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September has ended and Kneel Before Pod brings you a breakdown of the news and trailers from that month. The conversation covers returning to wells, Star Wars back in theatres and recasting Stallone.
Featuring
Craig McKenzie – here on Kneel Before Blog and on We Are Starfleet (Film Stories podcast network)
Izaak Stoakes – Twitter, BlueSky or Instagram
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
Movie Reviews
Craig's review of The Long Walk
Craig's review of Sovereign
Craig's review of Redux Redux
Craig's review of Brides
Craig’s review of Superman
Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
Craig’s review of The Marvels
Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Craig's review of The Mummy
Craig's review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Craig's review of Now You See Me 2
Craig's review of Zootopia/Zootropolis
Craig's review of Avatar: The Way of Water
Craig's review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Craig's review of Bumblebee
Craig's review of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Craig's review of Tomb Raider
Craig's review of Searching
Craig's review of San Andreas
Podcasts
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
Superman
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Marvels
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Bumblebee
Trailers
The Housemaid
Christy
Die My Love
Rental Family
Hedda
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
The Bride
Good Boy
Robin Hood
Is This Thing On?
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Dust Bunny
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wicked For Good
Anaconda
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Zootopia 2
Avatar: Fire and Ash
News
Spider-Punk movie in the works
Marvin Jones III cast as Tombstone in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Man of Tomorrow announced
Matt Smith to star in Star Wars: Starfighter
Karen Gillan cast in Highlander reboot
Michael Caine to come out of retirement for The Last Witch Hunter 2
Michael Bay developing new Transformers movie
Another The Simpsons movie announced
Call of Duty movie in the works at Paramount
Life Is Strange live action series ordered by Prime Video
Zack Snyder’s The Last Photograph
The Social Network sequel titled The Social Reckoning
Knight Rider movie in the works
Sophie Turner cast as Lara Croft
Guillermo Del Toro to adapt The Boy in the Iron Box
Matt Berry and Natasha Lyonne to star in Force and Majeure
Alexandra Daddario and John Cho to star in Ridley Scott’s Inground
Noah Centineo to play Rambo in prequel movie John Rambo
Anthony Ippolito to play Sylvester Stallone in making of Rocky drama
Music
Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Rocky IV training montage“, the “Super Mario Galaxy flying theme” and his YouTube channel.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds completed its third season and Kneel Before Pod boldly goes into a long discussion about the season. We cover priorities, prequel problems, reheated leftovers and much, much more.
Featuring
Craig McKenzie - here on Kneel Before Blog and on We Are Starfleet (Film Stories podcast network)
Chris Mackrell - live Sundays 12 and 2pm GMT on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio.
Darren Mooney - words on Second Wind Group and his website, voice on The 250 podcast, Dublin’s Q102 radio station. Also on Twitter and BlueSky.
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Prodigy season 1
Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Picard
Craig's review of Star Trek: Section 31
Craig's review of Ghostbusters Afterlife
Podcasts
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2
Star Trek: Picard season 1
Star Trek: Picard season 2
Star Trek: Picard season 3
Andor season 1
Andor season 2
Doctor Who series 2
Music
L’Orchestra Cinematique’s cover of the “Star Trek: The Original Series theme” and their YouTube channel
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Marvel steps outside the MCU with the debut of their first family in The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Kneel Before Pod hops in a rocket ship to break it down. The conversation covers skipping origins, benevolent fascism and who gets a flying car.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Chris Mackrell can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Craig’s reviews of Ms. Marvel
Movie Reviews
Craig's review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Craig's review of Superman
Craig’s review of Thunderbolts*
Craig’s review of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Craig’s review of The Marvels
Craig's review of Fant4stic
Podcasts
Superman
Thunderbolts*
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Ms. Marvel
The Marvels
Music
DSC's cover of "The Fantastic Four: First Steps theme" and their YouTube channel
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Another July comes to an end and Kneel Before Pod brings you the usual trailers and news discussion. The conversation covers the state of Star Trek, video game adaptations and pollution fighting superheroes.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Andrew Marshall’s work can be found on this site and on the Starburst website.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
Craig's reviews of The Winchesters
Movie Reviews
Craig’s review of Superman
Craig’s review of Jurassic World Rebirth
Craig's review of Materialists
Craig’s review of Thor: Ragnarok
Craig’s review of Thor: Love and Thunder
Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
Craig’s review of Thunderbolts*
Craig’s review of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
Craig’s review of Alien: Romulus
Craig’s review of Prey
Craig's review of Big Game
Craig’s review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
Craig's review of Mortal Kombat
Craig's review of Avatar: The Way of Water
Craig’s review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
Craig's review of The Radleys
Craig's review of No Time To Die
Craig's review of Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Andrew's review of Inhumanwich
Podcasts
The 300th Podcast
Superman
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Love and Thunder
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Thunderbolts*
Andor season 1
Andor season 2
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
Our Alien Day coverage
Legion
Trailers
After the Hunt
I Swear
Bugonia
Red Sonja
Hoppers
The Odyssey
Outlander: Blood of my Blood
Roofman
The Running Man
Project Hail Mary
The Long Walk
Stranger Things 5
Alien: Earth
Predator: Badlands
Tron: Ares
Good Fortune
Mortal Kombat 2 - Official Uncaged Fury
Mortal Kombat 2
Five Nights at Freddys 2
Peacemaker season 2
Star Trek: Khan
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Avatar: Fire and Ash
News
Kevin Fiege talks 7 year Marvel plan
Link and Zelda cast for live action The Legend of Zelda
Denis Villeneuve to direct next James Bond movie
Andrew Garfield cast in Luca Guadaningo’s Artificial
The Social Network sequel in the works
Meet the Parents 4 titled Focker in Law
Aaron Taylor Johnson cast in Robert Eggers Werwulf
Margot Robbie cast in Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman (rumour)
Katie Holmes to direct and star in Happy Hours
Captain Planet live action series in the works at Netflix
Assassin’s Creed series greenlit at Netflix
Mass Effect series to be helmed by Fallout production team
Writing team for God of War series revealed
Taika Waititi to direct Judge Dredd movie
Misc
Craig's appearance on ChuckyVision discussing M3GAN 2.0
Craig's appearance on Reel Talk discussing Superman
Craig's appearance on The 250 discussing The Predator
Music
Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Mortal Kombat Theme” and his YouTube channel.
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James Gunn's take on the DC universe begins with Superman and Kneel Before Pod looks to the sky to see what they can say about it. The conversation covers comic book styled worlds, originality and Jimmy Olsen's womanising prowess.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 1
Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 2
Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 3
Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 4
Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
Craig's reviews of Marvel's Inhumans
Movie Reviews
Craig's review of Superman
Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy
Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2
Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Craig’s review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Craig’s review of Suicide Squad
Craig’s review of Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Craig’s review of Justice League
Craig’s review of Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Craig’s review of The Suicide Squad
Craig's review of Jurassic World Rebirth
Podcasts
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Man of Steel
Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Suicide Squad
Justice League
The Suicide Squad
WandaVision
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Andor season 2
Marvel's Inhumans - first podcast and second podcast
Misc
The referenced ScreenCrush video
Music
Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Superman theme” and his YouTube channel
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Another milestone has been cleared. Kneel Before Pod is proud to bring you the 300th regular format podcast. To celebrate we did a live stream where most of the team appeared to play games and discuss a range of talking points while taking questions and comments from an active audience. We also discussed exciting plans for the future. Please enjoy the edited version and celebrate with us all over again.
The streamed version can be found on YouTube.
Show Notes
Thank You
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network.
Chris Mackrell can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio.
Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud.
Kat Kourbeti can be found here.
Izaak Stoakes can be found on Twitter, BlueSky or Instagram..
Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site.
Bo Nicholson’s projects can be found on his Linktree.
Andrew Marshall's work can be found on this site and on the Starburst website.
