This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris check out ‘Mortal Kombat II’.  The franchise reboot continues with nary a Christopher Lambert Raiden insight.  After the lackluster relaunch back in 2021, can the ill-fated franchise fight back?  We know there are going to be fatalities but are there going to be Animalities? Babalities?! FRIENDSHIPS?!? One can dream. 

00:00-16:11: Intro/Mortal Kombat II

16:12-22:38: Physical Media Picks

22:39-23:53: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Damian McCarthy’s ‘Hokum’.  It’s McCarthy’s Hollywood debut after finding indie success with ‘Caveat’ and ‘Oddity’.  Adam Scott stars in this ghost/witch//mystery/thriller that begs the question, what even is reality, man?!?  Then Chris closes out the show by sharing the big releases on Physical Media with a major announcement!

00:00-09:11: Intro/Hokum

09:12-19:20: Physical Media Picks +

19:21-22:11: Wrap Up

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This week on the First Run, Matt and Chris check out the latest from Jorma Taccone with ‘Over Your Dead Body’, where two long time partners go to a cabin in the woods, each with plans to kill the other. They swear this isn't art imitating the lives of long running podcast hosts. Trust them.  Then there’s the rundown of big releases on Physical Media.

00:00-19:00: Intro/Over Your Dead Body

19:01-24:41: Physical Media

24:42-26:03: Wrap Up

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This week in The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Evil Dead Rises 2: ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’.  After a solid effort with ‘The Hole In The Ground’, followed up with ‘Evil Dead Rise’, Cronin takes on the beloved horror monster and gives it a twist. Then there’s the big releases on Physical Media. All this and likely more on this week’s program.

00:00-13:19: Intro/Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

13:20-19:36: Physical Media Picks

19:37-21:59: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the new ‘Faces Of Death’!  The film that dares to ask, does watching violence beget violence? The answer: yeah, dude.  Can the refresh compete with the first viral video, banned in 46 countries no less!  Plus Chris runs down the big releases on Physical Media.

00:00-20:56: Intro/Faces of Death (2026)

20:57-27:26: Physical Media Picks

27:27-30:14: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, as the Super Mario Galaxy film rakes in over $372 million, Chris and Matt discuss the latest film from Julia Ducournau, ‘Alpha’!  The director of ‘Raw’ and ‘Titane’ returns with a different kind of horror.  Leaning more into metaphor and drama. But is there any hot lady on car action or cannibalism?  Chris reveals the big releases on Physical Media, and more!

00:00-12:25: Intro/Alpha

12:26-18:11: Physical Media Picks

18:12-20:58: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris count to 10 and go on the hunt for the devil...for some reason...in ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’. Then, back by popular demand for one show only(?), Chris will give you the rundown of the big releases on physical media. 

00:00-18:21: Intro/Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come

18:22-23:29: Physical Media Picks

23:30-25:18: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt are joined by Darin Lundberg of NostalgiaCast and Back To Bluey to discuss Milana Vayntrub’s latest film, ‘Project Hail Mary’, featuring Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller, and directed by Phil Lord & Chris Miller, the team behind the Spider-Verse series.  Does Ms. Vayntrub finally get the recognition she deserves as one of the planet’s pre-eminent actors, comedians, and greatest all-round human beings?  Is this gag barely amusing given the disturbing amount of online sexual harassment she’s received.  Possibly? I think so.  So let’s move on dear listener and discuss what some are describing as an heart-warming sc-fi insta-classic.  

00:00-32:23: Intro/Project Hail Mary

32:24-35:17: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt find out first hand why this is a movie podcast and not a spooky cast with the haunted podcast flick ‘Undertone’. Then, they give your the results of their annual battle royale for the Oscar winners, an awards show they have opinions on but stopped watching years ago.  

00:00-20:25: Intro/Undertone

20:26-27:08: 2026 Oscars Wrap Up

27:09-29:22: Wrap-Up

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Welcome to The First Run 2026 Oscars special! Chris and Matt share their predictions for the big 6 categories: Best Supporting Actress/Actor, Best Actor/Actress, Direction, and Best Picture.  You can also review Matt and Chris’ selections for all the other categories as well as they’ve linked their ballots in the show notes.  Enjoy and good luck on your Oscars Pool!

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt celebrate their 800th episode by paying tribute to all you brides out there! First up, Jessie Buckley leads Maggie Gyllenhaal’s (let’s say) reinterpreting of the classic Universal horror film, with ‘The Bride!’.  Then it’s on to one of Scalzo’s holy grails, ‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’. Has the wait been worth it? And in classic TFR fashion when they break off another hundo, it’s Matt and Chris’ 5 Favorite Films from episodes 701 to 800! Now let’s get this party started!

00:00-23:11: Intro/The Bride!

23:12-35:05: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

35:06-45:27: 5 Favorite Films From Episode 701-800

45:28-47:25: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the latest film that should have gone straight to streaming but somehow slipped through, ‘How to Make a Killing’.  Does Glen Powell retain his positive position over the Tatum Line?  And what happens with a black comedy fails on its central premise? Well, Chris goes from indifferent to angry, thanks to Matt’s prodding. 

00:00-21:52: Intro/How to Make a Killing

21:53-26:01: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt venture once more into the breach to assist the always effervescent Sam Rockwell save the future in Gore Verbinski’s ‘Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die’! All that and that’s about it!

00:00-12:33: Intro/Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die

12:34-15:15: Robert Duvall

15:16-18:06: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt call an audible and decide to watch ‘Whistle’, the tale of high schoolers who can't leave well enough alone and being supernaturally punished for it in brutal fashion. A tale as old as time, really.  

00:00-16:44: Intro/Whistle

16:45-19:12: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Sam Raimi’s first horror film since ‘Drag Me To Hell’ from 2009(!) with ‘Send Help’!  And that’s it.  Actually no, Chris has had a breakthrough with the MCU he’s very excited to share with Matt. And that’s it. For real this time.

00:00-14:38: Intro/Send Help

14:39-18:38: Wonder Man

18:39-20:57: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the first true January movie of 2026 with Timur Bekmambetov’s ‘Mercy’, featuring Hollywood’s 4th best Chris (Pratt) and the UK’s best Ferguson (Rebecca). Then, the guys discuss the latest from the bro-iest bros in Hollywood, it’s Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in Joe Carnahan’s ‘The Rip’! Matt and Chris wrap it all up with their 5 Favorite Films of 2025!

00:00-12:17: Intro/Mercy

12:18-21:41: The Rip

21:42-37:16: 5 Favorite Films of 2025

37:17-41:26: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, it’s a jumbo-sized program featuring Chris and Matt discussing Nia DiCosta’s ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’.  Picking up moments after the previous films, Spike’s adventures in the cursed Scottish Highlands continue as Ralph Fiennes’s Dr. Ian Kelson and the Jimmy’s take center stage.  Then 2025 wraps with Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ as Lee Byung-hun’s loss of his job appears to force him to extreme measures to lock up a new job.  Matt and Chris then begin the wrap up last year with their Ten Favorite Films of 2025, numbers 10-6!

00:00-15:23: Intro/28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

15:24-25:19: No Other Choice

25:20-38:35: Top 10 Films of 2025: 10-6

38:36-40:47: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run Matt and Chris were supposed to see the latest from Park Chan Wook but that didn't happen because Matt is dedicated enough to drive to NYC to see a movie for you. The nerve. Instead, they catch up with The Mastermind, a tragic comedy of errors masquerading as a heist film.  Then, Chris and Matt give you their top 5 most anticipated films of 2026. 

00:00-13:34: Intro/The Mastermind

13:35-16:29: Lee Cronin, The Mummy, and Famous Acquaintances

16:30-42:55: Most Anticipated of 2026: 1-5

42:56-45:20: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the theatrical directorial debut of Charlie Poling’s ‘The Plague’.  A bunch of punk kids at a waterpolo summer camp encounter something unsettling…themselves.  Plus Matt and Chris begin their Top 10 Most Anticipated Films, starting off with numbers 10-6!

00:00-16:12: Intro/The Plague

16:13-32:10: Most Anticipated Films of 2026: 10-6

32:11-34:13: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, the buzz outweighs Chris and Matt's misgivings when they check out the latest from Josh Safdie, ‘Marty Supreme’. Then, because the guys have some kind of a laugh outside of movies for the show, they break down the top 5 other things they enjoyed in 2025. 

00:00-16:25: Intro/Marty Supreme

16:26-19:19: RIP MTV

19:20-41:52: 5 Other Things We Enjoyed in 2025

41:53-45:23: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt travel once more to Pandora as the Avatar franchise returns with ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’.  This time we’re introduced to a new clan, the Mangkwan.  A group of of raiders on the edge of survival willing to do anything to maintain their existence.  Just how far, and how long, will they go?  Well, I can at least guarantee to you this episode won’t be over 3 hours long. Be lucky to break 30.  

00:00-17:01: Intro/Avatar: Fire And Ash

17:02-21:03: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris check out the latest accent from Daniel Craig in Rian Johnson's latest Knives Out mystery, ‘Wake Up Dead Man’. Then Chris will give you his thoughts on the 2025 remake of ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’. Chris and Matt close out the how by spending a little time saying farewell to the late, great Rob Reiner.  

00:00-16:24: Wake Up Dead Man

16:25-24:00: Silent Night, Deadly Night 2025

24:01-31:59: In Memoriam: Rob Reiner

32:00-37:19: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest by the French husband and wife directing team, Hélène Cattet’s & Bruno Forzani’s  ‘Reflection In A Dead Diamond’.  Known for the striking visual storytelling style, this time they tackle the euro-spy thrillers. Is it a wonderfully mad mash-up of visuals and narrative?  Or unintelligible mess?  Plus, Chris shares his thoughts on the proposed Netflix/Warner Bros. merger.  And there’s news about a certain impossible to find 4k steelbook.  All this, and more!

00:00-10:59: Intro/Reflection In A Dead Diamond

11:00-15:44: Rare Steelbooks, Flesh Of The Gods, et al

15:45-27:20: Netflix & WB Merger

27:21-30:27: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris take a long, dreamy train ride to nowhere, or the answer to everything, with ‘Train Dreams’.  Not Train Wars like Chris keeps wanting to call it. 

00:00-14:27: Intro/Train Dreams

14:28-30:04: Wrap-up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt venture once more to the 1940’s to watch a legendary Finish warrior dispatch a bunch more baddies in ‘Sisu: Road To Revenge’.  Plus it’s the return of Matt’s favorite guest with the 2025 Gift Guide for the Movie Lover in your life! Or just yourself.

00:00-15:05: Intro/ Sisu: Road To Revenge

15:06-29:47: 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

29:48-32:30: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the latest from Edgar Wright with ‘The Running Man’, a dystopian film that dares to ask "What would you for $1 billion new bucks?" Also Matt had some technical difficulties with his microphone but it gets better after the intro!

00:00-20:05: Intro/The Running Man

20:06-29:30: Rank ‘Em: Edgar Wright's Films

29:31-31:39: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt delve back into the Predator-verse!  On this adventure, we eschew the Predator trope of the hunter villain, for a story about a honor, redemption, and cliche. Then Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, and America’s Sweet heart, Jesse Plemons reunite for the latest off-center cinematic experience with Bugonia! 

00:00-14:21: Intro/Predator: Badlands

14:22-24:48 Bugonia

24:49-27:32: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the latest from Guillermo the Bull Frankenstein. It gets pretty heated discussing the merits of Mia Goth so you don't want to miss this one!

00:00-14:20: Intro/Frankenstein 14:20-23:52: **Miscellany/Wrap Up **

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Happy Halloween! This week on The First Run, Matt exercised his veto on musical bio-pics, sorry ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Instead it’s the puppy perspective horror film, ‘Good Boy’! Then to keep the Halloween season going, it’s the latest in Shudder’s horror anthology, ‘V/H/S: Halloween’! Chris has some news for Matt that make him a super happy boy too! Then Matt and Chris close out the show where the last 4 watched, Letterboxd style! Finally, if you’re food insecure, check out FindHelp.org for assistance near you.

00:00-11:22: Intro/Good Boy 11:23-29:38: V/H/S: Halloween 29:39-37:32: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris break out of the basement and head to camp with ghosts and dead serial killers in tow with ‘Black Phone 2’. Chris will then give you his thoughts on the latest from Jason Statham, ‘A Working Man’. 

00:00-18:48: Intro/Black Phone 2 18:49-25:42: A Working Man 25:43-30:01: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, the official movie podcast of Antifa, Chris and Matt return the anti-franchise that is Tron.  Does Disney finally succeed and make a good Tron movie and justify their repeated attempts to build a franchise?  And how about that Jared Leto?!?  All this and MORE!

00:00-18:38: Intro/Tron: Ares 18:39-24:51: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out ‘The Smashing Machine’, the latest from Benny Safdie and Dwayne Johnson about the life of famed MMA fighter Mark Kerr. Is this The Rock's best performance? Tune in to find out!

00:00-15:45: Intro/The Smashing Machine 15:46-22:26: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest from auteur Paul Thomas Anderson featuring Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio, ‘One Batter After Another’. Be described as THE film of 2025, does the film deliver on its almost universal praise? Or is it another tepid entry after ‘Licorice Pizza’? After that, Matt and Chris do their best to rank Anderson’s films. How will their rankings stack up against yours? Listen on, patriots!

00:00-20:57: Intro/One Battle After Another 20:58-29:54: Rank ‘Em: PTA 29:55-34:17: Wrap Up

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Brooke Obie: One Fetish After Another: PTA Exploits Black Women and Averts Revolution

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the latest film from Jordan Peele's Monkey's Paw Productions, ‘HIM’. It’s a film that combines two of America's  favorite pastimes...football and Satanism. It's another confusing episode of The First Run, buckle up!

00:00-16:19: Intro/HIM 16:20-20:24: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt lace up their Air Jordan’s and start stretching for the latest Stephen King big screen adaptation, ‘ The Long Walk’.  Is it the perfect time for a dystopian thriller to take our minds off of, you know, everything? Then the legendary metal band Spinal Tap returns with ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’. Can the David, Nigel, and Derek still dial things up to 11?  Matt and Chris then bring back the final segment in honor of Robert Redford’s passing with their 5 Favorite Robert Redford Films.

00:00-18:08: Intro/The Long Walk 18:09-21:14: Physical Media Picks (?) 21:15-27:48: Spinal Tap II: The End Continues 27:49-41:06: 5 Favorite Robert Redford Films 41:07-42:26: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris reluctantly go to the Warren well one last time with ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’.  Can James Wan’s dwindling franchise be saved with this one last adventure into the darkness?  Then Chris will give you the skinny on Spike Lee's latest joint, ‘Highest 2 Lowest’.  How does Lee’s version of Kurosawa’s classic ‘High And Low’ fare with Denzel devouring the scenery? Finally, they wrap up the show with the definitive rankings of The Conjuring films. 

00:00-15:12: Intro/The Conjuring: Last Rites 15:13-24:42: Highest2Lowest 24:43-35:11: Rank ‘Em: The Conjuring Franchise 35:12-36:42: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt both get their own personal movie picks! First up, they get involved in a non-heist heist as they discuss Darren Aronofsky’s latest, ‘Caught Stealing’, featuring Elvis and Catwoman.  Then Macon Blair’s reboot of the classic Troma movie ‘Toxic Avenger’, in the can since 2023, finally gets a theatrical release! Can you possibly improve upon a beloved b-movie masterpiece?  All that and more on another toxic (in a good way) episode of The First Run!

00:00-12:50: Intro/Caught Stealing 12:51-25:04: The Toxic Avenger 25:05-29:21: Andor/Outro

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt take a wild ride through Ethan Coen’s latest solo mystery-comedy, _Honey, Don’t! _Margaret Qualley plays a private eye with a monotone, a mission, an intense sexual appetite, and zero patience for nonsense. The guys will tell you if it even gets close to reaching the heights of past Coen classics.

Then, Gotham gets a Dolby facelift as Batman (1989) swoops back into theaters. The guys revisit Burton’s brooding classic, Nicholson’s chaotic Joker, and ask the eternal question: is this the best version of the Caped Crusader on screen?

00:00-15:17: Intro/Honey Don't 15:18-21:46: Batman 1989 21:47-23:19: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt take their kitty cat bracelet out of storage to watch the latest adventure of the Mansell family as they try and take a vacation and end up getting into all kinds of wacky trouble in ‘Nobody 2’.  Then Ari Aster returns with ‘Eddington’, the story about, well, a story that maybe serves no one, or is the hilarious satire of Covid and our deep divide we didn’t know we needed.

00:00-12:46: Intro/Nobody 2 12:47-15:49: Chris Pratt (Now What?!?) 15:50-27:13: Eddington 27:14-32:13: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt lock and load for a double feature. First up is ‘Weapons’, the highly anticipated horror film from the writer/director of the still unavailable on physical media, ‘Barbarian’. Does it deserve all the hype?

Then they head down under with ‘Dangerous Animals’, a film that stars Jai Courtney and might actually be the better for it. I know, Matt and Chris are shocked too. So settle in for an all new, all different First Run!

00:00-19:38: Intro/Weapons 19:39-28:40: Dangerous Animals 28:41-33:17: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Akiva Schaffer’s reboot of the Police Squad franchise with ‘The Naked Gun’. Can the film revive the spoof genre? Is it at least worthy of the originals? There’s the always hilarious review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris close out the show with the Horror Madness finals! Who’s coming out on top? Like a blind man at an orgy, we’re going to have to feel our way through this.

00:00-12:33: Intro/The Naked Gun 12:34-20:33: Physical Media Picks 20:34-31:56: Horror Madness: Finals 31:57-36:36: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt stretch, flame on, and go full clobberin’ time as we dive into the story of Marvel’s first family in ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’. From cosmic rays to family bonds that would make Dom Toretto proud, they see if this entry is a breath of fresh air in the MCU. Or if it can make Chris care about the FF. There's the big release on physical media, the Viper Video and streaming picks of the week.Then they wrap it all up with a lengthy discussion on the 2020's for the final qualifier bracket of Horror Madness, which is weird since the decade is only half over. 

00:00-21:29: Fantastic Four: First Steps 21:30-32:16: Physical Media Picks 32:17-50:11: Horror Madness: 2020's (so far) 50:12-51:54: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt are joined by TFR theme composer Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey to discuss James Gunn’s big swing with ‘Superman’.  After the failed Snyder-verse, Warner Bros. attempts a lighter not so dour reboot for the DC Cinematic Universe.  Does Gunn pull it off and deliver a rollicking adventure filled reset?  Do Gunn at least ‘get’ Superman?  And most importantly, is Chris happy?  Then there’s the periwinkle-esque Kryponite (that is a real thing) that is the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week.  Then the Justice Gang continues Horror Madness with films from 2010-2019!

00:00-36:17: Intro/Superman 36:18-45:06: Physical Media Picks 45:07-1:11:21: Horror Madness: 2010’s 1:11:22-1:14:15: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt tag along for prehistoric chaos and painfully awkward hangouts. First up, it’s ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’, the latest chapter in the dino-verse. Does this evolution in the franchise finally earn its place in the fossil record—or is it just another roar without bite? Then they pivot to ‘Friendship’, the offbeat comedy pairing Tim Robinson’s cringe-inducing genius with Paul Rudd’s affable charm. It’s a buddy flick that veers into hilarious discomfort, misread signals, and painfully funny truths about adult relationships. Is it a cult classic in the making or just a masterclass in awkward silences? After that, they flip through this week’s Physical Media highlights, give you the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week! Then Horror Madness bracket moves into the Willenium with the 2000s.

00:00-13:37: Intro/Jurassic World Rebirth 13:38-19:53: Physical Media Picks of the Week 19:54-28:25: Friendship 28:26-50:21: Horror Madness: 2000's 50:22-52:58: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt strap in for Joseph Kinski’s next mining of 80’s pastiche with ‘F1’. Allegedly druken abusive father Brad Pitt plays Sonny Hayes a race [insert vehicle here] driver that gets one last chance at glory that maybe provides some wisdom for the team along the way. There’s the formulaic rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap up this track with another circuit of Horror Madness, this time focusing on the worn out tire treads that is the 90’s.

00:00-11:24: Intro/F1 11:25-19:46: Physical Media Picks 19:47-37:56: Horror Madness: 90’s 37:57-39:40: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt return to the wastelands of Britain with their review of ’28 Years Later’, the long-awaited continuation of the rage-fueled trilogy by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland. Does the legacy hold up or should it have stayed locked up in its money cage? Your gallant hosts dive into the latest and greatest physical media releases as well as give you the viper video and streaming picks of the week. Then it's time to dim the lights and cue the synths for the final segment: Horror Madness Elimination Bracket with the films of the 1980's. Eight iconic films enter... only one leaves. As the bracket shrinks, the debates get bloodier and the nostalgia hits harder.Chris even gets a little wistful has some nigh impossible choices need to be made.

00:00-20:07: Intro/28 Years Later 20:08-25:42: Physical Media Picks 25:43-43:33: Horror Madness: The 1980's 43:34-45:34: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Mike Flanagan’s latest Stephen King adaptation with the joyous and life-affirming ‘The Life Of Chuck’. At least, that’s how it was sold to me. Then it’s on to the latest Predator film with ‘Killer Of Killers’. Like Flanagan and King, Dan Trachtenberg is not the Predator series leading force. So we’ll fill you in on how the latest entry fares. There’s the sadness-filled rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris close out the show with the latest round of Horror Madness, this time focused on the 70’s and whoa buddy. It’s going to be a doozy!

00:00-16:22: Intro/The Life Of Chuck 16:23-26:55: Physical Media Picks 26:56-34:13: Predator: Killer Of Killers 34:14-50:10: Horror Madness: The 70’s 50:11-52:31: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt dive into two biggies. First, Ana de Armas steps into the massive shoes of Keanu Reeves in ‘Ballerina’, the latest entry in the John Wick universe. Then Wes Anderson returns with ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, a...we'll be generous and say "meticulously crafted" tale of deception, intrigue, and quirky jerks. Matt and Chris will also break down the biggest physical media releases, the Viper Video pick of the week, and the Streaming Pick of the Week. Then, they wrap things up with the next round of the Horror Madness bracket! This time, it's all about the terrifying and iconic horror films of the 1960s. Which classics will reign supreme? All that and more on this week’s The First Run!

00:00-20:34: Intro/Ballerina 20:35-28:00: Physical Media Picks 28:01-38:31: The Phoenician Scheme 38:32-53:07: Horror Movie Madness: The 1960's 53:08-54:34: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt engage with our grief once again via the horror genre with the Philippou Brothers’ ‘Bring Her Back’. Just how far would you go to reunite with your loved ones? And does it include eating inanimate objects? There’s the startling rundown of the big releases on Physical Media featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris then close out the show with a rundown of their Favorite Horror Films of the 50’s! Just because. I felt cute. May delete later.

00:00-10:54: Intro/Bring Her Back 10:55-19:44: Physical Media Picks 19:45-32:34: Horror Madness: The 50’s 32:35-34:47: Wrap Up

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Horror Madness Bracket

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt take one last ride (maybe?) with Tom Cruise before Ethan Hunt is sent to a farm upstate with Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning. They give you the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then wrap it all up with their 5 Favorite Action Movie Franchises.  I’m just going to need you to trust us one more time…

00:00-18:28: Intro/Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning 18:29-25:36: Rank ‘Em: Mission Impossible 25:37-33:20: Physical Media Picks 33:21-47:59: 5 Favorite Action Franchises 48:00-49:13: **Wrap Up ** 

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt attempt to cheat death yet again with a return to the ‘Final Destination’ series with ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’. After succumbing to the icy grip of indifferent audiences, and diminishing quality, the franchise returns.  What insanely complicated plans does death have for our poor victims this time? Then it’s on to the Big Releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris then close out the proceedings with their 5 Favorite Final Destination Kills!  So buckle those safety belts, or maybe not? Good way to get trapped.  Just keep your head on a swivel and those peepers peeled. It’s the First Run!

00:00-12:05: Intro/Final Destination: Bloodlines 12:06-19:51: Physical Media Picks 19:52-329:41: 5 Favorite Final Destination Kills 29:42-31:42: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the dark take on Cinderella with ‘The Ugly Stepsister’.  How far would you go to obtain those perfectly reasonably and not at all trauma inspiring beauty standards to win the affections of the prince? There’s the perfectly fitting glass slipper-esque review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show with their 5 Favorite Fairy Tale Movies!

00:00-14:48: Intro/The Ugly Step Sister 14:49-23:10: Physical Media/Viper Video/Streaming Pick 23:11-35:35: 5 Favorite Fairy Tale Films 35:36-36:58: **Wrap Up **

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This week on The First Run, the MCU pulls out the B-Team with ‘Thunderbolts*’. Florence Pugh leads of teams of also-rans to save the city, and perhaps themselves. Does the MCU make that long-awaiting course correction? Or is it more content from the factory assembly line? Chris and Matt give you the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week! Then Matt and Chris rank where Thunderbolts (and ‘Captain America: Brave New World’) falls in their Letterboxd list and reveal their 5 Favorite MCU performances!

00:00-16:54: Intro/Thunderbolts 16:55-26:53: Physical Media Picks 26:54-44:20: Top 5 Favorite MCU Performances/Latest MCU Ranking 44:21-48:49: Wrap-Up*

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt call an audible and discuss Gareth Evans’ ‘Havoc’. Scheduled to be released on Netflix in 2023, plagued by delays, the latest from the director of the fantastic ‘The Raid’ films drops his Tom Hardy led martial arts, crime, splatterfest.  There’s the always thrilling rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris close out the proceedings with their 5 Favorite Tom Hardy Performances. So let’s get things cooking [Bane voice]!

