June 2025 News Round-Up (299)

Update: 2025-06-30

Description

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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