Gathering around a virtual campfire talking about what we love
Episodes
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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Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine is almost upon us so Kneel Before Pod looks back as the last time Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman shared screen time as these characters...sort of. The conversation covers origin stories, Hugh Jackman's passion for the character and the messy X-Men movie continuity.
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
Reviews
- Craig's review of X-Men: Apocalypse
- Craig's review of Logan
- Craig's review of X-Men: Dark Phoneix
- Craig's review of The New Mutants
- Craig's review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Craig's review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Craig's review of Free Guy
Podcasts
Misc
Music
- Niall Stenson's cover of the X-Men: The Animated Series theme and his YouTube channel
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Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Doctor Who recently completed its first series with Ncuti Gatwa in the lead role. We talk Russell T. Davies evolution as a writer/producer, fanservice and the complications of Doctor Who canon
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.
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 Doctor Who reviews
- Craig’s reviews of Hawkeye
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard season 1
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard season 2
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard season 3
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Discovery
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Prodigy
- Craig’s reviews of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Podcasts
- Doctor Who 60th anniversary and Christmas Specials
- Doctor Who "The Day of the Doctor"
- Doctor Who "The Power of the Doctor"
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
- Hawkeye
- Star Trek: Picard season 1
- Star Trek: Picard season 2
- Star Trek: Picard season 3
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
- Star Trek: Discovery season 1 – part 1 and part 2
- Star Trek: Discovery season 2 – part 1 and part 2
- Star Trek: Discovery season 3
- Star Trek: Discovery season 4
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Music
- Tardis71’s cover of the “Doctor Who theme” and their YouTube channel
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Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
June is over so it's time to reflect on trailers and news. The conversation covers the latest remakes, the latest prequels and the loss of the erotic thriller.
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. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site. Bo Nicholson’s projects can be found on his Linktree.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Movie Reviews
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Far From Home
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Craig’s review of Godzilla
- 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 Top Gun: Maverick
- Craig’s review of Moana
- Craig’s review of Geostorm
- Craig’s review of Plane
- Craig’s review of Tomb Raider
- Craig’s review of The Batman
- Craig’s review of The Flash
- Craig’s review of Paddington
- Craig’s review of Paddington 2
- 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 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Craig’s review of Bumblebee
- Craig’s review of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- Craig’s review of Power Rangers
- Craig’s review of Boyhood
- Craig’s review of Whiplash
- Craig's review of Moonfall
- Craig's review of Fall
- Craig's review of 47 Metres Down
- Craig's review of Cop Car
- Craig's review of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
- Craig's review of The Mummy
- Craig's review of Ready Player One
- Craig's review of Zootopia/Zootropolis
- Craig's review of The Incredibles 2
- Craig's review of Soul
- Craig's review of Luca
- Craig's review of Mad Max: Fury Road
- Craig's review of Get Out
- Craig's review of Hunt for the Wilderpeople
- Craig's review of Hidden Figures
- Andrew's review of It: Chapter 2
- Graeme's review of Kubo and the Two Strings
Podcasts
- Star Trek: Discovery season 5
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Spider-Man: Far From Home
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Venom
- Madame Web
- The Batman
- The Flash
- Bumblebee
- Power Rangers (2017)
- Ready Player One
Trailers
- Douglas is Cancelled
- Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Killers Game
- Those About to Die
- Smile 2
- Starve Acre
- The Abandon
- The Wild Robot
- Piece By Piece
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
- Watchmen
- The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
- My Spy: The Eternal City
- Wolfs
- The Instigators
- Sunny
- The Penguin
- Paddington in Peru
- Alien Romulus
- Venom: The Last Dance
- Arcane season 2
- The Front Room
- Nosferatu
News
- Blade loses another director
- Shawn Levy in talks to direct Avengers 5
- Creature Commandos first look
- Blue Beetle animated series in the works
- Mikaela Hoover and Christopher MacDonald cast in Superman
- Uncharted 2 confirmed among others
- 300 TV series in development
- The Mummy prequel in the works
- Three Bags Full
- Emily Blunt in talks to star in Steven Spielberg’s next movie
- Pixar planning to reboot properties
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to star in RIP
- Will Smith to star in Resistor
- Live action Moana casts lead
- Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson in talks to lead The Long Walk remake
- Terry Matalas to remake Enemy Mine
- Godzilla X Kong follow-up to be directed by Grant Sputor
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
- Kristen Stewart to star in The Challenger
- Next Predator movie to star Elle Fanning
- Chris Hemsworth in talks to lead Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover movie
- Masters of the Universe movie casts Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man
- Dora And The Search for Sol Dorado casts Diego
- Henry Selick developing The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- Jeremy Renner cast in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- Josh Brolin cast in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- Miles Teller to star in An Officer and a Gentleman remake
- Piranesi movie in the works
- Michael Fassbender cast in The Bureau remake
- Jon Watts to direct Murder 101 adaptation
- Richard Linklater’s next movie Blue Moon
- M3GAN universe expands with SOUL M8TE
- Jonathan Majors to star in Merciless
- Robert Pattinson producing Possession remake
- Mahershala Ali in talks for the new Jurassic World movie
- Jurassic World 4 first details
Misc
- The 100th Reel Talk episode featuring Craig and Bo
- The Watchmen motion comic
- Jesse Eisenberg's unexpected Titanic on stage cameo
- Lindsay Ellis' "The Whole Plate" series
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Jurassic Park theme” and his YouTube channel
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