00:00-12:25 Intro/Havoc 12:26-22:00: Physical Media Picks, et al 22:01-35:20: 5 Favorite Tom Hardy Performances 35:21-37:55: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the latest from Ryan Coogler and his first foray into horror with ‘Sinners’. Then, Chris will give you the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Viper Video Pick of the Week, Matt will tell you what to watch with the Streaming Pick of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris wrap it all up with their 5 Favorite Southern Gothic films that may or may not be horror adjacent. 

00:00-17:54: Intro/Sinners 17:55-29:00: Physical Media Picks 29:01-47:43: 5 Favorite Southern Gothic Horror Films 47:44-49:38 Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, it’s retro-week as Matt is out of town and Chris is otherwise occupied.  In this classic episode from 2010, Chris, Matt, and Espo(?!?) get all spookified with their discussions about Lars Van Trier's 'Antichrist', as well as the Swedish vampire import, 'Let The Right One In’. Crazy Swedes…They review a rather weak week (see what I did there?) in blu-ray and dvd releases.  Also on this episode, it’s the premier of the segment called 'What Are The Odds?', where they guys choose a topic and apply some odds making to it.  Who doesn't enjoy a little gambling every now and again?

00:00-20:45: Intro/Antichrist 20:46-30:53: Physical Media Picks 30:54-46:33: Let The Right One In 46:34-1:08:08: What Are The Odds?!? 1:08:09-1:09:23: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt engage with (or is it test) their love of anthology films with Ryan Fleck’s and Anna Boden’s ‘Freaky Tales’.  A set of tall, kinda’ true tales set in Oakland in 1987.  Do the creative team behind ‘Half Nelson’ and ‘Captain Marvel’ spin an engaging, winding, and ultimately cohesive tale?  Chris explains why ‘Death Of A Unicorn’ was booted.  And there’s the magical rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week!  Matt and Chris then close out the proceedings with a loving homage to Val Kilmer as they discuss their favorite Val performances.  RIP Iceman.  

00:00-12:53: Intro/Freaky Tales 12:54-26:05: Physical Media Picks, et al 26:06-28:21: Death Of A Unicorn ** 28:22-41:48: 5 Favorite Val Kilmer Performances 41:49-43:25: Wrap Up**

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This week on The First Run, Chris is on the way out of town to the Big Easy so you are left with this amuse bouche of an episode. First, Matt and Chris will discuss the latest bit of Netflix content from the Russo Brothers with ‘The Electric State’. Then Chris gives you his thoughts on the latest sci-fi horror from Shudder, ‘Ash’.  Turn in next week to see how many hurricanes Chris held down.  

00:00-11:21: Intro/The Electric State 11:22-15:21: Ash 15:22-16:24: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, it’s the show you thought would never happen (if you listened last week).  Chris and Matt discuss the latest (and second film of 2025) from maestro Steven Soderbergh.  This time it’s the spy-thriller ‘Black Bag’.  Is good ol’ Uncle Steve spreading himself too thin, or is it another banger as the kids say?  A fine James Bond fill-in while we wait…and wait… There’s the suspicious rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris play a round of this or that with ‘Call It!’.  So power on this secret burner phones and text your top secret war plans to your favorite writer.  It’s another episode of The First Run!

00:00-10:59: Intro/Black Bag 11:00-19:48: Physical Media Picks 19:49-35:25: Call It! 35:26-37:09: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run is full of disappointment and regret. Chris and Matt check out America's favorite Quaid in ‘Novocaine’. As always, they give you the big releases on Physical Media, along with the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris regale you with their 5 Favorite Steven Soderbergh Characters, for some reason. 

00:00-11:34: Intro/Novocaine 11:35-20:15: Physical Media Picks 20:16-34:54: 5 Favorite Soderbergh Characters 34:55-37:22: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, 'Mickey 17' is so fine, how so fine you ask? Did he blow our minds? That the question Chris and Matt answer this week as they discuss the latest form Mr. Bong Joon-Ho. There’s the so-good-we-should-clone-it rundown of the big releases on physical media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week! Matt and Chris close out the big show with the return of one of their least favorite games, ‘What Are The Odds?!?”.

00:00-10:23: Intro/Mickey 17 10:24-20:48: Physical Media Picks 20:49-38:11: What Are The Odds?!? 38:12-39:27: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the Best Picture nominee ‘Nickel Boys’, a story of another dark chapter in American history. Also, Matt has a hard time getting past that is supposed to be in Tallahassee. As always, they give you the big releases on physical media, the Viper Video and streaming picks of the week, then wrap it all up with a tribute to a legend with their 5 Favorite Gene Hackman Performances. 

00:00-15:10: Intro/Nickel Boys 15:11-30:39: Physical Media Picks & Oscar Results 30:40-43:31: 5 Favorite Gene Hackman Performances 43:32-44:58: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt decide to throw caution to the wind, crank their monkey and see who gets taken out next. It’s Oz Perkins’ ‘The Monkey’! Based on the Stephen King story about a cursed not-a-toy drumming wind up monkey that brings nothing but carnage. But in a fun way. There’s the banana loving rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris make their Oscars picks to help you determine what NOT to do on your bracket. All this and more on another primate filled episode of The First Run!

00:00-14:32: Intro/The Monkey 14:33-23:24: Physical Media Picks 23:25-36:06: 2025 Oscar Predictions 36:07-37:15: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run,  Chris and Matt catch up with the latest from the MCU with ‘Captain America: Brave New World’. Then they dust off the Apple+ subscription and check out Anya Taylor Joy and Miles Teller light up the screen with their incredible chemistry in ‘The Gorge’. As always, they give you the big releases on physical media, the Viper Video and streaming picks of the week, then they wrap it all up with their 5 favorite performances from Ms. Taylor Joy. 

00:00-16:56: Intro/Captain America: Brave New World 16:57-25:26: Physical Media Picks 25:27-34:17: The Gorge 34:18-44:34: 5 Favorite Anya Taylor Joy Performances 44:35-47:27: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt rethink their Valentine’s Day plans and decide to have some bro time. For the ladies.  First up, funny man with apparent psychological problems Josh Ruben returns with the Valentine’s Day themed slasher, ‘Heart Eyes’. Then it’s the Canadian thriller based on that weird lady in the neighborhood’s internet search history, ‘Red Rooms’.  Though maybe you think you can still fix her…? There’s the machete sharpening rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris wrap up this spooktacular episode with a round of TFR Libs. 

00:00-10:02: Intro/Heart Eyes 10:03-20:15: Physical Media Picks 20:16-29:06: Red Rooms 29:07-51:00: TFR Libs 51:01-52:41: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris are reminded about the dangers of "emotional support" robots yet again with ‘Companion’. They give you the physical media, Viper Video and streaming picks of the week. Then they wrap up the show by handing out the real acting honors of Hollywood with their 5 Favorite Performances of 2024!

00:00-13:09: Intro/Companion 13:10-18:40: Fantastic Four Trailer 18:41-23:51: Physical Media Picks 23:52-34:54: 5 Favorite Performances of 2024 34:55-36:20: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss a pair of thrillers to open 2025.  First up, it’s the return of the king, with Steven Soderbergh’s haunted house thriller, ‘Presence’.  It’s a ghost story not really about a ghost story.  After that, it’s Leigh Whannell’s not Wolfman, Wolf Man, with ‘Wolf Man’. Does Matt FINALLY get the wolf man horror film he deserves?  As always, there’s the spookily spectacular review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then wrap up the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Films of 2024!

00:00-11:17: Intro/Presence 11:18-18:27: Physical Media Picks 18:28-28:44: Wolf Man 28:45-42:25: 10 Favorite Films 2024: 5-1 42:26-44:24: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt put those honorary film degrees to use with their review of ‘The Brutalist’, the singular film event of 2024 for film nerds. They give you the big releases on physical media, featuring the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris then wrap up the show by telling you what you should watch with the bottom half their 10 Favorite Films of 2024. Let’s get this party started!

00:00-25:55: Intro/The Brutalist 25:56-35:29: Physical Media Picks 35:30-50:15: Top Films of 2024: 10-6 50:16-52:32: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, or as we may now have to start calling it, The Nick Hoult Cinema Experience! First up, Nick plays Elon Musk. Wait, nope. That’s real-life neo-nazi Bob Mathews, while Jude Law is lawman Terry Husk (not a real person) in the Canadian thriller, ‘The Order’. Chris then shares his thoughts on ‘A Complete Unknown’, the Bob Dylan biopic that Matt was spared from watching. Next up, it’s the captivating review of the big releases on Physical Media featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Then the 2024 catch up continues with Clint Eastwood’s ‘Juror #2’. Clint returns to the director’s chair so we can all enjoy Nick Hoult in a legal thriller! Matt and Chris then close out the show by sharing their 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025: 5-1!

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00:00-12:39: Intro/The Order 12:40-17:30: A Complete Unknown 17:31-28:36: Physical Media Picks 28:37-35:34: Juror # 2 35:35-51:25: 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025: 5-1 51:26-54:36: Wrap Up

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Welcome back, constant listeners! In this episode of The First Run, Chris and Matt find their religion and ride along as the College of Cardinals elects the next owner of the Pope-Mobile in "Conclave." Then they check out ‘Nightbitch’, in which one Amy Adams says "Night, bitch!" to being a mom and a human woman. As always, there’s a confession about the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then wrap it all up with part one of their Most Anticipated Films of 2025. 

00:00-13:05: Intro/Conclave 13:06-22:26: Physical Media Picks of the Week 22:27-33:54: Nightbitch 33:55-47:00: Most Anticipated Films of 2025: Part 1 47:01-48:18: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss their most anticipated film of 2024. Robert Eggers’ ’Nosferatu’ is finally here. Was it worth the wait, does it meet or exceed our expectations, or is it something else entirely?  There’s the intoxicating review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Steaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week. The Rotten Tomatoes Score game wraps for the year.  Then Matt and Chris wrap up the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Scenes of 2024 (probably). So grab your crosses and garlic.  We gots a Nosferatu to hunt!

00:00-20:26: Intro/Nosferatu (2024) 20:27-26:58: Physical Media Picks 26:59-41:01: 5 Favorite Scenes Of 2024 41:02-42:19: Final RT Game Recap 42:20-43:58: Wrap Up*

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt review the latest potential entry into the "Is the action thriller a Christmas movie?" pantheon with the latest from Jaume Collet-Serra and Netflix, ‘Carry On’. They break down the big releases on Physical Media, the Streaming and Viper Video picks of the week.  Then Matt and Chris wrap it all up with another edition of Call It!, in which Matt was a slacker and came up with nothing to contribute. 

00:00-12:21: Intro/Carry On 12:22-21:42: Physical Media Picks 21:43-37:58: Call It! 37:59-40:52: Wrap Up

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his week on The First Run, the Sony Spider-Man, not Spider-Man, universe comes to a merciful close with ‘Kraven The Hunter’. We’re not counting ‘Spider-Noir’ on MGM+.  Is it a fitting send-off? The last bleating cries of a project that featured just miss after miss after miss.  The death rattle of a franchise. Do we finally have a good entry?  There’s the mind bending long rundown of the big releases on Physical Media featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Christmas Movie Characters.  We’ll see if Matt just names Jim Carrey’s Grinch 5 times. Happy Holidays!

00:00-13:45: Intro/Kraven The Hunter 13:46-20:18: Physical Media Picks 20:19-30:29: 5 Favorite Christmas Movie Characters 30:30-31:40: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt slum it the genre B-move gutters they love so much with ‘Werewolves’. There’s the teeth-glaring breakdown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then, Matt and Chris  wrap it up by sharing their 5 Favorite Genre Actors. So look out for those super-moons my furry friends!

00:00-11:22: Intro/Werewolves 11:23-20:37: Physical Media Picks 20:38-31:09: 5 Favorite Genre Actors 31:10-33:46: Wrap-Up

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This week Chris and Matt discuss the Apple+ original from director Steve McQueen, it’s ‘Blitz’. It’s our second Odyssey-esque film of the year.  This time Saoirse Ronan stars with Elliott Heffernan as the mother and son separated during the blitz of England trying to survive and reunite. There’s the bottled lightning that is the Big Releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show with a round of everyone’s favorite role-playing game, Who Dat?!?  

00:00-10:13: Intro/Blitz 10:14-19:08: Physical Media Picks 19:09-42:39: Who Dat?!? 42:40-44:17: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt want to be sure you are entertained so they have a discussion on the latest sword and sandals epic from Ridley Scott with ‘Gladiator II’. Next up they discuss the big releases on Physical Media, give you their Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris then they wrap it all up with their Top 5 Ridley Scott Characters. 

00:00-15:00: Intro/Gladiator II 15:01-21:40: Physical Media Picks 21:41-36:17: 5 Favorite Ridley Scott Characters 36:18-40:36: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt join Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evan’s on the mission to rescue Nick in ‘Red One’, the family-not-so-friendly holiday action film of November 2024! Next up, it’s on to the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week! Finally Matt and Chris close out the show with the 2024 Holiday Gift Guide for the film lover in your life. Or just for you.

00:00-11:20: Intro/Red One 11:21-20:09: Physical Media Picks 20:10-36:58: 2024 Holiday Gift Guide 36:59-41:04: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt continue to work their way down the sex worker ladder with Sean Baker’s latest, ‘Anora’. Then they highlight an extremely specific and relatively unlikely ,but no less valid, danger of religion with ‘Heretic’. As always they give you the big releases on physical media, the Viper Video and Streaming picks of the week, then wrap this all up with their 5 favorite roles where actors played against type.

00:00-17:54: Intro/Anora 17:55-27:02: Physical Media Picks 27:03-36:30: Heretic 36:31-50:06: 5 Favorite Roles Against Type 50:07-53:42: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the post-rapture horror film, ‘Azrael’, featuring current scream queen Samara Weaving.  Does the mostly dialogue-less film deliver the scares and dread? Or does it feel like a gimmick?  And is that Esperanto I hear…?  There’s the death-defying rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week.  Chris and Matt then close out the big show by sharing their 5 Favorite Political Thrillers, apropos of absolutely nothing. Fingers crossed, here we go!

00:00-14:29: Intro/Azrael 14:30-21:29: Physical Media Picks 21:30-37:03: 5 Favorite Politcal Thrillers 37:04-41:35: Wrap Up

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This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt check out the final installment of Sony's Venom series, ‘Venom: The Last Dance’. Does the series go out with a bang or a whimper? You can probably guess but the guys will give you the final word on how it is. As always, Chris will bring the big releases on physical media, the Viper Video and streaming picks of the week. Finally, Matt and Chris will tell you which entry in the Sony Spider-Man Universe sits atop the steaming heap. 

00:00-14:53: Intro/Venom: The Last Dance 14:54-27:43: Physical Media PicksP 27:44-39:52: Rank ‘Em: Sony Spider-Man Universe 39:53-41:15: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt dial up the carnage and suffering. First up, director Parker Finn takes over the reins for the solid ‘Smile’ film sequel with ‘Smile 2: Still Smilin‘’. Who’s our smile demon going to possess this time? And why is it never someone with a jacked up grill?  After that, it’s the grin-inducing rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then venture to Jakarta for Timo Tjahjanto’s ‘The Shadow Strays’.  There’s a super secret organization of assassins out there, what happens with a hit goes wrong? Or maybe you just want to get out the game?  Finally the guys close out the show with a round of Bill from Peekskill, NY’s favorite game, What Are The Odds?!?  So let’s all say cheese and hope no one dies.  It’s another episode of The First Run!

00:00-10:09: Intro/Smile 2 10:10-17:33: Physical Media Picks 17:34-24:32: The Shadow Strays 24:33-38:48: What Are The Odds?!? 38:49-40:08: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt adjust the tracking on their VCRs to no avail with the latest in the V/H/S series, ‘V/H/S Beyond’.  Then, they’ll give you the rundown of the Big Releases on Physical Media, featuring the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week. Finally, Matt and Chris will wrap up the show with their all killer, no filler list of their 5 favorite Horror Anthologies. 

00:00-25:57: Intro/VHS Beyond 25:58-36:25: Physical Media Picks 36:26-55:14: 5 Favorite Horror Anthologies vWrap-Upv

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt find themselves back in early 80’s Gotham with the return of ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’.  The first film received a less than stellar reaction from your erstwhile hosts.  Can Todd Phillips’ latest musical super-hero film win them over?  Then there’s the maniacal rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week.  But wait, there’s more!  The long-delayed Stephen King adaptation of ‘Salem’s Lot’ has landed on Max.  Was it worth the wait?  Finally, Matt and Chris close out the big program with 5 Streaming Horror Picks for this Halloween Season!

00:00-15:33: Intro/Joker: Folie à Deux 15:34-23:36: Physical Media Picks 23:37-34:13: Salem’s Lot (24) 34:14-49:34: 5 Streaming Horror Picks 49:35-50:49: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt go big, some would even say mega. Big stars, big performance choices, big run times with Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. They give you the big releases on physical media, the Viper Video and streaming picks of the week. Then they wrap it up with their 5 Favorite Directorial Runs.

00:00-21:45: Intro/Megalopolis 21:46-32:15: Physical Media Picks 32:16-48:48: 5 Favorite Directorial Runs 48:49-50:37: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt find themselves the closest mirror and take a long look at themselves aging… just getting so old… and discuss Coralie Fargeat’s ‘The Substance’.  Demi Moore returns with a power house performance in possibly the most divisive horror films of the year.   There’s the life-splitting rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris share their 5 Favorite Body Horror Films!

00:00-14:17: Intro/The Substance 14:18-25:20: Physical Media Picks 25:21-45:30: 5 Favorite Body Horror Films 45:31-47:20: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris make some new friends and go on a quiet retreat in the country with ‘Speak No Evil’.  Surely, nothing bad will happen at all.  Then they catch up with the latest from First Run Favorite Jeremy Saulnier for a bit of the ultra-violence (?) with ‘Rebel Ridge’.  As always, they give you the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week! Matt and Chris then wrap it up with another round of the fill in the blank game, TFR Libs.

00:00-15:35: Intro/Speak No Evil 15:36-26:31: Physical Media Picks 26:32-41:13: Rebel Ridge 41:14-1:03:00: TFR Libs 1:03:01-1:06:34: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the return of that madcap demon, Beetlejuice in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’. Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and Tim Burton return, this time with Jenna Ortega (queen of the requel) to tell bring us up to date on the Deetz family as they are tormented by Beetlejuice one more time.  There’s the undead rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Michael Keaton Performances.  Let’s see if we can get Matt to say, “I’m Batman’”.

00:00-17:35: Intro/Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 17:36-24:07: Physical Media Picks 24:08-38:05: 5 Favorite Michael Keaton Performances 38:06-40:01: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt catch up with the latest film about the dangers of AI, the boogeyman du jour, with Blumhouse's, ‘AfrAId’. Then it’s on to the latest from John Woo, who remakes his own classic of the genre, for some reason, with ‘The Killer’. As always there is the rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris wrap it all up with their 5 Favorite Blumhouse Horror Films.  Get ready do some spooooooky fun!

00:00-14:09: Intro/AfrAId 14:10-25:28: Physical Media Picks 25:29-36:13: The Killer (2024) 36:14-52:51: 5 Favorite Blumhouse Horror Films 52:52-54:34: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt bring back the double-feature just for you!  Specifically you [enter name here]. First up it’s the reboot of the middlingly popular Crow franchise with, ‘The Crow’.  One of the Skarsgård kids plays Eric Draven with pop music star FKA Twigs as Shelly.  Director of the original film, Alex Proyas is having a blast with the film’s poor reviews.  Do those stuck up critics have it all wrong again? Then there’s the subversive viral hit that is ‘Strange Darling’.  It’s a serial killer movie that keeps its audience guessing.  Are the final answers worth the effort?  There’s the goth focused rundown of the big releases on physical media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week!  Matt and Chris then close out the show with the 5 Worst Reboots they are desperate to forget.  That’s called foreshadowing kids!

00:00-15:53: Intro/The Crow (2024) 15:54-22:21: Physical Media Picks 22:22-29:10: Strange Darling 29:11-53:19: 5 Worst Reboots 53:20-54:59: Wrap Up

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This week, it’s a team-up with ScreenRun and The First Run as The Lady Wan, Chris Scalzo, and Matt Howell suit up and shoot into space one more time for the latest in the Alien franchise, ‘Alien: Romulus’.  Fede Alvarez of ‘Evil Dead’ and ‘Don’t Breathe’ directs the latest foray into deep space terror as a group of desperate people try to scavenge a derelict space station for space parts that will allow them to resettle on a new planet for a better life.  Except something may (is) waiting for them…. A storied franchise with more than its share of highs and lows, how does the latest trip into the space haunted house in space work out this time?  All this and more on the latest episode of ScreenRun and The First Run!

00:00-34:53: Intro/Alien: Romulus 34:54-41:03: Physical Media Picks 41:04-57:37: Best Scenes From Each Alien Film 57:38-1:01:19: Best Alien Romulus Performance 1:01:19-1:04:15: Wrap Up

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This week on_The First Run_, Chris and Matt dive headfirst into the cinematic wonderland of the latest releases—so you don’t have to! This week, they’re cracking open the latest from arthouse horror from Neon, ‘Cuckoo’!  Is ‘Cuckoo’ _a mind-bending masterpiece or just a confusing cluck-fest? Are they the crazy ones for watching it—or are you for listening to them chirp about it? Join the guys as they try to untangle this twisted tale, armed with nothing but popcorn and questionable bird puns.  As always, they run down the big releases on Physical Media, where they tell you which shiny discs are worth adding to your nest egg. Then, they've got the Viper Video Pick of the Week, where they dig deep into the video store archives to find a hidden "gem" and the Streaming Pick of the Week for those of you who don't like to stretch your wings by ever leaving the house.  And of course, they can’t wrap things up without a round of _Call It!, the game where the boys make impossible movie choices and regret them immediately. Probably.  The First Run —because someone’s gotta do it first, and it might as well be us.

00:00-15:22: Intro/ Cuckoo 15:23-28:17: Physical Media Picks 28:18-45:23: Call It! 45:24-46:59: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt return to Pennsylvania and the M Knight Shyamalan universe with ‘Trap’. The Hartnett resurgence continues, but is the film with walking into? a trap. Get it? There’s the diabolical rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris close out the show by playing the annual RT Score game! Who will come out on top and win the coveted AMC gift card?!? All that and more on another star-studded episode of The First Run!

00:00-13:14: Intro/Trap 13:15-25:16: Physical Media Picks 25:17-46:05: Rotten Tomatoes Score Game 46:06-49:12: Opera/Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt take one last spin around the block with the Fox Marvel Films, an inconsistent friend that delighted and hurt is in equal measure. Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman show you what true besties look like with Deadpool and Wolverine. They give you the big releases on physical media, the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week then wrap it all up with a run down of San Diego ComiCon and give you the definitive ranking of the Fox X Films. 

00:00-21:51: Intro/Deadpool and Wolverine 21:52-27:42: Physical Media Picks 27:43-53:01: SDCC Discussion/Ranking the Fox X Films 56:02-54:42: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt batten down the hatches and prepare for the worst. It’s ’Twisters’ week, featuring ‘Twisters’! This time, it’s Glen Powell and a potentially catatonic Daisy Edgar Jones chasing them tornadoes.  Does this retooling of a beloved 90’s disaster film spin is all up with excitement? There’s the pressure-dropping rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris, play a rootin’ tootin’ varmit shootin’ round of Who Dat!?! Now let’s wrassle us up a tornado!

00:00-14:47: Intro/Twisters 14:48-26:25: Physical Media Picks 28:38-49:36: Who Dat?!? 49:37-52:04: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, it's time for another wide theatrical Nic Cage release! Chris and Matt catch up with the man's latest unhinged performance with Oz Perkins’ ‘Longlegs’.  Promoted as the scariest movie of the decade, but what about just 100 minutes of smothering dread? Then there’s the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris  then wrap up the show with their Top 5 Serial Killers in Film. They stress "in film".... they aren't changing formats to true crime.  

00:00-17:17: Intro/Longlegs 17:18-23:48: Physical Media Picks 23:49-37:42: Top 5 Movie Serial Killers 37:43-39:09: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt play the shortest game of 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon ever with a discussion of Ti West’s trilogy capper, ‘MaXXXine’.  Mia Goth returns to wreak havoc in 1980’s LA in her pursuit of stardom, regardless of you gets in her way.  Then it’s the neon-drenched review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week.  But that’s not all, as Matt and Chris fire up the synthesizer and gas up their Chevy Nova. It’s time for one more road trip to Beverly Hills with ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’.  It’s been 37 years since the last installment.  Does Axel have anything left in the tank?  Finally, Chris and Matt close out the show by sharing their 5 Most Anticipated Films For The Rest Of 2024.

00:00-12:21: Intro/MaXXXine 12:22-20:16: Physical Media Picks 20:17-29:50: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F 29:51-46:22: 5 Most Anticipated Films Left in 2024 46:23-48:05: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt catch up with the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos, the hardest working man in show business, with the unexpected anthology film, ‘Kinds of Kindness’. There’s the love-struck break down of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap it all up with their 5 Favorite Films of 2024...so far! 

