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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.
Unknown Host hosts The First Run, a tv show with 300 episodes published.
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 Me
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
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 haphaza
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 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 eyeb
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 m
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 franch
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
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 i
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 mo
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
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 kin
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 run
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 dire
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
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
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 Univers
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 th
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
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
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