Officer K, a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. His discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former blade runner who's been missing for 30 years.
Craig, Alan and guest Elisabeth Rappe talk about what defines real, what is human, success of 2023 and the movie “Blade Runner 2049” on this week’s Matinee Heroes.
Show Notes
Craig, Alan and guest Elisabeth Rappe talk about their successes from 2023.
Craig, Alan and Elisabeth discuss "Blade Runner 2049"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "The Godfather: Part II"
Next week we conclude a month of sequels with the masterpiece "The Godfather: Part II"
Ellen Ripley is the only survivor when she crash lands on a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's maximum security prison. Once again, Ripley must face skepticism and the alien as it hunts down the prisoners and guards. Without weapons or modern technology of any kind, Ripley leads these men into battle against the terrifying creature.
Craig, Alan and guest Mark Woodring talk about what 2024 may bring, special editions, prison planets and the movie “Alien 3” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig, Alan and guest Mark Woodring talk about the what 2024 may have in store for them.
Craig, Alan and Mark discuss "Alien3"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Next week we continue a month of sequels starting with "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
After finally achieving the high score on Starfighter, his favorite arcade game, everyday teenager Alex Rogan meets the game's designer, Centauri who reveals that he created the game as a training ground for developing and recruiting actual pilots to help fight a war in space. Whisked away from the banality of his trailer park life to a distant alien planet, Alex struggles to use his video game-playing skills to pilot a real ship, with real lives at stake.
Craig and guest Co-Host Rob Ervin talk about 80s nostalgia, musical adaptations, life in moderation and the movie ‘The Last Starfighter” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!!
Show Notes
Craig and guest co-host Rob Ervin of the Clubhouse Podcast talk about their recent moderating duties.
Craig and Rob discuss "The Last Starfighter"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "The Goonies"
The 80's kids movies continue next week with "The Goonies"
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
Craig, Alan and guest Mark Woodring (@VSMoviePodcast on twitter) talk about hard to find media, pushing your crew to the limit, leftist indoctrination of the rankest type and “The Abyss” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig, Alan and Mark respond to Apple Podcast reviews to the show.
Craig Alan and Mark discuss "The Abyss”"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Avengers: Endgame"
Next week we talk about one of the biggest superhero movies of all time "Avengers: Endgame"
When the mystical Russell Nash kills a man in a sword fight in a New York City parking lot, he leaves a sliver of an ancient weapon lodged in a car in the process. After brilliant forensics specialist Brenda Wyatt recovers evidence of the mysterious weapon, she and her partner, Lt. Frank Moran embark on an investigation Of Nash that will land them in the middle of a dangerous, centuries-old feud between powerful immortals.
Craig, guest cohost Mark Woodring (@VSMoviePodcast on twitter) and Derek McCaw (@FanboyPlanet) talk about immortals, upcoming conventions, if there can only be one why are there so many sequels and the movie “The Highlander” on this week’s Matinee Heroes.
Show Notes
Craig is joined by guests Mark Woodring and Derek McCaw to talk about the upcoming convention season and where the 3 will be this summer
Craig, Mark and Derek discuss "Highlander"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Road House"
Next week, the 80s nostalgia continues with the unlikely hit "Road House"
When an interdimensional rupture unravels reality, an unlikely hero must channel her newfound powers to fight bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Craig, Alan and guest Meredith Nudo (@meredithnudo on twitter) discuss the need for empathy, the ever-expanding multiverse, voice over acting and the movie “Everything Everywhere All At Once on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig and Alan talk to Meredith about her latest voice over jobs and writing gigs.
Craig, Alan and Meredith discuss "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent"
Next week we continue 2023 and our best of 2022 with Nicolas Cage being Nicolas Cage in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent"
After an epic battle against cybernetically-enhanced life forms called the Borg, Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise follow the Borg Sphere back into the 21st century to prevent the Borg from contaminating Earth’s timeline and preventing Earth’s first contact. Picard and the crew must work together to battle the Borg Queen before she assimilates all of mankind and changes history forever.
Craig, Alan and Brendan Agnew (@BLCAgnew on twitter) talk about Strange New Worlds, looking ahead at 2023, a live panel with Brent Spiner (@BrentSpiner) and the movie “Star Trek: First Contact” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig, Alan and Brendan talk about the upcoming year.
Craig, Alan and Brendan discuss "Star Trek: First Contact"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Brent Spiner & John De Lancie talk with Craig live from Fan X Salt Lake 2022
A preview next week's movie "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once"
We start the new year with a full month of movies we loved from last year starting with the surprising "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once"
On the lush alien world of Pandora live the Na'vi, beings who appear primitive but are highly evolved. Because the planet's environment is poisonous, human/Na'vi hybrids, called Avatars, must link to human minds to allow for free movement on Pandora. Jake Sully, a paralyzed former Marine, becomes mobile again through one such Avatar and falls in love with a Na'vi woman. As a bond with her grows, he is drawn into a battle for the survival of her world.
Craig and Alan discuss backlashes to success, betting against James Cameron, the new Indiana Jones trailer and the movie “Avatar” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig and Alan talk about the new "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" trailer.
Craig and Alan discuss "Avatar"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "The Hobbit"
Next week we celebrate the Christmas with a Patreon episode featuring the Rankin/Bass animated musical "The Hobbit".
In the 23rd century, a New York City cabbie, Korben Dallas, finds the fate of the world in his hands when Leeloo falls into his cab. As the embodiment of the fifth element, Leeloo needs to combine with the other four to keep the approaching Great Evil from destroying the world. Together with Father Vito Cornelius and zany broadcaster Ruby Rhod Dallas must race against time and the wicked industrialist Zorg to save humanity.
Craig and guest co-host Sam Levitt (@MeVsYouPodcast on Twitter) talk about brightly lit sci-fi, an apology to Bruce Willis, the annoying Chris Tucker and the movie “The Fifth Element’ on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig and guest Sam Levitt talk about her recent nuptials and her Me Vs. You Podcast.
Craig and Sam discuss the movie "The Fifth Element"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Deadpool"
Next week...we're breaking the 4th wall with Marvel's strangest superhero yet...Deadpool
Dr. Ellie Arroway races to interpret a possible message originating from the Vega star system. Once first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence is proven, Arroway contends with restrictive National Security Advisors and religious fanatics bent on containing the implications of such an event. An incredible message is found hidden in the signal, but will Arroway be the one to answer its call?
Craig and guest co-host Mark Woodring (@vsmoviepodcast on twitter) discuss are we alone, science vs faith, billionaires in space and the movie Contact on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig and guest co-host Mark Woodring from the Visually Stunning Movie Podacast discuss 2022
Craig and Mark discuss the movie "Contact"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Out of Sight"
Next week... We get all Elmore Leonard hot and bothered with "Out of Sight"
Paleontologists Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA. While the park's mastermind, billionaire John Hammond, assures everyone that the facility is safe, they find out otherwise when various ferocious predators break free and go on the hunt.
Craig, Alan and guest Charlie Brigden (@filmsonwax on twitter) discuss the brilliance of John Williams, CGI with weight, cinematic scores and the movie “Jurassic Park” on this week’s Matinee Heroes.
Show Notes
Craig, Alan and special guest Charlie Bridgen discuss the maestro John Williams and his relationship with Steven Spielberg
Craig, Alan, and Charlie discuss the movie "Jurassic Park"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Catch Me If You Can"
Next week we celebrate Christmas with the gift that is "Catch Me If You Can"
In the year 10191, a spice called melange is the most valuable substance known in the universe, and its only source is the desert planet Arrakis. A royal decree awards Arrakis to Duke Leto Atreides and ousts his bitter enemies, the Harkonnens. However, when the Harkonnens violently seize back their fiefdom, it is up to Paul, Leto's son, to lead the Fremen, the natives of Arrakis, in a battle for control of the planet and its spice
Craig Alan and Devin Pike (@justdevin on twitter) talk about both versions of Dune, The Who Needs Sleep Telethon, Craig failed attempt to explain the plot and the movie “Dune on this week’s Matinee Heroes
Show Notes
Craig, Alan and Devin Pike talk about All-Con and the upcoming Who Needs Sleep telethon.
Craig, Alan and Devin discuss "Dune"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "X-Men: First Classs"
Next week Zaki Hassan returns to talk mutants in "X-Men: First Class"
When powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion, the world’s only hope is a disparate ensemble of heroes who band together to defeat the alien invaders that are bent on exterminating mankind. The survivors devise a plan and July 4th becomes the day humanity fights back for its freedom.
Craig, Alan and guest Austin Vashaw (@VforVashaw on twitter) talk about movies vs their novelizations, the lost art of practical effects, disaster movies and “Independence Day” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig and Alan talk to Austin Vashaw about his work at Cinapse and his twitter club Cult of Blu-Ray Addicts (@COBRAcollector on twitter)
Craig Alan and Austin discuss "Independence Day"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Knives Out"
Next week we bring in CSI:KFC with the superb Rian Johnson mystery "Knives Out"
Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind.
Craig and guest co-host Brendan Agnew (@BLCAgnew on Twitter) discuss timey-wimey timelines, competence porn, making sentence structure exciting and the movie “Arrival” on this week’s Matinee Heroes.
