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Down To Watch#260 - Mystery Bag #1Down to Watch lurks in the shadows and stalks the smokey alleyways this week because it's a Mystery Bag show! Dan and Raul got it into their sneaky little heads to surprise the audience and each other with a few films and TV shows they've put away in the last week or so. Dan saw a dramatization about the guy who got too good at Press Your Luck and a series about a guy pretending to be his own twin brother, as well as a guy who has previously been an idiot but now seems to be talking to...
2025-04-101h 21
Down To Watch#254 - David Lynch: A Retrospective / Blue VelvetThe Down to Watch crew dives into the complicated world of David Lynch this week with Blue Velvet! Dan and Raul take a trip through the mind-bending works of one of their favorite filmmakers, spending a little more time on the MacLachlan - Dern - Hopper starring psychosexual mystery thriller that places corny young love in the center of an underworld of drugs, sex, danger, and abuse. Lynch finds his two top muses in the two leads of this cult classic about creeps and killers that operate just under the surface of normal suburban life and puts them through...
2025-02-141h 30
Down To Watch#253 - American PrimevalDown to Watch rides West this week with a couple of episodes of American Primeval! Dan and Raul watched the first two eps of the Netflix series set in the Manifest Destiny days of America, as a woman and her son race between camps and forts in an attempt to catch up to the family's patriarch (or is he?). After their last shot at a guide out of Fort Bridger, a mountain man raised by natives who turns them down (or does he?), Sara puts her "faith" in some Mormon settlers heading to their Utah settlement. That plan goes...
2025-02-0651 min
Down To Watch#251 - Dune: Prophecy (Season 1)This week, DtW watched the next entry into the live-action Dune adaptation with Dune: Prophecy! HBO heard about another prince that was promised and decided they wanted to tell the tale of how the search started in this six episode series. Dan and Raul checked out the first two eps and dip into the greater universe lore as they discuss the story of palace intrigue and military posturing in the new show. Does the fresh look into the distant past of the films pierce their critical holo-shields and hook them into an ensemble epic in the vein of the big Max dramas? Whatever you do, don't ask the thinking machines!
2025-01-1355 min
Down To Watch#250 - The Karate Kid (1984)This week on Down to Watch, it's a kickback to the 80s with The Karate Kid! Dan and Raul returned to the source material for the hit series Cobra Kai and the 2010 Jackie Chan remake to see if Daniel-san's tutelage under handyman Mr. Miyagi still holds up after all these years. Iconic lines and enduring images fill this classic coming-of-age story of beating back the bullies with bravery and determination, and performances from established actors and one-hit wonders manage to keep this high-kicking classic from growing stale. Come for the hand-to-hand heroics and blossoming romance and you might find a...
2025-01-111h 21
Down To Watch#249 - January 2025 TV Premieres!New year, new shows, and Down to Watch is back at it again in 2025! Dan and Raul brush confetti out of their hair and put away their Santa hats to welcome a brisk January on television. Early in the month, we see a number of doc series about living forever or making a killing on the air with Jerry Springer as well as a doc spoof with returning historian Philomena Cunk. Mid-month we're catching up with the split personality cast of Severance and redefining what good cop/bad cop means, alongside a Western that isn't made by Taylor Sheridan...
2024-12-311h 12
Down To Watch#248 - The Kings of TupeloDown to Watch is all about a royal rumble this week with Kings of Tupelo! Dan and Raul watched all three episodes of the new Netflix documentary series from the creators of the series Wild Wild Country and from the studio that made Tiger King if the trailers are to be believed. It's easy to see how the shows relate, as the Kings are mostly self-centered monarchs of tiny empires who all end up tied in some way to the star of the show, Kevin Curtis. KC is a wingnut conspiracy theorist who drives everyone around him insane and...
2024-12-2054 min
Down To Watch#247 - The Agency / Black DovesThe small screen is covered in spycraft at the moment and DtW is sneaking up on a couple of new shows! Dan and Raul combed the monthly TV premieres microfiche to find that most streamers are sending out a spy series or two this season and picked the pilots of The Agency and Black Doves to see if they self-destruct or accomplish their mission. The Agency's A-lister star Michael Fassbender displays the meticulousness of a field agent of a non-murderous sort (so far) as the show displays how a man can balance the clandestine with a love story amidst l...
2024-12-1058 min
Down To Watch#246 - December 2024 TV Premieres!The 'most wonderful time of the year' comes with new TV like any other month, and Down to Watch is unwrapping the upcoming offerings for you! Dan and Raul checked the list twice to make sure they cover all of December, and the DtW Gift Guide is chock full of docs and dramas, with the true stories including Churchill doing war, silly Florida crimes, serious parole boards, and whatever the deal is with Polo. On the dramatic side, we travel to Canada for something Sticky, to the UK for spy vs crime-syndicate action, and return to the worlds of...
2024-12-021h 21
Down To Watch#245 - The Day of the Jackal (2024) / Interior ChinatownAs the year approaches it's festive finality and the warming glow of the living room draws us closer together, Down to Watch has a couple new series to get cozy around. Dan and Raul saw the first episode of Day of the Jackal, a book made and remade into films until finally landing on an Eddie Redmayne led show about an international assassin and MI6 agent on his tail. This one is dripping with style and talent, with plenty of fan buzz after premiering. They also caught the premier of an anticipated oddball show called Interior Chinatown, another book...
