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  1. FEB 2

    January 2026 News Round-Up (313)

    January, also known as the longest month of the year, is over and Kneel Before Pod closes it off by discussing the news and trailers that came our way. The conversation covers corporate shifts, respect for source material and getting paid to do nothing. Featuring 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. 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: Starfleet Academy Craig's reviews of iZombie Movie Reviews Craig's review of Robert the Bruce Craig's review of Searching Craig's review of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Craig's review of Top Gun: Maverick Craig's review of Monolith Craig's review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie Craig's review of Solo: A Star Wars Story Craig's review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Craig's review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Craig's review of Cruella Craig's review of Tomb Raider Craig's review of Power Rangers (2017) Craig's review of Bumblebee Craig's review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves Craig's review of The Flash Craig's review of Yoga Hosers Craig's review of Steel Country Graeme's review of Kubo and the Two Strings Andrew's review of The Hallow Podcasts Donor Special - The Secret of Nimh iZombie season 5 Bumblebee Power Rangers (2017) Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves The Flash Solo: A Star Wars Story Andor season 1 Andor season 2 The Star Wars Day special discussing Darth Maul's return Trailers The Bride! Lee Cronin’s The Mummy The Dreadful undertone Vampires of the Velvet Lounge They Will Kill You How To Make a Killing The Death of Robin Hood Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair Scrubs Wildwood The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Street Fighter Star Wars: Maul: Shadow Lord Supergirl - Lobo teaser Avengers: Doomsday - X-Men teaser Avengers Doomsday - Wakanda/Fantastic Four teaser Daredevil: Born Again season 2 Masters of the Universe News The Batman Part II casts Sebastian Stan Christina Hodson to write The Brave and the Bold Kathleen Kennedy steps down at Lucasfilm JJ Abrams The Great Beyond Jason Moore to direct Murder She Wrote Prime video orders animated series Odd Jobs Tangled live action movie casting First look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft Music Niall Stenson’s cover of the "Super Mario Galaxy Flying Theme" “The Avengers 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 44m

  2. JAN 5

    December 2025 News Round-Up (312)

    Another year is in the rear view mirror but the news doesn't sleep during the festive period. The conversation covers more toy movies, Marvel's desperation and ScarJo as franchise catnip. Featuring Craig McKenzie – here on Kneel Before Blog and on We Are Starfleet (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 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 Craig’s reviews of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Movie Reviews Craig’s review of Superman Craig’s review of The Batman Craig’s review of Avengers: Infinity War Craig’s review of Avengers: Endgame Craig’s review of Deadpool & Wolverine Craig's review of Captain America: Brave New World Craig’s review of Thunderbolts* Craig's review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps Craig’s review of Venom: Let There Be Carnage Craig’s review of The Long Walk Craig’s review of Materialists Craig’s review of Interstellar Craig’s review of Avatar: The Way of Water Craig’s review of The Martian 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 Craig’s review of Alien: Romulus Craig's review of Steve Jobs Craig's review of Cruella Graeme’s review of Ghostbusters (2016) Podcasts Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 Superman The Batman The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: Endgame – First and second podcast Deadpool & Wolverine Captain America: Brave New World Thunderbolts* The Fantastic Four: First Steps Trailers Digger Normal Dead Man’s Wire The Drama Wasteman Mother Mary The Moment Animal Farm The Sheep Detectives How to Make a Killing Disclosure Day Kraken Ready or Not 2: Here I Come The Odyssey Supergirl Avengers: Doomsday - Steve Rogers teaser Avengers: Doomsday - Thor teaser News Lars Eidinger cast as Brainiac in Man of Tomorrow Scarlett Johansson in talks for The Batman II Scarlet Johansson to star in new Exorcist movie Thomas Jane cast as Dr. McCoy in final episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Elizabeth Olsen’s Seven Sisters picked up to series Lucy Hale and Ian Harding to star in The Twelve Dates of Christmas Paul King to direct Labubu movie Disney working on live action Gaston movie New Men in Black movie in the works Misc Craig's appearance on MovieVersaries discussing Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie Craig's appearance on the MovieVersaries Lightning Round "Doctor Who Christmas Specials" at Candy Jar Books 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.

