I Love This, You Should Too

191 The Star Wars Holiday Special, The Holiday Swap, & A Christmas Story Preview

Indy reviews The Star Wars Holiday Special, the only movie to feature Boba Fett, Bea Arthur, soft-core pornography, and 10 minutes of uninterrupted Wookie howls. Samantha reads the light, fluffy, not that long novel by Maggie Knox, The Holiday Swap. Then we preview the holiday classic we’ll be discussing next week, A Christmas Story!
Plus, when do clothes become creepy?

Watch The Star Wars Holiday Special here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxtSX1lg8rE&ab_channel=StarWarsHolidaySpecial

A Christmas Story Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfjEZ88NHBw&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers

1973 Sears Christmas Catalog: https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalog/1973-Sears-Christmas-Book

Porky’s Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmtDAIK03M&ab_channel=AndreeaEne

I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa.
We are members of the Alberta Podcast Network.

190 Falling For Christmas (2022)

We watched the Netflix Christmas movie Falling For Christmas and asked all the important questions; Is being formulaic bad? Is everything a historical landmark? Is Lindsay Lohan in an infomercial? Have we seen this movie before? Is Tad in the same movie? Is there a back garden? Did we love this movie? 

 

Falling for Christmas is a 2022 American Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Janeen Damian, in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Jeff Bonnett and Ron Oliver. The film stars Lindsay Lohan, with Chord Overstreet, George Young, Jack Wagner and Olivia Perez appearing in supporting roles. Lohan plays a spoiled heiress who loses her memory in a skiing accident and lands in the care of a lodge owner widower (Overstreet) at Christmastime.

It marked Lohan's first role in a major production in over a decade following a series of career setbacks while recovering from addiction and legal issues. Brad Krevoy and Michael Damian serve as producers on the film, which was first announced in May 2021. It began filming in Utah in early November 2021 and wrapped the following month. Lohan, her sister Aliana and Overstreet recorded songs for the project which were also featured in a soundtrack album.

The film was released on November 10, 2022, by Netflix, after a screening event for fans, hosted by the cast and crew, was held in New York City the day before. Falling for Christmas received generally mixed reviews from critics, who mostly found the story to be formulaic and clichéd but praised Lohan's acting return and on-screen presence. It had one of the best opening weekends for a Netflix original movie in 2022 on the streaming service.

189 A Few Favourite Christmas Songs & Falling For Christmas Preview

It’s that time of year! We kick off our holiday episodes with a few Christmas song recommendations from Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Judy Garland, and Bright Eyes. Then Samantha previews next week’s big watch; Falling For Christmas starring Lindsay Lohan (available on Netflix)! Classic.
Plus, what gets to be a ghost?

Overboard Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH6OuDYKWNE&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers

Falling For Christmas Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsNIJd45jYM&ab_channel=Netflix

188 Seven Samurai (七人の侍, 1954)

This week we dive into the world of Akira Kurosawa with his masterpiece Seven Samurai 七人の侍! We talk about masterful scene composition, Shakespeare, parallels with modern Japan, honor, the Avengers, samurai stuff, lenses, and more!

 

Seven Samurai (Japanese: 七人の侍, Hepburn: Shichinin no Samurai), released in the United States initially as The Magnificent Seven, is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa. The story takes place in 1586 during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. It follows the story of a village of desperate farmers who hire seven rōnin (masterless samurai) to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops.

At the time, the film was the most expensive film made in Japan. It took a year to shoot and faced many difficulties. It was the second-highest grossing domestic film in Japan in 1954. Many reviews compared the film to westerns.

Since its release, Seven Samurai has consistently ranked highly in critics' lists of the greatest films in cinema history, such as the BFI's Sight & Sound and Rotten Tomatoes polls. It was also voted the greatest foreign-language film of all time in BBC's 2018 international critics' poll. Its influence on the film industry has been unprecedented, and it is often regarded today as one of the most "remade, reworked, and referenced" films in cinema.

187 Ghost of Tsushima, November 9 by Colleen Hoover, & Seven Samurai Preview

Indy recommends our first ever video game with the Playstation samurai epic Ghost of Tsushima, Samantha continues her Colleen Hoover reads with November 9, and we get ready for our first foray into the works of Akira Kurosawa with the historical masterpiece Seven Samurai! 

 

Ghost of Tsushima is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The player controls Jin Sakai, a samurai on a quest to protect Tsushima Island during the first Mongol invasion of Japan. Jin must choose between following the warrior code to fight honorably, or using practical but dishonorable methods of repelling the Mongols with minimal casualties. The game features a large open world which can be explored either on foot or on horseback. When facing enemies, the player can choose to engage in a direct confrontation using Jin's katana or to become a legendary warrior known as "the Ghost" by using stealth tactics to assassinate opponents. A multiplayer mode titled Ghost of Tsushima: Legends was released in October 2020 and made available separately in September 2021.

 

November 9 by Colleen Hoover - Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.

Seven Samurai (Japanese: 七人の侍, Hepburn: Shichinin no Samurai), released in the United States initially as The Magnificent Seven, is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Seven Samurai Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ1TOratCTo&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers

186 Bring It On: Cheer or Die (2022)

We bring it on with the latest installment of everyone’s favourite cheerleading franchise; Bring It On: Cheer or Die! We talk going for air, multi-weapon kills, freening your mind from the self-imposed limitations of pizza crusts, sales on ropes and chains, wasted opportunities, ghost cheerleaders, and we pitch our ideas for the next Bring It On movie! Hopefully Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku are listening.

185 A Nightmare on Elm Street Series Wrap-Up & Bring It On: Cheer or Die Preview

We wrap-up our A Nightmare On Elm Street series and discuss our favourite characters, kills, Freddies, & rank the films. Then we prepare to bring it on with the latest installment of the cheerleading franchise, Bring It On: Cheer or Die! Listen if you are in need of discussion on demon babies, boogie men, bangs in place of character development, Dashboard Confessional, wild dogs, horror snobbery, the new Predator movie, space cheerleaders, & more!

Standard Lines  by Dashboard Confessional 

184 A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 remake)

Our series finally concludes with the 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street remake. We discuss millennial names, sleepy acting (even when it shouldn’t be), vengeful ghosts, jump scares, lip melting, prescription drugs, micro naps, & more!

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 2010 American supernatural slasher film directed by Samuel Bayer, and written by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer. The film stars Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker, and Kellan Lutz. Produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes, it is a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 film of the same name, as well as the ninth overall installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film is set in a fictitious town in Ohio and centers around a group of teenagers living on one street who are stalked and murdered in their dreams by a disfigured man named Freddy Krueger. The teenagers discover that they all share a common link from their childhood that makes them targets for Krueger.

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street Official Trailer #1 - (2010) HD

183 Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (A Nightmare on Elm Street 7, 1994)

We conclude (but not really) our A Nightmare on Elm Street series with the metatextual Wes Craven’s New Nightmare! We talk earthquakes, traumatized children, Christmas movies, buff Freddy Krueger, child actors, a writer's greatest revenge, & more!

The Changeling (1980) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Wes Craven's New Nightmare - Original Theatrical Trailer

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (also known simply as New Nightmare) is a 1994 American meta slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, creator of 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street. A standalone film and the seventh installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, it is not part of the same continuity as previous films, instead portraying Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world and haunts the cast and crew involved in the making of the films about him. In the film, Freddy is depicted as closer to what Craven originally intended, being much more menacing and less comical, with an updated attire and appearance.

The film features various people involved in the motion picture industry portraying themselves, including Heather Langenkamp, who is compelled by events in the narrative to reprise her role as Nancy Thompson. New Nightmare features several homages to the original film such as quotes and recreations of the most famous scenes. The film won an International Fantasy Film Award from Fantasporto for Best Screenplay by Craven.

182 Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (A Nightmare on Elm Street 6, 1991)

Put on your 3D glasses because we are talking about A Nightmare on Elm Street 6, AKA Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare! Freddy Krueger enters the 90’s and we talk pseudonyms, Peter Jackson, defenestration, video games, the devil’s cabbage, disappointment, daughters killing their fathers, Rosanne, and more!

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street 6: The Final Nightmare) is a 1991 American slasher film[4] and the sixth film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. It is a sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and was originally intended to be the final installment of the series; Wes Craven's New Nightmare was released three years later but takes place outside the series canon. A canonical crossover/sequel, Freddy vs. Jason, was released in 2003. This was New Line Cinema's first 3D film release.

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare was released on September 13, 1991, and grossed $34.9 million in the US on a budget of $9–11 million, surpassing its predecessor's gross.[5] It was panned by critics upon release.

The film stars Lisa Zane, Yaphet Kotto, Breckin Meyer, Shon Greenblatt, Ricky Dean Logan, Lezlie Deane, Tobe Sexton, and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in his sixth portrayal. Additionally, several well-known actors make cameo appearances, including: Johnny Depp (whose screen debut was in the original film), Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, and Alice Cooper. Iggy Pop sings the title song, which plays during the end credits over a montage of scenes from the previous films in the series.

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare trailer (1991)

Defenestrations of Prague: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague

181 A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

Let’s keep going down Elm Street with 1989’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child! We discuss teen pregnancy, annoying friends, the many better movies it ripped off, how to feed a baby souls, self-birth, and why we just don’t like this one.

 

 A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child is a 1989 American gothic slasher film[2] directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by Leslie Bohem. It is the fifth installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, and stars Lisa Wilcox, and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. The film follows Krueger, using a now pregnant Alice Johnson's baby's dreams to claim new victims.

The film's general tone is much darker than that of the previous films. A blue filter lighting technique is used in most of the scenes. It is one of the final slasher films released in the 1980s.

The Dream Child was released on August 11, 1989, and grossed $22.1 million on a budget of $8 million, a steep decline in box office receipts from Dream Warriors and The Dream Master, while still a box office success and the highest grossing slasher film of 1989. It received mostly negative reviews from critics.

The film was followed by Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991).

 

Three Kitchens Podcast: https://www.threekitchenspodcast.com/

A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) Theatrical Trailer

Music Video - Whodini - Anyway I Gotta Swing It - A Nightmare On Elm Street 5 - 1989

180 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

We continue our journey to Elm Street with 1988’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master! We discuss Freddy mania, merchandise, quicksand, 80s fashion, toilet cheerleaders, Alice being a super villain, Jason the dog, bean burritos, Ohio school curriculum, the afterlife, & more!

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master is a 1988 American fantasy slasher film[5] and the fourth installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film was directed by Renny Harlin and stars Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, Lisa Wilcox, and Danny Hassel. Following the death of Nancy Thompson, Krueger reappears in the dreams of Kristen Parker, Joey Crusel, and Roland Kincaid. After completing his revenge against the families who killed him, Krueger uses Kristen's best friend, Alice Johnson, to gain access to new victims in order to sate his murderous needs. The film is a sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and was followed by A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989). It is often popularly referred to as "the MTV Nightmare" of the franchise.

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - A Nightmare On My Street

The Fat Boys feat. Freddy Krueger - Are You Ready for Freddy? (1988)

179 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

In this week’s Spooktober episode, we are discussing A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, including; dream powers, imaginative kills, elaborate sets, puns, sassy Freddy Krueger, Thai food, funeral plans, Dokken, ghost dads, Kitten CPR and more!

