098: Mike Nichols’ THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN

Is the Weirding Module code for Transcendental Meditation? Was Kyle MacLachlan way too old to portray Paul Atreides? Did the Guild Navigator really need that guy with the shop vac? Ian and Matthew discuss these questions and more after a trip to the Alamo Drafthouse to see David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert's DUNE.

Melodrama month continues with 1942's NOW, VOYAGER. Bette Davis and Paul Henreid star in a saga of metal health, personal transformation, and really, really bad parenting.

Before THE CELESTINE PROPHECY...before THE SECRET...before female characters had agency?...there was...John M. Stahl's 1935 film MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor.

An epic American quest of danger and self-discovery through the mythic land of Chicago. The IMMP looks at 1987's ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING.

Ian takes over podcast and reaches into the world of computer games for a discussion of one of the most formative media properties of his life: MYST.

Christmas 2023 at the IMMP wraps up with one of the weirdest of all Rankin/Bass Christmas specials: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS. Listen for tales of elemental magic with the Miser Brothers, the terrible power of Mother Nature, and speculation about the abyssal Lovecraftian horrors that lurk in Santa Claus' dreams.

The IMMP Rankin Bass Christmas continues with the sprawling Santa Claus fanfic SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN. Which leads in turn to talk of Adventure Time, creepy 70s musical numbers, and a Game of Thrones for Sombertown.

We kick off the holiday season at the IMMP with a Rankin/Bass Christmas classic: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER. And some detours into human (and elf) dignity, identity, the biology and diet of Abominable Snow Monsters, and psychotherapy for toys.

It's a little early for New Year's, but never too early for an Irwin Allen disaster movie like 1972's THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE.

One final Halloween treat for 2023. This is a discussion from the Patron feed, and from the Drafthouse Diary video series, about the 1931 Spanish version of DRACULA starring Carlos Villarías and Lupita Tovar.