This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt delve back into the Predator-verse! On this adventure, we eschew the Predator trope of the hunter villain, for a story about a honor, redemption, and cliche. Then Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, and America’s Sweet heart, Jesse Plemons reunite for the latest off-center cinematic experience with Bugonia!

00:00-14:21: Intro/Predator: Badlands

14:22-24:48 Bugonia

24:49-27:32: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the latest from Guillermo the Bull Frankenstein. It gets pretty heated discussing the merits of Mia Goth so you don't want to miss this one!

00:00-14:20: Intro/Frankenstein 14:20-23:52: **Miscellany/Wrap Up **

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Happy Halloween! This week on The First Run, Matt exercised his veto on musical bio-pics, sorry ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’. Instead it’s the puppy perspective horror film, ‘Good Boy’! Then to keep the Halloween season going, it’s the latest in Shudder’s horror anthology, ‘V/H/S: Halloween’! Chris has some news for Matt that make him a super happy boy too! Then Matt and Chris close out the show where the last 4 watched, Letterboxd style! Finally, if you’re food insecure, check out FindHelp.org for assistance near you.

00:00-11:22: Intro/Good Boy 11:23-29:38: V/H/S: Halloween 29:39-37:32: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Matt and Chris break out of the basement and head to camp with ghosts and dead serial killers in tow with ‘Black Phone 2’. Chris will then give you his thoughts on the latest from Jason Statham, ‘A Working Man’.

00:00-18:48: Intro/Black Phone 2 18:49-25:42: A Working Man 25:43-30:01: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, the official movie podcast of Antifa, Chris and Matt return the anti-franchise that is Tron. Does Disney finally succeed and make a good Tron movie and justify their repeated attempts to build a franchise? And how about that Jared Leto?!? All this and MORE!

00:00-18:38: Intro/Tron: Ares 18:39-24:51: Wrap Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out ‘The Smashing Machine’, the latest from Benny Safdie and Dwayne Johnson about the life of famed MMA fighter Mark Kerr. Is this The Rock's best performance? Tune in to find out!

00:00-15:45: Intro/The Smashing Machine 15:46-22:26: Wrap-Up

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This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest from auteur Paul Thomas Anderson featuring Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio, ‘One Batter After Another’. Be described as THE film of 2025, does the film deliver on its almost universal praise? Or is it another tepid entry after ‘Licorice Pizza’? After that, Matt and Chris do their best to rank Anderson’s films. How will their rankings stack up against yours? Listen on, patriots!

00:00-20:57: Intro/One Battle After Another 20:58-29:54: Rank ‘Em: PTA 29:55-34:17: Wrap Up

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Brooke Obie: One Fetish After Another: PTA Exploits Black Women and Averts Revolution

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the latest film from Jordan Peele's Monkey's Paw Productions, ‘HIM’. It’s a film that combines two of America's favorite pastimes...football and Satanism. It's another confusing episode of The First Run, buckle up!

00:00-16:19: Intro/HIM 16:20-20:24: Wrap-Up

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