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- Episode 78: "You Got Labyrinth in my Narnia!" - Ken Russell's The Devils / Wildwood
The Brendans get wild and religious as discussion roves from the newly restored Director's Cut of 1971's The Devils and how it holds up as a work of art as well as a lighting rod of controversy, to the mystical forests of Portland in LAIKA's epic faerie tale Wildwood. Alongside a spoiler-filled breakdown of both films, we also talk The Last Temptation of Christ, seeing Goldeneye on the big screen for the first time, and the seasonal delights of Smile 2 and Sleepy Hollow.
Recs of the Week:
Hokum
V/H/S/94
You can follow Foley on Bluesky and/or read his work on Cinapse (like his great piece on Bravo's "100 Scariest Movie Moments") and you can follow Agnew on Letterboxd, Bluesky, writing at Cinapse occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.
2 hr 26 min - Episode 77: "Why is it The Hangover?" - Forgotten Island / Pan's Labyrinth 20th Anniversary
The Brendans are all abut that Big Portal Fantasy Energy as they look at the newest DreamWorks animated feature Forgotten Island as well as the now 20-years-old Pan's Labyrinth. Before going full spoilers on the many merits of both, the lads chat Avengers: Endgame - Encore, the Mike Flannagan take on The Exorcist, the first season of Lanterns, Evil Dead: Burn, and other waffling.
Recs of the Week:
Marama
The Book of Life
You can follow Foley on Bluesky and/or read his work on Cinapse (like his great piece on Bravo's "100 Scariest Movie Moments") and you can follow Agnew on Letterboxd, Bluesky, writing at Cinapse occasionally, and wherever you can bloody well find him.
2 hr 28 min - Episode 76: "They Bottled Evil" - Summer Highlights / Resident Evil (2026)
The Brendans welcome Spooky Season back with open arms by recounting highlights of the summer cinema before taking a spoiler-filled trip through the ruins of Racoon City in Zach Cregger's Resident Evil. We also discuss Greta Gerwig's Big Narnia News, Season 4 of Reacher, Steven Soderbergh's The Christophers, new K-drama series The East Palace, 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:
John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
Rampant
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.
2 hr 18 min - Episode 75: "How to Wait Around Dramatically" Season 3 Finale - The World's End Commentary Extravaganza
The Brendans celebrate Episode 75 with the last of the Annual Cornetto Trilogy Commentary tracks. Before chatting through Edgar Wright's The World's End (13 years old this year), the lads talk in-depth on Coyote vs. Acme, mark the legacy of some recently-passed legends and the enduring power of 9 to 5 and Clue, and gush over the new season of Taskmaster.
*Note*: If you want to skip straight to the commentary track, it starts at 59:33.
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:
Mayday on Apple TV+
Forbidden Fruits on Shudder
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.
3 hr - Episode 74: "Live-Action Charlie Brown" - Hot Take Roundup / Your Name 10th Anniversary / Coyote vs. Acme
The Brendans welcome back Devindra Hardawar of the FilmCast to close out a hot summer with some hotter movie takes. Are Blade Runner and Interstellar really that good? Is Troy actually bad? We hash it out along with thoughts on Tony and The End of Oak Street as well as a celebration of Makoto Shinkai's masterpiece Your Name at 10 years before we end on an early look at the miraculously rescued Coyote vs. Acme.
Devindra's work can all be found at his website, on The Filmcast and at Endgadget, and on Bluesky.
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 Sadie Sink's role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day) and you can follow Agnew on Letterboxd, Bluesky, writing at Cinapse occasionally (like his review of the new 4K release of Practical Magic), and wherever you can bloody well find him.
2 hr 38 min - Episode 73: "Some Power, No Responsibility" - Hadestown / Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Brendans celebrate the continuation of Greek Mythology Summer as we gush over the pro-shot of Hadestown: The Musical and then swing into Marvel's latest mega-event with a spoiler-filled breakdown of Tom Holland's 4th wall-crawling adventure. We also discuss the anarchic beauty of Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, the devastating intimacy and hilarity of Olivia Wilde's The Invite, opine on the billion-dollar animated offerings of the year.
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:
Master and Commander: Far Side of the World
X-men: Evolution on Disney+
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.
2 hr 42 min - 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.
3 hr 11 min - 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.
2 hr 36 min - 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.
2 hr 21 min - 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.
1 hr 53 min
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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.