The First Word

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The First Word - Hereditary & Summer Horror, feat. Annette DiGiovanni Jul 13, 2018

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Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss horror movies including Ari Aster's Hereditary and John Krasinski's A Quiet Place on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast, featuring genuine horror fan Annette DiGiovanni as our guest.

The First Word - June 2018 Trailer Week, feat. Anton Volkov Jun 15, 2018

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Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss movie trailers galore from the epic movie trailer week in June 2018 on this latest episode of The First Word Podcast, featuring trailer expert Anton Volkov from the website TrailerTrack.

The First Word - Solo: A Star Wars Story, feat. Germain Lussier May 29, 2018

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Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss Ron Howard's Solo: A Star Wars Story in the 10th episode of The First Word Podcast, featuring entertainment journalist guest Germain Lussier from io9.

The First Word - Avengers: Infinity War, feat. Alisha Grauso & Amon Warmann May 03, 2018

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Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War full-on with spoilers, featuring two guests: Alisha Grauso (@AlishaGrauso) & Amon Warmann (@awarmann). We chat about all the good, the bad, theories about what's next, and what really happened in this movie, and much more in this Marvel mania episode.

The First Word - On Dogs + Isle of Dogs, feat. Tomris Laffly Apr 10, 2018

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Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) briefly review Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated film Isle of Dogs, then discuss dog love and dogs in movies with film journalist guest Tomris Laffly (@tomilaffly). We love dogs! Dogs are the best.

The First Word - Video Game Movies, feat. Jordan Vogt-Roberts Mar 29, 2018

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Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) talk about the new Tomb Raider movie and discuss video game movies in general, and why there still isn't a good one yet, with special guest filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts).

The First Word - 2018 Academy Awards, feat. Sasha Stone Mar 06, 2018

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Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss the 2018 Academy Awards, analyzing the winners and nominees along with a discussion about the power of the Oscars. Featuring special guest Sasha Stone (@awardsdaily) - who owns and runs the website Awards Daily.

The First Word - Alex Garland's Annihilation Mar 02, 2018

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Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg discuss Alex Garland's Annihilation adaptation on this special breakdown episode of The First Word Podcast.

The First Word - Black Panther & Marvel, feat. Amon Warmann Feb 19, 2018

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Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss Ryan Coogler's Black Panther movie, with special guest film critic Amon Warmann (@awarmann). We also briefly discuss the current state of Marvel movies at the end.

The First Word - Black Mirror & Sundance 2018, feat. Eric Heisserer Feb 07, 2018

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Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss the episodes from Season 4 of Black Mirror with special guest, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Arrival, Eric Heisserer (@HIGHzurrer). Alex also gives a recap of his favorite films from Sundance 2018.

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