I Love This, You Should Too

This episode was originally broadcast way back on Nov. 25, 2019, before we figured out the whole audio thing.

Crack open a Coca-Cola, grab a Big Mac, and a bag of Skittles, put on your Chicago Cubs hat and join us for this time capsule of 80’s cinema: MAC and Me! If you like alien movies, rip-offs of better alien movies, wheelchair bound children being put in dangerous situations, McDonald’s dance parties, and creatures that will haunt your nightmares for years to come, this is the movie for you!

Dance hysteria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518

Japanese DVD Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y5A0KpJkX8

This week we are talking about the best worst movie Troll 2, including green goo, sexy corn, goblins, dentists, whether or not you can piss on hospitality (you can’t, I won’t allow it), Harry Potter, war criminal ghosts, language barriers, but absolutely zero trolls.

Watch Troll 2 on Kanopy: https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/troll-2

Best Worst Movie (2009) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPEp1lDgsLM&t=2s&ab_channel=JackoTV

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha and Indy Randhawa

Troll 2 (or Goblins) is a 1990 independent dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Claudio Fragasso under the pseudonym Drake Floyd. It stars Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Connie McFarland, and Jason Wright. The plot follows Joshua Waits as he tries to save his family after the spirit of his deceased grandfather warns him that the town of Nilbog, where the family are spending their vacation, is inhabited by goblins who turn people into plant matter to eat them. Although produced under the original title Goblins, American distributors marketed it as a sequel to the 1986 horror film Troll. However, the two are unrelated and Troll 2 features goblins rather than trolls. The film was produced by Filmirage; development was rife with difficulties, largely due to the language barrier between the Italian-speaking crew and English-speaking cast, and producer Joe D'Amato's approach to low-budget filmmaking. It was released on October 12, 1990 by Epic Productions, and some considered it to be one of the worst movies ever made. In subsequent years, the film has gained a cult following. Though it was generally viewed as a poorly made horror film, the filmmakers stated that it was "always intended to be a comic film." Stephenson later directed the critically acclaimed 2009 documentary Best Worst Movie about the production and subsequent popularity of Troll 2.

Is this our longest title ever? First, Indy reviews several basketball documentaries including; Bill Russell: Legend,  Bad Boys, I Hate Christian Laetner, This Magic Moment, Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson, Malice at the Palace, and we have a not so brief divergence into the role of Allen Iverson in America's cultural battlefields. Then, Samantha recommends Star Crossed: A True WWII Romeo and Juliet Love Story in Hitler’s Paris by Heather Dune Macadam & Simon Worrall. Finally, we get ready to watch Troll 2, the best worst movie!

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha and Indy Randhawa

The Full Allen Iverson Practice Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9ZQhyOZCNE&ab_channel=ESPN

Star Crossed: A True WWII Romeo and Juliet Love Story in Hitler’s Paris by Heather Dune Macadam & Simon Worrall on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60098287-star-crossed

Watch Troll 2 on Kanopy: https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/troll-2

Best Worst Movie (2009) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPEp1lDgsLM&t=2s&ab_channel=JackoTV

Troll 2 (or Goblins) is a 1990 independent dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Claudio Fragasso under the pseudonym Drake Floyd. It stars Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Connie McFarland, and Jason Wright. The plot follows Joshua Waits as he tries to save his family after the spirit of his deceased grandfather warns him that the town of Nilbog, where the family are spending their vacation, is inhabited by goblins who turn people into plant matter to eat them. Although produced under the original title Goblins, American distributors marketed it as a sequel to the 1986 horror film Troll. However, the two are unrelated and Troll 2 features goblins rather than trolls. The film was produced by Filmirage; development was rife with difficulties, largely due to the language barrier between the Italian-speaking crew and English-speaking cast, and producer Joe D'Amato's approach to low-budget filmmaking. It was released on October 12, 1990 by Epic Productions, and some considered it to be one of the worst movies ever made. In subsequent years, the film has gained a cult following. Though it was generally viewed as a poorly made horror film, the filmmakers stated that it was "always intended to be a comic film." Stephenson later directed the critically acclaimed 2009 documentary Best Worst Movie about the production and subsequent popularity of Troll 2.

Religion, great performances, Ghost-Vampires, allegories, special effects, & curses all come up as we discuss a film we actually agree on, the horror classic: The Exorcist!

This episode was originally released on October 12, 2020

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha and Indy Randhawa

The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and produced and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Blatty. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran (in his final film role), Jason Miller, and Linda Blair. It is the first installment in The Exorcist film series, and follows the demonic possession of a 12-year-old girl and her mother's attempt to rescue her through an exorcism conducted by two priests.

We’re keeping things spooky with Indy’s pick, the divisive 2018 Ari Aster psychological horror film: Hereditary. We go over the plot and hints to the action behind the scenes, talk demons vs. mental illness, decode some symbolism, debate the merits of slow burn horror, touch on the nature of free will… you know, the usual stuff.
Yes, we do explain the ending.

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha and Indy Randhawa

Hereditary is a 2018 American psychological horror film written and directed by Ari Aster in his feature directorial debut. Starring Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne, the film follows a grieving family tormented by sinister occurrences after the death of their secretive grandmother. Hereditary premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 8, 2018. The film received positive reviews and made over $87 million, becoming A24's highest-grossing film at the time, until the release of Everything Everywhere All at Once in 2022.

Spooktober continues as we discuss the second The Simpsons Halloween special Treehouse of Horror II. Then Indy previews his Spooktober pick, the divisive 2018 psychological horror film Hereditary.

