OV481 - Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) & The Old Guard 2 (2025) - Guest: Brent Leuthold
The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast
Release Date: 07/04/2025
The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast
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...
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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
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