I Love This, You Should Too

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

We’re covering the Disney seafaring animated classic(?) Moana, its themes of ancestry, forgiveness, and restorative justice, where it ranks among other classics when it comes to songs, sidekicks, and more, and discovering that we, too, are Moana.   Moana (also known as Vaiana or Oceania in some markets) is a 2016 American computer-animated musical fantasy action-adventure film produced by Walt Dis...

Samantha goes on a trip to France with her recommendation of the Netflix series Emily in Paris, Indy reflects of the entirety of John Steinbeck’s bibliography, including reviews of The Pastures of Heaven, In Dubious Battle, East of Eden, and more, then we get retting for an epic sea voyage with next week’s big watch: Moana!  Emily in Paris is an American romantic comedy-drama television series cre...

In a very special musical episode we preview the 2023 Edmonton Folk Music Festival and discuss and feature music from the acts we are most excited for like; Aysanabee, Cha Wa, Feist, Fleet Foxes, Kimi Djabaté, The Dedicated Men of Zion, and more! Listen to our FolkFest playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2OJ4S1WyrLGorLWyb37BdN?si=9L3LxJndRyetHHNXxizAZg Edmonton Folk Music Festiv...

In another summery episode, we discuss the 1999 psychological thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley; its fantastic performances, idyllic locales, and we try to break down what it has to say about class struggles, psychopathy, and the nature of identity. Remember, “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the ab...

Indy reviews Summer of Soul, the documentary by Questlove that recounts the influential but largely forgotten 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, Samantha suggests Jennifer Weiner’s That Summer as your next summer beach read, and then we preview next week’s big watch: The Talented Mr. Ripley! Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is a 2021 American independent documentary f...

This week we are discussing the Lindsay Lohan (X2) film The Parent Trap, including the fantastic twin hijinx, the less enjoyable romance, mobile chili, pranks, fencing, handshakes, bad parenting, and more! The Parent Trap is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Nancy Meyers , and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer . It is a remake of the 1961 film of the same name...

It's summer time here on I Love This You Should Too! Samantha recommends the Amazon Prime series The Summer I Turned Pretty, Indy reviews the spectacular animated film Spider-Man: Across The Spider- Verse, and we preview next week's big watch: The Parent Trap! The Summer I Turned Pretty is an American coming-of-age romantic drama television series created by author Jenny Han for Amazon Prime Video...

This week we are reviewing one of Indy's childhood favourites, the Canadian cult classic horror movie The Changeling! We discuss the structure of haunted house movies, the clever direction, tension building, grief, and what we want done with our corpses. The Changeling on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4rZJozMJc&t=3007s&ab_channel=KingsofHorror The Changeling is a 1980 Canadian superna...

It’s all Canadian content today on I Love This You Should Too! Maybe now we’ll qualify for a grant or something. First, Indy recommends the wild, and at times insightful antics of Kenny Vs. Spenny, then Samantha recounts the heartbreaking true story of Hana’s Suitcase, and finally we introduce next week’s feature, The Changeling! The Changeling on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4rZJozM...

This week we are discussing one of Samantha’s childhood favourites, the 1985 made for TV movie based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic Canadian novel Anne Of Green Gables! Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 Canadian made-for-television drama film based on the 1908 novel of the same name by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery , and is the first in a series of four films . The film stars Megan Follows...

Samantha reviews the first book in Alka Joshi’s Jaipur Trilogy: The Henna Artist, Indy watches the atmospheric Indian period horror Tumbbad, and we get ready for a dose of idyllic Canadiana with Anne of Green Gables. The Henna Artist: Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna Artist opens a d...

This week we are discussing the first Korean film many western audiences saw, Oldboy (올드보이, 2003), including its roots in film noir, Shakespeare, and Greek tragedy, the visceral violence, the consuming nature of revenge, teeth, mirrors, hammers, octopuses, the ending, and much more! Oldboy ( Korean : 올드보이; RR : Oldeuboi; MR : Oldŭboi) is a 2003 South Korean neo-noir psychological action th...

