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CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED is overflowing with films!  Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new releases HUBIE HALLOWEEN, POSSESSOR, YELLOW ROSE, THE WALL OF MEXICO, THE 40-YEAR-OLD VERSION, CHARM CITY KINGS, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, BLACK BOX, TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL and AMERICAN UTOPIA! Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and W...

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, using STAR WARS as the starting point! This week on EPISODE ZERO they explore how Kevin Smith's micro budget slice of life comedy CLERKS changed the conversation about Generation X, about independent film, about retail jobs, and about STAR WARS, while having a surprising impact on the franchise itself!...

Before Ivan Reitman's GHOSTBUSTERS, Filmation had a live-action series called THE GHOST BUSTERS, starring Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch from F-TROOP, as supernatural investigators with a pet gorilla and a serious case of the sillies! Was the 1975 version of THE GHOST BUSTERS... Canceled Too Soon? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out, as our annual SCARYTOBER event contin...

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 the longest TV binges they've ever done, the re-evaluation of art after disturbing revelations about the artists, movie twists that have been ruined by pop culture references, the music they've discovered through m...

The producers of TALES FROM THE CRYPT went mad (science) on Fox with W.E.I.R.D. WORLD, a failed TV pilot starring Ed O'Neill as the leader of a secret think tank where anything is possible. Robots, time travel, youth serums, and more! And of course... all of those things will kill you! Our annual SCARYTOBER horror event begins with W.E.I.R.D. WORLD, and your hosts William Bibbiani and Witney S...

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, using STAR WARS as the starting point! This week on EPISODE ZERO they delve into Joseph Campbell's astounding career and teachings, focusing on THE POWER OF MYTH, a series of interviews about the impact mythic stories have on society, and vice-versa! George Lucas patterned his STAR WARS movies after th...

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 movie references that are better known than the actual films, transmedia storytelling, weird title translations, how acting styles have evolved and their favorite old-fashioned toys!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaime...

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED has so many movies this week, it's scary!  Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new teen horror comedy VAMPIRES VS. THE BRONX, the millennial sci-fi comedy SAVE YOURSELVES, the Italian villa thrilla THE BINDING, and the Sally Hawkins rodramedy ETERNAL BEAUTY! Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs introduces Witney to the ce...

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 jukebox musicals they wish Hollywood would make, movies that make us sad (but not in that way), the greatest movie dogs ever and even more queer film recommendations! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net,  so we can...

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 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE MOVIES, with films that adapt the greatest playwright in history to the big screen! We've got war movies, sci-fi movies, samurai movies, sexy comedies and more! Subscribe on Patreon  at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimedn...

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED has several movies to review this week! Not as many as usual, but some!  Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new YA adventure ENOLA HOLMES, the despairing drama THE SWERVE and the marriage melodrama THE ARTIST'S WIFE! Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney journey into the dark and tortured world of George Cukor&...

Kevin Smith's first film, CLERKS, was a motion picture sensation in the early 1990s, speaking for a disenfranchised generation and making pop culture discourse part of the cinematic lexicon, along with the films of Quentin Tarantino. So naturally they made it into a boring sitcom! Was CLERKS, a failed TV pilot that Kevin Smith had nothing to do with, CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Wit...

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 why they make so many danged podcasts, why they don't want to be quoted all the time in movie marketing, movie scores we know best from other movies, why you should (or shouldn't) meet your heroes, more queer movie...

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED has a shocking number of films to review this week!  Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new VOD horror film ANTEBELLUM, the Netflix southern gothic drama THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME, the Shudder thriller SPIRAL, the VOD thriller ALONE and the Quibi thriller WIRELESS! Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney delve into the...

ANIME MONTH concludes - really, really late - with a series about prohibition era gangsters, a few immortals, some serial killers and a heck of a lot more! Is BACCANO! the most complex series we've ever seen at CANCELED TOO SOON? And was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold unravel the threads of this cult favorite anime show! Subscribe on Patreon  at www.patreon.com/cr...

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 which classic stories need modern movie updates, the depiction of mental illness in cinema, more queer movie recommendations, whether films need sympathetic protagonists or not, blockbusters vs. indies in the year 2020, th...

Our Patrons have the power to sponsor an episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED of their choice, and we're calling it YOUR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! In this episode, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by their patron B Peterson, who wanted to to share - along with our hosts - some of the queer films that mean the most to them!  So join them as they all explore important films lik...

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED has quite a few films to review this week! Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review three new Netflix releases - CUTIES, THE SOCIAL DILEMMA and #ALIVE - and the new HBO Max comedy UNPREGNANT! Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney revisit one of Don Bluth's classic animated films, ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN! Cuties - 3:47 The...

Our Patrons have the power to sponsor an episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED of their choice, and we're calling it YOUR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! In this episode, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by their patron Samuel Shearer, who wanted to dedicate a whole podcast to Oscar-winning comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks! Join them as they explore classics (and not-so-classics) like TH...

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 why Hollywood needs to rethink international release dates, the real reasons why the parody movie genre died out, who was miscast in Martin Scorsese's GANGS OF NEW YORK, the films of Dario Dargento and Daria Nicolodi,...

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED has a whole smorgasbord of films this week! Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Disney's epic live-action remake MULAN, Charlie Kaufman's mind-bending I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, the new Netflix rom-com LOVE GUARANTEED, the banking conspiracy documentary THE ANDORA HUSTLE, the dark side of culture documentary FEELS GOOD MAN, and the Australia...

Our Patrons have the power to sponsor an episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED of their choice, and we're calling it YOUR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! In this episode, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold were asked to explore Brad Bird's feature directorial debut THE IRON GIANT, about a weapon of mass destruction who develops a soul, and chooses to become a hero. Is the film a cult classic...

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 the ugliest parts of Guy Ritchie's THE GENTLEMAN, sci-fi movies that should be taught in sociology classes, how BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC could be even better, why "Lunchables" is the funniest word in the E...

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED sure does have some movies this week! Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the long-awaited sequel BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC, the Charles Dickens adaptation THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, and the Megan Fox vs. Killer Lions movie ROGUE! Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney revisit the Ryuhei Kitamura's...

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 we're highlighting the best films that have really, really, REALLY, distractingly, absurdly, distractingly and weirdly long titles! Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they pick out amazing films that may be best known for their titles, bu...