2026 at the IMMP kicks off with a celebration of the stalwart, always watchable Leslie Nielsen as we approach the 100th anniversary of his birth. And what better place to start than his role as Commander Adams of the United Planets in the classic and influential science fiction take on Shakespear's The Tempest: FORBIDDEN PLANET.

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• Previously on IMMP: Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
• Previously on IMMP: WARGAMES
• Previously on IMMP: THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
• Previously on IMMP: COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT
• Previously on IMMP: LOST IN SPACE - The Original Series
• Previously on IMMP: Project U.F.O.
• Previously on IMMP: We Kept Watching - SPACE: 1999, PROJECT U.F.O. and THE THIN MAN
• Kyle Kallgren - Forbidden Planet and the Magic in Science Fiction - YouTube
• Forbidden Planet NYC

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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• Previously on IMMP: THE GREAT RACE (1965)
• Previously on IMMP: POLTERGEIST (1982)
• Previously on IMMP - Episodes Tagged with “james bond”
• Previously on IMMP: THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
• FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S Review (Drafthouse Diary Movie Vlog) - YouTube
• Jeremy Clarkson - Wikipedia
• Marble Hornets - Wikipedia
• Previously on IMMP: Disney's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983)
• Return to the 36th Chamber - Wikipedia — Also known as RETURN OF THE MASTER KILLER.
• Anti-racism statement - Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre
• Previously on IMMP: THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)

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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• The Great Race - Wikipedia
• Great race - disambiguation - Wikipedia
• Previously on IMMP: Columbo
• Previously on IMMP: We Kept Watching: COLUMBO and THE AVENGERS
• Previously on IMMP: BUCKAROO BANZAI
• Team Rocket trio - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
• Previously on IMMP: POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE (The Millennial Strikes Back)
• Previously on IMMP: SPEED RACER - Live at NDK
• Unmatched Collection - Restoration Games
• Wacky Races: The Complete Series
• The Dover Boys at Pimento University - Looney Tunes Wiki
• Previously on IMMP: THE GUMBALL RALLY

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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• Force 10 from Navarone (film) - Wikipedia
• Previously on IMMP: THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
• Previously on IMMP: The Avengers
• Previously on IMMP: James Bond in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

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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• The Guns of Navarone (film) - Wikipedia
• Previously on IMMP: ICE STATION ZEBRA
• Original Poster - The Guns of Navarone (film)
• The Guns of Navarone - "modern" poster
• Previously on IMMP: Irwin Allen’s VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (TV Series)

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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• Poltergeist (1982 film) - Wikipedia
• Tobe Hooper - Wikipedia
• IMMP - Episodes Tagged with “halloween”
• Previously on IMMP: GHOSTBUSTERS
• Presence (2024) - IMDb

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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• The Uninvited (1944 film) - Wikipedia
• Lewis Allen (director) - Wikipedia
• Ray Milland - Wikipedia
• Gail Russell - Wikipedia
• Dorothy Macardle - Wikipedia
• Jane Schoenbrun

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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• Better Off Dead (film) - Wikipedia
• John Cusack - Wikipedia
• Curtis Armstrong - Wikipedia
• Savage Steve Holland - Wikipedia
• Previously on IMMP: MOONLIGHTING

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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• Previously on IMMP: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
• Previously on IMMP: Disney's Medfield College movies
• Previously on IMMP: GHOSTBUSTERS
• Previously on IMMP: DIE HARD
• NSF ZEUS becomes the most powerful laser in the U.S. | NSF - National Science Foundation
• Previously on IMMP: Bonus Show - HACKERS
• "MythBusters" Car vs. Rain (TV Episode 2009) - IMDb
• The Social Network - Wikipedia

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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• Previously on IMMP: IMMP Live at NDK
• Previously on IMMP: Gerry Anderson’s UFO
• Sandy Frank - Wikipedia
• Casey Kasem — Radio Hall of Fame
• G-Force (2009 rodent film) - Wikipedia
• Gatchaman Crowds | TV Tropes
• Digimon - Wikipedia