Fast genre reviews with sharp comic spillover.
Talk From Superheroes treats heroic screen stories as both entertainment and argument material. The regular duo moves from spoiler-free verdicts into looser, sharper conversations about casting, tone, genre rules, franchise choices, and whether a movie actually works.
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Talk From Superheroes is a film-and-TV review show for people who like genre stories and do not want the conversation sanded smooth. Its home base is heroic television and film, but the working definition is flexible enough to include animation, horror, fantasy, video-game movies, space survival stories, and franchise spin-offs. The rhythm is easy to recognize. The regular duo introduces the title, sets up the context, gives a spoiler-free verdict when the release is new, and then moves into fuller discussion. That structure matters because the conversations themselves are lively and digressive. A passing note about The Bride! can become a whole riff on music-video aesthetics. A question about The Garfield Movie can turn into a surprisingly specific breakdown of how written cat puns sound when voice actors do not fully sell them. The show is funny, but the jokes usually sit on top of a real critical point. Recent episodes show that balance clearly. Project Hail Mary is framed through warmth, comparison with The Martian, and adaptation choices. The Martian opens into Andy Weir, lonely-space storytelling, and the hosts’ long-running Christopher Nolan reactions. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms becomes a discussion of sincerity, casting pressure, physical presence, and whether a role reads correctly on screen. Scream gets attention for its rewatch charm, its calibrated use of horror tropes, and the impact of its opening sequence. The show can be blunt when a choice feels lazy or badly pitched. It can also be generous when a movie delivers the thing it promised. The result is less like a formal review column and more like a very sharp post-movie conversation with recurring beats, recurring opinions, and enough structure to keep the jokes from drifting too far away from the work.
Made for: For listeners who follow superhero-adjacent movies, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, animation, and franchise television, and want criticism that stays casual without becoming empty. It especially suits people who like spoiler-aware review structure and conversational banter.
What sets it apart: The show pairs a clear review format with loose comic riffing, so episodes can move from practical viewing advice to granular jokes about dialogue, casting, titles, and franchise logic. It is opinionated without sounding overproduced.
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.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Close observation and comic disagreement turn familiar screen stories into spirited arguments about craft, performance, and narrative logic.
Talk From Superheroes turns screen criticism into a lively argument between Andrew Ivimey and Diana McCallum, with humor growing directly from their close attention to a film or television season.
A pen comes out to explain Alien's little mouth; your movie night nitpicks have found their people.
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A conversation that keeps finding the joke in the way the cats say meow.
The episode keeps its focus on a small but sturdy question: how much of the film's comedy lives in the way it says meow. It pays close attention to tiny shifts in Samuel L. Jackson and Chris Pratt's line readings, then follows how the writing slips cat logic into ordinary words.
A casting debate that keeps asking who can keep Chris Pratt from swallowing the room.
Talk From Superheroes settles into a casting debate, with Andrew Ivney and Diana McCullough weighing who can actually sit beside Chris Pratt without flattening the room.
A lively season-one review finds the show's hardest job in making Sir Duncan feel both sincere and funny.
Talk From Superheroes takes on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by looking first at the weight carried by its central performance. Andrew Ivany and Diana McCullough open with a playful debate over the K in knight, then move into a spoiler-free review of the HBO series spun off…
A sharp Scream rewatch on meta-horror, movie trivia, and an opening kill that still unsettles.
Talk From Superheroes returns to 1996's Scream by focusing on why its rewatch appeal still feels so specific. Andrew Ivany and Diana McCollum frame the film as smart about horror rules without letting that awareness swallow the movie whole.
A sharp Send Help discussion turns promotion politics and one office tuna sandwich into a test of corporate dysfunction.
Send Help gives Talk From Superheroes a sturdy workplace problem to turn over: how much sympathy should go to a worker who is essential, hard to manage, and still kept from moving up.
A loose, funny review of Yoshi, Fox McCloud, and whether either addition has a real purpose.
Talk From Superheroes frames The Super Mario Galaxy Movie around two strange character arrivals: Yoshi and Fox McCloud. Andrew Ivney and Diana McCullough treat Yoshi's sudden appearance as the episode's main comic motor, less because he seems essential to the plot than because…
A delayed Alien discussion finds fresh charge in creature speculation and the crew's unnervingly casual crisis management.
Alien lands as a notable gap in Talk From Superheroes' run, and the episode turns that delay into part of the hook. Andrew Ravimey and Diana McCollum come to the 1979 original after already covering Prometheus and Covenant, with Alien Romulus in the buildup.
Loose, lore-heavy Star Wars conversation.
Comedians Andrew Ivimey and Diana McCallum, joined by guest Nigel Grinstead, analyze the 1979 film 'Alien'.
Comedians Andrew Ivimey and Diana McCallum review 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' on their podcast Talk From Superheroes.
Diana McCullum likes Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey overall but calls its story bloated and its third act too long.
The episode stays on the movie's cat logic.
Andrew Ivney and Diana McCullough spend the episode on the movie's casting choices.
This episode of Talk from Superheroes discusses the film Wreck-It Ralph, exploring themes of heroism, villainy, and morality in video game adaptations.
This podcast episode provides a spoiler-free review of the new film 'Project Hail Mary', comparing it to 'The Martian' and discussing its adaptation from Andy Weir's book.
This episode discusses the film The Martian as part of a series on space-themed content, connecting it to Andy Weir's other works and teasing upcoming episodes.
The hosts discuss the movie 'The Bride', its aesthetic similarities to Panic at the Disco music videos from 2004, and Maggie Gyllenhaal's long-term involvement in the project.
Talk From Superheroes reviews HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms as a six-episode season that Andrew Ivany and Diana McCullough say works without Game of Thrones homework.
The hosts head back to 1996 for a conversation about a movie.
Andrew Ivamy and Diana McCollum open with Send Help, the new Sam Raimi movie starring Dylan O'Brien and Rachel McAdams.
This episode discusses the 1994 film True Lies, exploring its connections to James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger themes, with guest Foad HP.
This episode discusses the 2025 version of How to Train Your Dragon, focusing on its use of flesh beings instead of robots.
The hosts discuss the 2010 animated film 'How to Train Your Dragon' in anticipation of its upcoming live-action remake, humorously comparing the two versions and their identical titles.
This episode features a discussion with guest Kaya Green about The Last of Us Season 2, exploring the show's themes and appeal as part of a podcast focused on heroic television and film.