Please Make This host Hobert Thompson is back with another tingle-inducing movie review, looking at the soundscapes of Road House, the 1989 bar brawl classic with Patrick Swayze as the world’s coolest cooler. Pour yourself a beer, smash the glass, and remember Dalton’s three rules in this minisode that’ll have you saying “Pain don’t hurt, and Road House is a good movie!”

In the monster-filled town of Shadowtown of the Abyss of Dark Realm, two young monsters, a vampire named Bartholomew and a werewolf named Derrick find out they share a dream of making music while working at a local pizzeria. As their friendship blooms, the two form the best band the town has ever heard, but will it be enough to save the local haunt from the machinations of an evil real estate developer? Find out if music (and love) are enough to save the sinister soul of Shadowtown in this tale of bands, blood and pizza!

Scripts start at 44:16

Starring

Hobert Thompson

Courtney Crary

Laura Petro

Dev Middleton

Michael Serio

It's time for another romantic night in with resident lovebirds PMT host Laura and her partner Nick. This time they're cozying up in their apartment to watch newly released Baz Luhrmann's Elvis . Clocking in at just under 3 hours, can the critically acclaimed flick be categorized as a great date night? Tune in and find out! 

The vines run deep at Stanza Winery, the estate of a wealthy dynasty of winemakers, and so do the secrets. A missing brother, a scheming aunt, a matriarch who keeps them all together no matter what. As the secrets of the Stanza family pour out in the wake of a shocking murder, Detective Cary Winslow, a disgraced investigator and guest of the family’s kindest daughter, Melody, must piece together the clues and find out who is killing people, and what they’re trying to hide in the cavernous cellars of the eerie estate.

Scripts starts 1:11:00

Starring

Laura Petro

Mary Fiala

Meggie Gates

Hobert Thompson

Chad Trate

In this Please Make This Minisode Hobert heads to the cinema for an afternoon screening and hopes you’ll join him! Seriously! Listen to this podcast and then go see a movie, why not? For this Saturday’s matinee, Hobert recommends 3000 Years of Longing, George Miller’s fantastical romance starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba as a lonely professor who releases a captive djinn who promises three wishes. Take a break from your busy Saturday and stop in for an afternoon delight, you deserve it!

In a far off (hopefully) distant future, extreme weather has made it so endless winter grips the world for all but one week a year. For this one week, though, life is great. An annual hyper-concentrated summer break where everyone comes out of their bunkers to party and live the lives they can’t under the ice. For one group of friends, Max, Tank, Eleanor, and Juliet, this means headin’ on down to Sporty’s Bar for some country line dancing. After a disappointing previous summer-week, the ladies of “The Thawed Hearts” up the ante to make sure the next one is perfect. Will these wild women boot, scoot, n’ boogie into a successful summer? Or is the pressure to perform, learn, grow, fall in love and live for the first time in months too much for these cool customers? Yeeee-thaw!

Scripts start at 43:28

Starring

Hobert Thompson

Laura Petro as Max

Christian Borkey as Eleanor

Amy Do as Juliet

And Kyra Heyl as Tank

In this PMT Miniseries, Hobert and Mike sit down to tear apart a movie they didn’t like so they can put it back together. They’re not script doctors, they’re script butchers. In this episode they hold up their hands dramatically and try to tame Jurassic World: Dominion. Can the Dino-boys fix Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic Park sequel that desperately wants to be a Star Wars sequel? Well, no, of course not, this movie’s already been made, that’s not how this show works. Instead, they just imagine a better movie where all the JP characters come together to hunt dinosaurs and everyone dies at the end to guarantee there’s no chance of another sequel. 

Hank Barness is a suburban dad at the end of his rope. His daughter’s tap dance recital is coming up and between the tip-tapping of his dancing daughter and the tension of his marriage, he needs a break. Luckily, he finds a service willing to help with his very specific problem: The Takers. For a reasonable fee, this team of former spies fakes kidnappings for politicians, spouses, and even parents who need a reason to disappear for a while. But as Hank settles into his brief, fabricated imprisonment, he realizes how much he misses his family, and with the help of his wife and his best friend, he stages a very real escape to a very fake situation.

Scripts start at 59:26

Starring

Nate Odenkirk

Hobert Thompson

Laura Petro

Nick Olson

With Keenan Odenkirk as Hank

Picture a gallery, filled with photographs of empty rooms. To look into each frame is to look upon the faces of death, the spirits of the dead. This is the work of famed photographer Hermando Rivaldi, an artist with a unique gift to summon the dead. Join Hermando as he takes a walk through his latest exhibition and hear the tales of his wondrous life, the spirits he’s encountered, and the woman he can never forget… 

Scripts start at 41:10

Starring

Chris Santiago

Hobert Thompson

Laura Petro

Josh Levine

And Devin Sanclemente as Hermando Rivaldi

In this minisode, Laura and Hobert sit down and reminisce about the past year of Please Make This! Tune in as the hosts go over the twentyish films pitched from 2021-2022 and talk about their favorite ideas, funniest pitches, and all the great guests that joined in the fun. Thanks to everyone who listened to the show! We appreciate it!

Love, Laura & Hobert