Natalie Lyons Ballantine can be found on this site, upcycling trash to jewellery on Etsy under DisasterFashion and TattyBoJangs. She can also be found sharing foraging findings on Instagram.
Isa S-A can be found on Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky or YouTube where she shares her projects and tutorial videos.
Guests
Darren Mooney’s words can be read on Second Wind Group or his website and his voice can be heard on The 250 podcast or Dublin’s Q102 radio station. He can also be found on Twitter and BlueSky.
Alex Zahara can be found on IMDb or his website
Show Notes
All of the previous podcasts
All of the interviews
If you enjoyed what you heard here, please subscribe to Kneel Before Pod. If you have any feedback then we’d love to hear it. You can find us on Facebook ,Twitter and BlueSky. You can also make yourself known in the comments section below or you can join us on Discord.
June 2025 is over and Kneel Before Pod brings you its customary round-up of the news and trailer highlights over the month. The conversation covers the return of the spoof, how to adapt video games and Muppetising movies.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud.
Show Notes
Movie Reviews
Craig’s review of Thunderbolts*
Craig’s review of Suicide Squad
Craig’s review of The Suicide Squad
Craig's review of Terminator Genisys
Craig's review of Crimson Peak
Craig's review of The Shape of Water
Craig's review of Luca
Craig's review of The Giver
Craig's review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
Craig's review of Halloween
Craig's review of Halloween Kills
Graeme's review of Mr. Right
Podcasts
The 300th podcast live stream
Andor season 2
Doctor Who series 2
Thunderbolts*
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad
Craig's interview with Carl Bessai and Vincent Gale
Craig's interview with Alex Zahara
Craig's interview with Troy Baker
Hellboy
Pacific Rim
Trailers
Good Fortune
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Eddington
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
The Naked Gun
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Frankenstein
News
Jake Schreier to direct the MCU X-Men movie
Jon Benthal’s Punisher to appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Thom Rhys Harries cast as Clayface
Wonder Woman movie officially in the works
Star Wars: Starfighter casts Mia Goth as villain
Spaceballs 2 announced
Pixar announces Gatto
Robert Eggers to write and direct A Christmas Carol adaptation
James Bobin in talks to direct Dragon’s Lair adaptation
Phasmophobia adaptation announced
Misc
The referenced Liam Neeson Ted 2 scene
The referenced Liam Neeson Ricky Gervais scene
Music
Niall Stenson’s cover of the "Marvel Music", the "Pacific Rim theme" and his YouTube channel.
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Doctor Who recently completed its most recent season and Kneel Before Pod gathers in a fixed point to discuss it. The conversation covers the power of television and media, different outlooks on family and the complicated future the show now faces.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter.
Darren Mooney’s words can be read on Second Wind Group or his website and his voice can be heard on The 250 podcast or Dublin’s Q102 radio station. He can also be found on Twitter and BlueSky.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Craig’s Doctor Who reviews
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard season 1
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard season 2
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard season 3
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Podcasts
Doctor Who series 1
Doctor Who 60th anniversary and Christmas Specials
Doctor Who “The Day of the Doctor”
Doctor Who “The Power of the Doctor”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2
Misc
The referenced poem
Music
Tardis71’s cover of the “Doctor Who theme” and their YouTube channel
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Andor recently concludes its second and final season and Kneel Before Pod completes its journey through the show by having a detailed discussion about it. The conversation covers Cassian's role in galactic events, managing revolutions and the eternal question; What is Star Wars?
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site.
Darren Mooney’s words can be read on Second Wind Group or his website and his voice can be heard on The 250 podcast or Dublin’s Q102 radio station. He can also be found on Twitter and BlueSky.
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Craig’s review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Craig’s Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
Craig’s reviews of Star Wars: Rebels
Craig’s reviews of Secret Invasion
Craig’s review of Captain America: Brave New World
Podcasts
Andor season 1
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi – first podcast and second podcast
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – first podcast and second podcast
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Mandalorian season 2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars final season
Obi Wan Kenobi
The Ewok Movies
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (movie)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - "The Return of Darth Maul" arc
Legion
Secret Invasion
Captain America: Brave New World
Misc
The referenced Tony Gilroy Rolling Stone interview
The referenced Tony Gilroy Vulture interview
The referenced Kyle Soller Variety interview
The referenced interview where Tony Gilroy mentions media training
The referenced Robot Chicken sketch
Music
Jeremy Brauns Music's cover of "NIAMOS" and his YouTube channel
331ERock’s cover of the “Star Wars End Credits Theme” and his YouTube channel
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May is over and Kneel Before Pod brings you a discussion about the news and trailers dropped during that month. The conversation covers yet more revivals, video game adaptations and The Rock trying to be an actor.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Bo Nicholson’s projects can be found on his Linktree.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard
Movie Reviews
Craig's review of Thunderbolts*
Craig’s review of Black Panther
Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
Craig’s review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Craig’s review of Madame Web
Craig’s review of Uncharted
Craig’s review of Suicide Squad
Craig’s review of The Suicide Squad
Craig's review of Black Adam
Craig’s review of Jurassic World
Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Dominion
Craig’s review of Skyscraper
Craig’s review of Tomb Raider
Craig’s review of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
Craig's review of The Jungle Book
Craig's review of Jungle Cruise
Craig's review of The Girl on the Train
Craig's review of Noah
Craig's review of Zootopia/Zootropolis
Craig's review of Top Gun: Maverick
Craig's review of The Man from U.N.C.L.E
Podcasts
Thunderbolts*
WandaVision
Black Panther
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Madame Web
Star Trek: Picard season 1
Star Trek: Picard season 2
Star Trek: Picard season 3
Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
Trailers
The Long Walk
The Smashing Machine
Weapons
Highest 2 Lowest
Caught Stealing
Materialists
Honey Don’t
Echo Valley
Zootopia 2
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
F1
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Ironheart
Peacemaker season 2
Superman
News
Krysten Ritter to return as Jessica Jones in Daredevil: Born Again season 2
T'Nia Miller cast in Vision Quest
Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars delayed
Ralph Fiennnes to play President Snow in Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Guy Ritchie to direct Road House 2
Jenna Ortega and Robert De Niro to star in David O Russell’s Shutout
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock reteam for romantic thriller
Kerry Washington producing Desperate Housewives spinoff Wisteria Lane
Miles Teller to star in Possum Song
Rambo origin movie in the works
Chris Hemsworth to star in submarine thriller Subversion
Jude Law and Andrew Garfield to lead Wild Things
Mikey Madison and Kirsten Dunst to star in Reptilia
Zach Braff to return in Scrubs continuation
Mel Gibson’s The Resurrection of the Christ confirmed
The Rock cast in Breakthrough
Harry, Ron and Hermione cast in Harry Potter series
Buffy The Vampire continuation finds its lead
Alex Garland to direct Elden Ring movie
Misc
Diego Luna on the Criterion Closet
Andrew Garfield on the Criterion Closet
Craig's appearance on "At The Movies in the Noughties" discussing Mission: Impossible 2
Craig's appearance on "Reel Talk" discussion Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Bo's appearances on Geneology - first and second
Music
Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Jurassic Park theme“, the “Superman theme” and his YouTube channel
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues with Thunderbolts* and Kneel Before Pod assembled a reluctant team to discuss. it. The conversation covers addressing superhero fatigue in narrative, mental health and whether the MCU is back.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Chris Mackrell can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio. Bo Nicholson’s projects can be found on his Linktree.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Craig’s reviews of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Craig’s reviews of Hawkeye
Movie Reviews
Craig's review of Thunderbolts*
Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp
Craig’s review of Avengers: Endgame
Craig’s review of Black Widow
Craig's review of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Craig's review of Captain America: Brave New World
Craig's review of Suicide Squad
Craig's review of The Suicide Squad
Podcasts
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Hawkeye
Ant-Man & The Wasp
Avengers: Endgame – First Podcast and Second Podcast
Black Widow
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Captain America: Brave New World
Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad
Music
Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“ and his YouTube channel
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Recently Craig had the opportunity to chat to Alex Zahara, the actor playing Uncle Howard in the recently released Final Destination: Bloodlines. The conversation covers coming by acting work in the modern industry, rubbing elbows with A-listers and how to die on screen.
