This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris get down with some Kaiju mayhem with Takashi Yamazaki’s ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’. Then Chris will give you all the big releases on physical media on our run up to Black Friday. Sound good? Sounds good.

00:00-13:48: Intro/Godzilla Minus Zero

13:49-23:24: Physical Media Picks

23:25-25:21: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt return to our annual tradition of checking out Cannes Palm d’Or winner. This year, it’s Christian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’. A film about cultural clashes and we’ll find out when Matt stopped beating his kid. Then Chris reveals the big releases on Physical Media as the holiday season appears on the horizon.

00:00-14:30: Intro/Fjord

14:31-23:40: Physical Media Picks

23:41-28:58: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the DC R-Rated pseudo body horror ‘Clayface’ and let you know if it Morbs. Then Chris will give you the big releases on Physical Media. Finally, it's Halloween so time for another installment of V/H/S with ‘V/H/S Mixtape’. Happy Halloween!

00:00-13:12: Clayface

13:13-18:34: Physical Media

18:35-33:35: V/H/S Mixtape

33:36-35:16: Wrap-Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt wade back into the documentary waters with Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s ‘You Can See Everything’. The film was initially shot over the month prior to the beginning of Elizabeth Holmes’ prison sentence for the Theranos fraud conviction to provide people a real look into Holmes, and not the media’s creation version. Was this all just a big misunderstanding of what the word ‘Can’ means? There’s the rundown of the big releases this holiday season on Physical Media (the holiday season means Halloween to Chris). Then speaking of Chris, he shares his thoughts on actually seeing Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’ in the theater. All this and possibly more this week on The First Run!

00:00-16:36: Intro/You Can See Everything

16:37-21:18: Physical Media Picks

21:19-25:33: The Devils

25:34-27:28: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

TFR Ep. 531: Mank, The Devils

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: What Are the Odds?!?

43:27-46:44: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 on Physical Media. And I’m sure there will be other fun, endearing, and possibly outraging things discussed too. It’s another stellar episode of The First Run.

00:00-17:15: Intro/Digger

17:16-26:18: Physical Media Picks

26:19-30:45: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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

36:40-38:46: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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 complaint about. So if you see something weird in the distance, crank the volume on this episode, turn around and walk the other way…

00:00-16:16: Intro/Resident Evil (2026)

16:17-24:50: Physical Media Picks

24:51-26:30: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey