Down To Watch

This week on Down to Watch, Dan and Raul head west for frontier gunplay set to modern music with the Netflix original film, The Harder They Fall. First up, the guys toss around ideas and opinions on Shang Chi now that it is available on Disney+, and what the current "phase 4" set of films means for the future of the MCU. The conversation quickly moves to the main event, a western with an incredibl...

The biggest film in recent memory has graced our big screens (and small ones...but go see it BIG!) finally after a long delay, Dune is here and we are all the better for it!   New guest, Jason, joins Dan and Raul this week to discuss this sci-fi epic that should be considered a modern classic as it has bewitched both fans and critics with its wonderful translation of the source material...

New shows November! After a week away, Raul is back on the mic with Dan just in time to cover what's coming next month to the streamers at home. The hype for new shows includes talk about returning kings and killers, Michigan mayors, Italian survivors, and Disney gets their own day! From Beatles and Bebops to Yellowstones and Yellowjackets, Down to Watch will help you scatter new entertainment all...

With Raul attending to other matters, Dan is joined on this special DTW episode by longtime guest, Natalia, as well as new guest, Dave!  It's no secret Squid Game is a world wide hit for Netflix as it has remained in the cultural/viral zeitgeist for weeks, so it is out of respect and curiosity that DTW must break down this program into pieces and dissect it violently with machine guns and kni...

This week, Dan and Raul recommend a few spooky October flick picks before dipping out early to go hunt for fresh new entertainment, BUT DON'T DESPAIR! After talking up director Denis Villeneuve and his upcoming space epic DUNE, it's the perfect time to flash back to his previous big-budget epic, Blade Runner 2049. Listen in to a time years and years ago, when the hosts included engineer-Mike...

Slide back into the Essential-80's Series with Dan and Raul to talk about Melanie Griffith tackling the corporate ladder in the rom-com classic, Working Girl! This week on DTW, household names are playing against type and underdogs are getting their shots no matter what, in a film that presents many gimmicks romantic comedies as a genre would go onto mimic time and again. Listen in and find out if...

Summer scoots away as the spooky season comes around again and DTW has October's offerings ready for review! On this pod, Dan and Raul take a quick peek back at last month before jumping into an October full of Soprano saints, reimagined killer dolls and pushy aliens, a Bond, an Undertaker and a big budget movie about... sand hills? Down to watch can explain it to you!

This week on DTW, there's no more dudes! Dan and Raul watched the new FX on Hulu comic book adaptation, Y: The Last Man, and it's all about suddenly being the last male on earth! Yorick and his monkey, Ampersand, are the only "Y" chromosome male mammals left on the planet and the rest of the world is gonna have to deal with him along with everything else this half-apocalypse has left in it's...

This week on DtW Pod: AMERICA!!! There's two shows on right now that put the USA's last name first, at least in the title, so Dan and Raul are playing a round of True American and digging into 'em. First off, American Rust, finds police chief Jeff Daniels with his hands full of the hometown problems of a rundown community. Then, American Crime Story: Impeachment, kicks off the Lewinski-scandal fro...

This week Down to Watch has TV-mayhem on the schedule! First up, Only Murders in the Building, listen as Dan and Raul discuss a couple of comedy legends and their new millennial-friend scamper about a fancy old NYC apartment building turning their true crime podcast love into real life detective skills. Also up for discussion, the Netflix-original grind-house series, Brand New Cherry Flavor, and i...

There's another month kicking our doors in with fresh TV shows and movies to help wile away the waning summer weeks, and Down to Watch is ready to report on the new arrivals! On this pod, Dan and Raul discuss Jeff Daniels and his rust belt regrets, space operas and their timing, switching out one American crime for another, why the last man isn't so lucky and, of course, what we watched from last...

The adventurous Down to Watch crew celebrates their 100th episode by diving back into the wilds of 80s cinema, and comes back with a crowd-pleasing rom-com classic, Mystic Pizza! Luckily, recurring special-guest, Hannah, joins up to help sort out all the awkward misunderstandings and heartfelt moments of a beloved film starring a very young Julia Roberts in a star-making role. Did the DTW team vib...

Dan and Raul are joined once again by longtime friend of the pod, Hannah!  This new FX on Hulu show (you gotta have Hulu to get this show, not just FX on cable...) proved to be really great right out of the gate, as we were presented with the first 2 episodes in recent days.   Taika Waititi has come up numerous times on DTW, and here he is again with a brand new show (already has th...

Harley and some of her friends from Suicide Squad are back for this years, uh... THE Suicide Squad! Dan, Raul and DTW regular guest, Jonnie, get into spoilers pretty quickly to talk up a movie with at least one BIG star in it! Before that, our series hosts discuss the new JGL dramedy, Mr. Corman (AppleTV+), and dig into actors as storytellers. This podcast episode is pretty good so listen to it an...

Over at the Down to Watch offices there is a constant backlog of TV shows, movies and even non-moving word-entertainment (I.E. Books) because there's just too much stuff to get to it all! This week Dan and Raul are taking advantage of all that overflowing content to pick a few selections worth discussing, including cartoon comedians, tune-filled towns, ill-fated festivals and other alliterative to...

New month, new pod! August brings a bunch of sunny, summer shows and movies and with them a host of questions for Dan and Raul to answer. What does Taika have to do with Reservation Dogs? Is JGL lucky in Mr. Corman? Are Steve Martin and Martin Short just nosey neighbors or true-crime solvers? Is Chapelwaite just Salem's Lot again!?! Should we Breathe...2!?! What If!?!?! Whew, good thing the answer...

Marvelous new developments in the MCU for DTW to dive into! This week Dan and Raul finished up Loki, plus they managed to catch Black Widow in time for a two-fer, so naturally Jonnie shows up to round out the comic conversation. Listen in for the reviews and reactions, and stick around for predictions for the future of the films and TV from the House of Ideas!

DTW gets into the summer season with a fresh new concert documentary (both now in select theaters and streaming on Hulu) that boasts a great lineup and a bit to say about society. Jonnie joins Dan and Raul to talk about Questlove's directorial debut, Summer of Soul; a music & culture film exploring racial relations circa the summer of 1969 via the artists and songs of this very unique tim...

Summertime cinemas and televisions are starting to cook up tasty new shows and films to fill our warmer, longer days, and DTW is gonna tell you about 'em! Dan and Raul talk about a whole bunch of stuff coming out in July; we've got a lady shoot-em-up Wick-style, docs on beloved musicians and a globetrotting chef, even what Nic Cage is up to with his "Pig"... You want to know, so you should definit...

Fresh new shows to choose from this week as DTW bounces between freak-outs!  Panic, a new series on Amazon Prime, is also a feeling you might get as a teen stuck in a dead-end town when your only option for escape is to play a deadly game of YA Fear Factor. Kevin Can F*** Himself deals with another kind of panic, as a woman's home life looks like a sitcom in all the worst ways and clashes wit...

Time trickery and chronological capers are on the docket this week as Down to Watch gets plucked out of one Disney/Marvel timeline and right into another one! The new 6-episode series, Loki, has landed and it's about time Dan and Raul had Jonnie back on to help put the MCU back into the right perspective. Tom Hiddleston has been a favorite of audiences as a conniving deity bent on power, but...

This week special guest, Hannah, returns to delve back into the Del-Co (that's Delaware County where Philadelphia is located for you noobs) murder mystery show Mare of Easttown! Dan and Raul covered the first few eps a couple of pods ago, but now that Kate Winslet has detected (you know, because she is a Detective) her way to the end of this prestige-TV HBO limited series, was it a crime classic,...

Back with another new round of upcoming TV shows and movies; the best day of the month! Down to Watch tears into the new gifts from the big streamers and studios to figure out what might be worth taking a peek at in June. There's Norse gods messing with Marvel timelines, housewives caught in oppressive sitcom tropes, kids with powers to save the world or just skate it, even some singing, dancing a...

Down to Watch reaches back to the 80's again, and this time Dan and Raul find a bunch of chattering pinheads! The Cenobites are here to do gross painful sex stuff in Hellraiser , and there's plenty of bits and gooey chunks to sift through in this cult classic. This movie was shocking in it's day, but can it gross out this podcasting duo in the modern era!?  Open the box and find the answers y...

There's a Peacock show on the agenda this week, but don't think that means HBO doesn't get their foot in the door this week as usual! Dan and Raul head to the NBC streaming service for the new Tina Fey-produced comedy, Girls5Eva, featuring four women attempting to revisit their fleeting fame as late-90s/early 00's pop group. At the same time, HBO Max is releasing Hacks week to week; a half hour "d...