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

It's Halloween-time so Dan and Raul are doing some horror film discussion's this week, specifically covering a pair of George A. Romero movies that have a smaller following then his landmark classic first film, The Night of the Living Dead. Season of the Witch and The Crazies were the 2nd and 3rd films Romero made, and they aren't too scary in the usual horror genre way, but that's also because of Romero's grander thematic ambitions, whether dealing with the horror's of domestic life as an aging woman, or the horror's of a town dealing not only with a virus but also martial law. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

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

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

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 your trapper-keeper and jump on in to see if you are in or out on Pen15! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Dan and Raul are back with another new month of TV shows and streaming movies for the coming month, and at first glance there didn't seem to be many obviously good shows, but then upon delving further into all the streaming networks offerings there was plenty of new media up for consumption. They cover the new and very strange streaming platform AMC+ and the new British shows premiering on this hard-to-find network, as wells as many shows on Netflix, Hulu, Showtime and Disney+, so listen ahead for a preview of what the guys might discuss on future episodes! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Dan and Raul discuss 2 brand new shows, one that just premiered on Netflix called, Away, and the other, a new Hulu offering entitles, Woke. Away, is a space drama that both guys had issues with but will continue to watch and see how it progresses. And similar feelings can be said about, Woke, as it doesn't establish a clear vision for what it wants to say about race relations/biases in America, mixing a sometimes confusing blend of sitcom and dramatic tropes, but there are some creative flourishes that make it worth a watch. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

The guys discuss the newest streaming service, Peacock, the new platform put forth by NBC-Universal, which offers a strange mix of old school scrolling-style live TV based on only NBC-Universal content, a "Trending" section (we discuss the failure of this and how it could be better), and "Browse" that contains all the shows and movies that should be the focus of the service. There is some criticism to be had, but we do cover a ton of upcoming shows that are coming in the next year as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Dan and Raul discuss new TV shows and movies that are premiering this month, and needless to say there is a bunch of new offerings that are sure to entertain. Some of the shows discussed are Raised By Wolves (HBO Max), The Boys: Season 2 (Amazon), The Third Day (HBO), We Are Who We Are (HBO), Ratched (Netflix), PEN15: Season 2 (Hulu), Utopia (Amazon), and Fargo: Season 4 (FX/FX on Hulu). A few movies are discussed but listen ahead for those! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Dan and Raul tackle the first episode of this brilliant new HBO series, discussing the horrific depictions of racial injustice as we follow our hero's thru the treacherous unknown terrain of middle-America and the ensuing Lovecraftian encounters with beasts. The show is very unique and expertly crafted, working from a wonderful script and assured direction that is sure to carry on thru the run of the series, the guys can't wait to potentially discuss more once the show concludes in a few months! Highly recommended! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Dan and Raul dive into another European filmmaker, but this time who hales from the 70's era German New Wave.  Wim Wenders is discussed and the focus is his most successful United States-based film, "Paris, Texas" from 1984.  Winner of the Cannes Palme D'or for Best Film, Wenders uses this film as a culmination of all he had learned in filmmaking up until this point in his career to produce this visually rich and thematically thick, yet simple and straightforward story. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtopod/message

Dan and Raul are joined once again by Jonnie and Natalia to cover this new movie that just came out on Hulu. Although the movie was solid and real funny and had time loop business that it dealt with in a cool way, everyone wasn't quite sure how this could become a bigger discussion, but ultimately the larger themes and moral dilemmas of living in a time loop situation was great fodder for some fun ideas to kick around. Not to mention, there is a ton of other time travel and time looping movies that are discussed as well! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

The guys dive into the next film and filmmaker in their new series on art film directors, and this week Jean-Luc Godard is discussed along with his sci-fi film, Alphaville. Raul hadn't seen any previous works and Dan had seen a few but binged a bunch of Godard this week in preparation for the discussion. Cracking Godard can be very tough and distancing with his art-first approach, but this genre film is a rarity in his oeuvre and helped as an easier entry point to a legendarily complicated director. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Dan and Raul discuss the new TV shows (and a couple movies) premiering in the coming month, and there is a bunch of good stuff to look forward to, too!  But, the guys first discuss some shows they are watching or watched recently, including Dark (Netflix), I'll Be Gone in the Dark (HBO), Hanna (Amazon), and The Last Airbender (Netflix).  Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtopod/message

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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Dan and Raul are joined by guest, Natalia, to discuss the relaunch/reimagining of the 80's-90's popular TV series, Unsolved Mysteries. We also discuss a short documentary on Amazon called, Rain Man Twins, as well as various true crime documentary series and podcasts that are in the vein of Unsolved Mysteries. Each of the new 6 episodes are discussed, including which of the cases we think are potentially the most solvable, and time will tell if any of these cold cases could find some truth! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Dan and Raul begin a new discussion series where they will cover every once in a while a well-known art film directors of world cinema, and it begins with this Luis Bunuel classic. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Dan 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Raul and Dan are joined today by longtime guest Jonnie! These being the tough and sobering times that they are, the guys delve into the many race-related issues going on today as it pertains to the new Spike Lee joint that just got released on Netflix. Listen ahead to hear the guys break down the film and also the current climate of our world today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message