This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt both get their own personal movie picks! First up, they get involved in a non-heist heist as they discuss Darren Aronofsky’s latest, ‘Caught Stealing’, featuring Elvis and Catwoman. Then Macon Blair’s reboot of the classic Troma movie ‘Toxic Avenger’, in the can since 2023, finally gets a theatrical release! Can you possibly improve upon a beloved b-movie masterpiece? All that and more on another toxic (in a good way) episode of The First Run!

00:00-12:50: Intro/Caught Stealing 12:51-25:04: The Toxic Avenger 25:05-29:21: Andor/Outro

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt take a wild ride through Ethan Coen’s latest solo mystery-comedy, _Honey, Don’t! _Margaret Qualley plays a private eye with a monotone, a mission, an intense sexual appetite, and zero patience for nonsense. The guys will tell you if it even gets close to reaching the heights of past Coen classics.

Then, Gotham gets a Dolby facelift as Batman (1989) swoops back into theaters. The guys revisit Burton’s brooding classic, Nicholson’s chaotic Joker, and ask the eternal question: is this the best version of the Caped Crusader on screen?

00:00-15:17: Intro/Honey Don't 15:18-21:46: Batman 1989 21:47-23:19: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt take their kitty cat bracelet out of storage to watch the latest adventure of the Mansell family as they try and take a vacation and end up getting into all kinds of wacky trouble in ‘Nobody 2’. Then Ari Aster returns with ‘Eddington’, the story about, well, a story that maybe serves no one, or is the hilarious satire of Covid and our deep divide we didn’t know we needed.

00:00-12:46: Intro/Nobody 2 12:47-15:49: Chris Pratt (Now What?!?) 15:50-27:13: Eddington 27:14-32:13: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey