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Episodes
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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Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
October has ended, so it's time for another News Round-Up. The conversation covers werewolves, toy-to-movie adaptations, and justifiable sequels.
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.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Transformers One
- Craig’s review of Bumblebee
- Craig’s review of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- Craig's review of Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Craig's review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Craig’s review of The Marvels
- Craig’s review of Alien: Covenant
- Craig’s review of Alien: Romulus
- 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 Suicide Squad
- Craig's review of Wonder Woman 1984
- Craig's review of Shazam!: Fury of the Gods
- Craig’s review of The Suicide Squad
- Craig’s review of The Flash
- Craig's review of DC's League of Super Pets
- Craig’s review of A Quiet Place
- Craig’s review of A Quiet Place Part II
- Craig’s review of It Follows
- 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 John Wick
- Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 2
- Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
- Craig’s review of Moana
- Craig’s review of Skyscraper
- Craig’s review of Snake Eyes: G.I. Jones Origins
- Craig's review of Goosebumps
- Craig's review of Project Almanac
- Craig's review of Coco
- Craig's review of Lightyear
- Craig's review of Free Guy
- Craig's review of Tenet
- Craig's review of Central Intelligence
- Craig's review of It Follows
- Craig's review of Eye in the Sky
- Craig's review of Terminator: Genisys
- Craig's review of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
- Craig's review of Prey
- Craig's review of Tomb Raider
- Craig's review of Cruella
- Craig's review of The Greatest Showman
- Graeme's review of Ghostbusters (2016)
Podcasts
- Bumblebee
- Star Trek: Picard season 3
- What If...?
- Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- The Marvels
- Venom
- Madame Web
- Legion
- Suicide Squad
- The Suicide Squad
- The Flash
- Our Alien Day coverage
- The 2022 Christmas Movie Writer's Room
Trailers
- Dream Productions
- Goosebumps: The Vanishing
- Wolf Man
- Werewolves
- Nosferatu
- The Monkey
- Better Man
- The Legend of Ochi
- Love Hurts
- Time Travel Is Dangerous
- Rumours
- Babygirl
- The Order
- A Complete Unknown
- The Electric State
- Moana 2
- From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
- Creature Commandos
- Dune: Prophecy
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds NYCC exclusive clip
- The Last Of Us season 2
- A Man on the Inside
- The Man in the White Van
- Elevation
- Companion
- Cruel Intentions
- Our Little Secret
- Hot Frosty
- Spellbound
- Upcoming Marvel TV
News
- Tom Holland talks Spider-Man 4
- Blade delayed indefinitely
- Animated Dynamic Duo movie in development
- Aaron Pierre cast as John Stewart in Lanterns
- First look at Krypto in Superman
- Tatiana Maslany cast in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
- Rhys Darby to guest star on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- The Wild Robot sequel confirmed
- Robocop TV series sets showrunner
- Another The Big Bang Theory spinoff
- Robert Downey Jr eyed to star in The Hider
- A Scrubs reboot is “very close”
- Sam Hargrave to direct Shinobi movie
- Christopher Nolan’s next movie
- Tom Holland cast in Christopher Nolan’s next movie
- Christy Martin biopic casting
- Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried to star in The Housemaid
- UK adaptation of Cheers in development
- Live-action Rugrats movie in development
- Will Smith and Michael Bay to reteam for Fast and Loose
- Katy O’Brien cast in The Running Man remake
- Josh Brolin in final talks to play villain in The Running Man remake
- View-Master movie in the works
- Luca Guadagnino to direct American Psycho movie
- Daniel Day-Lewis returns to acting
- Jason Clarke cast in Kathryn Bigelow’s next movie
- James Dean biopic in the works
- Henry Cavill to star in Voltron movie
- Rachel McAdams in talks to star in Sam Raimi’s Send Help
- Mike Flanagan to adapt Carrie as a TV show
- Ready or Not 2 in the works
- Queen Latifah biopic in the works
- KJ Apa to star in Sublime biopic
- Ke Huy Quan to star in action thriller Fairytale in New York
- Amber Midthunder and Alan Ritchson to star in Painter
- Jessica Chastain, Brendan Fraser and Bryan Cranston cast in Assassination
- Rey-centric Star Wars movie loses writer
- Good Omens to end with 90 minute episode
- Sophie Turner & Lucy Boynton testing for Lara Croft in Amazon’s Tomb Raider series
