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Down To Watch
by Dan & Raul
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 whatever comes to mind related to watching stuff.
Episodes
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#318 - Resident Evil (2026)
Spooky season swings into adaptation territory with Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, so DtW need the power of both resident gamers! Dan let's Raul and Jonnie plumb the depths of lore and gameplay mechanics around Capcom's historic survival horror title to better grasp how this is the most accurate...
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#317 - October 2026 TV Premieres!
October is back again, like every year, and Down to Watch has small screen tricks and treats for your plastic pumpkin bucket! Dan and Raul filled their candy bags with what's coming up in the next few weeks and Dan has a bunch of returning favorites like The Lowdown, The Diplomat, The Tulsa King...
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#316 - Lanterns (Season 1, Episodes 1-3)
Down to Watch is green and glowing this week while we check out Lanterns! Dan and Raul watch a newcomer and old hand playing similar roles with Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre in the new Green Lantern based TV series that cohabits the universe also containing the recent Superman and Supergirl…
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#315 - September 2026 TV Premieres!
Down to Watch is back after a minute but just in time to get you ready for September... a few days late! Dan and Raul have your back to school, pre-Halloween TV selections to choose from, including RayGun and Mr. T on Untold, Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as secret Brothers and John…
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#314 - Spider-man: Brand New Day
The DtW super team has a full roster for the big MCU movie of the summer with Spider-Man: Brand New Day! Dan, Raul and Jonnie all saw Spidey swing into theaters for Tom Holland's fourth solo film in the MCU, though solo may be a misnomer as many corners of the series are represented in cameos and...
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#313 - Furious / Roast My Rental / Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
Down to Watch might be starting a new trend with a summer triple showcase to highlight how to hide from the heat and kick it on the couch as temps outside soar. Dan and Raul talk about Furious first, and you should be! There's a lot of ladies out here fightin' for their lives and Emmy Rossum, FBI...
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#312 - August 2026 TV Premieres!
This week, it's so dang summer outside and we got TV to keep us inside in Aug! Dan and Raul agree you can set up your television outside if you want when checking out some new stuff and a bunch of returning faves. New guys include Lanterns (Green ones, from the DCU), The Shards from a couple of...
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#311 - Lucky / The Hawk
Down to Watch is back with a couple of TV-tryouts to keep you out of the sun and on the couch! Dan and Raul gave Lucky a chance, but it looks like Anya Taylor Joy's jailbird dad Timothy Olyphant taught her so many super spy moves that she doesn't even need fortune to favor her. After her partner…
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#310 - July 2026 TV/Movie Premieres!
**SORRY, the ep is a little late due to some technical difficulties, enjoy!** This week, DtW gets into their summer spotlight with sizzling stuff on the small and silver screens! Dan and Raul don't sweat it when the hotter months are light on new tv, that's always been the domain of the...
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#309 - Masters of the Universe (1987)
Good journey, Down to Watch listeners, and pew pew to you, we watched 1987's The Masters of the Universe. Dan and Raul have not the just the power but also the opinions regarding the first time He-Man arrived on the silver screens. As the 21st century deploys it's version into theaters, the DtW...
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#308 - All That Jazz (1979)
Down to Watch is dancing, smoking, singing and pill popping all the way to the stage this week with the classic film All That Jazz! Dan and Raul watched what the industry calls "a musical" in Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical tale about a man wrestling with his inner demons; the same demons that...
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#307 - Spider-Noir (Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2)
This week, DtW answers: What if your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man wasn't so friendly, so modern or so colorful? Spider-Noir is on Prime Video so Dan and Raul can decide what they think about Nic Cage's take on Pet... er, Ben Riley actually! Probably due to contracts, there are no Parkers in...
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#306 - June 2026 TV Premieres!
The DtW crew found a June-full of tv shows to share with a select few, and guess what? You made the list! Dan and Raul return to forecasting the next month of noteworthy new and returning television series that will feel like a summer holiday. New vacation destinations include a true story about...
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#305 - Legends / The Punisher: One Last Kill
Down to Watch is leaving it's mark and serving up consequences with Legends and Punisher: One Last Kill! Dan and Raul skipped across the pond to take a look at what they call undercover cop drama and they like what they see. It's the usually comedic Steve Coogan delivering a grizzled veteran...
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#304 - Grease (1978)
You're the Down that I Watch! (ooh ooh ooh, honey!) Dan and Raul watched the 1978 classic musical Grease, so this pod is all about T-Birds and rose colored ladies and the beauty school dropouts in the midst of summer loving, of the night variety. One host enjoyed it more than the other but…
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#303 - Widow's Bay (Season 1, Episodes 1-3)
Hey hey, it's DtW on the way, and we're setting up shop in Widow's Bay! Dan and Raul are checking out the homey storefronts, the peaceful coast and the one nice diner in a spooky island town on AppleTV. This is a town that has been compared to Pawnee from Parks & Rec by way of Stephen King, and…
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#302 - May 2026 TV Premieres!
