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Back to SearchPMP#205: Fantastical Foursome
Season 6 Episode 205
What do we expect out of a superhero film? Does it need overqualified dramatic actors? Does it even need a real budget?
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
PMP#204: Naked Gun Rapid Firing
Season 5 Episode 204
What is the state of the stream-of-gags formula that used to stand tall in the films of the Zucker Brothers (mainly Airplane) and Mel Brooks? A new g…
10 months, 1 week ago
PMP#203: What Superman?
Season 5 Episode 203
In light of the new James Gunn film Superman, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al talk about the character, his stories, and past films and shows.
Did Z…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
PMP#202: 50-Year-Old Jaws Busts Our Block
Season 5 Episode 202
Purported the first summer blockbuster, Jaws has now hit 50 years, and so we discuss this wonderful early Spielberg film, its ill-conceived sequels, …
11 months, 1 week ago
PMP#201: John Wick Minus Wick
Season 5 Episode 201
In light of the new film Ballerina, we discuss the John Wick franchise that kicked off in 2014 with four films plus a (bad) Peacock TV show. We also …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
PMP#200: Hollywood Studio Antics (feat. The Studio and Erica Spyres)
Season 5 Episode 200
In immediate reaction to the Apple TV+ Seth Rogan show The Studio, we talk about Hollywood's obsession with itself and how studio dynamics interfere …
1 year ago
PMP#199: Missioning Impossibly
Season 5 Episode 199
On the eight-film action series that launched in 1996 (based on the 1966 TV series) in light of its apparently final film. Featuring Mark, Lawrence, …
1 year ago
PMP#198: Andor: Grown-Up Star Wars
Season 5 Episode 198
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss Tony Gilroy's Star Wars Disney+ two-season TV show. Should this actually be a Star Wars show given how diffe…
1 year, 1 month ago
PMP#197: Medically Dramatic
Season 5 Episode 197
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss The Pitt and other medical dramas like ER, Gray's Anatomy, ad nauseam.
Doctors and patients grappling with …
1 year, 1 month ago
PMP#196: Our “Sinners” Shindig
Season 5 Episode 196
Luvell Anderson (Philosophy prof. at U of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign) joins Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al to discuss Ryan Coogler's new vampire …
1 year, 1 month ago