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Episodes
22 minutes ago
22 minutes ago
Andor recently concludes its second and final season and Kneel Before Pod completes its journey through the show by having a detailed discussion about it. The conversation covers Cassian's role in galactic events, managing revolutions and the eternal question; What is Star Wars?
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site.
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 and BlueSky.
Show Notes
Reviews
- 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 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Craig’s Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Craig’s reviews of Star Wars: Rebels
- Craig’s reviews of Secret Invasion
- Craig’s review of Captain America: Brave New World
Podcasts
- Andor season 1
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
- Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
- 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
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – first podcast and second podcast
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- The Mandalorian season 2
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars final season
- Obi Wan Kenobi
- The Ewok Movies
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (movie)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars - "The Return of Darth Maul" arc
- Legion
- Secret Invasion
- Captain America: Brave New World
Misc
- The referenced Tony Gilroy Rolling Stone interview
- The referenced Tony Gilroy Vulture interview
- The referenced Kyle Soller Variety interview
- The referenced interview where Tony Gilroy mentions media training
- The referenced Robot Chicken sketch
Music
- Jeremy Brauns Music's cover of "NIAMOS" and his YouTube channel
- 331ERock’s cover of the “Star Wars End Credits 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.
7 days ago
7 days ago
May is over and Kneel Before Pod brings you a discussion about the news and trailers dropped during that month. The conversation covers yet more revivals, video game adaptations and The Rock trying to be an actor.
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.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Thunderbolts*
- Craig’s review of Black Panther
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Craig’s review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- 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 Black Adam
- 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 Skyscraper
- Craig’s review of Tomb Raider
- Craig’s review of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
- Craig's review of The Jungle Book
- Craig's review of Jungle Cruise
- Craig's review of The Girl on the Train
- Craig's review of Noah
- Craig's review of Zootopia/Zootropolis
- Craig's review of Top Gun: Maverick
- Craig's review of The Man from U.N.C.L.E
Podcasts
- Thunderbolts*
- WandaVision
- Black Panther
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Madame Web
- Star Trek: Picard season 1
- Star Trek: Picard season 2
- Star Trek: Picard season 3
- Suicide Squad
- The Suicide Squad
- Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
Trailers
- The Long Walk
- The Smashing Machine
- Weapons
- Highest 2 Lowest
- Caught Stealing
- Materialists
- Honey Don’t
- Echo Valley
- Zootopia 2
- Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
- F1
- Jurassic World: Rebirth
- Ironheart
- Peacemaker season 2
- Superman
News
- Krysten Ritter to return as Jessica Jones in Daredevil: Born Again season 2
- T'Nia Miller cast in Vision Quest
- Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars delayed
- Ralph Fiennnes to play President Snow in Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
- Guy Ritchie to direct Road House 2
- Jenna Ortega and Robert De Niro to star in David O Russell’s Shutout
- Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock reteam for romantic thriller
- Kerry Washington producing Desperate Housewives spinoff Wisteria Lane
- Miles Teller to star in Possum Song
- Rambo origin movie in the works
- Chris Hemsworth to star in submarine thriller Subversion
- Jude Law and Andrew Garfield to lead Wild Things
- Mikey Madison and Kirsten Dunst to star in Reptilia
- Zach Braff to return in Scrubs continuation
- Mel Gibson’s The Resurrection of the Christ confirmed
- The Rock cast in Breakthrough
- Harry, Ron and Hermione cast in Harry Potter series
- Buffy The Vampire continuation finds its lead
- Alex Garland to direct Elden Ring movie
Misc
- Diego Luna on the Criterion Closet
- Andrew Garfield on the Criterion Closet
- Craig's appearance on "At The Movies in the Noughties" discussing Mission: Impossible 2
- Craig's appearance on "Reel Talk" discussion Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
- Bo's appearances on Geneology - first and second
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Jurassic Park theme“, 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 May 25, 2025
Sunday May 25, 2025
The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues with Thunderbolts* and Kneel Before Pod assembled a reluctant team to discuss. it. The conversation covers addressing superhero fatigue in narrative, mental health and whether the MCU is back.
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. Bo Nicholson’s projects can be found on his Linktree.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Thunderbolts*
- 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 Captain America: Brave New World
- Craig's review of Suicide Squad
- Craig's review of The Suicide Squad
Podcasts
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Hawkeye
- Ant-Man & The Wasp
- Avengers: Endgame – First Podcast and Second Podcast
- Black Widow
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Captain America: Brave New World
- Suicide Squad
- The Suicide Squad
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“ 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 May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
Recently Craig had the opportunity to chat to Alex Zahara, the actor playing Uncle Howard in the recently released Final Destination: Bloodlines. The conversation covers coming by acting work in the modern industry, rubbing elbows with A-listers and how to die on screen.
Show Notes
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 May 11, 2025
Sunday May 11, 2025
Recently, Craig has the pleasure of chatting to Carl Bessai, director of the upcoming movie Field Sketches and his lead actor Vincent Gale. The discussion covers deindustrialising film making, the film industry in general and a surprising amount of Seth Rogen.