- Alien: Romulus sequel and “secret” Predator movie in the works
- Chris Hemsworth in talks to lead Paul King Prince Charming movie
- Oregon Trail movie in the works at Apple
- First look at Spider-Man: Noir costume
- A new Scary Movie in the works
Misc
- Craig's appearance on the Reel Talk Halloween special
- Rahul Kohli's appearance on "Inside of You" with Michael Rosenbaum
- Alan Ritchson's appearance on "Inside of You" with Michael Rosenbaum
- The referenced Swoop video about Blake Lively
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Spider-Man: Homecoming opening fanfare”, the "Spider-Man: Homecoming theme" and his YouTube channel
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Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Superman & Lois soon returns for its fourth and final season so Kneel Before Pod finally delivers its coverage on season 3. The conversation covers recalibrating after major life changes, complex villains and moving storytelling. A trigger warning for discussion about cancer applies.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories 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
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 “Crisis on Infinite Earths”
Podcasts
- Superman & Lois season 1
- Superman & Lois season 2
- “Crisis on Infinite Earths” – first podcast and second podcast
Misc
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Superman theme” and his YouTube channel
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Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
September has ended so it's time to wake up Green Day and listen to the Kneel Before Pod news round-up. We talk half-musicals, repetitive sequels and life after Avatar for James Cameron.
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. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site.Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
- Craig’s reviews of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Craig’s reviews of Hawkeye
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard
- Craig’s reviews of The Winchesters
Movie Reviews
- Craig’s review of Black Widow
- 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 Thor: Love and Thunder
- Craig’s review of The Marvels
- Craig’s review of Deadpool & Wolverine
- Craig’s review of Alien: Covenant
- Craig’s review of Alien: Romulus
- Craig’s review of Bumblebee
- 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
- 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 Uncharted
- Craig's review of Suicide Squad
- Craig’s review of The Suicide Squad
- Craig’s review of The Batman
- Craig’s review of The Flash
- Craig’s review of Tomb Raider
- 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 I, Frankenstein
- Craig’s review of Dracula Untold
- Craig’s review of The Mummy
- Craig’s review of A Quiet Place
- Craig’s review of A Quiet Place Part II
- Craig’s review of It Follows
- Craig’s review of Sonic The Hedgehog
- Craig’s review of Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- 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 Arrival
- Craig's review of And Mrs
- Craig's review of The Disaster Artist
- Craig's review of Me Before You
- Craig's review of The Revenant
- Craig's review of Dunkirk
- Craig's review of Steve Jobs
- Craig's review of Independence Day: Resurgence
- Craig's review of David Brent: Life on the Road
- Graeme’s review of Gods of Egypt
Podcasts
- Craig’s interview with Star Trek: Prodigy writer Erin McNamara
- Craig’s interview with Star Trek: Prodigy writer Aaron Waltke
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Hawkeye
- Black Widow
- Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- The Marvels
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Star Trek: Picard season 1
- Star Trek: Picard season 2
- Star Trek: Picard season 3
- Bumblebee
- Venom
- Madame Web
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Legion
- Suicide Squad
- The Suicide Squad
- The Batman
- The Flash
- Our Alien Day coverage
Trailers
- Nightbitch
- Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
- Wolf Man
- The Franchise
- Saturday Night
- The Apprentice
- Alien: Earth
- The Silent Hour
- Flow
- The Wild Robot
- A Minecraft Movie
- 2073
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
- Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage
- Mickey17
- Depravity
- Your Monster
- Don’t Move
- Sinners
- Sweetpea
- Smile 2
- The Office (Australian)
- Brothers
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
- Devil May Cry
- Gladiator II
- Red One
- Venom: The Last Dance
- Thunderbolts*
- Dexter: Original Sin
- Arcane season 2
News
- Todd Stashwick cast in Vision TV series
- Destin Daniel Cretton in talks to direct Spider-Man 4
- Kyle Chandler in talks to star as Hal Jordan in Lanterns TV series
- Matthias Schoenaerts lands Supergirl villain role
- Alison Brie cast in Masters of the Universe
- The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum to be split into two films
- Aaron Taylor Johnson and Tom Hardy cast in Blood On Snow
- Oceans 14 in the works
- Gwyneth Paltrow joins Marty Supreme
- Michael B Jordan to star in and direct remake of The Thomas Crown Affair
- Greta Lee and Andrew Scott to lead My Notes on Mars
- Twilight reboot to be animated
- Phantom of the Opera Young Adult reimagining in the works
- King of Kings details
- Steven Spielberg and Judd Apatow join Coke Vs. Pepsi
- John Woo’s next movie is a “Half musical”
- Roland Emmerich developing TV remake of Lawrence of Arabia
- Jurassic World: Rebirth details
- One Tree Hill sequel series in the works
- The Waterfront casting
- Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi to star in Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights
- A Biblical universe in the works
- James Cameron’s post Avatar project confirmed
- Baz Luhrman to direct Joan of Arc movie
- John Cena to lead live action Matchbox movie
- The Sims movie confirmed to be in development
Misc
- The Frame to Frame episode discussing Batman & Robin
- Ben Schwartz distracting a Sonic the Hedgehog speedrunner
- The Hunt for Gollum fan film
- Adi Shankar's Bootleg Universe
- The Uncharted fan film starring Nathan Fillion
- The Sims horror movie
- The Eastenders live episode and public vote
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music" and his YouTube channel
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Monday Sep 02, 2024
Monday Sep 02, 2024
Summer is almost over but the news never stops. This month we discuss Disney's latest sequel plans, Taylor Swift's boyfriend in movies and whether it'll be a Kraven Christmas.
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. Kat Kourbetti can be found on Twitter and elsewhere under here.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Deadpool & Wolverine
- Craig's review of Alien: Romulus
- Craig's review of And Mrs
- Craig's review of The Radleys
- Craig’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody
- Craig's review of Spider-Man: Homecoming
- 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 DC's League of Super Pets
- Craig’s review of Shazam: Fury of the Gods
- Craig’s review of Moana
- Craig’s review of Zootopia/Zootropolis
- Craig's review of Inside Out
- Craig's review of Avatar: The Way of Water
- Craig’s review of Robert The Bruce
- Craig’s review of Begin Again
- Craig's review of Sing Street
- Craig’s review of Uncharted
- Craig's review of Birdman
- Craig's review of Annabelle
- Craig's review of Snake Eyes: G,I Joe Origins
- Craig's review of Pan
- Craig's review of Bumblebee
- Craig's review of Jupiter Ascending
- Craig's review of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
- Graeme's review of Kubo and the Two Strings
Podcasts
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Craig's interview with Star Trek: Prodigy writer Erin McNamara
- Craig's interview with Star Trek: Prodigy writer Aaron Waltke
- The Ewok movies
- WandaVision
- Venom
- Star Trek: Picard season 1
- Star Trek: Picard season 2
- Star Trek: Picard season 3
- Bumblebee
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
Trailers
- LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
- Mufasa: The Lion King
- Moana 2
- Snow White
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
- Wildwood
- Uglies
- Woman of the Hour
- Goodrich
- Saturday Night
- Amber Alert
- Wolfs
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2
- Only Murders in the Building season 4
- Death Streamer
- The Monkey
- The Substance
- SubservienceAgatha All Along
- Kraven the Hunter
- Teacup
- Y2K
- Lee
- Megalopolis
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
News
- James Spader to return as Ultron in Vision Quest
- Toy Story 5 details
- Nine Inch Nails to score Tron: Ares
- Avatar 3 details
- The Rock to star in Monster Jam
- Incredibles 3 announced
- Dream Productions
- Win or Lose
- Zootopia 2
- Hoppers
- Camila Mendes cast as Teela in live-action Masters of the Universe
- Nicolas Cage to play John Madden in biopicJames Wan to direct Creature from the Black Lagoon remake
- Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista buddy comedy The Wrecking crew adds Claes Bang to cast
- Zendaya and Robert Pattinson to lead The Drama
- Sacrifice casting
- Claudia Doumit joins M3gan spinoff Soulm8te
- Jenna Ortega in talks to join Glen Powell in J.J. Abrams secret movie
- Hulk Hogan movie Killing Gawker in development
- Jon M. Chu to direct Britney Spears biopic
- Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd to star in Power Ballad
- Paul Rudd and Jack Black in talks too star in remake of Anaconda
- Travis Kelce in talks to star in Loose Cannons
- Wes Ball to direct Ruiner
- Temuera Morrison and Zack Morris to join The Bluff
- Further casting for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s movie with Tom Cruise
Misc
- The We Are Starfleet Star Trek III: The Search for Spock episode
- The Michael Keaton interview where he talks about Batgirl
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Superman theme” and his YouTube channel
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Friday Aug 30, 2024
Friday Aug 30, 2024
Recently, Craig had the pleasure of talking to Star Trek: Prodigy co-executive producer and writer Aaron Waltke. The conversation covers the collaborative process of crafting the show, bringing Star Trek to a new audience and expanding the canon of the Star Trek universe.
Show Notes
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Prodigy
- Aaron's IMDb page
- Aaron's Twitter
- Aaron's Instagram
- Aaron's Tumblr
- The Star Trek: Prodigy writer's room Twitter
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Friday Aug 23, 2024
Friday Aug 23, 2024
Recently, Craig had the pleasure of talking to Star Trek: Prodigy writer Erin McNamara. The conversation covers the collaborative process of crafting the show, writing for a younger audience and expanding the canon of the Star Trek universe
Show Notes
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Friday Aug 16, 2024
Friday Aug 16, 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine have entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe -sort of- and Kneel Before Pod is here to break it down. The conversation covers off-limits jokes, fanservice and the rejection of God in modern cinema.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. 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.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
- Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
- Craig’s reviews of Ms. Marvel
- Craig’s reviews of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
- Craig's reviews of Secret Invasion
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Deadpool
- Craig's review of Deadpool 2
- Craig's review of Deadpool & Wolverine
- Craig's review of X-Men: Apocalypse
- Craig’s review of Logan
- Craig’s review of X-Men: Dark Phoenix
- Craig’s review of Thor: Ragnarok
- Craig’s review of Eternals
- 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 Thor: Love and Thunder
- Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
- Craig's review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Craig’s review of The Marvels
- Craig’s review of Venom
- Craig’s review of Venom: Let There Be Carnage
- Craig’s review of Madame Web
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Craig's review of Suicide Squad
- Craig's review of The Suicide Squad
- 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 The Greatest Showman
- Craig’s review of Ready Player One
- Craig's review of Space Jam: A New Legacy
- Craig's review of Jungle Cruise
Podcasts
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- Legion
- WandaVision
- Ms. Marvel
- She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
- Secret Invasion
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Eternals
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- The Marvels
- Venom
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Madame Web
- Suicide Squad
- The Suicide Squad
- The Batman
- The Flash
- Star Trek: Picard season 3
- Ready Player One
Music
- Andrea Munteanu's cover of Madonna's "Like a Prayer" and her YouTube channel
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Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Recently, Craig had the opportunity to chat to Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three Supergirl actor Meg Donnelly. The conversation covers connecting emotionally in the midst of such a massive event, her connection to the character of Supergirl and the different discipline that is voice acting.
Show Notes
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Thursday Aug 08, 2024
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
Recently, Craig had the opportunity to chat to Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three Black Canary actor Elysia Rotaru. The conversation covers what attracted her to the character, connecting emotionally in the midst of such a massive event and the different discipline that is voice acting.
Show Notes
- Craig's review of Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three
- Elysia's website
- Elysia's Twitter
- Elysia's Instagram
- Elysia's YouTube channel
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