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

"Treehouse of Horror II" is the seventh episode of the third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on Fox in the United States on October 31, 1991. It is the second annual Treehouse of Horror episode, consisting of three self-contained segments, told as dreams of Lisa, Bart and Homer and is the only Treehouse of Horror episode to date where each segment name is not stated inside the episode. In the first segment, which was inspired by W. W. Jacobs's short story The Monkey's Paw and The Twilight Zone episode "A Small Talent for War", Homer buys a Monkey's Paw that has the power to grant wishes, although all the wishes backfire. In the second part, which parodies the Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life", Bart is omnipotent, and turns Homer into a jack-in-the-box, resulting in the two spending more time together. In the final segment, Mr. Burns attempts to use Homer's brain to power a giant robotic laborer.

Hereditary is a 2018 American psychological horror film written and directed by Ari Aster in his feature directorial debut. Starring Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne, the film follows a grieving family tormented by sinister occurrences after the death of their secretive grandmother.

Hereditary premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 8, 2018. The film received positive reviews and made over $87 million, becoming A24's highest-grossing film at the time, until the release of Everything Everywhere All at Once in 2022.

Our first film this Spooktober is the 2019 horror/comedy Ready or Not. We dissect the characters and performances, look at the metaphorical and literal class warfare, examine themes of exploitation and privlige, talk sets and costumes, pitch sequels, and more! Happy spooktober!

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

Ready or Not is a 2019 American dark comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. It stars Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Elyse Levesque, Nicky Guadagni, Henry Czerny, and Andie MacDowell. It follows a young bride who is hunted by her spouse's wealthy family as part of a wedding night ritual to worship the Devil.

We discuss a true touchstone of our childhood Halloweens: The Simpsons’ inaugural Treehouse of Horror episode from 1990, then we preview Samantha’s Spooktober pick: the 2019 horror/comedy Ready or Not!
Stay spooky, friends. Stay Spooky.

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

"Treehouse of Horror" is the third episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on October 25, 1990. The episode was inspired by 1950s horror comics, and begins with a disclaimer that it may be too scary for children. It is the first Treehouse of Horror episode. These episodes do not obey the show's rule of realism and are not treated as canon.The plot revolves around three scary stories told by the Simpson children in the family's treehouse. The first segment involves a haunted house that is based on various haunted house films, primarily The Amityville Horror (1979) and Poltergeist (1982). In the second segment, Kang and Kodos are introduced when the Simpsons are abducted by aliens. The third segment is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven". James Earl Jones guest starred in all three segments. The episode was received positively, being included in several critics' "best of" lists. Critics singled out The Raven for praise, although Simpsons creator Matt Groening was concerned that it would be seen as pretentious.

Ready or Not is a 2019 American dark comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. It stars Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Elyse Levesque, Nicky Guadagni, Henry Czerny, and Andie MacDowell. It follows a young bride who is hunted by her spouse's wealthy family as part of a wedding night ritual to worship the Devil.

This week we’re covering Tim Burton’s ghost with the most: Beetlejuice! We discuss its themes of acceptance, regaining innocence, unique blend of horror and comedy, reverse haunting, great performances, and more!

This episode originally aired on Monday Sep 13, 2021

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Company, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The plot revolves around a recently deceased couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) who become ghosts haunting their former home, and an obnoxious, devious poltergeist named Betelgeuse (pronounced and occasionally spelled Beetlejuice in the film and portrayed by Michael Keaton) from the Netherworld who tries to scare away the new inhabitants (Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, and Winona Ryder).

We are looking at the beloved Katherine Heigl romantic comedy 27 Dresses and analyzing it on the criteria of seemingly every RomCom of the era; the charming but flawed lead, the best friend, the wrong guy, the right guy, the turn from hate to love, the manufactured conflict, and the grand gesture. Did we just write a movie?

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa 

27 Dresses is a 2008 American romantic comedy film directed by Anne Fletcher, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, and starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden. The film was released in the United States on January 18, 2008. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $162.7 million against its $30 million budget.

Sam reviews Jodi Picoult’s historical fiction By Any Other Name, Indy attempts to connect with the youth with some quick music recommendations of current young artists; Meduulla, Haku., & Glass Beams. Then we get ready to enter the world of Katherine Heigl with the romantic comedy 27 dresses!

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa 

Meduulla is a 23 year-old Mancunian rapper paving her way into the UK rap scene. Her work reflects her experiences growing up in contrasting cultures as a first-generation immigrant to the UK from Zimbabwe, often using music as a vehicle for social and political discourse.

Glass Beams is an Australian musical trio from Melbourne, Australia. Their debut EP Mirage was released in June 2021. The band blends synth, rock, psychedelic, electric guitar, eastern instrumentals, and subtle cooing vocals. In all public appearances as a band they have worn gold bejeweled glass masks.

Jodi Lynn Picoult is an American writer. Picoult has published 28 novels and short stories, and has also written several issues of Wonder Woman Approximately 40 million copies of her books are in print worldwide and have been translated into 34 languages. In 2003, she was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction.

27 Dresses is a 2008 American romantic comedy film directed by Anne Fletcher, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, and starring Katherine Heigl and James Marsden. The film was released in the United States on January 18, 2008. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $162.7 million against its $30 million budget.

This episode we are covering the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park! Of course we talk about our favourite dinosaurs, but we also discuss the movie’s multi-genre approach to the blockbuster, the casting choices, the ethics of genetic manipulation, bare-chested Jeff Goldblum, and more!

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen, and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough. It is the first installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, and the first film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy, and is based on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Crichton and David Koepp. The film is set on the fictional island of Isla Nublar, off Central America's Pacific Coast near Costa Rica, where a wealthy businessman John Hammond (Attenborough), and a team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of de-extinct dinosaurs. When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the park's power facilities and security precautions, a small group of visitors, including Hammond's grandchildren, struggle to survive and escape the now perilous island.

