Episodes

July 7, 2023

Keep Watching

Don't let me leave, Murph! A fond farewell to Watch This Tonight. To everyone who listened, DM'd, texted, wrote a review, guested, or helped in any way with the show, a sincere thank you. Keep Watching :)
July 3, 2023

Silo Creator Hugh Howey On Season 1 And The Upcoming Season 2 (Apple+)

Hugh Howey, creator of the Silo story universe (which encompasses now novels, graphic novels, and the Rebecca Ferguson starring Apple+ TV series Silo), joins the podcast to discuss Season 1 of the show, the generation of the…
June 30, 2023

M3gan (Amazon Prime)

If you, like me, missed M3gan in theaters and were curious what all the fuss was about, M3gan is now available on Amazon Prime. I checked it out and was very impressed, M3gan in its own way is part of the recent wave of thea…
June 28, 2023

Revisiting Interstellar As Oppenheimer Approaches (Amazon Prime)

For years, I was adamant I did not like Interstellar and that it was Christopher Nolan's most flawed film. I revisited it as I'm very excited for Oppenheimer and wanted to give it another chance - maybe I was the problem. An…
June 26, 2023

World War Z 10 Years Later (Netflix)

Watching this film post-COVID pandemic has made it 10 times more compelling. So much of the film feels even more real and credible given the echoes of our experiences during the pandemic. It flies by with great pacing, stell…
June 23, 2023

Secret Invasion (Disney+)

Samuel L. Jackson gets a long-awaited showcase series, which uses Marvel characters to create a modern-day espionage/terrorism thriller. Calling to mind The Thing, the show uses the shapeshifting abilities of the Skrulls, al…
June 21, 2023

The Scariest Sh*t I've Ever Seen

Inspired by From, I break down the scariest films and TV shows I've ever seen in my life. What are your scariest movies and TV shows? Let me know. You can reach out anywhere listed below. Trying to figure out, "What should …
June 19, 2023

Favorite Dad Movie Deaths

In honor of yesterday's Father's Day, we're doing best dad movie deaths of recent years (just doing favorite movie dads felt a little soft for this show). These are deaths where the character dying is directly connected to t…
June 16, 2023

I Can't Stop Rewatching Dune (now on Hulu)

Dune recently popped up on Hulu, and despite having already seen it 5 times, I immediately threw it on again. Since this first came out, every time I watch it, I like it even more. On this episode, a do a survey of the highe…
June 14, 2023

Blackberry (Amazon)

A scrappy independent Canadian film starring Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton, directed by Matt Johnson (an under-the-radar genius, who will no longer be under-the-radar now) - Blackberry is legitimately competitive with The …
June 12, 2023

Silo Midseason Report (Apple+)

In the spirit of Silo, I recorded this episode on a relic (my iPhone SE) like the residents of Silo, in a secret unmonitored room (my bathroom under a blanket) - these are the lengths I go to, to get the truth out. Silo had …
June 9, 2023

Idiocracy (Deep Dive Into A Movie That 'Was Too Optimistic')

Idiocracy became a cult classic almost immediately, but for that to happen, the people making the film, like Mike Judge, had to contend with an almost comically low VFX budget, near-zero promotion from the studio, and a gene…
June 7, 2023

Reality (HBO)

An experimental 80 minute slow motion panic attack, HBO's new film Reality recreates a transcript of FBI agents interrogating and searching the home of Reality Winner (that's her real name) that would later be charged with v…
June 5, 2023

Puzzling Over Barry Series Finale One Week Later (HBO)

Still trying to wrap your head around how Barry ended? Me too. In this series finale episode, I look back at how Barry started, back in Season 1, Episode 1, and compare it to where it went by the end, which was surreal, bold…
June 2, 2023

Breakdown (Amazon)

Another All-Star episode, this time with one of the producers of this film, Jonathan Fernandez! Jonathan was kind enough to join me to discuss, for-real hanging a semi truck above JT Walsh, for-real Kurt Russell hanging on t…
May 31, 2023

Annihilation (Amazon, Paramount+)

An all-star episode on one of the top 5 weirdest movies ever made? That's Annihilation, the 2018 Alex Garland / Natalie Portman film, which has only grown in my estimation as the years have passed. I'm joined by filmmaker Je…
May 29, 2023

Platonic (Apple+)

What is in the water over at Apple, that they keep making these affable, relatable, realistic, TV series about actual people doing relatively normal stuff? Apple has really defined a brand with these comfort food shows, and …
May 26, 2023

Jack Austin Tries To Convince Me To Return To Marvel

The great Jack Austin of 7 Lamb, who has his own pop culture podcast, Alter Ego (check it out anywhere you listen to podcasts) where he discusses pop culture in more of a Marvel-oriented way, joins Watch This Tonight to try …
May 24, 2023

Richard Wenk, Writer of The Equalizer 1, 2, and 3, On The Lost Art Of Great Character Work

My personal favorite working screenwriter, Richard Wenk, who wrote Denzel Washington's The Equalizer films (1, 2, and the upcoming 3rd film with Dakota Fanning), joins the show to discuss the incredible power of writing grea…
May 22, 2023

Shawshank Redemption Deep-Dive: “No One’s At The Theatre” And The LA Times Hates It

Sometimes, you just get something wrong. In doing this deep dive, I turned up Kenneth Turan's Los Angeles Times 1994 review of The Shawshank Redemption, an incredible bashing of the film that is now indisputably one of the m…
May 19, 2023

Still (Apple+)

Don't worry, you'll be okay. If you were concerned the new Apple+ documentary Still, about Michael J. Fox, would leave you reduced to a puddle of tears on the floor, it's not that at all. Michael's optimism permeates the fil…
May 17, 2023

Class Of 09 (Hulu)

Brian Tyree Henry and Kate Mara star in Hulu/FX's new series Class of 09. It's a big swing (three parallel narratives, past, present, and future, with the same members of an FBI class) with big themes (how we change with tim…
May 15, 2023

Your Dad's Favorite Movies

Like a bag of potato chips being eaten on a sunken couch, Dad movies are reassuring and comforting. Liam Neeson basically rode this genre for a good two decades, but since everyone knows his films, I've gone off the beaten p…
May 12, 2023

Bupkis (Peacock)

Pete Davidson stars in Bupkis on Peacock, but Joe Pesci is the X factor reason to watch. If you're familiar with Pete's standup comedy or Judd Apatow film The King of Staten Island, the storylines and themes of Bupkis will b…