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PODCAST

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

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118:26

Critically Acclaimed #350 | The Secret Agent, Five...

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2025/12/07

Bibbs and Witney review the new Brazilian political thriller THE SECRET AGENT, the horror video game movie sequel FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2, the filmed version of the Tony Award-winning revival of Steven Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, Kristen Stewart's directorial debut THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, Michael Showalter's all-star ensemble Christmas movie OH. WHAT. FUN., the wacky spoof of snooty British movies and tv FACKHAM HALL, the queer graphic novel adaptation 100 NIGHTS OF HERO,

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95:39

Critically Acclaimed #349 | Wake Up Dead Man: A...

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2025/12/01

Bibbs and Witney review Rian Johnson's latest all-star whodunnit WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, Chloé Zhao's historical weepy HAMNET, Disney's animated sequel ZOOTOPIA 2, and the Netflix holiday rom-com/crime caper hybrid JINGLE BELL HEIST!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

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153:42

The Iron List #71 | The Coziest Movies Ever Made!

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2025/11/28

Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney are back with their picks for THE COZIEST MOVIES EVER MADE!But what, pray tell, makes a movie "cozy?" It's not a well-defined genre, and as much as warm hearths and fuzzy sweaters seem to define the vibe, there's more to coziness than creature comforts.Bibbs and Witney (and especially Witney) push the boundaries of what "cozy" really means, as they come up with their own Top Ten lists on... THE IRON LIST!Subscribe on Patreon

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Critically Acclaimed #348 | Wicked: For Good, Rental...

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2025/11/25

Bibbs and Witney review WICKED: FOR GOOD, the Brendan Fraser drama RENTAL FAMILY, the Eurospy throwback REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, the action sequel SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE and the Netflix rom-com CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS!(UPDATE: It has come to our attention that we accidentally misgendered filmmaker Hikari in this episode. We apologize for this extreme oversight and we will not make this mistake in the future.)Wicked: For Good - 2:00Rental Family - 32:00Reflection in a Dead Diamond - 43:15Sisu: Road to

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134:32

Critically Acclaimed #347 | The Running Man, Now You...

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2025/11/18

Bibbs and Witney review a great big pile o' new releases, including Edgar Wright's Stephen King adaptation THE RUNNING MAN, the magic heist threequel NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T, Richard Linklater's ode to Jean-Luc Godard (and Godard's ego) NOUVELLE VAGUE, the French animated time travel story ARCO, the Australian animated lesbian space princess story LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS, Osgood Perkins' cabin in the woods thriller KEEPER, the biblical Nicolas Cage horror movie THE

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122:06

Critically Acclaimed #346 | Predator: Badlands,...

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2025/11/10

Bibbs and Witney review the new sci-fi sequel PREDATOR: BADLANDS, the new international ensemble drama SENTIMENTAL VALUE, Yorgos Lanthimos' kidnapping thriller BUGONIA, the historical legal drama NUREMBERG, Lynne Ramsay's latest DIE MY LOVE, Colin Farrell's gambling woes in BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER, the Netflix animated kids flick IN YOUR DREAMS, and the Sydney Sweeney boxing biopic CHRISTY!Predator: Badlands - 5:55 Sentimental Value - 33:53 Bugonia - 47:35 Nuremberg - 58:18 Die, My Love

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69:09

We've Got Mail #187) | OMG, Heathcliff Knows Who We Are!

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2025/11/01

Bibbs and Witney are back and answering YOUR letters and emails about Siskel and Ebert, UCLA Film School, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, and yes, even Heathcliff! The cat! Really It's a whole, cool thing!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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98:42

The All-Nighter | Halloween 2025 Movie Marathons!

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2025/10/29

Bibbs and Witney love movie marathons, and they've each programmed an awesome all-nighter for Halloween 2025!Welcome to THE ALL-NIGHTER, a new thing we're trying! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold each concoct their own perfect all-night movie marathon, with movies and shorts and TV episodes designed to give you the ultimate holiday experience, starting with a scary movie creeptacular for Halloween!Who came up with the best all-night Halloween movie night? You'll have to let us know!If

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147:02

Critically Acclaimed #345 | Guillermo del Toro’s...

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2025/10/27

Bibbs and Witney review Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN, Scott Derrickson’s supernatural sequel BLACK PHONE 2, film critic Chris Stuckmann’s directorial debut SHELBY OAKS, Kathryn Bigelow's nuclear thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, Netflix’s animated Roald Dahl adaptation THE TWITS, the hit anime film CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE: REZE ARC, Nia DaCosta’s updated Henrik Ibsen adaptation HEDDA, Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, and Tina

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94:04

This Ain't No Game #2 | Star Trek: The Golden Trivia...

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2025/10/23

The podcast where Bibbs and Witney track down and play retro movie and television tabletop games on the air is back! We got a lot of positive feedback about THIS AIN'T NO GAME, so we're keeping it around a while.This time they go head to head in STAR TREK: THE GOLDEN TRIVIA GAME, released in 1985, covering the entire original series and the first three movies! And we gotta warn you, these questions are HARD.Listen up as Bibbs and Witney suffer one ignominious failure after another, and find

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159:12

The Iron List #70 | The Best Vampire Movies Ever!

