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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 just how important a movie's title really is, share their favorite underrated Hitchcock movies, ask about the first TV shows we ever binged, and discuss female directors in the 20th cen...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the brain-eating polyqueer superhero romance VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE, the surreal car sex killer drama TITANE, the animated sequel THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2, the live-action SOPRANOS prequel THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK, the robot Dan Stevens sci-fi film I'M YOUR MAN, the Netflix haunted house film NO ONE GET...

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 and special guest B Peterson from OLL OBOUT OVID dig up a BFI documentary called SILENT SHAKESPEARE, featu...

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 ALFRED HITCHCOCK MOVIES, an entire two-hour podcast dedicated to William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold's favorite films by one of the most acclaimed and prolific filmmakers in history! And somehow only two films that show up on both of our crit...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN, the animated reboot MY LITTLE PONY: A NEW GENERATION, the re-released classic SANKOFA, and the Ben Whishaw breakdown movie SURGE! Dear Evan Hansen - 4:15  My Little Pony: A New Generation - 32:38  Sankofa - 1:04:24  Surge - 1:12:59  Review Round-Up - 1:20:31  Subscribe on Patreo...

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 present Kevin Costner's western epic DANCES WITH WOLVES, a controversial film with a complicated legac...

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 have advice on how to avoid movie-watching burnout, corrections about ancient Roman music and RAMBO III, questions about bad movies with great music, and the thought-provoking thought experiment that as...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the biopic THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE starring Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield, Clint Eastwood's new neo-western CRY MACHO, the Netflix kids horror movie NIGHTBOOKS, and the Melanie Lynskey and Judy Greer supernatural comedy LADY OF THE MANOR! The Eyes of Tammy Faye - 2:54  Cry Macho - 21:38  Nightbooks...

Move over, Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie! It's time for Russell Hornsby and Arielle Kebbel to do some bone collecting! The latest adaptation of Jeffrey Deaver's hit novel THE BONE COLLECTOR, previously turned into a serial killer thriller starring Washington and Jolie in the 1990s, is an NBC series stretched into a weekly procedural.  But the real mystery is, was LINCOLN RHYME: HUNT...

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 what happens when their love of movies ebbs, Bibbs and Witney's favorite books, the future of the video store movie expertise, filmmakers who developed movies around their actors,...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review James Wan's absolutely bonkers new HBO Max horror sensation MALIGNANT, the Mary Elizabeth Winstead Netflix action extravaganza KATE, and the lusty new erotic thriller THE VOYEURS on Amazon! Malignant - 2:41  Kate - 31:46  The Voyeurs - 51:21  Review Round-Up - 58:03  Subscribe on Patreon  at www.patreon....

From the co-creator of KICK-ASS, WANTED and KINGSMAN comes a superhero TV universe that Netflix canceled after only one season! JUPITER'S LEGACY was one of the most ambitious TV shows of the year, so what it... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold venture into the fantastic, and the highly padded, as SUDDENLY LAST SEASON month begins! 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 give you Walt Disney's THE THREE MUSKETEERS, the action-adventure inspired by YOUNG GUNS and ROBIN HOO...

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 great movies with bad music, an introduction to Bollywood cinema, whether it's better to learn about a movie's influences before or after you've seen it, intoxicated movie...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold say goodbye to the late, great JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO, and review the new Marvel superhero film SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS, Amazon's "hip" new fairy tale musical CINDERELLA, the serious 9/11 Netflix drama WORTH, and the latest Shudder thriller SUPERHOST! Jean-Paul Belmondo - 5:11  Shang-Chi a...

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 give you RAISE THE TITANIC, the first attempt to turn Clive Cussler's hero Dirk Pitt into a motion pic...

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 all the great sports documentaries they've missed, the best movies set in Los Angeles, urban legends and some of the biggest stuff they were wrong about recently! Email us at lett...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Nia DaCosta's legacy horror sequel CANDYMAN, Mark Waters's SHE'S ALL THAT remake HE'S ALL THAT, the Hulu comedy VACATION FRIENDS, and the Ted Bundy drama NO MAN OF GOD! Candyman - 3:16  He's All That - 22:07  Vacation Friends - 47:36  No Man of God - 54:03  Review Round-Up - 1:00:21  Subs...

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 give you Robert Altman's THE LONG GOODBYE, a Raymond Chandler adaptation unlike any other, starring El...

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 the sexy sci-fi farce FLESH GORDON, the history of British television stations, TV shows that changed their theme music, how big "Big Bird" could possibly get, which Muppet sh...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the animated kid flick PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE, the assassin action film THE PROTEGE, the sci-fi film noir REMINISCENCE, the similar supernatural thrillers THE NIGHT HOUSE and DEMONIC, and the animated indie CRYPTOZOO! Paw Patrol: The Movie - 4:33  The Protege - 30:45  Reminiscence - 39:54  The Night House - 5...

Garth Marenghi may not have really existed, but he was a prolific horror author who produced, wrote, directed, starred in and whistled the theme song for an ahead-of-its-time tv series back in the 1980s called GARTH MARENGHI'S DARKPLACE! It's a comedy about a horror drama that takes the form of a DVD special edition, and it's one of the most high concept TV shows we've ever reviewe...

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 revisit Spike Lee's celebrated biopic MALCOLM X, starring Denzel Washington as the inspirational Civil...

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 and ACTUAL LETTERS from listeners who have averaged out all their movie reviews to see if "C" really is average! They also answer questions about why so many old shows are coming back, comic book recommendations f...

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Shawn Levy's sci-fi/comedy hit FREE GUY, the hardboiled horror sequel DON'T BREATHE 2, the Sundance smash CODA, Benny Chan's final action epic RAGING FIRE, and Ming-liang Tsai's DAYS! Free Guy - 3:35  Don't Breathe 2 - 23:52  CODA - 40:04  Raging Fire - 47:50  Days - 1:00:48  Review Round...