IMMP
The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media.
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 59 in total of IMMP with the tag “80s”.
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182: POLTERGEIST (1982)
October 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins
80s, halloween, horror, movie
Halloween Season 2025 continues with the Steven Spielberg/Tobe Hooper classic of an evil tree, a hungry closet, and a missing little girl.
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180: John Cusack in BETTER OFF DEAD
September 29th, 2025 | 55 mins 53 secs
80s, comedy, movie
The 80s were a weird time, but never weirder than in this surreal Savage Steve Holland black comedy of teen angst and desperation.
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179: Val Kilmer in REAL GENIUS
September 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 15 mins
80s, comedy, movie
It's Back to School time at the IMMP, so Ian and Matthew check in with the gang at Pacific Tech for the 1985 comedy REAL GENIUS.
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Bonus Show: INTO THE 8th DIMENSION
August 27th, 2025 | 30 mins 44 secs
80s, action, adventure, bonus, comedy, scifi
Following their talk about THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE 8th DIMENSION, Matthew and Ian explored an amazingly detailed feature-length documentary about the making of this beloved film. It's 2016's INTO THE 8th DIMENSION.
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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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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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165: Rankin/Bass' THE RETURN OF THE KING (1980)
March 3rd, 2025 | 58 mins 31 secs
80s, animation, kids, musical, tolkien, tv
Ian and Matthew talk about one of the most bewildering productions from Rankin/Bass, when the skipped past two thirds of THE LORD OF THE RINGS to give us their RETURN OF THE KIBNG
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162: In Search Of: ALIENS (We Kept Watching)
January 20th, 2025 | 46 mins 56 secs
70s, 80s, documentary, tv, wkw
On this return to Leonard Nimoy's TV series IN SEARCH OF, Ian and Matthew watched all the episodes they could find about aliens and UFOs.
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160: DIE HARD
December 23rd, 2024 | 1 hr 3 mins
80s, action, holiday, movie
A Christmas Classic from 1988 - DIE HARD!