Matthew Porter
Co-Host of IMMP
Matthew Porter is a writer, speaker, coffee enthusiast and destroyer of keyboards.
Matthew Porter has hosted 186 Episodes.
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177: Danny Kaye in THE COURT JESTER (1955)
August 18th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
50s, comedy, movie, musical
Special guest (and Matthew's brother/Ian's uncle) Jim Porter returns to the podcast to discuss the 1955 Danny Kaye medieval comedy Technicolor epic THE COURT JESTER.
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176: CODE LYOKO (The Millennial Strikes Back)
August 4th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
2000s, animation, kids, scifi, tv
RETURN TO THE PAST NOW! Specifically, return with us to 2003 for a Millennial Strikes Back episode about the French animated kids' sci fi cartoon CODE LYOKO.
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175: Electric Light Orchestra - A NEW WORLD RECORD
July 21st, 2025 | 45 mins 23 secs
70s, music
This week Matthew introduces Ian to the 1976 ELO album A NEW WORLD RECORD.
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174: V: The Original Miniseries (1983)
July 7th, 2025 | 56 mins 7 secs
80s, action, drama, sci fi, tv
On this episode Ian and Matthew tackle the jackbooted space lizards of V, the original miniseries from 1983.
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173: BUCKAROO BANZAI
June 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins
80s, action, adventure, comedy, scifi
This week the IMMP dives into one of great cult movies of the 80s: BUCKAROO BANZAI.
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172: THE CRYING OF LOT 49 by Thomas Pynchon
June 9th, 2025 | 55 mins
60s, book, comedy, mystery, novel
Was the D&D panic of the 80s sorta kinda correct? Ian and Matthew talk about this and more while discussing of of Matthew's favorite novels.
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171: Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in CITY HEAT
May 26th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
80s, action, comedy, drama, movie, mystery
Ian and Matthew discuss Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in CITY HEAT, the 1984...Comedy? Drama? Violent actioner?
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170: DIRTY HARRY (1971)
May 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
70s, action, crime, drama
Not necessarily a "fun" movie this time, but an interesting one to talk about.
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169: HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
April 28th, 2025 | 51 mins 6 secs
70s, movie, western
After learning the ropes in Sergio Leone's Italian Westerns, Clint Eastwood took the reins to direct the 1973 film HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER.
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168: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
April 14th, 2025 | 48 mins 8 secs
60s, action, drama, movie, western
In 1964, the dream team of actor Clint Eastwood, director Sergio Leone and composer Ennio Morricone changed westerns forever, with just A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS.
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167: ZARDOZ
March 31st, 2025 | 57 mins 14 secs
70s, drama, movie, scifi
Sean Connery stars in John Boorman's trippy futurist...thing.
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166: James Bond in DR. NO
March 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 37 mins
60s, action, james bond, movie, mystery
Ian and Matthew return to the very first James Bond movie. 1962 was a very different place.