Half-Ass Movie Podcast

This week the boys of HMP take a trail not yet traveled by this podcast. The boys are all in studio again, hot off of Heroes Con in Charlotte, and this go around they’re talking about a comic book movie that might not be the first thing to come to mind when discussing the topic.  American Spender was a comic series written by Harvey Pekar and a movie of the same name was released in 2003 to much a...

On this special episode every member of HMP is in the SAME room. Yes, Adam, Sean and FINALLY Bruce do a show while looking at each other--- it's gonna get weird.  On this special occasion the boys look back at television movie, THE TRIAL OF THE INCREDIBLE HULK. This made for tv movie, directed by Bill Bixby was supposed to be the debut for DAREDEVIL into our television universe.  What went wrong?...

With Zack Snyder’s MAN OF STEEL a year away, the boys of HMP look back at his first epic comic book movie.  The year is 2006 and we’re hot off the heels of Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller directed SIN CITY, Zack Snyder takes a stab at another Frank Miller work- 300. It was thought it would do just as well but 300 would go on to VASTLY outgross SIN CITY and lead to massively further carriers of S...

We've gotten some guff in the past so we're back this week to take a look again at Marvel's Agents of SHIELD.  Does the show take an up tick from our previous low opinion of the ABC program or is it more of the same old, same old?     HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twitter The Film Find -  Twitter Bruce Leslie: Twit...

This week the boys turn back the clock and review a movie that a lot of people have reverence for- SWAMP THING from director Wes Craven from 1982, staring Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess and Dick Durock as the title creature.  To this point Wes Craven had brought us most notably LAST HOUSE OF THE LEFT and THE HILLS HAVE EYES. Swamp Thing was one of his first big budget (for h...

A day late but we are back to review the ENTIRE first season of THE FLASH on the CW. Does it live up to the high praise we gave it in our review of the first few episodes we reviewed last year or has it fallen short of it ’s promised glory? HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twitter The Film Find -  Twitter Bruce Leslie...

We ’ve been talking about The Caped Crusader for some time now and I think we ’ve found the movie that will put us on a Batman hiatus for a little while.  This week the boys look back at what went wrong and how an amazing character like Batman can still come close to falling off the face of the cinematic universe when they delve into BATMAN AND ROBIN from1997. HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTu...

This week the boys look back at the ENTIRE first season of GOTHAM on Fox.  Last time we talk about Gotham the boys were fairly favorable- has the show gotten better or gotten long in the tooth? HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twitter The Film Find -  Twitter Bruce Leslie: Twitter Heroes and Villans Podcast Sean Keena...

This week on the first anniversary of Hero Movie Podcast we can think of no better way to spend it than to  review AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON the 11th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Does it live up to the wait, the hype and the box office or is this a rare Marvel misstep? HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twitter T...

This week the boys are back to review another DC direct to video fare. This time we review BATMAN vs ROBIN the sequel to SON OF BATMAN.  Batman and Robin meet the Doll Maker and subsiquently the Court of Owls.  Based, in part, on the comics from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.  Does this direct to video moive a step from from what we saw last in JUSTICE LEAGUE THRONE OF ATLANTIS or just another in...

This week the boys are back and are celebrating not only Adam ’s birthday but the character of THE ROCKETEER, who ’s character is as old as Adam, himself. We look back with week at the 1991 movie of the same name and see if it holds up as well as we remember. HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twitter The Film Find -  T...

The boys are back for a special news episode! Didn ’t see that one coming, did ya? It ’s been a while since we ’ve done a movie news show and this one is full of news- some of which broke as we recorded the show. So sit back and enjoy this special bonus Hero Movie News episode were we talk about Wonder Woman, The Sinister Six, The Avengers, The Hulk, Spider-Man, Flash Gordon and so much more. Hero...

This week the boys of HMP review the ENTIRE first season of Marvel ’s Daredevil which debuted on Netflix this weekend.  Is it as good as everyone was hoping for or fall short of the Daredevil we all know we need? HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twitter The Film Find -  Twitter Bruce Leslie: Twitter Heroes and Villans...

This week the boys are back to tv...sort of. On this episode Adam, Sean and Bruce talk about the first five episodes of POWERS- based off the aclaimed comic from writer Brian Michael Bendis.  Does this show hold up to it's highly regarded source matrial or does it miss it's mark?  HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twit...

This week the boys take a look back at GREEN LANTERN from 2011. This is a movie a lot of people have very strong feelings toward...most of the not positive.  But is this movie as bad as you remember it or should it be forgotten as it has been? HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twitter The Film Find -  Twitter Bruce Les...

This week the boys look back at THOR- the often forgotten Marvel movie. How does Thor hold up in a world filled to the brim with superheroes? We talk about the birth of Thor and Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and how this first movie laid the brickwork for what was to come. HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twit...

This week we ’re back and we review....Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Yeah, THAT movie- that made for TV movie. It ’s 1998 and David Hasselhoff wants to take some time off from Baywatch and step into the shoes that would later be filled by Samuel L Jackson- wonder who we think did it better? HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam P...

This week the boys look back at Disney/Pixar's THE INCREDABLES. While not specificlly related to any comic book heroes, The Incredables is still considered by many to be the best unoffical Fantastic Four moive out there.  Does this Pixar film hold up more than ten years later or are our memories clouded by nostalgia? HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitte...

This week the boys look back at the entirety of MARVEL'S AGENT CARTER Season 1.  Our review of the two hour debut was mostly positive but was the rest of the season worth watching as the first two hours or were we all just waiting around for the premier of the ANTMAN trailer? 

This week, Adam, Sean and Bruce, talk about a movie few people know to be a comicbook movie- I, FRANKENSTEIN. It wasn't a big success at the box office but is I, Frankenstein a quickly lost treasure or a film that makes you forget it the moment it's over.   HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twitter The Film Find -  Twi...

It's finally here- our first theatrical new release review of 2015! We've reviewed other works of Mark Miller on HMP but does KINGSMAN THE SECRET SERVICE hold up to his other onscreen adaptations? Does Matthew Vaughn bring back the magic that he did with KICKASS and X-MEN FIRST CLASS? HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais:...

This week the boys go back....WAY back. In fact, there's no superhero movie that would be any MORE retro than this week's review of ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL: CURSE OF THE SCORPION (Parts 1-4) from 1941. Serials of the time were shot on the cheap and weren't given much thought- was this first prance of what would one day be known as Shazam a towering landmark for future comic book movies to loo...

The boys are back this week with a look at the latest release in the DC  Comics Universe Original Animated Movie- Justice League Throne of Atlantis.  DC seems to have their game face on over Marvel when it comes to animated features- is this one worth your time?  PLUS- A lucky listener gets a free Digital Copy of Justice League Throne of Atlantis- because we love you, HMP'ers. HeroMoviePodcast.com...

Adam and Bruce sit down to talk about the first teaser trailer for FANTASTIC FOUR (2015).  Is it as bad as we had been exprecting or a refreshing vote of confidence?   HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twitter The Film Find -  Twitter Bruce Leslie: Twitter Heroes and Villans Podcast Sean Keenan: Twitter Robot Johnson H...

This week the boys look back at Alec Baldwin in THE SHADOW. Is The Shadow a lost gem or another stinker we were all wise to forget? HeroMoviePodcast.com Review us on iTunes Like Us on Facebook Follow us on  Twitter  and  Instagram Adam Portrais: Twitter The Film Find -  Twitter Bruce Leslie: Twitter Heroes and Villans Podcast Sean Keenan: Twitter Robot Johnson Hero Moive Podcast is your weekly pod...