I Love This, You Should Too

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!

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.

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!

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!

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!

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.