Cinema Heroes

Justin here with another update on the status/future of Cinema Heroes.

Justin here. Just wanted to give you a small update on why we haven't uploaded recently and what's been going on with the podcast! Let me know what movies you want us to cover in the upcoming year! Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram

We're back with another Top 10! This time it's our Top 10 Favorite Opening Scenes of all time. The beginning of a movie is critical. You want to hook your audience and leave them wanting more and these films do just that. They set the tone, introduce the characters and reveal their worlds to us in such a way that it left a lasting impact. Exactly what movie openings should do. Check out the episod...

Here's another case of a sequel no one asked for. No one except Warner Bros. Studios, that is. The movie studio, understandably, wanted another one. The previous movies were huge money makers but the Wachowskis weren't interested. WB said "We're doing it with or without you." And here we are. Was this the movie the studio was expecting? Was it the movie we were expecting? And more importantly, doe...

John Constantine gets his first solo animated film after appearing in Justice League Dark. When an old friend approaches him about saving his daughter, Constantine must confront past sins in order to defeat the forces behind the girl's condition. Partly an origin story, this movie dives into who Constantine is as a person but also as a supernatural detective. Check out what the guys think and let...

After many years (The Flash TV show premiered and ended between when this movie was announced and when it was released), we finally got to see The Flash in his first solo movie. Reprising his role from Justice League, Ezra Miller plays Barry Allen who is frustrated after another attempt to help his wrongly imprisoned father fails. Realizing he can run fast enough to travel back in time (farther th...

Who is the best casting choice for a comic book character? That's the question we ask today (thanks to listener Simon!) for our newest Top 10 episode. Joining us is our friend and frequent collaborator Alex Thomas as we discuss actors who were born to play their role, who defined the character on screen, and who surprised us but now we can't see anyone else playing the character. What do you think...

The Alien franchise is back with its newest installment from director Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead, Don't Breathe). Taking place between Alien and Aliens, Alien: Romulus finds a group of young adults attempting to board a decommissioned Weyland-Yutani ship in order to steal the cryo-chambers needed to flee their planet and make the nine year voyage to their new home. Things do not go as planned, obviou...

The turtles are back for their first ever feature length animated adventure! The gang's all here except for Shredder (and it turns out there's a reason for that!) but all is not right amongst the turtles. Add to that, there's a guy trying to open a portal to another dimension! Sounds like trouble. It also sounds like the makings of a hit Turtles movie! Do I smell pizza? Let us know what you think...

We're continuing through The Matrix franchise with part 3: The Matrix Revolutions. When The Matrix Reloaded ended, Neo was in a coma after using some reality-warping powers in the real world! Revolutions is often considered the worst of the trilogy and some people consider the sequels so bad that they ruin everything good about the first movie, but is it really that bad? Check out what the guys th...

He's back! No, not Deadpool, although he is back, too. Hugh Jackman is back as Wolverine! We thought it was over with Logan, but no! He's come back to play the grumpy, adamantium-clawed X-Man once again! This movie has a bunch of cameos, Deadpool and Wolverine fighting a bunch, but does it have anything of substance? Check out what the guys think and let us know what you think of Deadpool & Wolver...

We're back with another Top 10 list! This time we are discussing the Top 10 Directorial Debuts of the 2000s. Just like the 90s, there were a lot of great movies that were directed by first-time directors. Some of them may surprise you! Let us know what you think of our lists and tell us what your favorite directorial debut of the 2000s is!  Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagram

The next movie up in the New 52 animated universe is Batman: Hush, based on the popular graphic novel by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee. In this film, Batman is faced with a new adversary, someone with a link to his past, who goes by the name of Hush. With cameos from Batman's rogue gallery of villains as well as Superman, how does this movie hold up against some of the other New 52 universe movies? Check...

