Matthew Porter
Co-Host of IMMP
Matthew Porter is a writer, speaker, coffee enthusiast and destroyer of keyboards.
Matthew Porter has hosted 148 Episodes.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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134: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS by Rankin/Bass
December 24th, 2023 | 48 mins 25 secs
animation, holiday, kids, musical, tv
Christmas 2023 at the IMMP wraps up with one of the weirdest of all Rankin/Bass Christmas specials: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS.
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133: Rankin/Bass’ SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN
December 11th, 2023 | 54 mins 33 secs
70s, animation, holiday, kids, musical
The IMMP Rankin Bass Christmas continues with the sprawling Santa Claus fanfic SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN.
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132: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER from Rankin/Bass
November 27th, 2023 | 54 mins 46 secs
60s, animation, holiday, kids, musical, tv
We kick off the holiday season at the IMMP with a Rankin/Bass Christmas classic: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER.
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131: Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
November 13th, 2023 | 52 mins 5 secs
70s, adventure, drama, movie
It's a little early for New Year's, but never too early for an Irwin Allen disaster movie like 1972's THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE.
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Bonus: DRACULA (Spanish language 1931)
October 31st, 2023 | 13 mins 4 secs
bonus, drama, halloween, horror, movie
One final Halloween treat for 2023. This is a discussion from the Patron feed, and from the Drafthouse Diary video series, about the 1931 Spanish version of DRACULA starring Carlos Villarías and Lupita Tovar.
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130: THE WOLF MAN starring Lon Chaney Jr. (1941)
October 30th, 2023 | 53 mins 46 secs
40s, drama, halloween, horror, movie
Ian and Matthew close out Halloween 2023 with another Universal monster movie: the psychological mystery of THE WOLF MAN.