I Can't Believe You Haven't Seen...

Orlando is a film that has grown in stature and gained a greater audience since it was released in 1992. Jess loves it, and has seen it many times dating back to her university days. Matt had not seen it, much to Jess' astonishment as she felt like it would be right up his alley. So she kept it for this episode where he could discover Orlando as a young man. Also as a young woman. Look, it&ap...

Jess isn't new to Paul Thomas Anderson films. She and Matt did recently watch  the most recent Best Picture winner "One Battle After Another", and she has seen a couple others in the past. How she missed Boogie Nights, one of his most acclaimed films, is anyone's guess. It might have something to do with her being in elementary school when this portrait of the 70's porn in...

Norma Rae is a pretty legendary movie with an iconic award-winning central performance that showed what a successful, crowd pleasing story in the "New Hollywood" era of the late 70s looked like. Somehow, despite LOVING this era, Matt had not ever seen it. Jess was shook. Mostly because Norma Rae Webster is pretty iconic to her. Also because standing on a table defying authority is her id...

After being out for an entire calendar year and saving it for this very special 20th episode, Jess and Matt finally got to see Sinners. This is the second "I Can't Believe WE Haven't Seen" special episode, and they can't contain they're feeling for very long. Simply put: it lives up to the hype. Not only that, but it is deep and rich in so many different ways. Plus, n...

After having two romantic comedies selected for him by Jess so far, Matt decided to flip one back her way. In typical Matt fashion, he went older...wayyy older, all the way back to 1934 for the legendary It Happened One Night. Turns out that, not only has it held up better than she could have imagined, but Jess might just have a new comfort movie. Mostly because a movie full of sarcastic banter an...

Look, overnight red eye flights are the worst. Jess and Matt both agree on this. Wes Craven's 2005 film Red Eye, however...not the worst. Jess knows this, and had seen the film several times in her teenage years working at a movie theatre. Matt, however, had never seen it. It was a bit of a trip to watch much younger versions of Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy, it was even more of a trip to...

Despite having them around in her life peripherally growing up, Jess has not really seen a lot of westerns. Matt figured that, if they were going to watch a western for the podcast, it should be a fun time. It doesn't hurt that it stars Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katherine Ross all in their...*ahem* late 60's prime. Did "throuples" exist in the old west? Don't worry,...

The 2010 Dreamworks animated film How To Train Your Dragon was one that Matt had never seen (much to the chagrin of his younger brother). There were poorly named Viking children, there were cute dragons that behaved likely puppies, and Scottish accents. Not sure if he was prepared for all of those, but it did give him and Jess plenty to talk about. In this episode, they dive into tradition versus...

One of Matt's favourite films of all time is The Apartment, and he introduced it to Jess many years ago. So for this episode, they decided to share it with their friends Kim and Jason and bring them on the podcast to talk about it! It's the second episode with special guests, and even though there are four voices in it, they definitely share the airtime far more seamlessly than CC Baxter...

We're heading back to the 1700's where Jess is going to get a taste of the classic 1984 period piece Amadeus, a fictionalized film revolving around Mozart. She had never seen it, and Matt was not able to successfully convince her to wear a powdered wig to watch it. Good thing, because they watched the Director's Cut (which Matt had also never seen) and three hours in a powdered wig...

Ever the romantic comedy enthusiast *insert sarcasm sign here*, Matt had not ever had the chance to see The Proposal, with peak Sandra Bullock and a wee-baby Ryan Reynolds. Jess did promise him some Betty White hilarity, so at least he knew he had that to look forward to. She didn't warn him about being treated to the only male exotic dancer on a remote Alaskan island, but...really, can you e...

It's spooky season, and Matt has been able to prep Jess over the course of many months to watch something a bit scary. For our annual October movie watching traditional, we watched the modern classic Get Out. Jess was ready for scares, and she got them...but not exactly as she fully expected. Anyone that has seen this one knows that Jess was going to have PLENTY to talk about: racial micro- a...

Jess and Matt have already seen (and love) All About Eve, the classic Hollywood tale of a woman clawing her way to fame. Our dear friend Ashley, however, had not. Considering that Ashley is a classic film junkie, we were stunned and just had to take the opportunity to have her as our first podcast guest! This time around, Ashley gets to lead the discussion, and we get into all sorts of topics: the...

Matt had not seen Spike Lee's Inside Man. Jess had also not seen Inside Man. And thus, the first version of "I Can't Believe WE Haven't Seen..." was born! Good thing there was lots to talk about, even if neither of us had any idea who would be leading the conversation. Despite this chaotic set-up, we still got to talk about the roles of money and power, post-9/11 America,...

Jess had never had the chance to "witness" any of the out-and-out craziness that is Mad Max: Fury Road when it came out in 2015: the wild vehicles, the War Boys, Immortan Joe (who will be referred to by a... *ahem*... different name most of the way through this episode), and the convoy of Max and Furiosa looking to find the Green Place. It goes about as well as you would expect in an Aus...

Saved! is a movie Matt had always seen at the video rental stores but had never checked out. Maybe it's because it came out around the same time as Mean Girls (possibly), maybe it's because he didn't know it was supposed to be a satire (maybe), or maybe it's because he was too busy watching pretentious hipster movies (most definitely). Now that Jess has introduced him to it, th...

Jess has seen a couple of the newer James Bond films with Daniel Craig, but never anything starring the original 007, Sean Connery. He's pretty to look at and everything, but in a spy movie made primarily for a male audience interested in spy movies and "being cool" in the 1960's...well, I think you might have an idea how Jess felt about A LOT of this one. But this just means t...

Matt read this book way, way, waaayyyyyy back in the day (old man jokes!), this this initial film adaptation from 2005 was never one he sought out. He would probably blame this on fantasy just not being his genre, but Jess isn't high on the genre either and she still watched the film when it came out. Either way, he's out of excuses now! Grab a handful of the most authentic Turkish Delig...

Jess isn't new to Martin Scorsese movies, but Goodfellas had eluded her. This is a bit surprising, given how fascinated she is with true stories AND organized crime, but now she fully understands why you should never tell Joe Pesci that he's a funny guy... We get to talk about unions, fourth wall breaks, the "right way" to do crime, and all the delicious food. You can listen in...

Steel Magnolias was HUGE in 1989 when it came out. Matt was only 7 years old, so he can perhaps be forgiven for not watching it then. His parents may not have approved of him hearing some of Ouiser Boudreaux's colourful language... There's a lot to talk about with this film! So many wonderful strong female characters, so many head-scratching decisions related to Easter eggs, so many time...

While she has seen many Pixar films, including most of the other ones released in the 2010s, Jess had never seen Inside Out. She was, however, very familiar with getting random songs and ad jingles stuck in her head for no good reason. Thankfully, this movie helped explain that! She felt seen...and attacked. As you can imagine with a movie about our own emotions, she had all sorts of responses! Sh...

Despite growing up in the 90's, when Julia Roberts was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, Matt had never seen My Best Friend's Wedding. He was not prepared for the amount of musical/singing numbers in store for him. Will we have to say a little prayer for him? Matt has questions, Jess is fascinated, everyone wants more Rupert Everett, and they both work to unpack this cultural touchs...

Jess had not seen The Silence Of The Lambs. She knew the cultural references: the fava beans, the Italian wine varietals, the proper places for lotion to be put in.  But now, she has seen it, and she has thoughts! Join us for our first episode where we talk about this legendary thriller, the amazing lead performances, it's gender roles, and whether or not any of the men in this film actually...