00:00-16:47: Kinds of Kindness 16:48-26:57: Physical Media Picks 26:58-40:09: Best of 2024 So Far 40:10-42:50: **Wrap Up **

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the high octane action thriller you never saw coming with ‘Thelma’.  June Squibb finally lands the top of the call sheet at the tender age of 94.  Think of it as Hot Fuzz for The Villages.  Then there’s the non-stop thrill ride that is the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Steaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris close out the program by honoring one of the greats with their 5 Favorite Donald Sutherland performances. 

00:00-12:01: Intro/Thelma 12:02-19:02: Physical Media Picks 19:03-34:30: 5 Favorite Donald Sutherland Performances 34:31-36:10: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris get in touch with their feelings with the latest from Pixar with, ‘Inside Out 2’. As always, there’s the joy-inducing rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris wrap it up the big show with their Top 5 Family Films. Will Chris squeeze in ‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ again?!?

00:00-12:44: Intro/Inside Out 2 12:45-26:04: Physical Media Picks 26:05-41:06: Top 5 Family Films 41:07-42:52: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt have just had enough of each other. And funnily enough, both decide to engage with Richard Linklater’s ‘Hitman’, featuring up and coming (and just leaning over the Tatumline) leading man, Glen Powell. Chris shares his thoughts, and fears, regarding the debut feature by Ishana Night Shymalan with, ‘The Watchers’.  Then it’s on to the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris close out the show with their 5 Favorite Offbeat Rom Coms.

00:00-25:43: Intro/Hitman 25:44-33:44: Physical Media Picks 33:45-37:54: The Watchers 37:55-52:32: Unusual Rom-Coms 52:33-53:51: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt do their best menacing slow walk as they check out ‘In A Violent Nature’, the latest horror film to flip the horror script by asking "What if we just follow the bad guy?" They give you the big releases on physical media, the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap it up by trying on different personalities and answering some questions with Who Dat?

In A Violent Nature interview. Matt Zoller Seitz article.

00:00-12:05: Intro/In a Violent Nature 12:06-22:46: Physical Media Picks 22:47-54:17: Who Dat? 54:18-56:34: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt rev their engines and prep for another beautiful day with the Mad Max Fury Road prequel, ‘Furiosa’.  It’s a dive into the back story of Fury Road’s ultimate bad ass, with an actor swap out from Charlize Theron to Anya Taylor-Joy. So is this entry also all shiny and chrome?  Then the guys bear witness to the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris close out the big show by ranking the Mad Max films. So zoom zoom! Here we go!

00:00-16:12: Intro/Furiosa 16:13-23:40: Physical Media Picks 23:41-42:14: Rank ‘Em: Mad Max 42:15-44:28: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris dip their toes into the nostalgia pool and let the capital M Metaphor wash over them with the latest from A24, ‘I Saw the TV Glow’. As always they give a run down of the big releases on physical media, the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then the wrap up it all give you a glimpse into what gives them the warm and fuzzies with their Top 5 Nostalgia TV Shows.

00:00-17:15: Intro/I Saw the TV Glow 17:16-24:59: Physical Media Picks of the Week 25:00-53:14: Top 5 Nostalgia Shows 53:15-55:40: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt travel into the Planet of the Apes future, many generations in the future to be exact, to see the beginning of a new trilogy with, ‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’. Gone is Caesar and…everyone else. Are we ready for the next chapter? Do we care? Next is the banana filled festival that is the rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris then close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite 4th Films! So take a listen to the latest episode while grooming your favorite apes!

00:00-12:38: Intro/Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes 12:39- 22:59: Physical Media Picks 23:00-38:03: 5 Favorite 4th Films 38:04-39:09: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt jump into their 1980 GMC K25 and do some donuts on the beach with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in ‘The Fall Guy’. The guys run down the big releases on physical media, featuring the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then they get creatively bankrupt and give Jimmy Hollywood some ideas with a rundown of their Top 5 80's Shows that Should be Made into Movies.  

00:00-17:35: Intro/The Fall Guy 17:36-25:49: Physical Media Picks 25:50-46:17: Top 5 80's Shows that Should Get the Big Screen Treatment 46:18-49:10: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, since everyone is talking about ‘Challengers’, Chris and Matt watched ‘Boy Kills World’.  Genre films are the bread and butter of The First Run, and no amount of Zendaya led love triangles and threesomes will keep them from their revenge-action films.  Was there even an Eiffel Tower in ‘Challengers’? Don’t waste anyone’s time.  Hooked by the H. Jon Benjamin narration, Is there enough butt-kicking to save the day? Then it’s on to the IFC/Shudder original, ‘Late Night With The Devil’. David Dastmalchian leads the viral hit about a struggling talkshow that tries to boost ratings by interviewing an actual possessed kid. What could possibly go wrong?  There’s abs-packed rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week, AND the return this week of the Straight to DVD Pick of the Week. Finally Matt and Chris close out the show with a hot and spicy round of ‘Call It!’.

00:00-12:07: Intro/Boy Kill’s World 12:08-22:06: Physical Media Picks 22:07-35:48: Late Night With The Devil 35:49-53:46: Call It! 53:47-56:32: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt  bust out the garlic and crosses as they check out ‘Abigail’, a treatise in how terrifying precocious children can be. Then they slog into the Zack Snyder muck once more so you don't have to with ‘Rebel Moon: The Scargiver’. They'll give you the rundown on the big physical media releases, the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the week then they wrap it all up with their favorite untrustworthy characters with the Top 5 Traitors in Film. 

00:00-10:37: Intro/Abigail 10:38-23:25: Physical Media Picks 23:26-42:48: Rebel Moon:The Scargiver 42:49-58:13: Top 5 Traitors In Film 58:14-1:00:00: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt embed themselves in Alex Garland’s latest (and final?) directorial effort, ‘Civil War’.  If you’ve ever wondered what would happen in the United States if society finally broke down over which way the toilet paper should be hung.  Or maybe it was if Chicago pizza is real pizza? Something bad, I’m sure.  There’s the crack-shot rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show with a round of What Are The Odds, featuring Tarantino, Frank Drebin, Phantom Menaces, and more!

00:00-21:44: Intro/Civil War 21:45-32:47: Physical Media Picks 32:48-54:44: What Are The Odds?!? 54:45-56:40: Wrap Up

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How do you feel about nuns in peril? Well, if you're for it, then the guys have a treat for you. This week, Chris and Matt do a deep dive into the Nunsploitation renaissance of 2024 with ‘The First Omen’ and ‘Immaculate’. They give you the rundown of the big releases on Physical media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap up the show with their Top 5 Horror Prequels.  How has there not been a Howling prequel?

00:00-15:09: The First Omen 15:10-22:14: Physical Media Picks 22:15-29:45: Immaculate 29:46-48:40: Top 5 Horror Prequels 48:41-51:19: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt book a round trip back to Hollow Earth to check in on our good buddy, King Kong. Nope, sorry. Just Kong. It’s ‘Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire’. Not only do we get a big box full of Kong, we get a bunch more giant apes, a baby Kong, and an ancient ice breathing titan. And if we’re lucky, maybe Godzilla will show up too. From there it’s on to the big releases in Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight To DVD Picks of the Week! There’s a quick discussion of the Aliens 4k disc too! Then Matt and Chris wrap up show with the harrowing atomic breath worthy fill-in-the-blank game, TFR Libs. Featuring the latest news about Scream, the MCU, and Chris and Matt go down a rabbit hole over what qualifies as sci-fi or not. It’s a doozy, folks!

00:00-17:20: Intro/Godzilla x Kong: New Empire 17:21-25:54: Physical Media Picks 25:55-51:31: TFR Libs 51:32-54:09: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt sign out their weird, grumpy uncles from the assisted living home for yet another trip to the paranormal well with ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’. Does the gang still pack an unlicensed nuclear accelerator punch? Then Matt and Chris ask the age-old question “Can you improve upon B-Movie perfection?” with the latest product from the strip mining of the 80’s, ‘Road House’. There’s the gnarly takedown of the big releases in Physical Media, featuring the Straight-To-DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Chris and Matt make their own version of what all the cool kids are doing in March with the annual First Run Summer Movie Bracket. Though Chris screws up and confuses ‘Sting’ with ‘Longlegs’. Idiot.

00:00-18:15: Intro/Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 18:16-24:40: Physical Media/Straight to DVD/Streaming Pick of the Week 24:41-38:14: Road House ’24 38:15-56:58 Summer Movie Bracket 56:59-58:51: Wrap Up

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Well, well, well. It’s our big 700th episode extravaganza, that we’ll be treating like every other episode. This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check back into the Rose Glass hotel for more raw and earnest filmmaking. This time out, it’s Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian in the lesbian crime thriller, ‘Love Lies Bleeding’. Then it’s a blast from the past. One of the more influential horror films in Chris’ development, it’s Peter Jackson romance splatter-fest mashup, ‘Braindead’ or how it’s known here in the states, ‘Dead Alive’. There’s the bicep flexing rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap the big anniversary show with their 5 Favorite Films Since Episode 600, as a minor announcement. So let’s go kick some ass for the lord.

00:00-14:12: Intro/Love Lies Bleeding 14:13-35:38: Physical Media Picks, Crow & Alien Romulus Trailers, & More 35:39-45:40: Braindead (Dead Alive) 45:41-1:05:59: 5 Favorite Films Since Episode 600 1:06:00-1:10:39: Wrap Up & Announcement

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out one of two 2024 films about imaginary friends.  First up, it’s the latest Blumhouse horror joint, ‘Imaginary’. What happens if your imaginary friend turns out to be a jerk?  Two films about imaginary friends in a single year doesn’t sound like a lot but it’s weird that it happened. Then they check out the latest product of Millie Bobbie Browns indentured servant contract with Netflix, ‘Damsel’. As always there’s the big release on physical media, the straight to dvd and streaming picks of the week. Then Matt and Chris wrap this up with a discussion of all the happenings at the 2024 Oscars. I’m not going to give anything away about that thing that happened. You know the one.

00:00-11:34: Intro/Imaginary 11:35-20:50: Physical Media Picks 20:51-29:24: Damsel 29:25-51:57: 2024 Oscar Wrap-Up 52:58-54:26: **Wrap-Up **

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt saddle up a grand poppa Sandworm and ride into Dune-iverse with Dune Part 2.  While it’s Christmas morning for Matt, after Part 1, Chris felt like he needed to see Part 2 in order to get the whole experience. Whelp, swing and a miss on that one.  As we’re clearly in the middle of a larger story, how does Dune Part 2 measure up against the great second films in sci-fi cinematic history? Or should Chris cut the spice intake and chill a bit.  Then it’s on to the comedy/horror mash up, ‘Lisa Frankenstein’.  Does Zelda Williams’ directorial debut spark to life? There’s spice-y rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris help you fill out your Oscars bracket with their picks that will win and which picks deserve to win.  So fire up your 5 layer bean dip as you prep your Oscars Party.  It’s The First Run! 

00:00-21:23: Intro/Dune Part 2 21:24-30:30: Physical Media Picks 30:31-37:59: Lisa Frankenstein 38:00-52:44: 2024 Oscars Picks 52:45-53:58: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt’s been bitten by a Sumatran Rat Monkey and is feeling a bit under the weather, but we shall soldier on!  First up, it’s Ethan Coen’s solo debut, ‘Drive Away Dolls’, featuring Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan as two lesbian friends on a road trip that take a turn south, literally and figuratively.  Then the Nic Cage-essiance continues with ‘Dream Scenario’. Or does it? There’s the briefcase full of Physical Media Picks, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris share their 5 Favorite Coen Brothers Characters.  So settle in, grab a pack of Huggies, and listen to another rowdy episode of The First Run. At least until Matt goes full zombie mode.

00:00-12:32: Intro/Drive Away Dolls 12:33-22:06: Physical Media Picks 22:07-31:56: Dream Scenario 31:57-48:26: 5 Favorite Coen Brothers Characters 48:27-51:04: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, ‘Madame Web’ breaks a Sony/MCU record.  But not one of the good ones.  Could the critics be wrong and just simply unable to appreciate a fun action film? Or is it just another example of ‘go woke, go broke’?!?  Can Dakota Johnson finally cross the Tatum Line for Chris?  Then, as a potential welcome respite, Matt and Chris partake in some fine, elegant filmmaking with ‘Riki-Oh: The Story Of Ricki’.  After a decade of Chris trying to catch up with the Chinese Martial Arts Splatter-fest.  Was it worth the wait?  There’s head-crushing review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Chris and Matt then close out the show with a dreamy round of everyone’s favorite role-playing game, ‘Who Dat’. So buckle up, become one with the web of life, and settle in for another spine-tingling episode of The First Run.

00:00-21:19: Intro/Madame Web 21:20-30:14: Physical Media Picks 30:15-38:11: Riki-Oh: The Story Of Ricky 38:12-55:22: Who Dat?!? 55:23-56:12: Wrap Up

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This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt head back to the Stone Age and huddle closer to the flames to ward against the terrors of the night with ‘Out of Darkness’. Then they watch Jason Statham be the Stathamest Statham he can be as he bucks against type as a man who’s the best at what he does but what he does isn’t very nice in ‘The Beekeeper’. As always they give you the big releases on physical media, the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then they wrap all this up with their Five Favorite Performances of 2023.

00:00-13:39: Out of Darkness 13:40-25:49: Physical Media Picks 25:50-35:42: The Beekeeper 35:43-48:46: Top 5 Performances Of 2023 48:47-50:40: Wrap Up

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Let’s try and break into the algorithm and go viral. At the Grammy’s this past Sunday, Tay-tay herself, MISS Taylor Swift announced her new album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, dropping April 19th.  Throughout the show, Matt and I will be dropping tidbits about the new album with a full discussion its production and an early listen to the first single, her cover of Tracy Chapman’s Turn Right Back Around.  There also by some brief talk about the latest film from the twisted mind of Matthew Vaughn, ‘Argyle’, a different kind of possession film with the Shudder original ‘Suitable Flesh’.  We keep cruising, because we can’t stop, won’t stop movin’ as we reveal the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out 2023 with their 5 Favorite Films of the year, 2023. So Just think, while you've been gettin' down and out about the liars and the dirty, dirty cheats of the world, You could've been gettin' down to this sick beat. It’s another episode of The First Run.   00:00-13:14: Intro/Argylle 13:15-26:07: Physical Media Picks/MegaCon 26:08-32:28: Suitable Flesh 32:29-47:29: 10 Favorite Films Of 2023: 5-1 47:30-49:44: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt take a leisurely trip to the bucolic Polish countryside where everything is totally normal and nothing is out of place with The Zone of Interest. Then they shift gears to take in some momtainment for a change with the swimming biopic Nyad. They run down the big releases on physical media, give you their straight-to-DVD and streaming picks of the week then wrap it all up with the bottom half of their favorite films of 2023.

00:00-15:07: The Zone Of Interest 15:08-23:14: Physical Media Picks 23:15-34:38: Nyad 34:39-50:13: 10-6 Favorites of 2023 50:14-53:04 :Wrap Up 

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This week on The First Run, it’s primary night! Can Nikki Haley topple Donald Trump and steal a primary win?  Can Joe Biden win the state without even being on the ballot? Will Ron DeSantis now feel comfortable removing the lifts from his cowboy rasslin’ boots?  And after that Chris and Matt are going to discuss Cord Jefferson’s ‘American Fiction’, nominated for 5 Oscars, including Best Picture!  Then it’s on to the rallying cry film that’s got all the Q’Anon folks all foamed up in the jammies, It’s crazy Jim Caviezel and ‘Sound Of Freedom’! There’s the Granite State rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris discuss this year’s Oscar Noms.  It’s all the surprises, snubs, and rubs!  Matt already furiously texted me half a dozen times about ‘Saltburn’.   00:00-14:54: Intro/American Fiction 14:55-22:39: Physical Media 22:40-36:50: Sound Of Freedom 36:51-53:12: 2024 Oscar Noms 53:13-55:24: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, it’s all A24 all the time. First up is the tragic story of the Von Erich wrestling family in Sean Durkin’s ‘The Iron Claw’. Then the Matt and Chris delve into the relationship between two friends as their lives diverge across the decades with Celine Song’s ‘Past Lives’. As always, they bring you the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Chris and Matt wrap it all up with another round of Call It!  What horrible choices are presented this time and how many involve Arnold Schwarzenegger?   00:00-18:39: Intro/The Iron Claw 18:40-25:21: Physical Media Picks 25:22-44:12: Past Lives 44:13-1:01:30: Call It! 1:01:31-1:03:41: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, it’s a Matt Howell special!  It’s biopic week!  We’re only missing horror comedies or plays to push Matt over the top. First up, Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’, featuring Adam Driver as the titular spaghetti loving talking car, Ferrari. Then Bradley Cooper’s passion project, ‘Maestro’, featuring the life and times of potentially America’s greatest composer, Leonard Bernstein.  Cooper co-writes, directs, and stars as the titular Maestro, Lenny Bing-bongs!  There’s the mouthwatering rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris close out the show discussing 5 other things we enjoyed from 2023 that didn’t make the show.   00:00-13:55: Intro/Ferrari 13:56-20:40: Physical Media Picks 20:41-29:25: Maestro 29:26-50:19: 5 Other Things We Watched In 2023 50:20-53:18: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris review three films for you! Lord help us. First up is the difficult to describe critical darling ‘Poor Things’, starring Emma Stone. Is it delightfully weird, a little too self-satisfied with its indulgences, or maybe it’s both? Then we check out ‘Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom’, the death rattle of the often disappointing DCEU. Finally, we’ll visit our ol pal Zack Snyder in his Star Wars-40k-Dune mish-mash ‘Rebel Moon: Child of Fire’. As always, there's the big releases on physical media, the streaming and straight-to-dvd picks of the week and then the guys close out the show with their 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2024.   00:00-17:40: Intro/Poor Things 17:41-36:51: Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom 36:52-44:46: Physical Media Picks 44:47-56:14: Rebel Moon: Child of Fire 56:15-1:19:49: Most Anticipated Films of 2024 1:19:50-1:23:33: Wrap-Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

Sadly, Chris is on the injured list with a bad head cold and no voice.  So enjoy this brand new opening from Matt and a re-broadcast of our 2023 Preview featuring the 10 films Chris and Matt were most excited about.  How did that end up shaking out…?  Don’t worry, the guys will be back next week with an extra super-sized gorgeous episode featuring ‘Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom’, ‘Poor Things’, ‘Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child Of Fire’, and the 2024 Preview!  Holy cats that’ll be fun!  See you next week!

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt fire up the ol’ Netflix engine to discuss a pair of…interesting films. First up, the Obama’s produced ‘Leave The World Behind’. Sam Esmail’s adaptation of the book brings together a great cast as they deal with something kind of potentially cataclysmic event. Or not? Maybe? Then it’s on to Todd Haynes’ latest, ‘May December’, featuring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. Portman is an actress spending time with Moore as she’s set to portray her in a tv movie and hijinks ensue.  There’s the holly AND jolly rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris share their perfect Christmas playlists, just for you!   00:00-11:20: Leave the World Behind 11:21-16:13: Eileen 16:14-24:30: Physical Media Picks 24:31-35:22: May December 35:23-50:00: Holiday Playlist 50:01-54:55: Wrap-Up   Scalzo’s Holiday Playlist Matt’s Holiday Playlist   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt check out the latest and supposedly last film by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, ‘The Boy And The Heron’. Then it’s time to check in on winter break with Alexander Payne’s reunion with Paul Giamatti in, ‘The Holdovers’. There’s the non-denominational review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris then wrap up the show with…something to do with Rolling Stones Top 50 Action Movies of All Time list. Righteous indignation probably.   00:00-16:26: Intro/The Boy And The Heron 16:27-26:37: Physical Media Picks 26:38-39:30: The Holdovers 39:31-59:47: Rolling Stones’ 50 Greatest Action Movies 59:48-1:00:53: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt rejoice in the return of the OG Kaiju, it’s ‘Godzilla: Minus One’! We’re back in post-war Japan, and Big G’s ready to tear stuff up. But instead of being an allegory for post atom bomb destruction, now we’re focusing on the people at ground level.  Expanding the human side of the story is a gamble.  Is there enough Godzilla smash though…? Then the guys turn to Shudder for a horror spin on one of Chris’ favorites, ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ with, ‘It’s A Wonderful Knife’! We’ll have to see if this is as good an idea as Ted Turner colorizing the original.  There’s the holly decked rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris close out the show and unwrap another round of ‘What Are The Odds’!   00:00-16:59: Intro/Godzilla Minus One 17:00-20:34: Silent Night (2023) 20:35-32:50: Physical Media Picks 32:51-40:31: It’s A Wonderful Knife 40:32-1:04:13: What Are The Odds?!? 1:04:14-1:07:25: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt catch up with Sir Ridley Scott and his irrepressible English hatred of the French with the historical spectacle, ‘Napoleon’. Then they check out the love child of Call Me by Your Name and The Talented Mr Ripley with ‘Saltburn’, the latest from writer/director Emerald Fennell of ‘Promising Young Woman’ fame and the reason Chris was so insistent to see it. As always, there’s the breakdown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then it’s time for the…dear Lord…holiday gift guide for the movie lover in your life. So let’s grease up the guillotine and get this show on the road!   00:00-17:09: Napoleon 17:10-27:09: Physical Media Picks 27:10-38:28: Saltburn 38:29-55:07: Holiday Gift Guide 55:08-59:24: Wrap-Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

We're early! Happy Thanksgiving! This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt fire up the oven, mash the potatoes, un-can the cranberries, and whatever else has to be done to prepare for Eli Roth’s ‘Thanksgiving’. How does the latest expansion of the Grindhouse trailers hold up? Then it’s the latest (and greatest?) film in the MCU, this time it’s ‘The Marvels’! Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel, and Ms. Marvel team up to stop the Kree from devasting the galaxy. And maybe an X-Man or 2 may show up to tease us with the existence of mutants yet again. There’s the all the fixins’ associated with the big releases on Physical, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week! Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Slasher Villains. So sharpen that carving knife and prepare for your Uncle’s crazy conspiracy theories. It’s another gravy covered episode of The First Run!

00:00-11:37: Intro/Thanksgiving 11:38-23:26: Physical Media Picks 23:27-38:26: The Marvels 38:27-53:24: 5 Favorite 80’s Slashers 53:25-55:27: Wrap Up

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This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt discuss David Fincher’s latest cinematic tryst with Netflix as he returns to his roots with his latest, ‘The Killer. Then Matt gives into Chris and checks out ‘Bottoms’, which attempts to answer the question “Can movie teenage lesbians be creepy hornballs too?” They’re sure you’ll be shocked by the answer. They run down the big Physical Media releases of the Week to get you pumped for Black Friday, give you the Streaming and Straight to DVD picks of the week, then wrap it all up with their 5 Favorite Criterion Releases. So let’s take a breath and stick to the plan.  It’s another thrill-packed episode of The First Run!   00:00-18:35: Intro/The Killer 18:36-35:30: Physical Media Picks/Chris meets the Shat Man 35:31-44:30: Bottoms 44:31-59:25: 5 Favorite Criterion Releases 59:26-1:00:20: Wrap-up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-BeyTFR Ep. 683: The Killer, Bottoms, 5 Favorite Criterion Releases

This week on The First Run, it’s people falling out of buildings to their doom week on the big show. First up, Chris and Matt discuss this year’s Palm d’Or winner, ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’, a court room drama that is praised for its standout performance by Sandra Hüller as a woman accused of killing her husband. Did she? Didn’t she? Does it matter? Then Chris gets his Poirot itch scratched as Branagh returns to direct and star in ‘A Haunting In Venice’. After an okay first film, a dull second, is this the end of the gondola for Branagh’s series?  There’s the gravity-defying review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris close out the show by playing another round of everyone’s favorite fill-in-the-blank game, TFR Libs, featuring Timothy Chalamet, David Fincher, and more!   00:00-13:23: Intro/ Anatomy Of A Fall 13:24-20:47: Physical Media Picks 20:48-28:20: A Haunting In Venice 28:21-45:36: TFR Libs 45:37-46:40: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, your ancient hosts, Chris and Matt, attempt connect with their inner Zoomer child and answer the question “What if Chuck E. Cheese was a homicidal maniac?” when they check out ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’. Then the guys fill the gaping raunchy sex comedy hole in their lives with Jennifer Lawrence and ‘No Hard Feelings’. As always there’s the stuffed crust pizza level of awesome that is the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris give you their picks on how to ease into this whole horror fandom thing with 5 Gateway Horror Recommendations. So pop yourself some corn, dim the lights, and settle in for another wonderful program!   00:00-17:23: Five Nights At Freddy’s 17:24-28:43: Physical Media Picks 28:44-36:33: No Hard Feelings 36:34-57:45: 5 Gateway Horror Recommendations 57:46-1:01:58: Wrap Up    Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt buckle in for Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’. Do you enjoy sprawling epics revealing truths about our country’s past, and perhaps ourselves? Or are you complaining about its three and half hour run time? Do you consider Scorsese’s films like going to the DMV? Are you a jerk? Do you wonder if you’re a jerk? By the end of the show, you’ll know. Then, is the dearth of haunted scarecrows movies over? It’s ‘Dark Harvest’! There’s the spine-tingling rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris then wrap up the show with a round of your favorite role-playing game, ‘Who Dat?!?’. Get some talcum powder in the rubber suit. Turn down the lights, and let the latest episode just wash over you, fellow non-jerks!

