Talk From Superheroes

Talk From Superheroes

Comedians Andrew Ivimey and Diana McCallum break down a different superhero movie or TV show every week, hilariously highlighting everything you never noticed in your favorite franchises.

Episodes

December 8, 2025 68 mins

This week we're talking about one of the more unique James Cameron films, we're joined by comedian and actor Foad HP to talk about True Lies. We get into the unexpected comedic restraint of Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton doing so much, the merits of bathroom fight scenes, and where you should be if a nuke goes off.

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The kids are back, and the bicycles have been upgraded to a car because they are played by full adults. We're talking about Season 5 Volume 1 Episodes 1-4 of Stranger Things (rolls off the tongue). We talk about fixing the mistakes of previous seasons, characters being mean for no particular reason, second screen dialogue, shenanigans, and some key performances.

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November 24, 2025 70 mins

Lace up your Pumas because it's time to run again as we talk about 2025's The Running Man. We're talking about the somewhat absent style of Edgar Wright, problematic treatment, the lack of running, and the star we want more of.

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November 17, 2025 60 mins

Oh boy the Predator really stepped in it this time. We're talking about Predator Badlands this week and it's about video game vibes, good looking CGI, surprising totally normal accents, and is this supposed to be a buddy cop movie or just about the predator?

November 10, 2025 63 mins

It's an 80's classic action movie this week, the Schwarzenegger driven The Running Man (1987). We talk about the forgettable but interesting rebellion first act, the greatest death lines, the pros and cons of Dynamo, and why Diana would actually attend The Running Man.

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November 3, 2025 65 mins

This week we're talking about the classic genre of Stephen King novel, a speed plus a mode of transportation, it's The Long Walk. We talk about strong performances, hollow meaning, taking a play on the road, and the best build for long walk athletic competitions.

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October 27, 2025 55 mins

This week we're continuing upsetting spooky month vibes with Midsommar. We talk about performative friendship, who joins these kind of things, how nobody can keep up with Florence Pugh, and the mixed bag of results that is outdated medicine practices.

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October 20, 2025 54 mins

It's October and that means we're living with spooks and scares. This week we're talking about Barbarian, believing women, the difficulty of civil engineering, and how there's always a bigger creep.

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October 13, 2025 58 mins

We're back on the grid and this week we're talking about Tron Ares. If you like dunking on Jared Leto then this episode is for you. We talk about his box office poison, how McGuffins work, wasting Gillian Anderson and needing ear protection.

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October 6, 2025 68 mins

This week we're going back into the computer. No it's not The Matrix, it's the other franchise with a digital god creator myth, it's Tron Legacy! We talk about movie length music videos, the Disney de-aging machine, who Tron is for, and MOST IMPORTANTLY do you our listener think the human characters get uploaded into the computer or do you think they shrunk down so small they're in the computer?

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September 29, 2025 78 mins

This week we're talking about season one of Alien: Earth. We talk about all Alien creatures big and small, fun additions to the lore, how to act like a child, and who we want Timothy Olyphant to be.

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September 22, 2025 64 mins

This week we're talking about our queen, both of aliens and of human women, it's 1986's Aliens. We get into how the coolest thing any man can do is listen to women, Ripley as a union leader, and the value of wet chains.

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September 15, 2025 74 mins

The Worlds continue to be strange this week as we talk about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3. We talk about the show's willingness to take chances, its obsession with straight romance, a touch of Doctor Who, and the ability to dance.

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September 8, 2025 57 mins

This week we're talking about episodes 1 to 3 of the new season of Peacemaker. We talk about being won over after a rough start, how people must love working with James Gunn, DC retcons, and does the dance sequence hold a torch to the first season.

Host Andrew Ivimey will be performing in Halifax Nov 7, 2025 with special guests Luba Magnus (CBC, Grindstone Comedy Fest) and Jordan Foisy (This Hour Has 22 Mi...

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September 1, 2025 55 mins

Toxie is back. This week we're talking about the new 2025 (or 2023 depending on who you're talking to) reboot of The Toxic Avenger. A movie that is a little embarrassed to be what is, has great performances that are all the same performance, obligatory nudity, and we debate what the invisible clothes joke is referencing.

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August 25, 2025 51 mins

This week we're going back to the 80's cult classic The Toxic Avenger. We're asking the important questions like does this deserve more or less respect in cult classic status, how many canes does a blind person need, what was up with all the boobs in 80's movies, and is the tank shot the funniest thing we've ever seen? 

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August 18, 2025 69 mins

This week we're calling an audible and talking about Weapons. We're Naruto running to talk about character chapters, the worst deaths, believable police incompetence, and the meaning of WEAPONS.

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August 11, 2025 68 mins

It's our 500th EPISODE! We can hardly believe we've been doing it this long and to celebrate we've decided to revisit our first episode of the podcast. It's 2016's Deadpool and we talk about if it holds up and why, reasons it was ahead of its time, and if the zamboni is the funniest vehicle ever made. We also chat about how the podcast has changed and our most memorable moments of the past 500 episodes. Th...

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August 4, 2025 64 mins

This week it's the new 4, with a retro style, with The Fantastic Four First Steps. We talk about what looks real & fake, the dark undertones of Reed, how big babies are, Johnny throughout the years, and the merits of Mole Man.

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This week we're talking about the previous era of Chris Evans as a Marvel superhero. We're going back to 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer. We talk about the classic combination of Doug Jones and a voice actor, a Galactus you can't see, insisting Sue be blonde, and is this movie surprisingly good?

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