The Review at the End of the Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe Juggernaut continues on with Spider-Man: Far From Home; the first entry after the epic Avengers: Endgame and the first solo Spider-Man film to spend most of its time out of his usual haunt of New York City. To discuss this outing Kneel Before Pod assembles its very own Sinister Six to…
After the universe altering events of Avengers: Endgame; Peter Parker and his pals take a summer trip to Europe where the young webslinger finds himself recruited by superspy Nick Fury to stop a world ending threat in Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: Far From Home. The inclusion of Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe is something that…
The long awaited trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home was recently released and Kneel Before Pod was available to get together for a discussion. There’s a range of opinions so there’s a rare disagreement on the podcast. The team argue about context, shared universe interventions and goldfish bowls. Craig and Aaron can be found on…
A team of astronauts are terrorised by an alien life form discovered on Mars in Daniel Espinosa’s sci-fi horror Life. Before I get started, there are a number of reports floating around the internet that this film could be a backdoor prequel to a solo film featuring Spider-Man villain Venom. To help manage your expectations…
Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals explores the loneliness of a gallery owner feeling insecure about her life choices when she reads her ex-husband’s manuscript. Susan (Amy Adams) is immediately establlished as a successful career woman who owns an art gallery and is married to someone equally successful (Armie Hammer) so she is a woman that many…
Baltasar Kormakur’s disaster biopic Everest tells the real life story of a doomed expedition up the world’s tallest mountain by Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) in 1996. Films that exist to capitalise on something that really happened are always dodgy territory as there’s always the risk of doing a disservice to the memories of those involved…
Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw casts Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of champion boxer Billy Hope as he goes on a journey to prove himself again after suffering a catastrophic loss. The underdog boxing movie is nothing new and arguably done best by Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky franchise so it takes something special to really stand out from…
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Nightcrawler, a thriller set in the world of L.A. crime journalism. After witnessing a car wreck that he sees on the morning news, cdecides he has found his calling and becomes determined to excel in the world of video news gathering. Nightcrawler is a strange film in the sense that the…