Is there a Des Moines in Florida?

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is a 1987 American fantasy slasher film[4] directed by Chuck Russell. The story was developed by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner and is the third installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and stars Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Larry Fishburne, Priscilla Pointer, Craig Wasson, and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. Dream Warriors was theatrically released on February 27, 1987, and grossed $44.8 million domestically on a budget of over $4 million. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and is considered by many to be one of the best films in the Elm Street series.

The film was preceded by A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) and followed by A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988).

 

Nightmare Island 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjLdCZjt56I&t=69s&ab_channel=WimpyBoyProductions

178 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

We are continuing our Elm Street series with A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge! We discuss Freddy’s powers, bullies, homophobia, dreams, pool parties, being gay in Hollywood, jerk directors, & more!

Plus, In Dubious Battle, Hamsters, Selena Gomez, Jesus, whales…

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is a 1985 American supernatural slasher film[3] directed by Jack Sholder and written by David Chaskin. It stars Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, and Robert Rusler. It is the second installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film follows Jesse Walsh, a teenager who begins having recurring nightmares about Freddy Krueger after moving into the former home of Nancy Thompson from the first film.

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) Full Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1523JCH8Utw&ab_channel=ScaryMovies

 

Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) Official Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iqNVyjwLFA&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers

 

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3pXybSKggA&ab_channel=Scream%2CQueen%21MyNightmareOnElmStreet

177 A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

We kick off our Elm Street series with the classic horror that started it all; 1984’s A Nightmare On Elm Street! We discuss its real life inspiration, Freddy Kruger, the end of childhood, the birth of horror movie tropes, what a slasher is, safe spaces, ghost marriage, Bring It On: Cheer or Die, & more!

Pablo Picasso died in 1973, before Star Wars came out. Salvador Dali died in 1989. It is unclear if he watched Star Wars. 

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Robert Shaye. It is the first installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, and Johnny Depp in his film debut.

Craven filmed A Nightmare on Elm Street on an estimated budget of $1.1 million.[3] The film was released on November 9, 1984, and grossed $57 million worldwide. A Nightmare on Elm Street was met with rave critical reviews and is considered to be one of the greatest horror films ever made, spawning a franchise consisting of six sequels, a television series, a crossover with Friday the 13th, various other merchandise, and a remake of the same name. Aside from Stunts, Polyester, and Alone in the Dark, it was one of the first films produced by New Line Cinema, who by that point mostly distributed films, leading the company to become a successful film studio up until 2008 and was even nicknamed "The House that Freddy Built".

The film is credited with using many of the tropes found in the low-budget horror films of the 1970s and 1980s that originated with John Carpenter's Halloween (1978). The film includes a morality play where sexually promiscuous teenagers are killed. Critics and film historians state that the film's premise is the struggle to define the distinction between dreams and reality, manifested by the lives and dreams of the teens in the film. Later critics praise the film's ability to transgress "the boundaries between the imaginary and real", toying with audience perceptions. The film was followed by A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge.

In 2021, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

 

Bring It On: Cheer Or Die teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBn5LU7Ymlw&ab_channel=JoBloHorrorTrailers

A Nightmare on Elm Street trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCVh4lBfW-c&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers

176 His House, The Boy, & A Nightmare on Elm Street Preview

We usher in the start of spooky season with horror movie recommendations His House and The Boy, then we preview what October has in store: the entire A Nightmare on Elm Street series!
Plus badmouthing Stephen King, loving The Orphan, general Halloweening, & more!

A Nightmare on Elm Street trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCVh4lBfW-c&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers

His House trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYY0QJhlXjc&ab_channel=Netflix

The Boy trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGbB9UQ6r1g&ab_channel=ZeroMedia

Overdue Finds Horror Movie Episode: https://overduefinds.libsyn.com/42-oh-the-horror

175 My Fair Lady (1964)

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

174 RRR (Rise Roar Revolt), We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu & My Fair Lady Preview

Indy gleefully recommends the Indian epic action/comedy/musical/historical drama film RRR (Rise Roar Revolt), Samantha reads Simu Liu’s memoir We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story, and we prepare for everyone’s favourite cockney flower girl with My Fair Lady!
Plus Wendy Walker shirts, Resting Bikeface, Nightmare Island, Shark tweets, linguistics class, Indian history, Marvel movies, jacked Asian dudes, & more!

RRR is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language epic action drama film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. It is produced by D. V. V. Danayya of DVV Entertainment. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, and Olivia Morris. It is a fictional story about two real-life Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), and their fight against the British Raj. Set in 1920, the plot explores the undocumented period in their lives when both the revolutionaries chose to go into obscurity before they began the fight for their country.

Simu Liu Chinese: 刘思慕; born 19 April 1989) is a Canadian actor, author, and stuntman. He is known for portraying Shang-Chi in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. He also played Jung Kim in the CBC Television sitcom Kim's Convenience[3] and received nominations at the ACTRA Awards and Canadian Screen Awards for his work in Blood and Water.[4] In 2022, Liu authored the memoir We Were Dreamers and was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.

RRR Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgBoMJy386M&ab_channel=DVVEntertainment

Mother India Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFWHKtISBrY&ab_channel=EagleHomeEntertainments

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

173 Pretty Woman (1990)

Today we are discussing the 1990 romantic comedy Pretty Woman! We debate whether this movie is a step forward or backward for feminism, its class systems, meaningful apologies, retail revenge, happy endings, charm, & more!
Plus, Seinfeld, the Mandela Effect, The Little Mermaid, The Princess Diaries, & Audrey Hepburn!

Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. The film stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and features Héctor Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy (in his final performance), Laura San Giacomo, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles.[1] The film's story centers on down-on-her-luck Hollywood prostitute Vivian Ward and wealthy businessman Edward Lewis. Vivian is hired to be Edward's escort for several business and social functions, and their relationship develops over the course of her week-long stay with him. The film's title Pretty Woman is based on the 1964 song "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison. It is the first film on-screen collaboration between Gere and Roberts; their second film, Runaway Bride, was released in 1999.

Originally intended to be a dark cautionary tale about class and prostitution in Los Angeles, the film was re-conceived as a romantic comedy with a large budget. It was widely successful at the box office and was the third-highest-grossing film of 1990. The film saw the highest number of ticket sales in the US ever for a romantic comedy,[2] with Box Office Mojo listing it as the number-one romantic comedy by the highest estimated domestic tickets sold.

Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman by Mari Ruti: https://books.google.ca/books?id=zzDSDAAAQBAJ&dq=pretty+woman&source=gbs_navlinks_s

172 Emma in the Night, The Fifth Element, & Pretty Woman Preview

Samantha reviews her latest Wendy Walker read, Emma in the Night, Indy recommends the pitch perfect sci-fi ridiculousness of Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element, & we preview next week's big watch, the 90’s romantic comedy Pretty Woman! 

Plus, the insane baby-marrying of Music From Another Room, physical media, John Steinbeck, & more!
 

Music From Another Room Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq-5oXPgqVU&ab_channel=VideoDetective

The Fifth Element Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ9RqgcR24g&ab_channel=TheReviewLib

Pretty Woman Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EBAVoN8L_U&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers

The Fifth Element[b] is a 1997 English-language French science fiction action film conceived and directed by Luc Besson, as well as co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich. Primarily set in the 23rd century, the film's central plot involves the survival of planet Earth, which becomes the responsibility of Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxicab driver and former special forces major, after a young woman (Jovovich) falls into his cab. To accomplish this, Dallas joins forces with her to recover four mystical stones essential for the defence of Earth against the impending attack of a malevolent cosmic entity.

 

Music from Another Room is a 1998 American romantic comedy, directed by Charlie Peters and starring Jude Law, Jennifer Tilly, Gretchen Mol, Martha Plimpton, and Brenda Blethyn.

171 Jaws (1975)

In this episode, we’re dissecting the Steven Spielberg classic Jaws, including how it benefited from mistakes, its painful similarities to our modern lives, the creation of the summer blockbuster, masculinity, economical character development, bell-bottoms, sharks, & more!

Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that is attacking beachgoers at a summer resort town. Murray Hamilton plays the mayor, and Lorraine Gary portrays Brody's wife. The screenplay is credited to Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography.

170 Superfly by Curtis Mayfield, Don’t Look For Me by Wendy Walker, & Jaws Preview

Indy listens to the landmark soul soundtrack Superfly by Curtis Mayfield, Samantha goes on a twisty journey with Wendy Walker’s Don’t Look For Me, and we preview the original summer blockbuster, Jaws!
Plus the politics of Y2K, multiple narrators, germaphobia, waterparks, and more!

169 Crossroads (2002)

It’s not a series of road trip vignettes, but not quite a movie, this week we are watching the Britney Spears film Crossroads! We discuss smokey eyes, Roadhouse, man-tantrums, casting, and we pitch our ideas for Crossroads 2!

Crossroads is a 2002 American teen drama road film directed by Tamra Davis, from a screenplay by Shonda Rhimes. It stars Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zoe Saldaña, Taryn Manning, Kim Cattrall and Dan Aykroyd. Set in Georgia, it centers on three teenage girls on a cross-country road trip, as they find themselves and their friendship in the process.

168 It Ends With Us, the Graphic Novels of Mariko Tamaki, & Crossroads Preview

Samantha reads It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover, Indy looks back fondly at the graphic novels of Mariko Tamaki, and we preview the Britney Spears film Crossroads! Plus booktok, beach reads, 2000s fashion, & #GirlGangFunTimeGalPals.

Mariko Tamaki (born 1975) is a Canadian artist and writer. She is known for her graphic novels Skim, Emiko Superstar, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, and This One Summer, and for several prose works of fiction and non-fiction.[1] In 2016 she began writing for both Marvel and DC Comics. She has twice been named a runner-up for the Michael L. Printz Award.

167 Citizen Kane (1941)

This week we tackle one of the greatest films ever created: Citizen Kane! We discuss auteur theory, Orson Welles, camera trickery, cavernous cinematography, Donald Trump, William Randolph Hearst, corruption of idealists, capitalist machinery, semiotics, old age make-up, & more!  Does it deserve the hype? Are some parts actually underrated? Let's see what 2 people born in the 80s have to say!

 

Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles' first feature film. Citizen Kane is widely regarded as the greatest film ever made.

Orson Welles Champagne Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFevH5vP32s&ab_channel=grimscribe126

 

The Union Forever by The White Stripes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X6PoXzpyz0&ab_channel=Killoboker

166 Mulatu Astatke, With You All The Way, & Citizen Kane Preview

Indy talks about Ethiopian Jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke, Samantha’s latest beach read is With You All the Way by Cynthia Hand, and then we prepare to watch the (maybe) greatest film of all time: Citizen Kane! Plus; Scarface, books for 16 year olds, The Sixth Sense spoilers, bunk, Ed Wood, and more!

Mulatu Astatke (ሙላቱ አስታጥቄ, born 19 December 1943) is an Ethiopian musician and arranger considered as the father of "Ethio-jazz".

Born in Jimma, Mulatu was musically trained in London, New York City, and Boston where he combined his jazz and Latin music interests with traditional Ethiopian music. Mulatu led his band while playing vibraphone and conga drums—instruments that he introduced into Ethiopian popular music—as well as other percussion instruments, keyboards, and organs. His albums focus primarily on instrumental music, and Mulatu appears on all three known albums of instrumentals that were released during the Ethiopian Golden Age in 1970s.

165 Step Up: Year of the Dance (Step Up China, 2019)

We are finally finishing our journey into the Step Up universe with the 2019 Chinese film Step Up: Year of the Dance (AKA Step Up China)! Dance battles, prison stints, glass smashing, a villain named Chipmunk, crews, wine throwing, warehouses… does this movie have it all? 

 

Step Up: Year of the Dance is a 2019 Chinese film directed by Ron Yuan. Youth from different social classes in Beijing come together to form China's best dance crew and learn what it really means to be family. It was released in theaters internationally on June 26, 2019, and in the U.S. on digitally on January 21, 2020.

164 Why Women Kill, 10 Year Old Indy’s Favourite Books, & Step Up: Year of the Dance Preview

Samantha reviews the dark comedy Why Women Kill, Indy re-reads some of his childhood favourites like; The Phantom Tollbooth, Maniac Magee, & Bridge to Terabithia, then we prepare to finish of the Step up series with the Chinese film Step Up: Year of the Dance, AKA Step Up China! Plus ice cream cone laws, keeping secrets, sweet sweet crime, Nova reruns, Animal Planet, Samantha’s murder plans, & more!

 

Why Women Kill is an American dark comedy-drama anthology television series created by Marc Cherry. Set in multiple time periods, the series depicts the events leading to deaths caused by women. It premiered on August 15, 2019, on CBS All Access and its first season consists of 10 episodes.[1] The second season premiered on June 3, 2021, on Paramount+.[2] In December 2021, the series was renewed for a third season.

 

The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster, with illustrations by Jules Feiffer, first published in 1961. The story follows a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth that transports him to the once prosperous, but now troubled, Kingdom of Wisdom. 

 

Maniac Magee is a novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990 Exploring themes of racism and inequality, it follows the story of an orphan boy looking for a home in the fictional town of Two Mills.

 

Bridge to Terabithia is a novel written by Katherine Paterson, about two children named Leslie and Jesse who create a magical forest kingdom in their imaginations. The book was originally published in 1977 by Thomas Crowell, and in 1978, it won the Newbery Medal.

163 Ed Wood (1994)

This week we are covering the biopic Ed Wood! We discuss the careers of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, the art of filmmaking, relentless optimism, the friendship of Ed Wood and Bela Lagosi, 1950s sci-fi, and the dream of creating art free of judgement. Plus; Nicolas Cage Superman, Danny Devito toys, arguments about Alice in Wonderland, pirates, eye makeup, and more!

Ed Wood is a 1994 American biographical comedy-drama film directed and produced by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Ed Wood, the eponymous cult filmmaker. The film concerns the period in Wood's life when he made his best-known films as well as his relationship with actor Bela Lugosi, played by Martin Landau. Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Lisa Marie, and Bill Murray are among the supporting cast.

162 Old Enough!, Pieces of Her, & Ed Wood Preview

Indy explores the wholesome but captivating drama of the Japanese reality TV show Old Enough! (はじめてのおつかい), Samantha reviews the mystery thriller Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter in time for its Netflix release, and Indy prepares for the Tim Burton / Johnny Depp collaboration about a filmmaker with more enthusiasm than talent, Ed Wood!

 

Old Enough! (Japanese: はじめてのおつかい, romanized: Hajimete no Otsukai, lit. 'My First Errand') is a Japanese reality show that has been aired irregularly since 1991 on Nippon Television. The program depicts, in a documentary manner, the efforts of toddlers going on an errand on their own—buying groceries, delivering packages—accompanied by the camera crew. The program has been distributed internationally since 2022 on Netflix.

 

Pieces of Her is a thriller novel by American author Karin Slaughter, published on August 21, 2018 by William Morrow and Company and HarperCollins Publishers. The novel has been adapted into a television series of the same name.

 

Plan 9 From Outer Space full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln7WF78PolA&ab_channel=elvis316

 

Ed Wood Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CawVaHxWvnA&ab_channel=thecultbox

 

Overdue Finds, The Edmonton Public Library Podcast: https://www.epl.ca/podcast/#episodes

161 Step Up: All In (2014)

We’ve finally made it to the final (American) installment of the Step Up dance movie franchise: Step Up: All In! We have an all-star(ish) cast of returning characters, fantastic outfits, unsafe driving practices, Las Vegas, manufactured conflict, sand throwing, enigmatic pop stars, and even dancing!

Step Up All In on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGrAEPfrhVw&t=3s&ab_channel=Conceited

Step Up: All In is a 2014 American dance film directed by Trish Sie (in her feature film directorial debut) and written by John Swetnam. It serves as a sequel to 2012's Step Up Revolution and the fifth and final installment in the Step Up film series. The film stars Ryan Guzman, Briana Evigan, Stephen "tWitch" Boss, Misha Gabriel, Izabella Miko, Alyson Stoner, and Adam Sevani.

160 Royal Witches, The Kids In The Hall, & Step Up All In Preview

Samantha recommends the historical biography Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England by Gemma Hollman, Indy reminisces about the brilliant subversion of the comedy troupe The Kids In The Hall and previews their reboot, and we prepare to Step Up all over again with Step Up All In!

Step Up All In on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGrAEPfrhVw&t=3s&ab_channel=Conceited

 

The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy TV series that aired for five seasons from 1988 to 1995, starring the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. The troupe, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson, appeared as almost all the characters throughout the series, both male and female, and also wrote most of the sketches. The series debuted as a one-hour pilot special which aired on HBO and CBC Television in 1988, and began airing as a regular weekly series on both services in 1989. The regular series premiered July 21, 1989 on HBO, and September 14 on CBC. In the United States, the first three seasons were on HBO before it moved to CBS in 1993, where it stayed for two more seasons airing late Friday nights. CBC aired the show for the whole duration of its run.

Fuck The Bank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-2w3N2VLVo&ab_channel=SketchiT

 

Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England By Gemma Hollman: https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Royal-Witches/Gemma-Hollman/9781643137704

Overdue Finds (Edmonton Public Library) podcast on The Kids in the Hall: https://overduefinds.libsyn.com/website/109-the-kids-in-the-hall

159 The Iron Giant (1999)

On this week’s episode we are discussing the underappreciated 1999 animated film The Iron Giant. We discuss 1950s America, the fear of outsiders, gun control, the changing face of the villain in American cinema, why Indy doesn’t like Mark Sinclair (Vin diesel), wisdom of the innocent, putting yourself back together after failure, Happy Gilmore, the controversy of non-violence, self-made heroes, and how The Iron Giant would be received today. Give it a listen. You don’t have anything better to do, right?

The Iron Giant is a 1999 American animated science fiction film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and directed by Brad Bird in his directorial debut. It is based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes (which was published in the United States as The Iron Giant) and was scripted by Tim McCanlies from a story treatment by Bird. The film stars the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald, and M. Emmet Walsh. Set during the Cold War in 1957, the film centers on a young boy named Hogarth Hughes, who discovers and befriends a giant alien robot. With the help of a beatnik artist named Dean McCoppin, Hogarth attempts to prevent the U.S. military and Kent Mansley, a paranoid federal agent, from finding and destroying the Giant.

The Iron Giant on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/589394?utm_source=justwatch-feed&tracking=justwatch-feed

The Iron Giant on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14428392

158 2022 YRCA Books, Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult, & The Iron Giant Preview

Indy reveals the winners (and who he thinks should have won) from the 2022 Young Readers Choice Awards like; New Kid by Jerry Craft, The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman, With The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo, and more. Samantha revisits the early days of the pandemic with Jodi Picoult’s novel Wish You Were Here. Then we reveal next week’s big watch, the underappreciated 1999 animated classic The Iron Giant!

 

Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult: https://www.jodipicoult.com/wish-you-were-here.html 

 

YRCA at EPL: https://www.epl.ca/yrca/

The Young Reader’s Choice Awards (YRCA) is a year-long reading program for children in Grades 4 to 12 living in Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA), it is the only award where children choose the nominated books and the winners.

The Iron Giant trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhS6Uinx5jw&ab_channel=WarnerBros.

 

The Iron Giant on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/589394?utm_source=justwatch-feed&tracking=justwatch-feed

 

The Iron Giant on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14428392

157 Step Up Revolution (2012)

This week we’re breaking down the 4th instalment of the Step Up dance movie franchise: Step Up Revolution! It’s a film full of lowriders, bikinis, forgettable characters, domestic terrorism, real estate dealings, Moose, ski movie plots, terrible waiters, welding, Nike sponsorships, and some dancing. What more could you ask for?

Step Up Revolution (released in some countries as Step Up 4: Miami Heat) is a 2012 American 3D dance film directed by Scott Speer (in his feature film directorial debut) and written by Amanda Brody. It serves as a sequel to 2010's Step Up 3D and the fourth installment in the Step Up film series. The film stars Ryan Guzman, Kathryn McCormick, Misha Gabriel, Cleopatra Coleman, Stephen "tWitch" Boss, Tommy Dewey, and Peter Gallagher.

156 The Betrayal of Anne Frank by Rosemary Sullivan, Aggretsuko, & Step Up Revolution Preview

Samantha’s latest read is the historical true crime book The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan, Indy recommends the Netflix anime Aggretsuko, the cutest show about loneliness and frustration around, then we preview the 4th installment of everyone’s favourite dance movie franchise, Step Up Revolution!

 

Aggretsuko, also known by its original Japanese title Aggressive Retsuko (Japanese: アグレッシブ烈子, Hepburn: Aguresshibu Retsuko), is a Japanese animated comedy streaming television series based on the eponymous character created by "Yeti" for the mascot company Sanrio. The character first appeared in a series of animated shorts by Fanworks which aired on TBS Television between April 2016 and March 2018.

Criticism of The Betrayal of Anne Frank: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-criticism-of-the-betrayal-of-anne-frank-puts-spotlight-on-rosemary/

155 The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)

This week we’re discussing the 1951 Sci-Fi classic The Day The Earth Stood Still, including its place in American history, how little we’ve changed in 70 years, 5G microchip vaccines, the Red Scare, the theremin, space Jesus, American exceptionalism, and we try to figure out where heaven is.

 

The Day The Earth Stood Still full movie:  https://archive.org/details/The.Day.The.Earth.Stood.Still1951

 

The Day the Earth Stood Still (a.k.a. Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. The film stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier and Lock Martin. The screenplay was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates, and the film score was composed by Bernard Herrmann.[4]

Set in the Cold War during the early stages of the nuclear arms race, the film's storyline involves a humanoid alien visitor who comes to Earth, accompanied by a powerful robot, to deliver an important message that will affect the entire human race.

In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

 

A Trip to the Moon by George Méliès (1902):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFtR9bQupak&ab_channel=UnitedGlobalPictures

154 Astronomy, Swan Dive by Georgina Pazcoguin, & The Day The Earth Stood Still Preview

Indy wants you to be a casual astronomy fan, Samantha read the ballet memoir Swan Dive by Georgina Pazcoguin, and we get ready to explore 1950s sci-fi with The Day The Earth Stood Still! Plus wedding talk, Mark Messier, why sports journalism and Edmonton Oilers fans make Indy look at stars, realtor names, theremin, and more!

 

The Day The Earth Stood Still full movie: https://archive.org/details/The.Day.The.Earth.Stood.Still1951

The Day The Earth Stood Still Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVRptT6fa7I&ab_channel=TrailerChan

 

Messier 43 or M43, also known as De Mairan's Nebula and NGC 1982, is a star-forming nebula with a prominent H II region in the equatorial constellation of Orion. It was discovered by the French scientist Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan some time before 1731,[2] then catalogued by Charles Messier in 1769.[a] It is physically part of the Orion Nebula (Messier 42), separate from that main nebula by a dense lane of dust known as the northeast dark lane.[4] It is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

 

Pillars of Creation is a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, in the Serpens constellation, some 6,500–7,000 light-years (2,000–2,100 pc; 61–66 Em) from Earth.[1] They are so named because the gas and dust are in the process of creating new stars, while also being eroded by the light from nearby stars that have recently formed.[2] Taken on April 1, 1995, it was named one of the top ten photographs from Hubble by Space.com.[3] The astronomers responsible for the photo were Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen from Arizona State University. The region was rephotographed by ESA's Herschel Space Observatory in 2011, and again by Hubble in 2014 with a newer camera.

Georgina Pazcoguin is an American ballerina. She is a soloist with the New York City Ballet, and is known for challenging racism in ballet,[2] and for performing on Broadway.

153 Step Up 3D (2010)

It’s time for the 3rd installment of the Step Up franchise: Step Up 3D! Samantha claims it’s in the top 5, or 10, or 20, films of all time, Indy pitches Step Up X: Dance of Death, plus the Bushido code, magic Nike Dunks, boring engineering students, and more!

Step Up 3D (also known as Step Up 3) is a 2010 American 3D dance film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer. It serves as a sequel to 2008's Step Up 2: The Streets and the third installment in the Step Up film series. The film sees the return of Adam G. Sevani and Alyson Stoner, who portrayed Moose from Step Up 2: The Streets and Camille Gage from Step Up, respectively. It also stars Rick Malambri and Sharni Vinson.

152 After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Novels of Kurt Vonnegut Pt 3 (1985-1997), & Step Up 3D Preview

Samantha Hees recommends the novel After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Indy Randhawa has short reviews of the last novels of Kurt Vonnegut, including Galapagos, Bluebeard, and Timequake, and we preview next week’s feature Step Up 3D! Plus NPR voices, French serial killer Gilles de Rais, relationship advice, shirt predictions, and more!

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (/ˈvɒnəɡət/;[1] November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published 14 novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works, with further collections being published after his death.

Step Up is an American romantic dance film multi-media franchise created by Duane Adler for the first film in the series, Step Up (2006). The franchise includes five films and a television series. The series has received generally mixed reviews from critics. It has grossed a collective total of $651 million.

 

Taylor Jenkins Reid, After I Do: https://taylorjenkinsreid.com/books/after-i-do/

 

151 The 3rd Annual Awards Show Spectacular!

It’s time for our 3rd Annual Awards Show Spectacular, and we’re giving out awards to the films we’ve discussed over the last 50 episodes. Who gave a worse performance in Twilight, Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart? Would you rather be haunted by Beetlejuice or Christina Aguilera? Who will win the best animal friend award? Or most delicious food? Listen and find out! 

150 Kiki’s Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便, 1989)

It’s time for another visit to Studio Ghibli as we discuss Hayao Miyazaki’s coming of age classic featuring a young witch and her cat: Kiki’s Delivery Service! We discuss women getting shit done, sassy cats, hard lessons about the loneliness of growing up, the rise and fall of blimps, WWII metaphors, all the things you’ve come to expect from Indy Randhawa and Samantha Hees.

 

Kiki's Delivery Service (Japanese: 魔女の宅急便, Hepburn: Majo no Takkyūbin, "Witch's Delivery Service") is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transport and the Nippon Television Network and distributed by the Toei Company. It tells the story of Kiki, a young witch who moves to a new town and uses her flying ability to earn a living. According to Miyazaki, the movie portrays the gulf between independence and reliance in teenage Japanese girls.

149 Indy’s Top 5 Talking Black Cats, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, & Kiki’s Delivery Service Preview

Indy runs down his list of best talking cats, including Salem Saberhagen, Sailor Moon’s Luna, and more, Samantha reviews the satirical thriller The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window with Kristen Bell, and we prepare for our annual dose of Miyazaki: Kiki’s Delivery Service!

Salem Highlights From Sabrina The Teenage Witch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBkrIMIKZnc&ab_channel=FunbucketattheMovies

 

Some Changes to Sailor Moon for North America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFGagOZVDaU&ab_channel=WatchMojo.com

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (originally titled The Woman in the House) is an American miniseries created by Rachel Ramras, Hugh Davidson, and Larry Dorf. Kristen Bell, Michael Ealy, Tom Riley, Mary Holland, Cameron Britton, Shelley Hennig and Samsara Yett star in the series, which has elements of the dark comedy and thriller genres, but is primarily a parody of mystery psychological thrillers. The eight-episode series runs less than four hours and was released on January 28, 2022, on Netflix. It received mixed reviews from critics, while Bell's performance was praised.

148 Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)

This week we’re covering the sequel everyone demanded, Step Up 2: The Streets! We break down the dancing, romance, shirt budgets, getting served, Henry V, defenestrations, the many crimes of the heroes, theatre tech, inspirational cultural appropriation speeches, and more!

Opening Subway Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAB3CjAW_UQ&ab_channel=Flaqko%27sArchive

The Final Rain Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCXOuYGKSoo&ab_channel=Flaqko%27sArchive

Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YaNKBmRNvY&ab_channel=MovieclipsClassicTrailers

147 Open Book by Jessica Simpson, The Novels of Kurt Vonnegut Part 2 (1969-1982), & Step Up 2 Preview

Sam recommends Open Book, the autobiography of Jessica Simpson, Indy does several quick reviews of some middle career Kurt Vonnegut novels like; Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, Slapstick, and more, then we prepare to Step Up 2: The Streets!

Plus, when was the last good musical, and are Disney live action remakes a metaphor for growing up?

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published 14 novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works, with further collections being published after his death.

Jessica Ann Johnson (née Simpson; born July 10, 1980)[3] is an American singer, actress, businesswoman and fashion designer. After performing in church choirs as a child, Simpson signed with Columbia Records in 1997, at age 17. Her debut studio album, Sweet Kisses (1999), sold two million copies in the United States and saw the commercial success of the single "I Wanna Love You Forever". Simpson adopted a more mature image for her second studio album, Irresistible (2001), and its title track became her second top 20 entry on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In This Skin (2003), Simpson's third studio album, sold three million copies in the United States.

Step Up 2: The Streets trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL2wDI-O5YQ&ab_channel=StepUpMovie 

The Kurt Vonneguys: https://soundcloud.com/kurtvonneguys

 

146 The Life and Music of Bob Marley

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.

145 Africa by Amanaz, Down the Rabbit Hole & Vegas Diaries by Holly Madison, & Bob Marley Preview

We discuss some important subjects like, who was the first person to be called hot, and the fall of low rise jeans. Then Indy reviews the classic Zamrock album Africa by Amanaz, Samantha recommends Down the Rabbit Hole & Vegas Diaries by Holly Madison, and we prepare to discuss the life and music of Bob Marley.

Amanaz was a Zamrock band founded in 1973 in Kitwe, Zambia.[1] The group released their only album, the acclaimed Africa, in 1975. Amanaz drew influences from American and British rock of the late 1960s–early 1970s, especially the music of Jimi Hendrix, and from traditional Zambian music, identifiable in Watson Lungu's drumming and Keith Kabwe's vocals. The band's name is the acronym of "Ask Me About Nice Artistes In Zambia".

Holly Madison[1] (née Cullen; born December 23, 1979)[2] is an American model and television personality.[3] She appeared in the E! reality television show The Girls Next Door and her own series, Holly's World. She has also released two books, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny in 2015 and The Vegas Diaries: Romance, Rolling the Dice, and the Road to Reinvention in 2016.

Etymology of Hot: https://theawesomer.com/the-origin-of-the-slang-hot/305294/

144 Step Up (2006)

We’re dancing into Valentine’s Day with Step Up, and talking giant clothes, dance skills, stealing cars, choreography, Channing Tatum’s busy schedule, The Wire, black trauma as a vehicle for white growth, you know, the usual stuff.

 

Step Up is a 2006 American romantic dance drama film directed by Anne Fletcher (in her feature film directorial debut) from a screenplay by Duane Adler and Melissa Rosenberg and a story by Adler. The film stars Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Mario, Drew Sidora, and Rachel Griffiths.

Set in Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows the tale of the disadvantaged Tyler Gage (Tatum) and the privileged modern dancer Nora Clark (Dewan), who find themselves paired up in a showcase that determines both of their futures. Realizing that they only have one chance, they finally work together.

Step Up was released by Touchstone Pictures and Summit Entertainment in the United States on August 11, 2006.[4] The film received mostly negative reviews from critics, but became a box office success, grossing $114.2 million worldwide against a budget of $12 million. It spawned a franchise that includes four sequels and a television series.

143 One True Loves by Talyor Jenkins Reid, The Novels of Kurt Vonnegut (1952-1965), & Step Up Preview

After a super light intro about pulling the plug on Indy if he’s ever in the flesh prison of a coma, DNRs, chainsaw-handed robots, The Golden Girls, Bob Seger, Bob Saget… honestly, you could just jump to the 6 minute mark…
Then Samantha reviews the novel One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Indy does rapid-fire recommendations of Kurt Vonnegut’s early work, including The Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, & God Bless You Mr. Rosewater,  and finally we preview next week’s watch, the film that launched a dance franchise: 2006’s Step up! 

#PrincessWasted

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ( November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published 14 novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works, with further collections being published after his death.

One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid: https://taylorjenkinsreid.com/books/one-true-loves/

Kurt Vonnegut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut

Step Up trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm_kACNrF3E&ab_channel=KillerCinemadotcom

142 Cool Runnings (1993)

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it’s podcast time! We’re feeling very Olympic today as we discuss Cool Runnings, the story of the Jamaican bobsled team in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. We discuss late eighties fashion, the cold hard truth of the cold, teaching kids about racism, the lessons we learn from failure, countless one- liners, and much more!

 

Cool Runnings is a 1993 American comedy sports film directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Leon Robinson, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba, and John Candy. It is loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team's debut in competition during the 1988 Winter Olympics. Cool Runnings was released in the United States on October 1, 1993 to generally positive reviews. The film's soundtrack also became popular with Jimmy Cliff performing a cover of Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now", which reached the top 40 as a single in the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.