Episodes
Monday Jan 01, 2024
December 2023 News Round-Up (259)
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
December and 2023 are behind us but the news never stops. Join us for the final News Round-Up of 2023. The conversation covers Ridley Scott's work ethic, sunken planes and an uncomfortable abundance of dystopias.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Chris 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 review of Doctor Who - "The Star Beast"
- Craig's review of Doctor Who - "Wild Blue Yonder"
- Craig's review of Doctor Who - "The Giggle
- Craig’s reviews of Loki season 1
- Craig’s reviews of What If…?
- Craig’s reviews of The Flash season 9
Movie Reviews
- Craig’s review of Godzilla
- Craig’s review of Kong: Skull Island
- Craig’s review of Godzilla Vs. Kong
- Bladerunner 2049
- Craig’s review of Dune Part One
- Craig’s review of A Quiet Place
- Craig’s review of A Quiet Place Part II
- Craig’s review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
- Craig's review of Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
- Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Craig’s review of Aquaman
- Craig’s review of Black Adam
- Craig’s review of The Flash
- Craig’s review of Wonder Woman 1984
- Craig's review of The Martian
- Craig's review of Fast & Furious 9
- Craig's review of Star Trek Beyond
- Craig's review of Bohemian Rhapsody
Podcasts
- Craig's interview with Ildiko Susany
- Craig's interview with Rick Cosnett
- What If…?
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
- Star Trek: Discovery season 3
- Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Loki season 1
- The Flash
- The Flash season 9
- Star Trek Beyond
Trailers
- The Boys season 4
- Fallout
- I.S.S.
- Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire
- Self Reliance
- Mr & Mrs Smith
- Masters of the Air
- Civil War
- Dune: Part Two
- If
- Handling the Undead
- He Went That Way
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Night Swim
- No Way Up
- Miller’s Girl
- The Kitchen
- The Bricklayer
- Spaceman
- Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
- Star Trek Discovery season 5 first look
News
- Eyes of Wakanda animated series announced
- Jonathan Majors fired by Disney/Marvel
- Spider-Man: Noir moving forward at Amazon
- More Superman: Legacy casting
- Sean Gunn to play DC villain Maxwell Lord
- Oceans 11 prequel confirms who Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are playing
- Olivia Wilde’s Naughty
- Ridley Scott to direct Bomb
- Death Stranding movie confirmed by Hideo Kojima
- Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale to star in Best of Enemies
- Charlize Theron and Daniel Craig join Two For The Money
- Paul Greengrass to direct Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421
- Christopher Landon exits Scream VII
- Francis Lawrence to direct adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk
- Benny Safdie to direct the Rock in movie about MMA legend Mark Kerr
- First look at Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump
Misc
- Craig's appearance on The TARDIS Crew discussing "The Church on Ruby Road"
- The Spider-Man 4 rumour
- The Mads Mikkelsen in talks with Marvel rumour
- The Supergirl to cameo in Superman: Legacy rumour
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Spider-Man: Homecoming theme” and his YouTube channel
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Friday Dec 22, 2023
Interview with Rick Cosnett
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Recently, Craig had the pleasure of talking to actor Rick Cosnett. The conversation covers how people change as they get older, life experience and realistically playing being on drugs.
Show Notes
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Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Interview with Ildilko Susany
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Recently, Craig had the pleasure of talking to actor, writer, director and producer Ildiko Susany. The conversation covers representation, working remotely and keeping up with continuity.
Show Notes
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Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Christmas Movie Writer’s Room 2023 (258)
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Merry Christmas from all of us here at Kneel Before Blog. For this year’s Christmas Special, we have formed another writer's room to come up with another Christmas classic. Our writers are tasked with coming up with an origin story for the iconic Home Alone villains, the Wet Bandit. Harry and Marv come together in late 1970s Chicago where they will take on gangsters, small business owners and the rich while solidifying the partnership that will one day lead them to be brutalised by an 8-year-old boy. Listen up and let us know if you’d watch what we came up with. If you like it then get the word out. Maybe you’ll see it on a streaming service near you.
Angus Ballantine 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. Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network.
Show Notes
- 2022's Christmas Movie Writer's Room
- 2021’s Christmas games
- 2020’s Christmas games
- Our Christmas movie showdown
- Craig's review of Home Alone
- Craig's review of Home Sweet Home Alone
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Monday Dec 04, 2023
November 2023 News Round-Up(257)
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
November is over but there was plenty of news and trailers to chew over. The conversation covers rom-com scenarios, cancel culture and biopics about terrible people
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter or on his website.
