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This is the best thing I've done in fiction. It's TRAINING DAY, set in Vietnam, and it's based on a true story. A group of soldiers in Vietnam decide they need to murder their rogue lieutenant, if they're going to make it home alive. Available now, anywhere you get your podcasts. If you liked any of the shows I featured prominently on WATCH THIS TONIGHT, shows like MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN, MR. INBETWEE...

Don't let me leave, Murph! A fond farewell to Watch This Tonight. To everyone who listened, DM'd, texted, wrote a review, guested, or helped in any way with the show, a sincere thank you. Keep Watching :)

Hugh Howey, creator of the Silo story universe (which encompasses now novels, graphic novels, and the Rebecca Ferguson starring Apple+ TV series Silo), joins the podcast to discuss Season 1 of the show, the generation of the core foundation of the Silo, what a supernova talent Rebecca Ferguson is, how surprising the knockout success of the show has been, what parts of the book and graphic novel yo...

If you, like me, missed M3gan in theaters and were curious what all the fuss was about, M3gan is now available on Amazon Prime. I checked it out and was very impressed, M3gan in its own way is part of the recent wave of theatrically successful horror (Smile, Barbarian) that hopefully will trigger a renaissance of original films getting made. Did you see M3gan? What did you think? Trying to figure...

For years, I was adamant I did not like Interstellar and that it was Christopher Nolan's most flawed film. I revisited it as I'm very excited for Oppenheimer and wanted to give it another chance - maybe I was the problem. And my experience revisiting it a decade plus later was drastically different than my first viewing in theaters. Did you love Interstellar on a first watch or did it need time to...

Watching this film post-COVID pandemic has made it 10 times more compelling. So much of the film feels even more real and credible given the echoes of our experiences during the pandemic. It flies by with great pacing, stellar action, and intriguing cross-cultural differences in how different countries handle a zombie apocalypse. Was this a great movie we kind of underrated back in 2013? Trying to...

Samuel L. Jackson gets a long-awaited showcase series, which uses Marvel characters to create a modern-day espionage/terrorism thriller. Calling to mind The Thing, the show uses the shapeshifting abilities of the Skrulls, along with their refugee status, to combine fantastical elements with potential modern-day social commentary. But does it deliver on all that promise? A late game twist is promis...

Inspired by From, I break down the scariest films and TV shows I've ever seen in my life. What are your scariest movies and TV shows? Let me know. You can reach out anywhere listed below. Trying to figure out, "What should I stream tonight?" Come back to Watch This Tonight as your podcast for the best TV and film recommendations for what to watch on streaming platforms. Please leave us a five-star...

In honor of yesterday's Father's Day, we're doing best dad movie deaths of recent years (just doing favorite movie dads felt a little soft for this show). These are deaths where the character dying is directly connected to their role as a father in some way. What are your favorite dad movie deaths? I'm sure I forgot some great ones. Let me know. Trying to figure out, "What should I stream tonight?...

Dune recently popped up on Hulu, and despite having already seen it 5 times, I immediately threw it on again. Since this first came out, every time I watch it, I like it even more. On this episode, a do a survey of the highest grossing 30 or so films of the last 3 years, and compare them against Dune in terms of substance and staying power. This movie, so incredibly photographed, production design...

A scrappy independent Canadian film starring Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton, directed by Matt Johnson (an under-the-radar genius, who will no longer be under-the-radar now) - Blackberry is legitimately competitive with The Social Network as a thrilling ride from nothing to world domination with three men of very different personalities and skill sets, who create something every single person on t...

In the spirit of Silo, I recorded this episode on a relic (my iPhone SE) like the residents of Silo, in a secret unmonitored room (my bathroom under a blanket) - these are the lengths I go to, to get the truth out. Silo had a lull that almost killed it for me, but in Episodes 6 and 7 it really has regained its creative mojo and is now back running at the same creative pace it was in the first coup...

Idiocracy became a cult classic almost immediately, but for that to happen, the people making the film, like Mike Judge, had to contend with an almost comically low VFX budget, near-zero promotion from the studio, and a generally bruising production in which neither the filmmakers or the studio seemed to want to work together. Trying to figure out, "What should I stream tonight?" Come back to Watc...

