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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. Might delete later.00:00-10:54: Intro/Bring Her Back10:55-19:44: Physical Media Picks19:45-32:34: Horror Madness: The 50's32:35-34:47: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 Bag11:00-19:48: Physical Media Picks19:49-35:25: Call It!35:26-37:09: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 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!TFR 2025 Calendar 00:00-12:39: Intro/The Order12:40-17:30: A Complete Unknown17:31-28:36: Physical Media Picks28:37-35:34: Juror # 235:35-51:25: 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025: 5-151:26-54:36: Wrap Up Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This 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 Hunter13:46-20:18: Physical Media Picks20:19-30:29: 5 Favorite Christmas Movie Characters30:30-31:40: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-BeyTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 210:10-17:33: Physical Media Picks17:34-24:32: The Shadow Strays24:33-38:48: What Are The Odds?!?38:49-40:08: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 Substance14:18-25:20: Physical Media Picks25:21-45:30: 5 Favorite Body Horror Films45:31-47:20: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 Apes12:39- 22:59: Physical Media Picks23:00-38:03: 5 Favorite 4th Films38:04-39:09: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 slpatter-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 Bleeding14:13-35:38: Physical Media Picks, Crow & Alien Romulus Trailers, & More35:39-45:40: Braindead (Dead Alive)45:41-1:05:59: 5 Favorite Films Since Episode 6001:06:00-1:10:39: Wrap Up & AnnouncementTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 221:24-30:30: Physical Media Picks30:31-37:59: Lisa Frankenstein38:00-52:44: 2024 Oscars Picks52:45-53:58: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 Dolls12:33-22:06: Physical Media Picks22:07-31:56: Dream Scenario31:57-48:26: 5 Favorite Coen Brothers Characters48:27-51:04: Wrap-UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey.

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 Web21:20-30:14: Physical Media Picks30:15-38:11: Riki-Oh: The Story Of Ricky38:12-55:22: Who Dat?!?55:23-56:12: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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/Argylle13:15-26:07: Physical Media Picks/MegaCon26:08-32:28: Suitable Flesh32:29-47:29: 10 Favorite Films Of 2023: 5-147:30-49:44: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 Fiction14:55-22:39: Physical Media22:40-36:50: Sound Of Freedom36:51-53:12: 2024 Oscar Noms53:13-55:24: Wrap UpTheme 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/Ferrari13:56-20:40: Physical Media Picks20:41-29:25: Maestro29:26-50:19: 5 Other Things We Watched In 202350:20-53:18: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 Behind11:21-16:13: Eileen16:14-24:30: Physical Media Picks24:31-35:22: May December35:23-50:00: Holiday Playlist50:01-54:55: Wrap-UpScalzo's Holiday PlaylistMatt's Holiday PlaylistTheme 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 One17:00-20:34: Silent Night (2023)20:35-32:50: Physical Media Picks32:51-40:31: It's A Wonderful Knife40:32-1:04:13: What Are The Odds?!?1:04:14-1:07:25: Wrap UpTheme 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/Thanksgiving11:38-23:26: Physical Media Picks23:27-38:26: The Marvels38:27-53:24: 5 Favorite 80's Slashers53:25-55:27: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 Fall13:24-20:47: Physical Media Picks20:48-28:20: A Haunting In Venice28:21-45:36: TFR Libs45:37-46:40: 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!BJ Colengelo's Lily Gladstone article.00:00-32:30: Intro/Killers Of The Flower Moon32:31-43:30: Physical Media Picks43:31-51:13: Dark Harvest51:14-1:12:08: Who Dat?!?1:12:09-1:14:46: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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/8523:25-38:24: Physical Media Picks38:25-53:23: Wes Anderson/Roald Dahl Netflix Shorts53:24-1:08:11: 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: Believer16:47-27:49: Physical Media Picks27:50-36:26: When Evil Lurks36:27-50:12: 5 Favorite Final Girls50:13-54:33: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 II15:45-24:53: Physical Media Picks24:54-35:46: Extraction 235:47-49:14: Call It!49:15-51:05: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 & Poor Things when discussing the remaining 2023 releases like a couple of dummies.00:00-12:26: Intro/Beau Is Afraid12:27-19:49: Physical Media Picks19:50-29:13: The Pope's Exorcist29:14-49:13: TFR Libs49:14-50:36: 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 Demeter15:35-24:52: Physical Media Picks24:53-36:28: TMNT: Mutant Mayhem36:29-52:36: 5 Favorite Movie Vampires52:37-54:45: Wrap UpTheme 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 Me13:26-23:05: Physical Media Picks23:06-45:40: 5 Favorite A24 Releases, Part 245:41-47:09: Wrap UpTheme 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/Barbie19:38-32:26: Physical Media Picks32:27-50:13: 5 Favorite Movie Tie-In Promotions50:14-51:35: Wrap UpTheme 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 118:31-27:49: Physical Media Picks27:50-43:06: 5 Favorite MI Action Set Pieces43:07-44:02: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 Destiny18:55-25:48: Physical Media Picks25:49-39:24: 5 Favorite Indy Scenes39:25-41:49: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 Flash23:27-31:59: Physical Media Picks32:00-44:01: DCEU Snyder-Verse Ranking44:01-44:41: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-BeyLetterboxd: ChrisLetterboxd: Matt

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-Verse16:08-24:18: Physical Media Picks24:19-31:34: The Boogeyman ('23)31:35-46:59: 5 Favorite Animated Series Theme Songs47:00-49:54: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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! 00:00-13:55: Intro/Fast X13:46-20:54: Fast X Spoilers20:55-32:39: Physical Media Picks and HBOMax32:40-44:50: Thief44:51-58:00: 5 Favorite Movie Families58:01-1:00:15: Wrap UpTheme 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. 322:24-30:53: Physical Media Picks30:54-41:14: The Italian Job (1969)41:15-1:03:49: DCU Casting Call1:03:50-1:05:15: Wrap-UpTheme 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…

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. Movie09:46-19:21: Physical Media/Straight to DVD/Streaming19:22-27:53: Super Mario Bros.27:54-45:56: Video Games45:57-47:17: 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 Gods15:28-24:02: Physical Media & Streaming Picks24:03-33:52: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre33:53-55:22: 5 DC Adaptions We'd Like To See55:23-57:23: 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 III17:36-26:22: Physical Media Picks26:27-40:27: Women Talking40:28-55:55: Who Dat?!?55:55-56:16: Wrap Up Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt 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: Quantamania23:34-33:48: Physical Media Picks33:49-40:21: Burial (2022)40:22-58:44: MCU Ranking (Mostly)58:45-1:01:08: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 Pool17:57-24:27: Physical Media Picks24:28-31:22: Jung_E31:23-44:12: Top 10 Of 2022: 10-644:13-45:37: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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/Skinamarink15:13-21:59: Physical Media Picks 22:00-34:46: All Quiet On The Western Front34:47-52:26: Call It!52:27-53:54: Wrap UpTheme 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 Fraiser 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 Whale20:26-28:03: Physical Media Picks28:04-42:36: Bardo, A False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths42:37-1:02:00: Top 5 Acting Comebacks1:02:01-1:03:37: Wrap UpTheme 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 Water15:03-24:54: Physical Media Picks24:55-34:27: Bones And All34:28-44:47: Top 5 James Cameron Scenes44:48-46:27: Wrap-UpTheme 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 Blanchette plays the titular ‘Tár', a conducter on the edge bro. Fighting back against woke culture and perhaps her own ego. There's theThis 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 Night10:31-25:17: Physical Media Picks25:18-38:54: Tár38:55-51:15: 5 Favorite Unconventional Movie Weapons51:16-52:34: Wrap UpTheme 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 Menu14:00-26:16: Physical Media Picks26:17-42:57: V/H/S/9942:58-1:00:07: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide1:00:08-1:01:53: Wrap UpTheme 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!00:00-21:35: Intro/Black Panther: Wakanda Forever21:36-31:40: Physical Media Releases31:41-40:29: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story40:30-56:10: Call It!56:11-57:56: Wrap UpTheme 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 Sadness13:09-22:19: Werewolf By Night22:20-36:13: Physical Media Picks36:14-46:52: The Howling46:53-55:19: Werewolf Marathon Awards55:20-58:31: Wrap UpTheme 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/Haloween Ends 18:50-33:50: Blonde33:51-43:20: Physical Media Picks43:21-55:44: The Company of Wolves55:45-1:09:24: 5 Favorite Halloween Candies 1:09:25-1:11:45: Wrap-UpTheme 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!00:00-17:48: Intro/Amsterdam17:49-31:16: Hellraiser (22)31:17-42:11: Physical Media Picks42:12-51:36: Ginger Snaps51:37-1:02:28: 5 Favorite 80's Movie Monsters1:02:29-1:05:11: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 Wolf Man'. 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/Smile12:10-31:34: Physical Media Picks/Darkplace31:35-43:35: The Wolfman (1941)43:36-1:03:56: 5 Streaming Horror Picks1:03:57-1:08:46: Wrap UpTheme 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/Pearl13:01-29:20: Physical Media Picks/Darkplace29:21-42:53: Moonage Daydream42:54-1:17:21: Top 5 Favorite Albums [Currently]1:17:22-1:18:20: Wrap UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-BeyScalzo's Frank Black & The Catholics Mix

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 Soul14:53-28:18 Physical Media, Weekly Picks and Darkplace!28:19-40:50 Resurrection40:51-1:02 TFR Libs1:02-1:04 Wrap-UpTheme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey