The First Run

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Radha Blank’s ‘The 40 Year Old Version’, now on Netflix.  The story of a struggling playwright in New York City as she deals with the loss of her mother, considers selling out, until she is spared by a possible new endeavor.  Then Matt and Chris jet on down to Brazil and visit the small village of Bacarau, where something truly...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt celebrate the New Year with some ‘Soul’ and some Clooney.  First up, Pixar’s latest film ‘Soul’ is live on Disney+ without an additional fee.  Joe Gardner is a middle school music teacher who meets a fortunate not-quite end.  Is he able to force a second chance or is he destined to burn in the pits of hell for all eternity?&n...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss a pair of films about corruption, one potentially full of fun in a time not so long past, and the other being Wonder Woman 1984.  Yep, our banned marathon concludes with Salo. A film with one of the worst reputations ever. Does it live up to its infamy? There will be the short review of the big releases on physical media, featuring the S...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss possibly the greatest double feature of all time.  First up, Disney’s live action adaptation of the classic animated film ‘Mulan’.  Initially available on Disney+ at a premium price of $29.99 on top of the required membership, it’s now included at that base $7/$8 price tag.  Was it worth the wait or were we smart to pocket those $30...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt rock out with their podcast out as they discuss Riz Ahmed and his turn in ‘Sound Of Metal’.  This Amazon Prime original about a drummer quickly losing his hearing and possibly having to give up the life he loves is getting a lot of buzz on the interwebs, but is the film truly Oscar worthy? Then the banned marathon continues with John Waters’ deb...

On this episode of The First Run, it’s true-ish stories week!  Chris and Matt discuss David Fincher’s ‘Mank’.  Fincher’s film focuses on Herman J. Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of what some consider the greatest film ever made, ‘Citizen Kane’.  A brilliant writer and drunk, we ride along with Mank has he traverses the highs and pitfalls of old Hollywood and his own personal demons, w...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt take an oath to tell you the truth, and mostly just the truth, about Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’.  Court room dramas are a staple of the drama genre and Sorkin’s scripts are typically filled with those rousing moments.  Is this a winner, or are we all guilty.  Then the Banned Marathon begins with Martin Scorses...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the documentary, ‘Dick Johnson Is Dead’, the first one in quite a while due to Chris’ loose ban on the genre.  Does ‘Dick Johnson Is Dead’ show Chris the error of his ways?  Then it’s on to Sherlock Holmes fanfic ‘Enola Holmes’, that answers the question, what if Sherlock also a younger sister with the ability to move things with her min...

This week on The First Run, it’s all aboard the Train To Busan again!  This time, Chris and Matt visit what’s affectionately known as the ‘Peninsula’.  Just what have those kooky zombies been up to in South Korea all this time?  Then they’re tour of South Korea continues with Netflix’s #Alive.  This time your trapped in your home as zombie hordes overrun you...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt go apartment hunting with their pals from Netflix.  First up is ‘His House’, the story of refugees from war-torn South Sudan area as they try to adapt to a new life in the U.K., while someone… or something may have followed them.  If things don’t work out there, Matt and Chris head on over to LA to see what’s shaking at this ‘1BR’ in t...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Sofia Coppola’s ‘On The Rocks’, an Apple+ exclusive.  Bill Murray reunites with Coppola, previously working together on the fantastic ‘Lost In Translation’.  In this venture, Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans join as a couple whose marriage is potentially dissolving.  Murray plays Jones’ father and the two team up to fi...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt catch up with their old pal Borat in ‘Borat Subsequent MovieFilm. This time, Borat is sent to America to present Trump with a gift, his daughter. Or is he…? Does lightning strike twice as we revisit a character whose last film made Chris laugh so hard he cried? Then our makeshift Horror Anthology Movie Marathon carries on with Shudder’s ‘The Mortuary Coll...

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Possessor’. And the emotional toll it took on Chris’ soul. Brandon has an interesting take on an elite assassination team. Then our non-marathon of Horror Anthology Films continues with ‘Scare Me’. A couple of crazy kids hang out in a remote cabin after the power goes and tell each other scary stories and all the fun that ent...