The year is finally getting into the swing of new TV and Down to Watch has your May schedule all filled out! Dan and Raul went to the TV show store to browse the new products on the shelf and came away with a cart full of promise: The big guns are back in the form of the MCU's Punisher 'special...
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#301 - Margo's Got Money Troubles
This week, Down to Watch is donating it's time to Margo's Got Money Problems! Dan and Raul are back to the TV mines after the big 300th podcast episode, and it looks like they found a real gem. Elle Fanning stars in a book adaptation about young college student Margo getting knocked up by a...
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#300 - The Kevin Smith-a-Thon!
This week, this month, this year! DtW hits 300 episodes and Kevin Smith is here (in spirit!) to celebrate with Dan and Raul. A trip down memory lane is in order as our two hosts have been downing View Askewniverse movies since they first fell in love with the medium. We go one by one through his...
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#299 - 48 Hrs. (1982)
This week, Down to Watch buddies up with Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in 48 Hrs! Dan and Raul walked into a prison to the dulcet tones of Roxanne and into the genre defining buddy cop film that launched a thousand action flicks. Nick and Eddie were treading new ground in genre pulp as well as...
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#298 - April 2026 TV Premieres!
It's April and the DtW crew is ready for new TV! Dan and Raul are watching bunnies hiding colorful eggs as well as trailers for new TV coming up in the next month, and have a carefully curated basket of shows that might make Spring a little sunnier. There's some real world business here including...
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#297 - Manhunter (1986)
This week, DtW looks back at the beginnings of a villain so beloved he became the hero! Dan and Raul watched Manhunter, the Michael Mann directed film that introduced the film world to one Hannibal Lecter (Lektor?) and his creepy charisma. While the performance Brian Cox brings to the Cannibal...
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#296 - March 2026 TV/Movie Premieres!
If March is supposed to go out like a lamb, the TV studios didn't get the memo because DtW has a bunch of new TV to check out and a lot of it is deep into the month! Dan and Raul have a few selections to start, including a Guy Ritchie style Young Sherlock, a love triange that is DTF St. Louis…
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#295 - Wonder Man (Season 1)
This week, DtW is into the superhero-adjacent MCU TV show, Wonder Man! Dan and Raul have Jonnie back to talk more about Marvel as they field another series introducing a lesser-known hero with ionic abilities and killer shades. Yaya Abdul-Mateen II and Sir Ben Kingsley star in this two-hander…
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#294 - Scream (1996)
This week on DtW, we're throwing back to the OG meta-horror flick, 1996's Scream! Dan joins Raul's rewatch of the series leading up to a new 2026, Neve-centered sequel to discuss the first film of the franchise. Veteran horror director Wes Craven helms one of the first films to dissect it's genre...
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#293 - February 2025 TV Premieres!
This week on Down to Watch, we're getting the most out of the short month! Dan and Raul checked out the February TV upcoming offerings and put together a choice selection of shows for the second month of 2026. It's cold outside, so stay in and check out stuff like The Burbs, a re-imagining of the...
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#292 - Steal / Ponies
This week, Down to Watch has got so many sneaky secrets... Dan and Raul caught a couple of pilots about people being really sneaky for very different reasons. On Steal, Sophie Turner has to contend with a gang of smartly dressed and armed thieves who take over the 27th floor financial…
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#291 - Stranger Things (Season 5)
Its been 10 years since season 1 of Stranger Things and the last time DTW covered a season of the show...until now! Raul and Dan discuss the epic 5th and final season (focus on the finale ep) of this beloved Netflix TV show, and naturally many of the seasonal ebbs and flows are discussed as…
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#290 - January 2026 TV/Movie Premieres!
This week, Down to Watch prepares for a whole new year! Dan and Raul have January covered, and arrive with post-holiday fun for everyone. There's sneaky stuff going on in His & Hers and Seven Dials, and Ponies has the same with some funny mixed in. There's returning favorites in The Pitt…
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#289 - Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
This week on Down to Watch... NAUGHTY! Dan and Raul watched Silent Night, Deadly Night, the holiday slasher from 1984 that translates Santa-related trauma into bodies upon bodies. After Billy Chapman goes through a handful of awful Xmas related experiences both at 5 and 8 years old, the final…
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#288 -How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
This week on Down to Watch, our hearts grow two sizes in one episode! Dan and Raul watched the 2000 live action remake of How the Grinch Stole Christmas starring Jim Carrey to get into the holiday spirit, Who-style. Ron Howard made an extended version that includes backstories for some of the...
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#287 - Bring It On (2000)
This week on DtW, it's all spirit fingers and stolen routines with Bring It On! Dan and Raul caught another anniversary film with the 2000 cheerleading competition flick that is turning 25 this year. Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku and Gabrielle Union all star in this slightly spoofy sports story...
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#286 - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)
This week on DtW, it's holiday travel at it's best/worst in Planes, Trains and Automobiles! Dan and Raul braved the winter wilds of 80s airports and depots to follow fast frenemies Del and Neal played by John Candy and Steve Martin respectively in this classic story about a trip home for...
