IMMP

075: Frank Herbert’s DUNE

September 20th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins

60s, novel, scifi

Ten thousand years in the future, as a galactic empire is wracked by conflict over control of the most precious resource in the galaxy, grownups and teenagers still fail to understand one another.

074: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

September 6th, 2021  |  1 hr 12 mins

70s, drama, movie, scifi

This 1977 movie gave us mysterious visitations, government cover-ups, a sense of wonder, and the template for 1980s Spielberg. Ian and Matthew talk about CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.

073: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT

August 23rd, 2021  |  53 mins 50 secs

80s, movie, scifi

John Lithgow plays the nucleus scientist, and Christopher Collet plays the kids who steals his plutonium. It's THE MANHATTAN PROJECT from 1986.

072: COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT

August 9th, 2021  |  48 mins 19 secs

70s, movie, scifi

Wouldn't it be great if technology could usher in a new eon of peace and prosperity? Be careful what you wish for.

071: WARGAMES

July 26th, 2021  |  50 mins 19 secs

80s, drama, movie, scifi

Want to play a game? How about watch a movie? In this episode Ian and Matthew discuss 1983’s WARGAMES.

070: POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE (The Millennial Strikes Back)

July 12th, 2021  |  1 hr 4 secs

2000s, animation, kids, millennial strikes back, movie

POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE. Or POKÉMON THE MOVIE 3. Or SPELL OF THE UNOWN: ENTEI. Or... listen, this movie has a lot of titles. But we’re here to find out what it meant to Ian, and why. And does it still hold up?

069: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 2

June 28th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins

50s, harryhausen, monster.movie, scifi

Harryhausen Month continues with a look at two of his more concrete sci fi movies: EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS and 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH

068: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 1

June 14th, 2021  |  52 mins 15 secs

50s, harryhausen, monster, movie, scifi

Ian and Matthew celebrate Ray Harryhausen with a look at two of his earliest movies: THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS and IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA.

067: Dean Stockwell and Sandra Dee in THE DUNWICH HORROR (1970)

May 31st, 2021  |  56 mins 45 secs

70s, horror, movie

H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror gets a 70s-hippie-sex-magic take in this Roger Corman-produced version of THE DUNWICH HORROR.

066: Bill Murray in THE RAZOR’S EDGE

May 17th, 2021  |  51 mins 4 secs

1984, 80s, drama, movie

Matthew has shown Ian Bill Murray in STRIPES. And Bill Murray in GHOSTBUSTERS. And now, Bill Murray in ... an adaptation of a 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham.

It's finally time for Ian to learn his Dad's complicated relationship with THE RAZOR'S EDGE.

065: GHOSTBUSTERS

May 3rd, 2021  |  1 hr 10 secs

1984, 80s, comedy, horror, movie

The horror/comedy blockbuster that launched a weird and twisty franchise.

064: SOMEWHERE IN TIME starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour

April 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins

80s, fantasy, movie, romance

Some things transcend the bounds of time. Is that true the 1980 romance SOMEWHERE IN TIME?