The First Run

This week on The First Run Matt and Chris watch Jessica Chastain genre slum it with ‘Other Mommy’. Chris will then break down the big releases on physical media then they'll resurrect What are the Odds? sort of, wherein Chris asks one question in that format and then they have a freewheeling discussion.   00:00-14:44: Intro/Other Mommy 14:45-25:00: Physical Media Picks 25:01-43:26:...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt experienced the latest film by Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise, it’s ‘Digger’.  Watching the trailer, Chris felt people were going to either love or hate this film.  And could it be a musical?  So much mystery going into the film with its esoteric ad campaign. But does it work?  Then Chris runs down the latest big releases o...

This week on the First Run, Matt and Chris check out the latest experimental film, with this one featuring Chris' man-crush Alan Ritchson with ‘Motor City’. Then Chris will give you the big releases on Physical Media.  Matt and Chris wrap up the show with their 5 Favorite Beefy Actors! 00:00-15:03: Intro/Motor City 15:04-22:04: Physical Media Picks 22:05-36:39: 5 Favorite Beefy Actors 36:40-3...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt take a trip to Raccoon City one more time.  Oh wait, what’s this?  Our tour guide is one Zach Cregger, who previously helmed ‘Barbarian’ and ‘Weapons’.  Well then.  Do we have a good video game adaption?  Could it possibly be a great one?!?  Then Chris runs down the big releases on Physical Media and has a couple things to co...

This week on the First Run, Matt and Chris check out the latest k-monster (is that a thing?) film with ‘Hope’. Something is hunting the fine people of Hope Harbor.  Is it a monsters? Monsters? Aliens? Alien monsters? Then, Chris will give you the run down of all the big releases on physical media. Your life will be meaningless if you don't buy them. Seriously.  00:00-13:46: Intro/Hope 13...

This week on The First Run, it’s a double feature as Chris and Matt discuss Adam Wingard’s ‘Onslaught’ and  the boys from ‘Game Night’ and Matt’s beloved ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’, with ‘Mayday’, featuring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh!  Chris has a theory about Wingard that he thinks proves out with his latest offering, along with the Red Giant idea for Ryan Reyn...

This week on the First Run, Chris and Matt check out a film that dares to ask how much of a psychopath was Barney with ‘Buddy’. Chris will give you the big releases on physical media then they'll wrap up a show with discussion of the road trip from (in?) hell with ‘It Ends’.  So buckle TFRiends! It’s another banger! 00:00-14:53: Intro/Buddy 14:54-21:51: Physical Media Picks 21:52-31:31:...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the meta sexy(?) horror film from Jane Schoenbrun, ‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’. After the initially confounding, surreal, and heartbreakingly earnest ‘I Saw There TV Glow’, Schoenbrun returns with a loving homage to the 70’s and 80’s slashers, and herself.  Chris then closes out the proceedings with the big releases on Physical Med...

This week on the First Run, it's all dinosaurs all the time with a side of time travel shenanigans with ‘The End of Oak Street’. Then, Chris gives you the big releases on physical media!  Matt and Chris close out the show by discussing the recent MCU X-Men casting news.  00:00-20:55: Intro/The End of Oak Street 20:56-33:52: Physical Media Picks 33:53-45:41: MCU & X-Men 45:42-46:46: W...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest in Disney/Pixar’s greatest franchise, it’s ‘Toy Story 5’! Matt loves his little kid cartoons. Always avoiding serious cinema like the plague. In fact just last week he was droning on and on about how a superhero movie almost mare him cry. Twice.  Since Chris has never seen a single Broken Lizard production, and had no interest in P...

This week on the First Run, Matt finally gets to see something he was excited about with ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’. Is it the Spider-Man movie to end all Spider-Man movies? What does it say about Chris that he prefers his Peter Parker miserable and tortured by life? Then, they'll give you the big run down of upcoming physical media releases and wrap up the episode with their 5 favorite...

This week on The First Run, Chris potentially tests Matt’s patience with one of his most anticipated films of 2026!  It’s latest from Nicolas Winding Refn, ‘Her Private Hell’!   It’s been 10 years, and after a brush with death, Refn returns to the big screen, determined to destroy your expectations and narrative structure.  Was it worth the wait?  Then Chris closes the curtain...

This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris check out the latest from one of the great directors with Christopher Nolan's ‘The Odyssey’. Is it the best movie of the year? Is Nolan's greatest masterpiece to date? Well, they answer the second part by giving you the definitive ranking of Nolan's films. Chris will give you the big releases on physical media then they'll wrap up the show with a few word...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest in the classic Evil Dead horror franchise, ‘Evil Dead Burn’. After more than 40 years, we have an Evil Dead film that’s about something. But how does that something work in the context of a relentless charnel house of gore?  Chris closes out the program with a rundown of the big releases on Physical Media.  00:00-13:58: Intro/...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt catch with the Canadian indie comedy ‘Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie’, which is a slightly more ridiculous mirror glimpse into your esteemed co-hosts friendship. Only slightly.  00:00-14:55: Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie 14:56-26:05: Physical Media Picks 26:06-29:55: Wrap Up Brian Skutle’s Sonic Cinema: Facism In Cinema Theme music...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt get their Krypto fix with the next film in James Gunn’s new DC cinematic universe. It’s ‘Supergirl’! Chris will rundown the mercifully short list of Physical Media releases. And in honor of United States’ 250th anniversary, Chris will close out the show by playing a game with Matt (and he does not know this). I’m not going to say what until we get to the...

This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris continue this great year for horror with ‘Leviticus’. Sure, it's got shades of ‘It Follows’, but that movie rules so shut up and listen. Then Chris will give you the Physical Media picks of the week to feed your addiction, and torture your wallet.  00:00-15:29: Intro/Leviticus 15:30-27:24: A24 & AI/ Physical Media Picks 27:25-29:53: Wrap Up https...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest Steven Spielberg joint about aliens and stuff.  It’s ‘Disclosure Day’! Featuring Hollywood it-boy Josh O’Connor, Emily Blunt as a couple folks drawn into a conspiracy involving extra terrestrials, the government, and you!  Chris then closes out the show with the big releases on physical media.  So sit down, keep a look ou...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt head back to the 80's and the glorious cartoons that served as nothing more than glorified toy advertisements with an all new version of ‘Masters of the Universe’! Chris haphazardly inserts the discussion of the 1987 ‘Masters Of The Universe’ film originally discussed 2016 as part of their 80’s Nostalgia Marathon. As a treat.  Then closes out the sho...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt decide to delve into their subconscious’ in an attempt to work out the deep hostilities bubbling just underneath the surface of the show.  Who knows what horrors will be revealed this episode as they discuss, ‘Backrooms’!  Then don’t worry your pretty little weird pirate heads.  Chris will reveal the big releases on Physical Media.  Le...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt see if Disney can get Star Wars back up off the mat with ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’—where the cuteness meter, the “is that really Pedro Pascal?” question, and at least one eyebrow-raising cameo all come into play. Then they hop over to Disney+ for ‘Punisher: One Last Kill’, with Jon Bernthal bringing the rage, the trauma, and a body count that suggests O...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the horror film sweeping the nation, ‘Obsession’.  One of Chris’ favorite horror tropes, the monkey’s paw story get s new spin.  This time we’re focusing on the length’s man-child will go to in order to get the woman he loves to reciprocate his feelings.  There’s also the big releases on Physical Media, including a classic 80’s adve...

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: Intr...

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! 00:0...

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:...