Show Notes
TV reviews
- Craig's review of Doctor Who - "The Star Beast"
- Craig's review of Doctor Who - "Wild Blue Yonder"
- Craig’s reviews of What If…?
- Craig’s reviews of Hawkeye
- Craig’s reviews of Ms. Marvel
- Craig’s reviews of “Crisis on Infinite Earths”
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of The Marvels
- Craig's review of Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Craig's review of Thor: Ragnarok
- Craig's review of Thor: Love and Thunder
- Craig's review of Logan
- Craig's review of Mad Max: Fury Road
- Craig's review of The Maze Runner
- Craig's review of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
- Craig’s review of Kong: Skull Island
- Craig’s review of Totally Killer
- Graeme’s review of Ghostbusters
- Craig’s review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- Craig’s review of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
- Craig’s review of Army of the Dead
- Craig's review of Zack Snyder's Justice League
- Craig’s review of The Flash
- Craig's review of Catwoman: Hunted
- Craig’s review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- Craig's review of Uncharted
- Craig's review of Prey
- Craig's review of Pacific Rim: Uprising
- Craig’s review of Tetris
- Craig’s review of Fall
- Craig’s review of It Follows
- Craig’s review of A Quiet Place
- Craig’s review of A Quiet Place Part II
- Graeme’s review of Happy Death Day
- Craig’s review of Happy Death Day 2U
Podcasts
- The Marvels
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- Doctor Who - "The Day of the Doctor"
- Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
- Man of Steel
- Zack Snyder's Justice League
- The Flash
- What If…?
- Hawkeye
- Pacific Rim: Uprising
- Craig's review of Transformers: Age of Extinction
- “Crisis on Infinite Earths” – first podcast and second podcast
- Our Alien Day coverage
Trailers
- The Fall Guy
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Ultraman Rising
- Inside Out 2
- The Garfield Movie
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Mean Girls
- Damsel
- Imaginary
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
- Anyone But You
- Lift
- Dead Boy Detectives
- Pokémon Concierge
- Merry Little Batman
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- Ted (teaser)
- Ted (full trailer)
- Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
- What If…?
- Echo
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- The End We Start From
- Justice League: Crisis
News
- Marvel possibly backing away from Kang
- Destin Daniel Cretton exits Avengers: The Kang Dynasty
- Michael Waldron to write Avengers: The Kang Dynasty
- Spider-Man 4 will merge the SPUM universe into the MCU
- Pedro Pascal in talks to play Reed Richards
- Tom Holland talks Spider-Man 4
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow finds its writer
- Maria Gabriela De Faria cast in Superman: Legacy
- Jimmy Olsen and Eve Tessmacher cast in Superman: Legacy
- Nicholas Hoult cast as Lex Luthor in Superman: Legacy
- Coyote Vs. Acme shopped to other studios
- Darren Aronofsky’s Elon Musk biopic
- The Legend of Zelda movie
- Sydney Sweeney and Vanessa Kirby join Eden
- Frozen 4 in the works
- Frozen 3 and 4 to be one story
- Idris Elba to co-direct Above the Below
- Two Fall sequels greenlit
- Douglas is Cancelled
- Creed 4 in the works
- They Follow
- Barbenheimer
- Dave Filoni promoted to Lucasfilm Chief Creative Officer
- Melissa Barrera fired from Scream VII
- Scream VII producers explain reasons
- Melissa Barrera discusses being fired from Scream VII
- Jenna Ortega leaves Scream VII
- Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio team up for Karate Kid film
- Tim Miller to direct Alien Legion adaptation
- Timothy Olyphant joins Noah Hawley’s Alien series
- Cailee Spaeny confirms when Alien: Romulus is set
- Giancarlo Esposito joins Please Don’t Feed the Children
- Sebastian Stan to plan Donald Trump
Misc
- "Garfield Minus Garfield"
- The ScreenCrush breakdown of the What If...? season 2 trailer
- IGN's April Fool Zelda trailer
- The Game Theorists video on how to survive It Follows
- The recoloured The Killing Joke trailer
- Drew Gooden's video about Star Wars
- Taika Waititi and Tessa Thompson mocking the Thor: Love and Thunder visual effects
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the "Superman theme" and his YouTube channel
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Friday Dec 01, 2023
The Marvels (256)
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
The Marvels recently released and Kneel Before Pod zaps to discuss it. The conversation covers fun team-ups, the future of the MCU and wearing costumes made out of actual fabric.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter or on his website.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
- Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
- Craig’s reviews of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Craig’s reviews of Hawkeye
- Craig’s reviews of Ms. Marvel
- Craig’s reviews of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
- Craig’s reviews of Secret Invasion
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of The Marvels
- Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy
- Craig's review of Captain America: Civil War
- Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Craig's review of Ant-Man & The Wasp
- Craig’s review of Captain Marvel
- Craig's review of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Craig’s review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
- Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Craig’s review of Kong: Skull Island
- Craig’s review of Bumblebee
Podcasts
- WandaVision
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Hawkeye
- Ms. Marvel
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
- Secret Invasion
- Captain America: Civil War
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Ant-Man & The Wasp
- Captain Marvel
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Bumblebee
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the "Marvel Music", the "Captain Marvel theme" and his YouTube channel
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 and Twitter, make yourself known in the comments section below or you can join us on Discord.
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Doctor Who - ”The Day of the Doctor”(255)
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Doctor Who approaches its 60th anniversary so we discuss the 50th anniversary celebration "The Day of the Doctor". The conversation covers respect for the legacy, meaningful fanservice and the fun of bringing multiple Doctors together.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter or on his website.
Show Notes
Reviews
- Craig’s Doctor Who reviews
- Craig's review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Craig's review of Star Trek Beyond
Podcasts
- Doctor Who - "The Power of the Doctor"
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Star Trek Beyond
- Time Travel on TV
Music
- Tardis71’s cover of the “Doctor Who theme” and their YouTube channel
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 and Twitter, make yourself known in the comments section below or you can join us on Discord.
Monday Nov 06, 2023
October 2023 News Round-Up (254)
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
October is over but, as always, contained lots of news and trailers to discuss. Craig and Natalie cover history's relevance in the modern day, Christmas horror and whether Craig is now a Swiftie.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. 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
TV Reviews
- Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
- Craig’s reviews of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Craig’s reviews of Hawkeye
- Craig’s reviews of Loki season 1
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Totally Killer
- Craig’s review of The Flash
- Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
- Craig’s review of Begin Again
- Craig’s review of Sing Street
- Craig's review of Wonder Woman 1984
- Craig’s review of Shazam: Fury of the Gods
- Craig’s review of Bumblebee
- Craig's review of Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Craig's review of Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Craig's review of The Greatest Showman
- Craig’s review of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
- Graeme’s review of Happy Death Day
- Craig’s review of Happy Death Day 2U
- Craig’s review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Craig’s review of Baywatch
- Craig’s review of Paddington
- Craig’s review of Paddington 2
- Craig’s review of Moana
- Craig’s review of Tomb Raider
Podcasts
- Craig's interview with Kelly Hu
- Craig's interview with Rick Morales
- Craig's interview with Wes Mack
- WandaVision
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Loki season 1
- Hawkeye
- Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
- Bumblebee
- Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
- Pacific Rim
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – first podcast and second podcast
- Craig's interview with Greg Weisman
- Our 2022 Christmas special - the Christmas Movie Writer's Room
Trailers
- The Beekeeper
- Argyll
- The Iron Claw
- Priscilla
- Wonka
- Orphan Black: Echoes
- Wish
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
- Good Burger 2
- Eileen
- Anyone But You
- Napoleon
- Leave the World Behind
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
- Lisa Frankenstein
- The Colour Purple
- Candy Cane Lane
- It’s a Wonderful Knife
- Silent Night
- Dashing Through the Snow
News
- Spider-Man: Freshman Year cast
- Marvel changing approach to TV shows
- Showrunner and directors appointed for Daredevil
- DC actors carrying over into James Gunn’s rebooted universe
- A Halloween cinematic universe in the works
- Snow White first look
- Ben Wheatley’s Generation Z update
- Suits spinoff in the works
- Conception
- James McAvoy’s directorial debut
- The next Kings Man movie
- Matthew Vaughn teases Kick-Ass reboot
- The Rocketeer
- Live-action Gargoyles in the works
- The Boy and the Heron English dub cast
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“ and his YouTube channel
- 331ERock's cover of the "Gargoyles theme" and his YouTube channel
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Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Interview with Wes Mack
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Recently Craig had the pleasure of talking to actor, director, producer, musician and more, Wes Mack. The conversation covers making a pandemic album, juggling creative impulses and appreciating what you do.
Show Notes
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Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Interview with Producer Rick Morales
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Recently, Craig had the pleasure of talking to Rick Morales, producer of Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match. Their conversation covers Mortal Kombat lore, expanding the storytelling and 80s vibes.
Show Notes
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