2024-11-251h 00
Down To Watch#244 - HereticThis week on Down to Watch... blasphemy on the big screen! Dan and Raul went out to the cinema to see if one Mr. Hugh Grant could summon enough acting chops to pull off the horror in a new horror movie called Heretic. Two young Mormon girls are responding to inquiries made to their church with hopes of growing their ranks when they discover the final name on the list was the last door they should have knocked on. The doors lock, the lights go out and conversation becomes menacing as the host manipulates his victims with mockery of their beliefs and generally chews the entire set as only a legendary British actor could. Did th...
2024-11-191h 17
Down To Watch#243 - Hysteria (Episode 1) / Teacup (Episodes 1 & 2)Down to Watch is sticking to scary for a week longer as the Halloween vibes bleed into November with two new Peacock series: Hysteria and Teacup! Dan and Raul made a trip through the NBC streaming site to see what was up with these new horror-adjacent stories they're serving up and the gore was definitely present in Teacup. There's a trio of families trapped on a farm when a man draws a blue line around the property and anyone who crosses it becomes mulch. Internal drama and a seemingly possessed boy ratchet the tension but there might not be e...
2024-11-111h 11
Down To Watch#242 - Fright Night (1985)This week DtW is capping spooky season with a cult classic vampire flick full of wild practical effects from 1985, Fright Night! Dan and Raul couldn't let October end without seeking some scary tales and this definitely delivered. This borderline schlock dips into sexy thrillers and TV history with its mix of rear window snooping, lamp-shading old-school horror presenters, and dance floor danger that may hold up better than expected. Is it enough to get past some of the more dated and hokey ideas that come with throwback genre movies? Ask the boys on the pod!
2024-11-051h 08
Down To Watch#241 - November 2024 TV Premieres!If for whatever reason you wanna take your mind off of the world's troubles this November, Down to Watch has some worthwhile distractions to de-stress or displace that anxiety. Dan and Raul checked out the upcoming schedule and found plenty to fill your TV tray as we head into the holidays. We've got more Yellowstone, a new show from Taylor Sheridan, another look at the assassin, The Jackal, and a series of creepy Creep Tapes. In theaters, we see Jesse and Kieran being real pains, Hugh somehow being scary and Denzel being Denzel in a gladiatorial setting. There are shows made from books, a doc about music, and more! Come get your gifts early!
2024-10-271h 00
Down To Watch#240 - The Penguin (Episodes 1 & 2)This week it's the first two episodes of the sequel series to The Batman and DTW is down to waddle! Dan and Raul both love the new HBO series on Max based on Batman's old school villain The Penguin and Colin Ferrell is a big part of it. The Irishman has tackled what could easily be a throwaway genre cliche with artistic aplomb. The result on paper is a straightforward crime story, but in live action is revealed to be a layered story built around an excellent performance. Ferrell is in good company with solid character actors, new faces, a...
2024-10-1559 min
Down To Watch#238 - Agatha All Along (Episodes 1 & 2)September is getting spooky sooner than expected this week on Down to Watch! Dan and Raul are happy to have Jonnie back as usual and he's got some thoughts on the latest nostalgia sequel in theaters, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The ghost with the most is back and the reception has been mostly positive but it's time to see what DtW thinks about Keaton wigging up again. Of course, no visit from this pod favorite guest is complete without a peek into the MCU and the guys are ready to talk spells, psychics, and scarlet witches because Agatha All Along has a...
2024-09-231h 10
Down To Watch#237 - The Decline of Western Civilization: Part 1 (1981)This week we're Down to Watch a buncha punks! Dan and Raul take a trip back in time with The Decline of Western Civilization, a 1981 doc filmed from within the Los Angeles punk scene as it was cresting on a wave of drugs, violence, art, and energy so potent the LAPD chief at the time forbade the film's screening. Through interviews, gig footage, and crowd interactions, filmmaker Penelope Spheeris managed to capture one of the most authentic portrayals of a musical movement ever seen on film and does it impressively despite such an unwieldy and abstract genre. This pod i...
2024-09-1752 min
Down To Watch#236 - September 2024 TV Premieres!Time to look ahead to September with the Down to Watch crew as the fall TV season starts to get in gear. Dan and Raul scraped the internet's endless lists to figure out the best in new streaming and even some old-fashioned network shows. There's plenty of real-world drama in docs like Mr. McMahon, Child Star, and American Sports Story, big moments at the Emmys, and more funny news from Roy Wood Jr. Lot of tough guys coming back, too, from Tulsa Kings to an Old Man and even a Walking Dead. We got Japanese women's wrestling, modern British court drama, Colin Farrell's Penguin, so much Ryan Murphy and was it Agatha All Along!?! Maybe! Be
2024-09-031h 09
Down To Watch#235 - The Neverending Story (1984)Deep into August, the DtW team treks into the 80s with a film that resonates with an audience of a certain age, The NeverEnding Story! Dan and Raul are both interested in the legacy left by one of a few fantasy flicks they remember as formative for their age group and dove into the world of Fantasia. Old-school fantasy story beats mix with ahead-of-their-time tropes like meta-narratives and crossing realities when a bookish kid hides from the world with a stolen book that literally places the reader at the center of the story. Does it hold up? Can it...
