This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss Sam Raimi’s first horror film since ‘Drag Me To Hell’ from 2009(!) with ‘Send Help’! And that’s it. Actually no, Chris has had a breakthrough with the MCU he’s very excited to share with Matt. And that’s it. For real this time.

00:00-14:38: Intro/Send Help

14:39-18:38: Wonder Man

18:39-20:57: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt check out the first true January movie of 2026 with Timur Bekmambetov’s ‘Mercy’, featuring Hollywood’s 4th best Chris (Pratt) and the UK’s best Ferguson (Rebeca). Then, the guys discuss the latest from the bro-iest bros in Hollywood, it’s Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in Joe Carnahan’s ‘The Rip’! Matt and Chris wrap it all up with their 5 Favorite Films of 2025!

00:00-12:17: Intro/Mercy

12:18-21:41: The Rip

21:42-37:16: 5 Favorite Films of 2025

37:17-41:26: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This week on The First Run, it’s a jumbo-sized program featuring Chris and Matt discussing Nia DiCosta’s ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’. Picking up moments after the previous films, Spike’s adventures in the cursed Scottish Highlands continue as Ralph Fiennes’s Dr. Ian Kelson and the Jimmy’s take center stage. Then 2025 wraps with Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ as Lee Byung-hun’s loss of his job appears to force him to extreme measures to lock up a new job. Matt and Chris then begin the wrap up last year with their Ten Favorite Films of 2025, numbers 10-6!

00:00-15:23: Intro/28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

15:24-25:19: No Other Choice

25:20-38:35: Top 10 Films of 2025: 10-6

38:36-40:47: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey.