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This week on The First Run, since everyone is talking about ‘Challengers’, Chris and Matt watched ‘Boy Kills World’. Genre films are the bread and butter of The First Run, and no amount of Zendaya led love triangles and threesomes will keep them from their revenge-action films. Was there even an Eiffel Tower in ‘Challengers’? Don’t waste anyone’s time. Hooked by the H. Jon Benjamin narration, Is there enough butt-kicking to save the day? Then it’s on to the IFC/Shudder original, ‘Late Night With The Devil’. David Dastmalchian leads the viral hit about a struggling talkshow that tries to boost ratings by interviewing an actual possessed kid. What could possibly go wrong? There’s abs-packed rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Viper Video Picks of the Week, AND the return this week of the Straight to DVD Pick of the Week. Finally Matt and Chris close out the show with a hot and spicy round of ‘Call It!’.

00:00-12:07: Intro/Boy Kill’s World
12:08-22:06: Physical Media Picks
22:07-35:48: Late Night With The Devil
35:49-53:46: Call It!
53:47-56:32: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt bust out the garlic and crosses as they check out ‘Abigail’, a treatise in how terrifying precocious children can be. Then they slog into the Zack Snyder muck once more so you don't have to with ‘Rebel Moon: The Scargiver’. They'll give you the rundown on the big physical media releases, the Viper Video and Streaming Picks of the week then they wrap it all up with their favorite untrustworthy characters with the Top 5 Traitors in Film. 

00:00-10:37: Intro/Abigail
10:38-23:25: Physical Media Picks
23:26-42:48: Rebel Moon:The Scargiver
42:49-58:13: Top 5 Traitors In Film
58:14-1:00:00: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt embed themselves in Alex Garland’s latest (and final?) directorial effort, ‘Civil War’.  If you’ve ever wondered what would happen in the United States if society finally broke down over which way the toilet paper should be hung.  Or maybe it was if Chicago pizza is real pizza? Something bad, I’m sure.  There’s the crack-shot rundown of the big releases on Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week.  Then Matt and Chris close out the show with a round of What Are The Odds, featuring Tarantino, Frank Drebin, Phantom Menaces, and more!

00:00-21:44: Intro/Civil War
21:45-32:47: Physical Media Picks
32:48-54:44: What Are The Odds?!?
54:45-56:40: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

How do you feel about nuns in peril? Well, if you're for it, then the guys have a treat for you. This week, Chris and Matt do a deep dive into the Nunsploitation renaissance of 2024 with ‘The First Omen’ and ‘Immaculate’. They give you the rundown of the big releases on Physical media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Matt and Chris wrap up the show with their Top 5 Horror Prequels.  How has there not been a Howling prequel?

00:00-15:09: The First Omen
15:10-22:14: Physical Media Picks
22:15-29:45: Immaculate
29:46-48:40: Top 5 Horror Prequels
48:41-51:19: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt book a round trip back to Hollow Earth to check in on our good buddy, King Kong. Nope, sorry. Just Kong. It’s ‘Godzilla X Kong: New Empire’. Not only do we get a big box full of Kong, we get a bunch more giant apes, a baby Kong, and an ancient ice breathing titan. And if we’re lucky, maybe Godzilla will show up too. From there it’s on to the big releases in Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight To DVD Picks of the Week! There’s a quick discussion of the Aliens 4k disc too! Then Matt and Chris wrap up show with the harrowing atomic breath worthy fill-in-the-blank game, TFR Libs. Featuring the latest news about Scream, the MCU, and Chris and Matt go down a rabbit hole over what qualifies as sci-fi or not. It’s a doozy, folks!

00:00-17:20: Intro/Godzilla x Kong: New Empire
17:21-25:54: Physical Media Picks
25:55-51:31: TFR Libs
51:32-54:09: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt sign out their weird, grumpy uncles from the assisted living home for yet another trip to the paranormal well with ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’. Does the gang still pack an unlicensed nuclear accelerator punch? Then Matt and Chris ask the age-old question “Can you improve upon B-Movie perfection?” with the latest product from the strip mining of the 80’s, ‘Road House’. There’s the gnarly takedown of the big releases in Physical Media, featuring the Straight-To-DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. Then Chris and Matt make their own version of what all the cool kids are doing in March with the annual First Run Summer Movie Bracket. Though Chris screws up and confuses ‘Sting’ with ‘Longlegs’. Idiot.

00:00-18:15: Intro/Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
18:16-24:40: Physical Media/Straight to DVD/Streaming Pick of the Week
24:41-38:14: Road House ’24
38:15-56:58 Summer Movie Bracket
56:59-58:51: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey