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On the day of his brother’s wedding, Jeff Solomon realizes he’s made a huge mistake. The family’s constant screw-up since his college track glory days, Jeff was given just one thing to do for the big day: take the marriage license to the county clerk’s office. Heading out on foot, can this track star make it to the office before it closes? And why does everyone he meets think he’s someone else? On...

You know what they say: It's not a family movie night unless you're family is there! Please Make This host, Laura sits down with her brother Max and Sister-in-law Ellie to watch a movie that Ellie once described as "I never want to watch that again" it's Miami Connection (and 1987). A once lost film that was salvaged and released to the world, this martial arts move has ev...

No one knows why the animals turned on us, but when they did, their superior numbers and sudden super intelligence overwhelmed humanity immediately. In the aftermath of the attack, groups of survivors make their way to a signal, something called The Ark. But what is The Ark? A way to escape? A trap set up by the animals? Or something worse? Scripts start at 43:57 Starring Levi Shrader Hobert Thomp...

In this PMT Miniseries, Hobert and Mike sit down to tear up a movie they didn’t like so they can piece it back together to make it...better? Worse? Less film-able? Whatever, they’re not professionals, just two dudes who love dinosaurs. In this episode, they sit down with the bare-bones sci-fi thriller 65 to see if they can save a film with a great core concept (space guy vs dinosaurs) that frequen...

Jeremy Parker was just a park ranger trying to do good and help people enjoy nature when he discovered a secret source of power that connected him to the Bear Force, a magically-powered team of human/bear hybrids who protect nature and mankind. When Bear Force’s greatest foe returns to reignite his campaign of vengeance, Parker and the team must come together to defeat him and save nature with the...

The boys are back! (The boys from The Maze Runner series, that is.) Also back for this PMT minisode is host Laura Petro joined by Meggie Gates with a special appearance from Nick Olson for another installment of YA, We Watched It! After reading the entire Maze Runner series for their other podcast and watching the first film, it only makes sense for the team to sit down and dissect the sequel in t...

Margo Kirklin made her life her law career, and now that she’s retired, she feels the emptiness of boredom and lack of connection to the family and friends she set aside for work. But when Margo is mysteriously visited by a manifestation of herself in her twenties, but six inches tall, she’s confronted by the woman she used to be and given a second chance to decide what she wants to do with her li...

Sup, Bros? In this Please Make This Miniseries, host Hobert and his brother Andy discuss and review films about, for, or even by brothers. In this episode they put on their hats and shades to take a look at 1980’s Blues Brothers, a film about two brothers that will go to any length necessary to sing blues covers. Tune in to hear about the tragic end of The Good Ol’ Boys, genre-based sequels and fi...

Years ago, Dennis “The Dream” McAvoy was the wonder dog “wide retriever” of the Big City All Stars, leading them to a controversial NFL championship. But now, The Dream is over, and Dennis is a regular talking dog with a dead end office job and a lot of time on his paws. With his agent and best friend hounding him to find a post-retirement gig that would make them all rich, Dennis strikes up a new...

In the ancient land of Gorkah, the people worship a pantheon of Gods who rule the various aspects of their realities. Chief among these are mighty Gorkanos, God of Shelter, chaotic Baak, God of the sea, and fair Neras, Goddess of wild beasts. Lesser in this pantheon is Nome, God of the sun and little else. Tired of his only role being raising and lowering the sun every day, Nome sets out on a self...

Hear ye, hear ye! It's time for a brand new minisode! And this week Please Make This host Laura is sitting down with her YA, We Read It! co-host Meggie to watch the movie version of The Maze Runner -- the book they read for their 7th season. Will the movie hold a candle to the book and be a worthy adaptation? Or will Meggie and Laura rip it to shreds? Tune in as these two (and Laura's bo...

Chet is a tennis pro with a secret: he’s actually an undercover FBI agent who masquerades as a tennis coach to get close to wealthy elites. When he’s assigned to infiltrate the family behind Hardman Hardware, Chet has to balance spying on the father’s financial dealings with teaching his two strange, extremely enthusiastic sons tennis. Can Chet get to the bottom of the case carrying the burden to...