We're continuing the Alien franchise with the last of the Sigourney Weaver films! But wait, didn't Ripley die in the last movie? How is she back? From the director of Amelie and the writer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Marvel's The Avengers! There's actually a lot of talent behind and in front of the camera, so what could go wrong? Check out what the guys think and let us know what you think of...

As we get ready for Deadpool & Wolverine, we are covering the 2nd movie in the franchise which introduces Cable and Domino to the big screen! Ryan Reynolds dons the red suit again and brings his snarky wit against a time traveling half-machine trying to kill a kid who will be responsible for a lot of death and destruction in the future! Oh, and Deadpool has a death wish. How does part 2 hold up? C...

We had such a good time with the Top 15 Film Scores, we decided to do another Top 10 list. This time we're doing Top 10 Directorial Debuts of the 1990s! There were surprisingly a LOT of movies to choose from. These Top 10 lists are a lot of fun to do and we hope you enjoy them because we are going to keep doing them (about once a month)! Let us know what Top 10 you'd like us to do! And check out t...

If you've ever read a Hellblazer comic, you know John Constantine is a British blonde guy who always wears a tan trench coat. So why not get rid of the trench coat and cast Keanu Reeves? Hey, why not? Originally titled Hellblazer, they changed it to Constantine to avoid confusion with Hellboy, which was released a year earlier. Keanu Reeves actually does a great job as John Constantine but how doe...

It's time to continue/finish another favorite franchise: the Alien franchise! Released in 1992, Alien³ was the directorial debut of David Fincher who would go on to direct some pretty amazing movies like Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac and The Social Network. Picking up where Aliens left off, Alien³ does something pretty bold right out of the gate. Some disagree with the decision, which casts a heavy sh...

This week we discuss the follow-up to The Death of Superman with Reign of the Supermen! Four new Supermen have been seen around Metropolis but are any of them the REAL Superman? It's nice that we got another Death and Return of Superman adaptation but is this installment as strong as the previous? Where does it rank among the other DC New 52 animated movies? Check out what the guys think and be su...

Wrapping another live-action franchise, the guys discuss the third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This film follows the turtles back to 17th century Japan and... that's about it. This ended up being one of our shorter episodes because there's just not a lot of meat to this one. How do you feel about TMNT 3? Is it your favorite? Is it deeply misunderstood? Let us know!  Cinema Heroes YouTube Instagr...

We are finishing the Transformers franchise with the last live-action movie: Rise of the Beasts. After six movies, we're finally introduced to the Maximals from the Beasts Wars TV series, but does the film do a good job of adapting their story? Does the timeline make sense? And just how would Noah sell Mirage if he could? Check out what the guys think of the final (so far) Transformers movie and l...

We're continuing the New 52 animated universe with The Death of Superman. Adapted once already as Superman: Doomsday, the new version decides to split the story into two movies. The first focuses on the fight against Doomsday (this time with help from the Justice League) and the second... well, we'll have to wait and see! How does this one compare to Superman: Doomsday and the rest of the New 52 m...

It's time to wrap up the live-action Superman films (unless you count Superman and the Mole Men. Should we do Superman and the Mole Men??) with the 2006 film Superman Returns. Aptly titled, this film brought the Man of Steel back to the big screen after nearly 20 years. Critics seemed to like it but it was met with mixed reactions from moviegoers, which resulted in stalling Superman's movie career...

One of Stew's most anticipated movies of the year is here! The second installment of Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon brings the war to the moon of Veldt! The first film was a bit lackluster according to Stew and Justin but does the second film breathe new life into the franchise? (Does two movies count as a franchise?) Check out what the guys think and let us know what you think of Rebel Moon - Part Two:...

Mixing things up from our usual episodes, we decided to do a Top 15 list! We often talk about film composers and scores so here are our 15 favorite film scores. We'll be back next week with a usual episode but enjoy this list and let us know if you'd like us to do more of these (because it was a lot of fun!) Stew's Top 15 Favorite Film Scores YouTube Playlist Justin's Top 15 Favorite Film Scores Y...