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881 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings

The podcast that answers the big question - should I see this movie?. Reviews and ratings. If you love movies, you’ll love Movies First with well-known and respected film critic and reviewer Alex First.

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52: Life, Animated - A documentary - Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 50

October 08, 2016 08:58 - 9 minutes - 8.73 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) *Life, Animated (Documentary) A coming of age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood. Director: Roger Ross Williams Starring: Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Alan Rosenblatt (IMDb) Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Podcast Addict...

51: 'Equity' - Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 49

October 07, 2016 08:58 - 10 minutes - 9.8 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) *Equity Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop is threatened by a financial scandal and must untangle a web of corruption. Director: Meera Menon Stars: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas (IMDb) Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Podcast Addict or any good podcatcher app. Email: [email protected] For more, follow us on Facebook, twitter, Google...

50: The Magnificent 7 (2016) - Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 48

October 06, 2016 09:37 - 8 minutes - 7.67 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). *The Magnificent 7 (2016) Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Director - Antoine Fuqua Stars - Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean or any good podcatcher app. For more, follow Movies First on Facebook, twitter, Google+ and Clammr: Facebook: @moviesfir...

49: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 47

October 05, 2016 10:40 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) *Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers. Directed by Tim Burton Starring: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at iTunes...

48: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Episode 46 - Weiner (a true story)

October 04, 2016 08:37 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) *Weiner (Documentary) An examination of disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign and today's political landscape. Directors: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg Starring: Huma Abedin, Amit Bagga, Adam S. Barta (IMDb) Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean or any good podcatcher app. Email: [email protected] Join our mailing list: ht...

47: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Storks

October 02, 2016 03:06 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) *Storks Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages. But when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork must scramble to fix the error by delivering the baby. (Animated) Starring the voices of: Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer , Jennifer Aniston (IMDb) Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, or any good podcatcher app. Email: M...

46: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Episode 44 - Snowden

September 30, 2016 13:18 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). *Snowden The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press. Directed by Oliver Stone Starring - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo (IMDb) Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean or any good podcatcher app....

45: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Pete's Dragon (2016)

September 29, 2016 22:58 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com Pete's Dragon (2016) The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley (IMDb) Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean or any good podcatcher app. For more movie stuff, follow us on Facebook, twitter, Google+ and Clammr: Facebook - @moviesfirst twitter - @moviesfi...

44: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Summertime (La Belle Saison)

September 29, 2016 10:17 - 8 minutes - 7.6 MB

Stream episodes on demand at www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Summertime (La Belle Saison) There was little chance, in the year 1971, that Carole, a Paris Spanish teacher and feminist militant, would ever meet Delphine, the daughter of a couple of Limousin farmers. But they did meet and not only did they come across each other but they fell passionately in love as well. Unfortunately, Delphine's father fell victim to a stroke, and the young woman had no other choice but to go bac...

43: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Basil's Back!

September 29, 2016 01:47 - 10 minutes - 9.5 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). In this episode we take a look at the live stage version of Fawlty Towers, the much loved TV comedy, which is touring Australia and New Zealand. Fawlty Towers Live is based on the BBC TV series written by John Cleese and Connie Booth. It's been adapted for the stage by John Cleese, with direction by Caroline J. Ranger and set design by Liz Ascroft. Manic, snobbish, condescending, sycophantic and rude, Basil Fawlty i...

42: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Yoga Hosers

September 28, 2016 04:52 - 8 minutes - 7.72 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Clammr, Podbean or any good podcatcher app. *Yoga Hosers. Directed by Kevin Smith and starring Lily-Rose Depp, Harley Quinn Smith, Johnny Depp Two teenage yoga enthusiasts team up with a legendary man-hunter to battle with an ancient evil presence that is threatening their major party plans. For more, follow Movies First on Facebo...

41: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Blair Witch (2016)

September 27, 2016 02:28 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at all good podcatcher apps including iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Podcast Addict etc. Blair Witch (2016) After discovering a video showing what he believes to be his vanished sister Heather, James and a group of friends head to the forest believed to be inhabited by the Blair Witch. Starring James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid (IMDb) For...

40: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - The Confirmation

September 26, 2016 09:32 - 6 minutes - 6.16 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at all good podcatcher apps, including iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean etc. The Confirmation: Eight year old Anthony is somewhat uneasy about spending the weekend with his alcoholic, down-on-his-luck carpenter dad Walt while his mom Bonnie and her new husband Kyle go to a Catholic retreat together. Walt is just as uneasy about spending time with Anthony, especi...

39: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Spinout

September 20, 2016 08:10 - 7 minutes - 7.26 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com Spinout: Australian Comedy, Drama, Romance - Let Love Take You For A Ride. Starring Xavier Samuel, Morgan Griffin, Travis Jeffery (IMDb) Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean and all good podcatcher apps. Email: [email protected] For more, follow Movies First on Facebook, twitter and Google+: Facebook: @moviesfirst twitter: @moviesfirst Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/2...

38: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Live Theater - Man Of The Year

September 20, 2016 00:54 - 7 minutes - 6.99 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Man Of The Year - 5pound theatre and Melbourne Fringe present … Man of the Year A long history of violence. In 1939 Time magazine named Adolf Hitler 'Man of the Year ‘ because he was the most influential person of that year… "for better or worse”. 5pound theatre are proud to be premiering Man of the Year, a new one man show at the 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival. The show will run at the Fringe Hub from the 16th – 23r...

37: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Eight Days A Week, The Touring Years

September 19, 2016 10:53 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MB

Stream episodes from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) In this episode of Movies First, we take a look at the Ron Howard produced documentary Eight Days A Week, The Touring Years. 'A compilation of found footage featuring music, interviews, and stories of The Beatles' 250 concerts from 1963 to 1966.' Starring The Beatles (IMDb) Subscribe, rate and Review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Tunein or any good podcatcher app. Email: [email protected] ...

36: Movies First with Alex First & Chis Coleman - Bridget Jones's Baby

September 19, 2016 10:21 - 10 minutes - 9.74 MB

Stream episodes from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) In this episode of Movies First, we take a look at the much anticipated Bridget Jones's Baby... 'Bridget's focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch ... she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby's father.' Starring Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent (IMDb) Subscribe, rate and Review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketca...

35: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - bite-size - Sully

September 16, 2016 00:51 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

Stream episodes from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean or any good podcatcher app. Sully - The story of Chesley Sullenberger, who became a hero after gliding his plane along the water in the Hudson River, saving all of the airplane flights 155 crew and passengers. Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney (IMDb) For more movies goodness, follow Movies First on Facebook, twitter and Google+ #mov...

34: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 33 - Sully plus

September 12, 2016 12:10 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi...Chris with the Show Notes for Episode 33...our films are: Sully - The story of Chesley Sullenberger, who became a hero after gliding his plane along the water in the Hudson River, saving all of the airplane flights 155 crew and passengers. Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney (IMDb) *The Secret Life Of Pets - (Animated) The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a ...

33: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 32 - Don't Breathe

September 06, 2016 08:28 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi everyone, Chris with the Show Notes for Episode 32. Movies that get a critical look are: *Don't Breathe - Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems. Starring Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette. (IMDb) *Nerve - A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to b...

32: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 31 - The Theatre only special episode

September 05, 2016 11:12 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Hi everyone, Chris with the Show Notes for Episode 31....in which Alex goes to the theatre and spends almost an entire week there. These reviews are the result. Alex's critical eye is cast over: *We Will Rock You the musical. *The Beast *First Date the musical *Alex andEve - The Complete Story. Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at iTunes, audioBoom, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Podbean, Podcast Addict or any good podcatcher...

31: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 30 - Bigger than Ben Hur!

August 29, 2016 09:53 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MB

Stream this and previous episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Subscribe, rate and review at iTunes, audioBoom, Pocketcasts, Stitcher, Podbean, Podcast Addict or any good podcatcher app. Movies that we review and discuss in this episode are: *Ben Hur - Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption. Starring Jack Huston, T...

30: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Episode 29 - War Dogs!

August 22, 2016 11:16 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi everyone, Chris with the Show Notes for Episode 29...and in this episode we review and discuss the following: *War Dogs - Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan. Starring Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz (IMDb) *Indignation - In 1951, Marcus, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, a...

29: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 28 - Sausage Party!

August 16, 2016 01:34 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi everyone...Chris with the Show Notes for Episode 28 of Movies First. *Sausage Party - A sausage strives to discover the truth about his existence.. Starring Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill (IMDb) *The Clan (from Argentina) - The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s. Starring Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani, Lili Popovich. (IMDb) *Rolling Thunder Vietnam (Stage show) ...

28: Movies First with Alex First and Chris Coleman Episode 27 - The worst movie ever?

August 10, 2016 03:21 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MB

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Hi everyone, Chris with the Show Notes for Episode 27...in which Alex reviews a movie he considers the worst film he's ever seen, with no redeeming value...and he scores it 0/10...that's right...zero. The only time he's ever done that in his career. What film is it? Here are the contenders: *Down Under - A black comedy set during the aftermath of the Cronulla (Sydney, Australia) riots, it is the story of two carloads of hoth...

27: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 26 - Suicide Squad/Ab Fab

August 05, 2016 12:27 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi everyone...Chris with the Show Notes for Episode 26 of Movies First. Movies we review and chat about are: *Suicide Squad - A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.. Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie. (IMDb) * Absolutely Fabulous The Movie - After attracting both media and police attention for accidentally knocking Kate Moss ...

26: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 25 - Jason Bourne!

August 01, 2016 08:49 - 40 minutes - 37 MB

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly) Hi everyone, Chris with the Show Notes for Episode 25 of Movies First: *Jason Bourne - The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past. Starring Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander. (IMDb) *Embrace Of The Serpent (Columbia) - The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work ...

25: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 24 - Lights Out

July 29, 2016 11:03 - 35 minutes - 33 MB

Stream on demand from www.bitesz.com Hi everyone....Chris with the Show Notes for Episode 24: *Lights Out - When her little brother, Martin, experiences the same events that once tested her sanity, Rebecca works to unlock the truth behind the terror, which brings her face to face with an entity that has an attachment to their mother, Sophie. Starring Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello. (IMDb) *Hitchcock.Truffaut - Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Ci...

24: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Episode 23 - Star Trek Beyond and more...

July 25, 2016 09:23 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

Hi everyone, Chris with the Show Notes for Episode 23: Movies reviewed and discussed: *Star Trek Beyond- The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test. Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban (IMDb) *Maggie's Plan - Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile...

23: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman Episode 22 - Catch-up

July 22, 2016 10:23 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB

Hi everyone, Chris with the Show Notes for Movies First Episode 22...where we do some catching up. Movies discussed and reviewed are: *A Perfect Day - (from Spain) - A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone. Starring Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko .(IMDb) *Warcraft: The Beginning - As an Orc horde invades the planet Azeroth using a magic portal, a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this wa...

22: Movies First with Alex First & Chris Coleman - Episode 21 - Ghostbusters?

July 20, 2016 13:40 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB

Hi everyone, Chris with the Show Notes for Episode 21 of Movies First. In this episode we review and discuss: * Ghostbusters (2016) - Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon (IMDb) *Our Kind Of Traitor - From the novel by John le Carre - A couple finds themselv...