Wednesday, January 29, 2020

We've Got Mail #14 | More of the Best Movies of the Decade!


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 explore tons of our listeners' picks for the best movies of the decade, which include films they love, films they have issues with, and a handful of films neither of our critics have even heard of! (Plus, one of our listeners corrects our vocabulary, and we absolutely LOVE you for that!)  

Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Critically Acclaimed #112 | The Gentlemen, The Color Out of Space, What Did Jack Do?, The Last Full Measure


Guy Ritchie is back and he's doing Guy Ritchie things! David Lynch is back and he's doing David Lynch things! Richard Stanley is back and he's doing Richard Stanley things!  

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (where we do "Critically Acclaimed" things!), film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new crime comedy THE GENTLEMEN, the unexpected David Lynch short film about a monkey interrogation WHAT DID JACK DO?, the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE, and the all-star military drama THE LAST FULL MEASURE!  

The Gentlemen - 4:49  
The Last Full Measure - 35:30  
What Did Jack Do? - 43:55  
The Color Out of Space - 52:58 

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Canceled Too Soon #177 | Agent X (2015)


Sharon Stone becomes the Vice-President of the United States and discovers that there's a secret amendment to the Constitution that puts her in charge of a badass super spy who she controls from a secret Masonic dungeon!  

Now THAT's an elevator pitch. But can AGENT X possibly live up to that awesome-sounding premise? Was it really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore the possibilities and potential of this swiftly forgotten TNT television series in an all-new episode!

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Monday, January 20, 2020

Critically Acclaimed #111 | Dolittle, Fall from Grace, Underwater, The Grudge, Just Mercy, Like a Boss, Spies in Disguise, Corpus Christi, Les Miserables


We're back and we're catching up with the best, the worst and the weirdest new releases in January!  

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Robert Downey Jr. disaster DOLITTLE, the death row drama JUST MERCY, Tyler Perry's death row drama A FALL FROM GRACE, the underwater monster movie UNDERWATER, the grudge movie THE GRUDGE, the animated kids flick SPIES IN DISGUISE, the buddy comedy LIKE A BOSS, the Oscar-nominated Polish drama CORPUS CHRISTI, and the Oscar-nominated French cop thriller LES MISERABLES!  

Dolittle - 5:33  
Just Mercy - 30:53  
A Fall from Grace - 40:32  
Underwater - 55:17  
The Grudge - 1:03:45  
Spies in Disguise - 1:16:37  
Like a Boss - 1:26:04  
Corpus Christi - 1:32:57  
Les Miserables - 1:40:11


Saturday, January 18, 2020

We've Got Mail #13 | YOUR Picks for the Best Movies of the 2010s!


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 take a look at YOUR picks for the best movies of the decade, as well as when we lost faith in the Oscars, whether Siskel & Ebert would make an impact today, and which old movies we'd like to remake!  

Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Critically Acclaimed #110 | The Best Movies of the 2010s!


This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold look back at an astoundingly great decade for film, and present their individual picks for the best movies of the 2010s! It's a giant episode full of great recommendations and controversial picks!

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Monday, January 13, 2020

Canceled Too Soon #176 | Father of the Pride (2004-2005)


Everyone knows Siegfried and Roy were the biggest stage show in Las Vegas, combining magic tricks and white lions and tigers! But what you didn't know was that all those trained animals lived in a gated community and had sitcom adventures, and were played by folks like John Goodman, Cheryl Hines, Danielle Harris, Orlando Jones and Carl Reiner in the Dreamworks Animated series... FATHER OF THE PRIDE!  

And of course, Siegfried and Roy were there too, being absolutely lovable goofballs. 

Was FATHER OF THE PRIDE... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold guide you through the history of this ambitious CG-animated primetime series and reveal whether all that magic made the transition to the small screen!

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Friday, January 10, 2020

The Iron List #3 | The Best January Movies Ever!


Every month on THE IRON LIST, the Patrons of the Critically Acclaimed Network get to pick a topic for a giant-sized episode! And this month, since it's December, they picked THE JANUARY MOVIES EVER!  

Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they highlight some of the weird genre films that Hollywood had no faith in whatsoever, which surprised the heck out of us by actually being really, really good!  

In other words... finally, an excuse to talk about MONSTER TRUCKS!

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Thursday, January 9, 2020

The (Last) Two-Shot | All the Police Academy Movies!


Because YOU demanded it, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing all of the POLICE ACADEMY movies on this, the last-ever episode of THE TWO-SHOT!

This isn't just the last episode on the Movie House network, it's the last episode anywhere! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are saying goodbye to this long-running podcast by making a HUGE announcement about what their next project is, which you can only listen to at THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK, along with their other shows: CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, CANCELED TOO SOON, THE IRON LIST and WE'VE GOT MAIL!

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

We've Got Mail #12 | The Best Movies Over Three Hours Long!


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 debate the right way to watch older, problematic movies in historical context without giving up your modern principles! They also select some of the best movies ever made that are over three hours long, figure out where you should start if you're just getting into Ingmar Bergman, and ponder the weird history of network TV stations making movies shorter and - sometimes - longer!

Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!

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Saturday, January 4, 2020

Critically Acclaimed #109 | The Worst Movies of 2019!


This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold follow-up their list of THE BEST MOVIES OF 2019 with their list of THE WORST MOVIES OF 2019, full of films that deserve at least one last look from audiences, critics, studios and filmmakers, because we can all learn from their mistakes!  

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Thursday, January 2, 2020

We've Got Mail #11 | Is 'Batman' Film Noir...?


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 debate whether BATMAN, and especially BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM, is a film noir! They also talk about SHADOWHUNTERS for some reason, YA books that still need to be adapted, why some people "crowdpleaser" is a bad word, whether filmmakers have the right to dictate how you watch their work, and the folly of revenge!

Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!

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