Indy loves Donald Glover’s poignant, surrealist, dark comedy series Atlanta, Samantha recommends The Things We Leave Unfinished, an emotional multi-generational novel by Rebecca Yarros, and we preview next week’s big watch the seminal childhood summer blockbuster Jurassic Park!

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

Atlanta is an American comedy-drama television series created by Donald Glover. The series follows college dropout and music manager Earnest "Earn" Marks (Glover) and rapper Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles (Brian Tyree Henry) as they navigate a strange, seemingly otherworldly Atlanta hip hop scene. Atlanta also stars LaKeith Stanfield as Darius, Earn and Alfred's eccentric friend, and Zazie Beetz as Vanessa "Van" Kiefer, Earn's on-again-off-again girlfriend and the mother of his daughter.

Rebecca Yarros is an American author. She is best known for the Empyrean fantasy book series, which will be adapted into a television series with Amazon; Yarros will serve as a non-writing executive producer. Yarros graduated from Troy University, where she studied European history and English.

Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen, and starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Attenborough. It is the first installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, and the first film in the original Jurassic Park trilogy, and is based on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Crichton and David Koepp. The film is set on the fictional island of Isla Nublar, off Central America's Pacific Coast near Costa Rica, where a wealthy businessman John Hammond (Attenborough), and a team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of de-extinct dinosaurs. When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the park's power facilities and security precautions, a small group of visitors, including Hammond's grandchildren, struggle to survive and escape the now perilous island.

We’re out of the studio (kitchen) and taking our show to the 2024 Edmonton Folk Music Festival! We’re recording on location, reviewing music, sharing some Folkfest tips, and we have excerpts of live performances from Black Pumas, Orchestra Gold, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Black Umfolosi, Blue Rodeo, La Misa Negra, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and more!

https://edmontonfolkfest.org/

Held every year in August in Edmonton, the EFMF is one of the leading folk festivals in the world. From August 8 – 11, 2024, join us for four days of incredible music, community, and celebration in beautiful Gallagher Park this summer. This year’s headliners include Black Pumas, Blue Rodeo, La Misa Negra, Fantastic Negrito, and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss. In all, 64 acts will hit the stages during the four-day festival.

We're still recovering from this week's Folk Fest. So, while we sleep and edit, let's take a look back to 2023's festival. The 2024 episode will be out on Monday!

This week we are at the 2023 Edmonton Folk Music Festival! We Recorded at the festival grounds, battled through some audio issues and feature reviews of and music by artists like Feist, Aysanabee, Cha Wa, Ben Harper, Kimi Djabate, Fleet Foxes, Ben Harper, and more!

Edmonton Folk Fest Website: https://edmontonfolkfest.org/

We visited the 2024 Calgary Folk Music Festival and have so much to share with you! We have some interviews with artists from The Mariachi Ghost, Nicolette & The Nobodies, & Ginger Beef, plus reviews and live performances from The Roots, Cowboy Junkies, TEKE::TEKE, Fantastic Negrito, & more. Outfit reviews, dance reports, we didn’t do any food recommendations though. Maybe next year!

Calgary Folk Music Festival: calgaryfolkfest.com

The Calgary Folk Music Festival is one of Canada’s flagship, trailblazing music festivals. It's been held annually since 1980 at the beautiful Prince’s Island Park in Calgary, Alberta. Our broad, cutting-edge programming boasts 70+ artists from near and far playing on seven stages in concerts and collaborative sessions featuring everything from folk to funk to global sounds and fresh hip hop.
#CFMF2024

We are going back to the Edmonton Folk Music Festival for 2024! To get ready we are  discussing the artists we are most excited to see and sampling some of their music. This episode’s featured artists include; Black Pumas, Dawes, La Misa Negra, Danielle Ponder, The Heavy Heavy, Orchestra Gold & more!

#VibeTimez

https://edmontonfolkfest.org/

Held every year in August in Edmonton, the EFMF is one of the leading folk festivals in the world. From August 8 – 11, 2024, join us for four days of incredible music, community, and celebration in beautiful Gallagher Park this summer. This year’s headliners include Black Pumas, Blue Rodeo, La Misa Negra, Fantastic Negrito, and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss. In all, 64 acts will hit the stages during the four-day festival.

We are heading to the 2024 Calgary Folk Music Festival (July 25-28), so this week we are preparing by discussing the artists we are most excited to see and sampling some of their music. This episode’s featured artists include; The Roots, Nicolette & the Nobodies, James Vincent McMorrow, Julianna Riolino, Etran de L’Air, TEKE::TEKE, Celeigh Cardinal, & more!

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

Calgary Folk Music Festival: calgaryfolkfest.com

The Calgary Folk Music Festival is one of Canada’s flagship, trailblazing music festivals. It's been held annually since 1980 at the beautiful Prince’s Island Park in Calgary, Alberta. Our broad, cutting-edge programming boasts 70+ artists from near and far playing on seven stages in concerts and collaborative sessions featuring everything from folk to funk to global sounds and fresh hip hop.

This episode was originally released on September 19, 2022
Our feature this week is the Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison classic musical My Fair Lady. We talk dubbing controversies, feminism, Henry Higgins being a dick, employment opportunities, ambiguous endings, new wave music videos, bigfoot, Spooktember, and more! #FlowerShopForEliza
We don’t actually talk about bigfoot, but I don’t think anyone reads these.

Corrections: Audrey Hepburn did do another musical Indy loved, Funny Face!

My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical drama film adapted from the 1956 Lerner and Loewe stage musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 stage play Pygmalion. With a screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner and directed by George Cukor, the film depicts a poor Cockney flower-seller named Eliza Doolittle who overhears an arrogant phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, as he casually wagers that he could teach her to speak "proper" English, thereby making her presentable in the high society of Edwardian London.

The film stars Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins, with Stanley Holloway, Gladys Cooper and Wilfrid Hyde-White in supporting roles. A critical and commercial success, it became the second highest-grossing film of 1964 and won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director.[4] In 1998, the American Film Institute named it the 91st greatest American film of all time. In 2006 it was ranked eighth in the AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list.

My Fair Lady Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJBM6qs22sE&ab_channel=ParamountMovies

Rex Harrison Wins Best Actor: 1965 Oscars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aL5W0dxoQY&ab_channel=Oscars

Audrey Hepburn month continues as we discuss Samantha’s favourite: Breakfast at Tiffany’s! Of course, we talk about the iconic fashion, fantastic performances, and blatant racism, but also defense mechanisms, recasts and remakes, departures from source material, and whether or not we would actually like Holly Golightly.

Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, written by George Axelrod, adapted from Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same name, and starring Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric café society girl who falls in love with a struggling writer while attempting to marry for money. It was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures on October 5, 1961, to critical and commercial success.

We are discussing Indy’s favourite romantic comedy: the Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck classic Roman Holiday! Join us as we get into the fantastic casting, the departures from the romcom formula, Hollywood blacklists, reverse makeovers, and struggles for self-determination in Audrey’s breakout film!

Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the film also won the Academy Award for Best Story and the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White. The script was written by John Dighton and Dalton Trumbo, though with Trumbo on the Hollywood blacklist, he did not receive a credit, and Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him.

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

We are doing a full on biography of one of our favourite people: Audrey Hepburn! We cover her films and discuss our personal favourites, her family life, her charitable work, and the making of a style icon.

If you’re extra keen, you can follow along with the presentation here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rGp-tcOMeawopSrHjExi-u1gedubE1iSxJ3HK651f0k/edit?usp=drive_link

Audrey Kathleen Hepburn (née Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress. Recognized as a film and fashion icon, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema and was inducted into the International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List.

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

The episode was originally released on February 28, 2022

This week we are looking at the life and music of Bob Marley. We track his life from his humble beginnings, becoming the face of Jamaica, assassination attempt, exodus, to becoming a worldwide influence, stopping in on his amazing music along the way.

Indy’s Bob Marley Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nstAXtZdMnU4AxgY-qe5ooaIFeOiu0LVNtKXNbAG2ss/edit?usp=sharing

ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff? Netflix Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbRamkuMUHI&t=1s&ab_channel=Netflix

Politics in Jamaica, The Smile Jamaica Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Dc7Qro4ns&t=508s&ab_channel=BobMarley

Robert Nesta Marley OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. Marley's contributions to music increased the visibility of Jamaican music worldwide, and made him a global figure in popular culture for over a decade. Over the course of his career, Marley became known as a Rastafari icon, and he infused his music with a sense of spirituality.[6] He is also considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity, and was controversial in his outspoken support for democratic social reforms. In 1976, Marley survived an assassination attempt in his home, which was thought to be politically motivated. He also supported legalization of marijuana, and advocated for Pan-Africanism.

This week we are diving into the life and music of Johnny Cash. Join us as we discuss his humble beginnings, struggles with addiction, relationship with June Carter, political activism, and of course, we’ll listen to plenty of music along the way. Oh, and some Muppet Babies talk.

If you’re extra keen, you can follow along with the presentation here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VCDB3IEZiGQXOTlRRtlvudxG8wzt5MY7yRmaAFiBlt8/edit?usp=sharing

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Most of Cash's music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career. He was known for his deep, calm, bass-baritone voice, the distinctive sound of his backing band, The Tennessee Three, that was characterized by its train-like chugging guitar rhythms, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, and his free prison concerts. Cash wore a trademark all-black stage wardrobe, which earned him the nickname as the "Man in Black".

Music month continues, but this week we’re going back in time! Indy recommends music from the Nigerian duo The Lijadu Sisters, Samantha relives her preteen angst with Michelle Branch, and we get ready for next week’s deep dive into the life and music of Johnny Cash.

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

Kehinde Lijadu (22 October 1948 – 9 November 2019) and Taiwo Lijadu (born 22 October 1948) were identical twin sisters from Nigeria who performed as the Lijadu Sisters from the mid-1960s to the 1980s. They achieved success in Nigeria, and also had more modest success in the United States and Europe. Described as a West African version of the Pointer Sisters who mixed Afrobeat sounds with jazz and disco, they retired from the music scene in the late 1980s, reforming and performing sporadically during the 2010s up until Kehinde's death in 2019. They were the cousins of the popular Nigerian musician Fela Kuti.

Michelle Jacquet Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums: The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper. She won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals with Santana for their 2002 single, "The Game of Love".

John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Most of Cash's music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career. He was known for his deep, calm, bass-baritone voice, the distinctive sound of his backing band, The Tennessee Three, that was characterized by its train-like chugging guitar rhythms, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, and his free prison concerts. Cash wore a trademark all-black stage wardrobe, which earned him the nickname as the "Man in Black".

Samantha is back from Paris and recounts her time seeing Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour. We are talking songs, love, outfits, friendship bracelets, merch, tears, and all things Swiftie!

The Eras Tour is the ongoing sixth concert tour by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Consisting of 152 shows across five continents, the tour commenced on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona, United States, and is set to conclude on December 8, 2024, in Vancouver, Canada. With a global cultural impact, the Eras Tour became the first tour to surpass $1 billion in revenue, making it the highest-grossing of all time. 

