December 2023 News Round-Up (259) - Kneel Before Pod

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December and 2023 are behind us but the news never stops. Join us for the final News Round-Up of 2023. The conversation covers Ridley Scott's work ethic, sunken planes and an uncomfortable abundance of dystopias. Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Chris can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio. Show Notes TV Reviews Craig's review of Doctor Who - "The Star Beast" Craig's review of Doctor Who - "Wild Blue Yonder" Craig's review of Doctor Who - "The Giggle Craig’s reviews of Loki season 1 Craig’s reviews of What If…? Craig’s reviews of The Flash season 9 Movie Reviews Craig’s review of Godzilla Craig’s review of Kong: Skull Island Craig’s review of Godzilla Vs. Kong Bladerunner 2049 Craig’s review of Dune Part One Craig’s review of A Quiet Place Craig’s review of A Quiet Place Part II Craig’s review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves Craig's review of Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Craig’s review of Aquaman Craig’s review of Black Adam Craig’s review of The Flash Craig’s review of Wonder Woman 1984 Craig's review of The Martian Craig's review of Fast & Furious 9 Craig's review of Star Trek Beyond Craig's review of Bohemian Rhapsody Podcasts Craig's interview with Ildiko Susany Craig's interview with Rick Cosnett What If…? Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves Star Trek: Discovery season 3 Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Spider-Man: No Way Home Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Loki season 1 The Flash The Flash season 9 Star Trek Beyond Trailers The Boys season 4 Fallout I.S.S. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire Self Reliance Mr & Mrs Smith Masters of the Air Civil War Dune: Part Two If Handling the Undead He Went That Way Love Lies Bleeding Night Swim No Way Up Miller’s Girl The Kitchen The Bricklayer Spaceman Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Star Trek Discovery season 5 first look News Eyes of Wakanda animated series announced Jonathan Majors fired by Disney/Marvel Spider-Man: Noir moving forward at Amazon More Superman: Legacy casting Sean Gunn to play DC villain Maxwell Lord Oceans 11 prequel confirms who Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are playing Olivia Wilde’s Naughty Ridley Scott to direct Bomb Death Stranding movie confirmed by Hideo Kojima Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale to star in Best of Enemies Charlize Theron and Daniel Craig join Two For The Money Paul Greengrass to direct Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 Christopher Landon exits Scream VII Francis Lawrence to direct adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk Benny Safdie to direct the Rock in movie about MMA legend Mark Kerr First look at Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump Misc Craig's appearance on The TARDIS Crew discussing "The Church on Ruby Road" The Spider-Man 4 rumour The Mads Mikkelsen in talks with Marvel rumour The Supergirl to cameo in Superman: Legacy rumour Music Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Spider-Man: Homecoming theme” and his YouTube channel If you enjoyed what you heard here, please subscribe to Kneel Before Pod. If you have any feedback then we’d love to hear it. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter, make yourself known in the comments section below or you can join us on Discord.

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