Show Notes
- Carl's IMDb
- Carl's Instagram
- The Raven West Films website
- Raven West Films' Instagram
- Vincent's IMDb
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.
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
April is over so Kneel Before Pod once again checks in on the news and trailers the month provided. The conversation covers Sydney Sweeney owning the video game adaptation market, the year of the Predator and sentient shoes.
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
- 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
Movie Reviews
- Craig’s review of Alien: Covenant
- Craig’s review of Alien: Romulus
- Craig’s review of Prey
- Craig's review of Power Rangers (2017)
- Craig's review of Top Gun: Maverick
- Craig's review of Uncharted
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
- 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
Podcasts
- Craig's interview with Paul Raschid
- Andor season 1
- Superman & Lois season 1
- Superman & Lois season 2
- Superman & Lois season 3
- Superman & Lois season 4
- Our Alien Day coverage
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
- Power Rangers (2017)
Trailers
- Sneaks
- Karate Kid: Legends
- Fountain of Youth
- Mountainhead
- The Naked Gun
- Heads of State
- M3gan 2.0
- I Know What You Did Last Summer
- HIM
- 28 Years Later
- Tron: Ares
- Predator: Killer of Killers
- Predator: Badlands
- Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
- Superman: Extended Sneak Peek
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps
News
- Spider-Man 4 title confirmed
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse release date confirmed
- Star Wars Celebration announcements
- Live action Power Rangers in the works for Disney+
- Harry Potter series casting
- How To Train Your Dragon 2 live action remake confirmed
- David Fincher to direct Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel
- Michael Sarnoski to direct Death Stranding adaptation
- Sydney Sweeney cast in Split Fiction adaptation
- Michael Bay and Sydney Sweeney team on Outrun adaptation
- Sarah Michelle Gellar joins Ready or Not: Here I Come
- Robert Pattinson in talks for Dune: Messiah role
- Taylor Lautner to play himself in TV series
Misc
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Mission Impossible theme", The "Power Rangers 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 May 04, 2025
Sunday May 04, 2025
May the fourth be with you all on another Star Wars Day. This year we discuss the return of Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. We discuss season 4 episode 21 "Brothers", season 4 episode 22 "Revenge" and season 5 episode 1 "Revival". The conversation covers fan service, duplicitous talking snakes and spider leg rehabilitation.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Andrew’s work can be found on this site and on the Starburst website.
Show Notes
Reviews
- 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 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Craig’s Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Craig’s reviews of Star Wars: Rebels
Podcasts
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
- Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
- 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
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – first podcast and second podcast
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- The Mandalorian season 2
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars final season
- Obi Wan Kenobi
- The Ewok Movies
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (movie)
- Andor season 1
Misc
Music
- Ian Wright’s cover of the “Star Wars theme” and his YouTube channel
- 331ERock’s cover of the “Star Wars End Credits 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.
Saturday Apr 26, 2025
Saturday Apr 26, 2025
Alien Day -4/26 or April 26th- is once again upon us and Kneel Before Pod celebrates by discussing the 2024 entry into the canon, Fede Alvarez' Alien: Romulus. The conversation covers expanding the lore, fan service and Alien Wererabbits.
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.
Show Notes
Reviews
- Craig’s review of Alien: Covenant
- Craig's review of Alien: Romulus
- Craig’s review of Prey
- Craig's review of Don't Breathe
- 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 Flash
Podcasts
Music
- Marc Papeghin’s cover of the “Prometheus 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.
Friday Apr 25, 2025
Friday Apr 25, 2025
Recently, Craig had the pleasure of talking to director Paul Raschid, director of the upcoming interactive movie Hello Stranger and other interactive movies. The conversation covers the evolution of interactive storytelling, how to plan different scenarios and the potential future of cinema screenings.
Show Notes
- Craig's review of White Chamber
- Paul's website
- Paul's IMDb
- Paul's BlueSky
- Paul's Twitter
- Paul's Instagram
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 Apr 13, 2025
Sunday Apr 13, 2025
Andor season 2 is very close to releasing so Kneel Before Pod opted to revisit season 1 and bring you an extended discussion about it. The conversation covers fascism, radicalisation and the eternal question - What is Star Wars?
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site.
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 and BlueSky.
Show Notes
Reviews
- 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 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Craig’s Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Craig’s reviews of Star Wars: Rebels
- Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Podcasts
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
- Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
- 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
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – first podcast and second podcast
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- The Mandalorian season 2
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars final season
- Obi Wan Kenobi
- The Ewok Movies
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (movie)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Misc
- The referenced New York Times Tony Gilroy interview
- The referenced Wired article
- The referenced N+1 article
- George Lucas talking to James Cameron about his inspiration for Star Wars
Music
- Ian Wright’s cover of the “Star Wars theme” and his YouTube channel
- 331ERock’s cover of the “Star Wars End Credits 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.