Coming Home

As we "celebrate" the Civic Holiday, Bev takes the week off and Ryan monologues in the 529th episode of Have You Ever Seen. The underrated Hal Ashby always got great performances out of his actors during that incredible run he had in the '70s. In Coming Home, he uses a plethora of classic songs---so many classic songs---to back up his stars' excellent work. Oscar winners Jon Voight and the remarkable Jane Fonda are romantic and sexy together. He's a veteran who returns from Vietnam unable to walk, while Bruce Dern comes back unable to cope. Fonda's married to Dern, but falls for Voight. Triangular problems! This teeth-chatter about Coming Home got quite political about government and war, so perhaps that requires a trigger warning for those who don't agree with the Ellises' liberal views. In any case, if you've got 37 minutes, fire up a podcast about a classic movie that all of us should probably feel obliged to see. Sparkplug Coffee is our sponsor. They offer a 20% discount to any customer who puts our "HYES" promo code into the right box. Go to "sparkplug.coffee/hyes". You can comment on our YouTube page (@hyesellis) and also subscribe, share, like...all that. You can also feed us back by zipping a few tweets our way (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis) or emailing us ([email protected]).