Happy 100 minisodes! Thanks for listening, and please enjoy this pilot episode reading of Laura and Hobert’s idea for a stepdad-centric sitcom (see minisode 99!). As the family settles into life with a new stepdad - a very boring but nice guy named Henry - Amy, Nick and Braxton become determined to figure out (or get rid of) their newest father figure. But after getting their Mom to see that Henry...

It’s been years since the release of Edison Software’s hit video game, Crusader, and even longer since anyone’s seen its brilliant creator, Bill Kojima. As a remastered version of the game is announced, members of the original development team start to turn up dead, murdered by a mysterious killer dressed as the medieval assassin from the game. Who is behind the mask? And how far will they push th...

Wow! 100 minisodes! Well, almost. In this 99th mini, Laura and Hobert sit down to come up with an idea for the pilot to “Stepdad,” a sitcom about a family that has to deal with their mom constantly remarrying.

Mayor Steel Tyler-Hernandez ran for mayor of Cleveland, OH, with a very specific plan: turn Cleveland into a Moral-Engine-style mobile fortress. As the midwest city mobilizes, other cities around the nation arm themselves with technological marvels to fight back. Will the world ever be the same with Cleveland on the move?  Scripts start at  Starring Hobert Thompson John Walter Stockwell Josh Smith...

Laura has once again been inspired to dive into the world of YA fan-fiction! Inspired by the completion of their most recent season of YA, We Read It! where they read The Maze Runner trilogy, comes Welcome to The Glade .  A story that exists completely outside the world of the original books (while maintaining the same setting and characters). Instead of a dystopian fight for your life and find a...

Fronkie (pronounced “Frankie”) was a just baby tooth in the mouth of a vacationing child, but after falling out and getting dropped, she became a little lost thing. Joining other items that had been misplaced, she’s on an adventure to find her way home, but the machinations of a bitter bag of disposable flossers is determined to stop her and punish humans for the things they’ve throw away. Can Fro...

Sup, bros? In this new miniseries, PMT host Hobert and his brother, Andy, sit down to discuss and review films about, for, or even by brothers. In this installment, the Thompson brothers check out Super Mario Bros, the infamous flop that takes the thin plot of the original Mario games and spins it out into a dimension hopping epic about evolution, the environment, and Donald Trump? Tune in as the...

Mike was an unassuming guy till he overcame his fears, embraced being rad, and became the king of summer camp! But after defeating his bully, Dragon, and winning over the hottest girl at camp, it’s time to go back to school! Can Mike rekindle the magic of the first film, I mean summer? Find out in this sequel to the summer camp classic! Scripts at 45:02 Starring Hobert Thompson Laura Petro Mary Fi...

In a world where one of the Please Make This hosts has come down with Covid and has to entertain herself while hoping she hasn't gotten anyone else sick; Laura Petro ventures where many dare not: into her blissfully unused HBO subscription to watch M. Night Shyamalan's 2021 film Old   about a beach that -- er, well, turns people old. Is this poorly rated move just what Laura needs to dis...

Georgie Linetti is a feared gangster, the younger brother of the crime family’s tough boss. But after years of breaking knees and cutting off fingers as the Don’s best enforcer, Georgie has had his fill. Quitting the life of crime cold turkey, Georgie pivots into German cuisine, reopening a closed deli on a downtrodden street to spend the rest of his life serving sausage and ham. As former friends...

Life can get pretty boring on the surface of Mars, where four scientists are currently on a long mission manning a research station. To pass the time, they break out an old board game left behind by a previous mission: Escape from Mars. Though the game is clearly for children, the four bored, isolated researchers become obsessed with winning the game, a nightly ritual that slowly devolves into mad...

It's finally December: snow is falling, decorations are getting put up, gifts are being wrapped, and that can only mean one thing: it's officially post cuffing season. That's right! It's that time of year where everyone has done their rounds of dating and has either decided to cuff-up for the winter or not! And that ALSO means that Laura and Nick are here to showcase another ho...

In the far future, desperate human survivors send a brave soldier back in time to stop an AI attack that decimated the world. Using a time machine that switches two people’s places in time, the soldier returns to the year 2022, while a hapless goof is thrown into the dangerous future. With both men needing to adjust to their new environments, the mission is quickly thrown into disarray as the futu...