2024-08-2753 min
Down To Watch#234 - Bad Monkey (Episodes 1 & 2)Summers in Florida are sweaty and sweltering, so this week, DtW is watching a new Sunshine State series on the TV with the A/C cranked! Dan and Raul caught their old friend Vince Vaughn sneaking around outer Miami in search of clues on Bad Monkey, a sunny murder mystery with the A-Lister as a motormouth detective who's off the force for a litany of reasons. The first two episodes have dropped to more than some acclaim while drawing comparisons to a number of previous shows that might denote a little less quality. So, did AppleTV+ manage to sneak...
2024-08-191h 05
Down To Watch#233 - Time Bandits (S1, E1) / Lady in the Lake (S1, E1)This week, DtW has a couple of premieres from the TV Premieres ep that stood out to our intrepid hosts. First, Dan and Raul are back into the "A-Lister on TV" trend as Natalie Portman tries out the small screen in a dark drama tying two murders together while Natty Ports' harranged housewife discovers her purpose in Lady in the Lake. A good-looking production filled with quality acting has a few interesting twists, including a narrator who does double duty as one of the victims, but this is a well-worn genre, and star power doesn't guarantee success. On the...
2024-08-121h 12
Down To Watch#232 - Deadpool & WolverineThis week, DtW comes to a turning point, a fork stuck in the road, as time passes by and the world watches the Fox Marvel films come to an end with Deadpool & Wolverine! Dan and Raul have Jonnie back to say bye, bye and bye to cameos and references galore as the fourth wall-breaking Merc with a Mouth arrives in a second sequel made for MCU and comic fans alike. In this one, the couple of ramblin men in the title travel across dimensions in a bid to save what the hosts eventually believe is Marvel 10005, his home universe fro...
2024-08-051h 18
Down To Watch#231 - August 2024 TV Premieres!Summer is sliding into home as the sun bears down upon us and Down to Watch has the lineup for your August TV rotation! Dan and Raul are looking for home runs in a month of expected ground outs, and hopefully there's a series that can give you a bit of relief from the hazy heat. Over in the real world, Max is taking a listen to Elizabeth Taylor's Lost Tapes and the New York Times wants to Lie to Fly, while the animated scene has some big franchises trying for triples with Rick & Morty, The Terminator and Batman...
2024-07-301h 13
Down To Watch#230 - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)This week Down to Watch veers off the path of "Essential 80s" for something a little strange and different but nonetheless classic & cult with The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension! Dan and Raul are astounded at the talent level in this esoteric lampshade placed on spy, musical, sci-fi, and romance genres while kinda spoofing serials in general. There's a ton of recognizable faces in this goofy romp from genre films like Doc Brown, Doc Brundle, and the titular Robocop, as well as character actors galore, but the film is filled with sorta-jokes, references to never-seen characters...
2024-07-301h 06
Down To Watch#229 - Sunny (Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2)Down to Watch is back in business, and that business is refrigerrr...robotics, actually! Dan and Raul followed Rashida Jones into a tragic mystery centered around the bot-building company Imatech and her late husband's classified research in the new AppleTV+ series Sunny. American ex-pat misanthrope Suzie deals with life in Japan (as well as in a near future where robot helpers abound) after a plane crash has taken the lives of her Japanese engineer husband, Masa, and their young son. As the world around her tries to help assuage her pain with culturally unfamiliar customs, clues begin to drop...
2024-07-151h 16
Down To Watch#227 - July 2024 TV/Movie PremieresThe 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, Nic Cage and a pair of Longlegs, and Rashida Jones's seeing the 'Sunny' side of a scary situation. On the animated menu, Kite Man says Hell Yeah to some more adventures; somehow, a show is c...
2024-07-041h 17
Down To Watch#226 - Run Lola Run (1998)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, award groups, and a wide cult following on display in theaters over the last few weeks. All three hosts were glad to revisit this film at the Los Angeles staple, Landmark's Nuart Theater, and they have tons to say about i...
2024-06-241h 09
Down To Watch#225 - The Acolyte / EricBig 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 early in the first episode as well, but can the pilot turn fan opinions around by the closing credits? But first, there's a show about a missing kid and his dirtbag dad being desperate enough...
2024-06-1659 min
Down To Watch#224 - Firestarter (1984)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 their unnatural talents. Despite the talent on screen and the material's pedigree, this film was torched back in the day, but the cult following it may have garnered since belies a secret classic of the weird and paranoid that gave us titles like...
2024-06-0358 min
Down To Watch#223 - June 2024 TV/Movie Premieres!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, and a look back at the pack full of brats. Out in theaters, the summer starts with a remake of The Crow, a re-release of Run Lola Run, M Night's daughter's first twist vehicle...
2024-05-271h 17
Down To Watch#222 - Steel Magnolias (1989)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 center of the film, there was no doubt this would be a showcase of incredible talent, but will the story hold its shape, or is it as dated as a big frizzy do? This definitely isn't Fried Green...
2024-05-2055 min
Down To Watch#221 - The SympathizerThis 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 effective enemy operative as he weaves between his Vietnamese allies on both sides of the confrontation. Peppering in A-Listers in surprising roles at times helps keep the pace bouncy alongside the playful narrator, but is it worth sticking with, o...
