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Critically Acclaimed Network
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold host a series of ongoing shows, featuring CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (new movie reviews), THANK GODZILLA IT'S FRIDAY, CANCELED TOO SOON, WE'VE GOT MAIL, THE IRON LIST, and more!
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We've Got Mail #177 | Should We Make MORE Star Trek Podcasts?
Someone told us we don't make enough STAR TREK podcasts and we can't think of a good counterargument! This time on WE'VE GOT MAIL, Bibbs and Witney debate the…
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Critically Acclaimed #321 | Heart Eyes, Love Hurts, Kinda Pregnant
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review a weird trio of rom-coms, including the slasher rom-com HEART EYES, the action rom-com LOVE HURTS, and…
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Critically Acclaimed: The Best Movies of the 21st Century (So Far)!
We're a quarter of the way through a new century (if you disagree with that description, we cover it in the podcast) and it's time to take stock. What are THE…
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Critically Acclaimed #320 | Star Trek: Section 31, Dog Man, Companion, Presence, Love Me
Star trekkin', across the universe! Film critics William Bibbiani review the 14th(-ish) film in the STAR TREK series, STAR TREK: SECTION 31, and the new…
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We've Got Mail #176 | The Tom Cruise Mummy Remake: Will History Be Kind?
Bibbs and Witney are back with a bunch of emails and letters from our awesome listeners! On this episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, they discuss the ongoing…
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Critically Acclaimed #319 | Wolf Man, Emilia Perez, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Grand Theft Hamlet, The Last Showgirl, I'm Still Here, Hard Truths, Wish You Were Here, Diane Warren: Relentless
Bibbs and Witney review the horror remake WOLF MAN, the Netflix awards magnet EMILIA PEREZ, the Aardman Animation sequel WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST…
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Critically Acclaimed: The David Lynch Tribute
One of the greatest artists in the history of cinema is no longer with us. In this special, over two-hour episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #262 | Gilligan's Planet (1982)
We've got a brand new podcast, about the cast-aways! We watched all the episodes, it took days and days and days. They built a little spaceship; no boat, who…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkThe Iron List #61 | The Best Movies of 1985!
A lot of great movies came out in 1985, and Bibbs and Witney have strong opinions about which ones they think are the very best! Some of your favorites almost…
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Critically Acclaimed #318 | The Best, Worst and Averagest Movies of 2024!
Oh my god this podcast wound up over three hours long. We are SO TIRED, and Witney may never be able to speak again. But it was worth it to give you CRITICALLY…
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Critically Acclaimed #317 | A Complete Unknown, Better Man, Mufasa: The Lion King, The Fire Inside, The Brutalist, Nosferatu, Babygirl, Homestead
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the year's final new releases, including the Bob Dylan biopic A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the Robbie Williams…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkThe Iron List #60 | The Best Movies That Begin with the Letter K!
Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST MOVIES THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER K! It's the latest entry in our ongoing alphabet…
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Critically Acclaimed #316 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Kraven the Hunter, Carry-On, That Christmas, Nightbitch, Nickel Boys, The End, September 5
Bibbs and Witney review THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM, KRAVEN THE HUNTER, the Netflix thriller CARRY-ON, the Richard Curtis animated holiday…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #259 | The Idiot Box (1991)
When he wasn't going on excellent adventures and bogus journeys, years before he became a celebrated documentarian, Alex Winter was pushing the boundaries of…
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We've Got Mail #175 | How Awesome is Sum 41?!
Because YOU wrote in, Bibbs and Witney answer your questions, recommend tons of movies, and learn all about Sum 41! This time on WE'VE GOT MAIL, Bibbs and…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkAll Our Yesterdays: Star Trek Deep Space Nine - Emissary
Our podcast ALL OUR YESTERDAYS is usually a Patreon-exclusive, but we're sharing this very special episode with everyone! Witney Seibold and William Bibbiani…
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Critically Acclaimed #315 | Moana 2, Queer, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, September 5
Bibbs and Witney review the blockbuster Disney sequel MOANA 2, Luca Guadagnino's adaptation of William S. Burroughs' QUEER, the secretly-film Iranian political…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #258 | Cool and Lam (1958)
From the creator of PERRY MASON and the director of CAT PEOPLE and NIGHT OF THE DEMON! If that doesn't grab your attention, what possibly could...? This week…
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Critically Acclaimed #314 | Wicked, Gladiator II, Red One, Hot Frosty, The Piano Lesson, Flow, The World According to Allee Willis
We've got the musical WICKED, the Ridley Scott sequel GLADIATOR II, the $250 million Christmas action comedy RED ONE, the horny Netflix holiday rom-com HOT…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkThe Iron List #59 | The Best Razzie Movies Ever!
Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST RAZZIE MOVIES EVER! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold have scoured the history of…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #257 | Late Night Horror (1968)
In this special episode of CANCELED TOO SOON, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold exhume a horror anthology series that was nearly lost forever: LATE NIGHT…
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We've Got Mail #174 | Let's Play the Elevator Pitch Game!
It's time for another letters episode, complete with fun games, Marvel minutiae, the perils of streaming service censorship and something called The Bike-del…
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Critically Acclaimed #313 | Heretic, Small Things Like These, Black Cab, Elevation, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Christmas Eve in Miller's Point, Meet Me Next Christmas, Hundreds of Beavers
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Hugh Grant horror movie HERETIC, Cillian Murphy's historical drama SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, Shudder's new…
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Critically Acclaimed #312 | Here, Juror No. 2, Blitz, Absolution, Time Cut, No Other Land
This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney review the new Robert Zemeckis tech demo HERE, Clint Eastwood's legal thriller JUROR NO. 2, Steve McQueen's…
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We've Got Mail #173 | Sex Scenes! What About 'Em?!
We're back with another WE'VE GOT MAIL! This time Bibbs and WItney talk about the ongoing - always ongoing - debate over whether there's too much sex in movies…
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Critically Acclaimed #311 | Venom: The Last Dance, Conclave, Don't Move, Canary Black
Bibbs and Witney review VENOM: THE LAST DANCE, the papal mystery thriller CONCLAVE, the Netflix serial killer thriller DON'T MOVE, and the Kate Beckinsale spy…
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Critically Acclaimed #310 | Smile 2, Anora, Woman of the Hour, Brothers, Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party
We've got reviews of the horror sequel SMILE 2, the acclaimed Sean Baker romance/comedy/drama ANORA, Anna Kendrick's directorial debut serial killer movie…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkThe Iron List #58 | The Best Horror Remakes Ever!
Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST HORROR REMAKES EVER! Yup, these movies were so nice they scared us twice! Some of…
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Critically Acclaimed #309 | Joker: Folie a Deux, Terrifier 3, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, The Platform 2, Piece By Piece, We Live in Time, Lonely Planet, Salem's Lot, It's What's Inside, Caddo Lake
Ten movies! Two killer clown films! Two romances! One superhero movie they forgot to tell you about! And so much horror! Bibbs and Witney review the bizarre…
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We've Got Mail #172 | Is Saturday Night Live Good, Actually?
Bibbs and Witney are buckling down and catching up on some Patreon podcasts, so this week's CANCELED TOO SOON has been delayed, but we do have enough…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkThe Iron List #57 | The Best Car Chase Movies Ever!
Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best car chase movies in history! These cars go vroom vroom! Also some trucks and…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #256 | Nick Knight, a.k.a. Forever Knight (1989)
Three years before FOREVER KNIGHT became a hit TV series about a cop who's also a vampire, NICK KNIGHT was a failed TV series about a cop who's also a vampire!…
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Critically Acclaimed #308 | Megalopolis, The Wild Robot, Saturday Night, Azrael
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the possibly great and possibly crap MEGALOPOLIS, the animated sci-fi parable THE WILD ROBOT, Jason Reitman's behind…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #255 | Ace Crawford: Private Eye (1983)
One week after THE DUCK FACTORY joked about all of Tim Conway's failed TV shows, we've got one of Tim Conway's failed TV shows! Conway stars as ACE CRAWFORD…
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Critically Acclaimed #307 | | The Substance, Transformers One, Wolfs, Never Let Go, Red Rooms, His Three Daughters
It's about to get weird! And Transformer-y! And... weird! This week, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the award-winning gross out art…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #254 | The Duck Factory (1984)
10 Years before Jim Carrey became the biggest star in Hollywood, he was almost the biggest star in television! Jim Carrey starred in a sitcom called THE DUCK…
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Critically Acclaimed #306 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Speak No Evil, Rebel Ridge
We've got reviews of new (and new-ish) films like Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, the horror remake SPEAK NO EVIL, the Netflix thriller REBEL RIDGE, the…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #253 | Higher Ground (1988)
You loved his Muppet Christmas special. You loved him when he met God. And you sure as heck loved his mellow country jams. But will you love John Denver when…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #253 | Star Wars: The Acolyte (2024)
You knew this was coming, and if you didn't, well, now you do. The staggeringly expensive TV series STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE - which was about an acolyte, in…
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Critically Acclaimed #305 | The Crow, The Killer, 1992, Reagan, The Deliverance, AfrAId, You Gotta Believe
What do you get when you cross a supernatural bird with the president of the united states? And also A.I.? You get this week's CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! William…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #251 | Supertrain (1979)
NBC made a knockoff of THE LOVE BOAT that was so expensive - and such a huge failure - that it almost bankrupted the network! Folks, this is SUPERTRAIN, a…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkThe Iron List #56 | The Best Movies of the 1970s!
