Alan and Craig celebrate the start to football season discussing heroes who should be in jail, finding self worth, Craig's ban on Adam Sandler and the original "The Longest Yard" on this week's Matinee Heroes!
Next week, we go from football to futbol with "Victory".
Alan and Craig discuss the faith around baseball, getting through dark times, how sweet James Earl Jones really is and the movie "Field of Dreams" on this week's Matinee Heroes!
Next week, we go old school with the original "The Longest Yard".
Rookie hotshot Cole Trickle is teamed with legendary crew chief Harry Hogge to race for the Winston Cup at the Daytona 500. A fiery crash nearly ends Cole’s career and he must turn to a beautiful doctor to regain his nerve and the true courage needed to race, to win and to live.
Craig and guest co-host Valerie Cameron discuss rubbin and racin, the new Multiplane Podcast, the power of Tom Cruise's charm and the movie "Days of Thunder" on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig and Valerie talk about her new Disney-centric podcast "Multiplane Podcast"
Craig and Valerie discuss the movie "Days of Thunder"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "The Three Musketeers"
Craig and guest co-host Rob Ervin are all for one with the Disney version of "The Three Musketeers"
Rocky Balboa is a struggling Philadelphia boxer who is chosen to take on the reigning world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed...The Champ touts the fight as a chance for a 'nobody' to become a 'somebody' and so he can easily win the bout himself. But someone forgot to tell Rocky... To everyone's surprise, Rocky trains earnestly while tentatively beginning a relationship with the sweet wallflower Adrian
Craig and guest co-host Brandon Agnew (@BLCAgnew on twitter) discuss being the underdog, reading children’s books on YouTube, the many ways to describe Burt Young and the movie “Rocky” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig and Brendan talk the pandemic as well as Brendan's Youtube channel where he reads stories to children.
Craig and Brendan discuss the movie "Rocky"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
Alan returns with special guest Chris Evangelista to talk about Alan's favorite movie of all time "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
Determined coach, Herb Brooks, had an impossible dream – beat the seemingly unbeatable Soviets at their own game. Starting with a handpicked group of undisciplined kids, Brooks coached them to play like they never played before, and turned them into a team that believed they could achieve the unachievable – and in the process, united a nation with a new feeling of hope.
Craig and guest co-host Jake Dietz (@moviesmakeus on twitter) discuss team building, helmet hair, next week’s Fayetteville Comic Show (@FayComicShow on twitter)and the movie “Miracle” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig previews next week's Fayetteville Comic Show where Craig will be hosting panels with the cast of Twin Peaks, My Hero Academia and C. Thomas Howell.
Craig and Jake discuss "Miracle"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week's episode "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Randy Yarborough from Cult 45 podcast returns to talk the classic "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
It is 1971 and football coach Herman Boone takes over as the coach of the Titans, a recently-integrated Virginia high-school football team. However, the team finds ingrained prejudice from many within the town, with some officials even plotting to get rid of Boone, but this only strengthens their resolve to win the season!
Alan and Craig discuss prejudice, being adaptable, who’s coming to this year’s Comicpalooza and the movie “Remember the Titans” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Alan and Craig preview some of the guests already announced for this year's Comicpalooza!
Discussion of "Remember the Titans"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Alan and Craig discuss next week's episode "Marvel's The Avengers"
Former minor leaguer Morris Buttermaker is a lazy, beer swilling pool cleaner who takes money to coach the Bears, a bunch of disheveled misfits who have virtually no baseball talent. Realizing his dilemma, Buttermaker brings aboard girl pitching ace Amanda Whurlizer, the daughter of a former girlfriend, and Kelly Leak, a motorcycle punk who happens to be the best player around.
Alan and Craig discuss failure, a Hullabaloo recap, helicopter parents and the classic baseball movie “The Bad News Bears” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Alan recaps the 5 movies from this year's mystery movie marathon - Hullabaloo
Discussion of "The Bad News Bears"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Alan and Craig discuss next week's episode "Remember the Titans"
Alan and Craig continue their sports cavalcade with "Remember the Titans"
Randy "The Ram" Robinson, is a former superstar now paying the price for twenty years of grueling punishment in and out of the ring. But he's about to risk everything to prove he has one more match left in him: a re-staging of his famous Madison Square Garden bout against "The Ayatollah".
Alan and Craig are joined by Intelligent Wrestling Conversation’s host Billy Donnelly as they discuss wrestling, discarding our heroes, addiction to glory and the movie “The Wrestler” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Alan and Craig welcome guest Billy Donnelly. Billy talks about his wrestling podcast Intelligent Wrestling Conversation’s
Discussion of "The Wrestler"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Alan and Craig discuss next week's episode "The Bad News Bears"
Next episode we continue with sports month and get nostalgic with the classic "The Bad News Bears"
Born into a family business of race cars, Speed Racer is one of the track's hot stars. When Speed turns down an offer from the head of Royalton Industries, he uncovers a secret. Powerful moguls fix the races to boost profits. Hoping to beat the executive, Speed enters the same arduous cross-country race that killed his brother
Alan and Craig, joined by Special Guest Tom Nix discuss wrestling, misty-eyed family dynamics, should the Wachowskis get a chance to direct more big budget films and the movie “Speed Racer” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Alan and Craig welcome guest Tom Nix. Tom talks about his new wrestling podcast Wrestling is Everything coming soon on ScreamingPods.com
Discussion of "Speed Racer"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Alan, Craig and Zaki discuss next week's episode "The Wrestler"
Next episode we continue with sports month and talk with Billy Donnelly about "The Wrestler"
Adonis Johnson, son of deceased world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, has boxing in his blood. Looking to win his own title, Adonis heads to Philadelphia and convinces his father’s rival-turned-friend, Rocky Balboa, to train him – even as Rocky battles his own deadly opponent outside the ring. Now Adonis has a shot, but first he must develop the heart of a true fighter.
Alan and Craig discuss legacies, #unblocknordling, a review of Black Panther and the movie "Creed" on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Alan gives his first reaction to the movie "Black Panther"
Discussion of "Creed"
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
Alan and Craig discuss next week's movie "L.A. Confidential"
Next episode we go on the q-t and get all hush-hush as we discuss "L.A. Confidential"