TFR Ep. 516: Sputnik, The Assistant, DC Fandrome, Top 5 Whistleblower Films

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt travel back in time in preparation of next week’s ‘Bill and Ted Face The Music’ episode and accidently end up in Soviet Kazakhstan in 1983. Turns out a couple of cosmonauts crash landed there with a third, unidentified passenger and things are NOT going well. We’re discussing the Russian import, ‘Sputnik’. Then it’s quantum leap 2019 as Julia Garner portrays Jane. An assistant at a film production company dreaming of being a producer. Unfortunately, there’s something very Miramaxy about this company. There’s the venerable rundown of the big releases on physical media, featuring the Straight to DVD and Streaming Picks of the Week. The show wraps with Matt and Chris listing their Top 5 Favorite Whistleblower Films.

00:00-09:47: Intro/Sputnik

09:48-19:43: Physical Media Picks

19:44-36:33: DC Fandrome

36:34-43:08: The Assistant

43:09-56:33: Top 5 Whistleblower Films

56:34-58:44: Wrap Up

Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

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