Because YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present THE BEST MOVIES OF THE 1970s! The 1970s were one of the best decades for movies - ever -…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #250 | N.Y.P.D. Mounted (1991)
Years before Dennis Franz joined N.Y.P.D. BLUE he sat astride a horse and chased a tiger through Central Park in N.Y.P.D. MOUNTED! And also he kinda had sex…
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Critically Acclaimed #304 | Alien: Romulus, Rebel Moon: The Director's Cuts, Watchmen: Chapter 1, Trap, Cuckoo, Borderlands, Dr. Jekyll, The Union, Kneecap, The Abandon, The Instigators, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Skincare
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new and new-ish releases ALIEN: ROMULUS, the animated WATCHMEN: CHAPTER 1, M. Night Shyamalan's TRAP, the horror…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #249 | Heat Vision and Jack (1999)
Ben Stiller returned to Fox - the network that canceled his Emmy Award-winning BEN STILLER SHOW - after becoming a box office superstar! The project: HEAT…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkThe Iron List #55 | The Best Medieval Movies Ever!
Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney are presenting their picks for THE BEST MEDIEVAL MOVIES EVER! Comedies, horror movies, art house classics and action…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #248 | David Lynch's 'Hotel Room' (1993)
David Lynch created one of the most important television shows of all-time: TWIN PEAKS! But he didn't stop there. He also co-created an ambitious anthology…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #247 | "Fish Police" (1992)
They're fish. They're police. And they're horny? This week on CANCELED TOO SOON, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold swim back to the 1990s to…
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Critically Acclaimed #303 | Deadpool & Wolverine, Twisters, Dìdi, Oddity, The Fabulous Four
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take a stab at the R-rated Marvel blockbuster DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, the breezy storm chaser sequel TWISTERS…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #246 | "The Idol" (2023)
When THE IDOL got canceled, everyone made sure we knew about it. And we swore at that time that we would, someday, cover the most notorious TV dud in years on…
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We've Got Mail #171 | Trash Plus Time Equals Culture?
Bibbs and Witney are answering YOUR emails in an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL! This time, they learn about the diehard fanbase for JANET PLANET, get taken…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkCanceled Too Soon #245 | "Geico Cavemen" (2007)
We're kicking off a new season of CANCELED TOO SOON with one of our most requested episodes ever: CAVEMEN (2007), a very short-lived sitcom based on the…
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Critically Acclaimed #302 | Longlegs, Fly Me to the Moon, Sing Sing, Touch, Sorry Not Sorry
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold critique the new horror hit LONGLEGS, the Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum rom-com FLY ME TO THE MOON…
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Critically Acclaimed #301 | Despicable Me 4, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F., MaXXXine
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the animated film DESPICABLE ME 4, the latest nostalgia sequel BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F., and the…
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Critically Acclaimed #300 | A Quiet Place: Day One, Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1, A Family Affair, Janet Planet, Daddio
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the horror prequel A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, the start of Kevin Costner's western epic HORIZON: AN…
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Critically Acclaimed #299 | Inside Out 2, The Exorcism, Kinds of Kindness, Exhuma, Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.
Who likes movie reviews?!?! This week, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Pixar sequel INSIDE OUT 2, the meta-horror drama THE…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkThe Iron List #54 | The Best Movies That Begin with the Letter J!
Because our patrons demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST MOVIES THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER J! Any movie that…
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We've Got Mail #170 | Should Filmmakers Badmouth Other People's Films?
Bibbs and Witney are on a bit of a break after completing THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY but that doesn't mean they've stopped making podcasts! In an all-new…
Critically Acclaimed NetworkTHANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" (2024)
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold reviewed every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they did it on Fridays! We're finally here! It's the last episode of THANK…
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Critically Acclaimed #298 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Hit Man, Robot Dreams, Tuesday, Handling the Undead, Longing, The Watchers, Under Paris
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, the Richard Linklater crime film HIT MAN, the Oscar-nominated animated film ROBOT DREAMS, the…