Explore Matinee Heroes sci-fi episodes featuring futuristic worlds, alien encounters, heroic adventures, recasting debates, interviews, and live convention panels.
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…
Imprisoned on the other side of the universe, the mighty Thor finds himself in a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against the Hulk, his former ally and fellow Avenger. Thor's quest for survival leads him in a race against…
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…
Patreon Membership Drive month continues as we beat the heat by going Antarctic with THE THING. Alan and Craig discuss the eternal oldness of Wilfred Brimley, the beauty of gore, paranoia and the movie "THE THING" on this week's Matinee…
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…
The starship Enterprise and its' crew are pulled back into action when an old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis. His plan for revenge is to set a deadly trap for his old enemy, Kirk...with the…
An alien race, undefeatable by any existing military unit, has launched a relentless attack on Earth, and Major William Cage finds himself dropped into a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage is thrown into a time loop, forced to live…
Brilliant brain surgeon-rock star-and comic book hero Buckaroo Banzai just made scientific history! Shifting his Oscillation Overthruster into warp speed, he's the first man ever to travel to the Eighth Dimension and come back sane. But when his sworn enemy,…
When an agent from a shadowy corporation tasked with moving alien creatures to a new internment camp is infected with an otherworldly liquid, he attempts to stop himself from being transformed into a Prawn. Alan and Craig discuss immigration, the…
Almost ten years have passed since Sarah Connor's ordeal began, and her son John, the future leader of the resistance, is now a young boy. However, the nightmare begins again when a new, more deadly Terminator is sent back in…
