Gathering around a virtual campfire talking about what we love
Episodes
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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Monday Aug 05, 2024
Monday Aug 05, 2024
July 2024 is behind us but it left behind a legacy of news and trailers that will linger. The conversations cover the fixation on Dexter, Mark Wahlberg's comeback and Comic-Con confusion.
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. Chris Mackrell can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
- Craig's review of Star Trek: Prodigy season 2
- Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
- Craig's reviews of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2
Movie Reviews
- 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 Madame Web
- Craig’s review of Top Gun: Maverick
- Craig’s review of Hacksaw Ridge
- Craig’s review of The Batman
- Craig’s review of Upgraded
- Craig’s review of The Tomorrow War
- Craig’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody
- Craig's review of Nerve
- Craig's review of Brooklyn
- Craig's review of Terminator: Genisys
- Craig’s review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Craig's review of Don't Breathe
- Graeme’s review of Ghostbusters (2016)
Podcasts
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- Doctor Who series 1
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2
- WandaVision
- She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
- Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Craig’s review of Morbius
- Madame Web
- The Batman
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Hellboy
- Legion
Trailers
- Red One
- Here
- Heretic
- The Perfect Couple
- Afraid
- The Substance
- Bando Stone & the New World
- The Union
- Flight Risk
- Jackpot
- F1
- We Live in Time
- My Old Ass
- Gladiator II
- Terminator Zero
- Hellboy The Crooked Man
- Watchmen Chapter 1
- Agatha All Along
- Captain America: Brave New World
- A Complete Unknown
- Day of the Jackal
- Dune: Prophecy
- Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
- Joker: Folie A Deux
- Transformers One
- Alien: Romulus
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2
- Hellboy: The Crooked Man trailer 2
- Doctor Who “A Message of Joy” Christmas Special
- The Penguin
- Creature Commandos
- Superman & Lois season 4 first look
- Superman & Lois season 4 teaser trailer
- Dexter: Original Sin
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 first look
- Star Trek: Section 31 teaser
- Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 teaser
News
- Brendan Gleeson cast as villain in Spider-Man: Noir
- A Nova TV show in development
- Lanterns TV series gets the green light
- Sandman season 2 casting
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy adds 3 to cast
- The Adam Project writer to pen Shawn Levy’s Star Wars movie
- Harry Potter HBO series gets its creative team
- Van Helsing series in the works
- Sam Raimi to direct Send Help
- Richard E. Grant and Tom Ellis join The Thursday Murder Club
- Regina King cast in Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing
- Shrek 5 announced
- Sirens rounds out main cast
- Jonathan Frakes to direct Venus Prime
- The Devil Wears Prada sequel in the works
- Jennifer Lawrence to star in Why Don’t You Love Me?
- Jennifer Lawrence to star in and produce The Wives
- Sarah Michelle Gellar joins Dexter: Original Sin
- Ryan Gosling to produce zombie comedy
- Conor Leslie to star in Archangel
- Zac Efron’s Famous
- I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot casting
- Brendan Fraser to star as Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Doctor Who spinoff
- Dexter sequel series
- The Boys prequel series
- Marvel San Diego Comic-Con announcements
- Star Trek comedy show in development
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy casts familiar actors
Misc
- Craig's appearance on Reel Talk for A Quiet Place: Day One
- The referenced deleted scene from the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "In A Mirror Darkly Part 2"
- One Rules Them All on the Film Stories podcast network
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“ and his YouTube channel
- Captain Meatshield's cover of the "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds theme" and his YouTube channel
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Friday Aug 02, 2024
Friday Aug 02, 2024
Recently, Craig had the opportunity to chat to Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three writer Jim Krieg. The conversation covers writing an epic event, appropriate fanservice and making necessary changes to the source material.
Show Notes
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