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082: THE STARLOST starring Keir Dullea

December 28th, 2021 | 49 mins 20 secs

70s, holiday, scifi, tv

It’s Keir Dullea versus the perils of a large spaceship with a faulty computer. No, it’s not 2001. It’s THE STARLOST.

081: 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT starring Roy Scheider

December 13th, 2021 | 50 mins 58 secs

1984, 80s, adventure, drama, holiday, movie, scifi

Maybe 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY didn’t need a sequel. But it got one. So Ian and Matthew are back to discuss the 1984 film 2010.

080: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

November 29th, 2021 | 58 mins 15 secs

60s, drama, holiday, movie, scifi

In the year 1968, Stanley Kubrick offered a vision of what life would be like in the year 2001. And that vision was "very bright, very glossy, very high tech, very trippy." This week the IMMP addresses 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.

Bonus Show - DUNE (2021)

November 17th, 2021 | 35 mins 27 secs

2020s, bonus, movie, scifi

From our Patreon bonus feed: We followed our recent reading of the novel DUNE with a special Something New To Watch show about the Denis Villeneuve movie. Hope you enjoy!

079: REMINGTON STEELE

November 15th, 2021 | 50 mins 50 secs

80s, mystery, romance, tv

Mystery and romance with some "will they or won't they?" tension. There was a lot of that in 80s TV. Where did it start? Some would say right here, with Pierce Bronson and Stephanie Zimbalist starring in REMINGTON STEELE.

078: James Bond in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

November 1st, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins

70s, action, bond, movie

There are so many James Bond movies to choose from, so we decided to start with the first one Matthew saw in a theater.

077: Jean Cocteau’s LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (Beauty and the Beast, 1946)

October 18th, 2021 | 58 mins 2 secs

40s, fantasy, french, halloween, movie, romance

The IMMP’s Halloween 2021 celebration continues with a surreal take on a fairy tale.

076: DRACULA (1931, starring Bela Lugosi)

October 4th, 2021 | 46 mins

30s, halloween, horror, movie

Halloween 2021 kicks off with the first of the legendary Universal monster movies: DRACULA.

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.

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