IMMP
Matthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging in the new millennium?
Son learns what made Dad ... whatever he is today. And Dad learns what Son thinks of all this.
(Music by Jason Aro / Pond5)
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 188
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
159: Irwin Allen's THE TOWERING INFERNO
Christmas is a time for parties, bright lights and surprises. So this year the IMMP kicks off our holiday theme with 1974's THE TOWERING INFERNO from disaster master Irwin Allen.
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158: THE BIG CLOCK (1948)
After our prior episode about No Way Out, a 1987 adaptation of the novel The Big Clock, this time we talk about the original 1948 adaptation of The Big Clock called... THE BIG CLOCK.
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157: NO WAY OUT (1987)
From the heyday of the techno thriller, we've got a very 80s movie with Gene Hackman, Kevin Costner, and lots of political and criminal intrigue. It's NO WAY OUT.
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156: Disney's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983)
In 1983, Walt Disney Productions released an interesting experiment: A children's horror movie set in an old-timey American town menaced by an evil carnival, with a screenplay adapted by Ray Bradbury…
155: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (Novel, 1962)
For Halloween 2024 Matthew had Ian read Ray Bradbury's classic novel, in which a spooky dangerous carnival threatens a small town...by offering the people what they want. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY CO…
154: ALIENS
In 1986 James Cameron brought us another look at the creature from Ridley Scott's 1979 classic ALIEN. Plus some Space Marines. Plus a Space Yuppie. Plus an extra "S". It's ALIENS!
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153: John Carpenter's STARMAN
In 1984, John Carpenter brought to earth a movie than blended road trip, romance, sci fi, and just a touch of Stockholm Syndrome. It's Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges in STARMAN.
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152: SPEED RACER - Live at NDK
Before INITIAL D...Before REDLINE... before OVERTAKE!...there was SPEED RACER!
This special live episode was presented at the Nan Desu Kan anime convention in Aurora, Colorado.
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151: JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN
Before UFO, before SPACE:1999, Sylvia and Gerry Anderson went to the far side of the sun for a movie known to most of the world as DOPPELGANGER.
For this special episode of the IMMP Podcast, Ian and…
150: John Carpenter's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
For the IMMP's 150th episode, we revel in what may be Ian and Matthew's shared favorite movie: John Carpenter's incomparable BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA.
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149: MAGIC: THE GATHERING (The Millennial Strikes Back)
Ian takes over to teach Matthew how to play MAGIC: THE GATHERING, to talk about how what the classic Collectible Card Came means to him, and to discuss how it opens up new ways to tell and appreciate…
Special Announcement - Upcoming Live Stream!
Upcoming live stream!
On July 10 at 10 PM Eastern / 8 PM Mountain, Ian will teach Matthew to play MAGIC: THE GATHERING live on YouTube.
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148: MAX MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME
The 2024 Summer Road Trip continues through post-apocalypse Australia...without highways? And mainly without cars?
It's a strange parable of civilizations and the stories they tell themselves. It's …
147: MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR
The IMMP Summer Road Trip continues with the story of a heroic gyro copter pilot. And some guy named Max. It's THE ROAD WARRIOR.
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146: MAD MAX (1979)
The IMMP 2024 Summer Road Trip starts off on the deadly highways of Australia with George Miller and Byron Kennedy's original MAD MAX from 1979. Ian and Matthew talk about heroes, antiheroes, mytholo…
145: PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
Back In 1968, Charlton Heston played a misanthropic space commander who journeyed to a world free of human bureaucrats....but not free of bureaucracy! It's PLANET OF THE APES.
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144: ALIEN (1979)
Back in 1979 Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon and an intrepid crew encountered a terrifying unknown entity and influenced decades of science fiction cinema. And Matthew became a seventh grade hero for seei…
143: EARTH II (1971 TV movie)
Way back in 1971, when the Apollo program was still cool, a TV pilot imagined a techno-utopia in orbit.
Governed by D&D.
It's EARTH II.
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142: John Carpenter’s THE FOG (1980)
It's almost Founder's Day at Antonio Bay, so the IMMP celebrates by rolling into John Carpenter's 1980 movie THE FOG.
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141: NIMOY'S PREVIOUS FRONTIER
Now that we've talked about Leonard Nimoy as host of IN SEARCH OF..., it's finally time for the IMMP to discuss the dramatic action-adventure series whose ensemble included Leonard Nimoy, years earli…