TFR Ep. 175: The Great Gatsby, Get To Know Your Hosts

This week we get to indulge our inner 20's suits and flappers, Old Sport.  A time I truly enjoy, for the fashion and styles.  Granted socially, we were a mess.  But we looked good!  So is style enough to propel the film version of my favorite novel, The Great Gatsby, to be my an entertaining, loyal, film adaptation? Or is there actually some heart and depth in a Baz Luhrmann film?  We'll review the big releases on blu-ray & dvd, then it's 'Gettin' To Know Ya' time.  What's that?  Listen on to find out.

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00:00-13:51: Intro/The Great Gatsby

13:52-23:57: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks

23:58-39:55: Get To Know Your Hosts

39:55-42:37: Wrap Up

Theme music provided Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

TFR Ep. 174: Iron Man 3 Spoiler Show

Here it is!  All the super inside super secret spoilers and easter eggs in Iron Man 3.  Who is Brandt?  What's the Mandarin's secret? Do any other Avengers show up?  What's Guy Pearce doing in this film?  All will be revealed in this bonus episode of The First Run.

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Theme music provided by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

TFR Ep. 173: Iron Man 3, Top 5 Best Of The Rest Summer Preview

This week Chris & Dave embrace the summer movie season in all its glory with the release of Iron Man 3.  Does The First Run's favorite actor, Robert Downey Jr., break the trilogy part 3 curse? Hello 'Spider-Man 3'! Could it even be better than 'The Avengers'?  The guys also review the big releases on Blu-Ray & DVD, featuring Dave's Streaming Pick Of The Week.  Then it's the Top Summer Movies Not Names 'Man Of Steel' or 'Star Trek Into Darkness'.  This week's feature musician is hip-hop artist Mike White.  Time to engage in some cosplay and download the latest episode of the big show.  And don't forget our Iron Man 3 spoiler edition will be up in a couple days!

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Check out more from Mike White at IAmMikeWhite.com

00:00-15:20: Intro/Iron Man 3
15:21-33:57: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks
33:58-51:41: Top 5 Best Of The Rest Summer Preview
51:42-56:45: Wrap Up

Theme music provided by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

TFR Ep. 172: Pain & Gain, Top 5 Kidnapping Movies

This week on the big show, Dave and I catch up with a non-Transformers Michael Bay film, Pain & Gain.  Does this true story finally deliver the impossible?  A thoughtful, multifaceted character driven adventure thrill from one of today most subtle directors?  Or is the The Rock part 2: Cagin' Connery?  We'll review the big releases on Blu-Ray and DVD, featuring a film I'm kicking myself for not getting to see when it was in the theaters…  AND Dave's streaming pick of the week.  Then in honor of Pain & Gain, it's our Top 5 Kidnapping movies.  This week we also feature the music of Kate Callahan.  So thanks for listening!  And Dave, what's this rag smell like…?

Download the show from iTunes here: Episode 172

Or stream it now by clicking here: PLAY!

Listen to Kate Callahan here: Listen!

00:00-14:49: Intro/Pain & Gain
14:50-31:12: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks
31:13-43:38: Top 5 Kidnapping Movies
43:39-48:15: Wrap Up/Outtake

Theme music provided by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

TFR Ep. 171: Oblivion, Top 5 Tom Cruise Things

This week The Tomster returns with the sci-fi action thriller, 'Oblivion'.  So, how much did we like 'Mission Impossible IV, Ghost Protocol'?  How much did we like 'Jack Reacher'?  Well, now you get to hear how much we liked 'Oblivion'.  Directed by Joseph Kosinski, who brought us the visually striking, if not underwhelming 'Tron: Legacy'.  So is 'Oblivion' a mix of 'Ghost Protocol' and 'Prometheus', or is it more 'Reacher'+'Legacy'?  We'll review the big releases on Blu-Ray and DVD for this upcoming Tuesday, April 30th.  Then is a top Five Of Our Favorite Tom Cruise things.  

This week we're also featuring music from The And Band.  Check them out on Facebook.



Download the show from iTunes here: Episode 171

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00:00-15:21: Intro/Oblivion
15:22-25:37: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks
25:38-41:29: Top 5 Tom Cruise Things
41:30-45:40: Wrap Up
45:41-50:56: Oblivion Spoiler Discussion

Theme music provided by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

TFR Ep. 170: 42, Inventory Of The Best Films Of 2001

This week on the big show Dave and I tackle baseball and racism with the Jackie Robinson picture, '42'.  Does '42', knock it out of the park and continue the trend of great baseball movies that aren't really about baseball, like Field Of Dreams, The Natural, and the like?  Or does the film try to do too much and ends up popping up to the catcher?  Cinematically speaking of course.  We'll review the big releases on Blu-ray and DVD, featuring Dave's Streaming Pick of the Week.  Then it's a return to our annual Inventories with the Top Five Films of 2001.  We're also featuring new music by Daphne Lee Martin from her album 'Moxie'.  You can order it from her website, Daphne Lee Martin.com as well as iTunes and a great record store down in New London, The Telegraph.  So pop open a box of cracker jacks, buy yourself a $10 beer, and keep score of another gold glove edition of The First Run. 

Download the show from iTunes here: Episode 170

Or stream it now by clicking here: PLAY!


00:00-13:49: Intro/42
13:50-27:48: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks
27:49-46:33: Inventory Of The Best Films Of 2001
46:34-50:55: Wrap Up

Theme music provided by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

TFR Ep. 169: Evil Dead, Call It!

And this week it's a big show.  One of Scalzo's most anticipated films of the year, if not the decade.  We discuss the modern remake of one of his most beloved, if not THE most beloved horror films of his youth, Evil Dead.  Remakes usually make me nervous.  But when I saw that Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell & Rob Tappert were all on board as producers, and the reviews from the screening in SXSW were glowing, I got excited.  So can this new version of Evil Dead honor the original, hell, can it surpass it?!?  After that, it’s the Blu-Ray & DVD Picks for this upcoming Tuesday, the 16th.  It's another small week, with one big release.  Then we're going to play Call It!  Probably my favorite game when we present two movie related choices, and we have to pull the trigger on one…or the other.  So give us a listen as you do your spring cleaning, rummaging through that dank, old fruit cellar.

Download the show from iTunes here: Episode 169

Or stream the show now by clicking here: PLAY!

Listen to Jamal's work here: JAMAFOR

00:00-18:51: Intro/Evil Dead
18:52-28:45: Blu-Ray & DVD Picks
28:46-44:59: Call It!
45:00-49:30: Wrap Up

Theme music provided by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey