The glitz! The glam! The fashion! A lot of people focus on the movies when The Oscars come around, but the show starts when the stars hit the red carpet! Listen in as your host Spencer D Blair is joined by Deanna Ortiz (Crushes! podcast) to talk about the bold choices our favorite stars made this year!

Enjoy a night of awards, fellowship, and cheap beer as the hosts of Please Make This award their favorite moments of 2019 and reveal the winner of our online poll for the “Film That Should Be Made.” Recorded live at PMT studios, somewhere deep under the ground in Chicago. Just kidding, we recorded in the living room of Spencer’s house. Thanks for a great year, listeners!Poster by Andreas Aristides

Join Please Make This’s Hobert Thompson for an ASMRMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Movie Review) of Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite. Hobert takes a listen to the auditory delights of this tale of class division and deception. Hold your Scholar’s Stone close and enjoy some tingles.Poster by Mike Scipioni

On January 24th, we, the Chicago Foreign Press, are proud to announce the first annual Pleasie Makie Awards! We’ve looked back at the year that was in speculative cinema and are ready to come together to celebrate the films that Hollywood should be making. You, our devoted listeners, still have time to vote for the evening’s top prize: The Film That Should be Made!The Nominees:Bottomless (w/ Cass Ostrander)Chicago Handshake (w/ Sydney Back)Knock-Offe: Joust the Two of Us (w/ Gwen Hope)Demi and His Demon (w/ Amar Risbud)The Ikea at the End of the World (w/ Nate Odenkirk)Man’s Best Friend (w/ Truman Alston)Last Call (w/ Chris Jordan)Vote Here: http://bit.ly/PMTPleasieMakies

It’s the day of the big cross-city race in Olympia, WA, and a trio of rollerblading teens are ready to finally take home the top prizes. When the race ends with a mysterious tragedy, Stu, Rog, and Chelsea, AKA “Skates,” set out to find out what’s going on and who’s responsible. No one asked them to save the day, but hey, that’s the Skaters Way.Staring Spencer D BlairRyan CashmanAdonis HolmesJulie MericaChance NicholsLaura PetroNolan ScatesHobert ThompsonPoster by Jess Fang

On this week's Please Make This minisode host Laura Petro rings in the new year with her family and her new Disney Plus subscription. Joining her is her older brother Max Petro and her sister-in-law Ellie Petro to watch acclaimed Disney Channel Original movie "Jumping Ship." Will this long lost movie from their childhood bring back fond memories? And what ever happened to the Lawrence brothers anyway?

Live from the South Side Podfest, Please Make This presents a tale of St. Patrick’s Day, and two cousins/best friends/roommates who are determined to stop it. It’s the night before St. Patrick’s, and Donny and Miller are setting their plan into motion to keep the rowdy local bar they live above from throwing their annual shindig. Will these two grumpy goons succeed in their scheme to ruin the fun? Happy Holidays, listeners!

The Quest to find the perfect double feature continues! In this edition of Double Trouble, Laura and Hobert watch two films chosen on the theme of “vs.” and try to answer the question: who would win in a fight between a regular guy, a volcano, a ghostly predator, and an unstoppable killing machine? Find out the answer in this exciting installment! Poster by Ron Ferrara

In the future, grieving pet owners can pay to have their beloved pets brought back, cloned and perfected at Man’s Bestfriend Clones. Lee, a nervous tech in the cloning lab, spends his days bringing back pets and growing increasingly frustrated and jealous of his charming co-worker, Colby. After the two frienemies go out for a night of post-work drinks, Lee makes a grave mistake that leaves Colby dead. With no other options to get him out of trouble, Lee clones Colby on the MBClones tech only to discover he’s made a version of Colby that’s a more loyal, caring friend than Lee’s ever had and Lee sets out to make a truly perfect best friend…but he’ll have to kill a couple of Colbys to get there.StarringTrumane AlstonSpencer D BlairTania CórdovaKathleen KinlinLaura PetroHobert ThompsonWith Nolan Scates as ColbyAnd Nate Todd as LeePoster by Jess Fang