The temp is rising, the BBQs are lit, and new TV shows are hot off the grill and into our living rooms this July! Dan and Raul are checking the summer snacks served by the multitude of streamers who want our hard-earned subscriptions. Among the burgers and dogs awaiting us are spicy new offerings like Natalie Portman's Not Being a Lady in the Lake,…

This week, Down to Watch is on summer vacation! Dan and Raul met up IRL with podfriend Hannah to watch the 25th (ish?) anniversary re-release of the German time loop film Run Lola Run. Rebel and indie filmmakers had a resurgence in the 90s, and this kinetic electro-fable still stands among the most lauded German productions ever, with critics, awar…

Big franchises collide with indie drama in this week's two-show showdown on Down to Watch! Dan and Raul have been observing the hype around the new Star Wars series The Acolyte with a bit of skepticism after the last few TV tries from the Skywalker clan resulted in a mixed bag at best. The new show might be angering fans and podcast hosts alike ear…

This week, the DtW trip through the 80s film landscape hits a bit of a bumpy road! Dan and Raul watched Firestarter, a 1984 Stephen King adaptation starring a tiny Drew Barrymore alongside plenty of Hollywood talent about a rogue couple and their pyrokinetic daughter on the run from the clandestine sci-fi government organization responsible for all…

This week on Down to Watch, it's a handy June guidebook for what's going on in TV and in theaters! Dan and Raul find the new TV offerings to be meager so the monthly look forward includes many returning shows and trips to the theater. On the new TV front, there's an NBA scandal, a hyped-up Star Wars series, Jake Gyllenhaal getting into legal limbo,…

This week, DtW takes a trip to 80s Louisiana to admire the flowers and friendly faces in Steel Magnolias! Dan and Raul continue to complete their education in the cultural classics by watching a movie both remember as very well loved but never got around to watching. With a half dozen powerhouse women playing the cadre of close friends at the cente…

This week, DtW takes a look at both sides of a sad, scary, and strangely funny story of The Sympathizer! Dan and Raul checked out the Max streaming, HBO-branded adaptation of the darkly comedic novel of the same name, and are both impressed after a few eps. Lead character The Captain walks a frighteningly fine line between soldier, spy, and effecti…

DTW is dipping into docs this May with several entries in the upcoming month telling stories that are as strange as they are true! Dan and Raul found they were looking forward to many of the same true tales lined up for the next few weeks, including a look into the life of Muppet inventor Jim Henson, the story of the melodic musical legends The Bea…

In anticipation of the soon-to-be-streaming prequel, The First Omen, this week, DtW flashes back to the original 1976 The Omen! Dan sees it for the first time while Raul revisits a classic he used to watch on constant rotation, with star power in the front and satanic panic pushing it forward. Gregory Peck stars in a familial nightmare with a polit…

This week, DtW crawls out to the Prime adaptation of Fallout! Dan and Raul complete the gamer configuration of the show by inviting Jonnie to talk about the first two episodes of a tongue-in-cheek gorefest set in the post-nuclear apocalypse. Lucy is a sheltered vault-dweller encountering the Mad Max-style carnage of the surface world for the first …

This week, Down to Watch follows a couple of mystery men through their new streaming series! Our DtW hosts start off talking about another take on The Talented Mr. Ripley, this time simply titled Ripley and led by a couple of recognizable BBC faces. The show is set in stark black-and-white Italy and slowly meanders through the crime thriller's stor…

Down to Watch is back this week, dodgin' bunnies and chuckin' eggs to bring you a shower of April television picks to make your spring even more sprung! Dan and Raul brought a basket of green plastic grass, hollow chocolate, and adaptations like Fallout, Ripley, Parasyte, and Dead Boy Detectives. A bunch of spy craft shows are lined up like a pack …

This week Netflix dropped a tentpole series with a lot of hype, and DtW is back to tell you about it! Dan and Raul watched the first two episodes of 3 Body Problem, an adaptation of the first book in the Chinese sci-fi series that is beyond popular in China and worldwide. Showrunners/writer/director duo Weiss and Benioff found success and fame helm…

Down to Watch drops this week with a couple of spring streaming shows with secrets aplenty! Dan and Raul caught a couple of sneaky little shows in their sights with titles that might be misleading. First, AppleTV+ does not have the third season of Manhunt from Spectrum TV, but they do have an adaptation of the book Manhunt that describes the lawful…

This week, DtW watches Netflix bend a beloved Nickelodeon franchise into a live-action epic adventure despite previous attempts failing spectacularly! Dan and Raul have a literal family, and fellow podcaster Chris is on to discuss what they did with one of his favorite small-screen stories: The Last Airbender. Horrors abound in the previous incarna…

This week on Down to Watch, it's an age of honor, discipline and a bunch of swords on your hip because it's Shogun time! Dan and Raul are your pilot navigators through the first two episodes of the new FX series based on the same name book that tells the story of an English sailor who arrives in Japan to find a whole TV show. In the 17th century, a…

March comes in like a lion, and Down to Watch is taming the wild new TV shows just for you! Dan and Raul went down the list of new series' ready to pop off in month number three, as well as a handful of returning winners. There's a ton of comeback shows including Invincible, Somebody Feed Phil, Full Swing, X-Men '97, American Rust, Girls 5eva and E…

A new Marvel TV show emerged, so Dan and Raul knew who to call...Jonnie! This very special guest came prepared and shared his thoughts on the brand new film, Bob Marley: One Love, that just came out to lackluster critical response, yet moviegoers seem to be thoroughly enjoying it. As always, when these dudes get together, a nice chunk of time is de…

This week, Down to Watch gets in the Valentine's Day spirit in a violent and quirky way with the reboot series Mr. & Mrs. Smith! Dan and Raul accepted the assigned task of watching the first two episodes of the new Prime series starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, and have returned with a mostly positive mission report. Despite the strange gree…

Down to Watch is already a bit into the short month of Feb with some new shows that might have tried to sneak past you, as if you didn't have Dan and Raul to catch 'em for you! This month, it's all about the Big Game, a couple of fancy shows, and some real-world stories worth diving into. The documentary world has tales of killers in the woods and …

Winter can be a cold wasteland of television, but Down to Watch has a couple of new winter streamers to get cozy with. Dan and Raul spent part of their winter TV trip in sunny SoCal with a couple of sons of a triad boss in The Brothers Sun. The new Netflix action-comedy maybe does one genre better than the other, but with a breezy runtime and bounc…

The year in television usually starts slow, so the DtW is taking advantage and covering classics and cult favorites from the 80s that defined how stories would be told forever. This week, Dan and Raul caught a couple of episodes of the landmark show Moonlighting, a moment of network lighting in a bottle that made Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepard hous…

This week, DTW bravely returns yet again to the 80s for a highly essential work starring Cher and Nic Cage. But Dan and Raul were pleasantly surprised to find the movie is about much more than the stars and not just a run-of-the-mill rom-com…we follow the trials and tribulations of an entire NYC Italian family filled with many interesting character…

The new year brings new stories to the big and small screens alike, and Down to Watch has your January all lined up! Dan and Raul welcome 2024 as they carefully work through the minefield known in some circles as "dumpuary", an early-year dumping ground for content that is expected to disappoint studios. There might be a show or two worth mentionin…

This week, DTW returns to the time-traveling travails of Loki, the Marvel god who has seen his character in this self-titled Disney+ series given extraordinary depth and importance in the MCU. Dan and Raul are joined per usual by Marvel-stalwart Jonnie to ruminate on what has proven to be not as satisfying a season of TV as the first was, with less…

It's Mutos in the snow with two new shows on Down to Watch this week! Dan and Raul tried out a couple of first episodes from the new television season, starting with the MonsterVerse canon entry, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Apparently, throughout the last few Godzilla movies, a secret organization called Monarch has been involving itself in the bu…

This week, DtW is down to watch a movie or two! Dan's been to the theater a bunch recently, and Raul wants to know what's going on in the fresh popcorn stores. They get into several new movies, both streaming and in picture houses, from big-name draws like Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon (in theaters; AppleTV in December) to Argentinian indie…

DTW continues the 200th episode celebration by, once again returning to the 80s for more shuckin' and jivin', but this time adding a bit more adult edge and sexiness. Special Guest, Hannah joins Dan and Raul, who have not seen this essential 80s classic, to explore exactly what makes this such a fan-favorite movie. The pod pals dive into the succes…

This week, Dan and Raul kick off the first of two 200th episode specials with pod bestie Natalia and iconic 80s dance epic, Footloose! Episode timing aside, the double feature of 80s dance planned for the podcast milestone starts with a classic movie and a classic guest as the podfriends gab about Kevin Bacon's seemingly unchanging aura, kids behav…

This week, Down to Watch gets back to looking ahead! With both strikes over as of recording, Dan and Raul are happy to see the writers and actors get back to doing what they're supposed to: filling this pod's monthly upcoming TV premiere' episodes! While one host looks forward to the return of favorites such as For All Mankind (AppleTV+), The Crown…

This week, the gang's all about that animated padawan turned live-action lightsaber swinger they call Ahsoka! Dan, Raul, and Jonnie are all caught up on the latest Disney+ series to take place in a galaxy "far, far away," and the reviews are definitely mixed. Taking place over a decade after Return of the Jedi, the new series looks to fill in some …

This week on DtW, houses fall and generations... v? Dan and Raul are back on the streaming scene with two new shows making waves on the socials. First up, the world of The Boys dips into higher education with the university-based superhero academy show Gen V on Prime. As usual for this world of metaphysical debauchery and depression, the powers tha…

Forgiveness is hard this week on Down to Watch, but fighting aliens is harder! Dan and Raul watched the new Hulu sci-fi thriller No One Will Save You, and they have some words to say about the artistic flourish the film takes. Small-town girl Brynn is dodging her fellow townies due to a plot that will be revealed, but she has to put her hesitations…

This episode of Down to Watch is declared to be required listening for fans of good TV 'By Order Of THE PEAKY BLINDERS!!!' During this slow period of new TV, the guys are catching up on some instant classics from the golden age of streaming, and while Dan is getting to experience the successes and follies of the Shelby clan for the first time, Raul…

Spooky season starts early on Down to Watch with witches, zombies, and creepy vibes across two new shows! Dan and Raul checked back with a couple of TV offerings they highlighted in the September TV Premieres ep, to solidly scary results. First up, AppleTV+ has Lakeith Stanfield fighting memories, mystical wishes, and witches by the lake when his w…

This week (dundundun) Down to watch (dunDUNDUN) is fightin' cyborgs for the fate of 80s Earth! Dan and Raul slipped back to the days of big hair, synth tunes and a young Arnold Schwarzenegger in the original James Cameron series starter, The Terminator. More famous as the launching point for its worldwide smash of a sequel, the original film sees a…

This week on Down to Watch, the climate conversation EXPLODES! Dan and Raul watched the indie film How to Blow Up a Pipeline, based on the Swedish nonfiction book that some might say is a call to excessive action. The story follows a group of young adults with various reasons for banding together to commit admitted acts of terrorism in response to …

This week DtW is going Deep Cover on the incognito tip! Dan and Raul travel back in time but stay in the state of CA for a 90s crime drama with a famous theme song. Lawrence Fishburne, going by Larry back when Deep Cover came out in 1992, plays a cop who saw his stickup thief father shot down while criming and has devoted himself to the law. Howeve…

The Down to Watch pod for September! Dan and Raul are back with some new Fall shows that are about to drop, and despite the strikes and the TV seasons changing, there's enough to keep any TV fan chasin' the clouds away. Right off the bat, The Changeling is a creepy and mysterious drama that will keep our friend Darius from Atlanta pretty terrified.…

Down to Watch is drivin' through August with the tank full, the guns loaded, and a little bit of horror in tow! Dan and Raul open the show with a little "elevated horror" talk in honor of the film Talk to Me, a movie that rides between fun, scary flick, and indie arthouse horror film and has both audiences and critics praising it. Then the motors g…

Down to Watch is back to the heavenly hosts and their sinister counterparts in Good Omens Season 2! Dan and Raul watched the first two eps to catch up on David Tennant's demon Crowley, his existence-long angel friend Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), and apparently a butt-naked John Hamm back as the amnesiac Archangel Gabriel. When the memory-wiped angel…

This week, Down to Watch is full of shifty imposters with the Disney+ series Secret Invasion! Dan and Raul are dipping back into the MCU, so they meet who they believe to be the real Jonnie (Dan and Jonnie open the show with a brief discussion of BarbenHeimer) as they discuss the ups and downs of a Marvel series that is seeing mixed reactions. Sam …

Down to Watch has possibly the last full upcoming shows pod for the foreseeable future, and we support unions trying to get a fair shake out of the obscenely wealthy studios, fun stuff! In the meantime, Dan and Raul are looking forward to a ton of returning favorites, like more action on Physical, an increasingly dangerous domicile in Only Murders …

Gunfighters beware, cuz Down to Watch rolled back into town with Raylan Givens in tow! Dan and Raul dive into the world of Elmore Leonard adaptations with another outlaw-hunting adventure in Justified: City Primeval. The new miniseries, broadcasting on FX and streaming on Hulu, returns to the holster of the fastest draw in Harlan County as he trade…

Down to Watch is on a plane this week and it's been taken! Dan and Raul watched a few episodes of the new AppleTV+ series led by Luther himself, Hijack! Idris Elba is some sort of a highly talented business negotiator who's gotta maneuver a bunch of randos who apparently have a plan to take a plane traveling from Dubai to Heathrow. If that wasn't e…

Down to Watch is ready for a big dang summer! Dan and Raul are scanning the sunny horizon for the most interesting and unique shows during the lean months of the television year, and the new Prime series I'm a Virgo is an oasis of originality. A giant black teenager grows up watching a world of exaggerated culture and politics from the safety of hi…

Half the year has already scampered past, and the summer months are famously bereft of quality content on the small screens. Thankfully, Down to Watch has Dan and Raul to dive deep and find the worthwhile stories that will fill the sunny season. This month there's plenty of returning shows to be excited about; specifically, the conversation bops ar…

This week the Down to Watch crew is checking out alt-versions of animated worlds in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! Marvel guide Jonnie joins Dan and Raul to dive into one of the year's most loved films. The continuing story of Miles Morales meeting other spider-people hits several bumps in the road in a story about finding your place in the w…

Down to Watch is a 90s throwback podcast this week with the cult classic Dark City! Dan and Raul meet a collection of young Kiefers' and Connellys' darting around dark alleys in what looks at first to be an amnesia-based whodunit noir but quickly reveals the sci-fi mind trip it was hiding under its hat like a translucent alien bug. The themes of in…

Sneaky stuff is afoot this week at Down to Watch! Dan and Raul dipped into the clandestine world of cloak and dagger, and have returned from the shadows with Citadel from Prime and The Night Agent streaming on Netflix. Citadel is a star-forward vehicle with a huge price tag and middling reviews that has two spinoffs in the works. The banter and act…