Dan Goodsell and Tony Czech
312 episodes listed below
Bad movies, better arguments.
Hate Watching with Dan and Tony is a bad-movie commentary show built around Dan and Tony testing a movie’s choices out loud. The rhythm is loose, sarcastic, and oddly practical, moving from streaming action clutter to horror sequels, script fixes, strange character decisions, and jokes that spiral sideways.
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Hate Watching with Dan and Tony is a movie-riffing show about the peculiar pleasure of watching films that almost work. Dan and Tony take on streaming originals, reboots, sequels, horror matchups, and glossy action titles that seem built for a bigger cultural footprint than they actually earned. The conversations are loose, but not careless. They notice missing stakes, vague character motivation, awkward exposition, undercooked emotional turns, and scenes that appear to exist because the plot needed another hallway. Then they joke through the damage. A movie like The Tomorrow War becomes a debate about time-travel rules, conscription logic, armbands, airport hangars, and why a plan that sounds dramatic may make no sense at all. Anaconda turns into a chance to talk about rewrites, financing montages, and how a spouse’s encouragement could carry more dramatic weight. In The Blink of an Eye, they get stuck on dying plants, Vancouver detours, random scenes, strange outfits, and the creeping boredom of waiting for a movie to become itself. The show is funny because the complaints are specific. It is also funny because the tangents are allowed to breathe. Dan and Tony will argue about whether Avatar is bad, joke about awards, mention snacks, lose the thread, recover it, and then find a sharper point than expected. Their taste is not presented as polished authority. It sounds more like two people trying to explain why a movie failed them while still enjoying the ritual of failure. They can be dismissive, but they are not empty snobs. When a performance works, a joke lands, or a scene has the right instinct, they say so. That keeps the show from becoming a flat roast. The movies are the target, yet the real engine is the back-and-forth: correction, contradiction, mock enthusiasm, sudden craft note, then another joke. It is best for listeners who enjoy bad movies as puzzles. The show asks what broke, what could be fixed, and why anyone kept watching anyway.
Made for: For listeners who enjoy bad-movie riffing, streaming-era oddities, horror sequels, action misfires, and casual film criticism with sharp comic timing. It fits people who like jokes, but also want the joke tied to a real scene problem.
What sets it apart: The show stands out because the riffs often turn into practical rewrites: stronger stakes, clearer motivations, cleaner plot logic, and better payoffs. Dan and Tony do not only mock weak movies; they keep accidentally workshopping them.
Unprofessional, unsolicited and unwanted opinions from Dan and Tony as they watch movies and tell you what's wrong with them.
Dan and Tony turn forgotten streaming movies into the argument you wish your group chat could sustain.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A loose, funny takedown of a streaming-era blockbuster that never quite shakes its theatrical ambitions.
The episode uses the film as a doorway into one of streaming's stranger corners: big, effects-heavy movies built to feel theatrical, then dropped from view almost as quickly.
A loose, funny movie chat that is sharpest when it turns to what the scenes need.
Dan and Tony spend this episode in a mode that feels half movie talk, half workshop. The jokes land, but the real interest is in how they keep circling the same practical questions: what makes the wife pushing him to do the movie work, how the financing montage plays, and how to…
A loose, whispery chat that makes plant math, stray jokes, and plot seams the whole point.
Dan and Tony keep Hate Watching loose and whispery, moving from 7-Eleven and Christmas to the movie's odd turns without trying to force a clean shape on it.
Bad movies, fast jokes, real grudges.
Horror takes, wrestling tangents, maximum banter.
Belated movie talk with sibling chaos.
Dan and Tony review Little Brother, a Netflix film starring John Cena, Eric Andre, and Michelle Monaghan, and compare its family setup with What About Bob?
Dan and Tony review the 2001 film K-Pax, contrasting Tony’s nostalgia after 20 years with Dan’s difficulty finishing its final 40 minutes.
Dan and Tony frame The Tomorrow War as a 2021 streaming sci-fi movie built like a theatrical blockbuster, then compare it to John Carter, The Gray Man, and Edge of Tomorrow.
Dan says the problem is simple: Anaconda needs to be a horror comedy, not a movie-within-a-movie that forgets the snake.
Dan and Tony review Hulu’s In the Blink of an Eye, calling out Andrew Stanton, the 2026 runtime of 1 hour 35 minutes, and the film’s three disconnected storylines.
Dan and Tony discuss watching a movie on Amazon Prime while driving, setting up their show where they critique films.
Dan and Tony humorously dissect a movie they dislike, starting with chaotic banter about notes and a gardener.
Dan and Tony discuss the movie Playdate 2025, with Dan defending it while Tony remains skeptical.
Dan and Tony humorously riff on a spooky movie they watched, comparing it to Freddy vs.
Dan and Tony humorously rant about movies from 2003, starting with a Halloween film, sharing unsolicited opinions and comedic banter.
Dan and Tony humorously critique the poorly received 1998 film Blues Brothers 2000.
Dan and Tony banter about apple picking and an escape room before introducing their movie discussion podcast.
Dan and Tony joke about bad movies, sharing personal anecdotes and laughing at absurd scenes.
Dan and Tony banter about their visit to the British Museum and a two-star review, then introduce their show format of watching and criticizing movies.
Dan and Tony introduce their show where they watch movies and complain about them, discussing the confusing title of the Mean Girls musical movie.
Dan and Tony discuss why the music in Snow White is bad and introduce their show where they tear apart children's movies.
Dan and Tony humorously critique the 2011 movie Abduction, discussing its flaws and merits.
Dan and Tony discuss ketchup-dipped pickles and introduce their movie hate-watching show, starting with The Phantom.
Dan and Tony introduce their show and discuss the terrible movie 'In the Lost Lands' for their hate-watch segment.
Dan and Tony watch and critique the 1989 Hulk Hogan film 'No Holds Barred' with humorous, unprofessional commentary.