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Episodes
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
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 post-apocalyptic Christmas blockbuster where Santa is one of the few survivors of an apocalypse and works to free the world of the tyranny of a sentient Christmas toy. Geoffrey Wright takes on the role of Santa Claus, using all of the resources at his disposal to save humanity.
Featuring
- Craig McKenzie – here on Kneel Before Blog and on We Are Starfleet (Film Stories podcast network)
- Kat Kourbeti can be found here
- 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
- 2024's Christmas movie Writer's Room
- 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
- Craig's review of X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Craig's review of X-Men: Apocalypse
- Craig's review of X-Men: Dark Phoenix
- Craig's reviews of Star Wars: Rebels
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Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Tuesday Dec 09, 2025
Kneel Before Pod gets a MovieVersaries flavour and commemorates the 30th anniversary of Batman Forever. The conversation covers the changing face of superhero movies, merchandising and sanctioning Jim Carrey's buffoonery.
Featuring
- Bo Nicholson’s projects can be found on his Linktree.
- 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 Twitter, BlueSky or Instagram
Show Notes
Movie Reviews
Podcasts
Misc
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Batman themes" and his YouTube channel.
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Monday Dec 01, 2025
Monday Dec 01, 2025
November 2025 is over and the festive season is upon us but before that we take care of the business of discussing the news and trailers revealed during the month. The conversation covers more revivals, the return of the romcom and repressed frolicking desire.
Featuring
- Craig McKenzie – here on Kneel Before Blog and on We Are Starfleet (Film Stories podcast network)
- Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud.
- Kat Kourbeti can be found here.
- Chris Mackrell can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio.
- Izaak Stoakes can be found on Twitter, BlueSky or Instagram..
- Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- Craig’s review of Superman
- Craig's review of Moana
- Craig's review of Morbius
- Craig's review of Top Gun: Maverick
- Craig's review of The Martian
- Craig's review of Arrival
- Craig's review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- Craig's review of The Mummy
- Craig's review of The Radleys
- Craig's review of The Long Walk
Podcasts
- Superman
- Doctor Who series 1
- Doctor Who season 2
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
- 2022’s Christmas Movie Writer’s Room
- 2023’s Christmas Movie Writer’s Room
- 2024’s Christmas Movie Writer’s Room
- Time Travel on TV
- Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Trailers
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
- Toy Story 5
- Moana
- Marty Supreme
- Michael
- 100 Nights of Hero
- The Testament of Ann Lee
- The Housemaid
- Scream 7
- Merv
- Is This Thing On
- Man Vs Baby
- The Devil Wears Prada 2
- Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
- Godzilla Minus Zero
- Fallout season 2
- Return to Silent Hill
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
- Project Hail Mary
News
- Jimmy Olsen spin-off DC Crime in development
- Doctor Who future confirmed
- Stargate revival announced
- New Star Trek movie in the works
- Gremlins 3 confirmed
- Miss Piggy movie in development
- New Luther movie at Netflix
- A new The Mummy movie in development
- Josh Hartnett to star in All Day & All Night
- Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg join Call of Duty movie
- Pete Davidson & Ella Purnell to star in That Time We Met
- BeWitched reimagining in the works
- Nicolas Cage to star in Gambino
- The Legend of Zelda movie first look
- Afterlife with Archie series in the works
Misc
- Craig's appearance on At the Movies in the Noughties discussing School Of Rock
- The MovieVersaries feed
- Craig's Power Rangers reboot concept
- John Barrowman's appearance on "Inside of You With Michael Rosenbaum"
- The Film Theorists Hunger Games episode
- The referenced Stargate YouTube announcement and the analysis video
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the "Super Mario Galaxy Flying Theme", the “Star Trek Beyond theme” and his YouTube channel.
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Monday Nov 03, 2025
Monday Nov 03, 2025
October is over and the news cycle continues to turn. The conversation covers horror concepts, unnecessary adaptations and the joy of Netflix Christmas.
Featuring
- Craig McKenzie – here on Kneel Before Blog and on We Are Starfleet (Film Stories podcast network)
- Kat Kourbeti can be found here.
- 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 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
- Craig's reviews of Cloak & Dagger season 1
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Crimson Peak
- Craig's review of The Shape of Water
- Craig's review of Morbius
- Craig's review of 47 Meters Down
- Craig's review of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
- Craig's review of Thunderbolts*
- Craig's review of Central Intelligence
- 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 Jurassic World: Rebirth
Podcasts
- Craig's interview with Dean Redman
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
- Andor season 1
- Andor season 2
- Pacific Rim
- Cloak & Dagger season 1
- Thunderbolts*
Trailers
- Primate
- We Bury the Dead
- Mercy
- Send Help
- Eternity
- The Copenhagen Test
- Crime 101
- Hijack season 2
- Playdate
- Ella McCay
- My Secret Santa
- A Merry Little Ex-Mas
- Jingle Bell Heist
- Wonder Man
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 first look
News
- Star Trek: United pitch
- Disney acquires rights to “Impossible Creatures” book series
- Dakota Johnson’s directorial debut
- Netflix sets Kennedy family drama series starring Michael Fassbender
- “Magic 8 Ball” series in the works from M. Night Shymalan
- Bradley Cooper in talks to star in Ocean’s prequel
- Scarlett Johansson circling Mother Gothel role in live-action Tangled
- Johnny Depp to star in Christmas Carol movie
- Jim Carrey to star in live action The Jetsons
Misc
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Star Trek Beyond theme” and his YouTube channel.
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Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Spooky season is in full swing and Kneel Before Pod resurrects the Halloween special. This year we compare and contrast John Carpenter's 1978 classic Halloween with its 2007 remake by Rob Zombie. We discuss setting the standard, directorial artistry and being scared.
Featuring
- 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
Reviews
- Craig's review of Halloween (2018)
- Craig's review of Halloween Kills
- Craig's review of A Quiet Place
- Craig's review of A Quiet Place Part II
Misc
Music
- KOSmusic's cover of the “Halloween theme" and their YouTube channel.
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Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Recently Craig had the pleasure of talking to actor Dean Redman, who recently guest starred in the first episode of Boston Blue. They discuss acting with CGI, meeting your heroes and the importance of recognising stunts.
Show Notes
- Dean's IMDb
- Dean's Twitter
- Dean's Instagram
- Craig's review of Warcraft: The Beginning
- Craig's review of War for the Planet of the Apes
- Craig's interview with Sudz Sutherland
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Monday Oct 06, 2025
Monday Oct 06, 2025
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
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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Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
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
- 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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Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
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
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
Music
- DSC's cover of "The Fantastic Four: First Steps theme" and their YouTube channel
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Monday Aug 04, 2025
Monday Aug 04, 2025
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
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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