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OV481 – Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) & The Old Guard 2 (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold – The Obsessive Viewer – Movie Review Podcast

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This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the latest installment in the Jurassic Park/World franchise, Jurassic World: Rebirth in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, I talk about the new Netflix sequel, The Old Guard 2. We also discuss recent movie and TV news, screenings around Indianapolis, and more.

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• Matt: ElectroVoice RE20 into RØDEcaster Pro II (Firmware: 1.5.4)
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Timestamps

• Show Start – 00:28
• Introducing Brent – 02:11
• Screening in Indy – 12:08
• News Before the Reviews – 18:10

Feature Review

• Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) – 45:19
• Spoiler – 1:25:06

Secondary Review

• Akira Kurosawa: A Retrospective – 1:51:05
• The Old Guard 2 (2025) – 1:54:03

• Closing the Ep – 2:09:57
• Patreon Clip – 2:11:21

Related Links

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• OV372 – The Northman (2022) & Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) – Happiness (1998), and Lightyear (2022) – Guest: Sam Watermeier (Midwest Film Journal)
• OV322 – Palm Springs (2020) & The Old Guard (2020) – Fekkes’ COVID Experience, Mulan and the Rise of PVOD, The Green Mile, and Bowfinger
• ‘Last of Us’ Shocker: Neil Druckmann Exits HBO Series Ahead of Season 3
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• AMC Theatres Is Putting More Commercials Before Screenings. It Cheapens the Moviegoing Experience and Hurts the Film Business
• Akira Kurosawa: A Retrospective

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• Awake in the Dark
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Next Week on the Podcast

• OV482 – Elio (2025 & A Minecraft Movie (2025)