Show Notes
Alex's IMDb
Alex's Website
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Recently, Craig has the pleasure of chatting to Carl Bessai, director of the upcoming movie Field Sketches and his lead actor Vincent Gale. The discussion covers deindustrialising film making, the film industry in general and a surprising amount of Seth Rogen.
Show Notes
Carl's IMDb
Carl's Instagram
The Raven West Films website
Raven West Films' Instagram
Vincent's IMDb
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April is over so Kneel Before Pod once again checks in on the news and trailers the month provided. The conversation covers Sydney Sweeney owning the video game adaptation market, the year of the Predator and sentient shoes.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Chris Mackrell can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 1
Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 2
Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 3
Craig’s reviews of Superman & Lois season 4
Movie Reviews
Craig’s review of Alien: Covenant
Craig’s review of Alien: Romulus
Craig’s review of Prey
Craig's review of Power Rangers (2017)
Craig's review of Top Gun: Maverick
Craig's review of Uncharted
Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
Craig’s review of Fant4stic
Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Podcasts
Craig's interview with Paul Raschid
Andor season 1
Superman & Lois season 1
Superman & Lois season 2
Superman & Lois season 3
Superman & Lois season 4
Our Alien Day coverage
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Power Rangers (2017)
Trailers
Sneaks
Karate Kid: Legends
Fountain of Youth
Mountainhead
The Naked Gun
Heads of State
M3gan 2.0
I Know What You Did Last Summer
HIM
28 Years Later
Tron: Ares
Predator: Killer of Killers
Predator: Badlands
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Superman: Extended Sneak Peek
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
News
Spider-Man 4 title confirmed
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse release date confirmed
Star Wars Celebration announcements
Live action Power Rangers in the works for Disney+
Harry Potter series casting
How To Train Your Dragon 2 live action remake confirmed
David Fincher to direct Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel
Michael Sarnoski to direct Death Stranding adaptation
Sydney Sweeney cast in Split Fiction adaptation
Michael Bay and Sydney Sweeney team on Outrun adaptation
Sarah Michelle Gellar joins Ready or Not: Here I Come
Robert Pattinson in talks for Dune: Messiah role
Taylor Lautner to play himself in TV series
Misc
The referenced play through of Split Fiction
Music
Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Mission Impossible theme", The "Power Rangers theme" and his YouTube channel.
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May the fourth be with you all on another Star Wars Day. This year we discuss the return of Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. We discuss season 4 episode 21 "Brothers", season 4 episode 22 "Revenge" and season 5 episode 1 "Revival". The conversation covers fan service, duplicitous talking snakes and spider leg rehabilitation.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Andrew’s work can be found on this site and on the Starburst website.
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Craig’s review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Craig’s Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
Craig’s reviews of Star Wars: Rebels
Podcasts
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi – first podcast and second podcast
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – first podcast and second podcast
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Mandalorian season 2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars final season
Obi Wan Kenobi
The Ewok Movies
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (movie)
Andor season 1
Misc
Sam Witwer as Captain Kirk in "Unification"
Music
Ian Wright’s cover of the “Star Wars theme” and his YouTube channel
331ERock’s cover of the “Star Wars End Credits Theme” and his YouTube channel
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Alien Day -4/26 or April 26th- is once again upon us and Kneel Before Pod celebrates by discussing the 2024 entry into the canon, Fede Alvarez' Alien: Romulus. The conversation covers expanding the lore, fan service and Alien Wererabbits.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Angus can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Natalie Lyons Ballantine can be found on this site, upcycling trash to jewellery on Etsy under DisasterFashion and TattyBoJangs. She can also be found sharing foraging findings on Instagram.
