TFR Ep. 252.5: Interstellar Spoiler Show
Chris Scalzo
No, we didn't forget! Late but still awesome, it's our Interstellar Spoiler Show!
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TFR Ep. 253: Birdman, TFR Libs
Chris Scalzo
Chris and Dave watched Michael Keaton, along with Edward Norton, tear it up in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘Birdman’. The story of a not quite washed up actor trying to recapture his art, one disastrous rehearsal at a time.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 252: Interstellar, Who Dat?!?
Chris Scalzo
Christopher Nolan latest film, ‘Interstellar’, starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and a whole mess of other people is here! Is it Nolan’s masterpiece or a bloated effects-driven mess?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 251: John Wick, 5 Best Cinematic Comebacks
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Dave & Chris watched Keanu Reeves kick all kinds of ass, and possible reignite his career, in ‘John Wick’…?
Read MoreTFR Halloween Special: Tusk, Annabelle, Deliver Us From Evil, Wolf Creek 2, Best Head Explosions
Chris Scalzo
Happy Halloween! It’s a special edition of TFR as Chris Scalzo fills you in on some of the horror films he’s checked out recently. Some good, some bad, hopefully all scary.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 250: The Fury, The Lounge
Chris Scalzo
It’s our 250th episode spectacular! Chris and Dave are joined by former co-hosts Chris Espo & Matt Howell for our anniversary edition. The big show features our discussion of David Ayer’s ‘Fury’, starring Brad Pitt.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 249: The Judge, 5 Best Court Room Dramas
Chris Scalzo
This week on the big show, it’s a non-Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. picture, ’The Judge’.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 248: Gone Girl, 5 Best Films Of 1990
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Chris & Dave caught up with the latest from David Fincher, ‘Gone Girl’. It’s the story of some guy’s wife that disappears and he may or may not have killed her. Or something. I don’t know.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 247: The Equalizer, Call It!
Chris Scalzo
Denzel Washington is Edward Woodward as Robert (McCall?) in…'The Equalizer'. Is Denzel intruding on Liam Neeson’s aging action thriller territory?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 246: A Walk Among The Tombstones, What Are The Odds?
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Chris and Dave got to see an out of season Liam Neeson movie, ‘A Walk Among The Tombstones’, where Liam Neeson does his Liam Neeson thing.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 245: The Drop, 5 Actors Destined To Win An Oscar
Chris Scalzo
Is the crucible that was the last few weeks at the movies over with 'The Drop', starring Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini in his last film role?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 244: The One I Love, Who Dat?
Chris Scalzo
Chris and Dave decided to curl up on their respective couches and check out some On Demand Indie stuff with ‘The One I Love’, starring Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 243: Boyhood, 5 Best Films Of 1991
Chris Scalzo
This week, it's Richard Linklater’s ‘Boyhood. A film 12 years in the making about a boys journey into adulthood. Can the film possibly live up to all of the accolades?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 242: Jodorowsky’s Dune, 5 Unmade Films We’d Love To See
Chris Scalzo
This week we discuss 'Jodorowski’s Dune'. Were we robbed of potentially one of the great artistic masterpieces in cinema history?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 241: The Expendables 3, Lucy, 5 Great Films On Netflix Instant
Chris Scalzo
It’s return of Sylvester Stallone and all 16 of his buddies as they try to relive the glory days of the 80’s action film one last time.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 240: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Fall/Winter Preview
Chris Scalzo
It's one of their most anticipated films of the summer, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Those trailers looked like a lot of fun. But is the film any fun?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 239: Hercules, Call It!
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Chris and Dave had two releases to choose from. Lucy or Hercules. And they went with Hercules. Was it the right call?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 238: Snowpiercer, 5 Best Directorial Debuts
Chris Scalzo
Bong Joon-ho, director of The Host (the good one), makes his American debut with Snowpiercer. The story of the cure for global warming gone bad. Like stuck in the bathroom on the Acela for the rest of your life bad.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 237: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, 5 Films Improved By Adding An Ape
Chris Scalzo
All monkeys, all the time. This week on The First Run, Chris and Dave saw the sequel to the reboot of a reboot of an old, kinda of corny franchise. It’s ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’!
Read MoreTFR Ep. 236: Tammy, What Are The Odds?
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Chris and Dave viewed ‘Tammy’. Starring Melissa. McCarthy that is. It’s Melissa McCarthy’s big solo debut. She co-wrote the film with her husband (and he directed it). So has McCarthy finally found her own comedic voice?
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