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THE OLD GUARD 2 – Review by Lynn Venhaus

July 5, 2025July 5, 2025 Lynn Venhaus charlize theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, henry golding, KiKi Laine, Luca Marinelli, Marwan Kenzari, matthias schoenaerts, netflix, The Old Guard 2, uma thurman, Veronica Ngo, Victoria Mahoney

A lackluster follow-up to the engaging action-packed original, The Old Guard 2 disappoints with a murky, morose narrative that fails to recapture any energy shown in the first superhero fantasy adventure. This film is blood-soaked and brutally violent, with all sorts of wicked implements like swords and battle axes wielded. But this time, the combat set pieces are staged with little finesse. While dialogue is mostly by the book, as before, here there is more introspection, but that doesn’t mean the story is lucid.

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RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE – Review by Susan Granger

September 26, 2023September 27, 2023 Susan Granger Malawer, Matthew Lopez, Prime, Rachel Hilson, Red White and Royal Blue, Taylor Zakhar Perez, uma thurman

Romantic comedies are always popular – yet, in recent years, they’ve been hard to find. Now, Red, White and Royal Blue gives a charming contemporary twist to the classic ‘flirty meet-cute, quarrel and happily-ever-after’ formula. This time, the traditional ‘special diplomatic relationship’ between England and America is challenged when Alex Clarmont-Diaz, son of U.S. President Ellen Clarmont and Texas Congressman Oscar Diaz, is dispatched to escort Nora, the U.S. Vice-President’s granddaughter, to the Prince of Wales’ wedding in London.

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