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  1. NOV 3

    October 2025 News Round-Up (307)

    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 Alan Ritchson's appearance on Inside Of You The referenced video about Marge Simpson's voice Music Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Star Trek Beyond 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.

    2h 25m

  2. OCT 31

    2025 Halloween Special: Halloween (1978) & Halloween (2007) (306)

    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 The Halloween video game teaser Music KOSmusic's cover of the “Halloween theme" and their 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.

    1h 14m

  3. OCT 26

    Interview with Dean Redman

    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 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.

    47 min

  4. OCT 6

    September 2025 News Round-Up (305)

    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 Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 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. 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.

    1h 42m

  5. SEP 11

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 (304)

    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 Star Trek: Picard season 1 Star Trek: Picard season 2 Star Trek: Picard season 3 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 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.

    4h 26m

  6. AUG 29

    The Fantastic Four: First Steps (303)

    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 Craig’s reviews of Ms. Marvel 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 Superman Thunderbolts* Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Ms. Marvel The Marvels Music DSC's cover of "The Fantastic Four: First Steps theme" and their 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.

    2h 11m

  7. AUG 3

    July 2025 News Round-Up (302)

    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 Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 Craig's reviews of The Winchesters 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. 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.

    2h 18m

  8. JUL 28

    Superman (301)

    James Gunn's take on the DC universe begins with Superman and Kneel Before Pod looks to the sky to see what they can say about it. The conversation covers comic book styled worlds, originality and Jimmy Olsen's womanising prowess. 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. 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 Craig’s reviews of WandaVision Craig's reviews of Marvel's Inhumans Movie Reviews Craig's review of Superman Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Craig’s review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Craig’s review of Suicide Squad Craig’s review of Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice Craig’s review of Justice League Craig’s review of Zack Snyder’s Justice League Craig’s review of The Suicide Squad Craig's review of Jurassic World Rebirth  Podcasts Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Man of Steel Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice Suicide Squad Justice League The Suicide Squad WandaVision Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Andor season 2 Marvel's Inhumans - first podcast and second podcast Misc The referenced ScreenCrush video Music Niall Stenson’s cover of 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.

    3h 5m
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  • Creator
    Kneel Before Blog
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2025
  • Episodes
    400
  • Rating
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