December 2025 News Round-Up (312)

Another year is in the rear view mirror but the news doesn't sleep during the festive period. The conversation covers more toy movies, Marvel's desperation and ScarJo as franchise catnip. Featuring Craig McKenzie – here on Kneel Before Blog and on We Are Starfleet (Film Stories podcast network) Chris Mackrell 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 reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 Craig’s reviews of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Movie Reviews Craig’s review of Superman Craig’s review of The Batman Craig’s review of Avengers: Infinity War Craig’s review of Avengers: Endgame Craig’s review of Deadpool & Wolverine Craig's review of Captain America: Brave New World Craig’s review of Thunderbolts* Craig's review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps Craig’s review of Venom: Let There Be Carnage Craig’s review of The Long Walk Craig’s review of Materialists Craig’s review of Interstellar Craig’s review of Avatar: The Way of Water Craig’s review of The Martian Craig’s review of Jurassic World Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Dominion Craig’s review of Jurassic World: Rebirth Craig’s review of Alien: Romulus Craig's review of Steve Jobs Craig's review of Cruella Graeme’s review of Ghostbusters (2016) Podcasts Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 Superman The Batman The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: Endgame – First and second podcast Deadpool & Wolverine Captain America: Brave New World Thunderbolts* The Fantastic Four: First Steps Trailers Digger Normal Dead Man’s Wire The Drama Wasteman Mother Mary The Moment Animal Farm The Sheep Detectives How to Make a Killing Disclosure Day Kraken Ready or Not 2: Here I Come The Odyssey Supergirl Avengers: Doomsday - Steve Rogers teaser Avengers: Doomsday - Thor teaser News Lars Eidinger cast as Brainiac in Man of Tomorrow Scarlett Johansson in talks for The Batman II Scarlet Johansson to star in new Exorcist movie Thomas Jane cast as Dr. McCoy in final episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Elizabeth Olsen’s Seven Sisters picked up to series Lucy Hale and Ian Harding to star in The Twelve Dates of Christmas Paul King to direct Labubu movie Disney working on live action Gaston movie New Men in Black movie in the works Misc Craig's appearance on MovieVersaries discussing Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie Craig's appearance on the MovieVersaries Lightning Round "Doctor Who Christmas Specials" at Candy Jar Books Music Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music" 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 ,Twitter and BlueSky. You can also make yourself known in the comments section below or you can join us on Discord.