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You Gotta Love It

Kohji Nagata & Andrew Patterson

The show where you tell us, and the rest of the world the things you love that we might have missed. The show where you can come to discover the best things you never new existed. And most importantly the show where you can force us to sit through the worst "entertainment" you can find and say "Well... you gotta love it." For content submissions please go to loveitpod.com or email us at mailbag@loveitpod.com also hit us up on twitter and instagram @loveitpod

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  • September 17 · length unknown

    Episode 128 - Coyote Vs. Beaver Vs. Lebron

    Inspired by the release of Coyote vs. Acme, Kohji and Andrew explore the world of live-action animation hybrids. First, the hidden gem Hundreds of Beavers (2022) — a $150K black-and-white silent film that plays like a feature-length Looney Tunes episode meets a survival video game. Then, the "Love It" pick: Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021), where Warner Bros. casts itself as the villain while stuffing the movie with its own IP. Plus: box office game, critic or commenter, love-it-or-leave-it debate

  • August 20 · length unknown

    Episode 127 - The End of Love and 65 Oak Street

    This week on You Gotta Love It, Kohji and Andrew go prehistoric. Themed around the upcoming film The End of Oak Street — where a suburban family crisis turns into prehistoric survival — the guys dig into two movies that blend family, creatures, and the fight to stay alive. First up is the hidden gem Love and Monsters (2020), a Netflix release that quietly earned an Academy Award nomination for its creature effects on a $30 million budget. Starring Dylan O'Brien as a hapless survivor who leaves h

  • July 30 · length unknown

    Episode 126 - A Brand New Day for Madame Web and Her Heroic Trio

    Brand New Day: The Heroic Trio vs. Madame Web Koji and Andrew host the podcast You Gotta Love It with a “brand new day” theme, pairing spider/superhero films: hidden gem The Heroic Trio (1993, dir. Johnny To) and “Lovett” Madame Web (2024, dir. S.J. Clarkson). They summarize The Heroic Trio’s plot—babies stolen for an underworld master, three heroines (Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung) ultimately team up—and praise its Hong Kong wire-work action, genre-blending tone, cult history, and wil

  • July 27 · length unknown

    Emergency Odyssey Podcast

    In this episode, Kohji and Andrew dive into the cinematic reinterpretation of Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan. They explore the artistic choices, casting decisions, and thematic updates Nolan infused to make the story resonate with today’s audience, and debate the authenticity of such adaptations. Key topics discussed: The shift from traditional storytelling to a modernized adaptation with contemporary vernacular and accents Casting choices including star-studded cast an

  • July 16 · length unknown

    Episode 125 - The Odyssey of the Fall of the Titans

    You Gotta Love It: The Fall (Hidden Gem) and Clash of the Titans (2010)Koji and Andrew Patterson introduce You Gotta Love It while discussing poor Toronto air quality from forest fire runoff, then preview an episode themed around Christopher Nolan’s upcoming The Odyssey, which they have tickets to see in 70mm IMAX. Their hidden gem is Tarsem Singh’s The Fall (festival 2006; wider US 2008), set in the 1920s and starring Lee Pace and Catinca Untaru, about an injured stuntman who tells a six-year-o

  • July 2 · length unknown

    Episode 124 -Super Girls, Cat Women, and the scratch of Barb Wire

    This week's episode is all about dystopian babes with questionable superpowers. Kohji and Andrew dig into two gloriously unhinged '90s/2000s guilty pleasures: the grimy, Heavy Metal-inspired cult classic Barb Wire, starring Pamela Anderson as a mercenary nightclub owner who really doesn't want to be called "babe," and the notoriously maligned Catwoman (2004), starring Halle Berry as a resurrected, catnip-obsessed corporate whistleblower turned superhero. Plus: Tank Girl gets a shelf-respect shou

  • June 18 · length unknown

    Episode 123 - Disclosure Day and The Vast of Knowing

    Disclosure Day Theme: The Vast of Night (Hidden Gem) and Knowing (You Gotta Respect It) Koji and Andrew Patterson return to You Gotta Love It and announce a new themed-episode format tied to Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” pairing the hidden gem The Vast of Night with the “you gotta love it” pick Knowing. They catch up on life (Andrew finishing an MFA and moving back from New York; Koji watching movies with his nearly six-year-old and collecting 4K discs), then discuss The Vast of Night as a slow-

  • Aug 27, 2021 · length unknown

    Episode 120 - Suicide Force

    The hidden gem for the week is The Suicide Squad (2021) and the You Gotta Love It is Thunder Force

  • Oct 15, 2020 · length unknown

    Episode 115 - Still Lovin It

    We back baby. In this episode we run down our top 5 favorite media we've consumed since the world changed. We missed you guys

  • Nov 29, 2019 · length unknown

    Episode 114 - Duck Duck Poco

    In this episode we discuss the hidden gem Poco’s Legacy and the you gotta love it Black Duck - Wiggle in LineWe are joined by special guests Shawn and KatieRecommendations are the album Floating Points: Crush the comic Invincible the movie Boyhood and the streaming service Kanopy

  • Nov 7, 2019 · length unknown

    Episode 113 - House of Pikachu

    In this episode we discuss the hidden gem House of X and Powers of X and the you gotta love it Detective PikachuRecommendations are Watchmen (TV series) and Dark (TV series)

  • Aug 14, 2019 · length unknown

    Episode 112 - A Long Day's Hobbs into Shaw

    In this episode we discuss the hidden gem Long Day's Journey into Night and the you gotta love it Hobbs and ShawRecommendations are the book Snow Crash and the Bon Iver album i,i

  • Jun 6, 2019 · length unknown

    Episode 111 - Avengers End Game of Thrones

    In this episode we discuss the NOT SO hidden gem Avengers: Endgame and the you gotta love it Game of ThronesNew Segment Alert Tunes from the toilet: Honey BeardFollow us on twitter and instagram at @loveitpod

  • May 23, 2019 · length unknown

    Episode 110 - Jack Frogs

    In this episode we discuss the hidden gem Billy Jack and the you gotta love it FrogsSuggestions are the group Injury Reserve and the show BarryFollow us on twitter and instagram at @loveitpod

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