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Episodes
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues with Anthony Mackie's first cinematic outing in the role of Captain America, Captain America: Brave New World and Kneel Before Pod restart the Avengers to discuss it. The conversation covers the current state of the MCU, getting political and justice for Sam Wilson.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Kat Kourbetti can be found here. Bo Nicholson’s projects can be found on his Linktree.
Thanks to Izaak Stoakes for the artwork, he can be found on Twitter, BlueSky or Instagram.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
- Craig's reviews of Marvel's Inhumans
- Craig’s reviews of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Craig’s reviews of Loki
- Craig’s reviews of Hawkeye
- Craig's reviews of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Captain America: Brave New World
- Craig's review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- 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 Avengers: Infinity War
- 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 Eternals
- Craig’s review of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Podcasts
- Marvel's Inhumans IMAX release
- Marvel's Inhumans - full series
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Hawkeye
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
- Captain America: Civil War
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Ant-Man & The Wasp
- Avengers: Endgame – First and second podcast
- Black Widow
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Eternals
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Misc
Music
- Niall Stenson's cover of the "Captain America: The First Avenger" The "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" theme and his YouTube channel.
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Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
February is over but the news continues. Kneel Before Pod brings you a discussion of the news and trailers from February 2025. The conversation covers controversial entertainers, originality and Smurf versions of popular songs.
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. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Kat Kourbetti can be found here.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Captain America: Brave New World
- Craig's review of Star Trek: Section 31
- 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 Bumblebee
- Craig's review of Black Panther
- Craig's review of Captain Marvel
- Craig's review of Black Widow
- Craig's review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Craig’s review of The Marvels
- Craig's review of Deadpool & Wolverine
- Craig’s review of How To Train Your Dragon 2
- Craig’s review of How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- Craig's review of Black Adam
- Craig’s review of The Batman
- Craig's review of The Flash
- 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 Tetris
- Craig's review of Luck
- Craig's review of The Accountant
- Craig's review of Legend
- Craig's review of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
- Craig's review of Interstellar
- Craig's review of Dunkirk
- Craig's review of Tenet
- Craig's review of Free Guy
- Craig's review of The Martian
- Craig's review of Spectre
- Craig's review of No Time To Die
- Graeme's review of Kubo and the Two Strings
- Craig's review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
Podcasts
- Donor Special - The Dark Crystal & Labyrinth
- Superman & Lois season 4
- 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
- Bumblebee
- Marvel's The Defenders
- Black Panther
- Captain Marvel
- Black Widow
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- The Marvels
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- The Batman
- The Flash
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
Trailers
- M3gan 2.0
- Final Destination: Bloodlines
- Locked
- Sinners
- Smurfs
- How to Train Your Dragon
- The Amateur
- G20
- F1
- Fight or Flight
- The Accountant 2
- Novocaine
- The Studio - Duhpocalypse
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
- Jurassic World: Rebirth
- Friendship
- Superman Puppybowl spot
- Thunderbolts*
- Fantastic Four: First Steps
- The Actor
- The Residence
- The Man With The Iron Heart
- The Life List
- Eric Larue
- Borderline
- Bring Her Back
- Freaky Tales
- The King of Kings
- Lilo and Stitch
News
- Marvel Studios exploring bringing back other Defenders cast
- The Punisher special presentation in the works
- James Watkins to direct Clayface movie
- DC projects update
- Matthew Lillard returns for Scream 7
- More Masters of the Universe casting
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer reboot/continuation in the works
- Elliot Page developing Beyond: Two Souls TV show
- Just Cause movie in the works
- Zach Cregger to direct Resident Evil reboot
- Rebecca Hall joins Adam Wingard’s Onslaught
- Kaitlyn Dever to join Godzilla X Kong sequel
- Ben Affleck to direct and star in Animals
- Rooney and Kate Mara to star in Werner Herzog movie Bucking Fastard
- Jake Gyllenhaal to lead M. Night Shymalan’s new movie
- Anna Sawai rumoured to play Yoko Ono in Beatles movies
- Ke Huy Quan and Lili Reinhart to star in Bad Boy
- Madelyn Cline joins Day Drinker
- George Rolfi to write Daisy Ridley Star Wars movie
- William Shatner approached to resurrect Captain Kirk
- Ben Stiller to headline The Band
- Ben Jacoby adapting Thomas Ray Novella Silencer
- Kristin Wiig and Bill Murray to star in Epiphany
- Martin Scorcese’s next movie
- Anna Maxwell Martin to star in For All Mankind spinoff
- Magic: The Gathering film and TV universe in the works
- Dungeons & Dragons live-action series in the works at Netflix
- Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce join Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars
- Amazon takes control of James Bond
- John Lithgow confirms Dumbledore casting in Harry Potter series
- Benny Safdie joins Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
- Mia Goth joins The Odyssey
- First look at Matt Damon in The Odyssey
Misc
- Craig's appearance on "Academy Watch" discussing The Wild Robot
- "The Smurfs Go Pop"
- "The Smurfs Go Pop Again"
- The referenced Neil Gaiman article
- The referenced website highlighting the best time to go to the bathroom during cinema viewings
- The referenced musical adaptation of The Odyssey
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “How To Train Your Dragon Theme“ and his YouTube channel
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Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Superman & Lois comes to an end and with it an era of TV that spanned 23 years so Kneel Before Pod was both obligated and delighted to cover it to give it the send-off it deserves. The conversation covers emotional gut punches, consistency of thematic storytelling and the end of a golden TV era.
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.
Thanks to Izaak for the artwork, he can be found on his Twitter or BlueSky.
Show Notes
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 “Crisis on Infinite Earths”
- Craig’s reviews of Krypton
- Craig's review of The Batman
Podcasts
- Superman & Lois season 1
- Superman & Lois season 2
- Superman & Lois season 3
- Craig's interview with Natalie Moon
- “Crisis on Infinite Earths” – first podcast and second podcast
- The Batman
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Superman theme” and his YouTube channel
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Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
January is finally over and Kneel Before Pod brings you the first 2025 news round-up. We cover video game adaptations, more unnecessary continuations and failing horror franchises.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Andrew’s work can be found on this site and on the Starburst website. Isa S-A can be found on Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky or YouTube where she shares her projects and tutorial videos.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Star Trek: Section 31
- Craig's review of Elevation
- Craig's review of I've Never Wanted Anyone More
- Craig's review of Alien Romulus
- Craig’s review of Justice League
- Craig’s review of Zack Snyder’s Justice League
- Craig’s review of A Quiet Place
- Craig’s review of A Quiet Place Part II
- Craig's review of Interstellar
- Craig’s review of Dunkirk
- Craig's review of Tenet
- Craig’s review of Avatar: The Way of Water
- Craig’s review of Uncharted
- Craig’s review of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
- Craig’s review of Madame Web
- Craig’s review of Tetris
- Craig's review of Luck
- Craig’s review of Terminator: Genisys
- Craig's review of Snowpiercer
- Graeme’s review of Happy Death Day
- Craig’s review of Happy Death Day 2U
- Andrew's review of Teen Wolf: The Movie
Podcasts
- Donor Special - The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth
- Craig's interview with actress Millan Tesfazgi
- She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
- Madame Web
- Justice League
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League
- AVP: Alien Vs Predator
- Obi Wan Kenobi
Trailers
- The King of Kings
- The Woman in the Yard
- The Monkey
- Heart Eyes
- Opus
- A Working Man
- The Alto Knights
- In The Lost Lands
- Suits LA
- The Last of Us season 2
- Daredevil: Born Again
- Zero Day
- Drop
- Hell of a Summer
- Mickey17
- Until Dawn
News
- David Krumholtz and Emily Beecham cast in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
- Ulrich Thomsen to play Sinestro in Lanterns
- Ryan Gosling in talks to star in Shawn Levy’s Star Wars movie
- James Mangold talks his Star Wars movie
- Grimm reboot/continuation in the works
- James Cameron teases Avatar: Fire and Ash details
- Lee Isaac Chung to direct The Traveler
- Dylan O’Brien to star in Sam Raimi’s Send Help
- Tom Holland to lead The Partner
- Joel McHale cast in Scream 7
- David Leitch in talks to direct Oceans 14
- Jon Bernthal cast in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
- Thandiwe Newton and Steve Zahn cast in Anaconda
- Robert Eggers sets next movie
- Robert Eggers set for Labyrinth sequel
- Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers movies in the works
Misc
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Superman theme” and his YouTube channel
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Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Recently Craig had the pleasure of chatting with actress Millan Tesfazgi; she plays Sasha in the trilogy of Mary J. Blige-inspired Lifetime films Real Love, Strength of a Woman and Family Affair. The discussion covers building rapports on and off camera, acting as a therapeutic emotional release and swimming for work.
Show Notes
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Sunday Jan 05, 2025
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
The year comes to an end but the news cycle rolls on. The conversation covers The Odyssey, young Spider-Man, Glen Powell's work ethic and more.
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
Movie Reviews
- Craig’s review of Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Craig’s review of Thor: Love and Thunder
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Craig’s review of Venom
- Craig’s review of Venom: Let There Be Carnage
- Craig’s review of Morbius
- Craig’s review of Madame Web
- Craig’s review of Moana
- Craig’s review of The Mummy
- Craig's review of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
- 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 Sonic The Hedgehog
- Craig’s review of Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Craig’s review of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
- Craig’s review of The Greatest Showman
- Craig’s review of I, Frankenstein
- Craig’s review of Dracula Untold
- Craig’s review of The Mummy
- Craig’s review of Bumblebee
- Graeme’s review of Ghostbusters (2016)
- Craig’s review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- Graeme’s review of Kubo and the Two Strings
Podcasts
- Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Venom
- Madame Web
- Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
- Man of Steel
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
- 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
- Bumblebee
Trailers
- The Gorge
- Popeye The Slayer Man
- 28 Years Later
- Novocaine
- Karate Kid: Legends
- Black Bag
- Death of a Unicorn
- Cleaner
- The Electric State
- A Minecraft Movie
- Elio
- Snow White
- Lilo & Stitch
- Star Trek: Section 31
- Superman
- Chad Powers
- Zero Day
- Love Me
- Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man
News
- Nova series showrunner
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse directors confirmed
- Hayley Atwell to appear in Avengers: Doomsday
- Chris Evans cast in Avengers: Doomsday
- Clayface movie confirmed
- Jason Momoa to play Lobo in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
- Jeremy Allan White cast as Rotta the Hutt in The Mandalorian & Grogu
- Live-action Tangled movie confirmed
- Aardman and Pokemon team up for collaboration
- Jared Leto cast as Skeletor in Masters of the Universe
- New The Mummy movie announced
- Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood to start in Duo
- Elizabeth Olsen joins Julia Roberts in Panic Carefully
- Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Vince Vaughn and Aubrey Plaza to star in Animal Friends
- Ryan Reynolds to star in boy band movie
- Prison Break reboot confirmed
- Austin Butler cast as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho remake
- Malcolm in the Middle revival confirmed
- Ghostbusters animated movie in development
- Sonic The Hedgehog 4 confirmed
- Paul Mescal to play Paul McCartney
- Glen Powell cast in Homewreckers
- Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro to star in new Meet the Parents sequel
- Tom Cruise to star in Deeper
- Samuel L. Jackson to star in new J.J. Abrams movie
- Christopher Nolan’s next movie revealed
Misc
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Superman 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 ,Twitter and BlueSky. You can also make yourself known in the comments section below or you can join us on Discord.
