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Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED , where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners! This week on  CRITICALLY RECLAIMED , Bibbs and Witney explore the last of four classic films that starred legendary screen icons Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart! John Huston's  KEY LARGO tells the story...

Every month on THE IRON LIST, the Patrons of the Critically Acclaimed Network get to pick a topic for a giant-sized episode! This month it's THE BEST FILMS OF 1971, an over two-hour podcast dedicated to William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold's favorite films that came out fifty years ago, complete with beloved classics, weird cult films and more! Subscribe on Patreon  at www.patreon.com/criti...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold say goodbye to the late film critic James Rocchi, and review the new releases RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY, the Jonathan Larson biographical musical TICK TICK... BOOM!, the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie LICORICE PIZZA, Halle Berry's directorial debut BRUISED, Ridley Scott's all-star drama HOUSE O...

Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about whether horror movies have to actually be scary in order to be good, how GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE and HALLOWEEN KILLS pander to their fanbases, a defense of STAR TREK PRODIGY, and why critics scores and audience scores are so different on Rotten Tomatoes! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net,  so we can read your corresponden...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Jason Reitman's nostalgia fest GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, Will Smith in the sports biopic KING RICHARD, the Welsh horror thriller THE FEAST, the Romanian satire BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN, and the Netflix heist rom-com THE PRINCESS SWITCH 3: ROMANCING THE STAR! Ghostbusters: Afterlife - 3:07 King R...

Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about why STAR TREK: PRODIGY plays so much like STAR WARS, whether there's any truth to the idea that filmmakers end their careers with their worst movies, schlock horror classics you can find on streaming, why kids media talks down to kids so much, and more! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net,  so we can read your correspon...

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED , where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners! This week on  CRITICALLY RECLAIMED , Bibbs and Witney explore the last movie from iconic filmmaker Sidney Lumet, who also directed the classics 12 ANGRY MEN, SERPICO, NETWORK and DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Ethan Hawke...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Dwayne Johnson/Gal Gadot/Ryan Reynolds crime caper RED NOTICE, Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical BELFAST, Rebecca Hall's directorial debut PASSING, the giant CGI puppy movie CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG, and Disney's first crack at a beloved Fox IP... HOME SWEET HOME ALONE. Red Notice - 7:0...

Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about whether the STAR TREK movies have too much action in them, which biopics left out super important information, whether film critics are stuck in a "bubble," and why you shouldn't worry about "catching up" on all the best movies ever made! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net,  so we can read your correspo...

Two decades after they tried to turn THE OMEN into an X-FILES knockoff, Lifetime and A&E tried to make it something else. Something vague. Something canceled. But was DAMIEN, starring Barbara Hershey (and others) CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold uncover the secret story of how the antichrist was awkwardly stalked for a little while as SCARYTOBER - or rather, SCARYVEMBER -...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Marvel's ETERNALS (Chloe Zhao's follow-up to the Best Picture winner NOMADLAND), the Pablo Larrain's Princess Diana biopic SPENCER (starring Kristen Stewart), the Tom Hanks post-apocalyptic dog story with a robot in it FINCH, the all-star badass western action spectacular THE HARDER THEY FALL, an...

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED , where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners! This week on  CRITICALLY RECLAIMED , Bibbs and Witney revisit a film that's often called one of the best action movies ever made: Jackie Chan's POLICE STORY , starring Jackie Chan and Maggie Cheung, an...

It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters! This week, Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (hurray!), whether there are any great films that faithfully adapt a novel, if you need to know a lot about Shakespeare to enjoy a Shakespeare movie, an...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Edgar Wright's time-tripping horror thriller LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, the final film from HAUSU director Nobuhiku Obayashi LABYRINTH OF CINEMA, the horror reboot PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: NEXT OF KIN, the horror heist movie prequel ARMY OF THIEVES, and the surprisingly coyote-free Christmas rom-com COYOTE CREEK CH...

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners! This week on  CRITICALLY RECLAIMED , Bibbs and Witney put the sad in gladiator when they look back at Disney's 1997 animated hit  HERCULES , which has a large following but miiiiiight not be as good as its...

It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters! This week, Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about movies they loved as kids which had small roles from future stars! They're also talking about Lovecraftian gods, their favorite moviegoing experiences, two AMAZING sequels to PROM...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Denis Villeneuve's long-awaited sci-fi epic DUNE, the slasher sequel HALLOWEEN KILLS, Wes Anderson's ode to old-fashioned magazines THE FRENCH DISPATCH, Ridley Scott's medieval Rashomon riff THE LAST DUEL, Mia Hansen-Løve's indie relationship drama BERGMAN ISLAND, and Hallmark's supernatu...

If you loved THE OMEN, you probably won't like THE OMEN! The Oscar-winning horror movie about the antichrist got transformed into a failed TV pilot about a demon that jumps from body to body and tries to ruin a St. Patrick's Day parade by unleashing a flesh-eating virus! It's got a great cast - including William Sadler, Brett Cullen and Norman Lloyd - and a cult hit director (Jack Shol...

Every month on THE IRON LIST, the Patrons of the Critically Acclaimed Network get to pick a topic for a giant-sized episode! This month it's THE BEST HORROR COMEDIES EVER, a nearly 2 1/2 hour podcast dedicated to one of William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold's favorite genres, full of wild recommendations fans have never heard of, in addition to some classics you know and love! Subscribe on P...

Alfred Hitchcock's production company made a supernatural detective TV series starring Leslie Nielsen in a Lovecraftian mystery that plays a lot like the movie MALIGNANT?! Oh, we  gotta find out if that was CANCELED TOO SOON. William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore the failed television pilot DARK INTRUDER, aka THE BLACK CLOAK, for this year's SCARYTOBER!  Subscribe on Patreon  at www....

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED - formerly THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB - where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners! This week on  CRITICALLY RECLAIMED , Bibbs and Witney fall face first into Peter Bogdanovich's screwball comedy classic  WHAT'S UP, DOC?  starring Bar...

It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters! This week, Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to know about their favorite individual episodes of television, share their thoughts about the SOPRANOS prequel as bigger fans of the show, reveal how their demonology studies are going, wonder why...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the long-delayed blockbuster NO TIME TO DIE, the latest Disney TV movie MUPPETS HAUNTED MANSION, the Icelandic fairy tale LAMB, the intense new drama MASS, the eye-popping documentary THE RESCUE, the concert documentary JUSTIN BIEBER: OUR WORLD, the found footage anthology V/H/S/94, the Blumhouse film THE MA...

Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele are secret agents uncovering U.F.O. debris with unimaginable powers in DEBRIS, a TV series that's... really depressing? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold unearth this high concept, low-energy execution sci-fi television series from the creator of ALMOST HUMAN. Were the mysteries of DEBRIS worth exploring? Was it really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Subscribe on Patre...

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED - formerly THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB - where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners! This week on CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney delve into the weird, wild world of KINO CULT, and dig up Jess Franco's THE EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTE...