Who are the Men in Black? Why, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, of course! Based on the comic by Lowell Cunningham, director Barry Sonnenfeld brought the Men in Black to life and it was a huge hit, cementing Will Smith as a bona fide movie star! Also starring Vincent D'onofrio and Linda Fiorentino, the Men in Black are a super top secret government agency that monitors and polices alien activity on earth. Hijinks ensue. What do you think of Men in Black? Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
Aug 11, 2023•51 min•Ep. 170
After the cliffhanger ending of Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel traveled back to the 1990's to introduced us to Captain Marvel (Brie Larson). With the help of a young Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), who still has both of his eyes, they unravel the mystery behind Captain Marvel's past and unlock her full potential! Also starring Jude Law and Annette Bening, is Captain Marvel a solid entry to the MCU lineup? We also go on a bit of a tangent towards the end. Check out what the guys think and let us k...
Aug 04, 2023•57 min•Ep. 169
In 2004, director Brad Bird introduced us to the superhero family The Incredibles. Pixar's sixth film was an action movie blast! Featuring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson and Jason Lee, The Incredibles is set in a world where superheroes have gone underground. Itching to get back in the fight, Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) takes on a job from a mysterious woman that leads him to a mysterious foe from his past. What do you think about The Incredibles? Let us know...
Jul 28, 2023•53 min•Ep. 168
The sequel to The Mummy brings back Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz and includes The Rock in his first major motion picture as The Scorpion King! Watch as our heroes run from sunlight and eventually battle a really bad CGI version of The Rock! What do you think of The Mummy Returns? Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
Jul 21, 2023•58 min•Ep. 167
The podcast is officially ten years old. Can you believe it?? And sure, we may have missed, um, a year (or two) here and there, but still! John and Justin's first episode was Man of Steel released on July 19, 2013. So we thought it would be fun to revisit the film that started it all. And to top it off, John was able to join us for this episode! We had a blast recording this one and we hope you all enjoy it. It was fun looking back on this film and to see how our opinion have changed (or perhaps...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 166
Michael Bay returns for a fourth Transformers film. Advertised not so much as a reboot but more of reinvigorating the franchise, the series introduces Mark Wahlberg as the main character and the Transformers get redesigned a little. Also, Dinobots! What do you think of Transformers: Age of Extinction? Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 165
After the abysmal X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the next solo Wolverine takes a step in the right direction. With director James Mangold (Logan, Ford vs Ferrari) at the helm, this film follows Logan to Japan, which is something the fans had been longing to see. Did it hold up to fans' expectations or did it fall flat, making us long for the good ol' days of X2? What do you think of The Wolverine? Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
Jun 30, 2023•57 min•Ep. 164
Released just prior to The Dark Knight, Batman: Gotham Knight was advertised as a bridge connecting the new movie to Batman Begins. At a brisk 74 minutes, this film is actually six short films strung together with different animation styles, writers and directors. It's an interesting installment of the DC animated lineup. Oh, did I mention Kevin Conroy voices Batman? That's reason enough to watch it! Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
Jun 23, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 163
Stew and Justin discuss the third and final (so far?) installment of the Kelvin timeline Star Trek films! Directed this time by Justin Lin (director of four of the Fast & Furious films) and co-written by Simon Pegg, this film finds the Enterprise crew stranded on an alien planet with an antagonist full of secrets. With a little help from Jaylah (Sofia Boutella) and the Beastie Boys, will Kirk and crew be able to get themselves off the planet and save the universe?? What do you think of Star ...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 162
Following the surprising and untimely death of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, director Ryan Coogler was challenged with making a sequel without his main character. Did he manage to make it work? Black Panther: Wakanda Forever follows Shuri dealing with the death of T'Challa when a new threat appears from the depths of the ocean: the first live-action appearance of Namor! What do you think of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever? Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 161
The DC animated New 52 movies continue with installment number 6 (or 7 if you count Flashpoint Paradox. Should we count Flashpoint Paradox? I'm not sure...). Damian is sent to work with the Titans, something that he feels is beneath him. Meanwhile the League gets possessed by Trigon, who happens to be Raven's Dad. It's up to the Titans to save the day! What do you think of Justice League vs Teen Titans? What do you think about the New 52 animated movies so far? Let us know! Cinema Heroes YouTube...
Jun 02, 2023•57 min•Ep. 160
Justin and Stew discuss the final installment of the Jurassic Park/World franchise. This film sees the return of Dr. Alan Grant, Dr. Ellie Sattler and Dr. Ian Malcolm (Sam Neil, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum respectively) attempting to save the world from... giant locusts? Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard also return to save Maisie Lockwood who has been kidnapped! Also there's some dinosaurs in this movie. What do you think of Jurassic World: Dominion? Let us know! Cinema Heroes YouTube Instag...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 159
We've finally gotten around to reviewing the second movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Better late than never, right? Released in 2008, The Incredible Hulk was released shortly after Iron Man and was moderately succesful. Starring Edward Norton as Bruce Banner (who would later be replaced by Mark Ruffalo), this is the only solo Incredible Hulk film in the MCU as of 2023. Do you like The Incredible Hulk? We'd like to hear from you! Let us know! Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
May 19, 2023•55 min•Ep. 158
The next installment of the DC New 52 Universe is Batman: Bad Blood. Nightwing dons the cowl when Batman goes missing! According to newcomer Batwoman, he's dead. She saw it and no one could have survived that explosion! She obviously doesn't know Batman very well... Also joining the crew is Batwing, because... why not? What do you think of Batman: Bad Blood? Let us know! Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 157
We're on to the third installment of the Michael Bay Transformers movies! (Can you believe we have two more after this?) Dark of the Moon was released in 2011 and brings back Shia LaBeouf, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, and Tyrese Gibson. Gone is Megan Fox and in her place is Rose Huntington-Whitely. We also get the amazing voice talent of Leonard Nimoy! After the mess that was Revenge of the Fallen, how does Dark of the Moon hold up? How do you feel about this movie? Let us know! Cinema Heroes Yo...
May 05, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 156
In a different universe, perhaps we would have gotten to see Shazam join the Justice League and fight alongside Henry Cavill's Superman and Ben Affleck's Batman. This movie gives us the origin story of Captain Marvel Shazam set in the same universe as Man of Steel, BvS and Justice League. Young Billy Batson is bestowed powers by a magical wizard but not given an instruction manual. What results is one of the funnier DCEU movies. What do you think of Shazam! Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitte...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 155
A young woman has literally fallen from the sky and turns out to be Kryptonian! Superman learns that she's his cousin and instantly feels protective of her. Batman, of course, is cautious and concerned. Throw in a little Darkseid, a little Wonder Woman and you've got yourself a movie! Check out what the guys think of this early DC animated film and let us know what you think of Superman/Batman: Apocalypse! Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
Apr 21, 2023•38 min•Ep. 154
Transformers! More than meets the eye! It's time to talk about the first sequel in the Transformers franchise: Revenge of the Fallen. Many assumed that title meant Megatron but, nope. There's a Transformer named The Fallen. If that makes you think this movie is going to be bad... just wait! But all is not lost. There are some good moments and cool scenes. Listen as Stew and Justin talk about what they liked and didn't like about the movie and let us know what you think of Transformers: Revenge o...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 153
In Marvel's Phase Three, a few new characters were introduced including Doctor Stephen Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme. To mainstream audiences, he was a fairly unknown character, similar to the Guardians of the Galaxy, which was a huge hit. Doctor Strange was released in November of 2016 and looked like a superhero version of Inception or The Matrix. Despite a little controversy over the casting of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One, what we got was a solid entry in the MCU and a great introduction...