00:00-32:30: Intro/Killers Of The Flower Moon 32:31-43:30: Physical Media Picks 43:31-51:13: Dark Harvest 51:14-1:12:08: Who Dat?!? 1:12:09-1:14:46: Wrap Up

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BJ Colengelo’s Lily Gladstone article.

This week on The First Run, dem bois resist the siren song of our future pop overlord and her brainwashed horde by skipping the theater this week. That’s right…Chris and Matt stayed home…and it was glorious. The guys keep spooky season rolling with the latest installment from the V/H/S found footage horror anthology with Shudder’s ‘V/H/S/85’. Then they take a hard right turn into a completely different kind of creepy with four Wes Anderson short films based on the writings of Roald Dahl: ‘The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar’, ‘Poison’, ‘The Ratcatcher’, and ‘The Swan’ . As always, they break down the Big Releases on Physical Media, give you the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap it all up with a round of their pick ‘em game, Call It! So let’s pop in the tape and adjust the tracking for another episode of The First Run!   00:00-23:24: Intro - V/H/S/85 23:25-38:24: Physical Media Picks 38:25-53:23: Wes Anderson/Roald Dahl Netflix Shorts 53:24-1:08:11: Call It! 1:08:12-1:12:57: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, William Friedkin spins so hard in his grave that he’s able to power the entire eastern seaboard as Chris and Matt discuss David Gordon Green’s latest horror hijacking with ‘The Exorcist: Believer’. Does the legacy sequel possess us all once again with fear and dread? And is that fear and dread more about having to watch the next 2 films in this planned trilogy?  Then Chris continues to anger Matt as they discuss ‘When Evil Lurks’, a film that will be on Shudder before you can say, do you smell something rotting? It’s another possession thriller, this time via Argentina.  Is it good enough for Matt having to see it in the theaters 2 weeks prior to its streaming premiere? There’s the head-spinning rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite “Final Girls”!  Will it feature anyone from a film newer than 2000? Only one way to find out all you ghouls and goblins!   00:00-16:46: Intro/The Exorcist: Believer 16:47-27:49: Physical Media Picks 27:50-36:26: When Evil Lurks 36:27-50:12: 5 Favorite Final Girls 50:13-54:33: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt face one of the great questions of our time…why is sci-fi usually such a bummer? Who knows but they get served up another heaping helping of it via Gareth Edward’s with The Creator. Then, because Chris likes to push Matt ever closer to the edge, the guys burn away another couple hours of their lives with Saw X. Matt refuses to call it Saw 10. They give you a run-down of the big Physical Media releases, give you the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week then kick off spooky season proper with recommendations for horror movies you can stream right now. So let’s get a glimpse of yet another possible doomed future and set up some new gnarly traps!   00:00-17:12: Intro/The Creator 17:13-26:16: Physical Media Picks 26:17-38:07: Saw X 38:08-58:10: 5 Streaming Horror Picks 58:11-1:00:00: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt take on a couple of horrific nightmares and cut a rug. First out of the gate is an Indian demon tormenting your soul so it’s nice and ripe for consumption in, ‘It Lives Inside’. Then Hulu brings us the gray alien monsters we’ve been waiting for, maybe, with, ‘No One Will Save You’. But it doesn’t end there, oh no! Matt and Chris react to the IMAX 4k Remastered release of Talking Heads’ seminal concert film, ‘Stop Making Sense’.  There’s the life-altering run down of the big releases Physical Media Picks of the Week. To close things out, Chris and Matt share their 5 Favorite Live Albums.  Will they all be Bowie albums for Chris? And Dave Matthews for Matt?  Listen on to find out!   00:00-14:40: Intro/It Lives Inside 14:41-22:46: Stop Making Sense 22:47-34:16: Physical Media Picks 34:17-46:49: No One Will Save You (with spoilers) 46:50-1:10:56: 5 Favorite Live Albums 1:10:57-1:14:02: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, the Chris and Matt call an audible and abandon Agatha Christie for Michael Jai White in ‘Outlaw Johnny Black’. When one of the most anticipated films of a podcast host becomes an option to cover on said podcast, one takes the opportunity. Then the show slips on down to Chile, eats some hearts, and dusts just a nudge of Wes Anderson whimsy and twee onto the vampire genre with ‘El Conde’. As always, Chris will tell you all about the upcoming releases on Physical Media, give you the Straight To DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap this all up with another edition of What are the Odds?!? So sit back, relax, and get ready for a really ill-advised indigenous wedding with the 'Outlaw Johnny Black'.

00:00-13:39: Intro/Outlaw Johnny Black 13:40-22:10: Physical Media Picks 22:11-31:42: El Conde 31:43-52:09: What Are The Odds?!? 52:10-55:46: Wrap-Up

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On this episode of The First Run, it’s sequel week! First out of the gate, The Conjuring expanded universe continues with, ‘The Nun II’. Taissa Farmiga returns as the nun on a mission to bring justice to church, exposing its greed, abuses, and hypocrisy…No, that’s not right.  Valak the demon returns. Not to be confused with Valek, the Vampire. Taissa is dispatched to end the horrors once again. Then Tyler Rake (Tyler Rake, christ) returns with ‘Extraction 2’. Reuniting the team from the first underwhelming action vehicle where the star…dies? Zombie Rake is brought back to extract someone new and this time, it’s personal!  There’s the terrifying, yet bicep pumping rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris close out the show with a death-defying round of Call It featuring all your favorite 80’s references Chris can jam into a 15-minute segment!   00:00-15:44: Intro/The Nun II 15:45-24:53: Physical Media Picks 24:54-35:46: Extraction 2 35:47-49:14: Call It! 49:15-51:05: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, your favorite movie bros try to answer the eternal question…”Can Antoine Fuqua make a worthwhile film?” The latest attempt brings Denzel Washington up to bat yet again with ‘The Equalizer 3’. Then Chris and Matt slum it on Netflix with the sci-fi satire ‘They Cloned Tyrone’. There’s the subtly awesome rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight-to-DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris wrap up the show by searching for a diamond in the muck with The First Run’s Most Anticipated Films for the Rest of 2023. So let’s give you 9 seconds to start another episode of The First Run.

00:00-12:42: Intro/The Equalizer 3 12:43-22:31: Physical Media Picks 22:32-30:00: They Cloned Tyrone 30:01-45:29: 5 Most Anticipated Films for the Rest of 2023 45:30-47:41: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt finally catch up with Ari Aster’s ‘Beau Is Afraid’.  It’s a sprawling tale of one man’s journey to visit his mother, with all the accompanying insanity, violence, humor, and just a dusting of an Elektra Complex, all led my Joaquin Phoenix. Clocking in at a meager 3 hours, is it the (Insert genre here) we’ve been waiting for? Or a bloated mess? Then as ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ mania is sweeping the country, we discuss ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’. It’s the number 1 movie on Netflix and DEMANDS to be seen and discussed, guaranteed to have a legacy lasting generations. Or not.  There’s the truly loving rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris wrap up the show with a round of the fill-in-the-blank game, TFR Libs.  This round features Dune 2, Highlander, and more! The power of Moms compels you to listen to the latest episode of The First Run!   Note: Chris and Matt forget about Killers Of The Flower Moon when discussing the remaining 2023 releases like a couple of dummies.   00:00-12:26: Intro/Beau Is Afraid 12:27-19:49: Physical Media Picks 19:50-29:13: The Pope’s Exorcist 29:14-49:13: TFR Libs 49:14-50:36: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris bear witness to the last desperate gasps before the death rattle of the DCEU with ‘Blue Beetle’. Is this the definitive entry of the DCEU, the yardstick in which all the other entries are measured against? Maybe, maybe not, who gives a shit at this point. As always, they run down the big releases on physical media, give you their straight to dvd and streaming picks of the week then wrap up this episode with their five favorite legacy superheroes. It’ll make sense at the time, I promise. Let’s fire up the DCEU franchise for its penultimate entry with Blue Beetle.   00:00-17:18: Intro/Blue Beetle 17:19-30:15: Physical Media Picks 30:16-52:24: Top 5 Legacy Comic Book Characters 52:25-53:39: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt engage with the hypothesis that asks, can you make a whole movie out of one chapter of a book? It’s a moment in time for the lord of the undead. Ahoy their matey’s! We gots us a Dracula! It’s ‘The Last Voyage Of The Demeter’! Then there’s another animated movie based on a beloved property. This time it’s the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’!  The boys are back in town with an animated reboot.  Is 2D animation back, baby?  There’s the garlic loving rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show with their 5 Favorite Movie Vampires.  So come on in, all you ghouls and gals! It’s another episode of The First Run, packed the gills with Monster and Mutants!   00:00-15:34: Intro/The Last Voyage Of The Demeter 15:35-24:52: Physical Media Picks 24:53-36:28: TMNT: Mutant Mayhem 36:29-52:36: 5 Favorite Movie Vampires 52:37-54:45: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt, your curmudgeonly internet uncles, head down under for this year’s scariest movie of all time, ‘Talk To Me’. Should you believe the hype? Does A24 deliver another knock out film? The boys give you their oh-so informed opinions. Then it’s the terrifying, yet adorable run down the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week! Matt and Chris then wrap up the show with their definitive personal rankings of the top 5 (maybe 10) films in the A24 catalog. So pop open a Foster’s and watch out for all the deadly wild life, it’s the latest episode of The First Run!   00:00-13:25: Talk To Me 13:26-23:05: Physical Media Picks 23:06-45:40: 5 Favorite A24 Releases, Part 2 45:41-47:09: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt succumb to the matriarchy and all things capitalism to discuss ‘Barbie’! Greta Gerwig’s big screen anti-man, pro-communism screed is here and is tearing up the charts! Could a movie about a girls’ toy actually be good? And have a little something for the fellas? There’s the pink-alicious rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt & Chris close out the big show by sharing their 5 Favorite Movie Tie-Ins, Promotions, whatever. So let’s all head over to the Malibu dream house and dip our toe-less feet in the pool.  It’s Barbie, bitch!   00:00-19:37: Intro/Barbie 19:38-32:26: Physical Media Picks 32:27-50:13: 5 Favorite Movie Tie-In Promotions 50:14-51:35: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt become Death, the destroyer of (cinematic) worlds with the latest 3 hour spectacle from Christopher Nolan, ‘Oppenheimer’. Matt, for one, is looking forward to wading into historical moral quandaries the guys have no business opining on. And Chris wants to see stuff blowns up real good.  After that uplifting discussion, they’ll give you the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight-to-DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week, then wrap up the show with their 5 Favorite Christopher Nolan Scenes. So let’s push the big red button and hope there isn’t a cascading chain reaction of neutron collisions with the latest episode of The First Run.   00:00-29:33: Intro/Oppenheimer 29:34-41:36: Physical Media Picks 41:37-55:57: 5 Favorite Christopher Nolan Scenes 55:58-58:53: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt choose to accept the latest entry in the ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise, ‘Dead Reckoning, Part 1’.  We’re nearing the end of one of the most consistently entertaining action franchises of all time.  Are we going out with a bang, or have we lost a step or two.  Then there’s the death-defying review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming & Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the non-stop action with their 5 Favorite Mission: Impossible Action scenes!  So rev up the car/motorcycle/train/plane of your choice and prepare for more high-flying action with another episode of The First Run!   00:00-18:30: Intro/ Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part 1 18:31-27:49: Physical Media Picks 27:50-43:06: 5 Favorite MI Action Set Pieces 43:07-44:02: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt step-up to that crimson door and head into The Further one last time (Maybe? Possibly?) with Patrick Wilson’s directorial debut, ‘Insidious: The Red Door’. As always, there’s the biggest Physical Media Releases of the Week, featuring the Straight-To-DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap up this boondoggle with another round of ‘Who Dat’?, a segment who’s namesake has drifted beyond the limits of mortal memory. So close your eyes and get ready to like, project into the astral plane man! It’s another episode of The First Run.

00:00-12:00: Insidious: The Red Door 12:01-20:24: Physical Media Picks 20:25-43:57: Who Dat? 43:58-45:06: Wrap Up

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On this episode of The First Run, Chris and Matt attempt to turn back the clock one more time as Harrison Ford returns for a final grand adventure in ‘Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny’. Is there any gas left in Indy’s tank? Is why Nazi’s are bad need to be explained? Should we just have let the franchise end with The Last Crusade like we all agreed to back in 1989? There’s the rejuvenating rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming & Straight to DVD Picks of the Week! Then Matt & Chris close out the show with their 5 Favorite Indiana Jones scenes. So let’s crack that whip one more time! It’s another thrilling episode of The First Run!

00:00-18:54: Intro/Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny 18:55-25:48: Physical Media Picks 25:49-39:24: 5 Favorite Indy Scenes 39:25-41:49: Wrap Up

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This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt check the latest quirk fest from Wes Anderson, ‘Asteroid City’. Will it be the delightful deadpan delivery of the ‘Royal Tennenbaums’, or the lifeless deadpan delivery of ‘The Darjeeling Limited’? As always we there’s the thrilling yet contemplative rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then, much to Chris’ delight, we get back to our games with another round of What are the Odds? So let’s tap into our collective ennui with another episode of The First Run!

00:00-17:17: Asteroid City 17:18-23:25: Physical Media Picks 23:26-53:57: What are the Odds? 53:58-55:22: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt break the speed of light and enter the Speed Force! The great sorta’ maybe DCEU reset is here with ‘The Flash’! How do you balance the promotion of one of your big summer tent pole films and potentially reboot a cinematic shared universe against its star’s off screen, let’s say “antics”.  Will the people come out?!?  There’s the affable yet fierce rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the week. Matt and Chris then close out the show by giving you the definitive DCEU Ranking!   00:00-23:26: Intro/The Flash 23:27-31:59: Physical Media Picks 32:00-44:01: DCEU Snyder-Verse Ranking 44:01-44:41: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt kick-off their summer experiment and drop down to one film. What does that mean? For one, Matt has to slow the intro down so he doesn’t end before the theme song does. This week, the guys check out the Shudder original, the ghost story Brooklyn 45. As always, there’s the top physical media releases, the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap it all up with their 5 Favorite Horror Films on Streaming. That’s right!!!   00:00-13:24: Intro/Brooklyn 45 13:25-27:20: Physical Media Picks 27:21-45:10: 5 Streaming Horror Movie Recommendations 45:11-47:12: Wrap-Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt jump into the multiverse AGAIN! This time, it’s parallel universes just chock full of Spider-People.  Miles Morales returns, with pretty much every other Spider-Man you can think of in ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’! The first film was a breath of fresh air in the animated genre. Can the sequel possibly be as enthralling as the original? Can it be better? There’s the web-slinging rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Next up, it’s the Stephen King Adaptation of his short story, ‘The Boogeyman’, which I understand deviates greatly from the source material. Originally destined for Hulu, it was pushed to the theaters after positive screenings. Was that the right call? Matt and Chris then wrap up the show with their 5 Favorite Animated Series Theme Songs!   00:00-16:07: Intro/ Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse 16:08-24:18: Physical Media Picks 24:19-31:34: The Boogeyman (’23) 31:35-46:59: 5 Favorite Animated Series Theme Songs 47:00-49:54: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris join the revolution and get their ecoterrorism on with Daniel Goldhaber’s ‘How to Blow Up A Pipeline’. Can a film ignite a revolution?  Then it’s time to put on some corpse paint and wrap up the Heist Marathon with the Hughes Brothers’ ‘Dead Presidents’. As always there’s the dreamlike rundown the physical media releases, with the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris wrap up the show with the Heist Marathon Awards. So let’s sabotage some property with another episode of The First Run!   00:00-17:44: Intro/How to Blow Up A Pipeline 17:45-25:25: Physical Media Picks 25:26-36:22: Dead Presidents 36:23-44:15: Heist Marathon Awards 44:16-46:38: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, it’s all about family.  The always expanding, death means nothing, and neither does physics cinematic exploration of family.  It’s Fast X! This time out Dom and the fam are haunted by the consequences of a prior adventure.  Consequences that we had no prior knowledge of, like Dom’s brother. Has the Toretto family finally had one too many extravagant films?  Are have we finally found Aristotle’s elusive balance?  The Heist Marathon continues with Michael Mann’s directorial debut, ‘Heist’, featuring James Caan as master thief you just may be in over his head.  But that’s what happens when you go for that one last big score.  There’s the scrumptious rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris close out another exemplary episode by sharing their 5 Favorite Movie Families!   00:00-14:07: Intro/Fast X 14:08-21:05: Fast X Spoilers 21:06-32:51: Physical Media Picks and HBOMax 32:52-45:02: Thief 45:03-58:12: 5 Favorite Movie Families 58:13-1:00:27: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt check out Hypnotic, a mind control super powers movie that was apparently directed by Robert Rodriguez! They were just as surprised as you were. And even though they had seen the trailer multiple times, they remembered William Fichtner was in this but forgot Ben Affleck is too. That, gentle listeners, is what the book nerds call “foreshadowing.” Then the Heist Marathon slides into the grim and gritty 70’s with Al Pacino in Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon. Spoiler alert, Fredo can’t catch a break in this one either. As always, there’s the physical media, straight to dvd and streaming picks of the week. Then they wrap it up with their 5 Favorite Ben Affleck Performances, which Matt didn’t expect to be so difficult for a man with 83 credits on IMDB.   00:00-14:14: Intro/Hypnotic 14:15-19:29: Physical Media Picks 19:30-31:25: Dog Day Afternoon 31:26-44:55: 5 Favorite Ben Affleck Performances 44:56-46:24: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt head back over to Knowhere and catch up with what was once the surprise of the MCU, it’s the ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. III’!  Promised to be the final film featuring the cast we all know and love, is it a fitting sendoff for the MCU’s endearing outcasts? Then the Heist Marathon continues with the beloved ‘The Italian Job’ featuring Michael Caine.  It’s the OG, so no Wahlbergs here.  There’s the sweet and engaging rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show by revealing their casting choices for the big names in James Gunn’s DCU reboot. Who’s your choices for the trinity?   00:00-22:13: Intro/Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 22:24-30:53: Physical Media Picks 30:54-41:14: The Italian Job (1969) 41:15-1:03:49: DCU Casting Call 1:03:50-1:05:15: Wrap-Up

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This week on the First Run, Matt and Chris demonstrate their force of will by acting rationally in the face of adversity as they watch a Finnish dude brutally murder some Nazis in ‘Sisu’. Then they kick-off their Heist Movie Marathon with the French granddaddy of the genre, ‘Rififi’. There’s the luminescent rundown of the big releases on physical media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week, plus some bonus physical media talk. Then Matt and Chris wrap this up with everybody’s favorite game of inconsequential Sophie’s choices, Call It! Which Superman film do keep? Which action franchise do you keep? And more!   00:00-14:29: Intro/Sisu 14:30-32:30: Physical Media Picks & Discussion 32:31-41:17: Rififi 41:18-1:02:28: Call It! 1:02:29-1:04:49: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run Chris and Matt head out to the cabin one more time…? Nope.  It’s off to a soon-to-be condemned building to see what the Khandarian demons have been up to the last few years as A book of the Dead surfaces in rainy Los Angeles and hijinks ensue in ‘Evil Dead Rise’.  Does the can’t miss franchise finally miss?  Then it’s on to the Apple+ original ‘Ghosted’, featuring Hollywood ‘It’ people Ana De Armas and Chris Evans.  It’s a rom-com spy thriller. It’s Chris’ flip-side to Matt’s horror-comedy hate. Knight And Day anyone?  Can star wattage outshine potential issues?  There’s the never-ending but always entertaining rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt & Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Same Raimi seems that I hope just aren’t all Ash Army of Darkness clips.  But they certainly could be…   00:00-21:19: Intro/Evil Dead Rise 21:20-27:36: Physical Media Picks 27:37-36:38: Ghosted 36:39-49:07: Top 5 Sam Raimi Scenes 49:08-50:55: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run…well, it’s a big milestone folks. This is our 653rd episode. 6. 5. 3. For this podcast landmark, Chris and Matt covered the latest from the world’s greatest actor as one of the world’s greatest monsters with Nic Cage as Dracula in ‘Renfield’. Nicholas Hoult and Awkwafina are in it too, I guess. Then they guys discuss the Dutch/Iranian procedural serial killer thriller thing that is ‘Holy Spider’. There’s the intoxicating rundown of the big releases on Physical M, featuring their Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris put a bow on this monumental occasion with their 5 Favorite Supporting Characters. So let’s shine a light on this abusive power dynamic and fire up another episode of The First Run!   00:00-17:30: Intro/Renfield 17:31-30:46: Physical Media Picks & Tangents 30:47-40:43: Holy Spider 40:44-55:32: 5 Favorite Supporting Characters/Sidekicks 55:33-57:15: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt fire up their old NES systems, blow into the cartridge and boot up the new adaption of the classic game series, Super Mario Bros. in ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ [play Oh! Effect]! Then Matt and Chris double down on all things Mario with a discussion of The Super Mario Bros. movie from 1993.  Bob Hoskins.  Bob Hoskins. There’s the boisterous rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Chris and Matt close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Video Games.   00:00-09:45: The Super Mario Bros. Movie 09:46-19:21: Physical Media/Straight to DVD/Streaming 19:22-27:53: Super Mario Bros. 27:54-45:56: Video Games 45:57-47:17: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt pull out their character sheets and polyhedral dice with ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’.  On the D20 of cinema, does Chris Pine and party roll a critical success or flub it with a natural one?  Then they shift gears into Thai folklore with the horror-romance ‘Inhuman Kiss’. Chris finally gets to see one of his favorite monsters on at least the small screen.  As always, they break down the big Physical Media Releases for the week, giving you the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week, and wrap up the big show with another round of everyone’s favorite fill-in-the-blank game, TFR Libs. So let’s roll for initiative and get this encounter!   00:00-17:11: Intro/Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 17:18-22:22: Physical Media Picks 22:23-31:36: Inhuman Kiss 31:37-52:54: TFR Libs 52:55-56:13: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt dust off their gold coins and get measured for a new bullet proof suits as it’s another round of John Wick, this time we’re at Chapter 4, with no extra title descriptor. Then Matt and Chris really lean into the over-40-white-guys-with-a-podcast aspect of the show with Liam “Seamus” Neeson in and as ‘Marlowe’. Director Neil Jordan takes a stab at the legendary gumshoe.  There’s the reveal of the big Physical Media Releases, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Chris and Matt wrap up the show with their 5 Favorite Things about, around, and including John Wick. It’s lookin’ like we’re back with another hard-fisted, rootin’-tootin’ episode!   00:00-27:32: Intro/John Wick: Chapter 4 27:33-37:24: Physical Media & Streaming Picks 37:25-45:11: Marlowe 45:12-59:39: 5 Favorite John Wick Things 59:40-1:01:30: Wrap-Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt say the magic word and return to the world of the Marvel Family!  It’s Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., or as current copyrights now call them, the Shazam family.  It’s Shazam: Fury Of The Gods!  Zachary Levi and the gang return to face Helen Mirren, Lucy Lui, and current Hollywood It Girl, Rachel Zegler, collectively known as the SISTERS OF ATLAS (supposed to be some reverb) there.  Then Guy Ritchie ventures away from his wheelhouse, the British crime thriller, to make a spy caper featuring Jason Statham, Audrey Plaza, and even more stars to stop an arms dealer.  But a cool arms dealer.  There’s the lovingly cultivated rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris then close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite DC Comic Stories Desperately In Need Of A Big Screen Adaptation!  ’SHAZAM!’   00:00-15:27: Intro/Shazam: Fury Of The Gods 15:28-24:02: Physical Media & Streaming Picks 24:03-33:52: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre 33:53-55:22: 5 DC Adaptions We’d Like To See 55:23-57:23: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

And on this episode of The First Run, we head back to the Ghostface well one more time with ‘Scream VI’. Do we find that oh-so-refreshing potion of scares, nervous chuckles, and meta-commentary or is there not enough left in the vein to fill the bucket? Then we take a journey to a time long, long ago in a star system very, very near with Adam Driver and ‘65’. We run down the physical media, straight to dvd and streaming picks of the week. Then we wrap it all up with the post-Oscars breakdown from the greatest podcast of all time.   00:00-15:12: Intro/Scream VI 15:13-21:09: Physical Media Picks 21:10-30:44: 65 30:45-43:43: 2023 Oscar Post Mortem 43:44-46:24: Wrap-Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt step back into the ring one more time to defend their title as the longest running cool film podcast in all the land with their discussion of ‘Creed III’.  Michael B. Jordan steps into the director’s chair for the first time to continue the story of Adonis Creed as his past comes back to haunt him.  Much like that breakfast burrito Matt had today. HA!  Then Chris yells BINGO as he’s able to check off his final Best Picture nominee with Sarah Polley’s fictional take of a real event, ‘Women Talking’.  At least Matt got to dodge Elvis.  There’s the sun-drenched rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt & Chris close out the show with another round of everyone’s favorite leather-free role-playing game, ‘Who Dat’!  Lace ‘em up!   00:00-17:35: Intro/Creed III 17:36-26:22: Physical Media Picks 26:27-40:27: Women Talking 40:28-55:55: Who Dat?!? 55:55-56:16: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt unretire the coke spoons and party like it's 1984 with the latest that's a thing movie, ‘Cocaine Bear’.  Then Matt and Chris keep the all animals all the time episode going with the donkey film (a phrase Matt never thought he would say) ‘EO’. There’s the sparkling lowdown on the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Chris and Matt wrap it up all the fuzzy friend love with their 5 Favorite Movie Animals. Make a donation to the ASPCA and get ready to do a bump.  It’s another stellar episode of The First Run.   00:00-09:58: Intro/Cocaine Bear 09:59-16:40: Physical Media Picks  16:41-30:27: EO 30:28-42:23: Top 5 Movie Animals 42:24-44:50: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt chug some Pym Particles via their Wolverine beer funnel and shrink down to the Quantamverse to check in on the latest and… let’s stick with latest, goings on in the MCU with Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania!  We got legit Kang this time, finally! Or at least one of them.  Does Phase 5 kick off with a ka-bloowie?  Or a whimper?  Then it’s on the Nazi Wherwolf, not Werewolf, thriller, ‘Burial’.  Brana and her Russian comrades are tasked with bring a body to Stalin, while evading Nazi’s along they way.  There’s the effervescent rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Matt and Chris then close out the show by attempting to hammer out a definitive MCU ranking.  How low will those first couple Thor films go…?   00:00-23:33: Intro/Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantamania 23:34-33:48: Physical Media Picks 33:49-40:21: Burial (2022) 40:22-58:44: MCU Ranking (Mostly) 58:45-1:01:08: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt get ready for another M. Night apocalypse with ‘Knock At The Cabin’.  Do we get the effectively understated peril of Signs or the-boy-those-are-some-choices of ‘The Happening’?  The world’s greatest movie podcast will let you know.  Then they head back to meta town with Kevin Williamson’s pandemic slasher, ‘Sick’.  There’s the enthralling rundown of the big upcoming Physical Media Releases, along with the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. And because it’s early February in 2023, Matt and Chris wrap up 2022 with their Top Five Films of the year. Since we’re not going to be one of those uninvolved observers, let’s listen to another episode of The First Run!   00:00-13:37: Intro/Knock At The Cabin 13:38-26:30: Physical Media Picks/Flash Trailer 26:31-36:21: Sick 36:22-53:05: Top 10 Films of 2022: 5-1 53:06-55:25: Wrap-Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

We ran into some technical difficulties this week, so our discussion of ‘Knock At The Cabin’, ‘Sick’, and the conclusion of our Top 10 of 2022 will be delayed a week.  In the interim, enjoy Matt’s appearance on Season 3 of ScreenRun, as John Carpenter’s masterpiece, ‘The Thing’, gets the ScreenRun breakdown!