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Kneel Before Pod brings you a very special episode requested by donor and superfan Violet Hammond. She tasked her chosen team with going back to her childhood to discuss two Jim Henson puppet movies, The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. The conversation covers nostalgia, pertinent themes and David Bowie's codpiece.
Aaron can be found on this very site. 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
Thanks to Izaak Stoakes for the artwork. He can be found on his Twitter or on his website
Show Notes
Music
- Lena Hall Obsessed's cover of David Bowie's "As the World Falls Down" and her YouTube channel
- Canote Films cover of David Bowie's "Magic Dance" and his YouTube channel
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Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
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 a future Christmas classic. This year, our writers are tasked with crafting a festive thriller/horror about a deadly game of Secret Santa at an office Christmas party. Lucy Hale leads an excellent cast as the employee of a company who finds herself fighting for her life at her employer's festive celebration as a sadistic executive played by Kelsey Grammer pulls the strings
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.
Show Notes
- 2023's Christmas Movie Writer's Room
- 2022’s Christmas Movie Writer’s Room
- 2021’s Christmas games
- 2020’s Christmas games
- Our Christmas movie showdown
- Our Star Wars: The Clone Wars final season podcast
- Our The Batman podcast
- Our Loki season 1 podcast
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Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
November is over and Christmas looms but first there is news to discuss. The conversation covers Disney prequels, Tom Cruise's real name and Ridley Scott's work ethic.
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. 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 reviews of Superman & Lois season 4
- Craig's reviews of The Falcon & The Winter Soldier
- Craig's reviews of What If...? season 1
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of The Walk
- Craig's review of Fant4stic
- Craig's review of X-Men: Dark Phoenix
- Craig's review of The Flash
- Craig's review of The Greatest Showman
- Craig's review of Jungle Cruise
- Craig's review of Zootopia/Zootropolis
- Craig's review of Plane
- Craig's review of Geostorm
- Craig's review of Colossal
- Craig's review of The Martian
- Craig's review of Mortal Kombat
- Craig's review of Tomb Raider
Podcasts
Trailers
- The Little Mermaid
- Presence
- Heart Eyes
- Wolf Man
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
- The Penguin Lessons
- Waltzing with Brando
- My Dead Friend Zoe
- Better Man
- The Amateur
- Back in Action
- Carry On
- Mufasa: The Lion King
- How To Train Your Dragon
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
- What If…? season 3
- Thunderbolts*
- Captain America: Brave New World
News
- Mass Effect TV series in the works
- Macauley Culkin joins Fallout season 2
- Simon Kinberg to develop new Star Wars trilogy
- Game of Thrones movie in development
- Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya and Anne Hathaway join Christopher Nolan’s next movie
- Luke Newton joins Lucy Hale in White Mars
- Adam Driver, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong to lead Paper Tiger
- Paul Mescal to star in Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars
- The Fly spinoff in development
- Tom Holland and Austin Butler to star in American Speed
- Paul W.S. Anderson working on new House of the Dead movie
- Sophie Turner in talks to star as Lara Croft in Amazon’s Tomb Raider series
Misc
- Bo's appearance on Reel Talk discussing Anora
- The post-renaissance Disney Den of Ten
- The Angry Video Game Nerd episode featuring Macaulay Culkin
- Andrew Garfield Criterion Closet
- Andrew Garfield on Chicken Shop Date
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music” and his YouTube channel
- Halocene's cover of "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" and their YouTube channel
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Saturday Nov 09, 2024
Saturday Nov 09, 2024
Recently Craig had the pleasure of chatting to actress Natalie Moon, fresh off her recent appearance in the final season of Superman & Lois. The discussion covers broadening horizons, working on different projects and the wide variety of British accents.
Show Notes
- Natalie's website
- Natalie's IMDb
- Natalie's Instagram
- Craig's review of Natalie's appearance on DC's Legends of Tomorrow
- Craig's review of Natalie's appearance on The Flash
- Craig's review of Natalie's appearance on Superman & Lois
- Craig's review of Star Trek Beyond
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