Down To Watch

Down To Watch

By Dan & Raul
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Down To Watch episodes

  • #69 - Alice In Borderland (Episode 1) / Detention (2020, Episode 1)
    Dan and Raul take a pair of new Netflix shows and discuss their first episodes. Detention is a Taiwanese "supernatural horror drama" that the guys both couldn't get into and will probably not keep watching, although they had some fun discussing the origin of the show, which began as a video game that was created in 2015.
    Alice in Borderland is a new Japanese-language show on Netflix that is a really good time. The guys for sure will continue to watch this as it was found to be a fun story idea that was executed really well and presents a world of deadly games, which should be exciting to explore and maybe even a future podcast episode potentially to discuss in more detail!
    1 hr 8 min
  • #68 - Freaky
    Dan opens the show discussing many new shows he is watching currently, including Moon Base 8 (Showtime), Fargo (FX on Hulu), The Flight Attendant (HBO Max), Marvel's 616 (Disney+), and How To With John Wilson (HBO).
    But, then the guys get into a fun discussion about the new body-swap horror-black comedy, Freaky, which is a great time! Also mentioned is some other body swap and horror movies that have similar elements to Freaky, including the indie film Detention from 2011. Go stream this online (or do like Dan did and hit up your local drive-in theater!), you will not be disappointed!
    1 hr 20 min
  • #67 - December 2020 TV/Movie Premieres

    Dan and Raul are back with an in-depth look at the upcoming month of TV and movies premiering very soon.  TV shows covered include, Your Honor (Showtime), Earth at Night in Color (AppleTV+), The Hardy Boys (Hulu), and The Stand (CBS All-Access).  Two new movies that look interesting and coming to Netflix are, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Chadwick Bozeman in his final performance), and the George Clooney-directed, The Midnight Sky.  It's not the biggest month for TV in terms of potential quality, but there is a ton of stuff coming out that everyone surely can find something fun to watch!

    1 hr 32 min
  • #66 - Train To Busan
    Dan and Raul watched the 2016 Korean zombie film, Train To Busan, and for Raul this was a rewatch while Dan had wanted to see for some time but just hadn't. At this point everything with the zombie genre has been done, but this movie finds new and fun ways to use zombie's and their ever-shifting lore to bring the viewer something fresh and unique.
    The film has a low budget for what it sets out to accomplish, so its great to see something that has some indie charm but also can bring amazing special effects that would look great in any Hollywood movie!
    1 hr 15 min
  • #65 - Scanners / Two Weeks To Live (Season 1)

    Dan and Raul start by discussing a new HBO Max show by way of the UK, called "Two Weeks to Live", and starring Maisie Williams (Aria Stark from Game of Thrones) in this fish-out-of-water action/comedy with a heart.  Also, the essential 80's series continues with a discussion on the career of David Cronenberg and more specifically a focus on his culturally-impactful film, Scanners (1981).

    1 hr 42 min
  • #64 - The Good Lord Bird (Episode 1) / The Queen's Gambit (Episode 1)
    Dan and Raul discuss 2 new shows that recently debuted. The Good Lord Bird is over on Showtime and runs week-to-week and concludes it's 7-episode run very soon, while The Queen's Gambit is a very successful and wildly popular limited one-season (7 total episodes) series that just came out recently on Netflix. Both shows have buzz and back this up with quality productions in terms of acting and visual quality, each in a distinctive and fitting way that helps each show to succeed in what they are setting out to accomplish. Listen ahead to see if Dan and/or Raul will continue watching these shows!
    1 hr 15 min
  • #63 - November 2020 TV/Movie Premieres

    Dan and Raul report on what they find interesting to watch this month, some of which includes Moonbase 8 (Showtime), B Positive (CBS), A Teacher (Hulu), The Liberator (Netflix), The Crown (Season 4, Netflix), and Small Axe (a collection of 5 films, Amazon) just to name a few!  Get into it and find out what else is arriving this month!

    1 hr 19 min
  • #62 - Season of the Witch (1972) / The Crazies (1973)
    It's Halloween-time so Dan and Raul are doing some horror film discussion's this week, specifically covering a pair of George A. Romero movies that have a smaller following then his landmark classic first film, The Night of the Living Dead. Season of the Witch and The Crazies were the 2nd and 3rd films Romero made, and they aren't too scary in the usual horror genre way, but that's also because of Romero's grander thematic ambitions, whether dealing with the horror's of domestic life as an aging woman, or the horror's of a town dealing not only with a virus but also martial law.
    1 hr 21 min
  • #61 - The Boys (Season 2)

    Dan and Raul are back again to dive into the new season of The Boys (Amazon Prime), which is somewhat lackluster although very enjoyable on the whole.  The guys get into the many issues they had with character motivations and plot holes the size of Rhode Island that are sprinkled throughout, but overall the series is recommended to all.  Being a very popular show critically and commercially, it's easy to see why tons and tons have found this show to be highly engaging and satisfying!

    1 hr 14 min
  • #60 - Enola Holmes
    Dan and Raul take on a new entry in the Holmes-verse that has just come to Netflix as a feature length film (different from the recent BBC TV series, Sherlock, which consists of 3 episode seasons), and this time the Holmes in question is a young teenage girl set in late 1880's England. Both the guys enjoyed some aspects of this likable "for kids" YA-style movie, but it did feel long and had some issues with characters and their choices, but listen ahead to this spoiler-filled episode to see if your thought line up with ours!
    1 hr 31 min

About Down To Watch

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Dan and Raul (and sometimes friends!) are TV and Movie lovers who enjoy discussions on current & old movies & TV shows. Listen to them casually debate, pontificate, correlate and appreciate…

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