IMMP

112: THE GREAT HOUDINI(S) Starring Paul Michael Glaser

February 20th, 2023  |  46 mins 40 secs

70s, biopic, drama, movie, tv

In the early 1900s, Harry Houdini became the world's greatest entertainer by escaping every type of captivity. In the mid 1970s, ten-year-old Matthew was captivated by THE GREAT HOUDINIS, starring Paul Michael Glaser of Starsky and Hutch fame. How will Ian escape this TV biopic?

109: ICE STATION ZEBRA

January 9th, 2023  |  50 mins 33 secs

60s, action, drama, movie, thriller

As we deal with the icy winds of January, we ask ourselves: what if we take these icy winds and add Cold War nuclear tensions? And a cool nuclear submarine? Join Ian and Matthew for a talk about 1968's ICE STATION ZEBRA.

108: CONAN THE DESTROYER

December 26th, 2022  |  1 hr 20 mins

80s, action, adventure, fantasy, holiday, movie

Christmas with Conan continues! Right on the tail of 1982's CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Raffaella De Laurentiis produced 1984's CONAN THE DESTROYER. New villain. New sidekicks. New director. New tone. Same Conan?

107: CONAN THE BARBARIAN starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (1982)

December 12th, 2022  |  1 hr 16 mins

80s, action, fantasy, holiday, movie

Happy Hyborian Holidays! Our December theme is Christmas with Conan, starting with 1982's CONAN THE BARBARIAN starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

106: Ralph Bakshi’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1978)

November 28th, 2022  |  1 hr 1 min

70s, animation, fantasy, movie, tolkien

More than two decades before Peter Jackson made the world believe that New Zealand is Middle Earth, animator Ralph Bakshi gave us an ambitious and deeply weird adaptation of Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

103: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder

October 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 4 mins

70s, comedy, halloween, horror, movie

After the 1931 Universal Adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN -- 43 years after -- Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder revisited the material with ... a parody? A sequel? Both? Something more? Ian and Matthew try to figure it out as they talk about YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.

102: FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

October 3rd, 2022  |  54 mins 34 secs

30s, halloween, horror, movie, scifi

The IMMP kicks off Halloween season 2022 with another Universal horror classic.

099: LOGAN’S RUN

August 22nd, 2022  |  52 mins 39 secs

70s, drama, movie, scifi

For late August 2022, Matthew chose to show Ian the 70s sci-fi feature LOGAN'S RUN.

For reasons that will become clear.

098: Mike Nichols’ THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN

August 8th, 2022  |  44 mins

70s, drama, movie, scifi

Is "marine biology techno thriller" a genre? If so it applies to this episode's subject, THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN.

097: Bill Murray in MEATBALLS

July 25th, 2022  |  49 mins 12 secs

70s, comedy, movie

It's the height of the summer, and for many that means memories of summer camp. Or summer camp movies like MEATBALLS.