2024-05-1349 min
Down To Watch#220 - May 2024 TV Premieres!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 Beach Boys, and an odd but well-documented life in Japan called The Contestant. The oddness continues with a return to hit doc The Jinx, a popular show thought completely told. Scripted TV stays weird...
2024-04-291h 08
Do Good WorkTransforming Agency Growth: Beyond Revenue Goals with Dan EnglanderRaul interviews a returning guest, Dan, and discusses the evolving concept of agency growth and success in a digital age. Departing from traditional metrics like revenue growth or headcount, Dan emphasizes the importance of setting goals that align with personal satisfaction and business health. He introduces the idea that comparing oneself to others is inevitable, but choosing healthier benchmarks can lead to a more fulfilling growth journey. Dan outlines four stages of agency development - from 'Glorified Freelancer' to 'Unfettered' - and how moving through these stages can empower agency owners to achieve their goals, whether they aim for...
2024-04-2529 min
Down To Watch#218 - Fallout (Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2)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 time, Maximus is trying to escape his ineffectiveness as part of a military religion by stealing a suit of robot armor, and The Ghoul has stuck around since pre-war America to give us a modern-day perspective and more Walton Goggins for our...
2024-04-141h 20
Down To Watch#217 - Sugar (Season 1, Episode 1-2) / Ripley (Season 1, Episodes 1-2)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 story, but is it so thoughtful it forgets to be compelling? A question that can also be asked about the second show covered in this pod is AppleTV+' Sugar, an LA-based crime noir starring Colin Ferrell. Ferell? A new ki...
2024-04-081h 08
Down To Watch#216 - April 2024 TV Premieres!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 of peeps, including The Veil, The Sympathizer, and an LA gumshoe story called Sugar, keeping the investigation domestic. Learn what is happening to the thoroughbreds at the race track with the New York Times doc film Broken...
2024-04-011h 04
Down To Watch#215 - 3 Body Problem (Episodes 1 & 2)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 helming the groundbreaking Game of Thrones but suffered consequences to their subsequent projects based on fan reactions to the finale they crafted. Does this mean they're ready to burst back on the scene with an equally vast st...
2024-03-2454 min
Down To Watch#214 - The Gentlemen (2024) / Manhunt (2024)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 search for John Wilkes Booth. The investigation into Lincoln's assassination is new ground for most viewers and the first two eps get a lot out of the procedural of it all as well as an unexpected emotional el...
2024-03-171h 17
Down To Watch#213 - Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024, Season 1)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 incarnation, so the bar is low, but that doesn't mean the 'big red N' can skate past the mistakes that have sunk their previous anime-inspired IRL shows. The good, bad, surprising, and changed are elemental to the discussion, as well as individual performances and scriptwriting imbalances...
2024-03-101h 21
Down To Watch#212 - Shogun (2024, Episodes 1 & 2)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 time of treacherous trade routs and infighting between the rulers of the lands of Japan, no one has risen to the position of Shogun in over a century and...
2024-03-031h 04
Down To Watch#211 - March 2024 TV Premieres!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 Eugene Levy's travelogue The Reluctant Traveler. On the fresh and new side, Guy Ritchie is spinning off his film The Gentlemen into a series with the same name, a new show also called Man...
2024-02-261h 21
Down To Watch#210 - Echo (Season 1) / Bob Marley: One LoveA 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 devoted to the world of the MCU, leading to a discussion on mutants (Deadpool and Wolverine), The Marvels (now on Disney+), and the future of the MCU. Finally, the guys dive into the newest Marvel TV...
2024-02-191h 22
Down To Watch#209 - Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024)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 greeting and nebulous instructions from the company tablet, two charming strangers have agreed to pose as husband and wife while carrying out mysterious and kind of odd, "High Risk" operations in New York and the surrounding area. These orders se...
2024-02-1151 min
Down To Watch#208 - February 2024 TV Premieres!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 on the soccer pitch and some stories of Texas from proper storytellers. On the drama side, we have ninjas, avatars, spy couples, astronauts, and shoguns vying for precious TV time...
2024-02-051h 05
Down To Watch#207 - True Detective (Season 4, Episode 1) / The Brothers SunWinter 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 bouncy dialogue, the show managed to hook at least one host. The other half was spent dipping into the latest incarnation of a spooky crime anthology with deeply macabre musings - True...
2024-01-211h 20
Down To Watch#206 - Moonlighting (Pilot Episode / Season 2, Episode 4)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 household names, put new spins on many classic film genres on the small screen, and introduced a level of writer creativity we still benefit from today. That doesn't mean the show is flawless; however, it remains an artifact of...
2024-01-151h 28
Down To Watch#205 - Moonstruck (1987)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 characters. Yeah, there had to be a discussion about the title ‘Moonstruck’ and what that exactly means, but the movie makes us understand with many songs and dialogue references to the actual moon, too! Come for Cher, stay for Dukakis...
2024-01-081h 13
Down To Watch#204 - 'Dumpuary' + January 2024 TV PremieresThe 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 mentioning, as the guys cover the Mean Girls musical, a new Marvel entry, prequel shows for the movies Sexy Beast and Ted, another drug empire story from the Narcos crew, and much more. Make a resolution to be Down...
2024-01-011h 16
Down To Watch#203 - The Marvels / Loki (Season 2)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 dimension and creativity yet wonderful actors playing interesting characters attempting to do all they can with the plodding and beleaguered story. We got Back to the Future, Groundhog Day, and even some flavors of Bill & Ted at pl...
2023-12-041h 28
Down To Watch#202 - Monarch: Legacy of Monsters / A Murder At the End of the WorldIt'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 business of monsters. The new series travels back and forth between pre and post-monsters arriving in human cities, using Kurt and Wyatt Russel playing the same characters to connect the stories. The guys also started watching A Murder at the End...
2023-11-271h 20
Down To Watch#200B - Flashdance (1983)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 successes, discussing the intricate and creative dance sequences but also, um, the main character, apparently an 18-year-old with a full-time job as a welder and fully furnished loft apartment...! Yep, and she starts a relationship with her 30something-year-old boss...
2023-11-151h 07
Down To Watch#200A - Footloose (1984)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 behaving badly across generations and losing yourself to anger-dancing in an empty warehouse, possibly in silence. The 80s gave us a pair of dance movies that would go on to be imitated and spoofed for how emblematic of their time they would...
2023-11-141h 09
Down To Watch#199 - November 2023 TV Premieres!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 (Netflix), and Fargo (FX on HULU), the other host found some genre fun in new series' like Los Billis (Prime), Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (AppleTV+), Beacon 23 (MGM+?, yes) and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix). They also discuss...
2023-11-1255 min
Down To Watch#197 - Gen V / The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)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 that the kids at Godolkin University, God U for short, come with dark origins and karmic retributions. The first ep alone has many tragic events surrounded by the fun and drama of starting a new school, and the show...
2023-10-3058 min
Down To Watch#196 - No One Will Save YouForgiveness 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 aside when she kills an invading alien in her family home where she lives alone. None of this matters too much, as the 90-minute run time is dedicated to fight scenes between a creative...
2023-10-231h 04
Down To Watch#194 - The Changeling (Episode 1) / The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (Episode 1)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 wife makes the unfortunate decision to make 3 wishes in a horror thriller. As an 8 episode series that starts with a visual flair, the series is poised to tell a taught and terrifying tale, but the many different parts might not fit pe...
2023-09-261h 22
Down To Watch#193 - The Terminator (1984)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 less lethal Sarah Connor being singled out by time-traveling murderbots bent on killing the mother of the general who would see them defeated before he was even conceived. Time travel rules, 80s culture, and the future of sci-fi...
2023-09-181h 23
Down To Watch#192 - How to Blow Up a PipelineThis 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 a generation of despair after being handed over a wasted planet and grim future. The gritty realism in the acting and filmmaking does a great job of revealing sympathetic reasoning over a series of flashbacks, but do...
2023-09-101h 10
Down To Watch#191 - Deep Cover (1992)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. However, in this exaggerated 90s Los Angeles crack game, he's been assigned to put his morality aside and lean into the crazy characters and costumes of this sordid street parable. Does this...
2023-09-041h 15
Down To Watch#190 - September 2023 Premieres!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. Later in the month, the Morning Show and Wrexham series have new seasons lined up. The Walking Dead, John Wick, and The Boys have spinoffs starting in Daryl Dixon, The Continental, and Gen V, respectively, an...
2023-08-271h 23
Down To Watch#189 - Twisted Metal (Season 1, Episodes 1-3)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 get runnin', and the drivers get gunnin' in Twisted Metal, adapted from a plot-thin destruction derby video game into a Peacock original with some star power and little holding it back. The story...
2023-08-201h 08
Down To Watch#188 - Good Omens (Season 2)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 lands at Mr. Fell's door, the best bud protagonists worry that the holy and evil alike will descend on them, ruining their peace. A bit of miraculous magic sets up a season's worth of antics to be laid out alongside recaps of the...
2023-08-131h 03
Down To Watch#187 - Secret Invasion (Season One)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 Jackson's Nick Fury feels responsible for a new threat to the safety of Earth; this time in the form (or forms?) of the shape-shifting Skrull race of aliens who have taken the places of...
2023-08-061h 18
Do Good WorkFrom Scar Tissue to Sales Philosophy: How Dan Englander is Cracking the Biz Dev Code for Agencies with Sales SchemaRaul talks with Dan Englander, CEO of Sales Schema, about effectively filling the top of a sales funnel. Dan shares the key tactics, including building potential referrals and trust, focusing on effective outbound techniques and concentrating on a successful inbound project. He stresses on the need for consistency in sales and shares his success principles, including daily learning or teaching and focusing on hiring skilled individuals. The conversation also revolves around the importance of building professional relationships and the critical role of referrals in acquiring new business. Who’s The Guest? Dan Englander is the CEO and Fou...
2023-07-3124 min
Down To Watch#186 - August 2023 TV Premieres!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 in the Building, more purple and gold history in Winning Time, one last season with the Reservation Dogs and a bunch more! New shows are a bit light in quantity but Ahsoka is the big Disney show of the s...
