Critically Acclaimed Network

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 wondering what our hosts dream vacations would be, whether a film's box office take really matters in the long run (or only under certain conditions), songs Bibbs and Witney want to hear in more movies,...

Welcome to 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 THE STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney pluck out THE APPLE, a cult classic movie musical from 1980, about a pair of idealistic musicians who get sucked into a hellish disco/new wav...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by a special guest, YouTube critic LADY KNIGHT THE BRAVE! They're saying goodbye to the late, great Ned Beatty and reviewing the new Jon M. Chu musical IN THE HEIGHTS, the long lost George A. Romero horror movie THE AMUSEMENT PARK, Antoine Fuqua's sci-fi actioner INFINITE, the sci-fi thriller AWA...

The year was 1970, and one of the most expensive television shows in the world was LANCELOT LINK: SECRET CHIMP, a spy spoof for children, starring real chimpanzees as secret agents and their offensively stereotyped roster of villains! Who the heck was this show made for? Why the heck is it so bad? Is it really the worst live-action tv series we've ever reviewed? And was it... CANCELED TOO SOON...

Welcome to 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 THE STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore one of the most notorious duds of the 1990s, based on one of the most popular novels of the 1980s! THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES stars...

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 looking for great movies about computer science and concert movies that'll blow your mind! Plus, Bibbs and Witney talk about films based on Mark Millar's comics, comic book movie fatigue, and have a...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by special guest B Peterson from THE SCREEN'S MARGINS! They're reviewing the new Netflix feature BO BURNHAM: INSIDE, the horror sequel THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, the Shudder thriller CAVEAT, and the independent films LIMBO and THE PERFECT CANDIDATE! Bo Burnham: Inside - 3:00  The Con...

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 wondering why all pulp adventure movies are compared to INDIANA JONES even though that's just a very small part of the genre, the best films to help introduce students to cinematic literacy, the cinemat...

Welcome to 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! In the first standalone episode of THE STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore two cult films from the late 1980s/early 1990s: TROOP BEVERLY HILLS, a family comedy starring Shelley Long as a...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the blockbuster horror sequel A QUIET PLACE PART II, the Disney prequel CRUELLA, the Chinese documentary SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE, the Moby documentary MOBY DOC, the teen comedy PLAN B, and the Brazilian gore film SKULL: THE MASK! A Quiet Place Part II - 4:56  Cruella - 18:37  Swimming Out Till t...

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 MOVIE MONSTERS EVER! Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are presenting their picks for the greatest creatures in movie history, whether the actual movies are good or not! What makes a great movie monster, and which famous (and not s...

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 with personal experience with autism who recommend films and tv shows with respectful representation, discuss the movie reviews that completely nailed it, reconsider the ending of TOGETHER TOGETHER, and rev...

One of Disney's first foray into modern TV animation was a failed pilot called FLUPPY DOGS, based on an adorable toy line for children about puppies that are fluffy!  But when the time came to turn FLUPPY DOGS into a show, something happened... something wonderful, but something that also doomed the show completely.  Was DISNEY'S FLUPPY DOGS really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics Willia...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Zack Snyder epic ARMY OF THE DEAD, the slasher SEANCE, World War II documentary FINAL ACCOUNT, and the coming of age film DRUNK BUS! Also on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore Gillo Pontecorvo's THE BATTLE FOR ALGIERS, one of the most influential movies ever made, a...

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, and in Season 2, they're using THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW as the starting point! This week, Bibbs and Witney present THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, the only film ever directed by celebrated actor Charles Laughton, starring Robert Mitchum as a serial killer preacher who's hunting two children in the Am...

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 talk about representation in film and television, the original HAIRSPRAY vs. the musical HAIRSPRAY, the film series JOSH KIRBY... THE TIME WARRIOR (for some reason), their favorite TV mini-series, movies that work better when viewed...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new releases SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW, FRIED BARRY, THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, MAINSTREAM, THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD and THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS! And on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore Takashi Miike's gigantic samurai action epic 13 ASSASSINS! Spiral: From the Book...

From the co-creator of FIREFLY and the co-writer of Pixar's CARS movie came DRIVE, a high-octane action series about an illegal cross-country road race, starring Nathan Fillion, Emma Stone, Dylan Baker, Melanie Lynskey and many, many more! Fox canceled DRIVE after only four episodes, but was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out! Subscribe on Patreo...

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 discuss how to find long lost TV shows, which James Bond movie was almost a killer crab movie, what movies they'd show to aliens to introduce the human race, what their film criticism pet peeves are, the difference between raccoo...

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, and in Season 2, they're using THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW as the starting point! This week, Bibbs and Witney present a triple feature: Hammer Horror's THE KARNSTEIN TRILOGY, a trio of queer-themed vampire movies that pushed the boundaries in the early 1970s! There's the celebrated THE VAMPIR...

From the creator of CRASH and MILLION DOLLAR BABY came THE BLACK DONNELLYS, an ambitious tv series about Irish-Amerian brothers punching their way into the world of organized crime! Was THE BLACK DONNELLYS... Canceled Too Soon? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out! Subscribe on Patreon  at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciti...

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 discuss the way American film critics approach international cinema, listen to a serious defense of STAR TREK's Harry Mudd, talk about the way ratings systems injure film criticism, and reconsider the whole career of Steven Spiel...

Movies! You love 'em, we love 'em, now let's review 'em!. This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new releases THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES, BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, TOM CLANCY'S WITHOUT REMORSE and THE HUMAN VOICE. On THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney unveil one of the most controversial movies ever...

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, and in Season 2, they're using THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW as the starting point! This week, Bibbs and Witney introduce you to BABY DOLL, the Oscar-nominated and controversial Tennessee Williams adaptation, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, and (in their motion picture d...

Our Patrons have the power to sponsor an episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED of their choice, and we call it YOUR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! This time on YOUR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, our listener Griswald Cobblepot asked William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold to present a series of movie recommendations, one per critic, per letter of the alphabet. That's 52 classic, underrated and cult movie recommendations...