The Review at the End of the Universe
A group of boys compete in a grueling contest where a minimum walking speed must be maintained to stay alive in Francis Lawrence’s The Long Walk. Dystopian fiction thrives on the tension between the ordinary and the impossible. The Long Walk takes that tension and distils it into a brutal high concept premise: fifty teenage…
Halloween Kills
Michael Myers returns for more indiscriminate murdering in David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills.
Avengers: Endgame recently released on home media and Kneel Before Pod decided that one podcast wasn’t enough to tackle this event in cinematic history. Chris takes over hosting duties and returns from the dust to lead a discussion that covers portals, endings, funerals and time travel confusion. Craig and Aaron can be found on this…
Now that the dust has settled following the historic release of Avengers: Endgame, Kneel Before Pod assembles a team to discuss it. The format of this podcast is slightly different as there is no “Kneel Before/Rise Against” segment and the majority of the discussion is dictated by audience questions. Thanks to everyone who submitted one to…
Avengers: Endgame has just been released and Kneel Before Pod had the briefest of spoiler free discussions about the film immediately after leaving the midnight screening. It’s the shortest podcast we’ve ever done and delivers mostly emotional reactions with no details being disclosed. Craig and Angus can be found as writers on this very site…
The Avengers assemble one last time for an epic battle to fix reality itself in Anthony and Joe Russo’s Avengers: Endgame. This is one of the hardest reviews I have ever had to write because the secrecy attached to this film is unprecedented. Avengers: Infinity War was closely guarded but even that was nothing compared…
As a vague excuse to chat about the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the run up to Endgame Chris hosts this special edition of Kneel Before Pod in which we reveal the teams official MCU Top Ten following a secret ballot (which was not influenced by H.Y.D.R.A.). Craig (our glorious leader and just all round great…
The grandfather of slasher movies is rebooted for the modern age in David Gordon Green’s Halloween. John Carpenter’s Halloween deserves the label of “classic” as far as I’m concerned. It’s a wonderfully tense and expertly crafted mood piece that shows just how talented John Carpenter is. It’s no surprise that it spawned a number of…
Marvel’s Ant-Man and The Wasp has finally made its way to UK cinemas so Kneel Before Pod is bringing the usual Marvel Cinematic Universe coverage in the form of an in depth discussion. Craig and Andrew get together to discuss size changing car chases, de ageing CGI tech and the culinary potential of the Quantum…
Paul Rudd’s size changing superhero returns in an adventure that needs a partner in Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and the Wasp. The first Ant-Man was a lot of fun and managed to subvert the common superhero blockbuster tropes to a certain degree in a really entertaining way. A big part of its success was the tongue…
