Kneel Before Pod – Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (246)

After months of adventuring, a brave party returns from seeing Honor Among Thieves to discuss the film – but with a twist, as their own dungeon adventure is captured here: classes show off their skills, D20s are rolled and one party member reveals his willingness to sell his soul for early access and swag, all on the way to defeating the most-heinous of all villains in the realms of storytelling (in the Dungeon Master’s opinion at least).

On their way to victory, they also discuss story that has heart, a potentially-successful application of current gender politics and their collective delight at finding a good fantasy film among the wilderness of today’s offerings – oh, and a film adaptation of a game that actually works…? Madness!

Kneel Before Pod – Drinking with Pikachu (123)

Recently the worldwide phenomenon Pokémon received the live action big screen treatment in the form of Pokémon Detective Pikachu so Kneel Before Pod just had to cover it. Craig, Chris and special guest Pikachu cast their critical eye over the first live action Pokémon movie. The discussion covers nostalgia, world building and what Pokémon might…

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

A young man mourning the mysterious death of his father teams up with a talking Pikachu who wants to be a detective in Rob Letterman’s Pokémon Detective Pikachu. It goes without saying that Pokémon is a massive phenomenon that has endured for quite some time. The relative simplicity of the early games won over legions…

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

J.A. Bayona’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom takes audiences back to the island one last time as the dinosaurs face a second extinction because of an erupting volcano. I wasn’t really a fan of the spinoff/sequel/reboot Jurassic World because it relied too heavily on referencing the landmark Jurassic Park instead of telling its own story. It…