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The Old Guard 2 Adds Some Ex-Superheroes to Its Immortal Cast
Back in 2020, The Old Guard served as a fun, exciting action movie that put character over spectacle and wound up being one of the better movies of that year. A movie about a group of immortal warriors functioning as an black ops team isn’t a premise you do just the one time, doubly so…
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And Your 2021 Eisner Nominations Are…
The 2021 San Diego Comic-Con be shrunk down to a virtual event again, but the Eisners — the most prestigious awards in the comics field, named after pioneer and creator of The Spirit, Will Eisner — must go on. This year’s crop of nominees is surprisingly light on Marvel and DC Comics titles, instead highlighting…
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The Old Guard Turns Immortality Into Something Worth Living For
Director Gina Prince Bythewood’s adaptation of Image Comics’ The Old Guard is a movie that asks you to really reflect on what it is about superheroes and their stories that keeps us coming back. Rather than fully trying to reinvent the comic book movie, The Old Guard instead takes hallmarks of the genre and uses…
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The Old Guard’s New Trailer Dives Into the Painful Side of Immortality
I think , starring Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne, the latest immortal member of the squad finds herself face-to-face with an eternity she didn’t sign up for.