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt once again dive into the deeply unsettling waters that are a Brandon Cronenberg joint with ‘Infinity Pool’.  Mia Goth continues her stellar run along with one of the Skarsgard kids.  The REALLY good looking one in a film about the worst vacation available, unless you’re filthy rich.  And a jerk.  Then Yeon Sang-ho, director of great ‘Train To Busan’ returns with the Netflix original, ‘Jung_E’.  When is a sci-fi action film not so much about sci-fi or action?  There’s the wildly entertaining countdown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the program by starting another countdown! It’s their 10 Favorite Films of 2022, starting with films 10-6.  It is February after all.   00:00-17:56: Intro/Infinity Pool 17:57-24:27: Physical Media Picks 24:28-31:22: Jung_E 31:23-44:12: Top 10 Of 2022: 10-6 44:13-45:37: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt leverage the creepiness of the internet for both good and evil with the anthology sequel to ‘Searching’, ‘Missing’. This time, it’s Mom that’s gone AWOL.  Can her young internet sleuthing daughter find her in time?  Then it’s on to the latest from indie darling Noah Baumbach with his adaption of one of the great American literary satires, ‘White Noise’. There’s the illuminating rundown of the big physical media releases, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris close out the show by letting you know which quirky gentleman and manic pixie dream girls are worth checking out with their Top 5 Indie Comedies. Honest to blog!   White Boy With A Podcast song by Bum Bag.

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt relive their lo-fi, what the hell is HD, glory days of the 90’s with the experimental horror film that’s dividing audiences, ‘Skinamarink’.  Has director Kyle Edward Ball redefined horror cinema? Or is this a one-off shiny little trinket easily forgotten?  Then it’s on to the Netflix adaptation of ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’, this time actually made by a German. Does the fervent anti-war message carry through or are we just revisiting another ‘1917’ debacle.  There’s the luminous yet refined rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Finally, Matt and Chris close out the show with having to make some impossible choices.  It’s Call It!  So settle in, bust out those Lego sets and don’t get shot trying to steal some eggs Dave! It’s another episode of The First Run.   00:00-15:12: Intro/Skinamarink 15:13-21:59: Physical Media Picks 22:00-34:46: All Quiet On The Western Front 34:47-52:26: Call It! 52:27-53:54: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the latest AI is evil and will kill us all film, ‘M3GAN’. Do we have another friend to the end?  Then because it’s awards season and we can’t feel too good about ourselves, it’s the Scottish import ‘Aftersun’. The story of a young girl’s vacation with her father, and the distance between them and all of us.  There’s the review of the big releases on Physical Media featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris wrap it all up with another edition of TFR Libs. Sorta’.   00:00-14:33: Intro/M3GAN 14:44-22:57: Physical Media Picks 22:58-31:54: Aftersun 31:55-47:33: TFR Libs 47:34-48:45: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, renowned asshole Darren Aronofsky returns with ‘The Whale’.  Perhaps we can get past all that and focus on Brendan Fraser and what’s being called one of the best performances of the year.  Then we begin our best of 2022 catch up with Alejandro Iñárritu’s ‘Bardo, A False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths’. A story about a identity, crisis, and humanity, that maybe something entirely different.  Auteur’s gonna’ auteur. There’s the brand new ultra-cool revamp of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Matt and Chris close out the big show by sharing their 5 Favorite Acting Comebacks.  Nic Cage does not count.  You gotta’ be gone before you make a comeback.   00:00-20:25: Intro/The Whale 20:26-28:03: Physical Media Picks 28:04-42:36: Bardo, A False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths 42:37-1:02:00: Top 5 Acting Comebacks 1:02:01-1:03:37: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt catch up with yet another ode to old Hollywood with Damian Chazelle’s ‘Babylon’. Is this an inspired addition to a tired sub-genre or is it the latest masturbatory entry of film makers telling us how great and important their craft is? We’ll let you definitively. Speaking of how oh so important filmmakers are, Matt and Chris finally check Rian Johnson’s latest, ‘Glass Onion’.  Benoit Blanc returns to solve another star-studded murder! There’s the riveting rundown of the big Physical Media releases, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. And then Chris and Matt close it all out by telling you what films they are excited for, and by extension what you should be excited for, in 2023. It’s a biggin’ folks!   00:00-16:10: Intro/Babylon 16:11-21:30: Physical Media Picks 21:31-35:21: Glass Onion 35:22-58:00: 10 Films We're Looking Forward To In 2023 58:01-59:58: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt return to Pandora after 13 years away to check in on what the haps! Is Unobrtainium still the hottest thing? Or is it now the Crypto of super space minerals. Has Cameron corrected the issues from the first entry and tightened things up a bit? Then it’s Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Bones And All’, the romance road trip body horror film you never knew you needed. If you fall into a very specific audience type. I’m thinking like 5% of you. There’s the review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week! Then in honor of the Na’vi’s return, Matt and Chris share their 5 Favorite James Cameron Scenes, which I can only assume will be wall-to-wall Avatar picks.

00:00-15:02 Intro/Avatar: The Way of Water 15:03-24:54 Physical Media Picks 24:55-34:27 Bones And All 34:28-44:47 Top 5 James Cameron Scenes 44:48-46:27 Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, it’s the holidays so of course Chris and Matt crank up the creepy with ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’. The second adaptation of the classic story this year, but this time we’re sans Disney! Then Matt and Chris join the Guardians of the Galaxy in a Christmas search for Earth’s greatest hero in ‘The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special’. As always, there’s the thrilling break down of the upcoming Physical Media Releases and the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week! Chris and Matt then wrap up it all up in a bow with the return of Who Dat?! It truly is an early Christmas gift from us to you, our listeners!   00:00-12:58: Intro/Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio 12:59-19:45: Physical Media Picks 19:46-27:46: Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special 27:47-51:03: Who Dat?!? 51:03-52:13: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss David Harbour’s is John McClane as Santa Claus in ‘Violent Night’.  Santa is forced to confront, or perhaps revel in, his violent past when he becomes the only hope to save a naughty family from some even naughtier thieves on Christmas Eve. Then Cate Blanchett plays the titular ‘Tár’, a conductor on the edge bro.  Fighting back against woke culture and perhaps her own ego. There’s the holly AND jolly rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Unconventional Movie Weapons.  Suit up, grab you still brimmed bowler hat and cattle gun.  It’s another rambunctious episode of The First Run!   00:00-10:30: Intro/Violent Night 10:31-25:17: Physical Media Picks 25:18-38:54: Tár 38:55-51:15: 5 Favorite Unconventional Movie Weapons 51:16-52:34: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt take a trip to experience THE exclusive menu provided by ‘The Menu’. Ralph Fiennes is a chef with a secret. Anya Taylor-Joy is one of the customers who may be on to the shenanigans.  And everyone else may just be horrible.  The Shudder brings back the found footage anthology series for another spin.  So fire up those VCR’s, it’s ‘V/H/S/99’.  Is it time to retire the series and move on to DVD01? Or is there still some fire in the old series left?  There’s the heartwarming rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming & Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and somebody close out the show with their suggestions for the movie lover in your life (or just you).  It’s the 2022 Holiday Gift Guide!   00:00-13:59: Intro/The Menu 14:00-26:16: Physical Media Picks 26:17-42:57: V/H/S/99 42:58-1:00:07: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide 1:00:08-1:01:53: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt revisit the scientifically magical world of Wakanda with ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’!  T’Challa has passed and to make things worse, Namor arrives in the MCU with his roguish charm and ankle wings to cause problems for our heroes. Then it’s on to the Roku Channel original, ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’. It’s a week of film with colons.  Will the artist responsible for such luminary classics as Eat It and Dare To Be Stupid deliver a biopic that even Matt can enjoy?  There’s the scrumptious rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  The show closes with Matt and Chris having to make a few more tough calls with ‘Call It’, featuring John Carpenter, Clint Eastwood and more!   00:00-21:40: Intro/Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 21:41-31:45: Physical Media Releases 31:46-40:34: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story 40:35-56:15: Call It! 56:16-58:01: Wrap Up  

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt book a trip to a lovely little island off the coast of Ireland (part of a much bigger island) to catch up with the reunion of writer/director Martin McDonagh, Colin Farrell, and Brendan Gleeson before they stop talking to each other forever with ‘The Banshees Of Inisherin’. Then it’s off to South Korea to help solve the mystery of an accident, that may be a murder, with a dusting of love thrown in. It’s Park Chan-Wook's latest, ‘Decision to Leave’. There’s the scintillating run down of the big upcoming releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris wrap up the show with another entry of the betting game with no follow through, ‘What Are The Odds?!?’. Let’s all try and stay friends, and possibly murderous lovers, after this one, okay?   00:00-12:5 1: Intro/ The Banshees Of Inisherin 12:52-26:03: Physical Media Picks 26:04-38:47: Decision To Leave 38:48-58:39: What Are The Odds?!? 58:40-59:49: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt book a cruise with the rich and decadent to visit the scenic ‘Triangle Of Sadness’! Filled with a Russian oligarchs, Weapons Manufacturers, and possibly the worst of all, Social Media Influencers, is this trip with the 2 & half hour experience? Then as a treat, it’s ‘Werewolf By Night’! Disney+’s Halloween special is a throwback to the classic Universal monster movies! But is it more a trick? The Werewolf Marathon wraps with Joe Dante’s 80’s cult classic ‘The Howling’.  Dee Wallace goes on a retreat after experiencing some severe workplace trauma, to find it hides a terrible secret. There’s the scintillating review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Finally, Matt and Chris close out the show with the Werewolf Marathon Awards!   00:00-13:08: Intro/Triangle Of Sadness 13:09-22:19: Werewolf By Night 22:20-36:13: Physical Media Picks 36:14-46:52: The Howling 46:53-55:19: Werewolf Marathon Awards 55:20-58:31: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt shout “Shazam!” and The Rock’s passion project ‘Black Adam’ appears in a burst of lightning, ready for our review. Is it the course correction the DCEU has been waiting for?  Then the guys make one last trip to the Quik Stop with ‘Clerks III’.  Kevin Smith revisits the much beloved convenience store in Red Bank, NJ. But can you really go home again, again? The Werewolf Marathon continues with the barely relevant, ‘Wolfen’, featuring Albert Finney facing off against urban blight, gentrification, and some really ticked off not-quite werewolves. There’s the bone-chilling breakdown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight-To-DVD picks of the week. Then Matt and Chris wrap up the show with their 5 Favorite View Askew Universe Characters. Happy Halloween and…’SHAZAM’!   00:00-21:54: Intro/Black Adam/DCEU 21:55-36:38: Clerks III 36:39-55:21: Physical Media Picks 55:22-1:06:08: Wolfen 1:06:09-1:18:23: 5 Favorite View Askew Universe Characters 1:18:24-1:19:28: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt head back to Haddonfield one more time, for now, as the David Gordon Green and Danny McBride helmed Halloween rest comes to an end with, ‘Halloween Ends’.  Is Jamie Lee Curtis’ second run at franchise resetting sequel the best one yet?  Then it’s on to the film Matt has been chomping at the bit to discuss for weeks!  Andrew Dominik’s ‘Blonde’, featuring Ana De Armas as the Marilyn Monroe.  It’s Netflix’s first NC-17 film, could it herald the beginning of a re-examination of the rating and its stigma? But things don’t end there! The Werewolf Marathon continues with ‘The Company Of Wolves’, a Grimm’s Fairy Tale come to life ala Hammer Studios. But was the 80’s too late to release it?  There’s the venerable rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Halloween Candies! What are you hoping to score this season?   00:00-18:50: Intro/Halloween Ends 18:50-33:50: Blonde 33:51-43:20: Physical Media Picks 43:21-55:44: The Company of Wolves 55:45-1:09:24: 5 Favorite Halloween Candies 1:09:25-1:11:45: Wrap-Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt dive in to the A-Lister stuffed latest from David O. Russell, ‘Amsterdam’. Then we open the LeMarchand box and experience the ickiest of dubious pleasures with Hulu’s ‘Hellraiser’ remake/reboot. But wait there’s more! Our spooky season werewolf marathon continues with ‘Ginger Snaps’, a film that sets out to prove there is truly nothing so terrifying as a teenage girl. There’s the life-changing rundown of the big releases on physical media, featuring the Streaming and DVD Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap it all up with their 5 Favorite Movie Monsters of the 80’s. So light ‘em if you got and join us down to the red-light district for another episode of The First Run!

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt decide to deal with our personal trauma head on, via confronting an evil entity that represents said trauma. It’s been the chic thing to do in horror the past few years, but can it be too on the nose, or down the mouth if you will. It’s ‘Smile’’.  Then our Halloween Werewolves Movie Marathon begins with the OG Universal classic, 1941’s ‘The Wolfman’. Lon Chaney Jr. is the titular Wolfman, named Larry. Not something cool like Sirius or Dixon. Fenris? Nope it’s Larry the sexual predator Wolfman. How does the old boy hold up after all these years? There’s the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing some Horror Picks for you to stream this haunted season.   00:00-12:09: Intro/Smile 12:10-31:34: Physical Media Picks/Darkplace 31:35-43:35: The Wolfman (1941) 43:36-1:03:56: 5 Streaming Horror Picks 1:03:57-1:08:46: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt publicly serve Olivia Wilde with another review of her latest, ‘Don't Worry Darling’. Is it as bad as critics make out to be or is Harry Styles so miscast that not even Florence Pugh and Chris Pine can save it?  Then, we'll open the 80's nostalgia time capsule and pull out a sequel I don't think anyone was asking for with ‘Confess, Fletch’. This one replaces Chevy Chase with Jon Hamm though so it can go nowhere but up, right?  Right?  As always, we'll run down the upcoming major releases on physical media, our Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris then finalize the latest notch on their podcast bed frame with our Top 5 Alternate Reality/Parallel Universes films.  I realize now that even saying that may be a spoiler for one of the films. Oops! Anyway...let's take a listen to Don't Worry Darling while I fire another intern.   00:00-11:36: Intro/Don’t Worry Darling 11:37-29:12: Physical Media & Darkplace 29:13-42:36: Confess, Fletch 42:37-57:02: 5 Favorite Alternate Realities 57:03-1:00:02: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt venture back to war time, World War I to be specific, and check in on everyone’s favorite super horny geriatric maniac in her young, formative years.  Ti West and Mia Goth return with ‘Pearl’!  Can a prequel possibly improve upon, or rescue, ‘X’?  Then Matt throws Chris a bone as they discuss the David Bowie Super Documentary, ‘Moonage Daydream’.  Bowie being Chris’ favorite musician, he tends to run super-critical of works associated with The Thin White Duke.  How does this “documentary” turn out.  And why is Chris using “Quotes”?  There’s the life-affirming rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Albums.  How many Bowie albums will be on Chris’ list?  Will The Return Of Bruno show up?  Will Foreigner Make Matt’s list?  Why does Matt hate Foreigner? And by extension, why does Matt hate Chris?    00:00-13:00: Intro/Pearl 13:01-29:20: Physical Media Picks/Darkplace 29:21-42:53: Moonage Daydream 42:54-1:17:21: Top 5 Favorite Albums [Currently] 1:17:22-1:18:20: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-BeyTFR Ep. 624: Pearl, Moonage Daydream, 5 Favorite AlbumsTFR Ep. 624: Pearl, Moonage Daydream, 5 Favorite Albums

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest indie horror darling, ‘Barbarian’.  Is it a Gen Z, ultra-meta Air BnB critique that’s too clever for its own good?  Or is it a surprisingly effective gem?  Your favorite internet uncles will fill you in. Then it’s on to the latest entry in the Tom Hanks does a bad accent canon, the “live-action” Pinocchio. As always, we’ll run down the upcoming releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then wrap up the show by sharing their Top 5 Disney (not Pixar) Characters. It’s gonna’ be a humdinger folks. So book those reservations, make sure your flashlight has fresh batteries, and hope for the best!   00:00-13:21: Intro/Barbarian 13:22-28:45: Physical Media & Darkplace 28:46-38:36: Pinocchio (Zemeckis) 38:37-51:38: 5 Favorite Disney Characters 51:39-53:44: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt share with you a kindness with their discussion of Adamma Ebo’s ‘Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul’. The dark satire about a mega-church’s fall from grace and attempted comeback featuring Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown.  Redemption is guaranteed, right? Then Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth star in a riveting thriller,  ‘Resurrection’. A film that takes a turn that may or may not work. Hall has been on quite a streak, does it continue? There’s the transcendent rundown of the big releases on physical media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close the show with another round of everyone’s favorite fill in the blank game, ‘TFR Libs’!  Featuring Indiana Jones, Hellraiser, and more!   00:00-14:52 Intro/Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul 14:53-28:18 Physical Media, Weekly Picks and Darkplace! 28:19-40:50 Resurrection 40:51-1:02 TFR Libs 1:02-1:04 Wrap-Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt catch up with another movie Matt has never heard of with George Miller’s (yes, that George Miller) ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’. Tilda Swinton plays a scholar that specializes in storytelling, of legend and myth. She finds a bottle and releases an honest to goodness Jinn, played by the overly handsome DJ Idris Elba. So what wishes will be granted? And what stories will be told? Then it’s time to wrap up the Malick Marathon with both versions of “documentary”, ‘Voyage of Time’. Malick’s telling of the birth and end of the universe with two distinct versions, one narrated by Cate Blanchette and the other by Brad Pitt. There’s the loving rundown of the big physical media releases for the week and the guys share the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Finally, Matt and Chris award their personal “best ofs” from the Malick Marathon.   00:00-11:16: Intro/Three Thousand Years Of Longing 11:17-22:57: Physical Media Picks & Darkplace(?) 23:58-33:22: Voyage Of Time 33:23-42:59: Malick Marathon Awards 43:00-44:41: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the return of everyone’s favorite Esther, it’s ‘Orphan: First Kill’. In this prequel to the cult classic, they take a BIG swing, but does it connect? For the hit.  It’s a baseball metaphor.  Then our Malick Marathon continues with its penultimate entry, ‘Night Of The Cups’. Christian Bale stars as a lost man in search of himself. As there is apparently raging hurricanes around him at all times as Malick’s camera is never stationary. There’s the life-bringing rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week, plus Chris checks in on whether Matt watched that first episode of ‘Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place’. Finally, Matt and Chris close out the show with another round of Call It!  What’s making the cut this time…?   00:00-14:20: Intro/Orphan: First Kill 14:21-30:02: Physical Media & Darkplace 30:03-42:50: Knight Of The Cups 42:51-1:00:01: Call It! 1:00:02-1:01:37: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt catch up with the latest offering from A24, the post-post-modern murder satire ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’. Someone turns up dead during a friendly game, but who dun it? And does it even matter?  From there it’s on to the Brad Pitt led latest over-saturated action cameo-fest, ‘Bullet Train’. So many stars! So much potential!  So much movie!  Then Matt and Chris crest the top of the bell curve with our third entry in our Malick Marathon, ‘The New World’. Breathtaking visuals, quiet, contemplatively shots, featuring an expansive story about the birth of America, through the lens of one relationship.  There’s the cosmic rundown of the big Physical Media Releases, along with the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week! The supersized episode then closes with Chris and Matt’s favorite Brad Pitt performances, which I assume is just a supercut of Pitt in ‘Thelma & Louise’.   00:00-14:42: Intro/Bodies, Bodies, Bodies 14:43-24:26: Bullet Train 24:27-39:01: Physical Media Releases 39:02-54:36: The New World 54:37-1:08:17: 5 Favorite Brad Pitt Performances 1:08:18-1:10:16: Warp Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt head deep into the frontier as we discuss the latest Predator sequel, ‘Prey’. In this entry, a budding Comanche warrior goes up against one of the fiercest hunters in the universe. Can she take it down? And how much Mary Sue BS does the internet stir up this time? Then our Malick Marathon continues with ‘The Thin Red Line’. Malick’s fictional story during the Guadalcanal Campaign in World War II. So how does it stack up against some of the more well-known war films like ‘Apocalypse Now’, ‘Platoon’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’…? There’s the crowd rousing rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show by coming up with their 5 Sequel Scenario Ideas! Where should a Predator pop up next? When would you put Pinhead?   00:00-19:02: Intro/Prey 19:03-32:56: Physical Media Picks 32:57-43:40: The Thin Red Line 43:41-56:02: 5 Sequel Scenarios 56:03-57:38: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the first animated feature for A24, it’s ‘Marcel The Shell With Shoes On’. Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp bring their wildly popular shorts to the big screen in a heartwarming tale that hits all the buttons. Perhaps unremarkably so?  Then Matt and Chris get their visual poetry on with ‘Days of Heaven’, the first entry in their Terrence Malick Marathon. There’s the electrifying rundown of the big Physical Media Releases, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then the guys wrap up the show by slowing it down for another hip and happening entry of ‘The Lounge’ featuring a breakdown of all the MCU announcements at the San Diego ComicCon. Note: The Warner Bros/Discovery discussion took place just as the Scoob sequel and Batgirl cancellations were announced.  All the other recent shenanigans hadn’t broken yet. So put on some smooth jazz, kick back, and take it easy my friend.  It’s another chill episode of The First Run.   00:00-09:24: Intro/Marcel The Shell With Shoes On 09:25-18:41: Physical Media Picks 18:42-29:41: Days of Heaven 29:42-59:28: The Lounge 59:29-1:01:23: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Jordan Peele’s third film, his third number one debut, and the most successful original IP film of the year, ‘Nope’.  After the smash success of ‘Get Out’ and the thrilling, but not quite as good ‘Us’, Peele returns with his take on the alien horror, comedy, social commentary, western, sci-fi, mystery, family drama genre.  Then they guys pick up the slack left my Chris’ illness last week and discuss the Norwegian killer kids thriller, ‘The Innocents’. And the speaking of social commentary, there’s Regina Hall’s ‘Master’.  There’s the death-defying rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Scary Kids. In a movie.   00:00-20:24: Intro/Nope 20:25-30:24: The Innocents 30:25-40:35: Physical Media Picks 40:36-49:52: Master 49:53-1:03:41: 5 Favorite Scary Movie Kids 1:03:42-1:06:13: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

Matt Howell with....well, nobody. I'm by myself today. You may be asking yourself where is the esteemed captain of this podcast ship? Well, Chris is recovering from a particularly nasty bug that prevented him from venturing out to the theaters and has affected his voice. He wants his ravings to be at the crystal clear quality you've come to expect so there is no new episode for this week. But fear not, most loyal listener. Your podcast BFFs are not going to leave you high and dry. For your listening pleasure, we have a special episode of Chris' other show, ScreenRun. ScreenRun is a film podcast where Chris and the podcast mommy herself, the Lady Wan, run through the filmography of a particular director, actor or movie franchise per season. It's really quite good, you should like and subscribe. In the show's second season, Chris and Wan ran through the Alien series and we've queued up for you the episode for what some would correctly call the best film in the franchise with James Cameron's 1986 sequel, Aliens. If you're saying to yourself "Matt...you're my favorite...I tune in for you!" I would say that you have excellent taste and to fear not since they were gracious enough to invite me as a guest on this episode. Thank you for your understanding and rest assured, your favorite internet uncles will be back next week to discuss the Norwegian supernatural thriller The Innocents, the psychological horror film Master, and Jordan Peele's much anticipated third film, Nope. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this special presentation of Screen Run.

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt lace up their Chuck Taylors and head down to the court to shoot some hoops as Adam Sandler returns in the Netflix original, ‘Hustle’. The sports movie is a tried and true genre, but is there enough there to make for compelling viewing? Or is it a clichéd exercise?  Then it’s on to the horror import, ‘You Won’t Be Alone’, that takes a more humanist turn with the witch ethos. But does it sacrifice the terror too?  There’s the shriek inducing rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then wrap up the big show by sharing their 5 Favorite Dramatic Turns By Comedians.  Is this how Matt becomes Joker?  Listen on, if you dare!   00:00-09:30: Hustle 09:31-16:57: Physical Media Picks 16:58-26:58: You Won’t Be Alone 26:59-42:34: 5 Favorite Dramatic Turns By Comedians 42:35-43:47: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt get their spooky time on with the latest from Blumhouse, ‘The Black Phone’. Is it the best horror movie in ages or is that more hyperbole from the desperate fan base of a genre with the lowest bar for entry and yet the highest bar for quality? Your know-it-all internet uncles are here to make the definitive call. Then they dive into the lemarchand box of stop motion animation, Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’, one man’s passion project 30 years in the making with a history that seems like it was cribbed from a creepy pasta. Was it worth it? Does it make sense? Have your hosts stared into the void and saw the void stare back? You’ll find out soon enough! They’ll have our rundown of the new releases on physical media, your Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.Then Matt and Chris wrap it up with the bookie approved probability game, What Are The Odds? So Let’s get this further descent into despair and madness started with a clip from the Black Phone.   00:00-11:06: Intro/The Black Phone 11:07-20:27: Physical Media Picks 20:28-30:12: Mad God 30:13-52:51: What Are The Odds?!? 52:52-54:19: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discus the latest content from Disney, it’s ‘Lightyear’, the movie Andy saw that inspired his love for the Buzz Lightyear character and toys! Is it a fitting sorta’ origin for Buzz? And where is poor, poor Tim Allen? Then it’s time for the guys to grow up one more time with the latest coming-of-age film, ‘Cha Chan Real Smooth’. This time, a young man is adrift after college and falls for an older woman with her own personal challenges. And heartfelt hilarity follows from there. As it always does…? Chris and Matt have a quick discussion on Fathom’s “presentation” of The Thing” to celebrate its 40th Anniversary.  There’s the interstellar review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight To DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week! Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Pixar Characters? I wouldn’t hold out hope for a Lightning McQueen appearance. Vroom Vroom! It’s The First Run!   00:00-13:35: Intro/Lightyear 13:36-19:57: 40th Anniversary Screening of The Thing 19:58-35:35: Physical Media Picks 35:36-46:44: Cha Cha Real Smooth 46:45-55:41: 5 Favorite Pixar Characters 55:42-57:20: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt take one last ride around the park with ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’.  Is this a fitting send off or proof that this franchise should have remained extinct?  Then it’s on to discuss ‘Rise Roar Revolt’ or ‘RRR’, the Tollywood action film that was a smash hit in India and is taking the rest of the world by storm. Are we going to have another example of Chris gushing over the new hotness du jour with Matt not seeing what the big deal is or vice versa? Will our hosts do what they usually do and agree? Listen on to find out!  There’s the suspenseful rundown of the big Physical Media Picks of the Week, featuring straight to dvd and streaming picks of the week then we’ll wrap up the show with everyone’s reference to the 2010 New Orleans Saints, Who Dat?!?  Featuring appearances by Greta Gerwig, Todd Phillips, Matt Reeves, and more!   00:00-24:39: Intro/Jurassic World: Dominion 24:40-38:37: Physical Media Picks 38:38-56:04: RRR 56:05-1:15:12: Who Dat?!? 1:15:13-1:16:26: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Cronenberg’s return to gross, icky, body horror sex stuff with ‘Crimes Of The Future’.  After a run of critically acclaimed thrillers, a shift into smaller, odder films, Daddy Cronenberg is back, but does he still got it?  And it meaning Ewww and Ohhhh…  Then it’s another theatrical release, IFC Midnight and Shudder presents ‘Watcher’, featuring Maika (‘It Follows’) Monroe. Does director Chloe Okuno breathe new life into the genre?  There’s the edge-of-your seat rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show with their 5 Favorite Most Unsettling Cronenberg Scenes.   00:00-15:23: Intro/Crimes Of The Future 15:24-32:06: Physical Media Picks 32:07-39:39: Watcher 39:40-55:44: 5 Favorite Cronenberg Scenes 55:45-57:43: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt break out the aviators and cue up the Kenny Loggins for the sequel to that Tom Cruise volleyball movie, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’. 35+ years later, is the magic still there, or was the original such an artifact of its time that the past should have been left well enough alone.  Then it’s on to Taiwan for the extreme horror riff on The Crazies, ‘The Sadness’.  Described as “The most violent and depraved zombie movie of all time”, can it possibly live up to the hype?  As always, there’s the breakdown of the big Physical Media releases and the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris wrap up the show with their Top 5 Childhood Pop Culture Crushes…man that’s a mouthful.   00:00-24:49: Intro/Top Gun: Maverick 24:50-41:16: Physical Media Picks 41:17-52:05: The Sadness 52:06-1:06:43: 5 Favorite Childhood Crushes 1:06:44-1:08:18: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt get into a philosophical discussion about Men.  Specifically Alex Garland’s latest, ‘Men’. #NotAllMen, but maybe #MostMen?  After the successes of ‘Ex Machina’ and ‘Annihilation’ (and the rumored ghost directing of ‘Dredd’), Garland returns with a horror film about toxic bro’s, bro. And so much more.  Too much more?  Then CageFest wraps with ‘Jiu-Jitsu’ featuring a bunch of people picking up some extra shifts and a drop-in by the man himself.  There’s the stylin’ rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show with the traditional marathon awards ceremony. Time to break down the best and worst of CageFest!   00:00-13:19: Intro/Men 13:20-27:24: Physical Media Picks 27:25-41:27: CageFest: Jiu-Jitsu 41:28-49:23: CageFest Awards 49:24-53:32: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest Stephen King adaptation, scratch that, the latest adaptation remake. The film sparking our interest this time is ‘Firestarter’.  We’ve long been supporters of remaking bad films, and John Lester’s original is far from a classic.  So does ‘Firestarter’ light us up?  Then CageFest continues with ‘Vengeance: A Love Story’.  Nic Cage is a cop on the edge, who crosses the line when of punks get off.  Sounds awesome. So is it?  There’s the rambunctious rundown of the big releases Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Stephen King Movie Scares!  Haunted cars, rabid dogs, and demonic clowns. Will The Dark Tower make the list?  More like Dork Tower.  It's The First Run!   00:00-13:41: Intro/Firestarter 13:42-16:39: Happening 16:40-32:41: Physical Media Picks 32:42-43:48: Vengeance: A Love Story 43:49-56:16: 5 Favorite Stephen King Scares 56:17-58:29: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest entry to the MCU and Sam Raimi’s directorial return to comic book movies, ‘Dr Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’. Do we have another event MCU film with the Fox characters (X-Men, Fantastic Four, etc.) make their big debuts? Plus Chris shares his thoughts on the latest AMC Feature Drink, ‘The Sorcerer’. Then, CageFest continues with the I’m-not-sure-what-it-is-supposed-to-be ‘Kill Chain’, a Nic Cage movie that has a rather large dearth of Nic Cage. As always, there’s the breakdown the Physical Media releases, featuring the Straight To DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap up the show with their 5 Favorite Marvel Post Credit Sequences. Holy crap, you are excited! So cast your self a spell or two and settle in for another episode!   00:00-19:44: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness 19:45-21:58: AMC The Sorcerer Adult Beverage 21:59-32:42: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Spoilers 32:43-42:51: Physical Media Picks 42:52-51:35: CageFest: Kill Chain 51:36-1:01:36: 5 Favorite MCU Post Credit Scenes 1:01:37-1:03:16: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the Finnish horror film, ‘Hatching’. A film that is at once unimaginable and at the same time deceptively simple.  Then Cage-Fest continues with Matt “Ripping His Shirt” and I discussing the Larry Charles helmed comedy, that’s right, the Borat director’s ‘Army Of One’ has Cage on a mission to bring in Osama Bin Laden, alive!  There’s the stupefyingly beautiful rundown of the big releases featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris wrap up the big show with another round of ‘Call It!’, featuring Audrey Hepburn, Jesus, Hanshiro Tsugumo, and more! So grab your swords and delicately pack your eggs.  It’s another wild trip down the road of cinema! Yay.   00:00-13:51: Intro/Hatching 13:52-24:51: Physical Media Releases 24:52-35:27: CageFest: Army Of One 35:28-52:36: Call It! 52:37-54:46: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt go on a raid with Robert Eggers’ highly anticipated Viking revenge Hamlet (but not really) homage ‘The Northman’. After finding success with ‘The Witch’ and ‘The Lighthouse’, can Eggers’ streak of great films that begin with indefinite articles continue? Then we kick off our CageFest marathon with the meta action comedy, ‘Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’. With the critical acclaim for his last project, ‘Pig’, does Cage capture the magic again?  We’ll give a breakdown of this week’s Physical Media releases and as well as the Straight-To-DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Matt and Chris then wrap up the show with their patented fill in the blank game, TFR Libs. This week featuring The Expendable, The Batman, and more! So grab you axe, show up at a birthday party for a gun-runner and let’s get ready to party!   00:00-13:09: Intro/The Northman 13:10-22:14: Physical Media Picks 22:15-35:11: The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent 35:12-52:16: TFR Libs 52:17-54:03: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest (and lastest?) in the Fantastic Beasts series, ‘The Secrets Of Dumbledore’.  The Harry Potter expansion returns with Eddie Redmayne, who should have lost that Best Actor statue to Michael Keaton, Dan Fogler, Jude Law, and Mads Mikkleson taking over for Johnny Depp. Can the series redeem itself from its droll cash grab roots?  Then it’s on to the Netflix original ‘Choose Or Die’ as a couple of crazy kids find an old video game with a terrifying interactive feature.  Chris sure does love his 80’s homages, but is that enough?  There’s the gut-wrenching rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Chris has some corrections and stumbled across a potential massive scandal. Finally Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Movie Projects Associated With Horrible People.  Woody Allen? Bill Cosby? Roman Polanski?  Sounds like fun…   00:00-16:24: Intro/Fantastic Beasts: Secrets Of Dumbledore 16:25-26:36: Physical Media Releases 26:37-31:04: SCANDAL 31:05-39:13: Choose Or Die 39:14-57:15: 5 Great Movies Associated With Horrible People 57:16-59:24: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt catch up with yet another multiverse film in the Daniels’ ‘Everything, Everywhere All At Once’ with Michelle Yeoh. We also get into some Bay-hem with ‘Ambulance’, featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Can there be too much Everything-Go-Boom?  There’s the discussion of the big physical media releases, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then we’ll wrap up the show with everyone’s favorite role play game, Who Dat?!? featuring appearances by Johnny Hollywood, other big time CEO’s, and Christopher Lloyd. All that and more on this week’s program!   00:00-13:10: Intro/Everything Everywhere All At Once 13:11-27:16: Physical Media Picks 27:17-30:07: Romero’s Lost Short: Jacaranda Joe 30:08-41:16: AmbuLAnce 41:17-1:02:32: Who Dat?!? 1:02:33-1:04:05: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on a special 601st anniversary episode of The First Run, initially things looked pretty bleak for your intrepid hosts. Not only do Matt and Chris discuss the latest Marvel side piece, ‘Morbius’, Chris messed up and watched ‘The Bubble’, forgetting that we all agreed last week to watch ‘Fresh’.  So what did we do? We watched all three. Plus Chris debuts a new feature! So was the week redeemed?  There’s the life-affirming review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris leave the Top 5’s behind, at least for this week, with the return of everyone’s favorite Vegas style segment, ‘What Are The Odds’, featuring Sony, Netflix, and more!  So grab your garlic necklaces, be sure to tenderize your meat, and quarantine yourself with a few pals for this episode of The First Run!   00:00-18:38: Intro/Morbius 18:39-29:47: The Bubble 29:48-38:11: Physical Media Picks 38:12-49:14: Fresh 49:15-1:04:43: What Are The Odds?!? 1:04:44-1:06:31: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on a special 600th episode of The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the return of the romantic adventure genre featuring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in ‘The Lost City’.  A historical romance writer is kidnapped as she may know certain clues to a lost treasure.  Is it a genre primed for a comeback? And how is the chemistry between Bullock and Tatum? Then it’s on to this year’s Best Picture winner, ‘CODA’.  The story of a hearing young woman who is the “Child Of Deaf Adults” who is desperate to leave her small town behind and pursue an education in music. But she’s torn by the love of her family and their dependance on her.  Best Picture, huh?  There’s the heartwarming review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then wrap up the show and the Countdown of their 50 Favorite Films with movies 10-1.   00:00-13:17: Intro/The Lost City 13:18-24:20: Physical Media Picks 24:21-36:15: CODA 36:16-43:24: 2022 Oscars Recap 43:25-1:08:23: TFR Top 50: 10-1 1:08:24-1:10:56: Wrap Up   Theme music provided by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest from Ti West, ‘X’. After the fantastic ‘House Of The Devil’, the underwhelming ‘The Innkeepers’, and the solid ‘The Sacrament’, West returns with his loving tribute to 70’s slashers. The kids seem to love it, but is it scary? Then the psychological super-hot sexy thriller featuring super sexy Ben Affleck and super-duper sexy Ana De Armas. And what does J-Lo think of all this? I bet you Ben’s in some ‘Deep Water’…There’s the thrilling review of thebig releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week! Matt and Chris then close the show with their anniversary countdown of the 50 Favorite Films. This time out, it’s 20-11. So close!

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest Ryan Reynolds / Shaw Levy team up, ‘The Adam Project’.  After the success of ‘Free Guy’, the two return for a sci-fi actioner for Netflix featuring Reynolds’ unending, some say unbearable, charm, drama, romance, and thrills!  But does it end the drought of the star’s lack luster Netflix produced content?  Then it’s on the Kenneth Branaugh’s Best Picture contender, ‘Belfast’.  The family drama set during the clashes in the Irish town as Jamie Dornan and his family struggle to survive and do what’s right.  There’s the luxurious rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  The show then closes as Matt and Chris continue the Countdown of their 50 Favorite Films as we inch closer to episode 600.  This week, it’s films 30-21!   00:00-12:48: Intro/The Adam Project 12:49-22:28: Physical Media Picks 22:29-30:57: Belfast 30:58-55:25: TFR Top 50: 30-21 55:26-57:32: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Matt Reeves’ entry in the Batman movie franchise, ‘The Batman’. Robert Pattinson dons the cowl and begins a new era for the caped crusader.  But is it a good era?  Then it’s on to Sean Baker’s latest slice of underbelly Americana with ‘Red Rocket’.  Simon Rex won the Best Male Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards for his performance.  But how’s the film itself?  There’s the ever-adorable rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show with the continuation of their Top 50 Favorite Films.  This week, it’s 40-31!   00:00-27:46: Intro/The Batman 27:47-36:44: Physical Media Picks 36:45-47:06: Red Rocket 47:07-1:11:33: TFR Top 50: 40-31 1:11:34-1:12:52: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

Lots of subtitles this time. This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest Pedro Almodóvar and Penelope Cruz team up, ‘Parallel Mothers’. Cruz plays a single mother trying to balance her career, life, and a terrible secret. Speaking of secrets, I was certain Matt “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” Howell was going to watch the Lawrence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin classic ‘Fled’ instead, but thankfully here we are. It’s the Danish animated documentary tearing up the charts, ‘Flee’.  A tale of survival and secrets from a child refugee of war-torn Afghanistan.  To lighten things up, we’ll review the big releases on Physical Media featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show with the first part of our 10 Favorite Films of 2021, Films 10-6.  What’s making the cut? Listen on to find out.    00:00-11:45: Intro/Parallel Mothers 11:46-26:18: Physical Media Picks 26:19-38:10: Flee 38:11-54:20: 10 Favorite Films of 2021: 10-6 54:21-55:17: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the potential revitalization of one of the most popular horror franchises of the 90’s and aughts.  It’s Scream!  What’s with the re-using of original titles lately? TCM, Halloween, now Scream?  Weird.  So How have Sidney, Gale, and Dewey been?  What’s up in murder town, or as we also know it, Greensboro.  And who are all these young kids?  Then it’s on to the Norwegian import, ‘The Worst Person In The World’.  Getting lots of buzz, including a Best Actress win at Cannes, it’s another slice of life, coming of age film we’ve been specializing in lately.  But does it offer something different?  There’s the life-altering review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  The show closes with Matt and Chris sharing their 5 Favorite 90’s Horror Films. Hola, Sidney!   00:00-18:40: Intro/Scream (2022) 18:41-27:44: Physical Media Picks 27:45-37:45: The Worst Person In The World 37:46-54:24: 5 Favorite 90’s Horror Films 54:25-55:53: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

It’s a week of Black & White films.  In fact, in honor of the films, we recorded this in black and white.  And mono. This may be the episode that breaks Matt. Because first up, It’s Joel Coen’s adaptation of the classic ‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’.  Denzel Washington plays the titular Macbeth.  Can it’s streamlined production save it from Matt’s wrath?  Then it’s on to Mike Mills’ ‘C’Mon C’Mon’.  A slice of life film featuring Joaquin Phoenix in the thoughtful, sensitive role that perhaps further cements him as one of our greatest living actors. There’s the essential listening that is the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  The show then closes as Matt and Chris share their 5 Favorite Passion Projects, featuring Travolta, Bruno, Spielberg, and more!   00:00-19:09: Intro/The Tragedy Of Macbeth 19:10-37:15: Physical Media Picks 37:16-49:44: C’Mon C’Mon 49:45-1:13:25: 5 Favorite Passion Projects 1:13:26-1:15:13: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, does Matt finally quite the show after I make him watch a Japanese drama about a guy getting chauffeured around for 3 hours?  That’s right, it’s the highly regarding Best International Feature front runner from Japan, ‘Drive My Car’.  Heartache, grief, plays, and road trips!  Sounds like a blast.  Then Matt and Chris dip their toe in the 2022 Sundance Film Festival pool with Riley Stearns’ ‘Dual’ and Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead’s ‘Something In The Dirt’.  There’s the remarkable rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  The show then closes as Chris and Matt share their 5 Favorite Doppelgänger Films, featuring the tethered, snatched bodies, and some good old-fashioned obsession.   00:00-13:16: Intro/Drive My Car 13:17-22:35: Physical Media Picks 22:36-31:37: Dual 31:38-33:59: Something In The Dirt 34:00-51:15: 5 Favorite Doppelgänger Films 51:16-53:15: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest from the director of Chris’ favorite film of the 21st Century, PTA returns with ‘Licorice Pizza’.  A coming-of-age story in early 70’s LA. A little slice of life film that’s received some heat in the online discourse regarding the purposeful age gap of our stars.  What’s up with that?  Then its on to the latest film from Matthew Vaughn as he continues the expansion of the Kingsmen franchise with an origin story, ‘The King’s Man’.  How did the super-duper private British intelligence agency come about? And does anyone else find it weird watching M as a kick butt secret agent?  There’s the completely enrapturing rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show with another round of ‘Call It’! Featuring Chris Hemsworth, Brian Mills, Sydney Prescott, the Blair Witch, and more!     00:00-23:24: Intro/Licorice Pizza 23:25-29:45: Physical Media Picks 29:46-37:29: The King’s Man 37:30-56:04: Call It! 56:05-58:36: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the last episode of 2021 of The First Run, Chris and Matt share their thoughts on The Matrix: Resurrections.  Lana Wachowski returns to the franchise that changed cinema with a new story to tell.  But a story perhaps somewhat influenced by a studio with perhaps a concern for a payday and not a new artistic endeavor.  Keanu Reeves and Carrie Anne Moss return, certain other decisions are made, and a sci-fi franchise is brought back to life.  But things ended so perfectly last time, should we be plugging back in?  Then Adam McKay continues his run of all-star casts, political commentary, and possibly diminishing laughs with the eco-disaster political satire, ‘Don’t Look Up’.  Leonardo DiCaprio leads McKay’s film with an important message that either lands or crashes.  There’s the final rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris attempt to close out the year with some laughs as they share their 5 Favorite Adam McKay scenes.  It’s just another episode of the show that escalated quickly.   00:00-20:27: Intro/Matrix: Resurrections 20:28-26:52: Physical Media Picks 26:53-40:10: Don’t Look Up 40:11-54:34: 5 Favorite Adam McKay Scenes 54:35-56:17: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on a special non-holiday version of The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Matt’s most anticipated film of the year. It’s finally here, Tom Holland stars in Jon Watts’ ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’.  Marvel’s flagship character completes his trilogy with laughs, loves, shocks and thrills.  But can it actually meet Matt’s lofty expectations?  Then, on any other weekend, Guillermo Del Toro’s latest film, ‘Nightmare Alley’ dropped to little fanfare.  The former Best Director and Picture winner delivers his adaptation of a little known, but classic film noir from 1947.  Does Del Toro imagination improve on the original, or was it better leaving well enough alone?  There’s the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week, likely delivered by elves since we fired all the interns.  The show then closes with Matt and Chris sharing their 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2022. Come on Avatar 2!   00:00-12:55: Intro/Spider-Man: No Way Home 12:56-23:26: Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoilers 23:27-31:40: Physical Media Picks 31:41-44:18: Nightmare Alley 44:19-01:04:33: 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2022 01:04:34-01:06:09: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Matt’s movie advent calendar lights its second to last candle as we are 1 week away from Spider-Man No Way Home.  To hold Matt over, we’re discussing a film from his favorite genre, musicals.  It’s ‘West Side Story’ from the man who does not miss, Steven Spielberg.  Is now just the right time to unleash upon the world a romantic dramatic tragedy about potential irreconcilable conflicts between two groups.  Can they possible put their differences aside in the name of love? And can we?  Then to ease tensions, Matt and Chris settle in on a cold wintery night with a few old friends, it’s ‘Black Friday’.  A meta film about the evils of the consumerism side of the holidays.  There’s the heart-warming rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  The big show then wraps with Chris and Matt sharing their 5 Favorite Spielberg Films.   00:00-17:27: Intro/West Side Story ‘21 17:28-28:13: Physical Media Picks 28:14-37:05: Black Friday 37:06-50:23: 5 Favorite Spielberg Films 50:24-51:15: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Jane Campion’s latest film with a stellar ensemble of Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict’s Cumberbatch, America’s sweetheart Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, and Kodi Smith-McPhee in the Netflix original, ‘The Power of The Dog’. A western about masculinity, love, and violence.  Then Paul Verhoeven has entered the twilight years of his career.  Is he still turning out bangers? That’s right, it’s the not quite nunsploitation thriller, ‘Benedetta’. There’s the always illuminating review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week!  The big show then closes with Matt and Chris playing another round of your favorite fill-in-the-blank game, ‘TFR Libs’!  Note: Not only does Chris misquote ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’, it’s..”I’ll love you ‘til the day I die”, but he also incorrectly dates ‘Black Xmas’ as a 90’s film when it was clearly released in 2006.  There goes another intern.  At Christmas no less…   00:00-11:50: Intro/The Power Of The Dog 11:51-21:00: Physical Media Picks 21:01-33:47: Benedetta 33:48-51:27: TFR Libs 51:28-53:07: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the obvious Oscar bait film that is ‘King Richard’.  Does the story of Richard Williams, the drive behind Venus and Serena Williams’ career, give Will Smith the ability to finally net that elusive Best Actor statue?  Then Resident Evil goes the reboot route with ‘Welcome To Raccoon City’.  The film sticks closer to the games, which may be a delight for the fans, but does it break the video game movie curse?  I mean it HAS to be better than the Paul WS Anderson run, right?  RIGHT?!?  There’s the life changing rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show with their 2nd favorite, non-spouse swapping role playing game, ‘Who Dat?!?’. This week featuring special appearances by Jared Leto, a special Twitter account, and…Matt…?  Let’s get to listening!   00:00-11:22: Intro/King Richard 11:23-22:42: Physical Media Picks 22:43-32:28: Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City 32:29-55:08: Who Dat?!? 55:09-56:35: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt see if you really can go home again.  The latest attempt to revive a beloved franchise, or at least that first film, is helmed by the son of the original director, features appearances of the original cast, and is overstuffed with homages.  That’s right, it’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife.  Does it capture the magic of the 1984 original and justify its existence?  Then it’s on to the Netflix original, featuring current Hollywood ‘It Guy’, Johnathan Majors as real-life cowboy, Nat Love, on a quest for vengeance in ‘The Harder They Fall’.  Matt loves him some westerns, so surely this will be right up his alley!  There’s the riveting discussion of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the big show with a truly stunning round of ‘What Are The Odds?!?’ in all it’s hyperbolic glory!  Happy Black Friday shopping gang!     00:00-15:04: Intro/Ghostbusters: Afterlife 15:05-24:02: Physical Media Picks 24:03-31:25: The Harder They Fall 31:26-48:05: What Are The Odds?!? 48:06-50:20: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

On this special episode of TFR Focus, Chris and Matt are joined by Gomez of Playlist Wars to discuss one of his favorite actors and franchises, Nic Cage and National Treasure!  It’s guest’s choice this time as Gomez wants to breakdown Nic Cage and Disney’s National Treasure films.  Not only that, but then the guys tick off their 5 Favorite Nic Cage Performances! All this and more on the latest episode of The First Run Focus!   00:00-31:56: Intro/National Treasure 31:57-51:11: National Treasure: Book Of Secrets 51:12-1:16:49: 5 Best Nic Cage Roles 1:16:50-1:20:00: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the Netflix blockbuster, per Netflix, ‘Red Notice’.  Featuring 3 of today’s biggest stars!  Has a new action franchise been born?  And is that a good thing?  Then AppleTV+ has their own premiere, featuring America’s Dad, Tom Hanks in a heart-warming tale about the apocalypse.  It’s ‘Finch’!  There’s the deliriously entertaining rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week!  Then it’s one of Matt’s favorite segments we do, our 2021 Holiday Gift Guide for the movie lover in your life.  Or you.   00:00-13:23: Intro/Red Notice 13:24-22:48: Physical Media Picks 22:49-26:52: Spider-Man No Way Home Trailer 26:53-35:01: Finch 35:02-48:48: 2021 Holiday Gift Guide 48:49-49:20: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss ‘Eternals’, the latest film from the MCU, directed by your most recent Best Picture and Director winner, one Ms. Chloé Zhao.  Initially concerned it was going to be a gorgeous looking bore, with it also being the lowest rated MCU film on Rotten Tomatoes, can it actually be…good..?  Then Wes Anderson returns with his latest project filled with whimsy and quirk, ‘The French Dispatch’. Featuring his typical all star cast, does Anderson deliver another odd, enthralling film?  There’s the venerable rundown of the big releases in Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Wes Anderson characters.  Will your favorite make the cut?  Come on Dingman!      00:00-18:15: Intro/Eternals 18:16-29:10: Physical Media Picks 29:11-39:39: The French Dispatch 39:40-48:38: 5 Favorite Wes Anderson Characters 48:39-51:19: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt have another triple feature in store for all you!  First Up, TFR favorite Edgar Wright deliver’s his version of the giallo with a possible dusting of time travel thrown in with, ‘Last Night In Soho’, featuring Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy. Wright has yet to make a bad film, could this be the first one?  Then it’s on to the horror film, ‘Antlers’, featuring an interesting monster and a dash about eco-horror.  From there the Body Horror Marathon wraps up with David Cronenberg’s ‘Dead Ringers’, featuring Jeremy Irons and Genevieve Bujold.  There’s the always thrilling review of the big release on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their Body Horror Marathon Awards.  It’s been an odd marathon with what you may think are obvious choices.  Only way to know for sure is to listen dear friends!   00:00-14:24: Intro/Last Night In Soho 14:25-20:51: Antlers 20:52-29:46: Physical Media Picks 29:47-38:04: Dead Ringers 38:05-47:32: Body Horror Marathon Awards 47:33-49:20: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

On this special Halloween episode of The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss two Shudder exclusives.  First up it’s the possibly soon-to-be cult classic, the ‘WNUF Halloween Special’.  A film designed to look like a bootleg VHS copy of a local news Halloween Special that goes horribly wrong.  Then the V/H/S anthology series returns with 4 new stories with ‘V/H/S/94’.  Can the series conquer the anthology film trap of being terribly uneven with this latest entry?  And finally as Halloween night is upon us, Matt and Chris share a horror movie pick for the streaming service of your choice.  Basically all of them.  So cuddle up, lock the doors, and settle in for a spooky Halloween special from your ghoulish friends at The First Run!   00:00-07:33: Intro/WNUF Halloween Special 07:34-19:19: V/H/S/94 19:20-32:52: Horror Streaming Picks 32:53-34:04: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

Guys. Holy crap guys. This week, the show is simply bursting with content. First, Chris and Matt discuss the much-anticipated Dune: Part 1, the passion project of First Run favorite Denis Villeneuve. Is it gorgeous? Is it exciting? Is it as weird as its source material? Only one way to find out. Well, two if you count watching yourselves. The guys then give you not one, but two, bonus discussions on Ridley Scott's latest sword and shield historical epic, The Last Duel, and an Icelandic horror fairy tale thing with Lamb. Then the Body Horror Marathon continues with The Incredible Melting Man, one of the only films reviewed for the podcast that is also the subject of an MST3K episode. So there's that. As always, we give our Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week, Chris runs down the physical media releases because you'll pry his 4k disks from his cold, dead hands and wrap it up with a spooky season edition of Call It! What are you waiting for?! Get in here!   00:00-22:32: Intro/Dune 22:33-33:27: The Last Duel 33:28-42:22: Lamb 42:23-49:11: Physical Media Picks 49:12-57:15: The Incredible Melting Man 57:16-01:10:42: Call It! 01:10:43-01:12:22: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt don their bleached Bill Shatner masks and settle for the highest kill count for any Michael Myers film with, ‘Halloween Kills’.  And brother does it ever.  But does a high body count translate to a good film?  Then the Body Horror Marathon continues with Japanese cult classic, ‘Tetsuo: The Iron Man’.  What would you do if you hit a guy with your car that was obsessed with transforming his body with various metal objects and so much worse?  How bad could it get?  Very bad apparently.  There’s the positively riveting review of the big releases Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week!  Then Matt and Chris close out the proceedings with their 5 Favorite Michael Myers Kills!  Which on of your favorites will make the cut?  Listen on to find out!   00:00-15:00: Intro/Halloween Kills 15:01-23:01: Physical Media Picks 23:02-31:50: Tetsuo: The Iron Man 31:51-40:25: 5 Best Michael Myers Kills 40:26-43:02: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris’ long wait for the Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond is over as after multiple delays, ‘No Time To Die’ is finally here.  Matt saw it too.  After all this time and all the self-imposed hype by Chris, can it possible stand up to his lofty expectations and be the perfect send off for Craig?  Then the Body Horror Marathon continues with David Cronenberg’s ‘Rabid’.  If you ever wondered what would happen if you were in a bad motorcycle accident and had to be cared for by the local experimental plastic surgery shop as the closest hospital was too far away and then you developed some weird deformity that made you feed on blood and then infect your victims with their own insatiable need for blood, we have the film for you.  There’s the venerable rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Bond Gadgets!  How many of them are cars?  Any exploding pens or magnetic watches?  Listen to find out Double O fans!     00:00-16:57: Intro/No Time To Die 16:58-32:09: No Time To Die Spoilers and More 32:10-40:16: Physical Media Picks 40:17-48:12: Rabid 48:13-58:24: 5 Favorite Bond Gadgets 58:25-01:00:31: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check back in with their old buddy Eddie Brock and his symbiotic pal, Venom in ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’! With the original being as flawed as it was, does director Andy Serkis right the ship and deliver a superior sequel?  Or should we just head to the closest bell tower and be done with it?  Chris shares his thoughts on that French horror film where the woman gets impregnated by a car.  Is ‘Titane’ one of the best films of the year?!?  Then our Body Horror Marathon continues with ‘Tokyo Gore Police’.  One of the more gore-soaked films Matt and Chris have seen, that may be as disastrous as it is fun.  There’s the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then they guys close out the show with another round of everyone’s fill-in-the-blank game, TFR Libs, featuring some James Bond casting calls, 80’s movies sequels, and more!   00:00-16:24: Intro/Venom: Let There Be Carnage 16:25-20:31: Titane 20:32-29:04: Physical Media Picks 29:05-35:23: Tokyo Gore Police 35:24-51:05: TFR Libs 51:06-52:36: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, the bois chat about 'CopShop’. Gerard Butler and an almost unrecognizable Frank Grillo glare it up and make threats in this tough guy action-crime film. Then we kick-off the spooky season with ‘The Empty’ Man," a horror film that hits many different genre beats and ends up in a place completely different from where it started. Do we have an undiscovered horror cult classic in the making? We just might, gentle listeners. We just might. As always, Chris tells you what he thinks the big releases on physical media are, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. The show is all wrapped up with five horror double features recommendations from each of your esteemed hosts. Don't miss this one or you will be sad and no one wants that.   00:00-11:16: Intro/Copshop 11:17-23:55: Physical Media Picks 23:56-33:40: The Empty Man 33:41-48:37: 5 Horror Double Features 48:38-52:20: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss ‘Cry Macho’, as a now 91 year old Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this neo-Western, but has he aged out of the role?  Then BET presents ‘Karen’.  A horror film for our times?  A misguided cry for action?  Or a camp classic?  There’s the thrilling review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close out the show with another round of everyone’s favorite role-playing segment, ‘Who Dat?!?’!  This time featuring Christopher Nolan, Daniel Craig, Kevin Feige, and more!   00:00-10:57: Intro/Cry Macho 10:58-24:50: Physical Media Picks 24:51-38:56: Karen 38:57-1:09:06: Who Dat?!? 1:09:07-1:10:59: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on the big show, Chris and Matt discuss James Wan's return to the horror genre, "Malignant." Is this the body horror-Giallo-80's-Euro Horror mash-up that EVERYbody has been clamoring for all these years or is this a case of too many ingredients spoiling the stew? Then our mini-marathon of films with a woman's first name kicks-off with Mary Elizabeth Winsted in "Kate," as MEW Jane Wicks her way across Japan in a Netflix exclusive action flick. As always. Chris runs down the "big" releases on physical media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  We wrap the show with our Top 5 James Wan Scenes because we know you are just dying to know what we think. You can't wait to listen!   00:00-14:20: Intro/Malignant 14:21-26:29: Physical Media Picks 26:30-34:35: Kate 34:36-42:37: 5 Favorite James Wan Scenes 42:38-44:48: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chis and Matt discuss the latest film in the MCU as Phase 4 continues with ‘Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings’.  Wait, 10 Rings?  Didn’t we see that in Iron Man 3?  Does Shang-Chi escape its MCU template, or is it just another ride on the same merry-go-around, again?  Then Matt Damon stars in Tom McCarthy’s ‘Stillwater’.  After helming a Best Picture winner with ‘Spotlight’, then a Disney+ adaptation of the Timmy Failure book series, McCarthy returns with a fictionalized take of the Amanda Knox story.  Or not.  There’s the positively delicious review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  The show then wraps with Matt and Chris sharing their 5 Favorite MCU Villains.  Who makes the cut; Klaw? Blacklash? JJJ?!?  Tune in to find out!   00:00-17:14: Intro/Shang Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings 17:15-30:22: Physical Media Picks 30:23-38:41: Stillwater 38:42-49:23: 5 Favorite MCU Villains 49:24-51:17: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the softest of soft sequels, Nia Dacosta’s ‘Candyman’.  Does this new version live up to the bloody legacy of the first or is this yet another entry in the long line of films that should have been left well enough alone?  Then our Samurai Marathon wraps up with Masaki Kobayashi’s ‘Harakiri’. This is apparently one of the best jidaigeki films ever made. Will your esteemed film scholar hosts agree? Most likely but listen to what we have to say anyway! As always we rundown of the important releases on physical media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then the show closes with Chris and Matt awarding our Palme d’Esposito awards for the Samurai Marathon. If you missed this one, you would bring great shame to your daimyo and your house!   00:00-22:29: Intro/Candyman 22:30-34:16: Physical Media Picks 34:17-45:17: Harakiri 45:18-55:00: Samurai Marathon Awards 55:01-56:03: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss ‘Reminiscence’.  Hugh Jackman stars in this sci-fi neo-noir as he looks for the missing wrong woman that captured his heart and then disappeared.  Will he like what he finds?  From the mind of Lisa Joy, one of the creators of HBO’s Westworld.  Chris then shares his thoughts about Rebecca Hall and the horror film that’s not quite what you think it is, ‘The Night House’.  The Samurai Marathon sort of continues with Kenji Mizoguchi’s ‘Ugetsu’. The classic adaptation of Ueda Akinari's tales ‘The House in the Thicket’ and ‘The Lust of the White Serpent’. There’s some talk of the new ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ trailer.  Then the show closes with the guys’ sharing their 5 Favorite Flashbacks in movies! You can save this episode and relive it over and over!   00:00-11:39: Reminiscence 11:40-14:12: The Night House 14:13-22:58: Physical Media Picks 22:59-29:02: Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer 29:03-34:49: Ugetsu 34:50-53:42: 5 Favorite Flashbacks 53:43-56:01: Wrap Up/Outtake   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the Ryan Reynolds starred comedy, ‘Free Guy’.  Reynolds plays a NPC who gains sentience and begins to long for something more.  And it’s funny! Right?!?  Then the Samurai Marathon continues with ‘The Tale Of Zatoichi’, the first film in the beloved and long-running series.  After the cinematic hurricanes that were the first two entries in the marathon, we get a more contemplative film.  Was that better?  There’s the marvelous rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week!  The show then closes as Matt and Chris engage in a little gambling with the return of ‘What Are The Odds?’.  Will ScarJo win her lawsuit?  Will ‘Dune’ at least break even? That and more on this week’s show.   00:00-11:10: Intro/Free Guy 11:11-22:58: Physical Media Picks 22:59-32:42: The Tale Of Zatoichi 32:43-58:32: What Are The Odds? 58:33-59:58: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt are joined by friend of the show, Sean to breakdown the DCEU’s potential soft reboot with James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’. Has the DCEU found their path forward?  Or is a hard R rated superhero film not exactly the best way to obtain mass appeal?  Then our Samurai Marathon continues with the mashup of the first two films in the classic Lone Wolf & Cub films series with ‘Shogun Assassin’.  Can this American bastardization actually churn out an entertaining martial arts thriller?  There’s the regularly astounding review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Matt, Chris, and Sean then close out the show by sharing 5 DC Comic Properties Deserving Their Own Movie.  Who makes the cut?  And can we finally get that Mister Mxyzptlk Bat-Mite film we’ve longed for?     00:00-24:03: Intro/The Suicide Squad 24:04-38:22: Physical Media Picks & Criterion UHD 38:23-51:00: Shogun Assassin 51:01-1:17:47: 5 DC Characters Deserving Their Own Movie 1:17:48-1:20:27: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss David Lowery adaptation of a classic 14th century poem of Camelot with ‘The Green Knight’. Dev Patel stars as Gawain on his quest to become a knight and demonstrate all that title’s characteristics.  Then our Samurai Marathon begins with Kihachi Okamoto’s ‘The Sword Of Doom’! A tale of a samurai slipping into not just madness, but something darker.  There’s the venerable review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Finally, Matt and Chris close out the show with a round of Call It.  Who would be a worst Indiana Jones?  Take listen and find out!   00:00-14:10: Intro/The Green Knight 14:11-22:08: Physical Media Picks 22:09-31:03: The Sword Of Doom 31:04-47:56: Call It! 47:57-49:36: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest film in the GI Joe cinematic universe, ‘Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins’.  We finally get the story behind the franchise’s most popular character as Henry Golden steps into the role.  So does the franchise finally get on the right track? Or have the rolled snake eyes again…? (sorry) Then it’s M. Knight Shyamalan’s latest, ‘Old’.  In this thriller, a group of people find themselves on a secluded beach, aging very rapidly.  How do the escape and what is really going on?  And should you care?  There’s the venerable rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then wrap up the show by sharing their 5 Favorite GI Joe Characters.  And now you know.  And knowing is half the battle.   00:00-16:08: Intro/Snake Eyes 16:09-24:24: Physical Media Picks 24:25-35:43: Old 35:44-49:19: 5 Favorite GI Joe Characters 49:20-52:37: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the anti-John Wick non-revenge film ‘Pig’, featuring Mr. “Yes, I’ll Do It” Nicholas Cage.  A man who doesn’t know how to say no to any project, sometimes may find the diamond in the rough. Could this be one of those times…?  Then it’s on the Amazon Prime sci-fi actioner, ‘The Tomorrow War’.  Chris Pratt leads a fight against aliens. In the FUTURE!  So why has Chris Pratt’s favor begun to fall as he is now regularly dead last in the Hollywood Chris’s ranking.  There’s the getting entirely too long review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show with everyone’s favorite fill-in-the-blank game, TFR Libs.    00:00-08:41: Intro/Pig 08:42-22:53: Physical Media Picks 22:54-36:42: The Tomorrow War 36:43-58:04: TFR Libs 58:05-59:41: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, the MCU experience returns for Chris and Matt as they discuss ‘Black Widow’.  After 22 films, 7 of which she is featured, 1 of which she dies, Scarlett Johannsson’s Natasha Romanoff finally gets her own film.  Or does she?  Then our domination by Disney continues with Pixar’s latest, debuting exclusively on Disney+, ‘Luca’.  Sea monsters, kids, Italy!  What does the marvelous studio have in store for us this time?  There’s the rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close the show by sharing 5 Marvel Characters Deserving Their Own Film.  We’re looking at you Spot!   00:00-26:54: Intro/Black Widow 26:55-39:17: Physical Media Picks 39:18-47:43: Luca 47:44-1:05:28: 5 Marvel Characters Deserving Their Own Film 1:05:29-1:07:35: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, it’s EXTREME-casting.  Tropical storm/Hurricane Elsa is bearing down on Florida and This week on The First Run, it’s EXTREME-casting.  Tropical storm/Hurricane Elsa is bearing down on Florida and JC of Screenfix is here to once again drive Chris insane. First up, it’s the Twitter thread come to life black comedy road trip epic that is ‘Zola’.  Primarily shot locally here in Tampa, Chris hopes to identify all the local spots and see if this whole thing actually works, but is quickly undone by JC’s unique, we’ll say, perspective.  Then it’s on to Steven Soderbergh’s latest streaming exclusively on HBOMax, ‘No Sudden Move’.  Soderbergh returns to the twisty heist flick featuring a stellar cast out to get their hands on an incredibly dull McGuffin.  And more arguments are had. There’re the big releases on physical media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week!  The show then wraps with Chris’s first time role playing with a guest in ‘Who Dat’.  It’s always awkward the first time.  Join us for 90 minutes of entertaining madness as Chris is finally put in his place.   00:00-30:05: Intro/Zola (seriously, 30 minutes) 30:06-43:17: Physical Media Picks 43:18-1:03:20: No Sudden Move 1:03:21-1:25:54: Who Dat?!? 1:25:55-1:29:30: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey of Screenfix is here to once again drive Chris insane. First up, it’s the Twitter thread come to life black comedy road trip epic that is ‘Zola’.  Primarily shot locally here in Tampa, Chris hopes to identify all the local spots and see if this whole thing actually works, but is quickly undone by JC’s unique, we’ll say, perspective.  Then it’s on to Steven Soderbergh’s latest streaming exclusively on HBOMax, ‘No Sudden Move’.  Soderbergh returns to the twisty heist flick featuring a stellar cast out to get their hands on an incredibly dull McGuffin.  And more arguments are had. There’re the big releases on physical media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week!  The show then wraps with Chris’s first time role playing with a guest in ‘Who Dat’.  It’s always awkward the first time.  Join us for 90 minutes of entertaining madness as Chris is finally put in his place.   00:00-30:05: Intro/Zola (seriously, 30 minutes) 30:06-43:17: Physical Media Picks 43:18-1:03:20: No Sudden Move 1:03:21-1:25:54: Who Dat?!? 1:25:55-1:29:30: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt put the pedal to the metal and discuss the latest film in the fast car go boom franchise with ‘F9: The Fast Saga’.  What shenanigans can Vin and the family get into on behalf of America?  And wait…there’s a long-lost brother?!?  What about “family”?!?  Then it’s on to the monster who-dun-it, ‘Werewolves Within’, featuring Sam Richardson and Milana Vayntrub. How many people could a werewolf kill if the werewolf could kill people?  All of them I guess.  But who IS the werewolf…?  There’s the always rambunctious review of the big releases on physical media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  The big show then closes with 5 Films that could be improved by digitally replacing an actor with Vin Diesel.  No the correct answer isn’t “all of them”.   00:00-20:00: Intro/F9 20:01-29:55: Physical Media Picks 29:56-36:37: Werewolves Within 36:38-53:02: 5 Films Improved By Adding Vin Diesel 53:03-54:32: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the surprise sequel, ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’. All your favorites return, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Jackson, & Salma Hayek!  We can only go up from here!  Right…right? [Insert Anakin & Padme meme].  Then it’s on to the sci-fi thriller, ‘Prospect’, featuring First Run Favorite, Pedro Pascal.  He’s a not-so-nice guy that ends up teamed with a young woman as they try and find their way home.  In space.  There’s the rundown of the big releases in Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Then the show closes with Matt and Chris sharing their picks for the 5 Worst Movie Dads in honor of this past week’s Father’s day.  And also the fact that both films this week have some weird things to say about families.  So we’ve got that going for us, I guess.   00:00-11:25: Intro/The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard 11:26-25:30: Physical Media Picks 25:31-37:20: Prospect 37:21-54:30: 5 Worst Movie Dads 54:31-57:02: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Matt takes another week off, sunning in the Rivera.  So The Lady Wan takes pity on Chris and joins him to discuss ‘In The Heights’.  Can a musical save Hollywood, the theatrical experience, and America itself?  Then The Lady Wan and Chris discuss adaption of the hit novel, ‘The Woman In The Window’.  Just how many times can we remake ‘Rear Window’?  This time, it’s Joe Wright’s turn, director of one of the best films of the aughts, ‘Atonement’.  There’s the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  The celebration ends with Chris and The Lady Wan sharing their 5 Films That Would Be Improved By Becoming A Musical?  And no, ‘Halloween’ just wouldn’t work.   00:00-16:53: Intro/In The Heights 16:54-25:30: Physical Media Picks 25:31-35:24: The Woman In The Window 35:25-51:21: 5 Film Improved By Becoming A Musical 51:22-54:07: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt spend a couple hours in Chris’s favorite decade, the 80’s.  It’s 1981 specifically Start Me Up, Stop Dragging My Heart Around, Who’s Crying Now are on the radio.  The theaters feature Time Bandits, Escape From New York, The Evil Dead, Stripes.  And some whack job gets possessed and kills his landlord, sparking the trial the shocked America.  That’s right, it’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.  The latest entry in the wildly successful, but extremely hit and miss franchise.  Then our horror tour continues with the latest from Alexandre Aja, one of the members of the French Horror New Wave in the early aughts’ latest, ‘Oxygen’, featuring Melanie Laurent.  This time Aja dabbles more in the sci-fi/thriller genre, with some shoe-horned in horror to keep the horror buffs placated. There’s the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Horror Films Bases On A True Story.  So grab your wooby, curl up by the fire, and settle in for some scares!   00:00-14:41: Intro/The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 14:42-22:39: Physical Media Picks 22:40-30:21: Oxygen 30:22-47:06: 5 Favorite Horror Films Based On A True Story 47:07-48:46: Wrap Up    Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss John Krasinski’s sequel to the surprise horror hit with ‘A Quiet Place Part II’.  This time the Abbott family venture out from their hidden-away home to find any survivors while doing their darndest to be as quiet as possible.  But what if those survivors are no longer good people…?  Then it’s on to Netflix’s ‘The Mitchells Vs. The Machines’.  A struggling family on a road trip end up having to save the world from a robot apocalypse in this animated family comedy.  There’s the rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  The show then closes as Matt and Chris play another round of What Are The Odds, featuring James Bond, Indiana Jones, MGM, and more!   00:00-15:42: Intro/A Quiet Place Part 2 15:43-27:18: Physical Media Picks 27:19-35:54: The Mitchells Vs The Machines 35:55-55:56: What Are The Odds?!? 55:57-57:37: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt catch up with their old buddy Zack Snyder, fresh of his global smash hit, ‘Justice League’, Snyder returns to his roots with his remake of ‘Aliens’.  Sorry, sorry, ‘Army Of The Dead’.  Teaming with Dave Bautista as the leader of a group infiltrating the zombie held territory that is Las Vegas to pull off a heist that would make Danny Ocean poop himself.  Then it’s on to the Danish import, ‘Riders of Justice’.  TFR favorite Mads Mikkelsen plays a soldier brought home after an unspeakable accident takes the life of his wife and traumatizes his daughter.  But what if it wasn’t an accident?  There’s the reasonably reliable review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close the show by sharing 5 Horror gems currently available to stream.    00:00-22:17: Army Of The Dead 22:18-30:14: Physical Media Picks 30:15-37:33: Riders Of Justice 37:34-55:32: 5 Streaming Horror Recommendations 55:33-57:04: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss ‘Spiral: From The Book of Saw’.  Chris Rock stars and co-wrote this spin-off that breathes new life into a tired franchise by examining police brutality while capitalizing on the opportunity to have Rock and Sam Jackson play a father/son cop duo.  Or maybe it doesn’t do that at all.  Then it’s on to Tyler Sheridan’s latest, ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’.  A film that features a rock solid cast from a director know for his adult (non-po-rn) dramatic thrillers.  Is this story of a child on the run from some corrupt government officials and their hired killers who run into tortured fire jumper Angelina Jolie. Plus John Berenthal!  There’s the absolutely thrilling review of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week.  Matt and Chris then close the show with another round of Pick ‘Em with Call It!  What is Tom Cruise’s definitive role?    00:00-16:11: Intro/Spiral 16:12-27:29: Physical Media Picks 27:30-37:51: Those Who Wish Me Dead 37:52-51:49: Call It! 51:50-54:32: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt is away, so Chris is joined by his ScreenRun colleague, The Lady Wan, to discuss Guy Ritchie’s and Jason Statham’s latest team-up, the revenge/heist/actioner ‘Wrath Of Man’.  Statham plays a bank truck driver who may be more than he appears.  Expect lots of bodies, blood, and nastiness.  But is it a fun watch?  Then it’s the Russell Crowe led thriller, ‘Unhinged’.  Crowe does his version of the Michael Douglas/’Falling Down’ thing.  But is the cranked-up-to-11 nastiness rob of the film of its potentially pulpy charms?  There’s the always riveting rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then the show closes with The Lady Wan and Chris sharing some of their favorite Action Films Currently Streaming.  Let’s kick some ass!   00:00-15:28: Intro/Wrath Of Man 15:29-24:18: Physical Media Picks 24:19-36:27: Unhinged 36:28-55:40: 5 Great Streaming Action Films 55:41-58:08: Wrap Up   Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

00:00-15:31: Intro/Another Round

15:32-26:18: Physical Media Picks

26:19-37:28: Shiva Baby

37:29-57:05: 5 Favorite Alcohol Related Scenes

57:06-59:08: Wrap Up

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00:00-15:46: Intro/Mortal Kombat

15:47-24:42: Physical Media Picks

24:43-32:59: 2021 Oscars Recap

33:00-42:49: Grave Of The Fireflies

42:50-52:45: Studio Ghibli Marathon Awards

52:46-54:07: Wrap Up

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00:00-12:03: Intro/Concrete Cowboy

12:04-22:10: Physical Media Picks

22:11-31:33: My Neighbor Totoro

31:34-50:17: 2021 Oscars Picks

50:18-52:42: Wrap Up

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00:00-12:48: Intro/The Father

12:49-19:00: Physical Media Picks

19:01-32:11: Howl’s Moving Castle

32:12-1:00:44: TFR Libs

1:00:45-1:01:48: Wrap Up

1:01:49-1:09:32: ScreenRun Preview

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15:42-24:38: Physical Media Picks

24:39-35:53: Princess Mononoke

35:54-55:11: Who Dat?!?