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

This week we are talking new music! Samantha has been listening to the diary style country pop of Kelsea Ballerini, Indy features the soulful harmonies of the sibling band Infinity Song, and we preview next week’s artist, and Samantha’s favourite human: Taylor Swift!

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

Kelsea Nicole Ballerini (born September 12, 1993) is an American country pop singer and songwriter. A four-time Grammy Awards nominee, she has gained success since the 2010s, being honored with the Gene Weed Milestone Award at the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Rising Star Award at the Billboard Women in Music.

Infinity Song is an American soft rock/R&B band composed of siblings Abraham, Angel, Israel and Momo Boyd. Based in New York City, the group has released three albums under record label Roc Nation.

This episode was originally released May 17, 2021

This week we discuss the Wong Kar-Wai classic Chungking Express, the changing face of Hong Kong, stillness and transience, quirkiness and metaphor, and what a romantic comedy should be.

Chungking Express is a 1994 Hong Kong romantic crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. The film consists of two stories told in sequence, each about a lovesick Hong Kong policeman mulling over his relationship with a woman. The first story stars Takeshi Kaneshiro as a cop obsessed with his breakup with a woman named May, and his encounter with a mysterious drug smuggler (Brigitte Lin). The second stars Tony Leung as a police officer roused from his gloom over the loss of his flight attendant girlfriend (Valerie Chow) by the attentions of a quirky snack bar worker (Faye Wong).

"Chungking" in the title refers to Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, where Wong grew up in the 1960s. "Express" refers to the food stand Midnight Express, located in Lan Kwai Fong, an area in Central, Hong Kong.

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

We are continuing on the Wong Kar-wai train, next stop 2046! We break down the characters, symbolism, & romance of this avant garde film. Did we love it? Did we get it? Will we even be able to sleep with all of this running around in our heads? Listen and find out!

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa

2046 is a 2004 romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai. An international co-production between Hong Kong, France, Italy, China and Germany, it is a loose sequel to Wong's films Days of Being Wild (1990) and In the Mood for Love (2000). It follows the aftermath of Chow Mo-wan's unconsummated affair with Su Li-zhen in 1960s Hong Kong and includes elements of science fiction.

《2046》是王家卫导演的一部电影，普遍被認為是王家卫的电影前作《花樣年華》及《阿飛正傳》的續集。故事讲述住在東方酒店2047号房间的作家周慕雲（梁朝偉飾）遇到了住在2046号房间的幾個女人，包括白玲（章子怡飾）及王靖雯（王菲飾），而使周慕雲以“《2046》”和“《2047》”为名写下兩个充满幻想的故事。本片入選第57屆坎城影展競賽片。

此電影的部分情節靈感來自劉以鬯的小說《酒徒》

We are on a journey through the world of Wong, Kar-wai. Our first stop is his 2000 romantic Masterpiece (at least according to Indy) In the Mood For Love.  We discuss the romance of these forbidden lovers, the politics of Hong Kong, the effect of memory on film, the music, frames Within frames, the beautiful dreamlike look, and more!

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In the Mood for Love (Chinese: 花樣年華; lit. 'Flowery Years') is a 2000 romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai. A co-production between Hong Kong and France, it portrays a man (Tony Leung) and a woman (Maggie Cheung) in 1962 whose spouses have an affair together and who slowly develop feelings for each other. It forms the second part of an informal trilogy, alongside Days of Being Wild and 2046.

（英語：In the Mood for Love）是一部於2000年上映的愛情浪漫電影，為王家衛導演的第七部電影，靈感來自劉以鬯的小說《對倒》。電影由香港與法國合拍，梁朝偉、張曼玉共同主演。

Samantha reviews her favourite biblical western lovestory Redeeming Love, while Indy gets back into the world of Wong KarWai with a review of Days of Being Wild, and we get ready for In The Mood For Love and 2046.  

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Redeeming Love is a 2022 American Christian Western romance film directed by D.J. Caruso, who co-wrote the screenplay with Francine Rivers. The film is based on Rivers' 1991 novel of the same name, which was based on the Biblical story of Hosea, and is set in the American Old West during the California Gold Rush. It stars Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis and Logan Marshall-Green.

Days of Being Wild is a 1990 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Starring some of the best-known actors and actresses in Hong Kong, including Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and Tony Leung, the film marks the first collaboration between Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle, with whom he has since made six more films.

In the Mood for Love (Chinese: 花樣年華; lit. 'Flowery Years') is a 2000 romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai. A co-production between Hong Kong and France, it portrays a man (Tony Leung) and a woman (Maggie Cheung) in 1962 whose spouses have an affair together and who slowly develop feelings for each other. It forms the second part of an informal trilogy, alongside Days of Being Wild[6] and 2046.

2046 is a 2004 romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai. An international co-production between Hong Kong, France, Italy, China and Germany, it is a loose sequel to Wong's films Days of Being Wild (1990) and In the Mood for Love (2000). It follows the aftermath of Chow Mo-wan's unconsummated affair with Su Li-zhen in 1960s Hong Kong and includes elements of science fiction.

In this episode we are covering the 2023 film One True Loves based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid. We discuss the uneven pacing, expositional sister, yogurt commercial lighting, charming performances, product placement, and of course the romance of this adaptation. 

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One True Loves is a 2023 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and produced by Andy Fickman as an adaptation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid. The film stars Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu and Luke Bracey.

One True Loves was released in the United States on April 7, 2023.

We’re talking romance all month! Samantha kicks it off with the novel Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Alison Rose Greenberg, Indy has the epic French war romance A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles), and we preview next week’s big watch One True Loves.

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A Very Long Engagement (French: Un long dimanche de fiançailles, "A long Sunday of engagement") is a 2004 French-American romantic war drama film, co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel and Marion Cotillard. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed during World War I. It was based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Sébastien Japrisot.

The film was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography at the 77th Academy Awards. Marion Cotillard won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and Gaspard Ulliel won the César Award for Most Promising Actor.

Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Alison Rose Greenberg : https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250791627/maybeoncemaybetwice

One True Loves is a 2023 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and produced by Andy Fickman as an adaptation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid. The film stars Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu and Luke Bracey. One True Loves was released in the United States on April 7, 2023.

This episode was originally published on Monday May 3, 2021

It’s like Cabaret mixed with a fever dream about real estate in a wig factory run by Cher. Join us as we discuss the 2010 classic Burlesque! Plus, air rights, filofax, Louboutin, twitter, ghosts, and more!

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Burlesque is a 2010 American backstage musical film written and directed by Steven Antin and starring Cher and Christina Aguilera along with Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough, Alan Cumming, Peter Gallagher, Kristen Bell, Stanley Tucci, Dianna Agron, and Tyne Stecklein. 

In our discussion of the 1962 classic To Kill A Mockingbird we get into the differences from Harper Lee’s novel, the justice system, childhood, innocents, innocence, child actors, chifferobes, racism, classism, and more!

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To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American coming-of-age legal drama crime film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name. The film stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout. It marked the film debut of Robert Duvall, William Windom, and Alice Ghostley. It gained overwhelmingly positive reception from both the critics and the public; a box-office success, it earned more than six times its budget. The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Peck, and was nominated for eight, including Best Picture.

Why don’t directors know how basketball works? We talk a bit about My Cousin Vinny and Joe Pesci’s albums, then we get into the novels of Harper Lee, but not too much, because next week we will be doing a deep dive into the film To Kill a Mockingbird!

The Catwoman Basketball Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlmRId2FVQ&ab_channel=KyleColeman

Alien: Resurrection Basketball Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0GNKQQPHNU&ab_channel=sweaverfan

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My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn, written by Dale Launer, and produced by Launer and Paul Schiff. It stars Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Lane Smith, Bruce McGill, and the final film appearance of Fred Gwynne. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and released on March 13, 1992.

Macchio and Whitfield play William Gambini and Stanley Rothenstein, two young New Yorkers who are arrested in Alabama and put on trial for a murder they did not commit. Unable to afford a lawyer, they are defended by Gambini's cousin Vinny Gambini (Pesci), newly admitted to the bar, who arrives with his fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito (Tomei). The clash between the brash Italian-American New Yorkers and the more reserved Southern townspeople provides much of the film's humor. The principal location of filming was Monticello, Georgia.

My Cousin Vinny was a critical and financial success, with Pesci, Gwynne, and Tomei praised for their performances. Tomei won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Attorneys have also lauded the film for its accurate depiction of criminal procedure and trial strategy.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in June 1960 and became instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. To Kill a Mockingbird has become a classic of modern American literature; a year after its release, it won the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was ten.

Go Set a Watchman is a novel by Harper Lee that was published in 2015 by HarperCollins (US) and Heinemann (UK). Written before her only other published novel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), Go Set a Watchman was initially promoted as a sequel by its publishers. It is now accepted that it was a first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, with many passages in that book being used again.

We are talking all about the pinkest and blondest movie we’ve covered (in the last month) Legally Blonde! We discuss video essays, drab east coast clothes, dogs, cross-country stalking, friendships, sorority life, sexual harassment, blonde jokes, true villains, and more!
Oh, and fuck brunettes, right?

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Legally Blonde is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, based on Amanda Brown's 2001 novel of the same name. It stars Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, and Jennifer Coolidge. The story follows Elle Woods (Witherspoon), a sorority girl who attempts to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Davis) by getting a Juris Doctor degree at Harvard Law School, and in the process, overcomes stereotypes against blondes and triumphs as a successful lawyer.

After a bit of animal talk, Samantha recommends the novel Happy Place by Emily Henry,  we discuss some pretend relationships, Indy gives you a rundown on Michael B Jordan's 3 Creed movies,  and we preview next week's watch: Legally Blonde!

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Creed is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the screenplay with Aaron Covington. It is the first spin-off of and is the seventh installment in the Rocky film series. It stars Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew, and Graham McTavish. In the film, amateur boxer Adonis Creed (Jordan) is trained and mentored by Rocky Balboa (Stallone), the former rival turned friend of Adonis' father, Apollo Creed.

Legally Blonde is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, based on Amanda Brown's 2001 novel of the same name. It stars Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, and Jennifer Coolidge. The story follows Elle Woods (Witherspoon), a sorority girl who attempts to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner Huntington III (Davis) by getting a Juris Doctor degree at Harvard Law School, and in the process, overcomes stereotypes against blondes and triumphs as a successful lawyer.

1989, the number, another summer! We get ready to fight the power with the (unnecessarily) controversial Spike Lee classic. It’s the hottest day of the year in Bed-Stuy and tensions are on the rise. Do the Right Thing is a complex, dirty, real look at race relations which is still painfully applicable today.

This episode was originally released February 17, 2020.

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Beer of the Week: Brewster’s Hawaiian Coconut Porter

Do The Right Thing Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yVAD4fYRcvA

Ebert’s Review of Do The Right Thing: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-do-the-right-thing-1989

David O Russel yelling at Lily Tomlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXKX0o7U9D8

The Love and Hate Speech from Night of the Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X20XIg38GcE

This week we are discussing the 1967 Best Picture Winner In The Heat Of The Night. We get into the career of Sidney Poitier, the movie's place in history, the performances, gum chewing, the score, the slap, and much more! 

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In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. The film was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name.

Released by United Artists in August 1967, the film was a widespread critical and commercial success. At the 40th Academy Awards the film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning five including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for Rod Steiger. Quincy Jones' score, featuring a title song performed by Ray Charles, was nominated for a Grammy Award. The success of the film spawned two film sequels featuring Poitier, and a television series of the same name, which aired from 1988 to 1995.

In The Heat Of The Night Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15DhX_ltls&ab_channel=MGM

After the requisite amount of Taylor Swift & Super Bowl talk, we kick off our Black History Month episodes! Indy recounts some of his favorite novels from the Harlem Renaissance, from authors like Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, & others, Samantha recommends Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming, and we preview the 1967 classic In The Heat Of The Night!

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The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke. The movement also included the new African American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States affected by a renewed militancy in the general struggle for civil rights, combined with the Great Migration of African American workers fleeing the racist conditions of the Jim Crow Deep South, as Harlem was the final destination of the largest number of those who migrated north.

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to former president Barack Obama.

In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch, and starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. It tells the story of Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), a Black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a small town in Mississippi. The film was adapted by Stirling Silliphant from John Ball's 1965 novel of the same name.

Released by United Artists in August 1967, the film was a widespread critical and commercial success. At the 40th Academy Awards the film was nominated for seven Oscars, winning five including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for Rod Steiger. Quincy Jones' score, featuring a title song performed by Ray Charles, was nominated for a Grammy Award. The success of the film spawned two film sequels featuring Poitier, and a television series of the same name, which aired from 1988 to 1995.

In The Heat Of The Night Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15DhX_ltls&ab_channel=MGM

It’s our 250th episode! To celebrate we are giving out awards to the movies covered in the last 50 episodes, like; The Toto Memorial Award for best animal friend, The Magneto Award for the villain who was right, The Jimmy Fallon Award for Worst performance, The Rhett & Scarlett Award for the worst couple, and more!

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We break down one of Indy’s most formative movies: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! We discuss rat intelligence, the 4 character archetype, action/comedy, baby’s first cross-cutting sequence, the tone, script, favourite turtles, and more!

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 1990 American superhero action comedy film based on the comic book characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It is the first film adaptation of the characters and was directed by Steve Barron and written by Todd W. Langen and Bobby Herbeck from a story by Herbeck. It stars Judith Hoag and Elias Koteas with the voices of Brian Tochi, Robbie Rist, Corey Feldman, and Josh Pais. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles follows the Turtles on a quest to save their master, Splinter, with their new allies, April O'Neil and Casey Jones, from the Shredder and his Foot Clan.

Picture it: Edmonton, 2024, in the middle of a cold snap, but that doesn’t mean we are taking time off! We continue our nostalgic tour; first Indy talks Golden Girls, Samantha takes a ride on The Magic School Bus, and we preview next week’s watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

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The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning seven seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, the show is about four older women who share a home in Miami, Florida. It was produced by Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions, in association with Touchstone Television. Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas, and Harris served as the original executive producers.

The Magic School Bus is an animated educational children's television series, based on the book series of the same name by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. Running originally from 1994 to 1997, the series received critical acclaim for its use of celebrity voice talent and combining entertainment with an educational series. The series stars Lily Tomlin as the voice of Ms. Frizzle. Its theme song is performed by Little Richard.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[a] is a 1990 American superhero action comedy film based on the comic book characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It is the first film adaptation of the characters and was directed by Steve Barron and written by Todd W. Langen and Bobby Herbeck from a story by Herbeck. It stars Judith Hoag and Elias Koteas with the voices of Brian Tochi, Robbie Rist, Corey Feldman, and Josh Pais. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles follows the Turtles on a quest to save their master, Splinter, with their new allies, April O'Neil and Casey Jones, from the Shredder and his Foot Clan.

This week we are discussing the smash hit Barbie! We go over our favorite dance sequences, songs, characters, and performances, singing Wonderwall at someone, mothers and daughters, whether acknowledging your shortcomings is a solution, plastic feminism, and everything pink!

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Barbie is a 2023 fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig from a screenplay she wrote with Noah Baumbach. Based on the eponymous fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated films and specials. The film stars Margot Robbie as the title character and Ryan Gosling as Ken, and follows the pair on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis. The supporting cast includes America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.

We are kicking the new year off with a trip down memory lane, as we have some nostalgic childhood picks for you! Samantha recommends Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver, Indy revisits the animated Transformers movie, and we get ready to think pink with next week's big watch; Barbie!

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The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry, set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. In the novel, the society has taken away pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. In an effort to preserve order, the society also lacks any color, climate, terrain, and a true sense of equality. The protagonist of the story, a 12-year-old boy named Jonas, is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the memories of the time before Sameness. Jonas struggles with concepts of the new emotions and things introduced to him, and whether they are inherently good, evil, or in between, and whether it is possible to have one without the other. The Giver won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide.

The Transformers: The Movie is a 1986 animated science fiction action film based on the Transformers television series. It was released in North America on August 8, 1986, and in the United Kingdom on December 12, 1986.[8] It was co-produced and directed by Nelson Shin, who also produced the television series. The screenplay was written by Ron Friedman, who created Bionic Six a year later.
The film features the voices of Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Casey Kasem, Robert Stack, Lionel Stander, John Moschitta Jr., Scatman Crothers, Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, and Orson Welles, who died 10 months before the film's release, in his final film role. The soundtrack comprises electronic music composed by Vince DiCola and songs from rock and heavy metal acts including Stan Bush and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

Barbie is a 2023 fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig from a screenplay she wrote with Noah Baumbach. Based on the eponymous fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated films and specials. The film stars Margot Robbie as the title character and Ryan Gosling as Ken, and follows the pair on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis. The supporting cast includes America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.

