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The First Run

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  • The First Run is a weekly podcast featuring lively, spirited talk about film. We'll be discussing a wide variety of films including new releases, lost classics and perhaps a controversial opinion or two. So come join us for some animated conversation, that only occasionally devolves into rudimentary chimp-like poop throwing.
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Episodes
  • TFR Ep. 718: Twisters, Who Dat?!?
    Jul 26 2024
    TFR Ep. 718: Twisters, Who Dat?!?

    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

    Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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    52 mins
  • TFR Ep. 717: Longlegs, 5 Favorite Movie Serial Killers
    Jul 19 2024
    TFR Ep. 717: Longlegs, 5 Favorite Movie Serial Killers

    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

    Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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    39 mins
  • TFR Ep. 716: Maxxxine, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, 5 Most Anticipated Films Left in 2024
    Jul 12 2024
    TFR Ep. 716: Maxxxine, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, 5 Most Anticipated Films Left in 2024

    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

    Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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    48 mins

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