Stuck Craws and only slightly more! Enjoy!
This week Shawn made Craig watch 2014's 'Why Don't You Play in Hell?', directed by Japanese master Sion Sono. You've never seen another film combine the yakuza, cinephiles, Bruce Lee, and toothpaste in such a bloody fun way. Unless you saw Craig's and Shawn's home videos. If you did, sorry about that. They promise this one's better!
This week Craig and Shawn debut a mini-episode to discuss things you've actually heard of. Topics include the Oscars, the Coens, the Houses which are Full, and the responsibility of your local P.I. / documentary filmmaker. Things get INTENSE. But mostly just short. Enjoy!
This week, Craig made Shawn watch 2016’s ‘The Veil’, which dredged up some seriously traumatic music-related trauma for Shawn that, quite frankly, we're not sure that we are done with yet. Expect laughs, tears, and advice on when it’s a good time to go ahead and leave a haunted house.
This week listener Nancy Putnam made Craig and Shawn watch the 1994 Anthony Michael Hall auteur comedy 'Hail Caesar.' Sit back and enjoy as we discuss not only AMH's first (and to date only) adventure in the feature film director's chair, but his incredible influence over our personal lives as children, and just how close he came to being in a Kubrick flick.
This week Craig made Shawn watch 2003's 'Buffalo Soldiers' and they talk anti-heroes, Stripes, 9/11, and whether or not having a character talk to a mirror is a good idea. These are the big issues, folks. Let's drill down.
This week Shawn made Craig watch the 1949 Max Ophuls drama 'Caught,' which will be familiar to film fans as Martin Scorsese's 12th favorite film of all time! (Kind of. And in alphabetic order.) More importantly though, find out what Craig and Shawn think about the length of Robert Ryan's necktie. Spoiler: it's really short.
This week Craig made Shawn watch Ivan Passer’s 1971 junkie dramedy (?) ‘Born To Win’, starring the unlikely couple of George Segal and Karen Black. The film also stars - according to the dvd cover - Robert De Niro’s giant noggin. How could you not be excited?
Craig and Shawn welcome filmmaker Damian Lahey to the podcast just in time for him to save Christmas. They talk movie making, South Korean horror cinema, and then Shawn and Damian walk a very confused Craig through a very delightful movie - 2007’s ‘Shadows in the Palace’.
This week, Shawn made Craig watch Jesse Moss’s 2014’s documentary 'The Overnighters,' only to quickly learn that Craig would rather watch ‘Ghoulies 2’ - quote, “all day long” - than your typical documentary. Fortunately for everyone involved, this isn’t a typical documentary. Listen in awe as they work out Craig's deep-seated issues and more!
This week we watch Richard Ramsey's 2014 faith based romance 'The Song,' suggested by one of our awesome listeners, and deeply discuss the theological significance of man's eternal struggle with faith. Or just talk about wigs.
This week, Craig made Shawn watch 1970's 'Soldier Blue', a revisionist Western in which Murphy Brown tries to learn an American soldier a thing or two about Native Americans. You can probably guess by the phrase 'revisionist Western' that - SPOILER ALERT - everything goes poorly.
Craig and Shawn welcome independent filmmaker Todd Rohal to the fold for a nice chat about his work, his tastes, his kindergarten prophecies and his pick for a movie they should have heard of: Damon Packard’s undeniably original 2002 comedy ‘Reflections of Evil.'
This week Shawn made Craig watch John Shade’s 1979 crime drama ‘The Swap,’ pseudo-starring a young Robert De Niro as a pseudo-film editor. What happened next would change their lives forever.
In this week's episode, Craig made Shawn watch 1998's 'Twilight', in which Paul Newman plays a private eye whose privates are eyed by a client who lies. But also by Rizzo. And he tries to solve an old case. It's pretty fun and it's pretty weird and James Garner is there!
Shawn made Craig watch Hossein Amini’s 2014 thriller, ‘The Two Faces of January’ and was shocked to discover it had nothing to do with January Jones.
Craig made Shawn watch Detroit 9000 this week, Arthur Marks' 1973 flick that asks the question "What?" and answers it with "Yes".
This week Shawn made Craig watch Starred Up, the 2014 prison drama from director David Mackenzie, which proves that before actor Jack O’Connell got Unbroken, he was just plain old broken.
Craig Moorhead (editor, The Heroes of Arvine Place, Nightmare Next Door) talks Shawn Harwell (writer, Eastbound and Down, The Campaign) through Jane Campion's 1999 movie 'Holy Smoke!', a movie about faith, feminism, kidnapping, and wetting yourself.