We are wrapping up the year by picking our best things released in the last 12 months. Join us as we review our favourite books, movies, TV shows, albums, and a few other favorites of 2023!

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Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar is a 2023 American direct-to-video adult animated film based on the Adult Swim animated series Metalocalypse. The film is directed by series creators Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha and is a direct sequel to the 2013 special, Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem. The film was released on August 22, 2023, alongside Dethklok's fourth studio album, Dethalbum IV.[1][2] The film was dedicated to longtime series director, Jon Schnepp, who died in 2018 before production began.

Michael is the sixth studio album by American rapper Killer Mike, released through VLNS and Loma Vista Recordings on June 16, 2023. It marks Killer Mike's first solo studio record in 11 years, following 2012's R.A.P. Music, and includes collaborations with CeeLo Green, Mozzy, Young Thug, 6lack, Eryn Allen Kane, Jagged Edge, André 3000, Future, Currensy, 2 Chainz, Kaash Paige, Blxst, Fabo, El-P and Ty Dolla Sign.

Aysanabee is an Oji-Cree singer-songwriter from Canada, whose debut album Watin was released in 2022. A member of the Sandy Lake First Nation, he was born Evan Pang, with a non-inherited surname his mother chose in an attempt to protect him from anti-indigenous racism by portraying him to the community as Asian instead of indigenous, and raised in Kaministiquia, Ontario, outside of Thunder Bay. He reclaimed his grandfather's surname, Aysanabee, as an adult.

The Woman in Me is a memoir by American singer Britney Spears. It was published on October 24, 2023, by Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. The book is 288 pages long and was released in 26 languages. The Woman in Me received praise from critics. Within a week of its release in the United States, the book became a #1 New York Times best-seller, selling 1.1 million copies in all formats. 

Barbie is a 2023 fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig from a screenplay she wrote with Noah Baumbach. Based on the eponymous fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated films and specials. The film stars Margot Robbie as the title character and Ryan Gosling as Ken, and follows the pair on a journey of self-discovery following an existential crisis. The supporting cast includes America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a 2023 American animated superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales / Spider-Man, produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), set in a shared multiverse of alternate universes called the Spider-Verse. Shameik Moore voices Miles, starring alongside Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, and Oscar Isaac. In the film, Miles goes on an adventure with Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman across the multiverse where he meets a team of Spider-People known as the Spider-Society, led by Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099, but comes into conflict with them over handling a new threat in the form of the Spot.

Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital. The series premiered on March 27, 2005, on ABC as a mid-season replacement. The show's title is an allusion to Gray's Anatomy, a classic human anatomy textbook. Writer Shonda Rhimes developed the pilot and served as showrunner, head writer, and executive producer until stepping down in 2015.

In this installment of I Love This You Should Too we discuss the animated Christmas film, Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ, 2003). We explore the layers of this Satoshi Kon classic, dissecting its themes of redemption, family, and forgiveness, its complex characters, and Christmas magic. Plus, angels vs aliens!

Watch Tokyo Godfathers on Hoopla:
https://www.hoopladigital.com/movie/tokyo-godfathers-tru-emori/13345147

Tokyo Godfathers] is a 2003 Japanese adult anime Christmas tragicomedy adventure film written and directed by Satoshi Kon. The film stars live-action actors such as Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, and Aya Okamoto as the lead voice actors. Kon was inspired by the 1948 American film 3 Godfathers to make the film. Unlike Kon's other films, Tokyo Godfathers contains no fantasy elements nor does it explore themes of the lines between fiction and reality, instead being grounded more in realism. However, as is typical of Kon's work, the film includes devices that are not straightforward, and Kon himself called it a twisted sentimental story.

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In an episode full of divergences and Christmas nostalgia, we also talk about some holiday media. Indy recommends the unsettling holiday horror Christmas Evil, Samantha has feel-good Christmas romance novel The Christmas Wedding Guest by Susan Mallery, and we preview next week’s feature, Tokyo Godfathers.

Watch Tokyo Godfathers on Hoopla:

https://www.hoopladigital.com/movie/tokyo-godfathers-tru-emori/13345147

Watch Christmas Evil on Tubi:

https://tubitv.com/movies/619969/christmas-evil

Christmas Evil (originally titled You Better Watch Out, and also known as Terror in Toyland) is a 1980 American slasher film written and directed by Lewis Jackson and starring Brandon Maggart. The plot follows a deranged man obsessed with Santa Claus who eventually goes on a murderous rampage dressed in a Santa Claus suit. Since its release, it has gained a cult following, including praise and repeated viewings by director John Waters. While not prosecuted for obscenity, Christmas Evil was seized and confiscated in the United Kingdom under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act.

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We’re getting Christmassy and watching the 2006 romantic comedy, The Holiday! Winking, showing vs telling, comedic sobbing, crazy girlfriends, public singing, turtlenecks, nice guys who tell you they’re nice, what is meant to be funny… we’re breaking it all down!

The Holiday is a 2006 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers. Coproduced by Bruce A. Block, it was filmed in both California and England and stars Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz as Iris and Amanda, two lovelorn women from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, who arrange a home exchange to escape heartbreak during the Christmas and holiday season. Jude Law and Jack Black were cast as the film's leading men Graham and Miles, with Eli Wallach, Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, and Rufus Sewell playing key supporting roles.

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