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Alan and Craig discuss black face, controversy and can agents be good people while celebrating Matinee Birthdays Month with the great comedy “Tropic Thunder” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Next week it’s go big or go home with “Boogie Nights”
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Craig and guest co-host Derek McCaw discuss the Hamlet influence, smart stupid movies, SCTV and the movie “Strange Brew” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Next week we celebrate Craig’s 50th birthday with one of his favorites “Good Will Hunting”
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A professor, suffering from writer’s block, tries to deal with the pressures of his complex love life and his troubled students’ assorted problems. He finds release in his friendship with a lonely but gifted student, but the news of his lover’s pregnancy further complicates his already difficult life.
Craig and Alan talk about the burden of creativity, turning 54, Harrison Ford vs Tom Cruise and the movie “Wonder Boys” as we celebrate Alan’s Matinee Birthday!
Show Notes
Craig and Alan talk about Alan’s birthday and turning 54.
Craig and Alan discuss “Wonder Boys”
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week’s episode “The Ghost and the Darkness”
Next week we watch another Michael Douglas movie “The Ghost and the Darkness”
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Bill Preston and Ted Logan are two totally excellent dudes facing one most heinous history exam. With the help of Rufus an ultra-cool messenger in a time traveling phone booth, the triumphant twosome bag a bevy of historical heavyweights like the Bodacious Philosopher So-crates, One Very Excellent Barbarian Genghis Khan, the Short Dead Dude Napoleon and Noah’s Wife Joan of Arc to stage the most hysterical high school project ever.
Craig, Alan and guest Meredith Nudo (@MeredithNudo on twitter) talk about sincerity, where woofs, improv and sketch comedy and the movie “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” on this week’s Matinee Heroes.
Show Notes
Craig, Alan and Meredith talk up Rob Saucedo’s upcoming graphic novel “Where Wolf” coming out July 7th.
Craig Alan and Meredith discuss “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure””
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week’s episode “The Abyss”
Next week we go deep down to talk about James Cameron’s “The Abyss”
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Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to pull off an elaborate heist during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway But they’ll need the help of Joe Bang, a convicted safe-cracker who is currently doing time. All they have to do is break Joe out, blow the racetrack vault, get away with the cash, return Joe to prison, and get Jimmy to his daughter’s beauty pageant on time.
Craig and co-host Elisabeth Rappe (@ElisabethRappe on twitter) talk about American accents, family secrets, films they don’t make anymore and the movie “Logan Lucky” on this week’s Matinee Heroes.
Show Notes
Craig and Elisabeth talk about her family secrets (not really so secret…it’s on a podcast)
Craig and Elisabeth discuss “Logan Lucky”
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week’s episode “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”
Next week, we start a month of 80’s flicks with an all time great “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”
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Unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, actor Nick Cage accepts a $1 million offer to attend a wealthy fan’s birthday party. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when a CIA operative recruits Cage for an unusual mission. Taking on the role of a lifetime, he soon finds himself channeling his most iconic and beloved characters to save himself and his loved ones.
Craig and Stizzy from Everything I Learned from Movies (@EILFMovies on Twitter) talk Nic Cage’s marriages, sweet drug lords, upcoming theme months and the movie “The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent” on this week’s Matinee Heroes.
Show Notes
Craig, Steve and Izzy discuss the upcoming theme months on their podcast Everything I Learned from Movies.
Craig, Steve and Izzy discuss “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week’s episode “Top Gun: Maverick”
Next week we continue 2023 and our best of 2022 with legacy sequel “Top Gun: Maverick”
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Two pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who’s a lawyer – Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. Vinny’s never been in court – or in Alabama – and now must prove to his cousin, his girlfriend and himself that he’s up to the task or they’ll get the death penalty.
Craig and guest co-host Rob Ervin (@YesTHATRobErvin on twitter) discuss following procedures, the sweet side of Joe Pesci, Rob moderating events and the movie “My Cousin Vinny” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig and Rob Ervin catch up and swap moderating stories
Craig and Rob discuss “My Cousin Vinny”
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week’s episode “Presumed Innocent”
Next week finish Court-vember with a powerful Harrison Ford performance in “Presumed Innocent”
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Recently deployed Markus returns home to care for his daughter after his wife is killed in an accident. But, Markus begins to suspect his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission of revenge.
Craig and Alan discuss circumstance, mental health, when remakes are needed and “Riders of Justice” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig and Alan discuss “Riders of Justice”
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week’s episode “The Batman”
We’re continue with the Matinee Heroes Patreon vault by releasing an opening weekend edition of “The Batman”!
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Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the fruits of his deceptions — that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson shows up. When the American’s lowbrow tactics impinge on his own work, Jamieson resolves to get rid of him and challenges Benson to a winner-takes-all competition: The first one who extracts $50,000 from the next woman they meet wins…and the other leaves town.
Craig and Alan discuss the art of the con, British and American differences, the multitudes of Steve Martin and the movie “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” on this week’s Matinee Heroes.
Show Notes
Craig and Alan discuss the movie “All of Me”
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week’s episode “The Rock”
Next week…we start Action August with Michael Bay’s “The Rock”
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Edwina Cutwater is dying millionaire heiress who wants her soul transferred into a younger, willing woman. When something goes wrong, she ends up inhabiting her lawyer Roger’s body and controlling only its right side. Edwina and Roger are forced to work together to find a way to get her soul out his body and into the body she originally intended.
Craig and guest Mark Woodring (@VSMoviePodcast on twitter) discuss Steve Martin’s virtuoso physical performance, working without CGI, Mark’s trip to FanExpo Denver and the movie “All of Me” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!
Show Notes
Craig and Mark discuss his time at FanExpo Denver and his panel the Quotability Index.
Craig and Mark discuss the movie “All of Me”
Recasting
Double Feature
Final Thoughts
A preview of next week’s episode “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”
Next week…we end Steve Martin Month with a bang and a con with “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”