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2025/10/20

Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST VAMPIRE MOVIES! Like, EVER!Friends, there are SO MANY vampire movies, it's ridiculous. But between them, Bibbs and Witney manage to take a hefty bite out of the genre, by presenting the very best of the on THE IRON LIST!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

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144:26

Critically Acclaimed #344 | Tron: Ares, Deathstalker,...

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2025/10/14

Bibbs and Witney review Disney's latest attempt to make TRON happen, TRON: ARES! Plus, the sword-and-sorcery reboot DEATHSTALKER, the dog-in-a-haunted-house movie GOOD BOY, the Dwayne Johnson Oscar-hopeful THE SMASHING MACHINE, Shane Black's Amazon crime caper PLAY DIRTY, Luca Guadagnino's topical all-star drama AFTER THE HUNT, Daniel Day-Lewis's first film in eight years ANEMONE, Bryan Bertino's evil box movie VICIOUS, the Orwellian documentary ORWELL: 2+2=5, and the anime

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80:28

This Ain't No Game #1 | Trivial Pursuit: Silver...

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2025/10/03

The idea for THIS AIN'T NO GAME (named after the classic SUPER MARIO BROS: THE MOVIE tagline) is simple: We track down and play retro table top games, but only the ones related to movies! It could be movie trivia, official tie-ins, card games, even role-playing games if we find a fun one!For our pilot episode, Bibbs and Witney scrounge up the beloved TRIVIAL PURSUIT: SILVER SCREEN EDITION, which was released in 1983. Which means there are no trivia questions about movies after 1983, so some of

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127:46

Critically Acclaimed #343 | One Battle After Another,...

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2025/09/29

Bibbs and Witney review Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, the football horror movie HIM, the Colin Farrell/Margot Robbie fantasy romance A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY, the birdwatching documentary LISTERS: A GLIMPSE INTO EXTREME BIRDWATCHING, Paul Greengrass's wildfire disaster movie THE LOST BUS, the Emma Thompson/Judy Greer crime thriller DEAD OF WINTER, and Renny Harlin's THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2!One Battle After Another - 3:00 Him - 38:20 A Big Bold Beautiful Journey -

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145:03

The Iron Liszt #69 | The Best Film Scores Ever!

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2025/09/25

Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST MOVIE SCORES EVER!Classics! Cult favorites! Oddball entries you'd never have thought of! This episode of THE IRON LISZT (get it?) has it all!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 in

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82:06

We've Got Mail #186 | Is Sinners a Horror Movie? (Yes!)

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2025/09/22

Bibbs and Witney are back and answering YOUR emails, about how to defend SINNERS against accusations that it's not a horror movie, the moral obligations of feature film adaptations, the best meta casting in history, and more! Plus, more of your favorite trans characters in film and television! 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

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70:42

Alonso Duralde, Have Yourself a Movie Little...

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2025/09/19

Our beloved fellow film critic Alonso Duralde is here to talk HAVE YOURSELF A MOVIE LITTLE CHRISTMAS, the newly revised version of his classic ode to Christmas films! Alonso Duralde, who also wrote HOLLYWOOD PRIDE: A CELEBRATION OF LGBTQ+ REPRESENTATION AND PERSEVERANCE IN FILM, wrote the original and indispensable guide to Christmas movies, and now 15 years later he's back with an updated edition that includes the decade-and-a-half of holiday flicks that followed! Bibbs interviews Alonso about

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89:23

Critically Acclaimed #342 | The Conjuring: Last...

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2025/09/15

Bibbs and Witney review the blockbuster horror sequel THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, the Stephen King adaptation THE LONG WALK, the comedy legacy sequel SPINAL TAP II, the dark comedy TWINLESS, and folk music queer romance THE HISTORY OF SOUND! Plus, we talk a bit about why we haven't reviewed DEMON SLAYER yet!Demon Slayer (whoopsie!) - 1:42The Conjuring: Last Rites - 6:53The Long Walk - 33:57Spinal Tap II - 47:37Twinless - 1:02:55The History of Sound - 1:11:44Review Round-Up - 1:23:54Subscribe on

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80:29

We've Got Mail #185 | The Trans Characters Who Mean...

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2025/09/08

We're talking about what EDDINGTON really has to say about the COVID lockdown, why F1: THE MOVIE is different from Akira Kurosawa's SANJURO, the many fictional trans characters we love and care deeply about, the best songs by (sigh) Dev2.0, what would happen if Gizmo ate after midnight in GREMLINS, and the importance difference between Bakersfield and Barstow!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive

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84:57

Critically Acclaimed #341 | The Toxic Avenger, Caught...

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2025/09/02

Bibbs and Witney review the Troma remake THE TOXIC AVENGER, Darren Aronofsky's crime comedy CAUGHT STEALING, Jay Roach's dark comedy THE ROSES, and the all-star cosy mystery THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB!Because it's the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED podcast, that's why! The Toxic Avenger - 2:05Caught Stealing - 35:08The Roses - 54:50The Thursday Murder Club - 1:06:42Review Round-Up - 1:20:47Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting

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