The IMMP 2025 Holiday Road Trip continues with a tale of danger, intrigue, espionage, violence, regime change, and romance ... in the form of a movie for children.
A kid's movie from the mind of Ian Fleming.
It's the beloved Dick Van Dyke (Happy 100th Birthday, sir!) in CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG.
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It's time for the IMMP Holiday Road Trip! We begin with a drive from New York to Paris, as we follow Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood in Blake Edwards' THE GREAT RACE.
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Navaronevember continues! This episode Ian and Matthew discuss the long-delayed sequel to The Guns of Navarone, featuring our favorite characters from the original, played by brand new actors ... plus two significant new American characters. It's 1978's FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE.
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November kicks off with a first for the IMMP Podcast: A World War II movie!
In this 1961 classic, Gregory Peck and David Niven brave hostile terrain, German patrols and so, so many cigarettes to destroy THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
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Halloween Season 2025 continues with a Spielberg classic, directed by Tobe Hooper, of a suburban family strugging against an evil tree, a hungry closet, and a truly terrible choice of neighborhood. It's 1982's POLTERGEIST.
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To kick off Halloween season 2025, Matthew and Ian talk about the classic ghost story THE UNINVITED, starring Ray Milland, Gail Russell and Ruth Hussey.
Along the way the discussion ventures into haunted families, finding the right tone in a horror movie, and a surprising connection between this 1944 film and THE MARTIAN.
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Back to School month continues at the IMMP, as Ian and Matthew discuss the dark, surreal, and just plain weird Savage Steve Holland comedy BETTER OFF DEAD from 1985, starring John Cusak and Curtis Armstrong.
The 80s were a weird time.
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It's Back to School time at the IMMP, so Ian and Matthew check in with the gang at Pacific Tech for the 1985 cool-science college comedy REAL GENIUS.
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You may know them as SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN. But middle-schoolers in the 1970s knew them as G-Force from BATTLE OF THE PLANETS!
In this special episode of the Inter-Millennium Media Project podcast, recorded live at Colorado's Nan Desu Kan anime convention, Matthew and Ian discuss the classic anime, its Americanized release in the USA, and how it appealed to a generation of fans.
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A bonus from the IMMP Patreon feed! In this special compaion show to Episode 173 about THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE 8th DIMENSION, Matthew and Ian explore an amazingly detailed documentary about the making of that weird classic.
It's 2016's INTO THE 8th DIMENSION!
He lusts for a laugh! HA!
Special quest (and Matthew's brother/Ian's uncle) Jim Porter returns to the podcast to discuss the 1955 Danny Kaye medieval comedy Technicolor epic THE COURT JESTER.
And Matthew nerds out about VistaVision.
Special Guest: Jim Porter.
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RETURN TO THE PAST NOW! Specifically, return with us to 2003 for a Millennial Strikes Back episode about the French animated kids' sci fi cartoon CODE LYOKO.
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The IMMP takes a break from movies and TV to dip back into music, as Matthew introduces Ian to the dark but poppy science fiction of ELO's 1976 album A NEW WORLD RECORD.
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This week Ian and Matthew talk about a 1980s TV drama about Americans working to survive a fascist takeover.
There are aliens involved, so of course this is entirely science fiction. It's V, the original miniseries from 1983.
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This week Ian and Matthew dive into a cult movie from an alternate universe they really want to visit: THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE 8th DIMENSION.
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Ian and Matthew finally discuss one of Matthew's favorite novels. Conspiracies, secret histories, and an important question: Was the anti-D&D panic of the 1980s kinda sorta right in a weird way?
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In 1984 Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds share the screen in a ... a thing. Comedy? Mystery? Drama? Violent action movie? Whatever it is, it's called CITY HEAT.
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Not necessarily a "fun" film this time, but an interesting one to talk about. Matthew and Ian discuss the influential 1971 Clint Eastwood movie about a violent cop versus the rules.
Does the existence of Dirty Harry imply the existence of Clean Harry?
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After learning the ropes in Sergio Leone's Italian Westerns, Clint Eastwood took the reins to direct the 1973 film HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER.
Not an easy movie to watch, but it makes for an intersting conversation.
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In 1964, the dream team of actor Clint Eastwood, director Sergio Leone and composer Ennio Morricone changed westerns forever, with A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS.
And Akira Kurosawa had something to say about that.
Join Ian and Matthew for a discussion of the movie and its impact on decades of moviemaking.
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