Show Notes
Craig and Brendan catch up and discuss being a parent of a young child when watching "Arrival"
Craig and Brendan discuss "Arrival"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Independence Day"
Next week we prove that we can't read a calendar or plan when we cover "Independence Day" on July 24th.
Douglas Quaid is a bored construction worker in the year 2084 who visits "Rekall," a company that plants false memories into people's brains, in order to experience the thrill of Mars without having to travel there. But something goes wrong during the procedure; Quaid discovers that his entire life is actually a false memory and that the people who implanted it in his head now want him dead.
Craig and guest co-host Devin Pike (@justdevin on twitter) talk fake heads, what is real vs what is a dream, the The Big Film Show and the movie "Total Recall" on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Season 3 of the CastOFF returns Tuesday April 13 at 9pmEst 6pmPST th as Season 1 Champ Randy Redacted takes on Season 2 champ Rob Ervin for the only movie that can adequately describe them: Best in Show
Go to twitch.tv/matineeheroes or matineeheroes.com/castoff to subscribe to the video stream. But this season you can listen here for the audio version of the show with the bonus post show included exclusively on Matinee Heroes, every Thursday!
Show Notes
Craig and guest co-host Devin Pike catch up and talk about Devin's latest projects The Big Film Show and Universal Remote
Craig and Devin discuss "Total Recall"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Kindergarten Cop"
It's not a tumor, its another Arnold April episode with the comedy "Kindergarten Cop"
A convict from the year 2035 is sent back to 1996, where he attempts to find the cause of a deadly virus that has ravaged his future world. With help from a beautiful psychiatrist, the time traveler tracks the germ's invention to a mental patient who is the son of a prominent scientist.
Craig and guest co-host Tracy Mangum (@moviesmakeus on twitter) are joined by Elizabeth Rappe (@ElisabethRappe on twitter) to talk about pandemics, distrust of experts, old dogs and the movie “12 Monkeys” on this week’s Matinee Heroes.
This week's episode is sponsored by Matinee Heroes presents CastOFF!
Last week, Game 6 saw newbies Alex Barnhill and Liz Serna recast Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Alex narrowly won, moving into the second round.
This Tuesday December 15th at 9pmEst 6pmPST a season 1 rematch between finalist Patrick Beatty and Metal Geeks Cary Gordon as they recast the controversial comedy Tropic Thunder!
See who will win this 16-person, single-elimination tournament to name the best Caster on the internet. Go to twitch.tv/matineeheroes or matineeheroes.com/castoff to subscribe to the video stream.
Show Notes
Craig, Tracy and Elisabeth discuss egg nog, weight gain, miniature horses and dogs.
Craig, Tracy and Elisabeth discuss "12 Monkeys"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Time After Time"
Next week, Craig, Alan and guest Richard Jensen combine Sherlock and Jack the Ripper in "Time After Time"
Patreon Membership month kick's off with a patreon episode from September 2019. Alan and Craig return from their travels to discuss Fantastic Fest, Time Travel, Rian Johnson and the movie "Looper" on this month's Matinee Heroes!
Please consider becoming a patreon member by going to http://patreon.com/matineeheroes or you can give a one time donation at matineeheroes.com/donate!
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Discussion of "Looper"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Next week's we continue our Patreon Membership Drive with "Face/OFF"
A post-apocalyptic ice age forces humanity's last survivors aboard a globe-spanning super train. One man (Chris Evans) will risk everything to lead a revolt for control of the engine and the future of the world.
Craig and guest co-host Dallas Robinson (@wedostuffpod on twitter) discuss class warfare, uprisings, D&D podcasts, and the movie “Snowpiercer” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
This week's episode is sponsored by Matinee Heroes presents CastOFF!
The CastOFF playoffs move into the semi-finals.
Last week, Tracy Mangum eliminated Bryan Guanajuato in Game 4 of the CastOFF Championship playoffs to secure his position into the next round.
This Tuesday August 4th at 9pmET / 6pmPT Patrick Beatty goes head-to-head with Valerie Cameron in the semis to see who can recast The Muppet Movie!
See who will win this 8 person single elimination tournament to name the best Caster on the internet. Go to twitch.tv/matineeheroes or matineeheroes.com/castoff to subscribe to the video stream.
Show Notes
Craig and guest co-host Dallas Robinson of the We Do Stuff Podcast talk about quarantine and starting a D&D game podcast with Craig called The Dungeon Files.
Craig and Dallas discuss the movie "Inception"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Angles with Dirty Faces"
Next week, Craig and Alan celebrate Alan's birthday with one of his favorite movies "Angles with Dirty Faces"
After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter.
Craig and guest Co-host Devin Pike (@justdevin on twitter) discuss, binge viewing, remakes, a recap of EmpireCon and the show “The Mandalorian” on this week’s Matinee Heroes…plus!
Show Notes
Craig and Devin discuss EmpireCon, working shows and more.
Craig and Devin discuss "The Mandolorian"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "Defending Your Life"
Film Critic Rich Bonaduce stops by and helps Craig breakdown the superb afterlife film "Defending Your Life"
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence. Neo joins legendary and dangerous rebel warrior Morpheus in the battle to destroy the illusion enslaving humanity. Now, every move, every second, every thought becomes a fight to stay alive--to escape The Matrix.
Alan, Craig and director Adam Marcus discuss the church of Keanu, Scarface, musicals, Bernadette Peters and the movie "The Matrix" on this week’s Matinee Heroes.
Show Notes
Alan and Craig set the table and discuss this month's theme "1999" while Adam shares what he was doing that year.
Discussion of "The Matrix"
54:54
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Alan and Craig preview next week's movie "Iron Giant"
Next week Alan and Craig keep the 1999 retrospective going with an animated classic "The Iron Giant"
Dr. Ryan Stone is on her first shuttle mission. Her commander is veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky helming his last flight before retirement. During a routine space walk by the pair, disaster strikes: The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Ryan and Matt stranded in deep space with no link to Earth and no hope of rescue. As fear turns to panic, they realize that the only way home may be to venture further into space.
Alan and Craig discuss the theatrical experience, lamenting the lack of a space program, the proper way to use superstars and the movie Gravity on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig gives a quick personal update and a warning about podcast delivery times that may or may not be affected
Discussion of "Gravity"
33:27
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Alan and Craig preview next week's movie "The Matrix"
Next week Alan and Craig along with Adam Marcus kick off a 1999 retrospective July with "The Matrix"
In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.
Alan and Craig are joined by Heather and Liz, the Nerdy Bitches (@nerdybitchespod on twitter) to discuss petty bureaucrats, star wars spinoffs, recording in person in a hotel room and the movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Heather and Liz join the podcast to catch up on what the Nerdy Bitches podcast is up to, Comicpalooza goings ons and more.
Discussion of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"
35:15
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Alan and Craig preview next week's movie "Gravity"
Next week Alan and Craig and Valerie Cameron from Movies that Made Us get caught in "Gravity"
When Dr. Dave Bowman and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.
Alan and Craig are joined by Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned from Movies (@eilfmovies on twitter) to discuss Kubrick’s ego, Pri-MAY-te month, Alan’s justification for AI homicide and the masterpiece space epic 2001 A Space Odyssey on this week’s Matinee Heroes
Show Notes
Steve and Izzy stop in to discuss their monkey themed podcasts for APE-ril and Pri-MAY-te on Everything I Learned From Movies.
Discussion of "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Alan and Craig preview next week's movie "Monty Python's The Holy Grail"
Next week Alan and Craig give tribute to John Cleese with an interview, a fan panel and a discussion of "Monty Python's The Holy Grail"
In the distant future, the Earth is at war with a race of giant alien insects. Little is known about the Bugs except that they are intent on the eradication of all human life. But there was a time before the war... A mobile infantry travels to distant alien planets to take the war to the Bugs. They are a ruthless enemy with only one mission: Survival of their species no matter what the cost...
Alan and Craig are joined by Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned From Movies (@eilfmovies on twitter) to discus fascism, propaganda, the worst game of F--k Marry Kill and the movie Starship Troopers on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Alan and Craig talk to Steve and Izzy from Everything I Learned From Movies. They discuss Craig's past and future episodes on their podcast as well as their love of bas movies. You can find them at http://eilfm.podbean.com/ as well as check out Izzy's awesome art at www.untidyvenus.etsy.com. New Hall of Heroes inductees Adam Sanders and Simeon Peebler join the Cause!
Discussion of "Starship Troopers"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Alan and Craig preview next week's movie "Sneakers"
Next week Alan and Craig happily bring back guest Annie Bulloch to catch up on a great movie Craig has never seen...Sneakers!
Patreon Membership Drive month continues as we look back to our celebration of ALIENS week with our discussion of the original Alien. Don't forget to head to our shop and buy the Aliens Manatee shirt as well!
Alan and Craig discuss, phallic symbols, anxiety, dreaming of the monster and discuss the movie "ALIEN" on this week's Matinee Heroes!
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Discussion of "Alien"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Next week's we continue our Patreon Membership Drive with "John Carpenter's: The Thing"