55:12-56:27: Wrap Up

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00:00-35:35: Intro/Zack Snyder’s Justice League

35:36-41:21: Physical Media Picks

41:22-01:08:53: DCEU Future and Ranking

01:08:54-01:09:56: Wrap Up 

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00:00-10:32: Intro/Psycho Goreman

10:33-17:56: Monster Hunter

17:57-29:03: Physical Media Picks

29:04-36:00: Love And Monsters

36:01-58:13: 2021 Oscar Noms

58:14-1:00:33: Wrap Up

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00:00-11:11: Intro/Coming 2 America

11:12-21:31: Physical Media Picks

21:32-30:52: Greenland

30:53-46:42: 5 Favorite Movie Fictional Products

46:43-48:43: Wrap Up

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00:00-12:18: Intro/Minari

12:19-19:18: Physical Media Picks

19:19-28:14: I Care A Lot

28:15-1:01:18: The Lounge

1:01:19-1:02:14: Wrap Up

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00:00-15:31: Intro/Nomadland

15:32-21:59: Physical Media Picks

22:00-30:59: Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar

31:00-50:58: Call It!

50:59-52:08: Wrap Up

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00:00-18:08: Intro/Judas And The Black Messiah

18:09-29:54: Physical Media Picks

29:55-38:36: Saint Maud

38:37-56:42: What Are The Odds?!?

56:43-58:24: Wrap Up

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00:00-13:24: Intro/The Little Things

13:25-22:12: Physical Media Picks

22:13-29:44: Wolfwalkers

29:45-46:05: 5 Best Movie Cops Since 2000

46:06-47:25: Wrap Up

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00:00-08:29: Intro/Censor

08:30-13:46: Eight For Silver

13:47-22:06: Prisoners of Ghostland

22:07-29:42: Physical Media Picks

29:43-31:58: First Date

31:59-34:40: John And The Hole

34:41-37:27: In The Earth

37:28-40:00: Strawberry Mansion

40:01-43:13: Wild Indian

43:14-46:23: The Blazing World

46:24-01:04:10: 10 Favorite Films Of 2020 (5-1)

01:04:11-01:05:16: Wrap Up 

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00:00-13:18: Intro/One Night In Miami

13:19-23:47: Physical Media Picks

23:48-32:35: Sylvie’s Love

32:36-46:09: Top 10 Films Of 2020, Pt. 1: 10-6

46:10-48:44: Wrap Up

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00:00-14:12: Intro/Promising Young Woman

14:13-23:14: Physical Media Picks

23:15-30:25: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

30:26-46:41: Top 5 Favorite Play To Film Adaptations

46:42-48:06: Wrap Up

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Marybeth McAndrews Roger Ebert Review

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00:00-14:14: Intro/The 40 Year Old Version

14:15-25:31: Physical Media Picks

25:32-32:59: Bacarau

33:00-47:39: 2021 Netflix Preview 

47:40-49:58: Wrap Up

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00:00-12:31: Intro/Soul

12:32-20:22: Physical Media Picks

20:23-31:22: The Midnight Sky

31:23-52:00: 5 Favorite Films Directed By An Actor

52:01-53:28: Wrap Up

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00:00-21:34: Wonder Woman 1984

21:35-27:04: Physical Media Picks

27:05-43:35: Salò, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom

43:36-52:36: Banned Marathon Awards

52:37-54:43: Wrap Up

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00:00-14:01: Intro/Mulan

14:02-17:57: Physical Media Picks

17:58-34:38: Cannibal Holocaust

34:39-52:47: 5 Films For 2021

52:48-56:40: Chris On Top Gun

56:41-57:45: Wrap Up

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00:00-11:49: Intro/Sound Of Metal

11:50-18:40: Physical Media Picks

18:41-29:36: Pink Flamingos

29:37-1:06:50: TFR Lounge

1:06:51-1:07:42: Wrap Up

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00:00-14:31: Intro/Mank

14:32-35:22: Physical Media Picks/Warner Bros.& HBOMax

35:23-47:13: The Devils

47:14-1:03:19: 5 Films That Got Away In 2020

1:03:20-1:04:39: Wrap Up

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00:00-09:41: Intro/The Trial Of The Chicago 7

09:42-21:54: Physical Media Picks

21:55-34:46: The Last Temptation Of Christ

34:47-51:47: 5 Favorite Scorsese Scenes

51:48-52:27: Wrap Up 

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00:00-10:01: Intro/Dick Johnson Is Dead

10:02-18:23: Physical Media Picks

18:24-25:13: Enola Holmes

25:14-41:20: 2020 Holiday Gift Guide

41:22-43:41: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:05: Peninsula

10:06-18:02: Physical Media Picks

18:03-25:26: #Alive

25:27-49:01: Call It!

49:02-51:39: Wrap Up 

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00:00-08:29: Intro/His House

08:30-21:04: Physical Media Picks

21:05-25:43: 1BR

25:44-41:24: 5 Favorite Haunted House Movies

41:25-42:49: Wrap Up

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00:00-14:44: Intro/On The Rocks

14:45-25:56: Physical Media Picks

25:57-37:19: Asylum

37:20-49:16: Top 5 Favorite Bill Murray Scenes

49:17-51:06: Wrap Up

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00:00-15:02: Intro/Borat Subsequent MovieFilm

15:03-23:34: Physical Media Picks

23:35-32:34: The Mortuary Collection

32:35-55:29: TFR Libs (Horror Edition)

55:30-56:46: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:41: Intro/Possessor Uncut

10:42-22:32: Physical Media Picks

22:33-30:13: Scare Me

30:14-47:53: 5 Great Possession Films

47:54-49:04: Wrap Up

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00:00-08:05: Intro/The Vast Of Night

08:06-14:01: Physical Media Picks

14:02-23:43: Ghost Stories

23:44-40:22: Call It!

40:23-42:38: Wrap Up

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00:00-14:27: Intro/Verotika

14:28-35:30: Physical Media Picks & News

35:31-44:54: Chinatown

44:55-52:14: Neo-Noir Marathon Awards

52:15-54:08: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:45: Intro/Top Cow

10:46-20:23: Physical Media Picks

20:24-28:09: Phoenix

28:10-38:12: 5 Best Movie Betrayals

38:13-39:43: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:04: Intro/The Devil All The Time

10:05-19:17: Physical Media Picks

19:18-27:19: The Handmaiden

27:20-45:14: What Are The Odds?

45:15-46:39: Wrap Up

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00:00-14:08: Intro/I’m Thinking Of Ending Things

14:09-23:48: Physical Media Picks

23:49-31:46: Cape Fear (91)

31:47-51:01: Who Dat?!?

51:02-52:03: Wrap Up

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00:00-17:11: Intro/Tenet

17:12-25:55: Physical Media Picks

25:56-35:53: The Grifters

35:54-47:44: Top 5 Christopher Nolan Scenes

47:45-48:44: Wrap Up

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00:00-18:00: Intro/Bill & Ted Face The Music

18:01-28:39: Physical Media Picks

28:40-45:01: The New Mutants

45:02-01:17:45: TFR Libs

01:17:46-01:18:55: Wrap Up

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00:00-09:47: Intro/Sputnik

09:48-19:43: Physical Media Picks

19:44-36:33: DC Fandrome

36:34-43:08: The Assistant

43:09-56:33: Top 5 Whistleblower Films

56:34-58:44: Wrap Up

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00:00-08:16: Intro/The Beach House

08:17-17:40: Physical Media Picks

17:41-25:28: Eurovison

25:29-49:44: Call It!

49:45-50:30: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:47: Intro/Palm Springs

10:48-31:38: Physical Media Picks, Disney 4k, and More

31:39-39:22: Big Man Japan

39:23-48:06: International Sci-Fi Marathon Awards

48:07-49:14: Wrap Up

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00:00-15:13: Intro/Physical Media Picks/Stuff

15:14-01:27:55: ScreenFix: Rise Of Skywalker

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00:00-01:00: Olivia de Havilland Tribute

01:01-02:02: John Saxon Tribute

02:03-19:47: Intro/The Old Guard/Netflix

19:48-29:08: Physical Media Picks

29:09-38:52: Time Crimes

38:53-55:23: 5 Best Sci-Fi Films (2000-2009)

55:24-56:36: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:40: Greyhound

10:41-19:26: Physical Media Picks

19:27-28:38: Solaris

28:39-50:10: 5 Best Sci-Fi Films (90-99)

50:11-52:16: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:41: Intro/Relic

10:42-21:52: Physical Media Picks

21:53-32:30: World On A Wire

32:31-50:19: 5 Best Sci-Fi Films (1980-1989)

50:20-51:27: Wrap Up

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00:00-15:05: Intro/Becky

15:06-22:31: Physical Media Picks

22:32-33:25: Stalker

33:26-52:26: 5 Best Sci-Fi Films (1970-1979)

52:27-54:18: Wrap Up

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00:00-08:40: Intro/The Wretched

08:41-18:17: Physical Media Picks

18:18-26:39: Shadow

26:40-55:24: Who Dat?!?

55:25-56:52: Wrap Up

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00:00-17:09: Intro/Da 5 Bloods

17:10-23:59: Physical Media Picks

24:00-33:25: Extraction

33:26-57:25: 5 Best MCU Stars Non-MCU Movies

57:26-1:02:22: Wrap Up

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00:00-14:42: Intro/Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always

14:43-25:06: Physical Media Picks

25:07-37:40: The Last Thing He Wanted

37:41-1:06:26: 5 Best Films With A Message (2010-2019)

1:06:27-01:08:18: Wrap Up

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00:00-11:46: Intro/Just Mercy

11:47-24:42: Physical Media Picks

24:43-33:21: Les Misérables (2019)

33:22-50:29: What Are The Odds

50:30-52:17: Wrap Up

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00:00-02:50: PSA/BLM

02:51-17:19: Intro/Capone

17:20-31:28: Physical Media Picks & Listener Mail

31:29-43:49: Fast Times At Ridgemont High

43:50-55:27: 80’s Sex Comedy Marathon Awards

55:28-57:14: Wrap Up

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The show then closes with Matt and Chris sharing their 5 Favorite Films That Feature Nazis in some capacity or another. Nice and vague is how we like it.

00:00-15:36: Intro/A Hidden Life

15:37-30:11: Physical Media Picks

30:12-39:16: Justice League Snyder Cut

39:17-49:46: Zapped!

49:47-1:04:47: Top 5 Movies With Nazis

1:04:48-1:06:48: Wrap Up

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00:00-11:45: Intro/VFW

11:46-24:47: Physical Media Picks

24:48-36:27: Screwballs

36:28-51:58: Top 5 80’s Comedies

51:59-54:16: Wrap Up

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00:00-11:47: Intro/First Love

11:48-22:39: Physical Media Picks

22:40-31:22: Bachelor Party (1984)

31:23-48:21: Call It!

48:22-49:32: Wrap Up

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00:00-09:30: Intro/Come To Daddy

09:31-22:55: Home Video Picks

22:56-36:10: Porky’s

36:11-49:39: Who Dat?!?

49:40-52:20: Wrap Up

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00:00-24:09: Intro/Sucker Punch Revisit

24:10-30:55: Physical Media Picks

30:56-39:49: Velocipastor

39:50-1:14:46: Top 20 Of TFR: 5-1

1:14:47-1:15:33: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:34: Intro/The Way Back

10:35-19:08: Physical Media Picks

19:09-27:39: Villains

27:40-48:50: Top 20 Of TFR: 10-6

48:51-50:49: Wrap Up

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00:00-09:22: Intro/Guns Akimbo

09:23-18:08: Physical Media Picks

18:09-27:10: Monos

27:11-45:58: Top 20 Of TFR: 15-11

45:59-47:25: Wrap Up

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00:00-13:12: Intro/Swallow

13:13-21:21: Physical Media Picks

21:22-29:10: The Wind (2018)

29:11-50:02: 20 Favorite Films Of TFR: 20-16

50:03-51:14: Wrap Up

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00:00-18:05: Intro/Portrait Of A Lady On Fire

18:06-25:31: Home Video Picks

25:32-33:26: I Lost my Body

33:27-1:03:27: What Are The Odds

1:03:28-1:07:24: Wrap Up

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Skywalker Saga UK Blu Set

00:00-11:22: Intro/The Hunt

11:23-26:01: Physical Media Picks

26:02-35:02: The Way Of The Dragon

35:03-44:07: Martial Arts Marathon 2 Awards

44:08-46:48: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:23: Intro/Color Out Of Space

10:38-21:57: Physical Media Picks

21:58-32:03: Crippled Avengers

32:04-54:38: Streaming Picks

54:39-57:51: Wrap Up

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00:00-09:14: Intro/Onward

09:15-22:12: Physical Media Picks

22:13-30:24: Come Drink With Me

30:25-51:05: 5 Best Animated Films '10-'19

51:06-53:19: Wrap Up

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00:00-09:46: Intro/The Invisible Man

09:47-26:16: Physical Media Picks

26:17-34:55: The One-Armed Swordsman

34:56-52:13: Call It!

52:14-55:02: Wrap Up

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00:00-15:02: Intro/The Lodge

15:03-20:29: Home Video Picks

20:30-27:40: The Legendary Weapons Of China

27:41-44:30: Who Dat?!?

44:31-46:46: Wrap Up

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00:00-05:31: Intro/Fantasy Island

05:32-13:24: Home Video Picks

13:25-18:20: The Banana Splits

18:21-25:47: 5 70’s Shows Deserving A Big Screen Reboot

25:48-27:27: Wrap Up

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00:00-14:23: Intro/Birds Of Prey

14:24-22:13: Home Video Picks

22:14-27:51: 2020 Oscars Wrap Up

27:52-35:07: Bliss

35:08-54:19: 5 Favorite Female Comic Characters

54:20-55:32: Wrap Up

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Matt’s Oscar Picks

Chris’ Oscar Picks (Highlights are picks)

00:00-07:53: Gretel And Hansel

07:54-18:36: Home Video Picks

19:04-25:25: Luz

25:26-38:18: 2020 Oscar Picks

38:19-39:22: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:32: The Gentlemen

10:33-18:20: Home Video Picks

18:21-25:45: 6 Underground

25:46-45:02: What Are The Odds?!?

45:03-46:36: Wrap Up

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00:00-09:14: Intro/Underwater

09:15-17:26: Home Video Picks

17:27-24:24: Hagazussa

24:25-42:29: 5 Favorite At Sea Movies

42:30-44:14: Wrap Up

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00:00-20:29: Intro/1917

20:30-31:39: Home Video Picks

31:40-46:57: 2020 Oscar Nominations

46:58-1:01:12: Best Of 2019, 10-6

1:01:13-1:45:08: Best Of 2019, 5-1

1:45:09-1:49:31: Wrap Up

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00:00-11:15: Intro/The Grudge (’20)

11:16-23:01: Home Video Picks

23:02-32:01: Light Of My Life

32:02- 51:37: 5 Worst Horror Sequels

52:38-53:31: Wrap Up

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00:00-19:41: Intro/Uncut Gems

19:42-30:33: Little Women

30:34-40:16: Home Video Picks

40:17-52:36: The Souvenir

52:37-1:30:50: 2020 First Half Preview

1:30:51-1:33:59: Wrap Up

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00:00-31:04: Intro/Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

31:05-37:13: Home Video Picks

37:14-46.29: Marriage Story

46:30-54.22: The Report

54:23-1:09:39: 5 Favorite Non-Primary Star Wars Characters

1:09:40-1:11:56 Wrap Up

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00:00-13:05: Intro/Richard Jewell

13:06-19:48: Black Christmas ‘19

19:49-24:31: Home Video Picks

24:32-32:02: The Last Black Man In San Francisco

32:03-48:54: Call It!

48:55-50:53: Wrap Up

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00:00-15:49: Intro/Waves

15:50-27:03: Home Video Picks

27:04-33:56: Honey Boy

33:57-54:24: Who Dat?!?

54:25-57:48: Wrap Up

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00:00-17:50: Intro/The Irishman

17:51-26:10: Home Video Picks

26:11-36:00: Knives Out

36:01-59:50: 5 Best Mystery Movies Since 2000

59:51-1:01:46: Wrap Up

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00:00-08:21: Intro/A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

08:22-13:43: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

13:44-22:51: Dolemite Is My Name

22:52-40:51: The List: Tom Hanks

40:52-43:58: Wrap Up

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00:00-11:18: Intro/Ford v Ferrari

11:19-30:32: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

30:33-37:10: Creepshow Ep. 6

37:11-43:53: El Camino

43:54-59:34: 2019 Holiday Gift Guide

59:35-1:01:05: Wrap Up

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Matt’s Gifts

The Bad Movie Bible: The Ultimate Modern Guide to Movies That Are so Bad They're Good

3d Star Wars Darth Vader LED Light Table Lamp Night Light Kids Room Bedroom Gift

Breaking Bad Incense Burner - 1986 Fleetwood Bounder RV Replica

The Shining Apollo Sweater

MCU Infinity Saga Set

Chris’ Gifts

Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade: Cup Of Christ

Kubrick Moon Landing Crew T-Shirt

Lego Batmobile ’89

A24 Screenplay Books

Musings: The Printed Collection

Criterion’s Godzilla: Showa Era Films

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00:00-10:07: Intro/Jojo Rabbit

10:08-22:35: Blu-Ray Picks

22:36-29:28: Creepshow Ep. 5

29:29-54:00: 5 Favorite Nightmare Sequences

54:01-55:37: Wrap Up

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00:00-08:07: Intro/ Parasite

08:08-21:35: Terminator: Dark Fate

21:36-31:03: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

31:04-35:30: Creepshow Ep. 4

35:31-42:52: The Driver

42:53-53:00: Car Chase Marathon Awards

53:01-56:13: Wrap Up

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00:00-13:49: Intro/The Lighthouse

13:50-24:01: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

24:02-29:29: Creepshow Ep. 3

29:30-37:11: The Getaway

37:12-54:53: 5 Movie Robots Gone Bad

54:54-57:01: Wrap Up

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00:00-09:18: Intro/Zombieland Double Tap

09:19-22:38: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

22:39-28:07: Creepshow Ep. 2

28:08-37:47: Duel

37:48-56:05: What Are The Odds?

56:06-57:28: Wrap Up

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00:00-06:08: Intro/Gemini Man

06:09-11:22: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

11:23-28:02: 10 Horror Streaming Picks

28:03-30:04: Wrap Up

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00:00-16:59: Joker

17:00-28:41: Joker Spoilers and Cultural Impact

28:42-36:07: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

36:08-43:12: Creepshow Ep. 1

43:13-52:02: Gone In 60 Seconds (‘74)

52:03-1:08:12: 5 Batman Villains Deserving A Movie

1:08:13-1:10:06: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt settle in with the stars, both in space and with the dreamy Brad Pitt in James Gray’s ‘Ad Astra’. Sometimes the biggest epics have a small, intimate core. And other times they’re long and dull. So which is ‘Ad Astra’? And why do I feel like I need to call my Dad? Then our Car Chase Marathon begins with ‘Vanishing Point’. What are you willing to do to deliver a car to San Francisco in time? And what if the car chase has almost nothing to do with your car chase movie, man? There’s the big release on Blu-Ray and DVD, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Finally, the show closes with Matt and Chris sharing their 5 Favorite Scenes That Take Place in Space! And how many of them will be from a Star Wars movie? Hacks.

00:00-10:50: Intro/Ad Astra

10:51-17:57: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

17:58-26:26: Vanishing Point

26:27-40:38: 5 Favorite Space Scenes

40:39-42:05: Wrap Up

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00:00-15:35: Intro/Rambo: Last Blood

15:36-22:20: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

22:21-23:55: Between Two Ferns: The Movie

23:56-30:59: Tigers Are Not Afraid

31:00-46:47: 5 Best Modern (Other) Films Of 80’s Action Stars

46:47-48:08: Wrap Up

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00:00-14:07: Intro/It: Chapter 2

14:08-19:46: The Nightingale

19:47-27:17: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

27:18-35:41: Shoot The Piano Player

35:42-52:17: Top 5 Favorite Horror Movie Posters

52:18-53:49: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt caught up with the elusive ‘Peanut Butter Falcon’. Shia LeBeouf, Zack Gottsagen, and Dakota Johnson star in this Mark Twain-esque folktale that is maybe too indie? Chris shares his thoughts about Ari Aster’s Director’s Cut of ‘Midsommar’. The French New Wave marathon continues with Francois Truffaut’s ‘Jules And Jim’. Will Matt finally come around, or will Chris’ dedication actually start to slip…? There’s the always rewarding rundown of the big releases on Blu-Ray & DVD, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then it’s the return of TFR’s Pick ‘Em game, Call It! You want John Wick or Matrix sequels? Apocalypse Now or Platoon? Favorite Dracula? And more!

00:00-09:39: Intro/The Peanut Butter Falcon

09:40-15:53: Midsommar Director’s Cut

15:54-21:20: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

21:21-28:25: Jules And Jim

28:26-48:47: Call It!

48:38-52:02: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:43: Intro/Ready Or Not

10:44-16:59: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

17:00-30:44: Breathless

30:45-48:29: TFR Libs

48:30-52:48: Wrap Up

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00:00-11:30: Intro/Good Boys

11:31-16:42: The Kitchen

16:43-27:45: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

27:46-38:07: The 400 Blows

38:08-58:12: TFR Lounge

58:13-59:08: Wrap Up

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Finally, it’s the return of our oddsmaker game, What Are The Odds where we tackle QT’s Oscar chances, James Gunn’s Suicide Squad 2, and Disney’s concerns with Fox’s more…violent properties. It’s a bughunt, man!

00:00-10:10: Intro/Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

10:11-13:51: The Farewell

13:52-20:23: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

20:24-27:00: Memories Of Murder

27:01-49:16: What Are The Odds

49:17-51:50: Wrap Up

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00:00-12:45: Intro/Hobbs And Shaw

12:46-19:43: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

19:44-27:14: Holmes And Watson

27:15-40:40: 5 Favorite Spin-Offs

40:41-41:48: Wrap Up

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00:00-19:28:Intro/ Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood

19:29-26:45:Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

26:46-34:12:Dragged Across Concrete

34:13-47:28:5 Favorite Quentin Tarantino Characters

47:29-50:03:Wrap Up

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00:00-09:06:Intro/The Art Of Self-Defense

09:07-13:56:Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

13:57-22:05:The Lion King ‘19

22:06-30:06:High Life

30:07-52:06:Who Dat?!?

57:07-53:43:Wrap Up

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00:00-10:10:Intro/Crawl

10:11-21:55:Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

21:56-27:07:Under The Silver Lake

27:08-35:46:RT Score Contest

35:47-36:36:Wrap Up

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00:00-11:55: Intro/Spider-Man: Far From Home

11:56-21:41: Spider-Man: Far From Home Spoilers

21:42-28:18: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

28:19-41:00: Midsommar

41:01-53:19: 5 Best Films of 2019 (So Far)

53:20-55:46: Wrap Up

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00:00-09:16:Intro/Annabelle Comes Home

09:17-16:03:Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

16:04-24:34:The Love Witch

24:35-46:31:Call It!

46:32-48:09:Wrap Up

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00:00-10:01: Intro/Toy Story 4

10:02-16:07: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

16:08-24:31: Child’s Play (2019)

24:32-37:23: Top 5 Favorite Anthropomorphized Characters

37:24-39:03:Wrap Up

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00:00-10:12: Intro/The Dead Dont Die

10:13-18:19: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

18:20-28:43: Men In Black: International

28:44-47:33: TFR Libs

47:34-48:52: Wrap Up

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00:00-10:36:Intro/Rocketman

10:37-18:29:Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

18:30-28:35:Dark Phoenix

28:36-48:42:Top 5 Music In Need Of A Biopic

48:43-51:17:Wrap Up

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