Kneel Before Pod

February is over but the news continues. Kneel Before Pod brings you a discussion of the news and trailers from February 2025. The conversation covers controversial entertainers, originality and Smurf versions of popular songs.

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. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Kat Kourbetti can be found here.

• Craig's reviews of Superman & Lois season 4

• Craig's review of Captain America: Brave New World


• Craig's review of Star Trek: Section 31


• 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 Bumblebee


• Craig's review of Black Panther


• Craig's review of Captain Marvel


• Craig's review of Black Widow


• Craig's review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever


• Craig’s review of The Marvels


• Craig's review of Deadpool & Wolverine


• 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 Black Adam


• 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 Tetris


• Craig's review of Luck


• Craig's review of The Accountant


• Craig's review of Legend


• Craig's review of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City


• Craig's review of Interstellar


• Craig's review of Dunkirk


• Craig's review of Tenet


• Craig's review of Free Guy


• Craig's review of The Martian


• Craig's review of Spectre


• Craig's review of No Time To Die


• Graeme's review of Kubo and the Two Strings


• Craig's review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves

• Donor Special - The Dark Crystal & Labyrinth


• Superman & Lois season 4


• 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


• Bumblebee


• Marvel's The Defenders


• Black Panther


• Captain Marvel


• Black Widow


• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever


• The Marvels


• Deadpool & Wolverine


• The Batman


• The Flash


• Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves

• M3gan 2.0


• Final Destination: Bloodlines


• Locked


• Sinners


• Smurfs


• How to Train Your Dragon


• The Amateur


• G20


• F1


• Fight or Flight


• The Accountant 2


• Novocaine


• The Studio - Duhpocalypse


• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning


• Jurassic World: Rebirth


• Friendship


• Superman Puppybowl spot


• Thunderbolts*


• Fantastic Four: First Steps


• The Actor


• The Residence


• The Man With The Iron Heart


• The Life List


• Eric Larue


• Borderline


• Bring Her Back


• Freaky Tales


• The King of Kings


• Lilo and Stitch

• Marvel Studios exploring bringing back other Defenders cast


• The Punisher special presentation in the works


• James Watkins to direct Clayface movie


• DC projects update


• Matthew Lillard returns for Scream 7


• More Masters of the Universe casting


• Buffy The Vampire Slayer reboot/continuation in the works


• Elliot Page developing Beyond: Two Souls TV show


• Just Cause movie in the works


• Zach Cregger to direct Resident Evil reboot


• Rebecca Hall joins Adam Wingard’s Onslaught


• Kaitlyn Dever to join Godzilla X Kong sequel


• Ben Affleck to direct and star in Animals


• Rooney and Kate Mara to star in Werner Herzog movie Bucking Fastard


• Jake Gyllenhaal to lead M. Night Shymalan’s new movie


• Anna Sawai rumoured to play Yoko Ono in Beatles movies


• Ke Huy Quan and Lili Reinhart to star in Bad Boy


• Madelyn Cline joins Day Drinker


• George Rolfi to write Daisy Ridley Star Wars movie


• William Shatner approached to resurrect Captain Kirk


• Ben Stiller to headline The Band


• Ben Jacoby adapting Thomas Ray Novella Silencer


• Kristin Wiig and Bill Murray to star in Epiphany


• Martin Scorcese’s next movie


• Anna Maxwell Martin to star in For All Mankind spinoff


• Magic: The Gathering film and TV universe in the works


• Dungeons & Dragons live-action series in the works at Netflix


• Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce join Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars


• Amazon takes control of James Bond


• John Lithgow confirms Dumbledore casting in Harry Potter series


• Benny Safdie joins Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey


• Mia Goth joins The Odyssey


• First look at Matt Damon in The Odyssey

• Craig's appearance on "Academy Watch" discussing The Wild Robot


• "The Smurfs Go Pop"


• "The Smurfs Go Pop Again"


• The referenced Neil Gaiman article


• The referenced website highlighting the best time to go to the bathroom during cinema viewings


• The referenced musical adaptation of The Odyssey

• Niall Stenson’s cover of the “How To Train Your Dragon Theme“ and his YouTube channel

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