The Review at the End of the Universe
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.
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…
Joseph Kosinski’s Only the Brave tells the true life story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots; a group of firefighters working to protect towns from quickly spreading fires. The natural world is possibly the most frightening antagonist that can be used in any kind of media. Fire in particular is something that pretty much everyone can…
After his fiancé is killed right in front of him, Mitch Rapp throws himself into extreme training to seek revenge in Michael Cuesta’s American Assassin. American Assassin is really striking in its opening moment. We are introduced to Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien) filming his girlfriend as he proposes to her. In a very short time the film…
“Omega Station” The eighth and final episode of True Detective season two has come and gone, and it’s difficult not to compare it to the first season’s finale. There, Rust and Marty finally got their guy, and in somewhat of a twist ending, Rust survived the shootout, leaving hospital arm in arm with Marty, a…
“Black Maps and Motel Rooms” True Detective episode seven is the narrative yin to episode six’s characterisation yang. For weeks, Nic Pizzolatto has been exploring the minds of our four damaged protagonists. Broken families, relationships and promises abound in the City of Vinci, CA. Cops and criminals deal with their personal problems first, before allowing…
“Church in Ruins” Children and childhood are overarching themes of True Detective’s sixth episode “Church in Ruins”. This also happens to be Kneel Before Blog’s 500th post! Here’s to the next 500. Each protagonist deals with issues of childhood in some way; Semyon and Velcoro must contend with their own complicated families, whilst Woodrugh encounters…
“Other Lives” True Detective picks up in the aftermath of last week’s shootout. Things have changed significantly for the police protagonists and they’re each suffering in their own ways. Velcoro is off the force, and at first it seems he’s cleaning his life up, as he appears clean shaven with his hair swept back neatly. …
“Down Will Come” The majority of episode four of True Detective is a slow burn. We’re being drip-fed information about the case, the land deal, Caspar’s past and our protagonists throughout the hour. Every new detail is fascinating in the moment, but only leads to a craving for more. Even as the puzzle of the…
“Maybe Tomorrow” In fairly surreal fashion, True Detective episode three begins with a musical number – Conway Twitty’s version of “The Rose” – inside Ray Velcoro’s head. Could these be the last flashes of electricity dancing through his dying brain? He’s at his usual seat at the bar; his own personal purgatory. Seated across from…
