Watch This Tonight

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 existed, not cast Morgan Freeman, and not had its iconic ending if it were not for female producer Liz Glotzer vital contributions. This is my deep dive into the making of The Shawshank Redemption.

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Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fm

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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 and De Palma in presenting a behind-the-scenes look at some really well-known films and TV shows, in Michael's case including remarkable information about the making of Back To The Future and his later acting career that he juggled while hiding his diagnosis. This is, of course, a very moving doc, but don't be afraid of it. You'll enjoy it.

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Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fm

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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? I went in with an open mind, and found a lot to like about it, but also some questions. I'd love to know what you think.

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Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fm

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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.

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Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fm

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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 total movie star, in short. Much like Pete is spending time with Pesci as his grandfather in the show, we as the audience get a chance to spend time with Joe Pesci (whose last mainstream film role, besides the Irishman, basically was Lethal Weapon 4) in a rare late-career appearance.

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Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fm

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I always wondered, how did Amadeus, an expensive period film starring two relative unknowns, get made? The answer was there in research, starting with a hilariously contentious relationship between writer Peter Shaffer and director Milos Forman, continuing with the outsized, colorful character of uber-producer Saul Zaentz, and concluding with the rejection of bigger stars in favor of Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham. I've loved this movie forever, and I learned a lot of stuff I didn't know in researching this episode.

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Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fm

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ChatGPT could never write Apple+'s new TV series Silo. Take a high concept premise (the remnants of humanity living underground in a giant silo) and subvert audience expectations of how that premise would typically be executed, at every turn. Stack the cast with incredible actors (Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Tim Robbins, Rebecca Ferguson). Burn through plot at a crazy-fast rate. And that's Silo. It's really clever, it doesn't loiter narratively to pad the episode count, and it features some of the best working actors, doing their thing. A great sci-fi series on Apple+, a strong recommend.

Trying to figure out, "What should I stream tonight?" Come back to Watch This Tonight as your podcast for the best TV recommendations for what to watch on streaming platforms. Please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts if you're enjoying the show, and mention a movie or TV show you want me to cover (and I will). Subscribe for future episodes.

Reach out to us @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram) or @watchthistonightpodcast (TikTok).

Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fm

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Maybe the least-seen great television series, From is now available on Amazon. If you're like me and held off on watching this because you didn't have MGM+, Season 1 is currently readily accessible to stream for free if you have Amazon Prime. I suspect many people have not seen this show. But it's truly great. If it were an Amazon original, or on Netflix, or Paramount+ or really any other major streaming service, it would likely be a sensation. Instead, it's a show that's being spread through word of mouth, as multiple listeners implored me to watch it. I was instantly hooked in, and I'm definitely going to finish Season 1 and either buy MGM+ or buy a season pass on Amazon to watch Season 2. If you've been looking for something to scratch your Lost itch, this show features Harold Perrineau from Lost, director Jack Bender from Lost, a variety of writer-producers in some way connected to Lost, and a similar combination of elements like creepiness, mystery, mythology, faith, and monsters. Great, GREAT, monsters. Seriously, this is like the a great undiscovered novel by Stephen King. Watch it - and let me know what you think!

Trying to figure out, "What should I stream tonight?" Come back to Watch This Tonight as your podcast for the best TV recommendations for what to watch on streaming platforms. Please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts if you're enjoying the show, and mention a movie or TV show you want me to cover (and I will). Subscribe for future episodes.

Reach out to us @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram) or @watchthistonightpodcast (TikTok).

Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fm

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If you ever wanted to know about the real-life parallels between the Roy family on HBO's Succession and Rupert Murdoch's family, look no further. I went deep into the interwebs to find all the remarkable parallels between the characters of Kendall, Roman, Shiv and Logan and their equivalents in Rupert Murdoch and his adult children. I was always curious about this myself, and I was surprised to discover the amount of material on the television series that is clearly echoed in real-life.

Trying to figure out, "What should I stream tonight?" Come back to Watch This Tonight as your podcast for the best TV recommendations for what to watch on streaming platforms. Please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts if you're enjoying the show, and mention a movie or TV show you want me to cover (and I will). Subscribe for future episodes.

Reach out to us @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram) or @watchthistonightpodcast (TikTok).

Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fm

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Another spin of the roulette wheel, this time on Hulu, with a star-studded war epic, Medieval, starring Ben Foster, Michael Caine, Til Schweiger, Matthew Goode, and more knife-play than a Benihana. This is a film where in the opening sequence alone there are a half-dozen wince-inducing moments of gruesome action. But is the story as effective as the fight choreography? Listen and find out.

Trying to figure out, "What should I stream tonight?" Come back to Watch This Tonight as your podcast for the best film recommendations for what to watch on streaming platforms. Please leave us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts if you're enjoying the show, and mention a movie or TV show you want me to cover (and I will). Subscribe for future episodes.

Reach out to us @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram) or @watchthistonightpodcast (TikTok).

Watch This Tonight is a movie recommendation podcast and TV recommendation podcast, produced by Voyage Media. You can find other Voyage Media podcasts at voyagemedia.fm

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