2023-07-301h 24
Down To Watch#185 - Justified: City Primeval (Episodes 1 & 2)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 trades fast banter and much faster bullets with a collection of criminals and lowlives. Having been transplanted to Detroit for the length of the story, Timothy Olyphant is tasked with pulling off the previous show's success without his stable of scene partners...
2023-07-241h 00
Down To Watch#184 - HijackDown 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 enough, his wife is carrying around with a cop man to her son's chagrin, the pilot and the stewardess are also fooling around on the side, tough guys, worried ladies, and some kids who...
2023-07-1454 min
Down To Watch#183 - I'm a VirgoDown 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 his hidden backyard. His parents fear a world that hunts down giants, but a teen's gonna teen, and soon enough, Cootie, the 13-foot-tall 19-year-old, is riding with friends, smoking weed, and...
2023-07-0256 min
Down To Watch#182 - July 2023 TV Premieres!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 around Futurama's brainy eps, another round of Raylan Givens givin' justice in Justified, some metaphysical fun represented in more Good Omens and What We Do in the Shadows, and the fascinating observations of How To with John Wilson. New shows were...
2023-06-251h 09
Tyne TravelEpisode 9 with Dan JacksonRaul Kohli and Mike Milligan are BACK with a new episode of Tyne Travel, and this time our comedian/history buff hosts chat to a very special guest.
Dan Jackson is the author of the award winning book The Northumbrians and this is a fascinating chat, as Raul and Mike find out why people in this area are the way they are.
Catch Tyne Travel LIVE with Dan at The Stand in Newcastle on 18th September: https://www.thestand.co.uk/performance/15554/tyne-travel-the-history-of-the-north-east-why-i-man-what-it-means-to-be-a-northumbrian/20230918/newcastle
This was, as ever, available a...
2023-06-211h 03
Down To Watch#181 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseThis 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 world, connecting with your family, and forging your path. Does this foray into the wider multiverse that the MCU will eventually pillage earn all the adoration it has gotten from audiences and fans? These are the best versions of th...
2023-06-191h 16
Down To Watch#180 - Dark City: Director's Cut (1998)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 individualism and free will aren't the only things this movie has in common with The Matrix, and the guys discuss how the two films share sets, storylines, and more. So does the indie look allow this fan...
2023-06-1158 min
Down To Watch#179 - Citadel / The Night AgentSneaky 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 action might be subpar, but do pretty faces from magazine covers make up for it? Also, The Night Agent flaunts similar tropes from the spy romance thriller playbook, but does a different cast and tone bring better...
2023-06-041h 01
Down To Watch#178 - June 2023 TV Premieres!The barren summertime TV landscape has reared its dusty face again as we roll into June, but Down to Watch is an oasis of content, ready to quench the thirsty viewer. Dan and Raul put their safari hats on and properly searched for television programming to fill the hot days on the way and are pleased to see plenty of returning friends like Jack Ryan, that Witcher over there, our friend The Bear, and the gang from the ever-sunny Philadelphia. Some questionable company appears around HBO(?)'s controversy-saddled The Idol, and Secret Invasion may see Marvel struggle with a...
2023-05-291h 17
Down To Watch#177 - Silo / Dead RingersThis week on Down to Watch, there's double trouble to be found deep down! Dan and Raul are a few eps into a couple of new shows and have plenty to say about 'em. First up, the Cronenberg film Dead Ringers has a miniseries remake on Prime that has Rachel Weisz in the dual twin OB-GYNs, and the discussion covers the excellent acting and directing, the deeper themes and intense visuals, and some storytelling troubles the show may wander into. Over on the other show, society has retreated into the safety of Silo, the new post-nuclear apocalypse series on...
2023-05-211h 09
Down To Watch#176 - Mrs. Davis (Episodes 1-4)This week, Down to Watch is down with the Algorithm! Dan and Raul are lucky to have guest Hannah add her analysis to the DtW brain trust as they try and unravel the mysteries of the new Peacock original series Mrs. Davis. Betty Gilpin is a "cowboy nun" who serves as a possibly literal bride of Jesus at the convent by day and runs down scammer magicians outside of Reno by night when we are introduced to this wacky world. Mrs. Davis, an algorithmic AI that communicates to nearly all humans via earbud, has pretty much taken over the...
2023-05-071h 14
Down To Watch#175 - May 2023 TV Premieres!Another month is upon us and DtW has it mapped out for you to safely travel across May with no new show unturned! Dan and Raul travel across content-continents to bring you the latest tales of series from the corners of the globe. They dive into an underground Silo to see the remnants of humanity, a reunion of Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne (formerly in the comedy film, Neighbors) as longtime friends, and check in on a loopy detective in the High Desert while they're in the neighborhood. There's some action in the DC area between the motley crews makin...
2023-04-301h 13
Down To Watch#174 - History of the World Part 1 (1981) & Part 2 (2023)Spring break is over, and Down to Watch is back with a history course from the great classical author Mel Brooks! Dan and Raul checked out History of the World Part 2, the new Hulu sequel series full of modern comedy stars, as well as the original hit film full of vintage comedy greats. Part 1, the '81 anthology film, is an avalanche of old gags both classic and dated, and great fodder for conversation about comedy styles past and present. The new class of internet jokesters and sitcom stars swing for the fences to match the manic energy of the o...
2023-04-231h 02
Down To Watch#173 - Beef (Season 1)This week on Down to Watch, slap some steaks on the grill cuz we got Beef! Dan and Raul and guest-extraordinaire Natalia are all pretty into the new Netflix road rage series starring Ali Wong and Steven Yuen, and they're real heated about it, in a good way. The show centers around a couple of rotten people who cross paths and decide to ruin each other, while letting their humanity slip through the cracks as their war consumes the relatable jerks that surround them. Spoilers abound because two of the three hosts have seen it all the way through, a...
2023-04-161h 11
Down To Watch#172 - Swarm & The Big Door PrizeThis week, Down to Watch is all about fate and fandom! Dan and Raul grabbed a couple shows off the April upcomings heap that might be instant classics and are back with their thoughts. First off, The Big Door Prize has a small town flipped upside down when a futuristic machine that appeared out of nowhere starts handing out cards with everyone's potential written on it. This slightly sci-fi beat seems to be just a catalyst for a feel-good story about achieving untapped dreams, and how striving might affect the world around the characters of this surreal-ish world. Quite in...
2023-04-091h 02
Down To Watch#169 - Poker Face (Season 1 wrap-up!)This week, the DtW crew watched the rest of Poker Face and is back to discuss whether it's flush with quality writing and acting or just full of jokers! Dan and Raul finished up the series they checked in on a few months back and are both happy to report the show is a hit with not a lie detected. Natasha Lyonne has appeared in a few other Down to Watch shows and is quickly becoming a pod favorite for her dry wit, hapless courage and rapport with the murderer's row of acting ringers that fill the episodes with vi...
2023-03-121h 21
Down To Watch#162 - Copenhagen CowboyDown to Watch is back this week with something a bit experimental from the big red N. Dan and Raul saw some or most of the new Netflix show Copenhagen Cowboy, full of slick synth and burning neon edges as well as bits of misery, magic, and mayhem to flesh out an artistically told tale. The nearly mute Miu has arrived in a particular corner of European hell, as the current denizens refer to it, and seems to be using almost otherworldly powers of perception to process the actions of the flawed, damaged, and depraved that populate her current s...
2023-01-151h 00
Down To Watch#140 - The Bear (Season 1) / Thor: Love and Thunder / Ms. MarvelSummer shows are matching the temps outside and Down to Watch has the hottest new hit with both critics and audiences on the menu this week; Dan and Raul just watched all of FX's The Bear, streaming on Hulu, and stalwart guest Jonnie is here to talk about how much everybody loves it! It's not a proper Jonnie pod unless we drop into the MCU, and this ep is no different as the guys talk about Ms. Marvel, Thor 4 and the future of the films for the first few mins. The main course, however, is a delectable serving of...
2022-07-181h 36
Down To Watch#132 - Moon Knight / Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessDan and Raul welcome back Jonnie to discuss all things Marvel, but first a few new pieces of business were to be handled including a quick discussion on season one of Winning Time (HBO). Dan and Jonnie for the most part really dig the show and look forward to season two.
The new trailer for She-Hulk was mentioned as well, but the guys are suspect on what genre exactly this show will be aiming to delve into with it seeming like it should be a "case a week" for this lawyer-lady-hulk to handle some legal business, but th...
2022-05-211h 39
In The MetalIn The Metal - Episode 6 - Raúl Pagès talks to Dan Spitz and Johnny McElherron - 21/05/20Join us for the latest instalment of In The Metal in the company of Mr Raúl Pagès; one of the very few masters of the centuries-old skill of manufacturing incredible moving mechanical creations, known as automata.A member of watchmaking's elite academy the AHCI, and creator of the superb Tortue tortoise as well as the Soberly Onyx wristwatch, and currently immersed in creating his own fully in-house mechanical movement, and so we are delighted to welcome this incredible talent onto our continent-spanning digital couch and talk about life, work and what's next for Raúl.
2022-03-111h 14
Down To Watch#124 - The Dropout / Joe Vs. Carole / Our Flag Means DeathMarch already!?! The month in TV is heating up early, and Down to Watch is back to report on three new streams that are worth talking about. Dan and Raul both caught the beginning of Joe Vs Carole, the Peacock-based docu-dramedy sprung from the Tiger King phenomenon based on the cartoonish blood feud between the titular characters. Dan's also got a new show to discuss, Hulu's The Dropout; a dramatization of the headline-grabbing pharma scandal surrounding Elizabeth Holmes. And, Raul rounds the ep out with thoughts on the period pirate comedy, HBO Max's This Flag Means Death. The year i...
2022-03-071h 15
Down To Watch#116 - January 2022 TV/Movie Premieres!New Year, new shows! The last Down to Watch of 2021 is here with a bunch of shows to jump into this January. Dan and Raul take a quick look at last month's upcomings and what they each think of the "best TV show of the 2021", before launching into what 2022 is gonna start off with. This monthly preview includes Suicide Squad spinoff Peacemaker, ensemble mystery murder comedy The Afterparty, heartfelt dramadies, spooky stop motion mice, and more! Dan looks forward to returning favorites, Raul notes the odd outliers and everyone starts the year off great! Come join us!
2022-01-011h 34
Down To Watch#73 - Mr. Mayor (Episode 1) / Coyote (Episode 1)Dan and Raul begin the show with quick discussions on a new show that just premiered. Raul talks about "History of Swear Words" (Netflix) first episode, which features Nic Cage and an exploration of the work "fuck". Dan saw the first episode of "The Go-Big Show" (TBS); a talent/skill game show hosted by Bert Kreisher.
Next, two new shows that premiered last week are discussed including, Coyote (CBS All Access), which Raul really didn't like at all, but Dan found some fun to be had within this genre. Also, the first episode (and 2nd episode a bit) of Mr...
2021-01-111h 38Down To Watch#72 - Confessions of a Dangerous MindDan and Raul open 2021 with a throw-back episode where George Clooney's directorial debut from 2002 is discussed at length. Raul has been a big fan of the film for many years and has seen it more then a few times, whereas Dan hasn't seen the movie again since it came out in theaters. Both enjoyed this rewatch immensely as its a film rich in style (both structurally and visually) and character development. Listen ahead for a deep dive on all things Clooney and Rockwell, and whether Barris "autobiography" was the truth or an elaborate tale of fiction!
2021-01-031h 16Down To Watch#66 - Train To BusanDan 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...
2020-11-221h 14
Do Good WorkHow to Lead a Conscious Company for Impact & Profit with Dan GoldenRaul talks with Dan Golden about how to lead a conscious company learning new ideas, and how to create impact and profit. Dan is a search geek at heart and still spends time auditing accounts, testing new tactics, diving into analytics, and making strategic recommendations for his clients. Dan has spent time on the client side with large agencies and had a brief stint at Google before launching BFO. Dan Golden is a veteran digital marketing executive, entrepreneur and business innovator. He is the President and co-founder of th...
2020-11-1824 minDown To Watch#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...
2020-11-091h 14
Down To Watch#59 - PEN15 (Season 2, Episodes 1-7)Dan and Raul welcome back special guest, Natalia, for this episode. First, the film from the 80's, Stand and Deliver, is discussed as well as the brand new documentary on Netflix, My Octopus Teacher. Pen15 has a special place in the hearts and minds of Natalia and Dan, both big fans of the TV series, whereas Raul has a more difficult time finding large portions of the show palatable. All agree its a great show and well made, but the tastes of the watcher and what the find entertaining will decide whether this is the show for you. So grab...
2020-10-051h 26Down To Watch#57 - Ratched (S01E01) / The Third Day (Episode 1)Dan and Raul watched two new shows first episodes, one premiering on Netflix (Ratched) and the other on HBO (The Third Day). The guys didn't agree on all aspects of the shows with Raul being more critical about these TV offerings than Dan, but still finding many interesting discussion points as can be the case with any type of show whether really great or really bad. In this case both shows kind of hover in the middle area, but are very creative endeavor's worth checking out atleast the first episodes.
2020-09-211h 13Down To Watch#48 - Perry Mason (2020, Season 1, Episodes 1-4)Dan and Raul discuss the first half of the episodes from the new HBO series, Perry Mason, and unfortunately its not a great show so we get into the nitty gritty on the good and the bad. Also, Dan talks about the new amazing doc-series on Showtime, Outcry that everyone should check out right away!
2020-07-231h 19Down To Watch#45 - July 2020 TV PremieresDan and Raul eventually discuss many TV shows premiering in July, but first the show The Sinner is discussed as just binged that. Raul dives into the Turkish-Horror film, Baskin, which is just saw on Hulu, and other random fun tangents are broached. Listen ahead for fun stuff!
2020-06-291h 31Down To Watch#18 - Veronica Mars (Season 4, Episode 1)Dan and Raul tackle the first episode of the newest Veronica Mars season that just premiered on Hulu (All of the first 3 seasons and the 8 new episodes of season 4 available now). While Dan had seen only the original pilot episode from season 1, Raul, the real Mars-head, has seen all of the first 3 seasons and the movie. Many necessary questions about what happened in the past on the show are asked and Raul has all the answers; listen ahead to see if we decide whether the full new season deserves a watch and discussion on a future episode!
2019-08-051h 21Down To Watch#6 - Ozark (pilot) / The Expanse (pilot)**Challenge-Episode** Our first challenge is underway where Dan "challenged" Raul to watch the Ozark pilot on Netflix (he's not a huge fan of the white family-man antihero genre), and Raul "challenged" Dan to watch the pilot to The Expanse on Amazon (he's not a huge fan of Sci-Fi), see if we decided whether or not to continue to watch these series in the future!
2019-04-231h 06
Modern CowboyEpisode 009 Raul Garcia has an extreme passion for western fashion, particularly Cowboy Hats. Raul is a “Master Hatter” at The Best Hat Store in Fort Worth, Texas…Raul Garcia has an extreme passion for western fashion, particularly Cowboy Hats. Raul is a “Master Hatter” at The Best Hat Store in Fort Worth, Texas. Our conversation revealed an amazing young man dedicated to his craft and the customers he serves. His photography on his social media demonstrates his skill for shaping hats as well as marketing and having an eye for what people want to see. Raul just graduated from high school and will be attending college on a baseball scholarship. I look forward to seeing the many great achievements coming from this young Modern Cowboy… Resources: Follow R...
2018-07-1650 min