Please Make This

In this minisode, Hobert takes a wintery jaunt through Chicago on his day off to see Black Adam at a distant multiplex. Catch Hobert as he wanders, enjoying a chicken sandwich before seeing DC’s most recent slug-fest and rates the solo-cinema experience. Recorded live on Western Avenue in Chicago!

From the age of wood and canvas to the future of self-guiding automation, the Wood family has always found themselves steering the ship. In this winding tale of one family and their relationship to the sea, we follow members of a lineage of sailors navigating a life connected to the water. Driven by it, betrayed by it, taught by it, loved by it. Join us on the high seas and beyond as we drift with...

Spooky season may be over, but that doesn't mean spooky movies are off the table. In this Date Night, Laura and Nick sit down to watch one of Laura's (and the world's favorite slasher films which Nick hasn't seen: Scream, the 1996 classic thats equal parts horror, comedy, and whodunnit. Is this flick worthy of a spot on your date night movie roster? Let Laura and Nick decide th...

D’Artagnan Argento is a renowned swashbuckler, adventurer and ne’er do well who lives his life doing as he pleases. When his penchant for trouble causes him to anger a local lord, D’Artagnan has to go into hiding, settling in a small rural village called Feffix and pretending to be a simple school teacher. As the evil Duke Willowsby gets closer, D’Artagnan tries to teach his young students to be h...

In this new minisode series, hosts Laura and Hobert take control of each other’s evenings with movies they’ve picked out for each other to watch. For tonight’s viewing, they’ve selected some horror: The Thing (1982) and In the Tall Grass (2019). Tune in as Laura and Hobert review their picks, pitch a drinking game, and imagine their perfect The Thing themed party (No Dogs Allowed!).

Please Make This host Hobert Thompson is back with another tingle-inducing movie review, looking at the soundscapes of Road House, the 1989 bar brawl classic with Patrick Swayze as the world’s coolest cooler. Pour yourself a beer, smash the glass, and remember Dalton’s three rules in this minisode that’ll have you saying “Pain don’t hurt, and Road House is a good movie!”

In the monster-filled town of Shadowtown of the Abyss of Dark Realm, two young monsters, a vampire named Bartholomew and a werewolf named Derrick find out they share a dream of making music while working at a local pizzeria. As their friendship blooms, the two form the best band the town has ever heard, but will it be enough to save the local haunt from the machinations of an evil real estate deve...

It's time for another romantic night in with resident lovebirds PMT host Laura and her partner Nick. This time they're cozying up in their apartment to watch newly released Baz Luhrmann's Elvis . Clocking in at just under 3 hours, can the critically acclaimed flick be categorized as a great date night? Tune in and find out! 

The vines run deep at Stanza Winery, the estate of a wealthy dynasty of winemakers, and so do the secrets. A missing brother, a scheming aunt, a matriarch who keeps them all together no matter what. As the secrets of the Stanza family pour out in the wake of a shocking murder, Detective Cary Winslow, a disgraced investigator and guest of the family’s kindest daughter, Melody, must piece together t...

In this Please Make This Minisode Hobert heads to the cinema for an afternoon screening and hopes you’ll join him! Seriously! Listen to this podcast and then go see a movie, why not? For this Saturday’s matinee, Hobert recommends 3000 Years of Longing, George Miller’s fantastical romance starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba as a lonely professor who releases a captive djinn who promises three wis...

In a far off (hopefully) distant future, extreme weather has made it so endless winter grips the world for all but one week a year. For this one week, though, life is great. An annual hyper-concentrated summer break where everyone comes out of their bunkers to party and live the lives they can’t under the ice. For one group of friends, Max, Tank, Eleanor, and Juliet, this means headin’ on down to...

In this PMT Miniseries, Hobert and Mike sit down to tear apart a movie they didn’t like so they can put it back together. They’re not script doctors, they’re script butchers. In this episode they hold up their hands dramatically and try to tame Jurassic World: Dominion. Can the Dino-boys fix Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic Park sequel that desperately wants to be a Star Wars sequel? Well, no, of course...

Hank Barness is a suburban dad at the end of his rope. His daughter’s tap dance recital is coming up and between the tip-tapping of his dancing daughter and the tension of his marriage, he needs a break. Luckily, he finds a service willing to help with his very specific problem: The Takers. For a reasonable fee, this team of former spies fakes kidnappings for politicians, spouses, and even parents...

Picture a gallery, filled with photographs of empty rooms. To look into each frame is to look upon the faces of death, the spirits of the dead. This is the work of famed photographer Hermando Rivaldi, an artist with a unique gift to summon the dead. Join Hermando as he takes a walk through his latest exhibition and hear the tales of his wondrous life, the spirits he’s encountered, and the woman he...

In this minisode, Laura and Hobert sit down and reminisce about the past year of Please Make This! Tune in as the hosts go over the twentyish films pitched from 2021-2022 and talk about their favorite ideas, funniest pitches, and all the great guests that joined in the fun. Thanks to everyone who listened to the show! We appreciate it! Love, Laura & Hobert

Sam was just a small town kid looking for some beer when he crossed paths with a trickster spirit willing to grant his wish...for a price. Now all grown up and living in the big city, Sam navigates his career and love life with the occasional assistance of the helpful, but pesky, creature. As Sam’s life becomes more intertwined with the magic of the tiny, green-clad man, Sam makes a promise he can...

In a world of reboots and extended franchises, exists yet another reboot of an early 90's franchise : Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. And in a world of romance where one person in the relationship has fond memories of the comedy chipmunks and the other has only a vague idea of them, exists Laura and Nick. That's right, it's another minisode! And beyond that it's absolutely a...

Will Perkins is the perky morning anchor for Aspen, CO’s most fun local news show, Morning People with Rachel and Will. He loves having fun, keeping it light, and, recently, turning into a werewolf and roaming the mountains around the city. After his inexplicable transformation, Will must adjust to his new life as a werewolf, learning to balance being both a nocturnal creature and an aspiring jour...

In this PMT Miniseries, Hobert and Mike sit down to tear apart a movie they didn’t like so they can put it back together. They’re not script doctors, they’re script butchers. In this episode they try to inject some life into Morbius (the living vampire), an anemic action romp with way too much Jared Leto in it. Join the rippers as they reimagine Morbius as a patient character study about a doctor...

John Mann is a man with a secret: he’s not a human, but an alien observer sent to watch over the planet from a distant, curious planet. John might be smiling with his human face, but inside his man suit, the awkward alien longs for freedom to be himself. When John travels to a nudist resort that promises a chance to “be in your own skin,” he unwittingly reveals his secret and sets off an alien inv...

The time has come for Laura and Nick to once again set the scene for another (hopefully) perfect and equally romantic Date Night complete with dinner, drinks, and a movie. They're cozying up to watch the star-studded rom-com The Lost City. Sandra Bullock plays a romance novelist who gets kidnapped to decode the long lost messages of ancient ruins, and her book cover model Channing Tatum decid...

Hooray’s Bar has been in the town of Greenport for generations, run by the men of the Gunne family, a long line of cantankerous barkeeps. Now in the hands of Ray III, the bar is well loved by its clientele of hard-drinking regulars but dingy and run down compared to its heyday. When a rich developer sets his sights on Hooray’s, Ray III and his staff and regulars have to face a dilemma: find the mi...

In this PMT Miniseries, Hobert and Mike sit down to tear apart a movie they didn’t like so they can put it back together. They’re not script doctors, they’re script butchers. In this episode they pull down Moonfall, a 2022 sci-fi thriller that cratered so hard it almost ended film making. Tune in for some major changes as Mike and Hobert fix the most egregious flaw in the script: they don’t murder...

At Camp Crash Course campers pay for the ultimate stunt experience deep in the woods of somewhere, Maine. As the camp winds down for the summer, four campers are chosen for a special last night dinner with the mysterious stunt master that runs the camp. But as the four lucky campers head to dinner, the camp is suddenly attacked by a band of Canadian terrorists and they have to hide in the camp’s m...

It's time once again for Laura and Meggie, beloved hosts of YA, We Read It, to continue on their quest: watching all the Hunger Games movies after having finished all the books. The two best friends have a LOT of thoughts (and a lot of them are about Bridgerton Season 2 for some reason?). How did they turn the longest and most uneventful book into a movie? Much less TWO whole movies? Tune in...