Apr 07, 2023•56 min•Ep. 152
The next movie in the DC New 52 series of animated films is Batman vs Robin. Alex Thomas joins Stew and Justin to talk about Damian Wayne, The Court of Owls and how this film holds up compared to the others in the series! What do you think of Batman vs Robin? Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
Mar 31, 2023•47 min•Ep. 151
This week Justin and Stew (whose audio WILL get better in a few episodes, I promise) discuss the penultimate (for now) Jurassic Park movie! Jurassic World: Fallen Kingom was released in 2018 and made enough money for a final installment to be released a few years later, but... should it have? What do you think of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom? Let us know!! Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 150
After Thanos snapped half of the universe out of existence, Ant-Man and the Wasp was released! Taking place roughly at the same time as Avengers: Infinity War, this film follows Scott Lang as he's under house arrest for helping Captain America in Germany during the events of Captain America: Civil War. Meanwhile Hope and Hank Pym set out to rescue Janet Pym from the Quantum Realm and, much to their chagrin, need Scott's help! What do you think of the second Ant-Man movie? Love it? Hate it? Let u...
Mar 17, 2023•44 min•Ep. 149
Time for another DC animated movie! This time it's the superb All-Star Superman based on the graphic novel by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. Adapted by the late-great Dwayne McDuffie, All-Star Superman has an amazing cast who all knock it out of the park, including Anthony LaPaglia as Lex Luthor. Justin and Stew were excited to re-watch and discuss this movie and we hope you enjoy it! Check it out and let us know what you think of All-Star Superman! Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
Mar 10, 2023•52 min•Ep. 148
The movie that introduced us to Captain Jack Sparrow, the role that Johnny Depp is most known for (and got him an Oscar nomination) was released twenty years ago and spawned four sequels. It also made Keira Knightly a star and a household name and proved to everyone that you could, in fact, make a good movie based on a silly Disney ride. So how does the movie hold up after twenty years? Check out what the guys think and let us know what you think of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Bla...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 147
I suppose it's a bit of a stretch to say Chronicle is a "superhero movie" but it's definitely inspired by comic books and superheroes. Josh Trank's film focuses on three teenagers who are given superpowers and how they each respond to their "great power." It's a found footage movie, which works for the most part, but can be distracting at times (as far as found footage movies go, this one is near the top of the list though). It's a short, tight film that asks some big questions. What do you thin...
Feb 24, 2023•50 min•Ep. 146
Based on the iconic graphic novel by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, Bryan Cranston plays Commissioner Gordon and Ben McKenzie is The Dark Knight in his first year of crime fighting as the Caped Crusader. Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer took a lot of inspiration from the graphic novel for Batman Begins and you can definitely see it when watching this movie. A great adaptation and a really well-done animated film. What do you think about Batman: Year One? Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram...
Feb 17, 2023•51 min•Ep. 145
In 2007, Michael Bay delivered the long awaited live-action Transformers movie. Differing from the TV show and animated movie, this film is centered around a human teenager buying his first car and trying to hit on the hot, popular girl in school. He just also happens to be the descendant of an explorer who stumbled upon the frozen remains of Megatron. The map to the All-Spark (the cube that gives Autobots and Decepticons life) was imprinted on the explorer's glasses, which the teenage boy now p...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 144
Probably most famous for being the last film of Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee, The Crow is a dark tale of vengeance directed by Alex Proyas. Despite Lee's on-set death, the film was finished and released and is considered by some to be a brilliant comic adaptation. It was received well by critics and audiences alike with most reviews praising Lee's performance. So how does the film hold up nearly 30 years later? Check out what the guys think and be sure to let us know what you think of The Crow!...
Feb 03, 2023•44 min•Ep. 143
In the 80's, Transformers were huge. The toys were amazing and the TV show was a hit. So the next logical step: give them their own movie! Released in 1986, Transformers ended up being a box office disappointment and sparked some controversy over one character's death. The movie has a bit of a cult following now and is considered a classic. Have you seen it? What do you think? Let us know! *Justin was sick this episode... Sorry.* Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram Twitter...
Jan 27, 2023•50 min•Ep. 142
Universal Studios decided it wasn't done with Isla Nublar or Jurassic Park and hired director Colin Trevorrow to helm the franchise's fourth film. Although this sequel ignores parts 2 and 3 and is considered a soft reboot, whatever that means. This time around we've got a whole new cast of characters. In fact, we've got whole new dinosaurs, including one that was genetically engineered: The Indominus Rex. Was this sequel necessary? Is it any good? Check out what the guys think of it and let us k...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 141