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig’s review of Alien: Covenant
Craig's review of Alien: Romulus
Craig’s review of Prey
Craig's review of Don't Breathe
Craig's review of Jurassic World
Craig's review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Craig's review of Jurassic World: Dominion
Craig's review of The Flash
Podcasts
Our previous Alien Day coverage
Legion
The Flash
Music
Marc Papeghin’s cover of the “Prometheus theme” and his YouTube channel
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Recently, Craig had the pleasure of talking to director Paul Raschid, director of the upcoming interactive movie Hello Stranger and other interactive movies. The conversation covers the evolution of interactive storytelling, how to plan different scenarios and the potential future of cinema screenings.
Show Notes
Craig's review of White Chamber
Paul's website
Paul's IMDb
Paul's BlueSky
Paul's Twitter
Paul's Instagram
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Andor season 2 is very close to releasing so Kneel Before Pod opted to revisit season 1 and bring you an extended discussion about it. The conversation covers fascism, radicalisation and the eternal question - What is Star Wars?
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site.
Darren Mooney’s words can be read on Second Wind Group or his website and his voice can be heard on The 250 podcast or Dublin’s Q102 radio station. He can also be found on Twitter and BlueSky.
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Craig’s review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Craig’s Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
Craig’s reviews of Star Wars: Rebels
Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Podcasts
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi – first podcast and second podcast
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – first podcast and second podcast
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Mandalorian season 2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars final season
Obi Wan Kenobi
The Ewok Movies
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (movie)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Misc
The referenced New York Times Tony Gilroy interview
The referenced Wired article
The referenced N+1 article
George Lucas talking to James Cameron about his inspiration for Star Wars
Music
Ian Wright’s cover of the “Star Wars theme” and his YouTube channel
331ERock’s cover of the “Star Wars End Credits Theme” and his YouTube channel
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38 years to go until the big day and Kneel Before Pod continues the annual coverage of Star Trek to celebrate. This year we return to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and pair it with Khan's introduction in the classic The Original Series episode "Space Seed". The conversation covers con/Khantext, how this would be approached in the modern day and Pete "Maverick" Mitchell sharing DNA with James T. Kirk.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Movie Reviews
Craig's review of Star Trek: Beyond
Craig's review of Captain America: Brave New World
Craig's review of Top Gun: Maverick
Craig's review of T2: Trainspotting
Craig's review of Jurassic World
Craig's review of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
Podcasts
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Nemesis
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
Music
Captain_Meatshield’s cover of the “First Contact” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation“ theme and his YouTube channel
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March is over and Kneel Before Pod brings you a stripped down news episode. The conversation covers more reboots, concerns about franchising and the power of chairs in movie marketing.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter, BlueSky or Instagram.
Show Notes
Movie Reviews
Craig’s review of Avengers: Infinity War
Craig’s review of Avengers: Endgame
Craig’s review of Black Widow
Craig’s review of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Craig’s review of Eternals
Craig’s review of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Craig’s review of The Marvels
Craig’s review of Deadpool & Wolverine
Craig’s review of Captain America: Brave New World
Craig's review of Chappie
Podcasts
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame – First and second podcast
Black Widow
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Eternals
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
The Marvels
Deadpool & Wolverine
Captain America: Brave New World
Trailers
Freakier Friday
Materialists
F1
Final Destination: Bloodlines
News
Kathryn Newton cast in Ready or Not 2
New Starship Troopers movie in the works from Neill Blomkamp
Amy Pascal and David Heyman to produce next Bond movie
Colin Farrell in talks to star in Sgt. Rock
Sadie Sink cast in Spider-Man 4
Avengers: Doomsday casting
Misc
Craig's appearance on Podcast 616 discussing Daredevil: Born Again episode 3
Craig's appearance on Podcast 616 discussing Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man
Ben Affleck reflecting on his time as Batman
Music
Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“ and his YouTube channel.
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