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
084: John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
In 1981 John Carpenter and Kurt Russell showed us how bad things could be in 1997: the USA, Russia, and China at war, while the United States Police Force maintains Manhattan Island as one big prison…
083: Sonic or Harvey? CHOOSE YOUR SASSY ANIMAL FRIEND
Ian and Matthew were not able to record a show this week, so we dug into the Patreon archives to assemble a special episode.
Sonic the Hedgehog from the 2020 movie, or Harvey the giant invisible rab…
082: THE STARLOST starring Keir Dullea
Just in time for New Year's, the IMMP Holiday in Space ends with a saga starring Keir Dullea as an adventurous young man navigating physical and existential perils aboard a dangerous spacecraft with …
081: 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT starring Roy Scheider
The IMMP Holiday In Space continues!
Maybe 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY didn’t need a sequel. But it got one. So Ian and Matthew are back to discuss the 1984 film 2010: THE YEAR ME MAKE CONTACT.
080: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
In the year 1968, Stanley Kubrick offered a vision of what life would be like in the year 2001. And that vision was "very bright, very glossy, very high tech, very trippy." This week the IMMP address…
Bonus Show - DUNE (2021)
From our Patreon bonus feed: We followed our recent reading of the novel DUNE with a special Something New To Watch show about the Denis Villeneuve movie. Hope you enjoy!
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079: REMINGTON STEELE
Mystery and romance with some "will they or won't they?" tension. There was a lot of that in 80s TV. Where did it start? Some would say right here, with Pierce Bronson and Stephanie Zimbalist starrin…
078: James Bond in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
There are so many James Bond movies to choose from, so we decided to start with the first one Matthew saw in a theater: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME starring Roger Moore as James Bond 007.
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077: Jean Cocteau’s LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE (Beauty and the Beast, 1946)
Continuing the Spooky Castle theme begun with DRACULA, the podcast looks at a unique, surreal French film that is simultaneousy weird, creepy and romantic. It's Jean Cocteau's 1946 film LA BELLE ET L…
076: DRACULA (1931, starring Bela Lugosi)
He had style, he had game, and he was starting a new life in England.
Well, except for the "life" part.
IMMP's Halloween 2021 kicks off with the first of the legendary Universal monster movies: DR…
075: Frank Herbert’s DUNE
Ten thousand years in the future, as a galactic empire is wracked by conflict over control of the most precious resource in the universe, grownups and teenagers still fail to understand one another.
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074: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
This 1977 movie gave us mysterious visitations, government cover-ups, a sense of wonder, and the template for 1980s Spielberg. Ian and Matthew talk about CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.
073: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
Science fairs are fun. Wouldn't they be more fun with working nuclear weapons?
John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon and John Mahoney find out in 1986's THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.
L…
072: COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT
Following up on Wargames, Ian and Matthew talk about a 1970 movie in which a scientist creates a supercomputer to protect mankind from nuclear war -- and succeeds!
Sounds happy, doesn't it?
It's no…
071: WARGAMES
DON'T TAKE THE MEN OUT OF THE PODCAST LOOP. Instead listen to Ian and Matthew talk about 1983's WARGAMES starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman and Barry Corbin.
070: POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE (The Millennial Strikes Back)
POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE. Or POKÉMON THE MOVIE 3. Or SPELL OF THE UNOWN: ENTEI. Or... listen, this movie has a lot of titles. But we’re here to find out what it meant to Ian, and why. And does it still h…
069: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 2
Harryhausen Month continues with a look at two of his more concrete sci fi movies: EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS and 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH.
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068: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 1
June is Ray Harryhausen Month! Ian and Matthew celebrate Ray Harryhausen's 101st birthday with a look at two of his earliest movies: THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS and IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA.
067: Dean Stockwell and Sandra Dee in THE DUNWICH HORROR (1970)
H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror gets a 70s-hippie-sex-magic take in this Roger Corman-produced version of THE DUNWICH HORROR.
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066: Bill Murray in THE RAZOR’S EDGE
Matthew has shown Ian Bill Murray in Stripes. And Bill Murray in Ghostbusters. And now, Bill Murray in ... an adaptation of a 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
It's finally time for Ian to learn hi…