Have You Ever Seen

• The Virgin Suicides

  While Sofia Coppola's second film, Lost In Translation, remains her finest, the '70s-set The Virgin Suicides was a good start to her writing and directing career. Her debut is far from perfect, although it's lyrical, haunting and it looks fantastic. Now, we had issues with Coppola's loyalty to Jeffrey Eugenides' book, especially the narration and the inconsistent use of 5 boys across the street. Still, the movie is a good one. James Woods and Kathleen Turner as the parents and Kirsten Dunst as the most-rebellious of 5 daughters are the key members of a family of cloistered Catholics who live in the Michigan suburbs. The title of the movie gives away what happens...but why did they do it? We speak at length about the unknowable. So as June ends, take in Have You Ever Seen's 674th podcast as we throw it back and forth about The Virgin Suicides. Well, Actually: Bev is correct that Lux is 14 and is the second-youngest Lisbon...and because Ryan spent this episode thinking she was older than that, we didn't get as much into how she's a minor having sex with grown men as we probably should have. Also, this movie was playing at festivals before Freaks And Geeks hit TV screens in the fall of '99, so the movie used "Come Sail Away" in their homecoming dance before the TV show did. Sparkplug Coffee! They sponsor us and they offer our loyal listeners a onetime 20% discount. Just use our "HYES" promo code. The website in question is "sparkplug.coffee/hyes". Subscribe to Have You Ever Seen in your podcast app, but also find us on YouTube (@hyesllis in the searchie dealie). Rate, write a review, comment, follow, all that. We use social media. Ryan is @moviefiend51 on Twi-X and ryan-ellis on Bluesky. Bev is @bevellisellis on the first and bevellisellis on the second. And we read all your emails, even if we're slow to respond ([email protected]).

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• Erin Brockovich

  Caring crusaders are almost their own movie genre and one of the most successful films about such is Erin Brockovich. Steven Soderbergh had a huge year in 2000 with Traffic and also this biopic, turning both into blockbuster Oscar-winners. He won the award for directing Traffic while Julia Roberts won her own gold trophy for playing the brash, real-life, legal assistant who works day and night to expose an environmental cover-up that killed children in a small California town. Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart and Marg Helgenberger shine too, but this movie belong to Julia…and it might be her signature performance. So, Stick Man, be like Erin and be an empath in provocative clothes as we file a class action lawsuit against those who poison water, but as we also review Erin Brockovich in this 673rd edition of Have You Ever Seen. You don't have to memorize everyone's coffee order (or their phone number) if you want some good java. Just go to "sparkplug.coffee/hyes" and take advantage of our onetime 20% discount. Use our "HYES" promo code to do that. Subscribe to Have You Ever Seen in your podcast app, but also check us out on YouTube (@hyesellis in the search bar). Rate, review, comment, etc. Getting in touch with us can be done by seeking us out social media (Ryan is @moviefiend51 on Twi-X and ryan-ellis on Bluesky, while Bev is @bevellisellis on the first and just bevellisellis on the second) and we also read your emails ([email protected]).

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• Born Yesterday

  Judy Holliday unexpectedly won the 1950 Best Actress Oscar instead of Bette Davis in All About Eve and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd, but the Judes IS outstandingly funny in Born Yesterday. George Cukor's classic comedy actually gets funnier as it goes along, as the likable ditz Holliday grows curious about history, politics, word origins...and bettering herself. Broderick Crawford plays her uncouth, corrupt, long-time boyfriend who's in Washington to buy himself his very own politician while William Holden is the journalist paid to teach Holliday things she didn't know. And fun ensues. This 672nd episode on Have You Ever Seen is a one-Ryan edition, so shuffle through your dictionary to find exactly the right words as even Born Yesterday gets a thorough reviewin'...even. Try the goods at Sparkplug Coffee. Our "HYES" promo code is the key to getting a onetime 20% discount. The website is "sparkplug.coffee/hyes". Subscribe to Have You Ever Seen on your podcasting application, but track us down on YouTube too (throw @hyesellis into the search bar). Rate, review, comment, etc. Want to give us some feedback? Try the social stuff: Ryan is @moviefiend51 on Twi-X and ryan-ellis on Bluesky while Bev is @bevellisellis and bevellisellis on those 2 apps. Or email us: [email protected].

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• Coal Miner's Daughter

  We're entering a stretch of Have You Ever Seen reviews where the performances in the movies in question won the star a Best Actress Oscar. Sissy Spacek took it home 45 years ago for her transformation into the Coal Miner's Daughter...aka the First Lady Of Country Music, Miss Loretta Lynn. Spacek wasn't alone though. Tommy Lee Jones as her husband Doo and Beverly D'Angelo as Patsy Cline shine too. Michael Apted's biography has all that famous music, of course, but we're also talking about a difficult 50-year marriage, occasional violence and Lynn's ascent to stardom. This did the poverty-to-riches story so well before that became such a common theme in musical biopics. In any case, the 671st podcast on this channel is a one-Ryan effort about Coal Miner's Daughter, so tune up your voice, pluck your guitar and join the band. Sparkplug Coffee continues to be our sponsor. Go to "sparkplug.coffee/hyes" and, when you're ready to pay up, don't forget to use our "HYES" promo code...and get a 20% discount. Subscribe to Have You Ever Seen on your podcast app, but also on YouTube. Rate, review, all that. On the 'Tube, we're "@hyesellis" in the search bar. Feedback: our email address is "[email protected]" and our socials are ryan-ellis & bevellisellis on Bluesky and @moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis on the Twi-X thing.

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• Amy

  The documentary that won the Academy Award in 2015 is the topic of #670 of Have You Ever Seen. Asif Kapadia and his team look at the tremendous singer Amy Winehouse through archival footage and many new interviews with those in her circle, but the film sorely misses having these obscure people being shown on camera. Who’s who?! We were also critical of how Kapadia’s approach isn't as in-depth as he might think it is...and did this contribute to the pile-on done by the paparazzi and the media that loved to show her at her worst? There's so much blame to go around (her parents, the media, us and also her worst addiction…her husband Blake), but the women who badly needed rehab—and came up with a great song CALLED that—shoulders the most responsibility. At least we have the music. So cozy up to our chat about Amy. We're sponsored by Sparkplug Coffee. Apply our "HYES" promo code and win yourself a onetime 20% discount. The website is "sparkplug.coffee/hyes". Follow our podcast by subscribing in your app. Rate and review us too. Look for us on YouTube as well (@hyesellis in the search bar). Feedback options are email ([email protected]), Bluesky (ryan-ellis and bevellisellis) and Twi-X (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis).

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