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Taking a break from over-budgeted blockbusters, a Bonnie And Clyde -style Casey Affleck indie flick sounded like a safe bet. Especially after the likes of The Assassination Of Jesse James and The Killer Inside Me, with Affleck proving himself to be one of the most interesting and promising actors working today. Taking a somewhat more romantic approach, Ain't Them Bodies Saints starts off feeling a lot like a Terrence Malik film, Badlands meets Tree Of Life , something like that. Then we go into the more straight-forward story of woman (Rooney Mara) waiting for her locked-up dude (Affleck) to come back to her. The situation is made slightly more complicated as Bob (Affleck) is only in jail to cover for Ruth (Mara) shooting a cop back when they were both outlaws, a cop who now seems to be interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with Ruth. Yes, it's basically a love triangle movie but unlike, say, Twilight , this is held together very well through terrific performan

In this 15th episode, fellow film buff Jamie and I discuss movie news, review a recent release ( Ain't Them Bodies Saints , this time), and rewind back to more retro cinematic topics. Guess what song was being sung in this week's very special  "I Shat Myself"  segment and get a shout-out in the next episode! You can email your answer here:  bigrewindpodcast@gmail.com Or simply comment below :) Oh and you can also find us on  iTunes  where you can subscribe to the podcast and download every episode thusfar! @TheRetroCritic retrocriticblog.blogspot.com thebigrewind.blogspot.com youtube.com/TheRetroCritic youtube.com/Cablogula