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Back to SearchPMP#215: Hamnet Dramatizes Shakespeare
Season 6 Episode 215
When we don't know much about some genius playwright's life, why not make up some things based on the contents of his plays? Maybe put Shakespearean …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
PMP#214: South Park Resurgence
Season 6 Episode 214
We're discussing Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Comedy Central show that premiered in 1997 and has just finished its politically relevant 28th season, …
5 months, 1 week ago
PMP#213: Stranger Things Grown Familiar
Season 6 Episode 213
The Netflix sci-fi/horror/teen series by the Duffer Brothers that started in 2016 has now finished with its sixth season, attempting to be both epic …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
PMP#212: Holiday Romance Films
Season 6 Episode 212
The Hallmark Channel became famous for producing low-budget, formulaic Christmas films, and this has spread to other outlets, sometimes with higher b…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
PMP#211: Slow Horses and Predecessors
Season 6 Episode 211
We discuss the British spy show based on the novels of Mick Herron, which are in turn firmly in a tradition of anti-007 books by John le Carré. Featu…
7 months ago
PMP#210: One Paul Thomas Anderson Film After Another
Season 6 Episode 210
In light of One Battle After Another, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al walk through the range of his films from his 1996 crime film Hard Eight throug…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
PMP#209: Alien Franchised
Season 6 Episode 209
In light of Noah Hawley TV show Alien Earth, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al revisit the franchise through its seven canon films beginning with Ridle…
8 months ago
PMP#208: An Ed Gein Halloween
Season 6 Episode 208
It's a special two-hander where Mark and Lawrence reflect on the appeal of horror and how the new Monster: Ed Gein Netflix show has to contribute, gi…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
PMP#207: Spinal Tap and Other Fake Bands
Season 6 Episode 207
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al watched Spinal Tap and its new sequel, and we throw these into a mix with K-Pop Demon Hunters and other films and sh…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
PMP#206: Abbott Elementary Did Not Win an Emmy This Year, But…
Season 6 Episode 206
For our Emmys/back-to-school episode, we cover the pinnacle of the current network sitcom landscape: The six-time 2025 Emmy nominated Abbott Elementa…
9 months, 1 week ago