Podcasts TV Pop Culture Double Date Out with "The Old Guard"; In with the New

Out with "The Old Guard"; In with the New

Published: July 24, 2020, 9:07 p.m.

"The Old Guard" is Netflix's latest foray into big-budget lockdown entertainment, featuring a big-name cast, a bold directorial hire and the highest of high concepts. But is it any good? The critics think so, and if so Rottentomatoes is to be believed, so do audiences. But is it possible that they've got it all wrong? Is it possible that with Hollywood in deep freeze because of COVID-19, our content-starved brains have caused our standards to be lowered without our recognising it? We discuss this and more in the latest episode of Pop Culture Double Date.