Casual Cinecast: Blockbuster Movies to Criterion & Classic Film

Aug 25 2024 100 ep. 79 mins 233
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Casual Cinecast is a weekly film and TV podcast where we discuss current movies, watch through the Criterion Collection and much more! Every review has a spoiler free section!

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Casually Criterion: Citizen Kane, Alien Romulus, Prometheus, Alien Covenant

Aug 25 2024 82 mins  
In their ongoing journey through the Criterion decades, Mike and Justin have finally arrived at the 1930's. The winner of the listen poll was Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (Spine #1104). Also, Mike talks about Alien Romulus, while Justin catches up on the prequels Prometheus and Alien Covenant. - Intro - News on the March! (00:03:01) - Alien Romulus (00:03:01) - Prometheus & Alien

Casually Criterion: Ace In The Hole, A Quiet Place: Day One, Trap (Revisited)

Aug 15 2024 76 mins  
In their journey through the Criterion decades, Mike and Justin are reporting from the 1940s to give account of the big carnival that is Billy Wilder's Ace In The Hole (Spine #396)! However, before that, Mike gives his thoughts on A Quiet Place: Day One and, now that Mike has seen it, they revisit M. Night Shyamalan's Trap for a deeper discussion. - Intro - News on the March! (00

Casually Criterion: Don't Look Back, Trap, McCabe and Mrs. Miller

Aug 11 2024 57 mins  
In their countodwn through the Criterion Collection decades, Mike and Justin have come to the 1960s, where the people have voted for us to watch the Bob Dylan documentary Don't Look Book (Spine #786). However, before that, they talk about Trap and the classic western McCabe and Mrs Miller. - Intro (00:00:00 - 00:02:37) - News on the March! (00:02:37) - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (00:

Casually Criterion: Being There, Star Wars The Acolyte Season 1 Wrap, The Boys Season 4 Wrap, Deadpool & Wolverine

Jul 30 2024 96 mins  
In their journey through the Criterion decades, Mike and Justin have arrived in the 1970s to discuss Hal Ashby's tale of Chance, Being There (Spine #864)! However, before that, they give their wrap up thoughts on Season 1 of The Acolyte and Season 4 of The Boys now that they've both concluded. Plus, Mike left the 1970s briefly to visit a theater to see the latest Deadpool film, Dea

Casually Criterion: Thief, The Boys Season 4 Premiere, Hit Man

Jun 20 2024 86 mins  
This week our journey through the decades brings us to the 1980's! The people have voted and Mike and Justin are reviewing Michael Mann's feature film debut, Thief (Spine #691). However, before that, they talk about the 3 episode premiere of The Boys Season 4, as well as Richard Linklater's Hit Man. - Intro (00:00:00 - 00:02:11) - News on the March! (00:02:11) - The Boys Season 4

Casually Criterion: The Player, Anyone But You, Inside Out

Jun 13 2024 84 mins  
This week our journey through the decades brings us to the 90's! The people have voted and we're reviewing Robert Altman's The Player (Spine #812). However, before that, they talk about Anyone But You and Inside Out. - Intro (00:00:00 - 00:04:13) - News on the March! (00:04:13) - Anyone But You (00:04:23) - Inside Out (Justin's first time watching!) (00:20:43) - The Player (00:

Furiosa, Star Wars: The Acolyte, Challengers, Civil War

Jun 06 2024 95 mins  
In an attempt to make things epic, Mike and Justin review the latest entry into the Mad Max-iverse™, Furiosa. Before that they've got lots of News on the March this week as they give their quick, spoiler free thoughts on Challengers, Alex Garland's Civil War and the two-episode premiere of the latest live-action Star Wars series, The Acolyte. Intro (00:00:00 - 00:03:06) News on

Casually Criterion: Fish Tank, The Fall Guy, Conan O'Brien Must Go

May 26 2024 86 mins  
Welcome back! Justin (finally) won the listener poll on Twitter/X, so we're covering Fish Tank, from director Andrea Arnold. However, before that, Mike talks about The Fall Guy and they give their thoughts on Conan O'Brien Must Go. - Intro (00:00:00 - 00:05:20) - News on the March! (00:05:20) - Conan O'Brien Must Go (00:05:20) - The Fall Guy (00:14:46) - Fish Tank (00:26:25) - C

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Tales of the Empire, Star Wars Series/Film Rankings

May 09 2024 91 mins  
In celebration of Star Wars Day (May 4th), Mike & Justin went to theaters to see the 25th Anniversary re-release of Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace! They'll do a deep dive review of the film and, before that, they'll discuss the new Star Wars mini-series Tales of the Empire! Stay tuned to the end of New On The March for a brief Star Wars series ranking as well as a Star W

Casually Criterion: Wildlife, X-Men '97, The Bad Batch series wrap up

May 05 2024 80 mins  
It's another week in our run of Casually Criterion episodes! This week, we're going over Paul Dano's directorial debut, Wildlife. However, first they talk about X-Men '97 and the series finale of The Bad Batch. - Intro (00:00:00 - 00:02:30) - News on the March! (00:02:30) - X-Men '97 (00:02:30) - The Bad Batch series finale discussion (00:14:31) - Wildlife (00:31:04) - Criterion