THE SIXTH SENSE

Alan and Craig continue there trek through 1999 and discuss keeping spoilers secret, buying your own BS, and the movie "The Sixth Sense" on this week's Matinee Heroes!

Next week we get controversial with "Tropic Thunder"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfeo12qvxxw&ab_channel=Amblin

THE EQUALIZER

Alan and Craig discuss "old man" action heroes, charming pigs, a review of The Equalizer 2 and the movie " The Equalizer " on this week's Matinee Heroes!

Next week we see dead people with the movie "The Sixth Sense"

https://youtu.be/3-ZP95NF_Wk?si=5ETj3Nge0yY78XEn

GOOD WILL HUNTING

Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by a professor who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, the Professor makes a deal to get leniency for him if he will get treatment from a therapist

Craig and Alan discuss positive representations of therapy, going home, turning the big 5-0 and the movie “Good Will Hunting” as we celebrate Craig’s Matinee Birthday!!

Show Notes

1:00

Craig and Alan talk about Craig's birthday and turning 50.

10:26

Craig and Alan discuss "Good Will Hunting"

30:12

Recasting

51:26 

Double Feature

54:01

Final Thoughts

57:23

A preview of next week's episode "The Equalizer"

Next week we celebrate the latest Denzel action epic with a look back on "The Equalizer"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjctHUEmutw&ab_channel=SonyPicturesEntertainment

STRANGE BREW

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"

https://youtu.be/OVTGHtHbG60

WONDER BOYS

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

0:54

Craig and Alan talk about Alan's birthday and turning 54.

9:53

Craig and Alan discuss "Wonder Boys"

40:12

Recasting

59:47 

Double Feature

1:02:42

Final Thoughts

1:06:10

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"

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team join forces with CIA assassin August Walker to prevent a disaster of epic proportions. A group of terrorists known as the Apostles plan to use three plutonium cores for a simultaneous nuclear attack on the Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca, Saudi Arabia. When the weapons go missing, Ethan and his crew find themselves in a desperate race against time to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to listen to Craig, Alan and guest Mark Woodring from the Visually Stunning Movie Podcast (@VSMoviePodcast on twitter) talk about peak action, a brief "Dead Reckoning: Part One" review, having a formidable villain and the movie “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!

Show Notes

1:14

Craig and Alan finally review "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" .

13:41

Craig, Alan and guest Mark Woodring discuss "Mission: Impossible - Fallout"

36:12

Recasting

50:50 

Double Feature

56:01

Final Thoughts

1:03:51

A preview of next week's episode "Wonder Boys"

Next week we celebrate Alan's birthday with one of his favorites "Wonder Boys"

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION

With the IMF now disbanded and Ethan Hunt out in the cold, a new threat, called the Syndicate, soon emerges. The Syndicate is a network of highly skilled operatives who are dedicated to establishing a new world order via an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Faced with what may be the most impossible mission yet, Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with a disavowed British agent who may or may not be a member of this deadly rogue nation.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to listen to Craig, Alan and guest Brendan Agnew (@BLCAgnew on Twitter) talk about upping the ante, the clinking of the roller coaster, Marion’s first Rated R film and the movie "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" on this week’s Matinee Heroes.

Show Notes

1:03

Craig, Alan and guest Brendan Agnew discuss the first R-rated movies they ever saw.

13:41

Craig, Alan and Brendan discuss "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation"

28:24

Recasting

40:50 

Double Feature

44:20

Final Thoughts

50:04

A preview of next week's episode "Mission: Impossible - Fallout"

Next week we  wrap up our look back on Mission: Impossible with a review of the new movie and  "Mission: Impossible - Fallout"

https://youtu.be/wb49-oV0F78

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL

Blamed for a terrorist attack on the Kremlin, Ethan Hunt and the entire IMF agency are disavowed by the U.S. government, while the president initiates the Ghost Protocol. Forced to go "off the grid" -- left without resources or backup -- Hunt must somehow clear the agency's name and prevent another attack. Complicating matters even more, Ethan must undertake the impossible mission with a group of fellow IMF fugitives whose actual motives are suspect.

Your mission, if you chose to accept it, is to listen to Craig, Alan and Elisabeth Rappe (@ElisabethRappe on twitter) talk about improbable bad guys, the start of something good, Brad Bird’s live action debut and the movie “Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol” on this week’s Matinee Heroes!

Show Notes

0:56

Craig, Alan and guest Elisabeth Rappe discuss the first half of 2023 and the movies they liked.

10:32

Craig, Alan and Elisabeth Rappe discuss "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol"

38:46

Recasting

58:24 

Double Feature

1:04:01

Final Thoughts

1:10:16

A preview of next week's episode "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation"

Next week we introduce a great character to the franchise when Rebecca Ferguson's Ilsa appears in  "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation"

NORMA RAE

This week's scheduled episode has been interrupted with a special message from Craig and Alan as they try and explain the SAG-AFTRA WGA strike and why it's important to take a stand to help these important unions.

Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund, which assists all entertainment workers affected by the strike.

On this special @sagaftra @WGAWest support episode, Alan and Craig go back into the Patreon archives to 2019 and discuss the lack of physical media, poor working conditions, the timelessness of Sally Fields and the movie "Norma Rae" on this week's Matinee Heroes!

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt (Tom faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian , an international broker of arms and information, who is as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear -- including the woman Hunt loves.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to listen to Craig and guest co-host Avish Parashar talk about if Tom Cruise is a box office draw, mid-life milestones, mystery box misgivings and the movie "Mission Impossible III” on this week’s Matinee Heroes.

Show Notes

1:05

Craig and guest co-host Avish Parashar discuss turning 50, having a daughter and other mid-life milestones.

7:14

Craig and Avish discuss "Mission: Impossible III"

27:28

Recasting

42:24 

Double Feature

45:45

Final Thoughts

48:59

A preview of next week's episode "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol"

Next week we kick the franchise into gear and start experiencing the greatness of  "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol"