That Swing: Poems, 2008-2016
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In this, his ninth book of poetry, lyric master X. J. Kennedy regales his readers with engaging...

The Property
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After the death of her son, Regina Segal takes her granddaughter Mica to Warsaw, hoping to reclaim a...

Holy Cow
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Holy Cow by David Duchovny is a comic delight that will thrill fans of Jasper Fforde and Ben...
John Carter: The End
Brian Wood, Alex Cox and Hayden Sherman
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Centuries have passed and time has taken its toll on Mars. Conflict burns across the landscape. A...

Killing and Dying
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"Adrian Tomine can draw, think, write and feel. He sees everything, he knows everything; he's in...

May We be Forgiven
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Harry is a Richard Nixon scholar who leads a quiet, regular life; his brother George is a...

Clare in the Community: Series 8 & 9 Plus the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Special
Harry Venning, Alex Lowe, Sally Phillips and David Ramsden
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Sally Phillips stars as Clare in this sparkling collection of 13 comic episodes. Clare Barker, the...
Cold Comfort Farm: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
Full Cast, Miriam Margolyes, Stella Gibbons and Elizabeth Proud
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Patricia Gallimore and Miriam Margolyes star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the...

Grandville Bete Noire
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The Badger is back! At Toad Hall, lair of multibillionaire. Baron Aristotle Krapaud, a cabal of...

David McK (3562 KP) rated The Old Guard (2020) in Movies
Jul 14, 2020 (Updated Apr 11, 2021)
Apparently based on a relatively-new comic series, you can also tell that this is a straight-to-TV affair, with it not *quite* having the budget or flair of a Hollywood film. It's also unclear just what happens if any of these immortals lose a limb - does it grow back?
Anyway, the driving force behind this is the discovery of a new immortal, just after the other's last mission goes sideways, with Big Pharma - in a plot development that will surprise no one - now out to see if they can extract the secret of their immortality from the group (who don't know it themselves).
Also definitely set up for a sequel: if it is half as good as this one, I'll be watching.