Watch This Tonight

Denzel Washington is obviously one of the biggest movie stars in recorded human history, but despite that, some of his movies, have fallen under the radar. On this episode, I lay out three less-celebrated Denzel films you might not have watched, and why they are all great in their own ways.

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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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Just renewed by Netflix for Season Two, The Night Agent sees Shawn Ryan (a legendary talent, immortally great after The Shield) effectively working overqualified on what (worst case scenario) could have been a forgettable network spy thriller series. But this variation on a familiar formula has a nifty concept. The Night Agent is basically 911 for spies. And it sets up a great "will they, won’t they?" potential romance between a witness on the run and the Boy Scout agent who is clearly going to bend the rules once he discovers the conspiracy she’s in danger from. As satisfying and comforting as a warm meal on a cold day, this is TV soul food, the staple ingredients of TV drama, served up in winning fashion. It’s not going to dominate the Emmys, but you’ll likely have fun watching 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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Sicario: Day Of The Soldado holds a 62% score on RottenTomatoes (vs. the first film at 92%). Roger Deakins and Josh Brolin agreed in a podcast interview that it was more action-based than character-driven. My perhaps controversial opinion is that Sicario: Day of the Soldado is to the first Sicario as The Godfather Part II is to The Godfather (bolder, darker, requires repeat viewings to access, but might be even better). I make the case 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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Thanks for inviting me to your haunted house, you f**king pricks, I'm gonna be up all night. Season 2 of Mayor of Kingstown has concluded. A show that seems to live below the radar, Mayor of Kingstown became even better in Season 2. While it's not as slick and polished as other similar shows, the messiness of the show actually echoes the messy, flawed nature of the characters, which is what makes it great to watch. The series also leaned more into dark humor this season, to great effect. Jeremy Renner is great in this, and Tobi Bamtefa and Taylor Handley and Hugh Dillon and Dianne Wiest and Aiden Gillen and Michael Beach and Kenny Johnson... they all get moments to shine. Did you watch Season 2 of Mayor of Kingstown?

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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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A remarkably clear-headed distillation of an incredibly complex true crime story, Boston Stranger does a great job of laying out the most likely case of what happened with the Boston Strangler (to say more would be to venture into spoilers). Keira Knightly, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola, and Chris Cooper are just some of the great ensemble cast in this film. It is a bit more reserved in the early goings than some will like, and it might have benefited from a jolt of DePalma madness, but all in all this is an extremely solid delivery of one of the most amorphous, ambiguous, wild true crime stories in American history. Available now on Hulu.

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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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Grab a water cup filled to the brim of vodka, your AK-47, and your kids, and let’s go shooting by the lake! On this episode, I’m joined by Matt Gerasimovich of the Tipsy Tolstoy podcast, to discuss Russia’s entry into the Academy Awards (it also won awards at Cannes) from 2014, Leviathan.

In light of recent events the film is even more powerful. It starts a little slow but really builds to an incredibly powerful, stunning and compelling social drama. If you’re worried it’ll be dusty and boring as an international drama, do NOT be. Watch it. And even if you’re not going to watch it, I encourage you to listen to this episode for a peek into Russian life.

You can follow Matt @mattgeras (Instagram), @magerasimovich (Twitter), or follow his podcast @tipsytolstoypodcast on Instagram and @tipsytolstoy on Twitter. Look for Tipsy Tolstoy anywhere you get podcasts (they break down Russian film and literature to make it more accessible to listeners/viewers).

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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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Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, who are basically their own French/American buddy cop film and trade jabs at each other as often as they collaborate on scripts, wrote Taken as part of a bread-and-butter of lower budget action films meant to prop up Besson's production company. Its success was just as surprising to Liam Neeson, who took the part primarily to take a vacation in France and have fun with the stunt guys, and thought his iconic speech was corny. Liam would later menace Maggie Grace's ex-boyfriend in-character with a version of the speech. There was also a guy who claimed to have inspired the part, who was later arrested by the FBI.

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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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What is the best movie watching experience of your life, and why? In this episode, I break down 4 of mine, from seeing a film in the largest IMAX screen in America, to a relatively obscure movie that may have led to me proposing marriage to my now-wife.

Let me know about YOUR best watch of your life. Reach out to me by email at [email protected], or @BenamorDan (Twitter), watch_this_tonight (Instagram) or @watchthistonightpodcast (TikTok).

Come back to Watch This Tonight as your podcast for the best film recommendations. 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.

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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With the insane amount of choices in the TV landscape, it's easy for good television shows to slip through the cracks. On this episode, special guest Jess Spoll (of TV podcast "Double Take") joins me to discuss the best 3 TV series you're not watching. We both had basically no major exposure to two of our picks, and then despite not telling each other our choices prior, we had the exact same third pick. Join us for some TV gems you may not be watching.

Come back to Watch This Tonight as your podcast for the best TV recommendations. 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.

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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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TV's most depressing show we can't stop watching, The Last Of Us has been a massive hit for HBO. Season One concludes, fittingly, with the most upsetting episode yet! All this being said, the execution is so extraordinary that watching the series has been compelling throughout. This is an episode that demands discussion, framed around a horrifying dilemma. I'm not sure I went with it, but I am sure I love the conversation it has sparked. Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann really delivered something people will have no choice but to react to. And this choice fundamentally changes how Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal's characters (and performances) go forward. I will likely be watching Season 2 and weeping along with everyone else.

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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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