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

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 Covenant (00:10:28) - Citizen Kane (00:31:22) - Criterion Poll Which film should we review from the 1930's? (01:15:45) - Outro    For all your movie and game news, reviews, and more, check out our friends at www.cinelinx.com. Follow us on: Twitter/X Facebook Instagram Email us at: [email protected] Talk Criterion Collection, film, tv, and other stuff with us in our Facebook group at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/casualcinecast Intro/Outro Music courtesy of Jake Wagner-Russell at www.soundcloud.com/bopscotch

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! (00:02:54)     - A Quiet Place: Day One (00:02:54)      - Trap (00:12:47) - Ace In The Hole (00:29:44) - Criterion Poll Which film should we review from the 1940's? (01:05:52) - Outro    For all your movie and game news, reviews, and more, check out our friends at www.cinelinx.com. Follow us on: Twitter/X Facebook Instagram Email us at: [email protected] Talk Criterion Collection, film, tv, and other stuff with us in our Facebook group at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/casualcinecast Intro/Outro Music courtesy of Jake Wagner-Russell at www.soundcloud.com/bopscotch

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 (00:02:37)      - Trap (00:10:21) - Don't Look Back (00:19:51) - Criterion Poll Which film should we review from the 1960's? (00:49:22) - Outro    For all your movie and game news, reviews, and more, check out our friends at www.cinelinx.com. Follow us on: Twitter/X Facebook Instagram Email us at: [email protected] Talk Criterion Collection, film, tv, and other stuff with us in our Facebook group at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/casualcinecast Intro/Outro Music courtesy of Jake Wagner-Russell at www.soundcloud.com/bopscotch

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, Deadpool & Wolverine.  - Intro (00:00:00 - 00:03:15) - News on the March! (00:03:15)     - Deadpool & Wolverine (00:03:15)      - The Boys Season 4 Wrap Up (00:17:07)     - The Acolyte Season 1 Wrap Up (00:35:29) - Being There (00:56:17) - Criterion Poll Which film should we review from the 1960's? (01:24:10) - Outro    For all your movie and game news, reviews, and more, check out our friends at www.cinelinx.com. Follow us on: Twitter/X Facebook Instagram Email us at: [email protected] Talk Criterion Collection, film, tv, and other stuff with us in our Facebook group at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/casualcinecast Intro/Outro Music courtesy of Jake Wagner-Russell at www.soundcloud.com/bopscotch

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 (00:02:11)      - Hit Man (00:22:16)            - Spoilers for Hit Man start at (00:31:15) - Thief  (00:39:55) - Criterion Poll Which film should we review from the 1970's? (01:19:36) - Outro    For all your movie and game news, reviews, and more, check out our friends at www.cinelinx.com. Follow us on: Twitter/X Facebook Instagram Email us at: [email protected] Talk Criterion Collection, film, tv, and other stuff with us in our Facebook group at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/casualcinecast Intro/Outro Music courtesy of Jake Wagner-Russell at www.soundcloud.com/bopscotch

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  (00:36:06) - Criterion Poll Which film should we review from the 80's? (01:17:43) - Outro    For all your movie and game news, reviews, and more, check out our friends at www.cinelinx.com. Follow us on: Twitter/X Facebook Instagram Email us at: [email protected] Talk Criterion Collection, film, tv, and other stuff with us in our Facebook group at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/casualcinecast Intro/Outro Music courtesy of Jake Wagner-Russell at www.soundcloud.com/bopscotch

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 the March  Civil War (00:03:06 - 00:16:46) Challengers (00:14:46 - 00:24:22) The Acolyte (00:24:22 - 00:40:31) Furiosa (00:40:31 - 01:33:34) Spoilers start at (01:11:07) Outro (01:33:34 - 01:35:14) For all your movie and game news, reviews, and more, check out our friends at www.cinelinx.com. Follow us on: Twitter/X Facebook Instagram Email us at: [email protected] Talk Criterion Collection, film, tv, and other stuff with us in our Facebook group at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/casualcinecast Intro/Outro Music courtesy of Jake Wagner-Russell at www.soundcloud.com/bopscotch

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) - Criterion Poll: Films from the 1990's (01:18:50) - Outro    For all your movie and game news, reviews, and more, check out our friends at www.cinelinx.com. Follow us on: Twitter/X Facebook Instagram Email us at: [email protected] Talk Criterion Collection, film, tv, and other stuff with us in our Facebook group at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/casualcinecast Intro/Outro Music courtesy of Jake Wagner-Russell at www.soundcloud.com/bopscotch

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 Wars movie ranking at the end of The Phantom Menace review. It's all Star Wars this week! May the Force be with you!  Intro (00:00:00 - 00:03:54) News on the March  Tales of the Empire (00:03:54 - 00:34:23) Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (00:34:23 - 01:29:34) Outro (01:29:34 - 01:31:48) For all your movie and game news, reviews, and more, check out our friends at www.cinelinx.com. Follow us on: Twitter/X Facebook Instagram Email us at: [email protected] Talk Criterion Collection, film, tv, and other stuff with us in our Facebook group at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/casualcinecast Intro/Outro Music courtesy of Jake Wagner-Russell at www.soundcloud.com/bopscotch

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 Poll (01:22:58) - Outro    For all your movie and game news, reviews, and more, check out our friends at www.cinelinx.com. Follow us on: Twitter/X Facebook Instagram Email us at: [email protected] Talk Criterion Collection, film, tv, and other stuff with us in our Facebook group at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/casualcinecast Intro/Outro Music courtesy of Jake Wagner-Russell at www.soundcloud.com/bopscotch