    1h 24m

  3. 12/15/2025

    Christmas Movie Writer's Room 2025 (310)

    Merry Christmas from all of us here at Kneel Before Blog. For this year’s Christmas Special, we have formed another writer’s room to come up with a future Christmas classic. This year, our writers are tasked with crafting a post-apocalyptic Christmas blockbuster where Santa is one of the few survivors of an apocalypse and works to free the world of the tyranny of a sentient Christmas toy. Geoffrey Wright takes on the role of Santa Claus, using all of the resources at his disposal to save humanity. 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 2024's Christmas movie Writer's Room 2023’s Christmas Movie Writer’s Room 2022’s Christmas Movie Writer’s Room 2021’s Christmas games 2020’s Christmas games Our Christmas movie showdown Craig's review of X-Men: Days of Future Past Craig's review of X-Men: Apocalypse Craig's review of X-Men: Dark Phoenix Craig's reviews of Star Wars: Rebels 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 5m

  4. 12/09/2025

    Batman Forever (309)

    Kneel Before Pod gets a MovieVersaries flavour and commemorates the 30th anniversary of Batman Forever. The conversation covers the changing face of superhero movies, merchandising and sanctioning Jim Carrey's buffoonery. Featuring Bo Nicholson’s projects can be found on his Linktree. 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 Twitter, BlueSky or Instagram Show Notes Movie Reviews Craig's review of The Batman Craig's review of The Flash Craig's review of The Long Walk Podcasts The Batman The Flash Misc The referenced Nando V. Movies video Music Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Batman themes" 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 13m

  5. 12/01/2025

    November 2025 News Round-Up (308)

    November 2025 is over and the festive season is upon us but before that we take care of the business of discussing the news and trailers revealed during the month. The conversation covers more revivals, the return of the romcom and repressed frolicking desire. Featuring Craig McKenzie – here on Kneel Before Blog and on We Are Starfleet (Film Stories podcast network) Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. 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. Izaak Stoakes can be found on Twitter, BlueSky or Instagram.. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site. Show Notes TV Reviews Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 Movie Reviews Craig's review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie Craig’s review of Superman Craig's review of Moana Craig's review of Morbius Craig's review of Top Gun: Maverick Craig's review of The Martian Craig's review of Arrival Craig's review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Craig's review of The Mummy Craig's review of The Radleys Craig's review of The Long Walk Podcasts Superman Doctor Who series 1 Doctor Who season 2 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 2022’s Christmas Movie Writer’s Room 2023’s Christmas Movie Writer’s Room 2024’s Christmas Movie Writer’s Room Time Travel on TV Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Trailers The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Toy Story 5 Moana Marty Supreme Michael 100 Nights of Hero The Testament of Ann Lee The Housemaid Scream 7 Merv Is This Thing On Man Vs Baby The Devil Wears Prada 2 Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Godzilla Minus Zero Fallout season 2 Return to Silent Hill The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Project Hail Mary News Jimmy Olsen spin-off DC Crime in development Doctor Who future confirmed Stargate revival announced New Star Trek movie in the works Gremlins 3 confirmed Miss Piggy movie in development New Luther movie at Netflix A new The Mummy movie in development Josh Hartnett to star in All Day & All Night Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg join Call of Duty movie Pete Davidson & Ella Purnell to star in That Time We Met BeWitched reimagining in the works Nicolas Cage to star in Gambino The Legend of Zelda movie first look Afterlife with Archie series in the works Misc Craig's appearance on At the Movies in the Noughties discussing School Of Rock The MovieVersaries feed Craig's Power Rangers reboot concept John Barrowman's appearance on "Inside of You With Michael Rosenbaum" The Film Theorists Hunger Games episode The referenced Stargate YouTube announcement and the analysis video Music Niall Stenson’s cover of the "Super Mario Galaxy Flying Theme", 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 58m

  6. 11/03/2025

    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

  7. 10/31/2025

    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

  8. 10/26/2025

    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.

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  • Creator
    Kneel Before Blog
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    405
  • Rating
    Clean
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