An experimental 80 minute slow motion panic attack, HBO's new film Reality recreates a transcript of FBI agents interrogating and searching the home of Reality Winner (that's her real name) that would later be charged with violation of the Espionage Act. Syndey Sweeney really delivers a captivating performance in a film that is almost 100% reliant on her to function. What's really surprising is th...

Still trying to wrap your head around how Barry ended? Me too. In this series finale episode, I look back at how Barry started, back in Season 1, Episode 1, and compare it to where it went by the end, which was surreal, bold, experimental, emotionally true, thematically true, but maybe in some difficult-to-define way less satisfying? I'm of two minds about it, but glad it was risk-taking enough to...

Another All-Star episode, this time with one of the producers of this film, Jonathan Fernandez! Jonathan was kind enough to join me to discuss, for-real hanging a semi truck above JT Walsh, for-real Kurt Russell hanging on the side of a moving truck, Jonathan Mostow's similarities to Kurt Russell's character, producer Dino De Laurentiis mortgaging his home to get the film made, and more in this fu...

An all-star episode on one of the top 5 weirdest movies ever made? That's Annihilation, the 2018 Alex Garland / Natalie Portman film, which has only grown in my estimation as the years have passed. I'm joined by filmmaker Jeff Schellenberg, to marvel over this staggering, brain-breaking, gorgeous film, which you need to rewatch just to try and understand it. Is this the best film in Alex Garland's...

What is in the water over at Apple, that they keep making these affable, relatable, realistic, TV series about actual people doing relatively normal stuff? Apple has really defined a brand with these comfort food shows, and Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne's new series, Platonic, is another strong entry into that Apple+ TV universe. Reuniting and not losing a smidge of their chemistry from Neighbors, Ros...

The great Jack Austin of 7 Lamb, who has his own pop culture podcast, Alter Ego (check it out anywhere you listen to podcasts) where he discusses pop culture in more of a Marvel-oriented way, joins Watch This Tonight to try and lure me back to the world of Marvel films and TV, that I've abandoned. We discuss how Marvel saturation reached a tipping point with the Avengers films and had to start ove...

My personal favorite working screenwriter, Richard Wenk, who wrote Denzel Washington's The Equalizer films (1, 2, and the upcoming 3rd film with Dakota Fanning), joins the show to discuss the incredible power of writing great stories by starting and ending with character. A real peek behind the curtain with an A-list screenwriter at the top of his game, on how he birthed a new franchise. If you're...

Sometimes, you just get something wrong. In doing this deep dive, I turned up Kenneth Turan's Los Angeles Times 1994 review of The Shawshank Redemption, an incredible bashing of the film that is now indisputably one of the most revered films in human history, beloved around the world, and still #1 on the IMDB top movies list. I also discovered that this male-centric film likely would not have exis...

Don't worry, you'll be okay. If you were concerned the new Apple+ documentary Still, about Michael J. Fox, would leave you reduced to a puddle of tears on the floor, it's not that at all. Michael's optimism permeates the film, making for a documentary that is affirming and leaves you in a positive place, as well as a warts-and-all showbiz doc that ranks up there with The Kid Stays In The Picture a...

Brian Tyree Henry and Kate Mara star in Hulu/FX's new series Class of 09. It's a big swing (three parallel narratives, past, present, and future, with the same members of an FBI class) with big themes (how we change with time, AI's role in crime-fighting, what kind of person it takes to be successful in law enforcement) that has come out with little fanfare and mixed reviews. Is it worth watching?...

Like a bag of potato chips being eaten on a sunken couch, Dad movies are reassuring and comforting. Liam Neeson basically rode this genre for a good two decades, but since everyone knows his films, I've gone off the beaten path to find you three recommendations of good Dad movies you might not have seen, in this episode. Trying to figure out, "What should I stream tonight?" Come back to Watch This...

Pete Davidson stars in Bupkis on Peacock, but Joe Pesci is the X factor reason to watch. If you're familiar with Pete's standup comedy or Judd Apatow film The King of Staten Island, the storylines and themes of Bupkis will be a continuing exploration of similar material. But what Pete hasn't had before is Joe Pesci, who, at 80, is still intimidating, funny, charming, vulnerable - he's still a tota...