I Love This, You Should Too

This episode was originally released on July 27, 2020

After determining which Recess and Sex and the City characters we are, we get into Indy’s favourite baseball movie: A League of Their Own. We discuss efficient character development, women supporting women, why Geena Davis is our hero, Dungeons & Dragons, feminist ideas of 8 year old boys, and what makes this such a successful sports movie.

Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media: seejane.org

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

This week we’re discussing the very successful movie, based on the hit novel It Ends With Us, featuring unreliable narrators, too young surgeons, unlikely names, and behind the scenes controversy.

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

Sam has some time travel hijinx with Gabrielle Meyer’s novel When The Day Comes, Indy reviews one of his favourite 90s sit-coms Mad About You, and we preview next week’s big watch: It Ends With Us (the movie, not the book).

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

This episode was originally released on May 31, 2021

Join us for robot revolution, god dogs, bus accidents, destroyed faces, gross kissing, & more as we discuss everyone’s favourite Keanu Reeves / Sandra Bullock time traveling mailbox romance; The Lake House! 

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

The Lake House is a 2006 American science fiction romantic drama film directed by Alejandro Agresti, starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock (who had previously appeared together in the box office hit Speed). It was written by David Auburn.[2] A remake of the South Korean motion picture Il Mare (2000), it centers on an architect living in 2004 and a doctor living in 2006 who meet via letters left in a mailbox at the lake house where they have lived at separate points in time. They carry on correspondence over two years, remaining separated by their original difference of two years.

This week we are discussing the 2002 wuxia epic: Hero (英雄). Join us as we talk about the stunning visuals, colorful chapters, understanding martial arts films, political readings, Indy’s love of Tony Leung (and most of the cast, really), Chinese history, and a bunch of other things I’ve already forgotten.

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

Hero (Chinese: 英雄; pinyin: Yīngxióng) is a 2002 wuxia martial arts film[3] directed, co-written, and produced by Zhang Yimou, and starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen and Chen Daoming.[4] The cinematography was by Christopher Doyle, and the musical score composed by Tan Dun. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards. The historical background of the film refers to the Warring States Period in ancient China, when China was divided into seven states. In 227–221 BC, the Qin state was about to unify the other six states, assassins from the six states were sent to assassinate the king of Qin. One of the most famous incidents was Jing Ke's attempted assassination of the King of Qin.

Indy reviews Paul Tremblay’s horror books including; A Head Full of Ghosts, Disappearance at Devil's Rock, Horror Movie, & others, Samantha recommends the historical fiction of To the Bone by Alena Bruzas, and we preview next week’s deep dive, the 2002 Wuxia Historical epic: Hero! 

Paul Gaetan Tremblay  is an American author and editor of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction. His most widely known novels include A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World, and Survivor Song. He has won multiple Bram Stoker Awards and is a juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards.

Hero (Chinese: 英雄; pinyin: Yīngxióng) is a 2002 wuxia martial arts film directed, co-written, and produced by Zhang Yimou, and starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen and Chen Daoming. The cinematography was by Christopher Doyle, and the musical score composed by Tan Dun. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards.

We are recapping the year by going over our favourite movies, books, music, and TV shows of 2024! We recommend Hundreds Of Beavers, Wicked, Taylor Swift  Nicolette and the Nobodies, Haruki Murakami, & more!

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

Looking for a Christmas movie that starts with references to 9/11, takes place on a porn set, seems like it was written and directed by a 13 year old boy, and says love is determined by physical proximity? Then Love Actually is the movie for you! Samantha and Indy dissect this terrible, offensive, lazy movie that has somehow become a Christmas classic.

This episode was originally released on Dec. 12, 2019

Love Actually Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdzH6a-XEGM

Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The Christmas film features an ensemble cast, composed predominantly of British actors, many of whom had worked with Curtis in previous projects. An international co-production of the United Kingdom, United States, and France, it was mostly filmed on-location in London. The film delves into different aspects of love as shown through 10 separate stories involving a variety of individuals, many of whom are interlinked as the plot progresses. The story begins five weeks before Christmas and is played out in a weekly countdown until the holiday, followed by an epilogue that takes place in the New Year.

Wear a helmet and make sure your shoes are on tight, because we are covering the impactful (see what I did there?) holiday film Home Alone! We reminisce about the 90’s and Christmases passed, and discuss the great performances, cartoonish violence, sentimental heart, and fun of the Christmas classic.

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

Home Alone is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, a young boy who defends his suburban Chicago home from a home invasion by a pair of robbers after his family accidentally leaves him behind on their Christmas vacation to Paris. The cast also features Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara.

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We’re keeping it Christmas as Indy recommends the holiday neo-noir Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Samantha watches Netflix’s latest Lindsay Lohan movie Our Little Secret, and we preview the Chrismas movie loved by 90’s kids everywhere (except Samantha) Home Alone!

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

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a 2005 American neo-noir black comedy crime film written and directed by Shane Black (in his directorial debut), and starring Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, and Corbin Bernsen. The script is partially based on the Brett Halliday novel Bodies Are Where You Find Them (1941), and interprets the classic hardboiled literary genre in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. The film was produced by Joel Silver, with Susan Levin and Steve Richards as executive producers.

Our Little Secret is a 2024 American romantic comedy film directed by Stephen Herek and written by Hailey DeDominicis. It stars Lindsay Lohan alongside an ensemble cast, featuring Ian Harding, Tim Meadows, Jon Rudnitsky, Judy Reyes, Henry Czerny, Chris Parnell and Kristin Chenoweth. The film was a part of Lohan's creative partnership with Netflix under which she also executive produced the project.

Home Alone is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, a young boy who defends his suburban Chicago home from a home invasion by a pair of robbers after his family accidentally leaves him behind on their Christmas vacation to Paris. The cast also features Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara.