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Critically Acclaimed Network

William Bibbiani

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!

tv & film tv reviews

All Episodes

88:35

Critically Acclaimed #326 | A Minecraft Movie,...

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2025/04/07

This week, Bibbs and Witney review the blockbuster video game movie A MINECRAFT MOVIE, the public domain comedy slasher SCREAMBOAT, the game show biopic THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA, and co-director Finn Wolfhard's comedy slasher (hey, another one!) HELL OF A SUMMER.A Minecraft Movie - 7:07 Screamboat - 44:41 The Luckiest Man in America - 1:01:10 Hell of a Summer - 1:13:12 Review Round-Up - 1:24:07Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and

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112:22

Critically Acclaimed #325 | Snow White, The Woman in...

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2025/04/01

How bad could SNOW WHITE possibly be? Could it really be worse than THE ALTO KNIGHTS?Bibbs and Witney review those big epic flops, and also the horror movie THE WOMAN IN THE YARD, the post-apocalyptic musical O'DESSA, the feel-good antifascist penguin flick THE PENGUIN LESSONS, the public domain slasher POPEYE THE SLAYER MAN, and the sci-fi monster movie ASH!Snow White - 2:32The Woman in the Yard - 35:45The Alto Knights - 48:45O'Dessa - 1:02:53The Penguin Lessons - 1:15:52Popeye the Slayer

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149:16

The Iron List #63 | The Best Knockoff Movies Ever!

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2025/03/27

Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best films that flagrantly knocked off a pre-existing work!You can probably think of plenty of so-called "mockbusters" but movie history is littered with great films, many of them classics in their own right, that wouldn't have been made - at least at the same time, in the same way - if it weren't for the success or notoriety of another release.UPDATE: There were some phantom sound effects in the last few

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86:57

We've Got Mail #178 | What Are Our Favorite Pokemon?!

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2025/03/24

Also on WE'VE GOT MAIL, Bibbs and Witney talk about movies famous for one shot or cinematic technique, why they've been too hard on Bones in the original STAR TREK, who should direct and star in one of the most exciting sci-fi movie ideas of all time, the difference (if there is one) between fiction and fan fiction, great Jesus and stoner movies, and a controversial element of CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD they forgot to mention in their review!Subscribe on Patreon

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145:50

Critically Acclaimed #324 | The Electric State, The...

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2025/03/17

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Russo Brothers' THE ELECTRIC STATE, the Looney Tunes movie THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP, the Shudder horror film THE RULE OF JENNY PEN, Steven Sodebergh's spy thriller BLACK BAG, Bong Joon Ho's sci-fi satire MICKEY 17, the ultraviolent action comedy NOVOCAINE, the animated Clive Barker-inspired family film NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE, the cult horror movie OPUS, the Zambian dark comedy ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL, the wrestling biopic

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111:36

Canceled Too Soon #264 | Spicy City (1997) w/ M....

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2025/03/15

The year was 1997, and American networks were racing to release their first animated primetime series just for adults! SOUTH PARK may be the one we all remember now, but Ralph Bakshi's forgotten HBO series SPICY CITY - a sexy cyberpunk noir anthology - hit the airwaves first!M. Lopes Da Silva, the author of INFINITY MATHING AT THE SHORE & OTHER DISRUPTIONS, joins film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold to explore this ambitious series, its animation influences, and exciting visions

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175:54

The Iron List #62 | The Worst Movies of the 21st...

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2025/03/07

Because our patrons demanded it, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present a companion piece to their BEST MOVIES OF THE 21st CENTURY (SO FAR) list! It's their picks for THE WORST MOVIES OF THE 21st CENTURY (SO FAR)!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and

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148:39

Critically Acclaimed #323 | Oscar Shorts and...

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2025/02/28

We're down to the wire but we made it, right on time! Bibbs and Witney review all 15 of this year's Oscar-nominated shorts and present they think will win - and SHOULD win - in every category! It's 2 1/2 hours of Oscar goodness!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and

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106:09

Critically Acclaimed #322 | Captain America: Brave...

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2025/02/24

There's nothing brave about CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD (or new, for the matter), but Bibbs and Witney review it anyway!Plus: Osgood Perkins' horror comedy THE MONKEY, Scott Derrickson's monster-fightin' romance THE GORGE, the long-awaited return of BRIDGET JONES (she's MAD ABOUT THE BOY), the indie horror film THE DEAD THING, and Daisy Ridley tackles terrorists in CLEANER!Captain America: Brave New World - 2:05The Monkey - 40:24The Gorge - 53:57Bridget Jones: Mad About the

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141:30

Canceled Too Soon #263 | The Oblongs (2001-2002) w/...

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2025/02/17

The dubba-dubba-WB won a bidding war for a cartoon sitcom about a mutated family who live in the landfill of an affluent suburb. Then they canceled it after only eight episodes!Will Ferrell and Jean Smart co-star in THE OBLONGS, a relic of early 2000s boundary-pushing comedies that didn't always age well. Was this the big exception?Filmmaker CHELSEA SPIRITO joins William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold to decide if THE OBLONGS was... CANCELED TOO SOON! Click here to support her new short film BRAIN

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79:00

We've Got Mail #177 | Should We Make MORE Star Trek...

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2025/02/14

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 complexities of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND canon, recast GILLIGAN'S ISLAND with minor STAR TREK characters, name some of the greatest vinyl soundtracks and more!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much

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89:27

Critically Acclaimed #321 | Heart Eyes, Love Hurts,...

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2025/02/10

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 the Amy Schumer rom-com KINDA PREGNANT!Heart Eyes - 8:20Love Hurts - 41:02Kinda Pregnant - 1:01:31Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your

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203:49

Critically Acclaimed: The Best Movies of the 21st...

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2025/02/06

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 BEST MOVIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY SO FAR?And stick around, because later this month we have an IRON LIST episode dedicated to (because you demanded it)... THE WORST MOVIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY SO FAR!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series,

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99:51

Critically Acclaimed #320 | Star Trek: Section 31,...

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2025/02/03

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 animated comedy DOG MAN, the new horror comedy COMPANION, Steven Soderbergh's new haunted house movie PRESENCE and the film where Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun play a flotation buoy and a satellite who fall in love after the apocalypse, LOVE ME!Star Trek: Section 31 - 1:45 Dog Man - 54:23 Companion - 1:07:14 Presence - 1:16:51 Love Me -

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97:23

We've Got Mail #176 | The Tom Cruise Mummy Remake:...

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2025/01/27

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 controversy of watching every movie with the subtitles on, look back at the history of pop culture hoaxes, try their best to be dishonest, recommend some amazing Japanese movies, and question their own judgment about the Tom Cruise MUMMY reboot!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting

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Critically Acclaimed #319 | Wolf Man, Emilia Perez,...

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2025/01/24

Bibbs and Witney review the horror remake WOLF MAN, the Netflix awards magnet EMILIA PEREZ, the Aardman Animation sequel WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL, the Shakespearean video game documentary GRAND THEFT HAMLET, the Pamela Anderson drama THE LAST SHOWGIRL, the acclaimed Walter Salles drama I'M STILL HERE, the devastating Mike Leigh movie HARD TRUTHS, the Julie Stiles-directed romance WISH YOU WERE HERE, and the music documentary DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS!Wolf Man - 5:05 Emilia Perez -

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134:29

Critically Acclaimed: The David Lynch Tribute

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2025/01/20

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 Bibbiani and Witney Seibold reflect on the history, films and impact of the David Lynch, the artist behind ERASERHEAD, BLUE VELVET, TWIN PEAKS, MULHOLLAND DRIVE and many more amazing movies, shows, paintings, sculptures and a heck of a lot more.Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and

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119:55

Canceled Too Soon #262 | Gilligan's Planet (1982)

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2025/01/09

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 can say why? They got stranded on a planet, in a show that made us cry.This two-hour episode of CANCELED TOO SOON finds William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold stuck on GILLIGAN'S PLANET! Is it the worst idea they've ever had? Or will it somehow unlock the secrets of the universe? (Probably the first one.)Subscribe on Patreon

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143:57

The Iron List #61 | The Best Movies of 1985!

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2025/01/06

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 certainly did NOT make this episode of THE IRON LIST, we assure you!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions

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185:26

Critically Acclaimed #318 | The Best, Worst and...

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2024/12/31

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 ACCLAIMED's picks for the Best, Worst, and even the Averagest Movies of 2024! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and

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