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.

 

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

• The Waiting Game is screening in Indianapolis July 10 at 7p at the beautiful Kan-Kan Theater!
• ‘Last of Us’ Shocker: Neil Druckmann Exits HBO Series Ahead of Season 3
• ‘The Bear’ Renewed for Season 5 by FX
• AMC Theatres Is Putting More Commercials Before Screenings. It Cheapens the Moviegoing Experience and Hurts the Film Business
• Akira Kurosawa: A Retrospective
• Movie Review: Jurassic World (2015)
• OV111 - Jurassic World, Halloween Returns, Pitch Perfect 2, and Archer Vice (Guest: Matt Quiett from Nerd’s Domain)
• OV241 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - AMC A-List v MoviePass, Mindhunter Season 1, Sicario 2, and the Vegas Wager (Guest: Robert Fekkes)
• 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

 

• Brent’s Letterboxd
• Awake in the Dark
• Brent's Review of Jurassic World Rebirth
• Brent's Review of M3GAN 2.0
• Brent's Review of F1: The Movie
• Brent's Review of The Life of Chuck

 

• My 2025 Podcast and Writing Archive
• Patreon Special - 28 Days Later (2002) at Alamo Drafthouse - May 23, 2025
• Immediate Reaction - Clown in a Cornfield (2025) - May 16-21, 2025
• Immediate Reaction - The Life of Chuck (2025) - May 29, 2025
• Patreon Companion Episodes Collection
• Companion Ep - OV477 - Final Destination 1-5 Retrospective - May 24-25, 2025
• Patreon - Severance Episode Reviews

 

Indianapolis Theaters

• Alamo Drafthouse Indy
• Kan-Kan 
• Living Room Theaters
• Keystone Art 
• Flix Brewhouse

 

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Next Week on the Podcast

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