Indy goes back to the 90s with the heartwarming Irish comedy series Derry Girls, Samantha goes even farther back with the time travelling mystery The Girl In The Castle by James Patterson and Emily Raymond, and we get ready for some more revenge with a preview of next week’s big watch, the Korean neo-noir thriller Oldboy!   Derry Girls is a teen sitcom , created and written by Lisa McGee , that pr...

After a bit too much time spent on our potential elderly drug use and cookie consumption, we discuss the Keanu Reeves action blockbuster John Wick! We talk about Keanu’s acting, the film’s style, efficient storytelling, action sequences, world building, puppy cuteness, and more!   John Wick is a 2014 American action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad. The film fo...

It’s a short one today! Samantha recommends the crime thriller A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham, Indy rewatches Rumble in the Bronx and recounts Jackie Chan mania, and we get ready to watch the Keanu Reeves action thriller John Wick!    Rumble in the Bronx (Chinese title: 紅番區, Hong Faan Kui (transl. Red Turn District) [6] is a 1995 American-Hong Kong martial arts film starring Jackie C...

We are discussing Hayao Miyazaki's 1992 anti-war love letter to aviation and flying pigs: Porco Rosso! Including; gender roles, the effects of war, curses, rising fascism, romance, cute kids, ambiguous endings, and much more. Remember, it's better to be a pig than a fascist. Porco Rosso ( Japanese : 紅の豚, Hepburn : Kurenai no Buta, lit. 'Crimson Pig') is a 1992 Japanese animated adventure - fant...

Indy introduces Run The Jewels’ cat based album Meow The Jewels, Samantha revisits the picture book The Mitten, & we preview our next foray into the Miyazaki universe; Porco Rosso! Run The Jewels Meowpurrdy Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzkkm_m3mVE&ab_channel=AdultSwim   Meow The Jewels: A Short Paw-cumentary:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxk9WzHB81g&ab_channel=MassAppeal   The...

We are talking about the 1995 hit starring everybody's favorite sheep-pig Babe! Plus, industrialization, waveforms of sorrow, animal segregation, & more. Remember: Christmas is carnage, babe is progress. Babe (also known as Babe the Sheep-Pig in the working title) is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Chris Noonan , produced by George Miller and written by both. It is an adaptation of Dick King-...

In what Indy calls “the worst episode in a while” Samantha recommends The Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which explores the animals and people behind the attraction. It may or may not feature kittens wearing scrubs delivering water buffalo babies. Indy has updates on some of his favourite animal starring Netflix series like; Aggretsuko, Rilakuma and Kaoru, Bee and Puppycat, and the all lemur re...

This week we are discussing Alex Garland's understated sci-fi thriller Ex Machina; the implications of AI, the beautiful use of sound and set design, slippers with feelings, manipulation, power struggles, chainsaw hands, the nature of god, and more!   Ex Machina is a 2014 science fiction film written and directed by Alex Garland in his directorial debut . There are four significant characters, pla...

We’re talking Sci-Fi today! Indy recommends a very human show about aliens; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Samantha has Upload, which posits a digital afterlife, and we preview next week’s watch, the 2014 techno-thriller Ex Machina! I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha & Indy Randhawa Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman...

We’re reviewing the Sci-Fi / horror M3gan, which attempts to fill a hole in modern horror.  It combines The Terminator and Child’s Play, and makes us question the implications of AI: will it be the end of humanity, or just give us robot pals?   M3GAN (pronounced "Megan") is a 2022 American science fiction horror film directed by Gerard Johnstone , written by Akela Cooper from a story by Cooper and...

Samantha reviews the Mother/Daughter drama of Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia, Indy finally gets out of the 90’s and listens to some modern hip-hop with Tobe Nwigwe, and we preview next week's big watch the sci-fi/horror M3gan! Ginny & Georgia is an American comedy-drama television series created by Sarah Lampert that was released on Netflix on February 24, 2021. In April 2021, the series was renewed fo...

Because you demanded it, we’re talking about the Indian historical fiction musical action thriller RRR! Well maybe not demanded, but at least 3 people mentioned it. Either way, it’s all here. We dissect the amazing friendship, action sequences, sincerity, dances, references, and all-out joy of this epic. RRR Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1c2uN3XbKk&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesTrailers RRR...