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146: MAD MAX (1979)

June 10th, 2024 | 52 mins 57 secs

70s, action, drama, movie

The IMMP 2024 Summer Road Trip starts off on the deadly highways of Australia with George Miller and Byron Kennedy's original MAD MAX from 1979.

145: PLANET OF THE APES (1968)

May 27th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins

60s, adventure, movie, scifi

Back In 1968, Charlton Heston played a misanthropic space commander who journeyed to a world free of human bureaucrats....but not free of bureaucracy! It's PLANET OF THE APES.

144: ALIEN (1979)

May 13th, 2024 | 53 mins 39 secs

70s, horror, movie, scifi

Back in 1979 Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon and an intrepid crew encountered a terrifying unknown entity and influenced decades of science fiction cinema.

143: EARTH II (1971 TV movie)

April 29th, 2024 | 57 mins 42 secs

70s, drama, movie, scifi, tv

Way back in 1971, when the Apollo program was still cool, a TV pilot imagined a techno-utopia in orbit. Governed by D&D. It's EARTH II.

142: John Carpenter’s THE FOG (1980)

April 15th, 2024 | 59 mins 1 sec

80s, horror, john carpenter, movie

The IMMP rolls into another John Carpenter movie with 1980's THE FOG.

141: NIMOY'S PREVIOUS FRONTIER

April 1st, 2024 | 55 mins 19 secs

60s, action, adventure, scifi, tv

It's finally time for the IMMP to talk about the TV series Leonard Nimoy was in years before IN SEARCH OF...

140: IN SEARCH OF… Hosted by Leonard Nimoy

March 18th, 2024 | 49 mins 46 secs

70s, documentary, paranormal, tv

In 1977, Leonard Nimoy brought a cornucopia of weirdness to curious young minds: IN SEARCH OF...

139: David Lynch’s DUNE (1984)

March 4th, 2024 | 1 hr 3 mins

80s, movie, scifi

In 1984, while studio execs panicked and audiences scratched their heads, Universal Pictures released David Lynch’s trippy, epic adaptation of DUNE.

138: Bette Davis in NOW, VOYAGER

February 19th, 2024 | 55 mins 58 secs

40s, drama, movie, romance

Melodrama month continues with 1942's NOW, VOYAGER. Bette Davis and Paul Henreid star in a saga of metal health, personal transformation, and really, really bad parenting.

137: MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (1935)

February 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 secs

30s, drama, movie, philosophy, romance

Before THE CELESTINE PROPHECY...before THE SECRET...before female characters had agency?...there was...the 1935 film MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION.

136: ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING

January 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 12 mins

80s, adventure, comedy, movie

An epic American quest of danger and self-discovery through the mythic land of Chicago. The IMMP looks at 1987's ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING

135: MYST

January 8th, 2024 | 59 mins

90s, game, millennial strikes back

Ian takes over podcast and reaches into the world of computer games for a discussion of one of the most formative media properties of his life: MYST.

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