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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.

Podcast · By Kohji Nagata & Andrew Patterson · American English · Official site

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Sep 17, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 17, 2026

    Episode 128 - Coyote Vs. Beaver Vs. Lebron (opens the original)

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    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

  2. Episode · Aug 20, 2026

    Episode 127 - The End of Love and 65 Oak Street (opens the original)

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    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

  3. Episode · Jul 30, 2026

    Episode 126 - A Brand New Day for Madame Web and Her Heroic Trio (opens the original)

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    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

  4. Episode · Jul 27, 2026

    Emergency Odyssey Podcast (opens the original)

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    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

  5. Episode · Jul 16, 2026

    Episode 125 - The Odyssey of the Fall of the Titans (opens the original)

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    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

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