The Review at the End of the Universe
Deadpool & Wolverine have entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe -sort of- and Kneel Before Pod is here to break it down. The conversation covers off-limits jokes, fanservice and the rejection of God in modern cinema.
Deadpool & Wolverine
The merc with the mouth joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe and brings along some friends in Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine.
Deadpool & Wolverine is almost upon us so Kneel Before Pod looks back as the last time Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman shared screen time as these characters…sort of. The conversation covers origin stories, Hugh Jackman’s passion for the character and the messy X-Men movie continuity.
“Free Guy”
An NPC (Non-player character) in an open world video game becomes self aware and starts to question his role in the world he inhabits in Shawn Levy’s Free Guy.
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…
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…
2017 was another year of change for Kneel Before Blog. The biggest change was that we switched to a star rating system for film around halfway through the year. TV will continue to be rated out of 10 but films will be rated on a scale of 1-5 stars as is the accepted standard for…
A bodyguard is tasked with protecting a notorious Hitman so that he can be brought safely to testify against a dangerous criminal in Patrick Hughes’ The Hitman’s Bodyguard. This is one of those films where the plot doesn’t matter in the least. Any story the film has is an excuse for the main actors to…
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…
Ariel Vromen’s Criminal is a race against time as the memories of a murdered CIA operate are implanted into a death-row inmate in the hope that he will help complete a critical mission. The underlying story is actually needlessly complicated. There’s this whole narrative around CIA Operative Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) tracking down a hacker…
