TFR Ep. 280: Honeymoon, 5 Worst Movie Getaways
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt caught up with the 2014 horror film ‘Honeymoon’. Heck with ‘Jurassic World’. It’s not like it had the biggest Friday opening ever.
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TFR Ep. 279: Spy, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared, Ex Machina, Who Dat?!?
Chris Scalzo
It’s guest host-arama! This week on The First Run Chris is joined by Culture Dogs host Kevin O’Toole! Things start with Paul Feig’s ‘Spy’, starring Melissa McCarthy. Can McCarthy right the ship after the disappointing ‘Tammy’?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 278: Zombeavers, Tomorrowland, 5 Favorite Film Futures
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, it’s about dam time we had a zombie/beaver horror mash up! It’s ‘Zombeavers’!
Read MoreTFR Ep. 277: Mad Max: Fury Road, 5 Favorite Movie Chases
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt buckle up and hold on tight for the return of George Miller and his Mad Max franchise.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 276: Maggie, 5 Best Films Of 1985
Chris Scalzo
Arnold is back! Shooting and fighting and kicking zombie ass in ‘Maggie’! Well, more like spending a lot of time dealing with loss and looking generally morose.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 275: Avengers: Age Of Ultron, 5 Times Robots Really Screwed Us Over
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Chris, Dave, and Matt watched THE big release of the 2015 Summer Season. Joss Whedon and pals are back in The Avengers: Age Of Ultron.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 274: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, 5 Favorite Foreign Genre Films
Chris Scalzo
On this week’s episode, Matt and Chris discuss the Iranian vampire western, ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night’. Is this story of a lonely young vampire that may finally get the taste of ‘Twilight’ out of mouths. (It still hurts)
Read MoreTFR Ep. 273: Unfriended, Child 44, TFR Libs
Chris Scalzo
In this episode of The First Run, we discuss ‘Unfriended’ and ‘Child 44’. One is a horror movie, the other is just horrible.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 272: Furious 7, What Are The Odds?!?
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Dave ‘Briar Rabbit’ is back! Just in time to discuss the weeks old ‘Furious 7’. The franchise that will not end keeps rolling along.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 271: Wolfcop, The Houses October Built, 5 Best Films Of 1986
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt dive medium deep into the Netflix box of digital wonders with viewings of ‘Wolfcop’ (yes, seriously) and ’The Houses October Built’.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 270: It Follows, Call It!
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Chris, Dave and Matt got their pants scared off watching ‘It Follows’. It’s a horror film about what happens when you engage in dirty, dirty sex.
Read MoreTFR EP. 269: V/H/S: Viral, Run All Night, Leviathan, Who Dat?
Chris Scalzo
This week, it's ‘V/H/S’ horror anthology series, ‘Viral’. Is the franchise reinvigorated by it’s new format? Or should we just head to The Winchester, have a pint, and wait for this all to blow over?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 268: Chappie, 5 Favorite Movie Robots
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run we’re back in the theaters with the latest from Neill Blomkamp, ‘Chappie’. Is the film the ‘Short Circuit’/‘Terminator’ mash up we’ve all been waiting for?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 267: Netflix Hidden Gems, TV Talk
Chris Scalzo
No Dave? No problem! As Dave heads to Thailand to ‘celebrate’ his birthday, Matt and Chris record a bonus episode just for you!
Read MoreTFR Ep. 266: Whiplash, 5 Best Films Of 1987
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, we’re still ticking off the great films of 2014. It’s Oscar winner J.K. Simmons in ‘Whiplash’, a story of music and punishment.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 265: The Guest, What Are The Odds?!?
Chris Scalzo
On this week’s episode of The First Run, we checked out ‘The Guest’. Dan Stevens plays a guy home from the war, looking to reconnect with society, connect with the family of one of his fallen comrades, and perhaps kick a little ass along the way. …Right?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 264: Kingsman: The Secret Service, TFR Libs
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, Chris and Dave watched the latest from director Matthew Vaughn, ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’. Do we have a whole new franchise on our hands? Should the Bond franchise take note?
Read MoreTFR Ep. 263: Horns, 2015 Oscars Preview
Chris Scalzo
This week on The First Run, the guys decide to ignore the big theatrical releases and instead fire up their streaming services with Alexandre Aja’s ‘Horns’.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 262: A Most Violent Year, 5 Best Films Of 1988
Chris Scalzo
On this episode of The First Run, the 2014 catch up finally concludes…maybe, with J.C. Chandor’s ‘A Most Violent Year’.
Read MoreTFR Ep. 261: Inherent Vice, 2015 Preview
Chris Scalzo
This week on TFR, Chris and Dave cruise the late 60’s L.A. scene with Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Inherent Vice’.
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