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#285 - PLURIBUS (Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2)
This week, DtW is enjoying the one from many in Pluribus! Dan and Raul are excited to get into the new AppleTV series from Vince Gilligan, mastermind behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. This show that sees Rhea Seehorn as Carol, one of the last independent people in the world after a signal...
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#284 - IT: Welcome to Derry (Episodes 1 & 2)
The It that It is all about is back and DtW is feeling quite Welcome to Derry! Dan and Raul went into It with some expectations and so far It has delivered both scares and gross-outs, often together. The town of Derry is tortured by an active Pennywise the Dancing Clown every 27 years with this...
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#283 - November/December 2025 TV Premieres!
We're looking forward to the rest of the year on this week's Down to Watch! Dan and Raul are looking at the winter weather watchlist and picking out great gifts for listeners good and bad alike. Nov has plenty to pick from including a surreal sci-fi story from Apple called Pluribus, an American...
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#282 - Fright Night (2011)
Down to Watch lines up an evening of scares with 2011's Fright Night! Dan and Raul are squaring a spooky circle they started last year with the 1985 original by checking out the second go-round with Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots and Anton Yelchin in the main roles (we still get an Ed...
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#281 - The Last Frontier / The Chair Company
This week, DtW is going to Alaska to see about some chairs! Dan and Raul caught a couple of pilot episodes for The Last Frontier and The Chair Company. In Frontier, we revisit the idea of a bunch of Cons in the Air when a prison transport crashes near remote Faibanks, and Frank the local…
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#280 - The Lowdown (Episodes 1 & 2)
This week on Down to Watch, it's a dangerous business being a truthstorian! Dan and Raul caught a couple eps of The Lowdown, Hulu's new drama from the creator of Mare of Easttown. The cool new series follows Ethan Hawke as an indie reporter getting the dirt on the powerful people in town. He's...
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#279- October 2025 TV Premieres!
Spooky season is upon us and Down to Watch is rattling up some new TV! Dan and Raul have sifted through the tricks and treats of October and have filled your round plastic pumpkin pale with a bit of everything. There's Tim Robinson getting weird at The Chair Company, Pennywise making people feel...
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#278 - Task (Episodes 1 & 2)
This week, DtW has just one Task! Dan and Raul previewed the new HBO crime/family drama in the monthly upcoming TV shows ep and after hearing good things about the premiere, it's time to tackle the first two eps. The story follows dual protags with mirrored lives, as a priest turned FBI agent...
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#277 - Jaws (1975)
This week, Down to Watch isn't afraid to go back in the water after 50 years of Jaws! Dan and Raul reminisce about the first blockbuster that set the stage for a summer of big budget blowouts, a series of sequels and copycats and a lifetime of Spielberg flicks. Bruce, the big mechanical shark…
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#276 - The Paper (Season 1, Episodes 1-3)
This week the DtW crew is out of the office but into The Paper! Dan and Raul are subscribed to the new spinoff from The Office, borrowing the creator and a single character from the original show. Greg Daniels continues to draw attention thanks to the legendary status of the original program,...
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#275 - September 2025 TV Premieres!
It's back to school time again, and despite societal collapse it still means new TV shows for DtW to talk about! Dan and Raul are happy to see returning friends from Tulsa royalty to multi-unit based murderers but the real fun is in all the new friends to be made. There's a serious Task from the...
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#274 - Miami Vice (1984 Pilot / 1988 Season 4 Finale)
It's all synth and sunglasses on Down to Watch this week as the summer heat is the perfect temp for a trip to 90s Florida! Dan and Raul watched the pilot and season 4 finale of the original Miami Vice TV series, a show that gave us slick detectives, fast cars and boats, and hit tunes to fill out…
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#273 - Alien: Earth (Episodes 1 & 2)
Finally, the long-awaited and eagerly anticipated Alien TV show has arrived! Dan and Raul fancy themselves pretty well-versed in the 'Xenomorpho-verse' so they were stoked to see what accomplished TV-creator extraodinaire, Noah Hawley, had in mind for the expansion of this very popular universe....
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#272 - The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The burning hot Down to Watch summer is stretching into August with a rock solid addition to the MCU that's anything but invisible, girl! Dan and Raul can't talk about the Fantastic Four: First Steps without the stalwart Jonnie to round out the comic adaptation team, and the three launch into a...
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#271 - August 2025 TV/Movie Premieres!
Down to Watch is back to the monthly map of new series and favorite franchises just in time for an awesome August! Dan and Raul have the details on the worlds we're returning to, including a surprising "sequel" to The Naked Gun trilogy, the Alien franchise landing on Earth as a TV show, Wakanda...
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#270 - Superman: The Movie (1978)
Down to Watch is up in the sky with the birds, planes and the 1978 Superman! Dan and Raul ride the current Kryptonian hype and watched the film that inspired the new incarnation as well as so many other films. Christopher Reeve gives us a man of steel that has yet to be topped, the music is an...
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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 whatever comes to mind related to watching stuff.
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