Make Me Watch It

Brendan Agnew
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Here to recklessly inflict enthusiasm upon the world, "Make Me Watch It" is about getting people to watch (but sometimes read or play) good stuff because good stuff is dope.

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 72: "The Chris Nolan Special" - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad / The Odyssey

    The Brendans are all about epic sea voyages and kick-ass monsters this week as they go on The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and then dive deep into an all-spoilers discussion on the movie of the summer, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. They also talk how Nolan has evolved from his earlier work, how Ray Harryhausen was The Blueprint, the shocking best element of 2026's Masters of the Universe, and the beauty of Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender. Our Opening & Closing Music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): "Skies of Hope" by RA https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/skies-of-hope Recs of the Week: The Invite in theaters Troy: Director's Cut and Millennium Actress on YouTube. You can follow Foley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and/or read his work on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and you can follow Agnew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, writing at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.

    Episode 72: "The Chris Nolan Special" - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad / The Odyssey

  2. Jul 15

    Episode 71: "Pray to the Sun" - Netflix's Avatar Season 2 / Netflix's One Piece Season 2

    The Brendans are joined by long-time internet buddy Tomas Lenander to talk live-action anime adaptations to our weebish hearts' content. We talk the ways in which Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 fails where the streamer's One Piece adaptation has only gotten stronger in its 2nd season. Here there be many spoilers, but we also have spoiler-free thoughts on Evil Dead Burn, The Invite, Leviticus, and thoughts on Independence Day at 30 years. Our Opening/Closing Music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): "Skies of Hope" by RA https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/skies-of-hope "Pray to the Sun" Music & Lyrics by Sonya Belousova and Giona Osteinelli, featuring Declan de Barra and The Hu. You can follow Tomas on BlueSky and Letterboxd, check in on Foley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and/or read his work on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and you can catch Agnew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, writing at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.

    Episode 71: "Pray to the Sun" - Netflix's Avatar Season 2 / Netflix's One Piece Season 2

  3. Jul 2

    Episode 70: "We're Right, Everyone Else is Wrong" - Disclosure Day Spoilers / The Raid 15 Years Later

    The Brendans do a whole lot of catch up and super stuff this episode, with multiple incarnations of Krptonians to contend with - we talk My Adventures With Superman Season 3 and 2026's Supergirl - and some Steven Spielberg to hash out with a spoiler chat about Disclosure Day. Then for the main event, we celebrate the 15th anniversary of arguably the most influential martial arts movie of the century - The Raid. Our Opening/Closing Music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): "Skies of Hope" by RA https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/skies-of-hope Recs of the Week: Blazing Saddles In the Line of Duty IV You can follow Foley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and/or read his work on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (like his fabulous piece on I Am Frankelda) and you can follow Agnew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, writing at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.

    Episode 70: "We're Right, Everyone Else is Wrong" - Disclosure Day Spoilers / The Raid 15 Years Later

  4. Jun 16

    Episode 69: "Getting Punched in the Heart" - Disclosure Day / The Furious

    The Brendans once again speak the shared language of justice as we celebrate a truly special weekend at the movies. Agnew gives some spoiler-free thoughts on Steven Spielberg's original sci-fi adventure Disclosure Day, and then the lads wade into the therapeutic waters of instant martial arts masterpiece The Furious. We also talk Masters of the Universe and Travis Knight's unsung talent for making good movies out of ludicrous ideas, follow up on each other's recommendations of Pizza Movie, Heresy, and Backrooms, and more. Our Opening/Closing Music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): "Skies of Hope" by RA https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/skies-of-hope Recs of the Week: Eye for an Eye and Eye for an Eye 2 are on Tubi and Prime and Hi-Yah. Rurouni Kenshin: Origins is on Netflix. Fist of Legend is on Prime Video, Roku, and Kanopy You can follow Foley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and/or read his work on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and you can follow Agnew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, writing at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.

    Episode 69: "Getting Punched in the Heart" - Disclosure Day / The Furious

  5. Jun 3

    Episode 68: "Sickos Triumphant" - Popstar 10th Anniversary / The Mandalorian and Grogu

    The Brendans celebrate Connor4real's debut (and only) motion picture Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and then travel to a galaxy far, far away for the adventures of a bounty hunter and a baby Yoda with Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Along the way, we chat the success of Obsession and Backrooms, recommend reality-bending anarchic comedies like I Love Boosters and Pizza Movie, and look at the tail end of John Carpenter's legendary Oops, All Bangers run with They Live. Agnew also whips out some more muppet voices, so have fun with that. Our Opening/Closing Music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): "Skies of Hope" by RA https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/skies-of-hope Recs of the Week: Pizza Movie Horror in the High Desert This Ends At Prom (Bring It On Edition) You can follow Foley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and/or read his work on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and you can follow Agnew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, writing at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.

    Episode 68: "Sickos Triumphant" - Popstar 10th Anniversary / The Mandalorian and Grogu

  6. May 20

    Episode 67: "Let's Get Sacrilegious" - Hokum / Mortal Kombat II / The Sheep Detectives

    The Brendans are back - like in some sort of sequel to a previous installment - with a triple threat main show to make up for lost time. To celebrate the return of Summer Blockbuster Season, the lads dive spoiler-deep into Hokum, Mortal Kombat II, and The Sheep Detectives (one of the best movies of the year*). We also chat catchup on news and trailers - like Ken Russell's The Devils' new 4K Director's Cut and LAIKA's mesmerizing Wildwood trailer - and talk viewings from Obsession to Humint to the 1986Top Gun in IMAX. Our Opening/Closing Music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): "Skies of Hope" by RA https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/skies-of-hope You can follow Foley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and/or read his work on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (like his piece on Adam Scott's performance in Hokum), and you can follow Agnew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, writing at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him. (*No horseshit, Jack.)

    Episode 67: "Let's Get Sacrilegious" - Hokum / Mortal Kombat II / The Sheep Detectives

  7. Apr 28

    Episode 66: "Mummies Dearest" - 1932's The Mummy/ 2026's Lee Cronin's The Mummy

    The Brendans are delighted to once again welcome Trey Lawson to the podcast to talk mummies, mummies, and more mummies! We chat Karl Freund's 1932 original, the 1999 Stephen Sommers bisexually-awakening remake, the most recent effort from Evil Dead: Rise director Lee Cronin, and a few other incarnations worth a look. There's also Big Talk on Little Podcast with the continuing Carpenter Chronicles, discussion of James Cameron's Aliens in 4K, the merits of Primal Season 3, Marian's first Nolan joint, and more. Our Opening Music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): "Skies of Hope" by RA https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/skies-of-hope Weekly Recs: Trey's recommendation of Coriolanus is on Tubi. Foley's recommendation of Richard III is also on Tubi. Agnew's recommendation of "Love and Gold" is on YouTube, and Livescream is on Tubi, as is the sequel, Livescreamers. You can catch Trey on ⁠Blue Sky⁠ and check out his podcast (and some dope writing) on ⁠Cinepunx⁠. You can (and should) follow Foley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and/or read his work on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and you can follow Agnew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, writing at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.

    Episode 66: "Mummies Dearest" - 1932's The Mummy/ 2026's Lee Cronin's The Mummy

  8. Apr 15

    Episode 65: "Cat Balls and Buttholes" - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie / Castle in the Sky 40th Anniversary

    The Brendans celebrate Animation Domination with a brief all-spoiler chat about the money-printing Super Mario Galaxy Movie before celebrating 40 years of Studio Ghibli by diving deep into the studio's first film: Castle in the Sky. There's also chat about showing spooky 9-year-olds One Cut of the Dead, the reappraisal of 2005's Constantine, emotional pro-shots of live theater, and a surprisingly large dose of Scooby-Doo. Our Opening/Closing Music is from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): "Skies of Hope" by RA https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/skies-of-hope You can follow Foley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and/or read his work on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and you can follow Agnew on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, writing at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cinapse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.

    Episode 65: "Cat Balls and Buttholes" - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie / Castle in the Sky 40th Anniversary
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Here to recklessly inflict enthusiasm upon the world, "Make Me Watch It" is about getting people to watch (but sometimes read or play) good stuff because good stuff is dope.

Information

  • Creator
    Brendan Agnew
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    75
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Brendan Agnew
  • Show Website
    Make Me Watch It